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Daniel Jose Older Books in Order

Explore Daniel Jose Older's books in order, with summaries of his fantasy and science fiction and a guide to choosing your first novel or story.

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Salsa Nocturna

by Daniel Jose Older

2012

Ghost stories unfold through New York's hidden supernatural life, where a centuries-old collector seeks help from a hacker. A half-resurrected worker handles Death's bureaucracy, while other unusual figures move through haunted streets and the city's unseen conflicts.

Anyway: Angie

by Daniel Jose Older

2014

Reza has survived years of violence through her guns, her car, and her composure, but Angie's disappearance has left her adrift. A new night's work threatens to revive the horrors she thought she had left behind.

Ginga

by Daniel Jose Older

2015

Kia already has schoolwork, capoeira lessons, and romantic disappointment to occupy her when a ghost begins causing crashes in her neighborhood. Half-resurrected soulcatcher Carlos Delacruz tries to keep her clear of the danger, with uncertain success.

Half-Resurrection Blues

by Daniel Jose Older

2015

Partly resurrected agent Carlos Delacruz serves the New York Council of the Dead without remembering much of his former life. An encounter with another inbetweener leads him toward a sorcerer's creatures and a threat to the Underworld's boundaries.

Kia and Gio

by Daniel Jose Older

2015

Approaching her seventeenth birthday, Kia finds herself thinking about her cousin Giovanni, who disappeared six years earlier at almost the same age. An ordinary shift at Baba Eddie's botánica turns strange, bringing those unresolved memories closer.

Shadowshaper

by Daniel Jose Older

2015

Sierra Santiago discovers that her family's magic can connect ancestral spirits with works of art. As a mysterious enemy hunts Brooklyn's aging shadowshapers, she must learn to use that inheritance and protect the community around her.

Ghost Girl in the Corner

by Daniel Jose Older

2016

Working at a neighborhood newspaper, Tee discovers a mysterious dress and a ghost girl whom nobody else can see. As her relationship with Izzy grows strained, a missing girl's case gives them urgent reasons to reconnect.

Midnight Taxi Tango

by Daniel Jose Older

2016

Council of the Dead agent Carlos Delacruz investigates fatal paranormal incidents in Brooklyn's Von King Park. Meanwhile, Kia's growing closeness to him brings an unsettling change: she begins seeing ghosts as the neighborhood's supernatural danger intensifies.

Battle Hill Bolero

by Daniel Jose Older

2017

Brooklyn's supernatural community prepares to rebel against the Council of the Dead after enduring its corrupt dealings. Caught between life and death and working as a double agent, Carlos Delacruz faces a conflict that threatens friends and strangers alike.

Dead Light March

by Daniel Jose Older

2017

Sierra struggles with leading the shadowshapers, her brother Juan wrestles with a new song and a secret crush, and Mina is drawn toward the Sorrows. Their paths converge at the West Indian Day parade amid renewed danger.

Shadowhouse Fall

by Daniel Jose Older

2017

A card depicting the Hound of Light alerts Sierra to another struggle among Brooklyn's magical houses. As the beast begins stalking her, she and her fellow shadowshapers must confront supernatural enemies alongside pressures threatening their community.

Dactyl Hill Squad

by Daniel Jose Older

2018

In an alternate 1863 New York populated by dinosaurs, Magdalys Roca and her friends flee the Draft Riots after fellow orphans are kidnapped. Finding refuge in Brooklyn, they train to ride pterodactyls and plan a rescue.

Last Shot

by Daniel Jose Older

2018

Han Solo and Lando Calrissian reunite when an enemy connected to their past hunts Lando with assassins. A mysterious transmitter links earlier Millennium Falcon adventures to a new threat, sending the pair across the galaxy with unlikely allies.

Freedom Fire

by Daniel Jose Older

2019

Magdalys and her squad fly south to find her brother and join forces with the Louisiana Native Guard. Her developing connection to dinosaurs may help the Union Army, but its needs conflict with her personal rescue mission.

The Book of Lost Saints

by Daniel Jose Older

2019

The spirit of Marisol, who vanished during the Cuban Revolution, visits her nephew Ramon in hopes of recovering her lost history. Unaware of her influence, he begins investigating family secrets that connect his present to Cuba's past.

Shadowshaper Legacy

by Daniel Jose Older

2020

With some friends imprisoned and others stalked by threatening spirits, Sierra prepares for war among the magical houses. An ancestor's bargain with Death complicates her efforts to protect the shadowshapers and master the Deck of Worlds.

Thunder Run

by Daniel Jose Older

2020

Fighting in Louisiana's bayou, Magdalys and her dinosaur-riding friends receive a secret assignment from General Grant. An alliance between imperial troops and Confederates threatens the Union on another front, demanding more of her growing powers.

Flood City

by Daniel Jose Older

2021

Max wants to play music in Earth's last city above the floodwaters, while young Chemical Baron Ato hopes to survive his mission. When their paths cross, a plan to destroy the city forces them toward an unlikely alliance.

Ballad and Dagger

by Daniel Jose Older

2022

Piano prodigy Mateo Matisse lives in Brooklyn among survivors of the sunken island San Madrigal, hoping to impress a musical hero. Returning danger and political divisions draw him and Chela Hidalgo into discovering their powers and shared responsibilities.

A Jedi Master's murder leaves investigator Emerick Caphtor confronting an unfamiliar threat to the Order. Partnering with private detective Sian Holt, he follows a trail of deception across the galaxy that tests his ideals and their ability to work together.

Last Canto of the Dead

by Daniel Jose Older

2023

Mateo Matisse and Chela Hidalgo possess divine powers but face divided communities and renewed fighting in Brooklyn and San Madrigal. A prophecy separates the young lovers, forcing them to confront threats to their people from different shores.

As the Battle of Eriadu reaches its final confrontation, Farzala Tarabal rallies the Jedi and their allies to save the city. The Warden prepares a reckless Nihil assault, forcing both sides toward sacrifices that could determine the planet's future.

Bone Street Rumba books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Anyway: Angie"

    Anyway: Angie

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2014Bone Street Rumba, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Ginga"

    Ginga

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2015Bone Street Rumba, Book 4
  3. Book cover for "Half-Resurrection Blues"

    Half-Resurrection Blues

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2015Bone Street Rumba, Book 2
  4. Book cover for "Kia and Gio"

    Kia and Gio

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2015Bone Street Rumba, Book 3
  5. Book cover for "Midnight Taxi Tango"

    Midnight Taxi Tango

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2016Bone Street Rumba, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Battle Hill Bolero"

    Battle Hill Bolero

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2017Bone Street Rumba, Book 6

Dactyl Hill Squad books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Dactyl Hill Squad"

    Dactyl Hill Squad

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2018Dactyl Hill Squad, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Freedom Fire"

    Freedom Fire

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2019Dactyl Hill Squad, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Thunder Run"

    Thunder Run

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2020Dactyl Hill Squad, Book 3

Outlaw Saints books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Ballad and Dagger"

    Ballad and Dagger

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2022Outlaw Saints, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Last Canto of the Dead"

    Last Canto of the Dead

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2023Outlaw Saints, Book 2

Shadowshaper Cypher books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Shadowshaper"

    Shadowshaper

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2015Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Ghost Girl in the Corner"

    Ghost Girl in the Corner

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2016Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Dead Light March"

    Dead Light March

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2017Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Shadowhouse Fall"

    Shadowhouse Fall

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2017Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Shadowshaper Legacy"

    Shadowshaper Legacy

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2020Shadowshaper Cypher, Book 5

Standalone Daniel Jose Older books

  1. Book cover for "Salsa Nocturna"

    Salsa Nocturna

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2012
  2. Book cover for "Last Shot"

    Last Shot

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2018A Han and Lando Novel
  3. Book cover for "The Book of Lost Saints"

    The Book of Lost Saints

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2019
  4. Book cover for "Flood City"

    Flood City

    by Daniel Jose Older

    2021
  5. Book cover for "Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows"
  6. Book cover for "Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures Phase III Volume 5"

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