Chronicles of the Xandim Books in Order

Chronicles of the Xandim goes backward into the deep past of the Aurian world. These books are prequels to Artefacts of Power, but they do not feel like footnotes. They tell a full story set in a rougher, earlier age, when the land itself was shaped differently, the great Mage races were still struggling for dominance, and the events that would eventually lead to the Artefacts of Power were still taking form.

At the heart of the series are the Xandim, a people who were once shapeshifters but have been trapped in horse form by the Phaerie, masters of the Old Magic. Their hope rests with Corisand, a new Windeye and shaman who begins to recover the buried truth of what her people used to be. She is joined by Iriana, a blind Wizard whose wisdom and magic make her one of the series' most important allies. Together, they are trying to do something huge: give a stolen people their freedom back.

That goal gives the duology a clear emotional center. This is a freedom story as much as a fantasy adventure. Corisand is not just fighting monsters or enemy soldiers. She is fighting a curse, a system of enslavement, and the damage that kind of long captivity does to memory and identity. The books keep asking what a people can recover after they have been forced to forget themselves.

The stakes only get bigger from there.

As Heritage of the Xandim and Exodus of the Xandim unfold, the Xandim's struggle gets tangled up with rival Magefolk, dangerous artifacts, prophecy, and the approach of open war. Corisand has to grow into leadership while mastering powers that are not simple or safe. Furey uses that pressure well. The series has the travel, conflict, magic, and high stakes of epic fantasy, but it also feels more focused than her longer sagas because the main question never disappears: can the Xandim truly become themselves again?

The setting helps a lot. Because this is an earlier version of the Aurian world, everything feels more unstable and more mythic. Old races still move openly through the story. Phaerie power is close at hand. History has not settled down yet. If you already know Aurian, these books answer some of the world's oldest questions. If you do not, they still work as a solid entry point with a strong lead pair and a clear arc.

Expect a mix of quest fantasy, culture clash, and origin-story worldbuilding. If what interests you most in epic fantasy is the lost age behind the legend, this series is where Maggie Furey leans hard into that pleasure.