The Way of the Shaman Books in Order

Sentenced to labor inside the virtual world of Barliona, Mahan struggles to survive as a shaman and jeweler. With the game attracting fortunes and exploiting prisoners, his choices carry consequences that extend far beyond ordinary play.

Needing a stronghold for his clan, High Shaman Mahan accepts a mission to clear Altameda of its phantom army. The quest triggers events that place him in the sights of the continent's three most powerful clans.

Released from Barliona's prison mines into its wider world, Mahan could quietly serve the remainder of his sentence. Instead, he becomes a clan leader and takes fifty elite players into the dangerous mysteries of the Dark Forest.

Mahan has completed his prison sentence, but freedom from the virtual world proves elusive. As Barliona blurs the boundary between game and reality, he discovers that leaving his capsule may require finishing a path he cannot simply abandon.

This companion story revisits the climax of The Karmadont Chess Set through Anastaria's eyes. Her perspective offers another view of the events surrounding Mahan and the choices that shape their future in the virtual world of Barliona.

With Altameda secured and the Dark Forest's turmoil subsiding, Mahan refuses a predictable life. His search for new challenges brings unusual apprentices, ambitious plans and fresh dangers while enemies continue their schemes against the world of Barliona.

The Corporation revives the Lord of Shadow and his forces, overturning Mahan's belief that his journey through Barliona was finished. Its chief executive makes him an offer that draws the shaman back into a renewed struggle.