Reading order · 2 books · 2010 to 2013 · Set in invented worlds
Kitai Books in Order
The Kitai books are set in a world modelled on Tang and Song dynasty China, centuries apart.
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Series facts
- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2010 to 2013
- First book
- Under Heaven
- Latest
- River of Stars (2013)
- Setting
- Set in invented worlds
The reading order
Every Kitai book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
2 books · Set in invented worlds
- 1Under Heaven2010With Shen TaiShen Tai has spent two years burying the dead of an old battlefield.Buy on Amazon
- 2River of Stars2013With Ren DaiyanIn a world modelled on Song dynasty China, Ren Daiyan, a young man from the countryside, dreams of winning back his empire’s lost lands, and Lin Shan, a brilliant woman poet, defies the rules of her time.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Under Heaven and River of Stars can be read in either order, as they are set four hundred years apart.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Shen Tai | Ren Daiyan |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Under Heaven | LLead | |
| 2 River of Stars | LLead |
Characters in the Kitai books
2 characters from Guy Gavriel Kay’s chart, with the number of Kitai books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Shen TaiSon of a general, burying the dead | 1 | Under Heaven 2010 |
| Ren DaiyanArcher turned soldier | 1 | River of Stars 2013 |