Alec Hutson Books in Order

After ancient magical wars devastated the world, sorcery dwindled under religious persecution. A boy with strange powers, a rising queen and a theft from a mysterious empire signal its return, awakening immortals with reasons to fear what comes next.

Fourteen speculative tales follow priests confronting haunted ruins, a hacker trying to rescue a friend from artificial intelligence, and guardians facing cosmic danger. The collection also returns to the world of The Crimson Queen through several shorter works.

A warrior with no memory crosses a dying landscape carrying a glass sword and a key between worlds. Pursued by monstrous enemies, he joins a swordswoman and a young sorceress whose powers may help him uncover his purpose.

Keilan and his companions carry a weapon capable of destroying the immortal Chosen as a second Raveling approaches. Across divided kingdoms, imprisoned allies and rival sorcerers prepare for a struggle that threatens to end the human age.

Keilan and Nel pursue a paladin after a devastating attack, seeking answers and revenge. Elsewhere, a young woman inherits a duty to avenge her father, while ancient beings released from imprisonment begin reshaping the world's fragile balance of power.

Fleeing cultists, Talin and his companions seek refuge in the Twilight Empire and search for the missing sorceress Valyra. Rumors draw them across dangerous grasslands and into a realm where finding sanctuary may prove as difficult as escaping pursuit.

After a companion's betrayal leaves Valyra in the Contessa's hands, Talin must return to the City of Masks. His promise to protect the young sorceress now draws him into a confrontation that could determine the fate of worlds.

Exiled from the Starfarers Guild, Kerin and his crew survive by accepting dangerous contracts along the stellar tributary. A mysterious encounter offers redemption, but draws them and their telepathic starbeast into a conflict with far-reaching stakes.

Newly born cosmic entity Zogrusz must discover what he is and learn to control terrifying powers. His search for purpose among the stars brings strange encounters, possible friendships, and a cat in this gentle take on cosmic horror.

Fragments of a shattered divine heart grant extraordinary powers to warriors who bind them into their flesh. For Deryn, an orphan trapped in slavery, the growing conflict between rival orders offers an unexpected route into a struggle with world-changing stakes.

Invaders arriving on scaled wings overwhelm a kingdom’s soldiers, sorcerers, and holy warriors. With established powers defeated, a shepherd girl who has already lost everything becomes the unlikely challenger to the conquering Empire of Flame and Fang.

Heth gains the power of a long-hidden Light shard, making him and the refugees from Duskhold targets for dangerous hunters. He and Deryn flee toward Karath seeking answers as rival factions maneuver and the north edges toward war.