The Islands of Bronze Books in Order
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The Islands of Bronze books in publication order
5 books
The Ashen Sky
by Daniel John Roddy
2025
Phronime survives Thera’s catastrophic eruption as ash and waves scatter her people across the Aegean. Forced into the uncertainty of refuge, she learns to adapt while preserving knowledge and memories of a home the disaster has transformed.
The Copper Sea
by Daniel John Roddy
2025
A boy in Cyprus watches ledgers and shipping routes record the unraveling of a connected trading world. As ports fall silent and copper shipments cease, he discovers how quickly trust can collapse and how survival demands new ways of living.
The Last Sail
by Daniel John Roddy
2025
Aging warrior and mariner Meriones navigates the collapse of the Bronze Age, encountering abandoned harbors and broken trading networks. With familiar routes disappearing, he must decide what knowledge, memories, and stories can survive the end of his world.
The Lion Gate
by Daniel John Roddy
2025
A young Mycenaean prince questions the obedience expected of him as preparations for war gather momentum. When restraint is treated as weakness, Idomeneus leaves the world behind the Lion Gate to seek another understanding of leadership, listening, and memory.
The Sea-Born Prince
by Daniel John Roddy
2025
Young Minos comes of age in Crete as earthquakes, danger at sea, and disruption around Thera unsettle Knossos. Failing trade routes challenge inherited expectations of power, teaching him that leadership cannot depend on commanding a world beyond human control.
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