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Joshua Graham Books in Order

This page puts Joshua Graham's books in order, with short summaries, series guides, and easy where-to-start tips across thrillers and fantasy.

Last updated: July 3, 2026

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Beyond Justice

by Joshua Graham

2010

San Diego attorney Sam Hudson is wrongly condemned for the murder of his wife and daughter and sent to death row. In prison he fights to clear his name, uncover the real killer, and face the harder question of whether he can forgive.

Death and Taxes

by Joshua Graham

2010

This short suspense story starts with one of life's familiar certainties and turns it into something darker. Graham mixes everyday pressure, sudden danger, and a moral reckoning in a quick, tense read.

Legend of the Tiger's Throne

by Joshua Graham

2010

This brief fantasy tale follows a young tiger heir in a mystical animal kingdom. It is a compact story of loyalty, honor, and sacrifice, and it also serves as a doorway into the wider Sojourner world.

The Accidental Existentialist / Direct Action

by Joshua Graham

2010

Chris Connor fakes his death so he can disappear and hunt the Russian crime boss he blames for his son's death. It is a lean revenge thriller driven by grief, rage, and the cost of going off the grid.

The Accidental Exorcist

by Joshua Graham

2010

Forensic psychiatrist Abigail Lee thinks she is dealing with criminal insanity until one disturbing case begins to suggest something far worse. The deeper she looks, the more the story becomes a test of reason, faith, and survival.

The Accidental Healer

by Joshua Graham

2010

After losing his job and his family, Dave McKenzie is ready to end his life when an unexpected turn gives him a strange gift. The story follows what happens when a broken man is forced to think about someone besides himself.

The Accidental Hero

by Joshua Graham

2010

Big Pete is a feared killer whose latest job is to murder Pastor Rick. What begins as another hit turns into a blunt, surprising redemption story about violence, conscience, and the chance that even a hardened man can change.

The Accidental Poltergeist

by Joshua Graham

2010

An accomplished cellist dies before he is ready to let go. Trapped between worlds, he must make sense of his death and find a way forward before he is lost in limbo for good.

The Accidental Rebel

by Joshua Graham

2010

A reluctant man is pushed into open defiance when corruption and danger leave him no safe middle ground. Graham keeps the pace tight as the story turns on conviction, risk, and the price of resisting.

The Door's Open

by Joshua Graham

2010

A simple opening becomes the start of an unsettling suspense story. Graham uses a compact setup to explore fear, choice, and what can happen when ordinary life suddenly tips into the unknown.

The Last Gift

by Joshua Graham

2010

In the years around the First World War, a young runaway finds work at Huntington Manor and falls for Aria, the lord's daughter. Love, class, and war press in on a story built around sacrifice and loss.

Once We Were Kings

by Joshua Graham

2011

Render and Ahndien come from enemy nations, but destiny pulls them into the same ancient conflict. As both discover strange powers and long-buried truths, they may be the only hope of stopping a war that could destroy both kingdoms.

Darkroom

by Joshua Graham

2012

After scattering her mother's ashes in Vietnam, photojournalist Xandra Carrick returns to New York and begins seeing visions tied to wartime atrocities. Her search for the truth draws her into a buried conspiracy, family secrets, and deadly political fallout.

From the Ashes

by Joshua Graham

2012

Set earlier in the Sojourner Saga timeline, this fantasy returns to a world shaped by old wounds, divided peoples, and hard choices. It deepens the history behind the wider conflict while keeping faith, sacrifice, and survival at the center.

Terminus

by Joshua Graham

2013

Nikolai is a weary reaper who walks away from the Angel Forces and falls in love with a woman marked as a danger to humanity. To save her, he must risk everything as supernatural intrigue collides with a looming nuclear threat.

The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 1 of 5)

by Joshua Graham

2014

In an America reshaped by Axis victory, Grace Drexler enjoys a privileged life as the daughter of the American Führer. Then a shocking discovery turns her from model citizen into a threat to everything around her.

The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 2 of 5)

by Joshua Graham

2014

Grace is now on the run in a world built on lies. As she searches for answers about herself and her country, every new truth makes the regime around her more dangerous.

The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 3 of 5)

by Joshua Graham

2014

With the truth widening around her, Grace can no longer pretend her world is stable or safe. This installment raises the pressure as hidden history and personal identity become harder to escape.

Ghost Image

by Joshua Graham

2015

Trying to leave the past behind, Xandra Carrick is pulled back into danger when a congressman's daughter is abducted. Her second sight points toward an international child trafficking ring, but seeing the truth is not the same as proving it.

Latent Image

by Joshua Graham

2015

After an attack rocks a presidential inauguration, photojournalist Xandra Carrick is recruited to help the Secret Service from inside the White House. Her uncanny gift may be the only way to stop a deeper terror plot before it turns catastrophic.

The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 4 of 5)

by Joshua Graham

2015

The chase tightens as Grace moves closer to the truth at the heart of the Aryan States. Old loyalties crack, new dangers emerge, and the possibility of rebellion stops feeling distant.

The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 5 of 5)

by Joshua Graham

2016

The serialized thriller reaches its end with Grace facing the truth about herself and the nation that raised her. Personal survival and political upheaval finally collide.

Greater Things

by Joshua Graham

2017

When Maggie befriends a mysterious young man in her small town on St. George's River, she discovers he has extraordinary abilities. Suspicion and fear spread quickly, turning their connection into a story of danger, hope, and faith.

Swat Kats

by Joshua Graham

2018

Set in the high-flying world of the SWAT Kats, this adventure follows vigilante pilots taking on threats too big for ordinary law enforcement. It leans into aerial action, oversized villains, and the rush of saving a city from chaos.

Where should I start?

If you want legal suspense first: Beyond Justice
If you want paranormal conspiracy thrillers: DarkroomGhost ImageLatent Image
If you want fast supernatural novellas: The Accidental Existentialist / Direct ActionThe Accidental ExorcistThe Accidental Hero
If you want epic fantasy: Legend of the Tiger's ThroneOnce We Were KingsFrom the Ashes
If you want alternate history: The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 1 of 5)The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 2 of 5)The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 3 of 5)The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 4 of 5)The Fuhrer's Daughter (Episode 5 of 5)

Author bio

Joshua Graham grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and lived there for most of his first 30 years. Before readers knew him as a thriller writer, he spent years in music, studying cello at Juilliard and performing on major stages in New York and abroad.

That musical background matters.

It shows up less in subject matter than in rhythm. Graham's books move fast, with sharp turns and mounting pressure, but they also leave room for feeling. After Juilliard, he went on to earn a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University, and during his years in Maryland he taught at Shepherd College, Western Maryland College, and Columbia Union College.

Writing came alongside all of that, not instead of it. After moving to Southern California, he also worked in the IT field for years, starting in support and moving into operations, while continuing to write fiction and sharpen his craft through workshops and the Oregon Writers Network.

His first breakout as Joshua Graham came with Beyond Justice in 2010, a legal thriller about a San Diego attorney who is wrongly sent to death row. Soon after, he published a string of shorter suspense pieces such as The Accidental Existentialist, The Accidental Exorcist, and The Accidental Hero. Those books are quick, dark, and direct. They also show one of his main interests as a writer, people pushed to the edge, then forced to decide what kind of person they really are.

Then came Darkroom.

That novel introduced photojournalist Xandra Carrick and widened Graham's range. It mixes Vietnam-era secrets, political conspiracy, and paranormal visions, and it led to later Xandra books like Ghost Image and Latent Image. Readers who stick with Graham usually seem to like that blend of pace and strangeness, where a story can move like a thriller but still circle questions of guilt, sacrifice, redemption, and what truth costs.

He has also written epic fantasy under the pen name Ian Alexander. Once We Were Kings and the Sojourner books show a different side of his work, one built around invented worlds, prophecy, and larger mythic stakes. Even there, the same themes keep surfacing, hidden histories, moral pressure, faith, and ordinary people asked to carry far more than they expected.

Graham's bibliography jumps around on purpose. Terminus goes bigger with angels, mortality, and a looming terrorist threat. The Führer's Daughter turns to alternate history and serialized suspense. Shorter works like Greater Things and The Last Gift show he is just as comfortable in novella length, where he can build a single strong premise and drive it hard.

Today he lives in Southern California with his wife and children. He has also hosted Thriller Radio, which feels pretty fitting. He writes like someone who enjoys suspense, likes big ideas, and does not mind opening the door to the uncanny when a story needs it.

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