The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 2 books · 2010 to 2015 · Set in an invented world

Who Fears Death Books in Order

Who Fears Death and The Book of Phoenix are set in the same world, a future Africa transformed by technology and magic.

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Series facts

Books
2
Published
2010 to 2015
First book
Who Fears Death
Latest
The Book of Phoenix (2015)
Setting
Set in an invented world

The reading order

Every Who Fears Death book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

2 books · Set in an invented world
  1. 1Who Fears Death2010With OnyesonwuIn a future Sudan, Onyesonwu, a young woman born of violence and shunned by her people, discovers great magical powers and sets out to confront the sorcerer who is her father.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Book of Phoenix2015With PhoenixPhoenix, a woman created in a laboratory in New York and growing at an accelerated rate, escapes and sets out to bring down her makers.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read Who Fears Death first, then The Book of Phoenix, which is a prequel.

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 Who Fears Death book
BookOnyesonwuPhoenix
1 Who Fears DeathLLead
2 The Book of PhoenixLLead

Characters in the Who Fears Death books

2 characters from Nnedi Okorafor’s chart, with the number of Who Fears Death books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
OnyesonwuSorceress born of violence1Who Fears Death 2010
PhoenixAccelerated woman grown in a lab1The Book of Phoenix 2015