Jacob Peppers Books in Order

Sellsword Aaron Envelar wants only payment and survival while rival heirs fight over a dead king's throne. A prince's assassination draws him into a conspiracy, and an unlikely magical companion forces him to choose a side.

In Avarest's impoverished Downs, sellsword Aaron Envelar avoids the schemes of rival crime bosses. When thieves steal his mother's necklace, his last connection to his murdered parents, he abandons caution and pursues a personal reckoning.

When monsters return to hunt anyone beyond the light, the gods choose unlikely champions to replace their aging defenders. A castle servant, musician and nobleman must master unfamiliar gifts while confronting mortal enemies and the powers of darkness.

An approaching army and an ancient enemy threaten Aaron's fragile alliance. As his bond with Compassion grows stronger, he must confront both betrayal among his allies and an uncontrolled rage rising within himself.

After a costly victory, Aaron struggles to hold a fractured alliance together while an ancient wizard builds a monstrous army. He ventures into the terror-stricken city of Baresh seeking proof that might unite his quarreling allies.

Aaron returns with evidence of the horrors threatening the realm, but the alliance's leaders hesitate. As an ancient enemy creates more monsters, mysterious followers of the Shadow God add another danger to an already desperate struggle.

Trapped in a conquered city, Aaron and his companions flee soldiers while searching for allies. His bond with the magical embodiment of Compassion offers power, but mastering it may expose him to a darkness he cannot control.

Aaron leads the armies of three kingdoms toward a final confrontation with the ancient mage in Baresh. Supported by unlikely allies and the Virtues, he must overcome an enemy whose monstrous soldiers feel neither fear nor pain.

Aaron and his companions fall into the hands of the mysterious Akalians while their enemy strengthens his army. Back in Perennia, a campaign of distrust turns neighbors against each other and threatens the city's resistance from within.

Former soldier Torrik has left the struggle against the darkness behind to raise his family. But a conspiracy and the unusual nature of his son threaten that refuge, forcing him back into a conflict he hoped was over.

Gifted by the gods, Alesh and his companions flee south seeking allies against the darkness. Pursued by mortal and immortal enemies, they must master their powers while rival gods choose champions and shadows threaten to consume them.

Alesh and his companions seek sanctuary in Peralest after escaping through underground tunnels. Betrayal forces them to rely on dangerous divine gifts, while hidden transformations and ambitions elsewhere strengthen the darkness gathering against them.

Cameron Shale harvests human essences for a church that claims sacrifice keeps a deadly plague at bay. When a rebel known as Memory challenges church and crown, Cameron must question his work and the past that haunts him.

With the realm’s heroes dead, former killer Dannen Ateran must lead an unlikely band against an undead army. His companions include a reluctant mage and a blood-averse assassin, leaving the world’s survival in deeply unreliable hands.

As an enemy army approaches Valeria, Alesh must hunt traitors within the city while his divine powers falter. Outside its walls, a wounded fugitive and a child face pursuit and the creatures that emerge after nightfall.

Alesh struggles to prepare Valeria for an approaching army of darkness while nobles compete for power and traitors undermine him. With the gods weakened, the city’s defenders must rely on their own strength to survive the Long Night.

Once a feared prince, Cutter has spent fifteen years hiding in a remote village and protecting a child. When his betrayed brother arrives with an army, he must take up his axe again as the Fey prepare their revenge.

Cutter escorts massacre survivors toward the capital, hoping royal blood will keep Matt safe. As his brother’s forces close in and the Fey infiltrate the kingdom, protecting the boy may demand another reckoning with Cutter’s violent past.

After nearly dying in a mugging, Prince Bernard prowls Daltenia’s poorest streets seeking revenge and proof of his courage. The arrival of monstrous frost demons forces him toward a battle far beyond the grievance that brought him there.

Dannen Ateran and his companions confront an undead dragon despite his firm belief that heroes should avoid quests. Surviving the encounter will still leave a master swordsman, a necromancer and an undead horde standing between them and safety.

Dannen’s welcome rest ends when a god orders him to rescue a shepherd boy named in prophecy. Leaving town with his companions, he discovers that avoiding divine trouble only leads toward assassins, wererats and an ancient sea monster.

The forces of darkness converge on Valeria for a final confrontation. Alesh and his companions must defend the last stronghold of light against overwhelming enemies, knowing defeat would leave the world to an endless night.

Rescued from execution by the God of Mischief, Dannen soon discovers that divine intervention brings fresh trouble. He and his companions face assassins, a strange magical hermit and a demonic cult while trying to stay alive.

Matt has reached the throne, but his coronation brings no peace to the Known Lands. Cutter tries to protect the kingdom and repair his past mistakes, fearing that the violence which once defined him can only cause further harm.

Cutter journeys deeper into the Black Wood, fighting creatures that emerge from its shadows. Haunted by his past, he struggles to believe that another bloody path can bring peace rather than repeat the damage he has already done.

With their village’s protection destroyed, the survivors of Alhs must enter a wilderness filled with monsters. The wanderer leads them onward while enemies who have discovered his whereabouts pursue them into the dangerous Untamed Lands.

After a century of flight, the wanderer draws his cursed blade to protect the family and companions now beside him. The enemy’s servants close in, forcing him to confront creatures designed for killing instead of continuing to hide.

The last surviving Eternal has spent a century hiding with a cursed blade his enemies want. As monsters impersonate his fallen companions, the wandering warrior must keep the weapon from their grasp and resist the world’s approaching destruction.

An enemy wearing Ranger’s identity pursues the wanderer’s companions with an army of fearless Revenants. Retreating deeper into the Untamed Lands, the wanderer must protect his friends from its monsters and finally confront the enemies he has long fled.

Cutter confronts the painful course set by his past, his violent choices and the Fey King’s gift. With escape no longer possible, he must keep moving along a path whose costs his father warned him about long ago.

Wounded and hunted through Celes, the wanderer fights killers trained by the legendary Assassin to protect his friends. Even surviving the night offers little safety, because their deadly teacher has arrived in the city herself.

The wanderer finds the villagers who refused to leave Alhs slaughtered and vows to answer their deaths. Seeking the enemy in Celes, he carries his grief and fury into a city where another confrontation awaits.

Exhausted by pain, fear and doubt, Cutter draws strength from his oath to protect his son Matt. When his legendary abilities no longer seem enough, that commitment becomes the reason he continues through the darkness.

Beyond the world of the living, heroes of earlier ages fight an endless war to protect those still alive and generations yet to come. After thousands of years of sacrifice, their defenses are failing and oblivion draws closer.

The wanderer faces Assassin, the deadliest killer the world has known, as she comes for him and his friends. After a lifetime of flight and regret, protecting them means confronting an opponent whose craft is death itself.

The wanderer’s hard-won family has been taken by traitors who chose power over duty. He sets out to rescue his friends, knowing that if hope fails him, revenge against their captors may be all he has left.

Cutter enters the lethal Barrier Mountains with his brother and son, seeking a way to destroy the Green Man and end the Fey war. Without supplies or support, their survival depends on more than his celebrated strength.

An army of men and magical abominations advances on Celes under a formidable commander. Outnumbered, the wanderer and his companions seek help from criminals and an ancient order of assassins concealed beneath the city.

As an army approaches Celes, the wanderer gathers criminals, a swordmaster, and a powerful wizard to defend the city. A new enemy uses persuasion and betrayal instead of blades, threatening the loyalties on which their resistance depends.

Disgraced soldier Gideon Vell survives his regiment’s fall to Chaos only to face humiliation among the Wildercorps Hunters. An Idoneth Deepkin raid offers a dangerous chance to prove his worth and reclaim the honor he lost.

As Tactician’s army besieges Celes, the Wanderer and his companions fight alongside residents defending their homes. Yet danger also waits inside the walls, where traitors use hidden paths to undermine a city already struggling against overwhelming forces.

The last surviving Eternal carries the weapon that destroyed his kin and is hunted for the artifact in his possession. Seeking refuge in remote Shadowhaven, the weary wanderer instead finds a trap that threatens his remaining hope of sanctuary.

Pickpocket Nolan survives beneath imperial rule until a theft forces him to flee with a mysterious swordsman and his daughter. Their journey toward a rebel academy awakens powers linked to Astria’s lost alliance with dragons.

With his friends captured and home destroyed, Nolan travels to the Dragon Reaches seeking allies against the empire. Winning the dragons’ trust requires recovering a lost treasure from dangerous tunnels, despite their ancient hatred of humankind.