Book of Remezov Books in Order

Book of Remezov is Kirkpatrick's later fantasy series, and it brings his interest in geography right to the front. This is a world where earthquakes matter, where the shape of the land can drive politics, and where scholars are not background decoration. The opening book, Silent Sorrow, takes place in Medanos, a quake-prone land whose people have tried to master uncertainty through mapping, prediction, and the authority of institutions like the Guild of Geographers. It feels less like a loose medieval backdrop and more like a place with geology, infrastructure, and social systems that can fail.

Science matters here.

At the center is Remezov of Sarella, a brilliant young geographer with a fierce amount of ambition. He wants entry into the Guild in the ancient city of Hanemark, and he wants the status that comes with it. Then he finds a dead scientist's diary, and that neat career path starts to crack. The diary points toward invasion, hidden forces, and destructive beings tied to world-shaking earthquakes. Suddenly the skills that might have made Remezov famous also make him vulnerable.

The series is not only about Remezov, though he gives it its name and much of its drive. Other viewpoints widen the picture, including the siblings Spit and Polish and the soldier Hab. That matters because this is not a chosen-one story either. Kirkpatrick is more interested in what happens when cities, guilds, and whole societies start failing under pressure, and when ordinary people have to decide whether they trust expertise, old belief, or the person standing beside them.

The ground is never fully still.

That unease shapes the tone. Old gods have not faded quietly, the natural world is not passive, and Hanemark feels important as more than a backdrop. It is a place of rank, learning, fear, and political tension, where ideas can protect people or trap them. There is action, pursuit, monsters, and a real sense of siege, but there is also a steady argument underneath about reason, faith, and collective action. That gives the series a different texture from a standard quest: the danger is physical, political, and intellectual all at once. The first volume delivers a story of its own while clearly opening a larger design. If you like fantasy where maps, institutions, natural forces, and civic breakdown matter as much as swordplay, Book of Remezov shows a later Kirkpatrick pushing his worldbuilding in a fresh direction.