If you loved the way Dark Age constantly drives its characters toward urgent, high-stakes objectives—like Darrow’s brutal campaign to reclaim Mars and the desperate struggles for survival—you’ll be gripped by Leviathan Wakes. The story launches with the search for a missing woman and spirals into a system-spanning crisis, forcing its protagonists to make impossible choices at breakneck speed.

If you were drawn to the sprawling cast and shifting alliances of Dark Age—from Darrow to Lysander to Mustang—you’ll be captivated by A Game of Thrones. Martin’s saga juggles a dazzling array of characters, each with their own motivations and arcs, ensuring that you’re always invested in someone, even as loyalties shift and destinies collide.

If you appreciated the way Dark Age refuses to paint its characters as pure heroes or villains—Darrow’s ruthless decisions, Lysander’s shifting morality—you’ll relish The Lies of Locke Lamora. Locke and his gang operate in the grayest of moral areas, pulling off heists while navigating betrayal and violence, making you question whose side you’re really on.

If you loved the epic, world-shaking events in Dark Age—wars that reshape societies, empires that rise and fall—you’ll be enthralled by The Fifth Season. Jemisin’s world is on the brink of collapse, with cataclysmic forces at play and characters whose fates intertwine across continents and centuries.

If the cutthroat politics, betrayals, and power games of the Sovereign and the Ash Lord kept you hooked in Dark Age, you’ll find Dune equally compelling. Herbert’s masterpiece is a labyrinth of scheming nobles, shifting alliances, and deadly intrigue, as Paul Atreides navigates a deadly web of ambition on the desert planet Arrakis.