Reading Order
The series guide
Five sequences, five very different worlds. Every one of them can be entered at book one — here is where that door is.
Dread Empire's Fall
Ten thousand years of imposed order end with one funeral. Naval space opera with genuine orbital mechanics, ruthless politics and two junior officers who turn out to matter enormously.
- 01 The Praxis
- 02 The Sundering
- 03 Conventions of War
- 04 Investments
- 05 Impersonations
- 06 The Accidental War
- 07 Fleet Elements
- 08 Imperium Restored
Metropolitan
A world that is one continuous city, powered by a metered magic called plasm. Bureaucracy, insurgency and one woman's improbable ascent.
- 01 Metropolitan
- 02 City on Fire
Quillifer
Picaresque fantasy narrated by a very clever young man who cannot stop talking, suing, seducing or escaping.
- 01 Quillifer
- 02 Quillifer the Knight
- 03 Lord Quillifer
Dagmar Shaw
Alternate reality game designer turned reluctant crisis operator. Near-future thrillers about crowds, networks and the politics they topple.
- 01 This Is Not a Game
- 02 Deep State
- 03 The Fourth Wall
Privateers & Gentlemen
The Markham family at sea through the Revolution and the War of 1812 — long out of print, now reissued by Flagship Editions.
- 01 To Glory Arise
- 02 The Tern Schooner
- 03 Brig of War
- 04 The Macedonian
- 05 Cat Island