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Riftwake

The Riftwake series in reading order: 1 book reviewed on The Bookish Elf, first published in 2026.

Book 1 in one line: A diplomatic mission to a forgotten human colony loses half its team in the first sixty pages, then goes to ground in a forest full of walking trees. Patterson's Cytoverse spin-off is sharpest on its least likely subject: five short…

Books reviewed1
Series average4.0★
Where to start
Blightfall cover
Book 1Blightfall2026 · ★ 4.0

Win enough fights and you ascend. Nobody has ever come back to say what that means.

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Blightfall cover
Start hereBlightfall2026 · ★ 4.0

Win enough fights and you ascend. Nobody has ever come back to say what that means.

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What is the reading order of the Riftwake series?

Blightfall.

Where should I start the Riftwake series?

Start with Blightfall, first published in 2026.

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