Reading order · 2 books · 2012 to 2016 · Set in the Malazan world
Kharkanas Books in Order
The Kharkanas trilogy is a prequel to the Malazan Book of the Fallen, set hundreds of thousands of years earlier among the Tiste.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2012 to 2016
- First book
- Forge of Darkness
- Latest
- Fall of Light (2016)
- Setting
- Set in the Malazan world
The reading order
Every Kharkanas book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in the Malazan world
- 1Forge of Darkness2012In the Tiste realm of Kurald Galain, thousands of years before the Malazan Book of the Fallen, rising tensions threaten civil war.Buy on Amazon
- 2Fall of Light2016Civil war engulfs Kurald Galain, as Anomander Rake searches for his brother and the Tiste divide.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read Forge of Darkness first, then Fall of Light, after the main series.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Anomander Rake |
|---|---|
| 1 Forge of Darkness | MMajor |
| 2 Fall of Light | MMajor |
Characters in the Kharkanas books
1 character from Steven Erikson’s chart, with the number of Kharkanas books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Anomander RakeLord of Moon's Spawn, a Tiste Andii | 2 | Forge of Darkness 2012 |