Legend of Ethshar Books in Order

Lost behind enemy lines, scout Valder gets a magical sword that should save his life. Instead it binds him to a grim bargain, he must kill a hundred men before it kills him.

Orphaned apprentice Tobas learns only one simple spell before his master dies. Armed with almost no magic at all, he blunders into a dragon hunt, ancient secrets, and a much larger life than he expected.

Street gambler Sterren learns he is the heir to the warlord of a small kingdom that is about to be crushed by stronger neighbors. His best chance of survival may be to fight dirty, with forbidden magic.

An ordinary modern setting turns frightening when reality starts to crack and something inhuman moves behind everyday life. This is Watt-Evans in straight horror mode, fast-moving and deeply unsettling.

Dumery cannot become a wizard, so he decides to join the people who supply wizards with dragon's blood. Chasing that dream leads him into danger, disappointment, and truths far stranger than he imagined.

Kelder leaves home expecting adventure and almost gives up before the winged Irith drops into his life. Following her leads him into wonder, obsession, and answers he may not actually want.

Tabaea the Thief thinks she has stolen enough knowledge to make a wizard's dagger. What she creates instead is something new, wildly dangerous, and powerful enough to threaten the whole Hegemony.

One night thousands wake changed, vanished, or gifted with a brand-new kind of magic. A minor bureaucrat named Hanner has to find a place for these accidental warlocks before fear turns into slaughter.

Apprentice wizard Kilisha comes home to find her master's life-force scattered into a roomful of animated furniture. With little guidance and plenty of trouble, she has to put both the household and Ithanalin back together.

When a dangerous magic mirror unleashes a plague of spriggans, the Wizards' Guild hires Gresh the Supplier to track it down. Finding the mirror is hard enough, dealing with it may be worse.

Dockworker Emmis expects a simple job guiding a foreign ambassador around Ethshar of the Spices. Instead he gets assassins, invisible monsters, guild politics, and a mission that may affect the fate of the whole world.

This collection gathers Lawrence Watt-Evans's Ethshar short fiction in one place. It is the best stop for readers who want side stories, extra worldbuilding, and a broader look at the setting beyond the novels.

More than thirty years after warlockry first appeared, it suddenly vanishes, leaving thousands without the magic they depended on. Helping them survive is hard enough, and not every warlock may be gone.

Two petty criminals think a dead sorcerer's widow will be easy to rob. They badly underestimate what a woman can learn after decades beside dangerous magic.

Little Ishta keeps sneaking into the woods despite warnings to stay away. When she begins finding leftover magic there, her brother Garander realizes childhood curiosity may uncover something much older and more dangerous.

Journeyman wizard Morvash discovers that some of the statues in his uncle's house are really people turned to stone. He cannot leave them that way, even if fixing the problem is far beyond what he should be able to handle.

When Sharra's husband leaves her, she decides she will win him back with magic if she has to. She knows enchantment is expensive, she just does not yet understand the real price.