The Rus Chronicles Books in Order

When Mongol forces burn Kiev, fourteen-year-old bell maker’s apprentice Daniil escapes carrying a secret message hidden in a bell mold. Traveling toward Novgorod with orphan Ilyana, he must evade pursuers while protecting the fragile hope entrusted to him.

Fourteen-year-old Yaroslav, son of a pagan warlord, encounters a monk and a mysterious sword that will not kill in anger. Moving through threatened villages and betrayals, he faces choices about faith, loyalty, and the meaning of strength.

As Moscow burns in 1812, fourteen-year-old cadet Misha is stranded behind French lines with an icon concealing a coded dispatch. Traveling with orphans through the winter, he must protect them while evading troops and carrying his dangerous message.

During Petrograd’s revolution, fifteen-year-old kitchen boy Sergei discovers a secret list concealed inside a Fabergé egg. Fleeing the royal palace places him among suspicious soldiers and competing loyalties, where deciding whom to trust could determine his survival.

Stable boy Alexei is chosen for Ivan IV’s guard and ordered to obey its violent demands. When noblewoman Daria’s family appears on a purge list, protecting her forces him to choose between the tsar’s authority and his conscience.