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The Tamuli
The Tamuli series by David Eddings has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Domes of Fire (1992).
- Books
- 3 books
- First published
- 1992
- Status
- completed
- Last checked
Start here: Domes of Fire (1992) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Domes of Fire
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Domes of Fire - Book 2:
The Shining Ones
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Shining Ones - Book 3:
The Hidden City
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Hidden City
About The Tamuli
The Tamuli reunites Sparhawk's found family a short time after the Elenium ends, when Ehlana -- now restored and ruling as queen -- receives an urgent plea from the empress of Tamuli, a vast eastern empire, whose own god-figures are under attack and whose empire is fraying under a magical assault with implications for Sparhawk's homeland too. The trilogy widens the Elenium's scope the way the Malloreon widened the Belgariad's: new cultures, a new set of gods and their earthly representatives, and a political crisis layered over the original magical one, as an ancient enemy Sparhawk's allies barely survived in the previous trilogy turns out to have a Tamuli-based counterpart with its own agenda. The established cast -- Sparhawk, Sephrenia, Ehlana, Kalten, Ulath, Tynian -- carries the story's charm as before, their banter and long friendships doing as much work as the plot itself, while Eddings uses the imperial Tamuli setting to explore succession politics and court intrigue that the more knightly, martial Elenium mostly skipped. It's the concluding half of a single six-book arc rather than a fully independent trilogy, resolving threats and character threads the Elenium leaves open, and by this point Leigh Eddings' formal co-author credit (beginning with the following year's Belgarath the Sorcerer) reflects a collaboration that had, by most accounts, shaped David Eddings' fiction from well before it was acknowledged on the cover.
How to read this series
Read The Tamuli only after finishing all three Elenium books -- it opens with Sparhawk and his companions already established from that trilogy and doesn't re-introduce them. Within the Tamuli itself, read in publication order: Domes of Fire, The Shining Ones, The Hidden City, again one continuous story rather than three standalone entries. There's no need to read the Belgariad or Malloreon first; the Elenium/Tamuli sequence is a fully separate story in the same author's body of work, sharing tone and structure but not characters or setting.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to read The Elenium before The Tamuli?
Yes -- The Tamuli is a direct sequel trilogy that assumes you've read all three Elenium books and know the established cast.
What order should I read The Tamuli in?
Publication order: Domes of Fire, The Shining Ones, The Hidden City.
Is The Tamuli connected to the Belgariad or Malloreon?
No -- it's part of the separate Elenium/Tamuli storyline, a different world and cast from Eddings' Belgariad universe.
How many books are in The Tamuli?
Three, published between 1992 and 1994.
Is The Tamuli the end of Sparhawk's story?
Yes, as tracked here -- The Hidden City (1994) concludes the six-book Elenium/Tamuli arc; Eddings didn't return to Sparhawk's world in any later series.
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