Oblivion's Gate Books in Order
Part ofRyan Kirk Books in OrderFind Oblivion's Gate by Ryan Kirk in order, with short summaries, series background, reading order, and a quick guide to the books.
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Oblivion's Gate books in publication order
3 books
The Gate Beyond Oblivion
by Ryan Kirk
2020
Brandt is a broken warrior. Alena is a hunted thief. When impossible magic and a stolen artifact expose a secret war, both are forced into a race to uncover the truth before their empire falls.
The Gate to Redemption
by Ryan Kirk
2020
The lies at the heart of the empire can no longer stay buried. As war closes in around the gates, Brandt, Alena, and their allies must decide how much they are willing to risk for truth and redemption.
The Gates of Memory
by Ryan Kirk
2020
As monasteries fall and a gate begins to fail, Brandt hunts the key to defeating a terrible enemy. Alena follows the secrets of the gates themselves, and discovers a threat even larger than they feared.
Oblivion's Gate books in chronological order
The Gate Beyond Oblivion
by Ryan Kirk
2020Oblivion's Gate, Book 1
The Gates of Memory
by Ryan Kirk
2020Oblivion's Gate, Book 2
The Gate to Redemption
by Ryan Kirk
2020Oblivion's Gate, Book 3
Series background & context
Oblivion's Gate is a continent-spanning fantasy built around hidden war, forbidden power, and two leads who are pulled into the same crisis from very different directions. Brandt begins as a skilled soldier, one of the empire's wolfblades, and Alena starts as a gifted student who also happens to steal and spy when it suits her. Neither of them is looking for a grand destiny. Both run into it anyway.
The series kicks off when impossible magic tears through the normal rules of Brandt's world.
From there, the books expand quickly. Brandt is left physically and emotionally shattered after encountering a warrior who should not be possible. Alena becomes the empire's most wanted thief after taking a powerful artifact. Their separate searches for answers reveal that the empire is sitting on generations of lies, and that the gates of the title are not symbolic scenery. They are old, dangerous, and tied to threats big enough to destabilize whole peoples.
Kirk handles the material in a way that keeps it readable. The world is large, but the characters give it a path. Brandt brings the perspective of a disciplined fighter who suddenly realizes discipline is not enough. Alena brings curiosity, adaptability, and the outsider energy of someone who keeps slipping through structures that think they own her. Together they make the series feel less like abstract lore and more like a race through an unraveling political order.
There is a good balance here between military fantasy, travel fantasy, and mystery. Monasteries fall, gates fail, enemies move from myth toward reality, and every answer seems to uncover a worse question underneath it. That gives the trilogy a nice momentum. You are always learning more, but the learning never feels detached from survival.
If you want a Ryan Kirk series with more overt magical mystery and a larger empire-wide plot, Oblivion's Gate is a strong pick. It has soldiers, thieves, ancient structures, and the creeping feeling that the world people trust is only a thin layer over something much older and more dangerous.
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