Juliet E McKenna: the other 4 books

It's rare for me to find a whole series that I haven't read. This one was great. I went out and got the other 4 books (books 2 thru 5) and finished the last one last night.

What I loved about this series was that it was serial but not. Characters were introduced either by name or deed in each book, yet not all characters Played a role in each book. The second book has Chosen man Ryshad turning into a romantic partner. Book 3 has Ryshad in one city doing his thing while Livak goes adventuring in the mountains with her old partners (only briefly mentioned in book 1 & 2) and some of the mages but not all of them from book 1. Book 4 is mostly about Ryshad and what he did while Livak was in the mountains in book 3. Book 5 has many of them coming back together. Each book is roughly 500 pages so it's a chunky read reading all of them back to back. yay.

The main thread thru all the books is learning how to deal with 2 kinds of magic. One is earth magic, the other is more aetheric. They don't work the same, there are warring factions who use one or the other type of magic. How do they overcome not being able to fight fire with fire? There are 4 different kinds of people (more actually but some are legend) and they all have their different rules around using the magic. There are social, financial and moral threads to the stories.

In any case, I liked the series. Now I'm about to go out and find the other series she has on the shelf.
Tales of Einarinn
1. The Thief's Gamble (1999)
2. The Swordsman's Oath (1999)
3. The Gambler's Fortune (2000)
4. The Warrior's Bond (2001)
5. The Assassin's Edge (2002)