Warriors of the Way Books in Order

This is the series where Orlando A Sanchez began publishing, and it shows a different but still recognizable side of his fiction. The lead is Dante, a martial artist pulled into a larger supernatural war after years of hard training under Master Wei. The world runs on chi, discipline, hidden orders, deadly weapons, and the constant pull between light and darkness.

The first book gives Dante a classic gateway into the bigger conflict. He trains, is tested, enters a secret tournament, and is then drawn into the ancient order of Spiritual Warriors. From there the series keeps widening, bringing in civil war, rival factions, powerful enemies, and the question of what kind of warrior Dante is willing to become.

That question matters more than the fights.

And there are plenty of fights. Sanchez clearly enjoys writing action, but here the martial-arts element is central instead of decorative. Skill, training, and spiritual discipline are part of the worldbuilding, not just flavor.

If you like fantasy with a strong martial-arts backbone, this is one of the clearest places to start in his catalog. It has the momentum of his later books, but also a classic hero's-path structure that makes the whole arc easy to follow.