Luke Chmilenko Books in Order

Marcus enters a new virtual reality game with his friends but arrives alone in a village besieged by goblins. Helping its inhabitants survive and rebuild draws him into dangers far beyond the adventure he expected.

Thieves Guild member Lazarus Cain wakes in a torture chamber with missing memories and a magical sigil burned into his chest. Escaping his predicament means working with his comrades to unravel schemes entangling Eberia's rival criminal guilds.

As Marcus and his friends rebuild Aldford, promised settlers fail to arrive from Eberia. Searching for the missing reinforcements leads them into bandit attacks and a political plot that threatens their town's independence and survival.

Marcus and his friends wage a bitter war against Carver's murderous adventurers, struggling to break a stalemate. Just as an advantage seems possible, an even greater enemy approaches, forcing them to rethink how they can survive.

After dying, Maulkin awakens in Amaranth in a powerful demi-human body and discovers he is a fledgling immortal. The realm's gods demand that he grow stronger, spread chaos and confront an approaching apocalypse in his unexpected afterlife.

Maulkin and his companions have gathered two shards meant to prevent an evil god's return, but their quest is unfinished. His alarming new powers, Araphel's approaching revival and a primordial dragon complicate his reluctance to resume fighting.

In an empire where magical warriors fight for power and immortality, novice Gavin and celebrated gladiatrix Sadira join forces. Their pursuit of the Grand Championships pits them against arena dangers and the schemes of the immortal Chosen.

Low-ranking Auric Cain wants to rise above his assigned place in a world devastated by the System and its monsters. Seeking an Ascension Gate without permission sets him on a path with consequences beyond his own advancement.

The Voidgod Araphel has returned, and Maulkin's allies face an apocalypse without the weapon they hoped would stop him. Maulkin must find another way to defeat a being even the gods have struggled to overcome.

Murdered wizard Absalom Scryne finds his mind trapped inside his hat and recruits an unsuspecting kobold to carry him home. Their journey across the Badlands requires magic lessons, survival and finding whoever betrayed him.

Gavin escorts a Legion toward Ithal Duin, a place lost since the Reckoning, uncertain of his companions’ real purpose. When Sadira’s political choices go wrong, his mission becomes a desperate effort to save both her and the soldiers.

Separated from his kobold apprentice after an explosion, wizard Absalom Scryne must navigate the underworld from atop a dwarf’s head. A miners’ strike, dangerous creatures and a dragon’s lair stand between the talking hat and his pursuit of revenge.

After Salvo’s defeat, Auric discovers that the System itself is breaking down. Entropic storms and threats capable of shattering reality force him to investigate its origins before the destruction spreads beyond anything he can stop.

Marcus and Virtus have captured Carver and defeated the advancing orcs, but victory offers little rest. Its consequences demand further sacrifices as a newly revealed threat forces the exhausted companions to defend a world facing possible destruction.

Sentient hat Absalom Scryne meets a furious wizard who claims to be his original self and demands his hat back. Their identity dispute escalates as civilization faces an invasion led by a dark god and his monstrous allies.

The death of a Chosen opens an arena contest promising immortality to its Grand Champion. Gavin and Sadira must navigate competing ambitions and political manipulation as the approaching conflict with the Vvath threatens to consume their plans.

Auric’s struggle with the Prophet strands him and West on an alien world of dangerous jungles and unfamiliar rules. As the Prophet takes a new form, they must find allies and confront the mysterious bone Towers to survive.

Sylvas Vail is the strongest mage on his isolated planet until the wider universe violently intrudes. Confronted by powers and dangers beyond anything he knows, he must rise above his limits or perish in the opening of the cosmos.

Sylvas survives the Culling victorious, only to discover his training has barely begun. He and the other cadets are sent off-world to Onslaught Citadel, where the next trial presents dangers that even death may fail to resolve.

Returning to Strife after another deadly trial, Sylvas competes with the Ardent’s finest as his reputation spreads. Powerful observers watch his progress, turning each success into greater scrutiny while the cost of continued advancement grows increasingly bloody.

Gavin faces a decisive confrontation with the Vvath and the dwarves of Khazak Khrim. Divided allies, warriors with possessed blades and the unpredictable new Chosen called the Blue Hornet make the coming battle difficult to control.

Escaping a collapsing planet brings Auric and West to a frozen, fractured instance with unstable gravity and ancient guardians. To return home, they must break its locks, confront a captive former ally and uncover the Administrator’s identity.

Sylvas binds War, Blood, and Strife to his heart, attracting the Empyrean Alliance’s attention. Removed from the familiar world of the Ardent, he discovers his place among the galaxy’s powers and the threats determined to destroy it.

Returning to civilization, Sylvas and his companions must choose between defending the Ardent, rescuing the core worlds, or pursuing the Aions’ legacy. An eidolon incursion and the Obsidian Dominion’s advance leave little time to decide their course.

Sylvas has overcome a nightmare but finds himself diminished by the sacrifices demanded by the Aions’ legacy. Racing toward the Obsidian Dominion’s fleet, he must confront further terrors before they destroy what remains of the core worlds.

Resurrected commander Lysander awakens in a world corrupted by dead gods, with only fragments of his former life. To avert annihilation, he must rebuild his strength and kill the goddess he once worshipped and loved.