Covenant of Muirwood Books in Order

Covenant of Muirwood returns to the abbey generations after Lia’s time, but this is very much Maia’s story. When we first meet her, she’s the disinherited daughter of the king of Comoros—banished for political reasons, stripped of her titles, and sent to live as a servant in the home of a man who would happily see her dead.

In secret, Maia has broken two of her world’s strictest taboos. She has learned to read, and she has learned the ways of the Medium. Both arts are reserved for men in Comoros, guarded by the Dochte Mandar, a powerful order that polices magic and doctrine. That quiet rebellion becomes the only reason her kingdom has any hope when her father’s decisions unleash chaos across the realm.

Over the trilogy she is drawn to Muirwood Abbey, which serves as a spiritual center and, for Maia, a refuge. There she finds other young women training as Ciphers—scribes who engrave tomes of power and work the Medium through written words. Her friendships and rivalries among the Ciphers add warmth and friction as she tries to decide who can be trusted with dangerous secrets.

The external stakes keep escalating. Maia is pushed into a political marriage, haunted by visions tied to the Apse Veil (a barrier between the living and trapped spirits), and sent on perilous journeys to cursed lands like Dahomey to confront an ancient Blight. Each time, her choices are constrained by gender and station, yet she repeatedly refuses to let those constraints define her.

Covenant of Muirwood leans into questions of authority: When does loyalty to a parent, a king, or a church cross the line into enabling harm? What happens when the people meant to guard wisdom instead hoard it? Maia’s arc from quiet exile to queen asks those questions without losing sight of the small, human moments—shared meals, private doubts, unexpected kindness—that make her victories feel earned.

For readers who enjoyed Legends of Muirwood, this series deepens the mythology of the Medium and shows how the abbey responds when women step fully into roles as scholars and wielders of power. It also plants seeds that later bear fruit in The Dawning of Muirwood and in crossover tales that link Muirwood’s world to Kingfountain and beyond.