AttunementsOngoing
2017—Arcane Ascension
Andrew Rowe
An academy progression story built around attunements, mana types, and clever systems.
AcademyCrafting / EnchanterDungeon Crawl
Author
Andrew Rowe
4 series · 15 books of progression fantasy
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CultivationOngoing
2015—The War of Broken Mirrors
Andrew Rowe
In the city of Orlyn, godhood is on sale to the highest bidder. Thousands flock each year hoping for immortality, but behind the faith lies conspiracy. Knowledge sorcerer Lydia Hastings—able to extract information from anything she touches—travels to Orlyn to validate the local religion and discovers a prisoner who resembles the long-missing leader of her pantheon. Rescuing him risks her cover, but his execution could end everything she holds dear. Across three volumes, Lydia, spy Jonan Kestrian, Taelien of the Trials of Unyielding Steel, Velas Jaldin and the legendary immortal sorcerers unravel murders, imperial conspiracies and world-shaping magic that connects directly to the Arcane Ascension universe (same world, earlier era).
Cultivation
Mana RanksOngoing
2019—Weapons and Wielders
Andrew Rowe
Keras Selyrian — a powerful swordsman from another continent, already a legend for defeating false divinities, thieving sorcerers, and corrupt demigods — travels to Kaldwyn seeking the Six Sacred Swords, the continent's most famous artifacts, forged as the only means to defeat the god beasts. Each sword must be earned by a worthy champion through trials and tournaments, and no single person has ever collected them all. Set in the same universe as the Arcane Ascension novels but years earlier with a different protagonist; the books are interconnected yet readable on their own. (Compiled from verified Goodreads book descriptions.)
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Mana RanksOngoing
2023—The Lost Edge
Andrew Rowe
Lien — named for an ancient word meaning 'blade-edge,' bearing a mysterious mark on his right hand — is raised in a primeval forest by a sage among faeries and spirits. To earn his freedom he undertakes the trials of Anathema, a long-hidden weapon of devastating power, training in swordplay and magic under fractured figments of ancient legends. Now called Edge and bound to a legendary blade recovered from the Sepulcher of Sealed Swords, he delves dungeons and faces a three-fold fae trial to unlock the first of his weapon's sealed secrets — set in Rowe's Arcane Ascension universe and inspired by JRPGs and The Legend of Zelda.