Book Series Guide

Larry Niven · series

Golden Road books in order

A later sequence set in the Magic Universe, co-written with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes.

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Publication order

  1. 1
    The Burning City

    Book 1 · novel · 2000

    "Set in the world of Niven's The Magic Goes Away, The Burning City transports readers to an enchanted ancient city that often bears a provocative resemblance to our own modern society. Here Yagen-Atep, the volatile and voracious god of…

  2. 2
    Burning Tower

    Book 2 · novel · 2005

    Return to the "vivid and unusual" (Kirkus Reviews) world of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Burning City, where the fire god has retreated into myth, leaving the residents of Tep's Town unprotected for the first time in their…

  3. 3
    The Seascape Tattoo

    Book 3 · novel · 2016

    The Seascape Tattoo: the latest spellbinding adventure in Larry Niven's acclaimed collaborations with Steven Barnes. Aros of Azteca and Neoloth-Pteor are the deadliest of enemies: Swordsman and Sorcerer, locked in mortal combat, who have…