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Bridge & Sword: Awakenings Books in Order

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See the Bridge & Sword: Awakenings books by JC Andrijeski in order, with short summaries, world background, and start-here guidance.

Last updated: July 4, 2026

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Bridge & Sword: Awakenings books in publication order

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11 books

1

Rook

by JC Andrijeski

2011

Allie Taylor has spent her life keeping clear of seers, until the mysterious Revik crashes into it. Soon she is on the run and learning she may not be fully human after all.

2

Shadow

by JC Andrijeski

2011

Allie has saved Revik from the rebels, but in doing so she made herself a target for half the seer world. Hiding underground, she gets one shot at saving him from the darkness controlling him.

3

Shield

by JC Andrijeski

2011

Now known as the Bridge, Allie is trying to understand seer culture, prophecy, and her bond with Revik. Then an eerie boy appears, and he seems terrifyingly certain she belongs to him.

4

Sword

by JC Andrijeski

2011

Allie is caught between rebellion, prophecy, and a husband who is no longer fully himself. Stopping war may mean facing Revik across the battlefield instead of beside him.

5

Knight

by JC Andrijeski

2012

Allie and Revik regroup in New York while nightmares, disappearances, and a spreading virus tear through the wider world. Survival now depends on impossible choices and a fragile alliance.

6

Bridge

by JC Andrijeski

2013

The planet is failing, prophecies are closing in, and Allie and Revik are running out of room to maneuver. Holding their alliance together may be the only way to stop the end from arriving on schedule.

7

War

by JC Andrijeski

2013

As disease and disaster spread, Allie returns to New York and finds the world moving fast toward apocalypse. A deadly enemy called War is coming for her, and this time it is personal.

8

Prophet

by JC Andrijeski

2014

As prophecy tightens and the war turns stranger, Allie and Revik are forced into more desperate ground. Personal loss and psychic conflict reshape everything they thought they could control.

9

Dragon

by JC Andrijeski

2015

A new force rises as the war around Allie and Revik pushes toward its endgame. Prophecy, survival, and the fate of both races tighten around them at once.

10

A Glint of Light

by JC Andrijeski

2016

Balidor refuses to give up on Cassandra after Shadow breaks her mind and turns their friends against her. He tries to guide her back through the dark before he loses her for good.

11

Sun

by JC Andrijeski

2018

Prophecy, war, and love all come due in this final stretch of Allie and Revik's story. Everything the series has been building toward is finally on the table.

Bridge & Sword: Awakenings books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Rook"

    Rook

    by JC Andrijeski

    2011Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Shield"

    Shield

    by JC Andrijeski

    2011Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Sword"

    Sword

    by JC Andrijeski

    2011Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Shadow"

    Shadow

    by JC Andrijeski

    2011Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Knight"

    Knight

    by JC Andrijeski

    2012Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "War"

    War

    by JC Andrijeski

    2013Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Bridge"

    Bridge

    by JC Andrijeski

    2013Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Prophet"

    Prophet

    by JC Andrijeski

    2014Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Dragon"

    Dragon

    by JC Andrijeski

    2015Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "A Glint of Light"

    A Glint of Light

    by JC Andrijeski

    2016Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Sun"

    Sun

    by JC Andrijeski

    2018Bridge & Sword: Awakenings, Book 11

Series background & context

Bridge & Sword: Awakenings is the opening phase of the larger Bridge and Sword story, the stretch where Allie Taylor's ordinary life stops being ordinary and the hidden seer world closes around her for good. If the full series is the epic, Awakenings is the point where the fuse gets lit.

Allie has no idea what is coming.

At the start, she is living a recognizably human life, dealing with family stress, money problems, bad relationship choices, and the general noise of the world. Then Revik shows up, and the books pivot hard into secret histories, psychic power, race conflict, and prophecy. Allie learns that seers are not distant curiosities. She may be one of them, and not just any one of them.

That awakening gives this part of the saga a strong momentum. Readers get the shock of discovery along with Allie, which makes the politics easier to absorb even when the mythology grows dense. The stakes climb from personal to civilizational in a hurry. Rival seer factions are moving. Humans are more entangled in seer oppression than Allie ever guessed. Religious belief, government force, and underground networks all want a say in what the Bridge is and what she is supposed to do.

Revik is essential here. He is protector, guide, manipulator, and emotional disaster zone. The early books work because the bond between him and Allie is intense long before it is stable. Their connection keeps the story charged even when the cast and world-building expand.

Awakenings also carries the flavor of first contact with a hidden society. Readers who like being dropped into a world that is bigger and stranger than it first appears tend to have fun here. There is action, there is romance, there is a lot of secrecy, and there is always the sense that every answer is opening three worse questions.

If you want the point where Allie's eyes open and there is no going back, this is the place.

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