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Average rating: 4.15 · 40,254 ratings · 5,867 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 11,600 ratings — published 2019 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Call of the Bone Ships (The Tide Child, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 5,650 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Age of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 6,214 ratings — published 2017 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bone Ship's Wake (The Tide Child, #3) 4.48 avg rating — 5,025 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 3,445 ratings — published 2018 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gods of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 3,245 ratings — published 2023 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King of Assassins (The Wounded Kingdom, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 2,653 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Lords of Wyrdwood (Forsaken #2) 4.11 avg rating — 1,037 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heart of the Wyrdwood (Forsaken #3) 3.96 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hag's Call (The Tide Child, #0.5) 3.92 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by R.J. Barker

The Tide Child (3 books)
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4.22 avg rating — 22,382 ratings

The Wounded Kingdom (3 books)
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4.07 avg rating — 12,317 ratings

Forsaken (3 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 4,773 ratings

Wyrdwood-Saga (2 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 3,260 ratings

Quotes by R.J. Barker (?)

“Can you add a quote from yourself? That would be pointless, what sort of fool would do that?”
― R.J. Barker

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“Bad friends are worse than no friends,”
― R.J. Barker, Age of Assassins

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“We are cursed to be the sum of our deeds, black as they may be. They are like an arrow: once the shot is made, there is no escaping the consequences.”
― R.J. Barker, Blood of Assassins

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Polls

Preliminary Poll for Series to Start February 1, 2021

The Lightbringer Series (5 books) by Brent Weeks, starting with The Black Prism

23 votes, 44.2%

Legends of the First Empire (6 books) by Michael J. Sullivan, starting with Age of Myth

8 votes, 15.4%

The Collegia Magica series (3 books) by Carol Berg, starting with The Spirit Lens

6 votes, 11.5%

The Queen’s Thief series (6 books) by Megan Whalen Turner, starting with The Thief

4 votes, 7.7%

The Seventh Sword series (4 books) by Dave Duncan, starting with The Reluctant Swordsman

4 votes, 7.7%

The Wounded Kingdom trilogy (3 books) by R.J. Barker, starting with Age of Assassins

4 votes, 7.7%

The Fortress series (5 books) by C.J. Cherryh, starting with Fortress in the Eye of Time

3 votes, 5.8%

52 total votes

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