Reddit reviews Artifacts: cycle II (Magic, the Gathering)

Barnes and Noble does not carry them in store. They would be sourcing them from the same online sellers, the same as other sites like Amazon. The books are quite old now so that makes sense.

Definitely start with The Brother's War. You can read the original or pick it up in the Onmibus along with it's prequel The Thran.

Here are all the books, in chronological order (also my recommended order, other than saving The Thran for very last):


The Thran (Or Artifacts: cycle 1 Omnibus)

The Brother's War (Or Artifacts: cycle 1 Omnibus)

Planeswalker (Or Artifacts: cycle 2 Omnibus)

Time Streams (Or Artifacts: cycle 2 Omnibus)

Bloodlines (Or Artifacts: cycle 2 Omnibus)

Rath and Storm

Mercadian Masques

Nemesis

Prophecy

Invasion

Planeshift

Apocalypse

The Thran is not available for kindle, unfortunately. It is however in the Artifacts cycle omnibus, which I highly recommend. It has the story of the thran and then the story of Urza Vs the Phyrexians.

http://www.amazon.com/Artifacts-Cycle-Magic-Gathering-Omnibus/dp/0786953055

http://www.amazon.com/Artifacts-Cycle-II-Gathering-Omnibus/dp/0786953063/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=15M4GBD41KKZJWQTVT90

There are 2 books that are a great start to the book series artifact cycle 1 and artifact cycle 2. They are the first 5 books in the whole series. The first one is the Thran and the brothers war. The second one is Planswalker, time stream, and bloodlines. They are a good read if you can find them for cheap.

First off, get the two Artificat books, it is a collection of the stories from Urza's Saga.

Book 1

Which covers the Thran who were 3000 years before Urza and the growing up of Urza until he becomes a planeswalker.

and

Book 2

Which covers Urza as he travels the multiverse, realizes the threat that the Phyrexians really are, and starts his defense against them on Dominaria.

Then, read the Ice Age trilogy by Jeff Grubb.

Ice Age Cycle

Which covers what happens during the Ice Age on dominaria while Urza is away on his exploration. There are a lot more stories out there, but these should really grab you into the awesomeness that the story used to be.

The Magic Artifacts Cycle 1 and Artifacts Cycle 2 are great, just skip the Thran novel in cycle 1 to read once you finish Brothers war and cycle 2. Brother War in cycle 1 is probably my favorite book.

Copying this from an earlier, similar post:

Here you go.

Of these, the following on available for e-book:

• Moons of Mirrodin, Darksteel Eye, The Fifth Dawn
  
  
• Outlaw, Heretic, Guardian
  
  
• Ravnica, Guildpact, Dissension
  
  
• Alara Unbroken
  
  
• Zendikar
  
  
• Scars of Mirrodin
  
  
• Agents of Artifice, Test of Metal, The Purifying Fire
  
  In addition to the Secretist books.
  
  Prior to Alara, each set had a matching novel, so each set had a triology. They never sold well, so Wizards eventually condensed them into single books for each set, but also added in single books for the new generation planeswalkers (the ones we have now). The Secretist is a revival of the book series, since no book was published for Innistrad, but using a different format: one short novella for each set, which should all together add up to a whole novel, similar to the Alara-era books but with a more encompassing feel. They're using it as a test.
  
  You can also find the Artifact Cycle collections in physical copies, which are very worth the read and extra cash.
  
  The Zendikar, Scars, and Innistrad stories happened mostly via a now-happened abandoned-by-Wizards medium, webcomic. You can find the relevant stories here.