Reading order · 5 books · 2011 to 2017 · Set in invented worlds
Books of the Raksura Books in Order
The Books of the Raksura follow Moon, a shape-shifter who discovers his own people, in a world of flying cities and strange races.
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Series facts
- Books
- 5
- Published
- 2011 to 2017
- First book
- The Cloud Roads
- Latest
- The Harbors of the Sun (2017)
- Setting
- Set in invented worlds
The reading order
Every Books of the Raksura book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
5 books · Set in invented worlds
- 1The Cloud Roads2011With MoonMoon, a shape-shifter who has spent his life hiding among other races, discovers that he is one of the Raksura, and joins a court in trouble.Buy on Amazon
- 2The Serpent Sea2012With MoonMoon and Jade’s colony travels to its ancestral tree, only to find it blighted and its heartstone stolen, and the hunters chase the thieves across the Serpent Sea.Buy on Amazon
- 3The Siren Depths2012With MoonA rival court claims Moon, who travels to a distant realm to uncover his past as the Fell return to threaten the Raksura.Buy on Amazon
- 4The Edge of Worlds2016With MoonGroundlings from the Empire of Kish ask the Raksura to help them enter a sealed ancient city that may hold a danger their ancestors left behind.Buy on Amazon
- 5The Harbors of the Sun2017With MoonAfter a betrayal, the Raksura and their allies race to rescue kidnapped family members who are being taken towards a forbidden place.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read in order, starting with The Cloud Roads.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Moon | Jade | Stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Cloud Roads | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 2 The Serpent Sea | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 3 The Siren Depths | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 4 The Edge of Worlds | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 5 The Harbors of the Sun | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Books of the Raksura books
3 characters from Martha Wells’s chart, with the number of Books of the Raksura books each appears in.