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The Mongolian Wizard Series

11 primary works • 11 total works
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Michael Swanwick has been slowly building the world of the Mongolian Wizard on Tor.com since 2012. The series depicts an alternate fin de siècle Europe shot through with magic, mystery, and intrigue, unveiled piece by piece in a series of stand-alone stories, and visualized with art by Greg Manchess.

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Book 1

The Mongolian Wizard
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3.85 · 395 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
With "The Mongolian Wizard," Hugo and Nebula Award…

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    Book 2

    The Fire Gown
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    3.74     · 264 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    A second “Mongolian Wizard” tale from Hugo and Neb…

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    Book 3

    Day of the Kraken
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    3.85     · 246 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 2012 · 2 editions
    The third in Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Michael…

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    Book 4

    House of Dreams
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    3.88     · 231 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 2013 · 2 editions
    The fourth in Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Michae…

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    Book 5

    The Night of the Salamander
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    3.65     · 194 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2015 · 2 editions
    A locked room, a murder, and an unexpected kind of…

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    Book 6

    The Pyramid of Krakow
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    3.79     · 188 Ratings · 29 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition
    The Wizard has swallowed more and more of Europe--…

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    Book 7

    The Phantom in the Maze
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    3.91     · 180 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 2015 · 1 edition
    We tamper with time at our peril. The Phantom in t…

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    Book 8

    Murder in the Spook House
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    3.57     · 141 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 2019 · 1 edition
    Murder in the Spook House is eighth story in the M…

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    Book 9

    The New Prometheus
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    3.86     · 147 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 2019 · 1 edition

    The New Prometheus is the ninth story in the Mongo…

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    Book 10

    Halcyon Afternoon
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    3.64     · 44 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2024 · 1 edition
    Ritter grapples with a cunning adversary in this n…

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    Book 11

    Dragons of Paris
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    4.04     · 45 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2024 · 1 edition
    Reactor presents a new Mongolian Wizard story abou…

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