The Revelations is the place to fall in love with Michael Sullivan's world and its characters The Chronicles provide icing on a really great cake. All the world building and plot setup is done in The Revelations and you just aren't going to understand what it means when someone says, "By Maribor.", the hostility toward "the church", and some other references in The Crown Tower without reading The Revelations books. However, The Crown Tower is bound to be a joy and great fun to anyone who enjoyed The Revelations, but isn't likely to be as compelling to those who have not. Having read all The Riyria Revelations books and now having listened to the first of The Chronicles, I think that is mostly true - you could follow the story in either order. And in the forward he says that he wrote them in a way that readers could enjoy reading the stories in order of publication (Revelations first, then Chronicles) or in order of events (Chronicles first, then Revelations). Sullivan, where he explains why he decided to write the prequel stories, The Riyria Chronicles, after having published The Riyria Revelations. The Crown Tower: The Riyria Chronicles, Book 1 starts with a nice forward from the author, Michael J.
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