If what grabbed you was following Moon as he learns Raksuran customs at Indigo Cloud—navigating queens, consorts, and courts while watching the terrifying Fell from the margins—you’ll love the Wayfarer’s crew. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet surrounds a drifter with a motley family of aliens, each with distinct biology and culture, and revels in the same delight you felt when Moon first grasped Arbora/Warrior roles or watched Stone bridge factions. It’s a warm, curiosity-first tour of alien norms and taboos, with the same gentle awe for difference that runs through Moon’s first flights with Jade’s court.

Moon’s journey from isolated wanderer to a pillar of Indigo Cloud—earning Jade’s trust, surviving Fell threats, and proving himself despite suspicion—has a clear echo in Maia’s unexpected rise to the Ethuveraz throne. In The Goblin Emperor, you’ll get that same ache-and-glow of found loyalty as an earnest outsider learns to read a labyrinthine court, wins allies one honest conversation at a time, and transforms wary onlookers into a true support network—much like Moon, Stone, and the court learning to stand together.

If you were hooked by Moon hiding what he is, piecing together the truth of his Raksuran nature, and finally claiming a place beside Jade despite old fears, Seraphina offers that same pulse. Seraphina conceals a forbidden lineage while navigating a royal court on edge—much like Moon tiptoeing through Indigo Cloud’s rules while the Fell loom. Her slow acceptance of self, the careful unspooling of secrets, and a tender, complicated romance mirror the identity-and-belonging thread that made Moon’s story so satisfying.

Part of the thrill in The Cloud Roads is how vividly the Raksura feel—queens and consorts, Arbora castes, the night-flight hunts—and how the Fell’s hive logic is alien yet coherent. Children of Time scratches that exact itch by building an entire civilization from the ground up, letting non-human biology shape culture and conflict as clearly as Raksuran courts differ from the Fell. If you loved the sense that every wingbeat and caste role had history behind it, this epic evolution tale will light up the same worldbuilding circuits.

If Moon and Jade’s bond—prickly beginnings, court expectations, then a steady, protective partnership forged under threat—was a highlight, Radiance delivers that emotional arc. Human Brishen and Kai Ildiko start with an arranged alliance across species lines and build trust, humor, and loyalty into something as steadfast as Moon standing with Jade against the Fell. It’s intimate, character-first, and revels in the small gestures that turn obligation into love.