If Ehiru’s struggle with “granting peace” — and the terror of tipping into Reaperhood — hooked you, you’ll be riveted by Rin’s shamanic awakening in The Poppy War. Like the Gatherers of Gujaareh, Rin taps a god-touched power that can save a people or scorch the world; her choices at Ankhiluun and beyond echo the same harrowing question that haunts Ehiru and Nijiri: what do you owe your nation when salvation demands atrocity?

If the Hananja faith, the Hetawa’s rites, and Sunandi’s clash with Gujaareh’s sacred law drew you in, City of Stairs offers a similarly combustible mix of doctrine and geopolitics. Spy-diplomat Shara Komayd investigates a murder in Bulikov, a city where conquered gods once ruled and their miracles still warp reality. The way faith underwrites law — as in Gujaareh’s “peace” — becomes a battlefield, and every revelation hits like Sunandi’s dossiers landing in a priest’s lap.

If the maneuvering of Prince Eninket, the Hetawa’s quiet power, and Sunandi’s embassy games kept you turning pages, The Curse of Chalion delivers that same razor-edged intrigue with a divine twist. Cazaril navigates a treacherous court while the Five Gods tug at mortal affairs, and plots of murder and miracle collide. Like Gujaareh’s sanctified killings, the book’s holy interventions force choices as fraught as any Gatherer’s night walk.

If the bond between Ehiru and Nijiri — reverent, tender, and tested by duty — was your favorite thread, you’ll find a resonant echo in Assassin’s Apprentice. Fitz’s clandestine training under Chade sharpens him into a weapon for the realm, much like Nijiri’s path under Ehiru’s guidance. The same aching questions that shadow the Gatherers — what killing does to the soul, and what loyalty asks of love — drive Fitz’s most harrowing choices.

If Gujaareh’s Egypt-inspired streets, healing houses, and dream-magic rituals captivated you, The City of Brass will scratch that itch. Nahri’s healer’s arts pull her into Daevabad, a dazzling city where djinn courts, sectarian rifts, and old oaths shape every spell. As in Ehiru and Sunandi’s world, medicine, belief, and power form one tapestry — and every cure has a cost.