Rob J Hayes Books in Order

A short story collection from First Earth that adds side tales, extra lore, and more time with Hayes's grimdark world. It is a good pick if you want to wander beyond the main novels.

With a price on his head and revenge on his mind, the Black Thorn must escape Sarth and build a new crew. Everyone he recruits wants payback too, which makes the job both easier and far more dangerous.

A witch hunter, a hunted blademaster, and the notorious Black Thorn are pushed together by impossible missions and old enemies. Their uneasy alliance begins to uncover truths the Inquisition would rather keep buried.

Separated and hunted, Thanquil Darkheart and Jezzet Vel'urn pursue their own unfinished business across a hostile empire. Old loyalties, old enemies, and the cost of belief keep closing in.

Master thieves Jacques Revou and Isabel de Rosier plan to retire after one last score, but the king's spymaster has other ideas. Forced into new disguises and dangerous politics, they must steal, bluff, and survive.

Trying to start fresh in Great Turlain, Jacques Revou and Isabel de Rosier quickly find trouble again. Rival thieves, secret police, and a high-risk job make retirement look even less likely than before.

Drake Morrass has united the Pirate Isles, but holding them together is harder than winning them. As enemy fleets close in, Keelin Stillwater pursues revenge and Elaina Black hunts power on her own terms.

Captain Drake Morrass sees a burned town as a chance to unite the pirate captains and crown himself king. To do it, he needs allies, credibility, and enough nerve to survive enemies on every side.

The Black Thorn sets out to end the blooded by taking Crucible, their last fortress. But the city is built to hold against armies, and something darker is waiting below the streets.

In a near future where emotions can be harvested and sold, Garrick makes a living emptying himself out. When his dealer is murdered, he stumbles into a corporate conspiracy that reaches far beyond the black market.

As tyranids tear through an Imperial world, loader Vi Madine fights to keep the Baneblade Anarchy's End running. Inside the tank, sabotage, fear, and a strangely protective machine spirit turn survival into a mystery.

Eight-year-old Ein is sent by the God of Death to stop an immortal emperor. His solution is simple and horrifying: gather the world's greatest heroes, kill them first, and send them back into the fight.

Fifteen-year-old sourcerer Eskara Helsene loses a war and is thrown into the Pit, an underground prison where magic means nothing. To survive, she must find allies, outplay killers, and refuse to break.

After terrible losses, Eska wants vengeance on the Emperor and anyone else who helped ruin her life. Her friends urge peace, but the path toward the Corpse Queen is opening fast.

Eskara escapes the Pit, but freedom brings ghosts, hunters, and the ancient horror living inside her. Ro'shan, the flying home of a god, may offer power and safety, if the price does not destroy her first.

Disgraced strategist Yuu wants only wine, chess, and forgetfulness until a goddess drafts her into the Heavenly Crucible. To survive a contest of divine champions, she must outthink warriors, assassins, and gods alike.

Haruto traded his soul to the God of Death for a chance to hunt the ghost of his wife. Now a plague of spirits and five powerful Onryo lead him toward an ancient evil that refuses to stay buried.

The king of the dragons has ordered humanity's destruction, and a young hero is forced into a desperate quest. To stop the slaughter, someone must become the Century Blade.

With the world breaking open and a portal to the Other World consuming everything in its path, Eska must stand beside her daughter and face the legacy of the Corpse Queen one last time.

After a decade away, the missing Corpse Queen is pulled back when sourcerers are murdered and tears in reality unleash monsters. The mystery forces Eska to confront both the killer and the person she has tried to leave behind.

Iro has spent his life watching braver people board the titans that keep the Home Fleet alive. After catastrophe kills his sister and awakens a rare talent, he gets his chance to fight for the fleet himself.

Now trainees no longer, Iro and Emil join a new squad and descend deeper into a titan than ever before. Black oceans, swarming monsters, and towering Spires force them to grow fast or die young.

King Ertide Hostain is old, sick, and surrounded by rival heirs when messages from his dead father shake the foundations of his empire. If history has been rewritten, Heaven may be hiding the bloodiest truth of all.

After demons destroy her village and kill her father, Dien Hostain is dragged into slavery but refuses to break. Her need for escape and vengeance may make her the leader her people need.

After becoming heroes of the fleet, Iro and Emil are forced into a brutal tournament against the Raider Fleet to stop a war. Winning may save their people, but the Black Cloaks seem to want something more.

Renira Washer dreams of adventure while hiding from the King's Truth Seekers in a frozen town. When a wounded angel asks for help, she is pulled into an ancient war and a prophecy tied to the return of God.

Iro leaves the Home Fleet to seek power and answers with the Black Cloaks deep inside the titan. Back home, Emil faces a war that feels increasingly rigged, while old enemies and stranger monsters rise again.

Selitha, once known as the Starhammer, has buried her bloody past in the forests of the Primals. When raiders burn towns and steal children, she is forced to pick up the axe again.