The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 3 books · 2006 to 2009 · Set in invented worlds

Crossroads Books in Order

The Crossroads trilogy is set in the Hundred, a land where the gods have fallen silent and reeves patrol on giant eagles.

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Series facts

Books
3
Published
2006 to 2009
First book
Spirit Gate
Latest
Traitors' Gate (2009)
Setting
Set in invented worlds

The reading order

Every Crossroads book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

3 books · Set in invented worlds
  1. 1Spirit Gate2006With Mai and JossIn the Hundred, where the gods have gone silent, Mai, a young woman married to a foreign captain, and Joss, a reeve who flies a giant eagle, are caught up as a dark power rises.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Shadow Gate2008With Mai and JossReeve Marit wakes on a Guardian altar with no memory of her death, while the peace kept by the reeves crumbles before an army whose leaders wear the cloaks of the lost Guardians.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3Traitors' Gate2009With Mai and JossReeve Joss fights to protect a land ravaged by two invading armies, while the spy and temple-trained assassin Zubaidit plots against a corrupted Guardian.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read Spirit Gate, Shadow Gate and Traitors’ Gate in order.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Crossroads book
BookMaiJossAnji
1 Spirit GateLLeadLLeadMMajor
2 Shadow GateLLeadLLeadMMajor
3 Traitors' GateLLeadLLeadMMajor

Characters in the Crossroads books

3 characters from Kate Elliott’s chart, with the number of Crossroads books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
MaiYoung woman married to a foreign captain3Spirit Gate 2006
JossReeve who flies a giant eagle3Spirit Gate 2006
AnjiCaptain and Mai's husband3Spirit Gate 2006