James Maxwell

jamesmaxwell.com @james_maxwell

Epische fantasy

James Maxwell is a British-Australian bestselling author of epic fantasy novels, with millions of copies sold worldwide.
His works include Enchantress, Golden Age, and A Girl From Nowhere.
Maxwell's books have received multiple award nominations, including the World Fantasy Award and Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, he studied a mix of arts and sciences at the University of Queensland.
Since becoming a full-time author in 2012, Maxwell resides on Australia's Sunshine Coast.
His latest series, The Gateway Saga, begins with Blood and Empire, published in March 2025.

Boeken van James Maxwell

Enchantress

door James Maxwell • 2012

An enchantress and her warrior brother hunt stolen tomes before their world's magic fades forever.

4.03

18.000+

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

Young Adult

Enchantress

An enchantress and her warrior brother hunt stolen tomes before their world's magic fades forever.

door James Maxwell 2012 626 pagina's

4.03

18.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

Young Adult

The Hidden Relic

door James Maxwell • 2012

A tyrant's addiction cracks a portal's wards; allies must close it before the old gods escape.

4.16

11.000+

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

Young Adult

The Hidden Relic

A tyrant's addiction cracks a portal's wards; allies must close it before the old gods escape.

door James Maxwell 2012 498 pagina's

4.16

11.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

Young Adult

A Girl from Nowhere

door James Maxwell • 2020

A lame orphan crosses a deadly wasteland chasing the legend of a white-walled city.

4.06

11.000+

Fantasy

Sciencefiction

Dystopisch

A Girl from Nowhere

A lame orphan crosses a deadly wasteland chasing the legend of a white-walled city.

door James Maxwell 2020 445 pagina's

4.06

11.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

Sciencefiction

Dystopisch

Golden Age

door James Maxwell • 2016

A healer's daughter faces prophecy and invasion when a shapeshifter saves her city from ruin.

4.04

9.000+

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

Young Adult

Golden Age

A healer's daughter faces prophecy and invasion when a shapeshifter saves her city from ruin.

door James Maxwell 2016 466 pagina's

4.04

9.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

Young Adult

The Path of the Storm

door James Maxwell • 2013

His son poisoned, a war hero crosses uncharted seas as an ancient enemy raises the dead.

4.26

9.000+

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

Magie

The Path of the Storm

His son poisoned, a war hero crosses uncharted seas as an ancient enemy raises the dead.

door James Maxwell 2013 496 pagina's

4.26

9.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

Magie

The Lore of the Evermen

door James Maxwell • 2014

A necromancer's armada closes in, but the empire's lords squabble while one realm stands alone.

4.37

9.000+

Fantasy

Young Adult

High Fantasy

The Lore of the Evermen

A necromancer's armada closes in, but the empire's lords squabble while one realm stands alone.

door James Maxwell 2014 514 pagina's

4.37

9.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

Young Adult

High Fantasy

Silver Road

door James Maxwell • 2016

A frozen fleet's relic summons monsters, and warring kingdoms will burn the sea to destroy it.

4.26

5.000+

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Magie

Silver Road

A frozen fleet's relic summons monsters, and warring kingdoms will burn the sea to destroy it.

door James Maxwell 2016 494 pagina's

4.26

5.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

High Fantasy

Magie

Iron Will

door James Maxwell • 2018

A conqueror's dragon horde sweeps the land, but the magic that forged them is about to shatter.

4.46

5.000+

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

High Fantasy

Iron Will

A conqueror's dragon horde sweeps the land, but the magic that forged them is about to shatter.

door James Maxwell 2018 411 pagina's

4.46

5.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

Epische fantasy

High Fantasy

A World of Secrets

door James Maxwell • 2020

A wounded hunter and blocked mystic cross a desert seeking the machine that holds their world.

4.30

5.000+

Fantasy

Sciencefiction

Young Adult

A World of Secrets

A wounded hunter and blocked mystic cross a desert seeking the machine that holds their world.

door James Maxwell 2020 302 pagina's

4.30

5.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

Sciencefiction

Young Adult

Copper Chain

door James Maxwell • 2017

Ancient chains bind dragons to a conqueror's command. One exiled healer can break them.

4.33

4.000+

Fantasy

Draken

Magie

Copper Chain

Ancient chains bind dragons to a conqueror's command. One exiled healer can break them.

door James Maxwell 2017 382 pagina's

4.33

4.000+ beoordelingen

Fantasy

Draken

Magie

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