The Lord of the Ringsis a trilogy of books written byJ.

In the East are the pale-skinned Kargish, who see magic as evil and frequently clash with the Hardics.

The books take place in the continent of Orisha, a land resembling Western Africa.

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Set in the same universe, there’sThe Golden Door, the first in a trilogy.

However, he also developed his own wide-reaching fantasy universe known as the Cosmere.

This series contains a lot of similar themes to Middle-Earth, namely the rivalry between different races.

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Love it or hate it,Bored of the Ringshas definitely been an influential work.

Story-wise, it’s about Lirazel, the daughter of the King of Elfland, as the name implies.

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