Sam Sykes Books in Order

Lenk can barely hold his adventuring crew together at the best of times. When a demon steals the manuscript that can open the undergates, the band has to chase it down before a door to something far worse is thrown wide.

Fresh from recovering the Tome, Lenk and company are shipwrecked on a deadly island that feels more like a floating graveyard. Lizardmen, hellish whispers, and their own distrust turn a simple return trip into a brutal fight to survive.

The demons are closing in on the prison of the Kraken Queen, and the end of the world suddenly looks very near. To stop it, Lenk has to survive rival armies, assassins, the voice in his head, and a crew already coming apart.

Set in the strange frontier town of Pandemonium, this short story turns grief and survival into a weird-west tale with a hard edge. It is brief, violent, and more interested in loss than heroics.

Lenk comes to Cier'Djaal hoping to leave adventuring behind, but the spider-silk city is already tearing itself apart. Thieves, foreign armies, cults, and ancient horrors beneath the streets pull him straight back into the violence.

Shaia Ratani, called Shy, is hiding from the thieves' guild she double-crossed when a noble's murder pulls her into a dangerous investigation. In frontier Yanmass, solving the case could also mean facing an invading army and the friends who want her dead.

Cier'Djaal has become a graveyard and battlefield, and Lenk's companions are left holding the city together as best they can. Far away, Lenk hunts the demon Khoth-Kapira while dark promises keep pressing on the weakest parts of him.

Brianna Jakobsson jumps at the chance to prove herself in her father's family restaurant contest. The catch is that the only place she can afford to open shop is Monster City, where winning over a room full of monsters won't be easy.

Dinner service is hard enough without a powerful rival showing up at the worst possible moment. When Madame Cron arrives during Brianna's rush, the young chef has to protect her new restaurant and keep control of the kitchen.

Just as Brianna starts to build a name for herself, her brother Hans rolls into Monster City with a food truck and a challenge. Family rivalry turns the pressure up fast, and the kitchen gets even hotter.

Brianna's restaurant is on the line as she heads into a final showdown with Madame Cron. To save her dream, she'll have to cook under pressure and prove she belongs in Monster City.

Khoth-Kapira has finally stepped onto the mortal world, and Lenk may have helped make it possible. As desperate people rally to the demon and old enemies gather for one last war, the future of Cier'Djaal hangs by a thread.

After a night of hard drinking, Lenk wakes in a cell beside Kataria with a dead nobleman and a city in chaos. To clear their names, the two companions have to stumble through a murder mystery before the arena claims them.

Betrayed, stripped of her magic, and left for dead, Sal the Cacophony has only a gun, a blade, and a list of seven names. In the blasted Scar between rival empires, revenge is the only plan she trusts.

Sal rides into Last Word looking for one more kill, only to find the gallows about to steal it from her. Freeing her target sparks a citywide mess and leaves her stuck with a dangerous new companion.

After losing almost everything, Sal grabs at a new chance when a mysterious agent offers her a heist tied to the legendary Ten Arrows airship fleet. What starts as theft quickly turns into a conspiracy that could burn whole empires.

Sal reaches a town on the edge of nowhere and finds trouble waiting in every direction, from a secretive mage to a bandit queen to a massive migrating beast. As usual, her idea of saving people may be worse than disaster.

Sal's bargain for revenge is finally coming due. Hunted inside one of the Scar's last free cities, she and her few allies have to make a last stand against old enemies, new threats, and the cost of everything she asked for.

A problem from Sal's past drags her into a frontier town bracing for disaster. The people there want help, but in Sal's hands even rescue tends to come with collateral damage.