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Marla Mason Books in Order

Part ofTim Pratt Books in Order

See the Marla Mason series by Tim Pratt in order, with short summaries, Felport background, and guidance on where to begin.

Last updated: July 14, 2026

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Marla Mason books in publication order

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15 books

1

Blood Engines

by Tim Pratt

2007

Felport's chief sorcerer Marla Mason heads to San Francisco seeking magic to save her city. A murdered friend and a ritual involving an ancient god turn the trip into a fight for survival.

2

Dead Reign

by Tim Pratt

2008

Marla hopes to enjoy Felport's Founders' Ball after a brutal recent case. Instead, death magic, old enemies, and a dangerous celebration force the city's chief sorcerer back into action.

3

Poison Sleep

by Tim Pratt

2008

When a dangerous psychic escapes an institution for unstable sorcerers, Marla Mason must protect Felport from a threat that can tear apart minds and reality alike.

4

Spell Games

by Tim Pratt

2009

Marla Mason must manage unstable magic, hostile sorcerers, and the return of her con artist brother Jason. Protecting Felport is hard enough without family turning every problem personal.

5

Broken Mirrors

by Tim Pratt

2010

Marla Mason faces a new magical threat in Felport, where appearances are rarely trustworthy and old damage has a way of becoming dangerous again. A tense urban-fantasy installment with lasting consequences.

6

Shark's Teeth

by Tim Pratt

2010

A short Marla Mason adventure that drops Felport's chief sorcerer into another supernatural crisis. It offers a quick dose of dangerous magic, sharp exchanges, and hard choices.

7

Down with the Lizards and the Bees

by Tim Pratt

2011

This short fantasy story follows characters facing a bizarre threat in a world where the strange can quickly become lethal. Pratt balances dark humor, danger, and unexpected emotional stakes.

8

Grander Than the Sea

by Tim Pratt

2011

A short Marla Mason story that returns to Felport's volatile magical world. The adventure pairs a focused supernatural problem with Marla's usual refusal to back down.

9

Grim Tides

by Tim Pratt

2011

Felport's magical protector is pulled into a crisis shaped by dangerous forces and the city's long memory. Marla must rely on her nerve and allies when supernatural trouble starts rising fast.

10

Little Better than a Beast

by Tim Pratt

2011

A short Marla Mason tale that explores the rougher corners of Felport's supernatural life. Magic, monsters, and difficult loyalties collide in a brisk, self-contained adventure.

11

Bride of Death

by Tim Pratt

2013

Marla Mason confronts death magic and a threat that reaches into Felport's fragile balance of power. To save her city and its people, she must face enemies who know how to hurt her.

12

Lady of Misrule

by Tim Pratt

2015

Felport's chief sorcerer faces another supernatural upheaval, with dangerous magic and personal history pushing her toward impossible choices. Marla's strength is tested by the costs of leadership.

13

Queen of Nothing

by Tim Pratt

2015

Marla Mason's long fight to protect Felport brings her into a crisis where power, loyalty, and survival are all on the line. The series' ongoing consequences become impossible to ignore.

14

Closing Doors

by Tim Pratt

2017

In the concluding Marla Mason novel, old enemies, unfinished obligations, and Felport's future converge. Marla must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to protect the city she has always defended.

15

Do Better

by Tim Pratt

2018

A later Marla Mason story that revisits Felport's magical dangers and its stubborn chief sorcerer. Marla faces a fresh problem with the same sharp instincts and complicated sense of responsibility.

Marla Mason books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Blood Engines"

    Blood Engines

    by Tim Pratt

    2007Marla Mason, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Poison Sleep"

    Poison Sleep

    by Tim Pratt

    2008Marla Mason, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Dead Reign"

    Dead Reign

    by Tim Pratt

    2008Marla Mason, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Spell Games"

    Spell Games

    by Tim Pratt

    2009Marla Mason, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Shark's Teeth"

    Shark's Teeth

    by Tim Pratt

    2010Marla Mason, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Broken Mirrors"

    Broken Mirrors

    by Tim Pratt

    2010Marla Mason, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Grim Tides"

    Grim Tides

    by Tim Pratt

    2011Marla Mason, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Grander Than the Sea"

    Grander Than the Sea

    by Tim Pratt

    2011Marla Mason, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Down with the Lizards and the Bees"

    Down with the Lizards and the Bees

    by Tim Pratt

    2011Marla Mason, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Little Better than a Beast"

    Little Better than a Beast

    by Tim Pratt

    2011Marla Mason, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Bride of Death"

    Bride of Death

    by Tim Pratt

    2013Marla Mason, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Lady of Misrule"

    Lady of Misrule

    by Tim Pratt

    2015Marla Mason, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "Queen of Nothing"

    Queen of Nothing

    by Tim Pratt

    2015Marla Mason, Book 13
  14. Book cover for "Closing Doors"

    Closing Doors

    by Tim Pratt

    2017Marla Mason, Book 14
  15. Book cover for "Do Better"

    Do Better

    by Tim Pratt

    2018Marla Mason, Book 15

Series background & context

The Marla Mason books are Tim Pratt's long-running urban fantasy series, published under the name T. A. Pratt. Marla is the chief sorcerer of Felport, an East Coast city where magic is powerful, dangerous, and tangled up in local politics, crime, monsters, and personal grudges.

She is very good at her job. She is also not easy.

Marla has built her life around protecting her city and staying in control. That makes her formidable in a fight, but it can make trust, friendship, and family harder than any spell. The books follow her as supernatural threats collide with the people she loves, owes, or has badly underestimated.

Blood Engines is the right place to start. It sends Marla from Felport to San Francisco in search of magic that might save her home, only for a murder and a terrifying ritual to pull her into a much larger crisis. From there, Poison Sleep, Dead Reign, and Spell Games expand the cast and deepen the cost of being the person everyone expects to fix the impossible.

Felport remembers what happens.

That continuity is one of the series' pleasures. Most novels have a complete central conflict, but victories leave scars, allies bring baggage, and enemies rarely vanish for good. Marla's relationships with people such as her partner Rondeau, the powerful sorcerer Hamil, and her own difficult family keep changing as the series goes on.

The tone is fast, sharp, and often darkly funny. Expect magic with rules and consequences, strange creatures, hard confrontations, and a protagonist who can be both heroic and spectacularly wrong. Pratt does not soften Marla into an easy reader stand-in. Her stubbornness is often the reason she survives, and sometimes the reason everything gets worse.

Read the main novels in publication order, starting with Blood Engines.

The shorter prequels and companion stories add background, but they are not required before the first book. They work best once you know Marla and want more time in Felport's messy magical ecosystem. The concluding novel, Closing Doors, brings the long-running main arc to a stopping point.

This is urban fantasy for readers who like their magic dangerous, their cities complicated, and their heroes willing to make a bad situation worse before they make it better.

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Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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