Orlando A Sanchez Books in Order
Explore Orlando A Sanchez books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy suggestions for where to start across his urban fantasy worlds.
Last updated: June 9, 2026
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Publication Order
90 books
The Spiritual Warriors
by Orlando A Sanchez
2012
After years of brutal training, Dante enters a secret tournament and is chosen to join the Spiritual Warriors. A larger war is brewing, and his new power may not save him from it.
Blur
by Orlando A Sanchez
2014
Grey Stryder is thrown into a city-night war against Redrum-fueled monsters and the people behind them. He is not the hero anyone wanted, but he may be the only one left.
Rise of the Night
by Orlando A Sanchez
2014
Central Park is a prison for monstrous beings, and its wards are failing. New Hunter Sepia Blue and her partner Cade have to stop the breakout before the city is overrun.
The Ascendants
by Orlando A Sanchez
2015
Dante's journey continues as the hidden war around the Spiritual Warriors grows wider and darker. Training gives way to harder choices once the true scale of the conflict comes into view.
The Fallen Warrior
by Orlando A Sanchez
2015
After a nearly fatal ritual sears him and cuts him off from his power, Dante must survive on skill alone. Rumors of another weapon may be the only hope against Lucius and the darkness ahead.
The Warrior Ascendant
by Orlando A Sanchez
2015
Dante climbs toward greater power and greater responsibility as the war expands around him. Becoming ascendant means paying the price of the path, not just claiming the title.
A Dream of Ashes
by Orlando A Sanchez
2016
Fire mystic Ava James is sent to investigate the death of a fellow mystic, only to find the clues point back at her own kind. If she fails, the case could destroy her life.
Nightmare
by Orlando A Sanchez
2016
Sepia is unwillingly transforming into a Nightmare Lord, and the device meant to save her may doom her instead. To survive, she must find a way to control the darkness before it owns her.
Sisters
by Orlando A Sanchez
2016
Sepia's world widens as loyalties fray and deeper personal ties rise to the surface. The threat from the Unholy is bad enough, but family-level wounds make it worse.
The Dark Flame
by Orlando A Sanchez
2016
This shorter tale turns on dangerous magical power and the hard choices that come with touching darkness. It is a sharp reminder that using forbidden strength always leaves a mark.
The Master Warrior
by Orlando A Sanchez
2016
The series races toward its endgame as Dante seeks the strength needed to face the greatest threats yet. Mastery here is not about pride. It is about surviving what comes next.
Warriors of the Way
by Orlando A Sanchez
2016
This collected edition gathers Dante's full arc into one martial-arts fantasy saga. Training, war, hidden orders, and supernatural weapons all build toward the larger conflict of the series.
Blood is Thicker
by Orlando A Sanchez
2017
Vampires are dying, the Dark Council is cracking, and Michiko Nakatomi has no one left to trust. Simon and Tristan are pulled into a bloody political crisis with humanity caught in the blast radius.
Full Moon Howl
by Orlando A Sanchez
2017
Bloody messages and infected werewolves are tearing through New York. Worse, the evidence points at Tristan, forcing Simon and Monty to solve the case before the Dark Council decides to make him the villain.
No God is Safe
by Orlando A Sanchez
2017
What looks like a routine adultery case leads Simon Strong straight to a trail of missing children. Joined by the fugitive mage Tristan Montague, he uncovers a far darker power behind the abductions.
The Date
by Orlando A Sanchez
2017
Simon Strong just wants one quiet night out. Instead, his date with Michiko turns into a supernatural chase, with angry creatures of the night making sure romance does not stay simple for long.
Tombyards & Butterflies
by Orlando A Sanchez
2017
Charon has vanished, and dead sorcerers are starting to walk among the living. Simon Strong and Tristan Montague have to find the missing ferryman before New York, and the balance of the world, tips into chaos.
A Proper Hellhound
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
Peaches has started growing to impossible size, and Simon desperately needs help. Their best option is Death himself, who agrees to train the hellhound before Peaches levels something important.
Bullets & Blades
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
Tristan loses access to his magic just as dark mages arrive in the city. The worst part is their leader may be William Montague, the brother Tristan thought he had lost.
Dragon's Torment
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
The conflict deepens as dragons, old enemies, and harder choices close in. What began as survival turns into a struggle against forces much larger than one assassin's training.
Dragons & Demigods
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
A grieving father finds a hidden dragon enclave and recruits unstable help to strike back. Simon and Tristan have to stop a revenge-fueled attack before New York becomes a battlefield for dragons and gods.
Hellhound Blues
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
Peaches takes center stage in a fast, funny side adventure full of infernal appetite and magical trouble. One hungry hellhound is more than enough to turn an ordinary problem into supernatural chaos.
Homecoming
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
Tristan learns his father is being held in the hidden Sanctuary and vows to bring him home. But the mountain has fallen to an Elder mage who plans to erase Tristan the moment he returns.
Silver Clouds Dirty Sky
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
A teleportation circle drops Monty and Simon into London, where a murdered demonologist and demons in the streets signal trouble. To survive, they must solve the case and dodge powerful magical enemies.
The Dread Warlock
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
A feared warlock with a bad reputation is pulled into a conflict that promises no clean exits. Power, survival, and the cost of old mistakes all crowd the page.
The Operative
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
Mark Ronin is sent to investigate disappearances tied to paranormal activity. Then the evidence turns on him, and the operative becomes a hunted man in his own case.
The War Mage
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
Set before the main series, this story follows Tristan Montague during a brutal war against the Supernaturals. He leads his squad on a near-suicidal mission to recover an artifact that could change everything.
Wander
by Orlando A Sanchez
2018
Grey and Koda keep digging into the darkness behind Redrum as the streets get deadlier. Every answer only widens the trouble and makes the hunt more personal.
Aftermath
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
This collection explores the wider fallout around the magical world, focusing on Decons and Magical Nulls. It adds fresh angles, dangerous assignments, and more texture to the shared universe.
Dragon's Plight
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
With the danger widening, survival becomes tangled with dragon power and rising pressure from every side. The series keeps pushing its hero toward choices that only get bloodier.
Hell Hath No Fury
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
Persephone is missing, and Hades hires Monty and Simon to bring her back. Their search uncovers a plot to seize the underworld and ignite a very public fight among gods.
Reaping Wind
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
Another supernatural threat blows into New York, and Monty and Simon are forced back into the line of fire. The case pushes them toward darker magic and a rapidly worsening clock.
Shadowstrut
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
Grey and Koda track the supplier of Redrum X, only to find a deeper darkness waiting for them. To stop the killings, Grey must enter a world no Night Warden has escaped.
Sheepdog
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
HALO asset Gideon Shepherd learns his old friend is back and planning to use a weapon Gideon helped create. Stopping the attack means facing his past before it destroys New York.
The Birth of Death
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
A deadly apprenticeship begins in a darker fantasy world shaped by killing, power, and survival. It is the start of a saga where skill alone is never enough to stay alive.
The Golem
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
Old magic turns physical when a golem enters the picture. Simon and Tristan need to figure out who made it, what it is meant to do, and how to stop it before the damage spreads.
The Magekiller
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
Ronin faces a threat built to hunt mages and hit where magical organizations feel safest. To survive, he has to stay ahead of killers who know exactly what they are doing.
The Perfect Cup
by Orlando A Sanchez
2019
The Holy Grail has been stolen, and Tristan is called in to help recover it. Simon and Monty must find the cup fast before rival magical powers decide to solve the problem by starting a war.
Blood Ascension
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
The balance inside the Dark Council begins to crack as blood, ambition, and survival politics collide. Old power is no guarantee of safety when everyone senses weakness.
Blood Betrayal
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
Alliances splinter as the fight around the council turns more personal. Betrayal hits close, and trust becomes one of the most dangerous things anyone can offer.
Blood Rule
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
The trilogy drives toward open conflict as the struggle for control reaches a breaking point. In a world ruled by blood, survival and authority are never separate problems.
Dark Glass
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
Fate gives Simon Strong a brutal choice: become mortal or die. To survive, he and Monty must stop an entropic sphere, track down Kali, and untangle the curse warping causality around him.
Dragon's Impasse
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
The road narrows as enemies close ranks and the dragon struggle reaches a deadlier stalemate. Every move now carries the risk of losing ground that may never be won back.
Dragon's Mire
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
The series sinks into even more dangerous territory, where dragon conflict, survival, and grim alliances all pull at once. Escaping the mire may prove harder than winning the fight.
Dragon's Scrape
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
Bruised by everything that came before, the story pushes into another hard confrontation. The stakes remain personal, but the dragon war keeps making every decision larger and uglier.
Saving Mr. K
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
A legendary mage known for the Ritual of Esper has been abducted, and time is running out. Monty, Simon, and Cece must find Mr. K before despair is unleashed on the world.
They Bite
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
Nyxia White can see what others cannot, and she never planned to join The Seven. But once monsters start coming out of the dark, she becomes one of humanity's fiercest lines of defense.
Walking The Razor
by Orlando A Sanchez
2020
Monty and Simon are forced to work with almost no room for error as another deadly case opens under their feet. One wrong move could cut everything the wrong way.
A Bullet Ballet
by Orlando A Sanchez
2021
Porter and Bug step into a hidden war where speed, gunfire, and Gatekeeper loyalty matter more than official rules. The action is quick, but the consequences stay close.
Bangers & Mash
by Orlando A Sanchez
2021
A quick-moving supernatural romp with magic, danger, and Sanchez's usual taste for mayhem. The title may sound playful, but the trouble underneath it is still very real.
Divine Intervention
by Orlando A Sanchez
2021
A supernatural crisis drags Monty and Simon into another tangle of gods, power, and collateral damage. To keep the city standing, they will need answers before divine politics turn openly violent.
Iker the Unseen
by Orlando A Sanchez
2021
Iker takes a Dark Council job involving an old vampire clan and finds himself marked for death instead. To stay alive, he has to discover who authorized the kill order and remove them first.
Nameless
by Orlando A Sanchez
2021
Sepia faces a threat that is harder to define and even harder to kill, while the darkness bound to her keeps growing. The farther she goes, the thinner the line becomes.
Requiem
by Orlando A Sanchez
2021
A grim new case forces Monty and Simon to face dangerous magic, old debts, and the kind of loss that keeps echoing. The stakes turn personal fast, and the city feels smaller because of it.
They Kill
by Orlando A Sanchez
2021
The series pushes toward a bloodier showdown as Nyx's power and her enemies both grow more dangerous. Hesitation is no longer safe, and the cost of failure keeps climbing.
They Rend
by Orlando A Sanchez
2021
Nyx gains terrifying new power, but she barely understands it before Acheron is taken. To save her demon companion, she must survive brutal training and become scarier than the monsters she hunts.
Blood Bond
by Orlando A Sanchez
2022
When a death list exposes blood-bonded companions, Porter and Bug uncover a purge hiding behind official denials. To stop it, they must step into Gatekeeper secrets and hit back fast.
Blood Lessons
by Orlando A Sanchez
2022
Personal history and dangerous power collide as Simon and Monty uncover lessons written in blood, memory, and old violence. Some training never really ends. It only comes due.
Broken Magic
by Orlando A Sanchez
2022
With magical rules failing and power shifting underfoot, Monty and Simon have to work through a system that no longer behaves as expected. Their enemies are happy to exploit the break.
Demon
by Orlando A Sanchez
2022
Sepia's fight with the Unholy power inside her reaches another sharp turn. Hunter and monster edge closer together, and the series leans hard into that tension.
Revenant
by Orlando A Sanchez
2022
The dead refuse to stay quiet, and Monty and Simon are dragged into a case with long memory and sharp teeth. Returning enemies make every past mistake more expensive.
Storm Blood
by Orlando A Sanchez
2022
Blood-fueled power and old enemies turn New York into another magical battleground. Simon and Monty have to weather the storm before it breaks over everyone they are trying to protect.
The Way of Bug
by Orlando A Sanchez
2022
Bug moves closer to center stage in a sequel that mixes ruthless action with the deeper rules of the Gatekeeper world. Her loyalty is fierce, and her methods are rarely gentle.
Archmage
by Orlando A Sanchez
2023
After emerging with the first elder rune, Monty and Simon realize they cannot control what they carry. To stand against a Keeper of Arcana, Monty may need to become something far greater.
Daystrider
by Orlando A Sanchez
2023
Iker moves into another layered assignment where timing, stealth, and clean violence all matter. In his line of work, daylight rarely makes anything safer.
Entropy
by Orlando A Sanchez
2023
As the elder rune arc grows more unstable, disorder spreads through every plan Monty and Simon try to make. Small failures start to look like the beginning of something much larger.
Lost Runes
by Orlando A Sanchez
2023
Monty and Simon go hunting for the lost runes, only to learn they were hidden for a reason. The power inside them could change everything, or destroy anyone reckless enough to use it.
Nightwalker
by Orlando A Sanchez
2023
Night jobs turn even bloodier for Iker as enemies close in and the politics around his work get messier. Quiet solutions are still the goal, but they are getting harder to find.
Nocturne Melody
by Orlando A Sanchez
2023
Koda is taken by rummers, and Grey discovers someone is controlling the creatures overrunning the city. To get her back, he must face enemies who know how to weaponize the dark.
Shadow Queen
by Orlando A Sanchez
2023
The Directive heads deeper into the magical underworld as a stronger enemy begins steering events from the shadows. The mission gets darker, and so do the choices.
The Stray Dogs
by Orlando A Sanchez
2023
Sebastian Treadwell and his off-book team are sent after an organization killing mages for power. Once the Stray Dogs take the case, they do not stop until someone breaks.
Cold Front
by Orlando A Sanchez
2024
On the run and short on safe allies, Val is pushed into colder and harsher ground. Every lesson in power now comes with a sharper cost and a smaller margin for error.
Corpse Road
by Orlando A Sanchez
2024
Old enemies return from the dead after Monty's recent power shift awakens something ancient. To stop them, he and Simon must find the necromancer behind it before they join the corpse road themselves.
Deathdancers
by Orlando A Sanchez
2024
The Blackjacks launch a near-suicide mission against a super destroyer and a weapon called the Singularity. One mistake could wipe out the Kali and leave their crew with nowhere to run.
Endgame Tango
by Orlando A Sanchez
2024
The Treadwell series pushes toward a final confrontation where every alliance feels unstable. One last dance through the underworld may decide who is still standing at the end.
Fated Fury
by Orlando A Sanchez
2024
Val's dangerous darkmage power puts her on a collision course with people who want to control or kill her. Survival depends on learning fast and staying ahead of stronger enemies.
Immortal
by Orlando A Sanchez
2024
Simon Strong's past comes back armed with blood hunters, anti-magic monsters, and a weapon built to kill immortals. Without help from Kali, he and Monty have to survive the hit.
Outcast
by Orlando A Sanchez
2024
The Grand Council declares Monty and Simon rogue and cuts them off from nearly every safe place in their world. As outcasts, they have to confront the Emissary who set the trap.
Shieldbearer
by Orlando A Sanchez
2024
To stand against the Grand Council, Simon needs more power and a teacher no one expected to help him. The trip to hidden Naxos may be his only chance to become a true shieldbearer.
Brew & Chew
by Orlando A Sanchez
2025
When Peaches loses the bond he shares with Simon, he knows something is wrong. Alongside a child mage, her guardian, and a dragon, he charges into a rescue with hunger and chaos in equal measure.
Deadeye
by Orlando A Sanchez
2025
Simon Strong thought he had left Shadow Company behind with his old life as an expert marksman. He was wrong, and now an ex-operative named Cutter has been sent to finish him.
Duskblader
by Orlando A Sanchez
2025
Betrayed and left for dead, Moira Nightingale survives by making a terrible pact. Reborn as a Duskblader, she sets out to destroy the people who made her into a monster.
Frozen Fire
by Orlando A Sanchez
2025
Val carries Brightshadow inside her, but she cannot control it alone. To stand against the Directorate and find the Eclipse, she needs a teacher willing to risk everything by training a darkmage.
Mages & Monsters
by Orlando A Sanchez
2025
Monty returns to Shadowpeak, the deadly ancestral home of the Montagues, after Guardian Monks are found murdered there. What he and Simon uncover will challenge everything they believe about magic.
Saints & Monks
by Orlando A Sanchez
2025
With Salya still looming as a threat, Monty and Simon head into the Himalayas to train with monks of the Order of the Sky. Time is short, and raw power alone will not save them.
The Pain Eaters
by Orlando A Sanchez
2025
Ronin faces a fresh paranormal threat as creatures that feed on pain turn a bad case into a worse one. Stopping them means stepping closer to suffering no sane person would touch.
Chaos Rising
by Orlando A Sanchez
2026
The larger magical war starts to surface as chaos spreads through the world around Monty, Simon, and Peaches. Old pressure turns into open conflict, and the stakes rise with it.
Dark Flame
by Orlando A Sanchez
2026
To survive the White Heart's power, Monty must seek the dangerous force known as the Dark Flame. The ritual could save him, or turn him into the darkmage he fears becoming.
Mercenary Blues
by Orlando A Sanchez
2026
A rough-edged crew is pulled into another dangerous mission where profit, loyalty, and survival never line up cleanly. In Sanchez's hands, mercenary work usually means trouble arrives early.
Nemesis
by Orlando A Sanchez
2026
Dira wants Simon dead so she can claim Kali's mark, and she may finally have the power to do it. The path ahead points to one last collision, and only one side is likely to walk away.
Where should I start?
If you want supernatural detective stories: Tombyards & Butterflies → Full Moon Howl → Blood is Thicker
If you want martial arts fantasy: The Spiritual Warriors → The Ascendants → The Fallen Warrior
If you want darker city magic: Rise of the Night → Nightmare → Duskblader
If you want magical investigations outside Montague and Strong: A Dream of Ashes → Sheepdog → Iker the Unseen
Author bio
Orlando A. Sanchez writes the kind of fantasy that feels like a city block at midnight. The streets are busy. The magic is close. Trouble is usually only a few steps away. He lives in New York City with his family, and that setting, energy, and pace run through much of his work.
He has been telling stories since he was a teenager. Long before he was publishing novels, he was building scenarios for tabletop games with friends, especially Dungeons and Dragons, and reading widely across fantasy, thriller, and speculative fiction. You can feel those roots in his books. They move fast, they like strong hooks, and they treat worldbuilding as something that should push the story forward, not slow it down.
He began publishing in 2012 with The Spiritual Warriors, the opening novel in his Warriors of the Way sequence. That early series already shows a lot of what would become familiar in his later work: martial arts, supernatural conflict, hidden orders, and ordinary life getting interrupted by very dangerous forces.
Then his world kept expanding.
A lot of readers first meet him through Tombyards & Butterflies and the larger Montague & Strong Case Files books. Those novels pair immortal detective Simon Strong with Tristan Montague, a sharp-tempered mage, and drop them into supernatural investigations across New York City. The appeal is easy to see. There is banter, action, strange creatures, and a real sense that the city is packed with hidden rules and old powers.
But that is only one side of his catalog.
In A Dream of Ashes, he shifts into a tougher investigative fantasy built around Ava James, a fire mystic working a murder case from inside a feared magical organization. In Sheepdog, he moves closer to covert-ops thriller territory. In Rise of the Night, he opens the door to another urban fantasy line, with hunters, prison wards, and monsters breaking loose into the city. Across all of it, he keeps returning to pressure, loyalty, and what power costs the people who carry it.
His books tend to like a few things very much: hidden magical systems, violent momentum, found-family bonds, and protagonists who do not always get the luxury of clean choices. He also likes mixing tones. A story can have grim stakes and still make room for dry humor, especially when a hellhound, a stubborn partner, or a bad plan enters the scene.
He has cited a wide range of influences, from J.R.R. Tolkien and Terry Brooks to Jim Butcher, Lee Child, and Barry Eisler. That blend helps explain why his fiction often sits at the crossroads of fantasy, mystery, and thriller. The magic matters, but so do pursuit, tactics, and the question of who gets to act when institutions fail.
What stands out most is how much of his bibliography feels connected by motion. His characters are usually chasing, hunting, escaping, investigating, or trying to get ahead of a problem that is already bigger than it looked five minutes earlier.
That pace is very much the point.
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