Night Rebel Books in Order
Part ofJeaniene Frost Books in OrderFollow Jeaniene Frost’s Night Rebel trilogy in order, with summaries, background on Ian and Veritas, and advice on when to pick up this spinoff within the broader Night Huntress universe.
Last updated: December 25, 2025
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Publication Order
3 books
Wicked All Night
by Jeaniene Frost
2021
Veritas’s battle with Dagon tears a hole between dimensions, unleashing creatures into the human world and putting the vampire council on edge. With Ian’s life and their future on the line, they must face gods, family secrets, and the final showdown together.
Wicked Bite
by Jeaniene Frost
2020
After nearly dying in their first clash with Dagon, Veritas secretly hunts the freed dark souls that threaten the world, leaving Ian behind to keep him safe. He refuses to be abandoned, chasing her across realms as enemies and buried truths close in.
Shades of Wicked
by Jeaniene Frost
2018
Reckless vampire Ian has bargained his soul to the demon Dagon, and only killing the demon can free him. Law Guardian Veritas recruits him as bait, but their uneasy alliance turns into a fierce partnership as secrets, attraction, and danger collide.
Series background & context
Night Rebel is the series where Jeaniene Frost gives Ian, one of the most chaotic figures in the Night Huntress universe, his own story. On the surface Ian is an irreverent, hedonistic master vampire with no respect for rules or authority. These books peel back that façade by tying his fate to Veritas, a seemingly rigid Law Guardian who hunts down offenders on behalf of the vampire council.
Their uneasy alliance begins with a shared enemy. Centuries ago, Ian made a desperate bargain that gave the demon Dagon ownership of his soul. Veritas has her own long standing score to settle with Dagon, one tied to a past she keeps fiercely hidden. She proposes a partnership to bring the demon down, provided Ian submits to her rules. He agrees, more out of survival than trust, and quickly discovers that Veritas is far more than the emotionless judge she pretends to be.
As the trilogy unfolds, the stakes climb from tracking Dagon’s cult and surviving assassinations to facing down gods and ripping holes between worlds. Ian gains frightening new powers along the way, branded into his skin and complicating every fight. Veritas is forced to reveal that she is not entirely vampire, and that the part of her she has denied may be the only thing strong enough to win.
At its core, though, Night Rebel is about two people unlearning who they thought they had to be. Ian, long dismissed as comic relief and bad influence, proves just how far he will go for those he loves. Veritas, who has spent lifetimes believing that duty outweighs everything, starts choosing personal loyalty over rigid law. Their relationship burns hot and often edges into dark territory, but Frost threads humour through their clashes and keeps the emotional payoff front and centre.
Familiar faces from Night Huntress and Night Prince drift through the story, yet the tone is distinct. Where Cat and Bones often operate like covert agents, Ian and Veritas feel more like outlaws trying to fix a corrupt system from the wrong side of every rule book. Expect globe hopping, magically enhanced fights, and a conclusion that ties personal healing to the fate of the wider universe.
If you have ever wanted to know what happens when the most reckless vampire Frost has created falls for the one woman who was supposed to put him in chains, Night Rebel is that answer.
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