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The Explorer Chronicles Books in Order

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Explore Daniel John Roddy’s The Explorer Chronicles books in order, with short summaries and a series reading list to help you choose where to start.

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The Explorer Chronicles books in publication order

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5 books

1

Ferdinand Magellan

by Daniel John Roddy

2025

Fifteen-year-old Basque court servant Iñigo joins Magellan’s voyage into unfamiliar seas, where storms and divided loyalties threaten the expedition. As exploration becomes conquest, he confronts the human costs of empire and the choices demanded by his faith.

2

Ibn Battuta

by Daniel John Roddy

2025

In fourteenth-century North Africa, Fatima leaves home carrying a scroll and compass, following the routes of Ibn Battuta. Travels through Cairo and India challenge her understanding of faith and freedom as she begins to shape a journey of her own.

3

Marco Polo

by Daniel John Roddy

2025

Seventeen-year-old Marco Polo leaves Venice with his father and uncle, traveling the Silk Road toward Kublai Khan’s court. A mysterious scroll and dangerous relationships draw him into betrayals that test the boundaries of truth, loyalty, love, and silence.

4

Vasco da Gama

by Daniel John Roddy

2025

Carrying his father’s sword, Vasco da Gama seeks a sea route from Portugal to India. Rival navigators and encounters in Calicut’s spice markets expose the tension between ambition and compassion as discovery becomes entangled with the pursuit of conquest.

5

Zheng He

by Daniel John Roddy

2025

On Zheng He’s final Ming voyages, reluctant scholar Li Wei and secret cartographer Mei Lin confront dangerous waters and palace intrigue. As the admiral’s mortality becomes unavoidable, they must choose which truths to preserve and which secrets remain buried.

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