Middlegame
- Published
- 1 January 2019
- Pages
- 528
- ISBN-13
- 9781250195524
- Type
- novel
About this book
Middlegame (2019) opens Alchemical Journeys, Seanan McGuire's sequence of interconnected standalone novels, introducing twins Roger and Dodger, engineered and separated at birth by an alchemist chasing godlike power.
Key facts about Middlegame
Middlegame is a novel by Seanan McGuire. Readers have had it since 2019. It runs to 528 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Middlegame. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250195524 to find the main one.
Middlegame is book 1 of 4 in the Alchemical Journeys series. The series has 4 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Inkpot Gods is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 9 June 2026.
Additionally, Seanan McGuire writes October Daye, InCryptid and Ghost Roads, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our urban fantasy, portal fantasy and dark fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Inkpot Gods is the latest published Seanan McGuire book on file, from 9 June 2026. The next announced Seanan McGuire release is due on 12 January 2027, so there is still more to come.
About Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire is a prolific American author of urban fantasy and speculative fiction, best known for the long-running October Daye series, which follows a half-fae, half-human private investigator navigating the hidden Faerie courts of San Francisco. See every Seanan McGuire book in order.
Its place in Alchemical Journeys
Middlegame is book 1 in the Alchemical Journeys series. It is followed by Seasonal Fears. See the full Alchemical Journeys reading order.
Alchemical Journeys is Seanan McGuire's series of interconnected but standalone dark fantasy novels, each built around a different classical alchemical element and united by a hidden world of impossible cities, amoral alchemists, and forces trying to reshape reality through story and language. Middlegame opens the sequence with Roger and Dodger, twins engineered and separated at birth by an alchemist chasing godlike power through the manipulation of language and math -- a novel about doors between impossible…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250195524