The Bad Guys (Eric Ugland) Books in Order

With the corpse‑king steadily consuming his flesh, Clyde heads to Gloomguard, a city where nothing comes free and no one does favors. A gauntlet of dangerous quests and cutthroat politics stands between him and the mage who might stop his slow, undead transformation.

Petty con man Ben dies and wakes up in a new body, new world, and very real trouble. Renamed Clyde, he stumbles into a medieval city, a cookie‑obsessed thieves’ guild, and a quest that demands he save a girl, steal a crown, and pick a side.

Kidnapped by his own girlfriend and dumped on a ship, Clyde is dragged into a high‑seas hunt for the one mage who might save him from the corpse‑king inside. Pirates, mermaids, and a slave‑owning villain make this ocean voyage anything but restful.

By day, Clyde scrapes muck from monster pits. By night, a hag teaches him magic and his cramped apartment fills with odd roommates and dangerous pets. When he uncovers a plot to assassinate the Emperor, the reluctant thief becomes the only one who can expose it.

After disaster wipes out his guild, Clyde is the last elf standing in the Biscuit’s Union. To keep it alive he has one week to recruit new members, rebuild his power base, and survive rival gangs that would happily see his banner fall for good.

Clyde’s newly renamed guild, Skull & Thrones, is on the brink of annihilation. To survive a brutal war with the overpowered Iron Silents, he throws everything on the table—lies, magic, noble favors, and kobold reinforcements—in a sprawling LitRPG guild showdown.

Stranded far from Glaton and barely leveled, Clyde is forced to cross hostile territory ruled by Empire‑hating enemies, a death cult, and a party member he may not be able to trust. Surviving their schemes is his only chance of ever seeing home again.

After ripping the corpse‑king out of his own body, Clyde is technically free but far from safe. On the road toward the City of Darkness, a strange coastal town and its uncanny residents drag him into fresh mysteries he cannot just steal his way out of.

Clyde Hatchett finally reaches the fabled City of Darkness, only to learn that anything stepping onto the island simply vanishes. To finish his quest, he must infiltrate the city, steal its crown jewels, and escape a corrupt, rule‑breaking zone that refuses to play fair.

Back in Glaton with a new face and unresolved feelings for Nadya, Clyde returns to a city boiling with Senate rivalries, gang violence, and monsters in the streets. Everyone in Old Town looks to him for answers, but choosing a side could doom the people he’s trying to protect.

Accused of striking a princess, Clyde ends up in jail with a death sentence hanging over him. To survive, he must complete impossible quests from behind bars—proving an ally’s nobility, sabotaging a royal wedding, and exposing a cult before it hands the Empire to the wrong ruler.