Ian Irvine Books in Order

Thurkad has fallen, Karan is half-mad, and Llian has been abducted by Tensor, who wants the Twisted Mirror for revenge. The chase across the Dry Sea leads to forbidden magic, a lost fortress, and disaster on a world-changing scale.

Rulke escapes his prison and begins building an unstoppable war machine. As Llian falls into his trap and Karan becomes central to a terrible plan, the allies race to recover lost spells before the Way is opened.

The Forbidding is broken and creatures from the Void are spilling into Santhenar. Karan, Llian, and their uneasy allies face impossible choices as old betrayals surface and the fate of the Three Worlds hangs by a thread.

Llian uncovers a deadly ancient secret just as Karan steals the treacherous Mirror of Aachan. Hunted across Santhenar by warlords and sorcerers, they stumble into a war that could tear three worlds apart.

Jemma Hardey wants an ordinary life, but her partner's past ties him to an eco-terror plot with global consequences. As climate science turns frighteningly real, Jemma is dragged into a desperate race to stop catastrophe.

In a losing war against the lyrinx, crystal worker Tiaan awakens the lethal gift of geomancy. Falsely accused and hunted by both sides, she becomes the key to a power that could save humanity or destroy it.

Santhenar is losing the war, the Aachim have invaded, and Tiaan is being hunted through a ruined city. Nish and Irisis are pulled deeper into the crisis as vengeance, politics, and geomancy threaten to break the world.

Humanity's great battle collapses when its source of power fails. Tiaan is a prisoner, Nish is branded a traitor, and Flydd is sent to die as a slave while the lyrinx surge toward victory.

Cast into a climate-ravaged future, young researcher Irith is swept into a war between security forces and rebels. The chase leads to flooded New Orleans, where a deadly virus and a monster hurricane converge.

Flydd and his allies are marked for death, and Nish is the only one left who might save them. To do it he must outwit old enemies, survive his own guilt, and strike back before Santhenar falls.

Climate scientist Irith Hardey uncovers a terrifying secret behind a last-ditch plan to save the planet. Hunted across a freezing, unstable Europe, she races to expose the Life Lottery before the hundred-day countdown ends.

After ten years in prison, Nish is released into the grip of his father, the God-Emperor. Power, temptation, and rebellion close in as he becomes the most unlikely hope for a broken world.

Runcie is hurled through a gate to magical Iltior, where his arrival sparks a war that could spread to Earth. To survive, he must face Lord Shambles and uncover why the sorcerer wants him so badly.

Lord Shambles is back, stronger than ever, and hunting the lost Citadel of Magic. Runcie and Mariam must return to Iltior, brave the uttermost pole, and face the mystery of the tainted children.

Trapped by the God-Emperor, Nish, Flydd, and Maelys gamble everything on escape. Their search for help leads through shadowy realms and frozen lands, where an older and far deadlier secret is waiting.

As earthquakes tear through Iltior and Lord Shambles closes in again, Runcie and his friends are drawn into a hunt for the frozen compass. If Shambles gets there first, both Iltior and Earth are in danger.

Nish and his battered allies are cornered by the God-Emperor's army while a far greater threat awakens. With chthonic fire eating into the world, victory in battle may not be enough to save Santhenar.

Lord Shambles has crushed resistance on Iltior and now brings the war to Earth. Runcie faces his biggest test yet as two worlds edge toward collapse and victory starts to look impossible.

In this Tainted Realm novella, Greave's defiance brings terrible punishment down on him. Timid nun Astatine must question everything she believes if she is going to face the gods and seek justice.

Slave girl Tali has never forgotten the masked killers who murdered her mother. When her path crosses that of Rix, a haunted young heir, buried secrets rise and a whole kingdom begins to come apart.

Hightspall has fallen, Rix is disgraced, and Tali is once again at the mercy of powerful enemies. To save her people from extermination, she must sneak into the enemy's underground city and spark revolt from within.

Hightspall is being torn apart by armies led by figures out of legend. As Tali's magic grows more dangerous, she and Rix have one last chance to stop Lyf and Axil Grandys from finishing the realm.

This collection returns to the Three Worlds with origin stories, side adventures, and fresh angles on old favorites. It fills in hidden corners of the history while setting up threads that matter later.

A hidden summon stone is waking, corrupting everything around it and preparing a portal for the Merdrun invasion. Karan and Llian must protect their daughter Sulien and destroy the stone before the triple moons rise.

The Merdrun are stranded on Santhenar but desperate to reopen their portal and finish the slaughter. Llian sees one slim chance to stop them, though it will demand an alchemical quest and an impossible battle.

Sulien foresees the Crimson Gate reopening, and within days Santhenar is collapsing under Merdrun attack. Karan, Flydd, and a handful of worn-out allies must reach a terrible lost weapon before the enemy does.

Santhenar has fallen, Sulien has been abducted, and the enemy is building something monstrous at Skyrock. With only thirty days to act, Karan and the surviving allies race to uncover the Merdrun's fatal weakness.