David Dalglish Books in Order

In Veldaren, young assassin Aaron Felhorn is being shaped to inherit his father's criminal empire. When he risks everything to protect a priest's daughter, he starts down the path that will turn him from killer into the Watcher.

Jerek's secret mountain of gold stops feeling like a blessing the moment others find it. Trapped with a strange child, an elderly elf, and a creature guarding the treasure, he discovers the mountain wants more than blood.

Homeless after their prophet's fall, Harruq and Qurrah join forces with mercenaries outside Veldaren. As gods and guilds close in, the brothers' fragile alliance starts to split from within.

Qurrah hunts Darakken's spellbook in hope of curing Tessanna, while Velixar schemes for something far worse. Harruq and his companions are all that stand between his brother and the fall of Veldaren.

War demons pour through an open portal, and Harruq leads the survivors of a shattered kingdom west. With Qurrah's forces in pursuit and Karak close to victory, faith becomes a weapon of last resort.

Half-brothers Harruq and Qurrah Tun join the death prophet Velixar to escape their hard lives, then find themselves leading his undead armies. When Harruq bonds with the elf Aurelia, loyalty to family and loyalty to conscience collide.

Five years after the guild war, only the Watcher still keeps the streets afraid. When Alyssa Gemcroft's son is thought murdered, mercenaries flood Veldaren and the bloodletting begins again.

A killer calling himself the Watcher is murdering the powerful in a city built on corruption. Haern travels south to stop the copycat, only to find riots, greed, and a kingdom edging toward war.

As the war god Thulos marches with a demon army, Harruq and his allies race to free Mordan before the final assault arrives. The last stand may decide the fate of all Dezrel.

Stripped of his power, Darius hunts proof that his god is not the monster his order serves. Jerico joins the resistance, and both men are pushed toward a war that will test friendship as much as faith.

Wolf-men led by Redclaw mass at the Gihon River, hungry for land and blood. Opposing paladins Darius and Jerico must stand together, even as their gods demand anything but peace.

After defeat scatters the last paladins, Jerico rushes to a siege while Darius heads east to clear his name. A priest of an older faith offers hope, but his dream could destroy the North.

Haern the King's Watcher faces Lord Victor Kane's purge of the thief guilds just as foreign gangs flood Veldaren. With the Widow spreading terror, one wrong move could set the whole city ablaze.

With the northern war nearing its end, Darius and Jerico are trapped between rival armies, prophets, and false gods. To save what is left, they may need help from someone sworn to kill them.

Peace never really arrives after the gods' war. Harruq is pushed into power just as angels, nobles, and opportunists begin fighting over what the new world should look like.

This prequel novella follows Thren Felhorn before the rise of the Watcher. Across six linked stories, it charts his training, his climb through the underworld, and the birth of the Spider Guild.

Muzien and the Sun Guild arrive in Veldaren with fire, blood, and plans for conquest. While Alyssa struggles to hold the Trifect together, Haern and Thren travel to the Stronghold in search of answers.

Haern, now the King's Watcher, is trying to keep Veldaren from tearing itself apart. Lord Victor Kane's crusade, invading guilds, and a killer called the Widow turn the city into a trap.

The war between gods and mortals reaches its breaking point as Mordeina stands under siege and Ashhur fights to hold his world together. Kings, prophets, and monsters collide in a finale built on impossible choices.

In young Dezrel, the brother gods Karak and Ashhur have only just remade mankind when rebellion sparks in Haven. Jacob Eveningstar must stop a holy conflict before the world breaks almost as soon as it begins.

Karak and Ashhur are on the move, and all of Dezrel is being dragged toward war. Armies gather, secret alliances form, and every line between hero and villain starts to blur.

Haern returns to Veldaren to find the city swallowed by the Sun Guild and threatened by a dark god's siege. Alyssa's last alliances are fraying, and the Watcher must fight for a city already halfway lost.

On six floating islands above the Endless Ocean, twins Kael and Brenna train to become elite Seraphim warriors. When invasion and grief tear their world apart, they take to the skies in search of vengeance.

Harruq has slain a god, but that does not make him a good king. With angels, invaders, and schemers pulling Mordan apart, he must defend a fragile realm against threats on every side.

With their island conquered and the Seraphim broken, Bree and Kael are drawn into rebellion. One must become the Phoenix who inspires the people, while the other hunts a prophet who might decide the war.

The rebellion has spread across the islands, but Kael no longer trusts the movement's secretive leaders. When he is captured, Bree must choose between the cause she embodies and the brother she refuses to abandon.

Devin Eveson is a traveling healer and preacher until a mountain-sized dragon wakes and ancient magic floods the land. Forced into the role of monster slayer, he soon learns the returning creatures are not the only danger.

A sweet interlude set between Soulkeeper and Ravencaller, this short story follows a firekin and its onyx faery friend on a small, time-bending quest. They just want to gather the right treasures for a gift to Devin and Jacaranda.

As magical creatures assault the capital and Church leaders are twisted into monsters, Adria Eveson searches for a cure. Her only lead is an imprisoned cultist whose promises may be as dangerous as the plague itself.

Azariah has turned the angels into ruthless Fallen rulers, and their grip on Dezrel is closing fast. As Harruq guards Mordeina's young king, he faces a war where old magic and old grief can still be weaponized.

Monsters have taken Londheim, and peace between humans and magical races looks impossible. Devin must fight for a future that spares both sides, even as the greatest threat may come from his own sister.

Years after watching his parents killed and his gods slain, Prince Cyrus is offered escape by rebels who need a legend. To free his conquered island, he must become the Vagrant, a masked assassin built as much from myth as skill.

Cyrus is tired of being remade into the Vagrant, the masked assassin meant to lead a revolution. But with the Empire closing in and the whispering mask pushing back, he must decide what part of himself he is willing to lose for Thanet.

Erin Felhorn wants to live up to the legend of her father, Haern, but the west has troubles of its own. As Harruq arrives escorting a prince, elven schemers and old underworld ambitions threaten everything her family has built.

The Everlorn Empire tightens its grip on Thanet as the God-Incarnate prepares a sacrifice on a terrible scale. Cyrus is still the rebellion's sharpest blade, but the Vagrant mask is taking more of him every day.

After a major victory, Nick marches toward the heart of Vaan's power while an invasion threat grows outside the artifact. Inside and out, both of his worlds are running out of time.

Nick and his friends are finally moving against God-King Vaan, but they need more power and more allies. Rescuing the brutal champion Batal may help them win, if his private agenda does not destroy them first.

Nick can only reach Yensere in his dreams, but the artifact world may be humanity's best hope against apocalypse. Each death sends him back to his bunk, and each return drags him deeper into a game-like realm that wants him dead.

One of six immortal siblings has broken an ancient vow and crowned himself the center of a brutal new faith. Faron returns from exile to stop him, but toppling an immortal king will take more than family alone.