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Originally posted by Hoondatha

The Harpers series contains the following books. I've tried to include the links to other series:

1) Parched Sea (self-contained; one character reappears in #12)
2) Elfshadow (start of Arilyn and Danilo books, followed by #8, #13)
3) Red Magic (completely self-contained)
4) Night Parade (completely self-contained)
5) Ring of Winter (completely self-contained)
6) Crypt of the Shadowking (followed by #11)
7) Soldiers of Ice (completely self-contained)
8) Elfsong (sequel to #2)
9) Crown of Fire (sequel to non-Harper novel Spellfire)
10) Masquerade (sequel to Finder's Stone/Alias trilogy)
11) Curse of the Shadowking (sequel to #6)
12) The Veiled Dragon (sequel, more or less, to Parched Sea, though it takes place in a completely different place)
13) Silver Shadows (sequel to Elfshadow and Elfsong; takes place concurrently with Elfsong)
14) Stormlight (completely self-contained)
15) Finder's Bane (sequel, of a sorts, to Finder's Stone/Alias trilogy but with different characters than Masquerade. Followed by non-Harpers novel Tymora's Luck)
16) Thornhold (essentially self-contained, though some characters from the Elfshadow series make appearences)

Overall, the series was one of the better ones from 2e, and there are a number of books in it that I continue to return to (9,10,14,15, all of the Elaine Cunningham books). There are also a few that I haven't read since (1, 7, 11) and a couple I'm indifferent on. Hope all this helps

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Originally posted by Thauranil

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Originally posted by Hoondatha

The Harpers series contains the following books. I've tried to include the links to other series:

1) Parched Sea (self-contained; one character reappears in #12)
2) Elfshadow (start of Arilyn and Danilo books, followed by #8, #13)
3) Red Magic (completely self-contained)
4) Night Parade (completely self-contained)
5) Ring of Winter (completely self-contained)
6) Crypt of the Shadowking (followed by #11)
7) Soldiers of Ice (completely self-contained)
8) Elfsong (sequel to #2)
9) Crown of Fire (sequel to non-Harper novel Spellfire)
10) Masquerade (sequel to Finder's Stone/Alias trilogy)
11) Curse of the Shadowking (sequel to #6)
12) The Veiled Dragon (sequel, more or less, to Parched Sea, though it takes place in a completely different place)
13) Silver Shadows (sequel to Elfshadow and Elfsong; takes place concurrently with Elfsong)
14) Stormlight (completely self-contained)
15) Finder's Bane (sequel, of a sorts, to Finder's Stone/Alias trilogy but with different characters than Masquerade. Followed by non-Harpers novel Tymora's Luck)
16) Thornhold (essentially self-contained, though some characters from the Elfshadow series make appearences)

Overall, the series was one of the better ones from 2e, and there are a number of books in it that I continue to return to (9,10,14,15, all of the Elaine Cunningham books). There are also a few that I haven't read since (1, 7, 11) and a couple I'm indifferent on. Hope all this helps

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Thanks for sharing this list. Alas I have yet to start on the Harper series but that is only because the series is not available in my country. Hopefully that will change soon.

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Originally posted by Seravin

Here's my quick review of the Harper books I've read:

1) Parched Sea - quite a good read actually, great sense of atmosphere in the desert.
2) Elfshadow - classic, probably best in the list.
3) Red Magic - good read especially if you like Thay.
4) Night Parade - can't comment, I've not read it yet but I hear it is very dark and not Realmslike.
5) Ring of Winter - wonderful book. Good characters and fun jungle adventure.
6) Crypt of the Shadowking - I enjoyed this one too.
7) Soldiers of Ice - haven't read yet.
8) Elfsong - Elaine is a great writer and her second book is nearly as good as the first, I just missed Arilyn.
9) Crown of Fire - my favorite of Ed's novels. Mirt is great fun here.
10) Masquerade - imho the weakest of Grubb/Novak's Realms novels, and I love their writing, but I think its their weakest.
11) Curse of the Shadowking - haven't read yet.
12) The Veiled Dragon - this is a terrible book, I'm sad to say. And I loved Parched Sea and Ruha.
13) Silver Shadows - I didn't enjoy this as much as the first 2 Elaine books, it was a bit random to me.
14) Stormlight - a pretty terrible book.
15) Finder's Bane - I enjoyed this. Not as much as the Finder's Stone trilogy but better than Masquerades.
16) Thornhold - haven't read yet.

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