![]() ![]() Where To Start Reading The Kurtherian Universe Įach series in the Kurtherian Universe is designed to be read separately. The other takes place in Earth’s far future, the Age of Magic. Therefore, this Kurtherian Universe reading order assembles all of the books in the various series in chronological order.Īt one point, the timeline splits into two main continuities, one that takes place in space, called the Age of Expansion. Originally developed by Michael Anderle, other authors have joined with their own stories set in the same universe. ![]() The Kurtherian Universe is probably the largest, independently published shared universe out there. At several points in the TKG timeline the events of different series happen concurrently, or near concurrently, so to read the books in timeline sequence you may be flitting between different character perspectives from book to book. This reading order is designed to give readers an idea of the sequence of events in which things happened. 1.1 Where To Start Reading The Kurtherian Universe. ![]()
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