The Recurring Cast
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
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.

Who appears in each Books of the Raksura book
BookMoonJadeStone
1 The Cloud RoadsLLeadMMajorMMajor
2 The Serpent SeaLLeadMMajorMMajor
3 The Siren DepthsLLeadMMajorMMajor
4 The Edge of WorldsLLeadMMajorMMajor
5 The Harbors of the SunLLeadMMajorMMajor

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.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
MoonRaksura raised in ignorance of his kind5The Cloud Roads 2011
JadeSister queen of Indigo Cloud5The Cloud Roads 2011
StoneAncient line-grandfather5The Cloud Roads 2011