Harry Connolly Books in Order

Ray Lilly works as the expendable assistant to a sorcerer hunting unauthorized magic. When his employer is badly injured during a mission, he must use his limited powers to stop a dangerous magician and the supernatural force behind him.

Ray Lilly is sent to disrupt an auction where wealthy bidders hope to acquire an otherworldly predator. When the sale collapses and the creature escapes, he must protect a nearby town from both the monster and its pursuers.

This collection brings together unsettling fantasy and horror stories, including previously unpublished work and a tale connected to Twenty Palaces. Its characters encounter dangerous magic and disturbing situations that challenge the security of their ordinary lives.

A former associate summons Ray Lilly back to Los Angeles, where a spell is killing members of his old gang. Their accusations and the involvement of his first supernatural adversary pit his past loyalties against his present duties.

Recently released from prison, Ray Lilly returns to make peace with the friend injured in their childhood. Finding him mysteriously healed draws Ray into a dangerous encounter with supernatural forces and people interested in the apparent miracle.

Marley Jacobs has established a nonviolent truce among Seattle's supernatural inhabitants, but her nephew's suspicious death threatens that peace. Investigating possible vampire involvement reveals his secret activities and tests her determination to resolve danger without returning to violence.

An invasion of supernatural creatures destroys the imperial capital of Peradain and scatters its survivors. The remaining prince and his companions must cross lands thrown into turmoil in search of a spell that might halt the spreading threat.

With the former empire devastated and the invading creatures multiplying, Tejohn and Cazia seek a scholar capable of recreating potentially decisive magic. Humanity's surviving enclaves face siege and hunger while the invaders' origins remain an urgent mystery.

Separated and imprisoned, Tejohn and Cazia struggle to escape their captors and continue searching for magic against the invading creatures. As the devastation spreads, restoring their fallen empire becomes secondary to preventing the extinction of humanity itself.

This stand alone story set in the Raven's Shadow world follows characters drawn to the glittering yet dangerous Hall of the Diamond Queen, where a single audience can reshape reputations, stir old grudges, and test how far people will go for honour or survival.

The Twenty Palace Society summons Ray Lilly to its European headquarters to explain how he keeps surviving assignments intended to be fatal. Questions about his unusual abilities draw him deeper into an organization whose apparent sanctuary may conceal danger.

Disgraced nobleman Kyrioc lives under a false identity in a city built within the remains of two dead gods. When criminals abduct a young pickpocket he knows, rescuing her draws him into gang warfare and forbidden magic.

Ray Lilly and Annalise hunt the remaining original spellbooks, hoping their recovery will help protect humanity from supernatural predators. Their covert assignment turns into a public struggle against formidable sorcerers whose plans threaten the human population.

Ray Lilly enters a dying town where he loses his memory and control over his own body. As residents fail to recognize the danger, saving them may require a cold-blooded killing that challenges his remaining moral boundaries.