Mark Charan Newton Books in Order

A message from an isolated island draws explorer Santiago DeBrelt toward the mystery of a supposedly extinct people being murdered. Government agents and terrorists converge on the same waters, where missing ships and buried secrets threaten to turn discovery into catastrophe.

An approaching ice age drives refugees toward Villjamur as an inexperienced empress takes the throne. While an investigator uncovers corruption behind a brutal murder, political conspiracies and a threat beyond the empire’s borders place the city’s future in danger.

As an otherworldly army advances on Villiren, commander Brynd Lathraea struggles to organize its defenses. Investigator Rumex Jeryd finds the city divided by prejudice, criminal power and a serial killer, while arriving refugees carry secrets that could change its fate.

A corrupt emperor creates a team of powerful Knights to crush unrest in Villjamur, but each carries dangerous secrets. Charged with managing them, investigator Fulcrom is drawn into a priest’s quest that threatens both religious authority and the world’s foundations.

War spreads through the Boreal Archipelago as Brynd Lathraea tries to rebuild Villiren and unite its people with unfamiliar allies. Elsewhere, Fulcrom leads refugees from a ruined city, racing to the coast ahead of a devastating alien threat.

Called home after his father’s death, officer Lucan Drakenfeld investigates the murder of a king’s sister inside a locked temple. As rumors of spirits and assassination spread, his search for evidence draws him into corruption and makes him a target.

Lucan Drakenfeld and Leana arrive in an unfamiliar city to investigate a missing priest, only to find he has been murdered. More mutilated bodies follow, leaving them to navigate dangerous politics while searching for a killer without an obvious motive.

While stationed in lawless Venyn, Lucan Drakenfeld receives letters written in blood warning of a plot against the young prince. With his colleague Leana, he investigates the city’s powerful figures, racing to uncover the conspiracy before the assassin strikes.