![]() (Note: all links go to West’s website, where she has assembled buying links for each book so I don’t have to.) Where to start? That quantity, and the fact that the series began twenty-five years ago, also leads to the question of where someone who does want to read these books should start. Plus, there are currently 16 books in the series, so that’s a lot to catch up on. It’s the perfect time to start reading these books, as West has already sold the first four books in the final series in the universe (currently titled The Burning Crown), but the absolute earliest we could expect to see the first one would be 2021. ![]() For more on why I think these books are great, and why the conclusion to the House War in particular has been very satisfying, you can read my review of the previous entry in the series, Oracle, at Strange Horizons. In particular, if you like West’s Chronicles of Elantra series, written under her other penname Michelle Sagara, I think you’ll like the West aka Essalieyan novels too. ![]() With the publication of the final two novels in Michelle West’s House War series this year ( Firstborn and War), respectively, I’ve embarked once again on my quest to talk these books up to other people. ![]()
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