Martin Millar Books in Order

When Princess Du-Akai hires broke detective Thraxas to recover a missing letter, he stumbles into palace intrigue, gang wars, and dark sorcery. His search drags him across Turai and straight toward a dragon.

A murder arrest in Thraxas's own office ruins his plans for a lazy summer. Soon he and Makri are tangled in rival warrior monks, missing royal gold, and a killer who keeps adding bodies.

Threatened by old enemies and hired to trace a missing painting, Thraxas lands in a murder case he never wanted. All the while, rain batters Turai and the chariot races keep calling his name.

A trip to the Elvish Isles sounds like a peaceful escape, until Thraxas gets pulled into the mystery of a sacred tree. Makri comes too, and their supposed holiday turns into another string of enemies and trouble.

When sorcerers from across the West descend on Turai to choose a new leader, the authorities recruit Thraxas and Makri to tilt the result. What follows is a riotous mix of bribery, politics, and magical chaos.

A missing magical jewel and a strange wave of death send Thraxas back into Turai's corrupt underbelly. It is another case where every clue brings more danger, and nobody around him seems trustworthy.

Orc armies gather at Turai's borders just as a member of the War Council dies in bizarre fashion. Thraxas would rather stay near food and beer, but murder and invasion leave him no easy escape.

This omnibus pairs Thraxas at the Races and Thraxas and the Elvish Isles. One story drops Thraxas into murder and racetrack chaos, the other sends him and Makri into fresh trouble on the Elvish Isles.

With plague spreading, food running short, and enemy forces closing in, Turai starts to come apart. Thraxas still wants money for cards and beer, but the city gives him crime, panic, and far bigger problems.

After Turai falls, Thraxas, Makri, and Lisutaris wash up in distant Samsarina. A sword tournament, a baby dragon, and a murder inquiry turn exile into another messy adventure.

As the armies of the West prepare to march on Turai, Thraxas is made security officer to Lisutaris and told to stop a powerful enemy sorcerer. War planning, old grudges, and familiar faces make the road back anything but simple.

Back within reach of home, Thraxas joins the push to retake Turai while investigating a politically awkward murder. Between dragons overhead and beer running short, victory does not look especially comfortable.

Back in a battered Turai, Thraxas faces a new local scandal when gold meant to buy food disappears from the palace vaults. Hunger, corruption, and old enemies make the city's homecoming anything but restful.