The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 9 books · 2008 to 2023

Brent Weeks

FantasyEpic and high fantasyGrimdark

Brent Weeks writes the Night Angel trilogy, about a street child apprenticed to the city's greatest assassin, and the Lightbringer series, set in a world where magic is drawn from colours of light.

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Brent Weeks books in order

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Night Angel

4 books · Set in an invented worldEpic and high fantasyGrimdark
  1. 1The Way of Shadows2008With Kylar SternBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Shadow's Edge2008With Kylar SternBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Beyond the Shadows2008With Kylar Stern and Vi SovariBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Night Angel Nemesis2023With Kylar SternBuy on Amazon

Lightbringer

5 books · Set in an invented worldEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1The Black Prism2010With Gavin Guile and Kip GuileBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Blinding Knife2012With Gavin Guile and Kip GuileBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The Broken Eye2014With Gavin Guile and Kip GuileBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Blood Mirror2016With Gavin Guile and Kip GuileBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Burning White2019With Gavin Guile and Kip GuileBuy on Amazon

Characters

9 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Cenaria

The Seven Satrapies