Benjanun Sriduangkaew Books in Order
Explore Benjanun Sriduangkaew's books in order, including Scale-Bright, Her Pitiless Command, and Machine Mandate, with brief summaries for each title.
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Benjanun Sriduangkaew books in publication order
20 books
Scale-Bright
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2014
In modern Hong Kong, Julienne knows her divine aunts inhabit a hidden world of gods and demons. Helping a wounded woman invisible to everyone else draws the mortal into a dangerous conflict involving snake women and an immortal monk.
The Archer Who Shot Down Suns
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2014
Three connected stories reinterpret Chinese mythology before the events of Scale-Bright. They follow Xihe's early life, Houyi's relationship with Chang'e, and an attempt to free Chang'e from the moon through their mortal relative Julienne.
And the Burned Moths Remain
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2015
Imprisoned after betraying a planet to the Hegemony, Jingfei confronts a new opportunity to escape. Another act of treason may offer freedom, forcing a reckoning with the destruction of Tiansong and the possibility of forgiveness.
After-Swarm
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2017
A soldier repeatedly returns from deployment damaged and aged, changing bodies before being sent into battle again. When the enemy finally surrenders, she must confront a peace that cannot simply erase what war has made of her.
Winterglass
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2017
The Winter Queen has transformed warm Sirapirat into a frozen empire. Insurgent Nuawa enters a deadly tournament to reach her, while a mirror fragment in her heart and her growing bond with General Lussadh complicate the mission.
You and I Shall Be as Radiant
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2017
One of the last survivors of a world devastated by empire is determined to recover her sister. Ancient ghosts and a genocidal army stand in her way, but the most difficult obstacle may be her sister’s own wishes.
Methods Devour Themselves
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2018
Benjanun Sriduangkaew's fiction alternates with J. Moufawad-Paul's philosophical essays in a shared experiment. The book explores how imagined stories can generate philosophical arguments and how those arguments can, in turn, become material for new fiction.
The Owls of Juttshatan
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2018
Raised in peace beneath the shadow of her mother’s military reputation, a child dreams of a quiet life. As she grows, the discovery that she is a weapon threatens the future she imagined beyond war.
And Shall Machines Surrender
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2019
On the AI-ruled Dyson sphere Shenzhen, humans compete to become hosts for new artificial intelligences. When these revered hosts begin dying by suicide, a doctor and former spy investigate, uncovering conflict beneath the city's apparent perfection.
Mirrorstrike
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2019
General Lussadh returns to her home city to suppress a rebellion, accompanied by Nuawa, who must prove her loyalty. A rebel's secrets and a killer targeting mirror-shard bearers threaten both women as the Winter Queen's purposes emerge.
Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2019
On a distant planet, a convent conceals a dangerous secret beneath its quiet surface. The Alabaster Admiral arrives determined to obtain it, bringing her ruthless pursuit into this story set within the Machine Mandate universe.
Machine's Last Testament
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2020
Suzhen Tang selects worthy refugees for citizenship in a world protected by the artificial intelligence Samsara. A seemingly ideal newcomer, Ovuha, carries a threat that could disrupt the sanctuary and challenge the machine's control over its paradise.
Now Will Machines Hollow the Beast
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2020
Admiral Anoushka targets a formidable living warship to repay an AI and complete her revenge. Inside the vessel, she encounters an equally relentless enemy and treachery that threatens to overturn her carefully prepared campaign.
Shall Machines Divide the Earth
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2021
War veteran Thannarat enters a machine-run tournament hoping to bring back the dead. Allied with a seductive AI, she must survive lethal contests and hidden agendas in a game designed to benefit its artificial masters.
Shattersteel
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2021
After failing to assassinate the Winter Queen, Nuawa remains in her enemy's hands as a potential sacrifice. She prepares one final attempt to end eternal winter, even if doing so costs her soul and her bond with Lussadh.
Where Machines Redeem the Lost
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2021
Recadat Kongmanee enters an AI-run institution promising healing while secretly preparing a weapon against its rulers. As manipulation threatens her memories and purpose, an unseen ally watches to ensure she completes the mission or never escapes.
More Than Utopia
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2022
Jirayu's vanished wife returns as a soldier from another timeline, revealing why killers have eliminated Jirayu's other selves. Together they face the aliens who enabled travel between universes and the possibility of escaping their war.
Now Will Machines Devour the Stars
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2022
War between powerful AIs draws Admiral Anoushka into the conflict surrounding the machine that helped her rise. With allies compromised, her body poisoned, and her wife taken, she fights to reclaim her life from her patrons.
Shall Machines Bite the Sun
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2022
Thannarat's hard-won peace ends when her wife Daji violates a treaty between humans and machines. Saving Daji from punishment requires Thannarat to confront her history and prove that she can do more than wage destructive war.
If Else Paradise
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
2023
Drawn into an alien war, Ingvild encounters a version of her lost lover from another timeline while retrieving a mysterious anomaly. Their connections to it force a choice between competing factions, their relationship, and the stability of spacetime.
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