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The Greater Lands Saga Books in Order

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Read Joseph Lallo's The Greater Lands Saga in order, with quick summaries, series background, and tips for starting Fel Masker's adventures.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

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The Greater Lands Saga books in publication order

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6 books

1

The Bygone Archive

by Joseph Lallo

2021

The Maskers are finally making progress, which is exactly when their rivals become more desperate. A lost archive hidden in the Greater Lands Wall may hold the edge they need, if Fel can survive what guards it.

2

The Bygone Dagger

by Joseph Lallo

2021

The Masker family antique shop needs a miracle, and Fel Masker thinks he can find one in a dangerous old vault. Ancient traps, rival hunters, and powerful artifacts make this treasure hunt anything but simple.

3

The Bygone Mask

by Joseph Lallo

2021

Success has only made the Maskers' enemies bolder. Fel needs help from his estranged sister while dangerous technology, family strain, and new threats keep pushing the whole clan closer to the edge.

4

The Bygone Caper

by Joseph Lallo

2022

A powerful inspector is convinced the Maskers are hiding something, and unfortunately he is right. Fel has to protect a shop full of dangerous artifacts before they end up in hands with much darker plans.

5

The Bygone Plague

by Joseph Lallo

2022

With an artifact stolen and enemies closing in, the Maskers head north into a plague-ridden forest. Recovering what was taken may mean risking disease, quarantine, and a mystery deadlier than either.

6

The Bygone Way

by Joseph Lallo

2023

A brief calm ends when ancient enemies start moving again and old secrets break loose. Fel and his allies have to cross the world to stop a bygone age from swallowing the present whole.

The Greater Lands Saga books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "The Bygone Dagger"

    The Bygone Dagger

    by Joseph Lallo

    2021The Greater Lands Saga, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "The Bygone Archive"

    The Bygone Archive

    by Joseph Lallo

    2021The Greater Lands Saga, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "The Bygone Mask"

    The Bygone Mask

    by Joseph Lallo

    2021The Greater Lands Saga, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "The Bygone Caper"

    The Bygone Caper

    by Joseph Lallo

    2022The Greater Lands Saga, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "The Bygone Plague"

    The Bygone Plague

    by Joseph Lallo

    2022The Greater Lands Saga, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "The Bygone Way"

    The Bygone Way

    by Joseph Lallo

    2023The Greater Lands Saga, Book 6

Series background & context

The Greater Lands Saga is fantasy adventure with a strong family-business twist. The world is full of mystic creatures and old dangers, but one of its biggest draws is the relic technology left behind from the Bygone Era. Ancient contraptions still surface in ruins and vaults, and they can be useful, valuable, or catastrophically dangerous depending on who finds them first.

That is very bad news for the Maskers.

Fel Masker comes from a family that deals in antiquities, which means the line between commerce and catastrophe is always thin. The series starts with the family shop under pressure and Fel stepping into the role of expedition man, part treasure hunter, part problem magnet. He is not the master inventor of the family, and he is not the money mind either. What he does have is nerve, determination, and a willingness to head straight into the places smarter people would avoid.

That setup gives the books a nice rhythm. You get the fun of dungeon-crawl style exploration, traps, maps, strange devices, and dangerous creatures, but you also get the tension of rival families, inspectors, spies, and the practical need to keep the family business alive. The Maskers are not adventuring for abstract glory. They need results. Every expedition has economic and personal consequences waiting back home.

As the series grows, so does the size of the mystery. Lost archives, ancient walls, stolen artifacts, family fractures, and forces gathering in the background all push the books beyond simple treasure hunts. Fel remains the anchor, but he is not carrying the whole thing alone. The family dynamic matters a lot here. Alliances inside the household are as important as the ones made on the road, and the strain between loyalty, secrecy, and survival keeps the story lively.

The tone is adventurous and approachable. There is danger, but also momentum and a strong sense of wonder around the old devices and the world they came from. If you like fantasy that mixes classic quest energy with a bit of magitech and a lot of family complication, The Greater Lands Saga has a very easy hook.

At heart, it is about inheritance. Not just money or a shop, but old knowledge, old enemies, and the burden of deciding what from the past should be brought back at all.

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