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The Whisperers runs to 24 books. Before the Whisper is a second series set earlier, in the age of one human world. Either can be read first.
Publication order
Book One of The Whisperers. Begin where the series began and read the 24 books in order.
Story order
Book One of Before the Whisper. Begin in the age of one world, at an observatory waiting on a crescent.