The Elemental Pentology
This five book series begins with Alabaster, and takes us on a tense ride through history to understand why there is intense conflict between the two factions. With Norse influences - including Ragnarök, Yggdrasil, Thor, and Baldr - and more modern elements - such as cybernics and AI - this is a blended hybrid of styles which offer a dynamic character driven, and inclusive, story through the whole series.
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The timeline overlaps, so they need to be read in order. Each book adds more detail, more layers, and more clues. It explores how the world has been impacted by the decline of the matriarchal society in favour of a patriarchal one. It explores how women are reclaiming their place. And how the world has been damaged by neglect. This is all presented in a way that's exciting to read, with characters you will come to love, to hate, and maybe to mourn.