If the creak of the Tide Child’s decks, the taboo craft of bone hulls, and the awe of the arakeesian’s return pulled you in, you’ll love how Ship of Magic plunges you into Bingtown’s trade politics, the Rain Wilds’ dangerous alchemy, and the eerie bond of liveships. Like watching Meas refit a disgraced crew into a razor-edged instrument, you’ll savor the day-to-day mechanics of sailing, ship-law, and sea-beasts here—right down to the tar, rope, and lore that make the world feel lived-in.

Did the brutal choices aboard the Tide Child—Meas’s cold-eyed calls in battle, Joron’s compromises to keep his condemned crew alive, storms and blood in the wake of the arakeesian—hook you? The Black Company walks that same knife-edge. You’ll track a soldier’s-eye view of war where loyalty is everything, victories are pyrrhic, and the cost of following orders (or breaking them) hits with the same grim weight as a broadside in Barker’s seas.

If Joron’s rise under Lucky Meas—from a broken drunk to a capable officer who learns the ropes, the calls, and the burden of command—was your sweet spot, The Thousand Names delivers that same climb. You’ll get promotions earned the hard way, battlefield improvisation that echoes Meas’s daring maneuvers, and the satisfaction of watching a unit sharpen into a deadly, loyal force against impossible odds.

If your heart beat fastest when the condemned of the Tide Child knit themselves into a family—Joron backing Meas in mutinous waters, the crew rallying around the gullaime and their impossible hunt—then Six of Crows will hit perfectly. A ragtag team of criminals binds together for an all-or-nothing job, trading barbs, scars, and unwavering loyalty the way Meas’s crew do when the sea turns murderous.

If the evolving bond between Meas and Joron—with Meas shaping him through tough lessons, and Joron growing into a leader who’ll weather storms and sea-serpents for her—was what you loved, His Majesty’s Dragon offers a similarly intimate arc. Captain Laurence and the dragon Temeraire forge trust and duty amid rigid ranks and tactics, echoing the Tide Child’s blend of mentorship, loyalty, and battlefield courage.