Scott Oden Books in Order

In 526 BC, warrior Hasdrabal Barca defends an increasingly fragile Egypt against Persian invasion. When a celebrated Greek general defects to the enemy, Barca faces a conflict that tests his military skills and his remaining humanity.

Memnon of Rhodes leaves his homeland and rises through the ranks as a Greek mercenary serving Persia. His military ambitions and love for Barsine unfold as Alexander the Great's invasion threatens the empire he has sworn to defend.

In twelfth-century Cairo, a figurehead caliph presides over an empire weakened by competing factions and foreign enemies. An assassin known as the Emir of the Knife is dispatched to protect him amid murder, ambition, and political intrigue.

Grimnir, the last of an ancient race of monsters, emerges from hiding to avenge his brother's death. Taking a young Christian as his guide, he crosses a changing Europe where the old gods are losing their followers.

In 1218, crusader Konráðr the White leads an army against the Raven-Geats to eradicate their devotion to the Norse gods. Their ancient protector Grimnir must defend his followers and his own survival against the advancing Christian forces.

After pursuing a dragon across plague-stricken Europe, Grimnir's death sends him into his people's violent afterlife. Surrounded by witches, giants, trolls, and treacherous kin, he seeks answers amid rivalries tied to Ragnarök and Odin's fate.