The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 14 books · 2001 to 2020

Trudi Canavan

FantasyYoung adultEpic and high fantasyYA fantasy

Melbourne writer Trudi Canavan began with The Black Magician trilogy, about Sonea, a girl from the slums who discovers she has magic, and has since written the Age of the Five and Millennium's Rule series.

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Trudi Canavan books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Black Magician

7 books · Set in invented worlds · story order differsEpic and high fantasyYA fantasy
  1. 1The Magicians' Guild2001With SoneaBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Novice2002With SoneaBuy on Amazon
  3. 3The High Lord2003With Sonea and AkkarinBuy on Amazon
  4. 4The Magician's Apprentice2009With TessiaBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Ambassador's Mission2010With Sonea and CeryBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Rogue2011With Sonea and CeryBuy on Amazon
  7. 7The Traitor Queen2012With Cery and DannylBuy on Amazon

Age of the Five

3 books · Set in invented worldsEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1Priestess of the White2005With AurayaBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Last of the Wilds2006With AurayaBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Voice of the Gods2006With AurayaBuy on Amazon

Millennium's Rule

4 books · Set in invented worldsEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1Thief's Magic2014With Tyen Ironsmelter and Rielle LazuliBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Angel of Storms2015With Tyen Ironsmelter and Rielle LazuliBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Successor's Promise2017With Tyen Ironsmelter and Rielle LazuliBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Maker's Curse2020With Tyen Ironsmelter and Rielle LazuliBuy on Amazon

Characters

11 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

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The Five

The worlds