Daniel Polansky Books in Order

A disgraced intelligence agent turned drug dealer finds a murdered child in the streets of Low Town. Investigating a crime nobody else cares about sends the Warden into a maze of corrupt power, sorcery, and betrayal.

Warden is ordered to find a general's missing daughter before Low Town claims her too. The search pulls the former Black House agent back toward old violence, powerful enemies, and the war he thought he left behind.

The Warden wants out of Low Town before its shifting power struggles swallow him whole. A hospital full of dangerous patients, a plot against the king, and an old betrayal force him to face the past he hates.

This accessible history explores the Vietnam War through six important figures, including Ho Chi Minh, John F. Kennedy, and Henry Kissinger. It gives younger readers a clear introduction to the people and decisions behind the conflict.

This nonfiction book profiles six spies from different eras of war, from Sir Francis Walsingham to Virginia Hall. It explains their backgrounds, methods, and the high-stakes intelligence work that shaped their lives.

In this short Low Town story, the Warden faces a shady new group trying to seize his territory. Keeping his business and his life means outthinking rivals in a city where every favor has a cost.

Years after a disastrous job, the Captain gathers his scattered animal mercenaries for revenge. Their last mission leads through a hard, violent world where old loyalties and old betrayals are equally dangerous.

For three thousand years, near-immortal Eternals have ruled humanity from the Roost. A servant, a street boy, a general, and a political schemer each become part of a dangerous new attempt to challenge that order.

M is a sharp-tongued magician who would rather drink and play chess than save New York. But monsters, magical rivals, and a brewing war between powerful witches keep dragging him back into the city's hidden life.

A hungry vampire narrates a bleak existence at the edge of society. This short horror story strips away romance to focus on survival, fear, and the terrible pull of appetite.

Rebellion is spreading through the Roost's lower tiers, where Pyre leads attacks against the Eternals. As Calla fights to contain the violence, old schemes and military ambitions drive the city toward a devastating reckoning.

Manet, servant and recorder to a god-king, remembers every moment of her life. When she finds a mysterious locket, her search through the city exposes dangerous gaps in its official history and in her own identity.

A lonely teenager falls in with a stranger hunting a vampiric serial killer. The hunt reveals that monsters are real, but heroism is far harder to find.

The Harrow family protects the March, a strange realm of living toys, giant snails, and old magic. As family grudges deepen, its divided heirs must confront a threat that could destroy both the March and the ordinary world.

A strange toxic cloud has cut Manhattan off from the world and changed everyone left behind. When the first outsider in centuries arrives, the island's uneasy factions begin to turn on one another.

After fifteen years away, Wren returns to a Low Town divided by feuding syndicates and nearing rebellion. Drawn into murder and political intrigue, he must survive a conspiracy that could push the Empire into war.