Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World Without End | 1994 | Sean S. Thomas Russell | Buy |
| 2 | Sea without a Shore | 1996 | Sean S. Thomas Russell | Buy |
Moontide and Magic Rise is a two-book fantasy series by Sean Russell, beginning with World Without End in 1994 and concluding with Sea without a Shore in 1996. The series is set in a world that roughly parallels 18th-century Europe, where the last traces of magic are vanishing and the great mages of old are only dimly remembered.
The books follow a group of scholars, naturalists, and nobles who begin to uncover evidence that the old magic may not be gone after all. Russell blends the manners and politics of an age of reason with fantasy elements that creep in at the edges, creating a story that reads like a cross between a novel of ideas and a traditional epic.