Reading order
Tensorate reading order
- The Black Tides of Heaven2017
- The Red Threads of Fortune2017
- Descent of Monsters2018
- The Ascent to Godhood2019
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- Score
- 4 volumes
- Volumes
- 2017–2019
- Published
- about 12 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
4 volumes2017–2019Completed
- Neon Yang’s silkpunk novellas, set in an empire where magic, the Slack, is studied like physics and children choose their gender when they are ready.
- The first two were published together and tell the lives of twins Mokoya and Akeha, children of the ruthless Protector, from two sides; read them in either order, then Descent of Monsters, told through letters and reports, and The Ascent to Godhood.
- Short, inventive and rewarding.
A plan for the whole series
4 volumes, 646 pages, about 12 hours. At 45 min a day that is 16 days.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 14, 2026.
- Stage 112 h16 daysby November 14, 2026
- 1. The Black Tides of Heaven
- 2. The Red Threads of Fortune
- 3. Descent of Monsters
- 4. The Ascent to Godhood
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Tensorate book is the longest?
“The Red Threads of Fortune” is the longest at 220 pages; the shortest is “The Black Tides of Heaven” with 122 pages.