Shattered Gods Books in Order
Part ofChris Fox Books in OrderSee the Shattered Gods books by Chris Fox in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where to start this dark progression fantasy.
Last updated: July 1, 2026
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Shattered Gods books in publication order
8 books
Fomori Invasion
by Chris Fox
2021
Now marked as the return of a dark god, Xal is hunted by the Morrigan while the Fomori prepare to crush Hasra. He and his friends race from Catalyst to Catalyst, gathering magic before the empire runs out of time.
Shattered Gods
by Chris Fox
2021
Xal is one of the void-blooded, a despised people forced to fight the Fomori for the empire that enslaves them. Surviving the war may turn him into the very god-born threat the nobles fear most.
God of the Sands
by Chris Fox
2022
Xal survives the war only to be condemned to die in the Great Games, where god-souled prisoners are fed to a magical arena. To protect his people, he has to outlast every fight and find a way past a ritual built to kill him.
I, Demon
by Chris Fox
2022
Left for dead in the Blasted Lands, Xal returns to the empire changed, stronger, richer in worship, and done taking orders. He hunts for his family and the remaining tombs while old prophecies and old enemies close in.
Saghir: A Shattered Gods Story
by Chris Fox
2022
Before he became Xal's ally, Saghir was a free ratkin child scraping by on the streets of Gateway. One bad month, one missing tithe, and his whole tribe could be enslaved.
The Ashlands
by Chris Fox
2022
Xal sails into an ocean of ash to find his final tomb in a land where magic fails and the dead still move beneath the soot. He needs answers before he can save Li or survive Hasra's civil war.
Rat & Demon
by Chris Fox
2023
The war in Hasra is lost, Xal's enemies are stronger than ever, and his friends are running out of miracles. In Olivantia, he gathers the people still standing and tries to build one last chance.
The Price of Godhood
by Chris Fox
2024
With demons flooding the world and Li forced toward sacrifice, Xal faces his deadliest test yet. To win, he may have to kill his own brother and walk straight into the fate prophecy reserved for him.
Shattered Gods books in chronological order

Shattered Gods
by Chris Fox
2021Shattered Gods, Book 1
Fomori Invasion
by Chris Fox
2021Shattered Gods, Book 2
Saghir: A Shattered Gods Story
by Chris Fox
2022Shattered Gods, Book 3
God of the Sands
by Chris Fox
2022Shattered Gods, Book 4
I, Demon
by Chris Fox
2022Shattered Gods, Book 5
The Ashlands
by Chris Fox
2022Shattered Gods, Book 6
Rat & Demon
by Chris Fox
2023Shattered Gods, Book 7
The Price of Godhood
by Chris Fox
2024Shattered Gods, Book 8
Series background & context
At the center of Shattered Gods is Xal, a boy born among the void-blooded, a people shut behind walls and dragged out only when the empire needs soldiers. In Hasra, magic comes from dead gods and from the Catalysts they left behind, so people like Xal are both useful and feared.
That tension drives everything. Xal is forced into a war against the Fomori, but surviving the battlefield only drops him into court politics, prophecy, and the question of what he really is. He may be a weapon, a savior, a monster, or all three at once.
The setting feels big and old. There are giant armies, demon princes, sacred arenas, blasted wastelands, hidden tombs, and cities built around borrowed divinity. Fox keeps the magic system tied to training, growth, and hard choices, so the books scratch that progression fantasy itch without losing the epic fantasy scale.
Xal never travels alone for long. Friends, rivals, family ties, and uneasy allies matter a lot here, especially as the story widens beyond Hasra to other powers and other gods. Several books turn on whether Xal can gather enough strength to protect the people he loves without becoming the thing everyone fears.
The tone is dark, but it moves quickly. Expect battles, leveling up, ugly politics, and a hero who is always one bad choice away from disaster.
If you like fantasy where power has a cost, prophecies are a trap, and the fate of an empire rests on a kid nobody should have underestimated, this is the shape of the series.
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