Philip C Quaintrell Books in Order

Kalian Gaines passes for an ordinary man on a crowded space station, but the truth about what he is has been buried for millennia. When a human handprint is found on a distant moon humanity has never reached, Kalian is pulled into a vast conspiracy about mankind's origins.

Humanity's survivors struggle for a place in a galaxy that fears them, crammed aboard a Conclave flagship they do not control. As Kalian and Li'ara investigate a relic older than the Conclave itself, rogue bounty hunter Roland North sparks new chaos neither side can ignore.

War closes in on Illian as elves, Darkakin and a vengeful dark elf gather their forces. While Gideon and an exiled elf seek the last dragons, Asher and his allies hunt a legendary weapon that may be the realm's only hope.

With little left to lose, Kalian steps through the Conclave's experimental Starforge to search the graveyard worlds of the fallen Terran Empire. Among wrecked planets and forgotten technology, he hunts the truth about the enemy that once destroyed Earth.

On the war-torn world of Illian, a long-buried prophecy begins to stir as the immortal elves prepare to reclaim the land from mankind. Asher, an amnesiac assassin turned ranger, is dragged into a conflict tied to his forgotten past.

An ancient enemy that shattered the Terran Empire returns to finish what it started, and the last human refuges are running out of time. On the embattled world of Evalan, Kalian and lovable rogue Roland North must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to save their species.

Valanis's armies push Illian toward collapse, leaving too few heroes to hold the line. Asher races north with his companions, while Dragorn master Gideon uncovers a divine relic and terrifying truths about Verda's past that could reshape the coming war.

Decades after the first war, uneasy peace shatters when ancient creatures stir beneath the dwarven mines of Vengora. Dragon riders Gideon and Inara, restless half-elf Alijah and veteran dwarf Doran are drawn into a new threat that could end the Third Age.

Illian's armies should be rebuilding after the siege of Namdhor, but a ruthless claimant to the throne drives them toward another catastrophic war. Guided by an ancient dragon's vision locked inside Asher's broken memories, scattered heroes race to stop a necromancer's rising king.

Orc legions pour out of the Under Realm, driving the last human refugees to the frozen city of Namdhor. As ash darkens the skies, Gideon, Inara and Doran confront hidden powers and old grudges while a shadowy mastermind prepares a weapon to decide the war.

With Alijah's empire stretching from Erador to Ayda, scattered rebels fight a desperate war of resistance. Doran struggles to free his shattered dwarven clans, while dragon rider Inara pursues a perilous path that might topple her brother's rule or doom Verda entirely.

Fifteen years after the last great war, Illian's fragile peace buckles under refugee crises, whispered rebellions and border unrest. Doran is forced home to confront a buried tragedy, while Asher's latest job entangles him in a conspiracy that could ignite the realm again.

Fate finally comes due as Alijah sets his long-laid plan in motion to break the balance of power and seize eternal rule. Across Verda, Vighon, Inara, Asher and the children of dragons make their last stand in a war that will decide the world's future.

Asher is ordered to forge a new ranger from Russell Maybury, a man cursed by a werewolf's bite. Tutoring his reluctant apprentice pulls Asher into a hidden war between shapeshifters, blood-drinking Vorska and secretive mages, forcing him to face the monster within himself.

Now a wandering ranger instead of an assassin, Asher hunts monsters for coin and a measure of atonement. When a brash dwarf drags him into the schemes of Illian's crime guilds on the island of Dragorn, Asher must risk his hard-won humanity to save the helpless.

Raised by the shadowy order of Nightfall, Asher has been shaped into the perfect killer, a whispered legend in the dark. When a spark of conscience pushes him toward freedom, he must defy the only life he has ever known and survive his masters' wrath.

In Verda's mythic past, the dragon riders who once inspired whole kingdoms are being ground down by an endless war with the Andarens. As the gods fall silent and darkness gathers, a handful of flawed warriors must try to become the heroes the age no longer seems to allow.

War across Erador deepens as Joran Pendain journeys to the ancient halls of Drakanan, hoping to claim a dragon and a destiny that could either save or ruin Verda. While fanatics and hidden kings maneuver in the shadows, would-be heroes are pushed toward a coming war of apocalyptic scale.

Set a few years after the Fated War, this novella follows Asher and his dragon Avandriell as they track a legendary sea monster that has long poisoned relations between Illian and Erador. If they fail, the fragile peace their friends died for may not survive.

After an ancient evil breaks free, the wounded survivors of A Time of Dragons are forced to hunt an enemy the legends say cannot be killed. Ranger Cob, dragon rider in training Joran and sea warrior Kitrana race on different fronts to keep Verda from sliding into endless war.