Mortal Lands: A Sarah J. Maas Book Club
Oct 14, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 10 segments
Here we go!!!! The moment Síle (Sheila) and Teamhair (Tara) have been waiting for (and you can tell!). This no holds barred conversation on the entire MAASVERSE is two years in the making. We’re…
Ready? In 2012, Sarah released Throne of Glass, the first full novel in the Throne of Glass series.
In 2014, she released the prequel, which we call book one.
So that means the first one published is two, and the second one published is actually three, okay? Um, so that's The Assassin's Blade.
That's a prequel.
Right.
Uh, it should be read first.
I feel very strongly about that.
[laughs]
... coverage, you will-
Any, any-
... hear that ad nauseum
... episode in season two will cover that, our reason for that.
She, she did write The Assassin's Blade all but one of the short stories first, though, and had them published online, and then they-
Yeah
... she added one short story that was released in the, the published book.
Then, ready? 2015-
I'm ready
...
A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Mm.
Am I r- at five? Yeah.
Ready? In 2012, Sarah released Throne of Glass, the first full novel in the Throne of Glass series.
In 2014, she released the prequel, which we call book one.
So that means the first one published is two, and the second one published is actually three, okay? Um, so that's The Assassin's Blade.
That's a prequel.
Right.
Uh, it should be read first.
I feel very strongly about that.
[laughs]
... coverage, you will-
Any, any-
... hear that ad nauseum
... episode in season two will cover that, our reason for that.
She, she did write The Assassin's Blade all but one of the short stories first, though, and had them published online, and then they-
Yeah
... she added one short story that was released in the, the published book.
Then, ready? 2015-
I'm ready
...
A Court of Thorns and Roses.
Mm.
Am I r- at five? Yeah.
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