Reading order
The Traitor Spy Trilogy reading order
1
2
3- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2010–2012
- Published
- about 30 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Fantasy#141
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes2010–2012Completed
- The sequel to Trudi Canavan’s Black Magician trilogy, set about twenty years later: Sonea is now a senior magician, and her son Lorkin travels to neighbouring Sachaka, where he falls in with a secret society of rebels.
- Read the Black Magician books first.
- One story — read in order.
- Ratings are close, with The Rogue a little ahead.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 1,542 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 5 weeks.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: high
Stages
2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 10, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.
- Stage 19 h13 daysby November 11, 2026
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 10, 2026
- The end of the series
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Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.1 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.
Best volume: The Rogue (7.9, 80 ratings). Weakest: The Ambassador's Mission (7.9). The series is complete; you can read it start to finish with no waiting. The last volume (7.9) scores close to the series average or above it.
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
The Traitor Spy Trilogy books ranked, best to worst
- 1.The RogueBook 2 · 20117.9
- 1.The Traitor QueenBook 3 · 20127.9
- 1.The Ambassador's MissionBook 1 · 20107.9
Frequently asked questions
Which Traitor Spy Trilogy book is the best?
By reader score, The Rogue (7.9/10). The lowest-rated is The Ambassador's Mission (7.9/10).
Which The Traitor Spy Trilogy book is the longest?
“The Traitor Queen” is the longest at 528 pages; the shortest is “The Rogue” with 501 pages.
What should I read after The Traitor Spy Trilogy?
Other series by Trudi Canavan: Age of the Five Trilogy, The Black Magician Trilogy, Millennium’s Rule Series.
