The Book of Deacon Books in Order
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The Book of Deacon books in publication order
11 books
The Book of Deacon
by Joseph Lallo
2010
Myranda Celeste has spent her life hating the war that defines her homeland. When she finds a fallen soldier's precious cargo, she is pulled into a quest that will change what she knows about magic, the war, and herself.
The Great Convergence
by Joseph Lallo
2010
Armed with new knowledge and fresh resolve, Myranda sets out to find the five fated heroes known as the Chosen. Each ally brings hope, but every step toward peace asks more of her than the last.
The Battle of Verril
by Joseph Lallo
2011
Myranda and the Chosen face their hardest trials in the finale of the original saga. Victory, betrayal, and desperate battles bring the war to its breaking point, but the real question is what kind of ending awaits their world.
The Rise of the Red Shadow
by Joseph Lallo
2013
Before he became the feared Red Shadow, Lain was an orphaned malthrope sold into slavery. This prequel follows his hard road through cruelty, love, vengeance, and the lessons that shape the warrior he will become.
The D'Karon Apprentice
by Joseph Lallo
2015
Months after victory, Myranda, Deacon, Ivy, and Ether are trying to hold a fragile peace together. Then a long-forgotten force stirs, and diplomacy starts to look every bit as dangerous as war.
The Crescents
by Joseph Lallo
2017
With the war over, Myranda and the Chosen travel across the sea in search of a cure for their damaged land. What they find in the Crescents is a hidden history, uneasy politics, and a threat their world never saw coming.
Entwell Origins: Ayna
by Joseph Lallo
2018
Long before she became a powerful wizard, Ayna Reedwind was a frightened fairy child with nowhere safe to go. This novella follows the trials that lead her to Entwell and the future waiting there.
The Adventures of Rustle and Eddy
by Joseph Lallo
2018
Rustle, a curious fairy, and Eddy, an equally curious merman, meet by chance and set off into the sea together. Their friendship turns into a bright adventure full of wonder, danger, and things neither of them expected to find.
The Stump and the Spire
by Joseph Lallo
2018
This short collection returns to the Book of Deacon setting with two companion tales. The title story follows children who uncover a buried book and wand, and the second turns back to a hunt for the Red Shadow.
Halfax
by Joseph Lallo
2019
A princess has inherited her family's terrible luck, and an assassin's strike makes the danger impossible to ignore. Queen Jade sets out to find a cure, but even the great dragon Halfax may be in over his head.
The Coin of Kenvard
by Joseph Lallo
2020
Myranda and Deacon helped save their world, but peace has not made life easier. As Deacon's strange affliction worsens, they have to face new anomalies before history finds a way to repeat itself.
The Book of Deacon books in chronological order

The Book of Deacon
by Joseph Lallo
2010The Book of Deacon, Book 1
The Great Convergence
by Joseph Lallo
2010The Book of Deacon, Book 2
The Battle of Verril
by Joseph Lallo
2011The Book of Deacon, Book 3
The Rise of the Red Shadow
by Joseph Lallo
2013The Book of Deacon, Book 4
The D'Karon Apprentice
by Joseph Lallo
2015The Book of Deacon, Book 5
The Crescents
by Joseph Lallo
2017The Book of Deacon, Book 6
Entwell Origins: Ayna
by Joseph Lallo
2018The Book of Deacon, Book 7
The Stump and the Spire
by Joseph Lallo
2018The Book of Deacon, Book 8
The Adventures of Rustle and Eddy
by Joseph Lallo
2018The Book of Deacon, Book 9
Halfax
by Joseph Lallo
2019The Book of Deacon, Book 10
The Coin of Kenvard
by Joseph Lallo
2020The Book of Deacon, Book 11
Series background & context
The Book of Deacon is more than one straight fantasy trilogy. It is really a whole setting, one that Joseph Lallo keeps revisiting from different angles and different points in time. The main spine follows Myranda Celeste and the heroes drawn into the long shadow of the Perpetual War, but the world around that story keeps expanding.
That larger shape is what makes the series distinctive.
At its core, this is still epic fantasy. There are ancient powers, old grudges, magic with a real sense of danger, and kingdoms that carry the scars of conflict for far too long. Myranda's path through The Book of Deacon, The Great Convergence, and The Battle of Verril gives readers the big central arc. From there, later books carry the story forward into uneasy peace, new lands, and fresh threats that show the end of one war is not the end of history.
But the setting has more range than the main plot alone would suggest. Lallo uses companion novels and side stories to look at people who would usually stay at the edges of an epic saga. The Rise of the Red Shadow steps backward to tell the early life of Lain. The Story of Sorrel shifts to a more intimate survival story. Entwell Origins: Ayna zooms in on a powerful wizard's earliest days. The Redemption of Desmeres follows a man trying to make sense of his own choices after the larger crisis has passed.
Then the timeline stretches even further. Jade and Halfax move beyond the original era and show what legends and family burdens look like for later generations. The Stump and the Spire pushes that sense of long memory even further, giving the world the feel of a place where history does not vanish just because the main heroes are gone.
The result is a fantasy setting that feels lived in. You get large battles and destiny, yes, but also villages, family curses, hidden communities, dragon lore, sea adventures, and people just trying to find a safe corner of the world. The tone can shift from epic to intimate, but the underlying world still feels connected.
If you like fantasy series that keep opening new doors instead of staying in one corridor, this is what to expect. The main saga gives you the big sweep. The wider Book of Deacon setting gives you the texture, the side paths, and the sense that every corner has another story waiting.
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