Twenty Palaces Books in Order

Ray Lilly works as the expendable assistant to a sorcerer hunting unauthorized magic. When his employer is badly injured during a mission, he must use his limited powers to stop a dangerous magician and the supernatural force behind him.

Ray Lilly is sent to disrupt an auction where wealthy bidders hope to acquire an otherworldly predator. When the sale collapses and the creature escapes, he must protect a nearby town from both the monster and its pursuers.

A former associate summons Ray Lilly back to Los Angeles, where a spell is killing members of his old gang. Their accusations and the involvement of his first supernatural adversary pit his past loyalties against his present duties.

Recently released from prison, Ray Lilly returns to make peace with the friend injured in their childhood. Finding him mysteriously healed draws Ray into a dangerous encounter with supernatural forces and people interested in the apparent miracle.

The Twenty Palace Society summons Ray Lilly to its European headquarters to explain how he keeps surviving assignments intended to be fatal. Questions about his unusual abilities draw him deeper into an organization whose apparent sanctuary may conceal danger.

Ray Lilly and Annalise hunt the remaining original spellbooks, hoping their recovery will help protect humanity from supernatural predators. Their covert assignment turns into a public struggle against formidable sorcerers whose plans threaten the human population.

Ray Lilly enters a dying town where he loses his memory and control over his own body. As residents fail to recognize the danger, saving them may require a cold-blooded killing that challenges his remaining moral boundaries.