Darkthorn Academy Books in Order

After his grandfather is murdered, Jack Vance honors a dying wish and enrolls at Darkthorn Academy. School means magic, monsters, dungeons, and enemies on every side, but it also gives him the first real team of his life.

Jack made it through his first year, but the world outside the academy is even messier. Dragons, cultivation, and rising imperial danger push the Misfits into a much bigger fight.

After hitting back at their enemies, Jack and the Misfits end up in even deeper trouble. The fourth book trades safety for pursuit, throwing the team into a dangerous new setting full of undead danger.

Rebuilding in secret is no longer enough. Jack and the Misfits decide to fight back against the Quarnon, turning survival into open rebellion as chaos spreads across the world.

Now hunted by the Quarnon, Jack and the Misfits flee to a remote gnomish valley to rebuild Darkthorn Academy. Strange beasts, undead threats, and a deadly dungeon stand between them and a fresh start.

When one of their own disappears, the Misfits go looking, no matter how dangerous the road becomes. Friendship, loyalty, and hard-won power drive this rescue mission.

The war is no longer abstract for Jack and the Misfits. With captives still to save and enemies tightening their grip, freedom becomes a goal worth risking everything for.

Jack is home, but home is not simple anymore. Soul damage, old wounds, and new threats force the Misfits to reckon with what survival has cost them and what still has to be protected.

The ninth Darkthorn Academy novel sends the Misfits into a bigger mystery with older magic behind it. New ground, ancient enemies, and rising power make this a late-series escalation.