LG Estrella Books in Order
Browse all LG Estrella books in order with series lists, short summaries, world background and guidance on the best places to start reading.
Last updated: January 16, 2026
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Publication Order
23 books
Cosmic Delivery Boy
by LG Estrella
2022
Simon is the most reliable delivery boy at a small restaurant and desperately needs more money for his mother's treatment. A new job offer sends him far beyond normal streets, hauling packages across the cosmos through demon wars, hostile AIs, and very angry tree folk.
The Sheep Dragon
by LG Estrella
2021
In another bundle of Unconventional Heroes tales, Timmy tries to fund a war effort by asking a young dragon to guard a flock of magical sheep. What should be simple herding turns into a chain of disasters involving mutant livestock, demonic incursions, and very nervous farmers.
Attempted Adventuring
by LG Estrella
2020
Jonathan, a book loving vampire whose castle was repossessed by tax collectors, joins an adventuring party to earn it back. Their next job involves sea monsters, ancient evils, and dangerous allies, and it will test whether a scholar can survive as a hero.
Two Necromancers, a Dwarf Kingdom, and a Sky City
by LG Estrella
2019
War looms and the council sends Timmy into battles that span from besieged dwarf halls to a fragile city floating in the sky. Rescuing princesses, facing goblin armies, and robbing a powerful crime lord are all in a day's work for a necromancer who just wants to keep his castle.
The Trouble With Eldritch Entities
by LG Estrella
2019
The same hard bitten instructor returns to explain what happens when the enemy is not a werewolf but a reality warping horror from another dimension. Between field tactics, artillery, and hard won scars, he teaches rookies how to stay sane when the sky starts to scream.
Monster Whisperer
by LG Estrella
2019
Patrick Richards finally lands his dream job studying real monsters like dragons and basilisks. The catch is that his work now doubles as a dangerous reality show, and one careless decision could mean spectacular footage, ruined careers, and a very final kind of on screen death.
The Hungry Dragon Cookie Company
by LG Estrella
2018
This story collection follows Timmy and his crew through a series of smaller capers built around a wildly impractical business idea. Running a cookie company fronted by a terrifying dragon seems like easy money until health inspectors, assassins, and eldritch friends get involved.
Galactic Diplomacy
by LG Estrella
2018
Peacekeeping gets even stranger when Jake is dropped into conflicts between heavily augmented organics and pure machine factions. From chainsaw armed robots to tree like aliens, he has to talk, bluff, and occasionally smash furniture to keep the galaxy from tearing itself apart.
Divine Interference
by LG Estrella
2018
In a fresh round of divine misadventures, an overworked god of heroes keeps getting people killed, young deities hunt for part time jobs, and Fate sits down to play poker with Luck and Misfortune. The result is a wry look at what happens when immortals meddle a bit too much.
Divine Assistance
by LG Estrella
2017
This collection of comic stories peeks behind the curtain of Creation, following gods like Death, Bureaucracy, and Mischief as they try to manage souls, paperwork, holidays, and accidental apocalypses. Mortals rarely see the chaos, but they certainly feel the consequences.
Two Necromancers, a Dragon, and a Vampire
by LG Estrella
2016
Timmy's "heroic" team is sent to solve problems ranging from bandit uprisings to ogre invasions, all while trying to keep property damage down. When a dragon and an ancient vampire enter the picture, surviving the mission becomes as important as pleasing the council.
The Trouble With Werewolves
by LG Estrella
2016
A veteran agent of the Australian Department of Unusual Events schools new recruits by walking them through a mission that went very wrong. Facing towering werewolves, bad intel, and tight suburban streets, he shows why surviving the job means never fighting fair.
The Galactic Peace Committee
by LG Estrella
2016
Diplomat Jake Smith works for the Galactic Peace Committee, an organisation meant to stop wars before they start. With a killer robot secretary, a shock staff, and a lot of improvisation, he stumbles through crises where one bad meeting could cost entire planets.
Two Necromancers, an Army of Golems, and a Demon Lord
by LG Estrella
2015
Now working off his crimes one mission at a time, Timmy must tackle enemies that include rampaging golems and a very unpleasant demon lord. With an apprentice plotting to steal his castle and allies who attract chaos, he is always one bad choice away from horrible execution.
The Gunslinger and the Train to Hell
by LG Estrella
2015
Lizzy joins her brother Matt to investigate a mysterious train where passengers vanish without a trace. Trapped aboard a rail line that is more curse than machine, they must fight imps, hellhounds, and a demon that can turn the entire train into a weapon.
Beneath a Shattered Sky
by LG Estrella
2015
On the broken world of Fracture, rifts spew monsters and only barrier magic keeps towns alive. Temple trained warrior Sophie is sent to find Matilda, a legendary barrier mage, and ends up on a sky ship crewed by misfits, fighting for fragile havens beneath a torn sky.
Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Elf
by LG Estrella
2014
Timmy, a powerful necromancer tired of near death experiences and assassination attempts, wants out of the villain business. To earn a pardon he signs on with a desperate council of mages, teaming up with a panicky bureaucrat, an eager apprentice, and a terrifying elf."
The Lonely Wood
by LG Estrella
2014
Answering a call from Scarlett's uncle, the pair head into an ancient northern forest once ruled by elves. Fading enchantments have unleashed an old, personal kind of darkness, and Scarlett must face both buried family history and a patient evil that knows her bloodline well.
Durendal
by LG Estrella
2014
On the rough mining world of Sahara VII, twelve year old Billy Winchester befriends Duren, a haunted drifter with a violent past. When a cruel magnate targets Billy's sister, Duren is forced to become the weapon he hoped to bury, drawing old enemies out of hiding.
The Lord of Dark Waters
by LG Estrella
2013
Scarlett and Rose journey south to a vast swamp to kill a rogue vampire and leave the horrors of the north behind. Instead they uncover an ancient evil stirring beneath the black waters, and their hunt turns into a desperate struggle to stop a rising, drowned kingdom.
The Last Huntress
by LG Estrella
2013
In the frozen north, Scarlett, last of a monster hunting line, tracks the only werewolf ever to escape her. Rose, a girl whose home was destroyed, begs to become her apprentice. Their hunt becomes a harsh lesson in what it costs to fight monsters without becoming one.
The Gunslinger and the Necromancer
by LG Estrella
2013
When the Church needs someone to send the dead back where they belong, it hires gunslinger Lizzy Stanton. Her latest job takes her to Pine Creek to deal with a necromancer raising trouble, and Lizzy soon finds herself knee deep in zombies, demons, and bad omens.
The Fire Upon the Mountain
by LG Estrella
2013
Rumours of dragon fire pull Scarlett and Rose east to a mountain range already scarred by flame. With one city in ashes and another in the dragon's path, they have only days to work out how to kill a living inferno before thousands of people burn.
Where should I start?
If you want funny, character driven fantasy: Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Elf → Two Necromancers, an Army of Golems, and a Demon Lord → Two Necromancers, a Dragon, and a Vampire
If you like lighthearted vampire adventures: Attempted Vampirism → Attempted Adventuring → Attempted Rescuing
If you prefer darker monster hunting tales: The Last Huntress → The Lord of Dark Waters → The Fire Upon the Mountain → The Lonely Wood
If you are in the mood for sci fi comedy: The Galactic Peace Committee → Galactic Diplomacy
If you just want a standalone sampler: Monster Whisperer → Cosmic Delivery Boy
Author bio
LG Estrella is an Australian fantasy and science fiction writer who likes their magic systems neat, their monsters dangerous, and their jokes just a little bit sharp.
They grew up between countries, spending formative years in both Australia and the United States. That mix shows up in their work and in their voice. On their blog they joke about having an accent that sounds American to Australians and Australian to Americans, and about juggling different spelling rules every time they sit down to write.
At university, science and stories kept competing for their attention. Estrella majored in physics and psychology, then went on to complete Honours and a PhD in psychology. That training left a mark. Their fiction is full of statistics jokes, arguments about evidence, and characters who think hard about why people do the things they do, even when those people happen to be necromancers, dragons, or minor gods of paperwork.
Before writing became the main focus, Estrella lectured in psychology at a major Australian university. They have written about standing in front of lecture halls, running tutorials, and trying to convince students not to leave questions until the week before exams. Those years show up on the page. Many of their stories have the rhythm of a good seminar: a clear idea, plenty of examples, and a quiet punchline that lands a little harder than you expect.
Their first published novel, The Last Huntress, follows Scarlett and Rose through frozen forests, cursed swamps, dragon haunted mountains, and an ancient, haunted wood. It set the tone for a lot of Estrella's work. The monsters are frightening, the violence has consequences, and the heart of the story sits in the relationship between a weary hunter and a girl who refuses to look away from the dark.
Readers often meet Estrella through the Unconventional Heroes books. In that series a very practical necromancer called Timmy tries to earn a pardon by working for a council of mages while wrangling an apprentice who loves pink, a terrified bureaucrat, a pyromaniac elf, an ancient vampire, and a cake obsessed horror from the depths. The stories are big, breezy adventures that still make room for loyalty, burnout, and the strange comfort of found family.
On the lighter side again, the Attempted Vampirism novels track Jonathan, a bookish vampire noble whose castle is repossessed by vampire tax collectors, while Divine Assistance and Divine Interference play out in a cosmos where gods like Death, Bureaucracy, Mayhem, and Fate try and mostly fail to keep creation running on schedule. Estrella also writes science fictional romps such as The Galactic Peace Committee and Cosmic Delivery Boy, which swap swords and spellbooks for killer robots and interstellar delivery routes.
Away from the page, Estrella uses their blog to talk about writing craft, psychometrics, video games, teaching, and everyday life in Australia. The posts are thoughtful but plainspoken. They are just as likely to unpack the statistics behind a personality test as they are to laugh at their own typos.
Across all of these worlds, what ties Estrella's work together is a mix of humour, empathy, and a deep curiosity about how people cope when the stakes are much bigger than they ever wanted them to be. Their stories rarely promise easy victories, but they do suggest that good friends, a solid plan, and the occasional army of zombies can take you further than you might think.
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