Brian McClellan Books in Order

Still haunted by the brutal suppression of a provincial revolt, Demir Grappo drifts through the Ossan Empire trying to escape his guilt. When he crosses paths with Squire Ciata, who is chasing a stolen holy sword, the two are drawn into a dangerous clash with guild enforcers.

Twelve year old Montego al'Bou leaves his rural home for the glittering capital after the wealthy Grappo family offers to raise him. Surrounded by classist elites and brutal cudgel fighting arenas, he must find allies and grit if he wants to stand on his own.

Disgraced general and guild heir Demir Grappo has spent years hiding as a grifter, until his mother's murder pulls him back to the Ossan Empire. There he uncovers a conspiracy around godglass, the magical glass that powers civilization, and learns it may be running out.

Alek Fitz, now lead reaper for Valkyrie Collections, is forced to take a job from a powerful local vampire. Hunting a runaway thrall pulls him into blackmail, broken Rules, and predators who are far more dangerous than any debtor he has chased before.

In modern day Cleveland, Alek Fitz works as a magical collection agent for the supernatural world, bound by a contract he cannot break. When Death hires him to track a thief, he is dragged into vengeful undead, office politics, and a budding imp war.

The Dynize have awakened the Landfall Godstone, and Michel Bravis must slip back into their capital to sabotage their plans. Ben Styke leads only a handful of lancers into hostile territory, while a wounded, powderblind Vlora Flint marches an uneasy coalition army toward a final reckoning.

After the Dynize invasion scatters Fatrasta's defenders, Lady Vlora Flint leads refugees toward safety while preparing for another war. In occupied Landfall, Michel Bravis infiltrates the enemy, and Ben Styke's growing Mad Lancers hunt a legendary godstone that could change everything.

On the windswept Bavares high plains, shapeshifter Teado serves in a half forgotten platoon slowly starving at the edge of a long war. A risky resupply mission offers salvation, but what he and his comrades discover might rewrite the conflict entirely.

During the Gurlish Wars, Sergeant Tamas tries to keep his squad alive while arrogant officers waste lives outside a stubborn fortress. When command prepares to abandon the siege, Tamas seizes a chance to prove his worth using forbidden powder mage talents.

In the colonial towns of Fatrasta, young war hero Ben Styke commands a small garrison that is supposed to keep the peace. When the governor's brutal brother arrives, simmering tensions explode, forcing Styke and his lancers to choose between orders and justice.

In the young nation of Fatrasta, the capital of Landfall survives on harsh laws and secret police. Spy Michel Bravis, disgraced war hero Ben Styke, and mercenary general Vlora Flint chase a rebel movement, only to uncover older magic and deeper betrayals.

Taniel Two shot rides with the Tristan Ghost Irregulars, volunteers harassing enemy lines during the Fatrastan Revolution. When a nearby city calls for help, he must work alongside the infamous Mad Colonel Styke to hold the swamps against impossible odds.

Field Marshal Tamas returns to Adro to find the capital occupied, his allies divided, and his son missing. As the Adran army turns on itself and foreign forces close in, Tamas, Adamat, and Taniel race to keep their fragile republic alive.

Once the adopted daughter of a field marshal, powder mage Captain Vlora is now a pariah sent on thankless assignments. Given three days to catch a traitorous guard captain, she sees a chance to save lives and claw back a measure of respect.

Collected in one volume, these five Powder Mage stories follow Taniel, Ka poel, Vlora, Tamas, Olem, and others through desperate sieges, street uprisings, and quiet moments between battles, adding depth and history around the main trilogy.

After a failed invasion leaves him stranded deep in enemy territory, Tamas must march a starving army across hostile Kez to save Adro. At home, Adamat hunts a ruthless noble while Taniel Two shot faces the wrath of an awakening god.

Ambitious Captain Tamas is one of the few commoners to hold rank in the Adran army. After a duel with a duke's son lands him in political trouble, he is drawn into court intrigue alongside young powder mage Erika and the king himself.

Newly transferred to the elite First Precinct, young investigator Adamat expects routine cases and a chance to impress his superiors. Instead, a murder in a luxury hotel pulls him into dangerous conspiracies where his perfect memory may get him killed.

Erika ja Leora is a secret powder mage in a Kez duchy where her magic means death. When she rescues a condemned commoner with the same talent, she must smuggle him toward Adro while royal mage hunters close in on them both.

Field Marshal Tamas overthrows Adro's corrupt king and sends nobles to the guillotine, only to ignite foreign invasion and unrest at home. With his powder mage son and a blackmailed investigator, he must hold the revolution together as whispers of returning gods spread.