Reading guide

“You have so many books!  Where would I even start?”

It’s a question I get because there are, yes, a number of books out there.  There are a few ways to get started with the books – pick whatever feels right to you!

READ A STAND-ALONE NOVEL

Now, some books can be read as “stand-alone” stories.  While they might be part of a larger arc, the story doesn’t “leave you hanging” so-to-speak or require reading prior books to know what is going on.

READ THE THURIAN SAGA

If you want to read multiple books in the “right” order, I can help you there, also!  

• CORE SAGA:  Uses the “in-universe” historical order, skipping several books but still provides the reader with a cohesive story.
• CORE SAGA + THURIAN STRUGGLES SAGA:  Uses the “in-universe” historical order across all books.
• As Written Order:  The order the books were written in, which is probably not the most useful.

THE CORE SAGA READING ORDER

The Core Saga reading order covers the core events of Sahnassa and Vanarra chronologically.  However, it skips most of Sahnassa’s and Vanarra’s life on Thuria after the Meeting Den rescue.  The gap is between The Rescue and Incarnation, and those books turn red and point at each other to emphasize where the gap is.  If you wish, you can always go back and try the books you skipped!  So, here it is!

THE THURIAN STRUGGLES SERIES READING ORDER

Although the Core Saga provides the core narrative of the story, there is a LOT left out about how mixed bloods struggled for their place in Thurian society and how others likewise struggled to keep it from them.  The plans and schemes of the de Caterra, the dark hatreds of those mixed bloods who fed on the current system, and wealthy and powerful forces trying to roll back the clock are all covered in the “Quadrilogy” or “quartet” of books highlighted below.

Here is the Full Order.

1. Purebred: Soul of the Mixed Blood (on Audible!)
2. The Rescue: The First Visitation of Thuria  (on Audible!)
3. The Aftermath: Secrets of Thuria
4. The Ascent: Conflict on Thuria
5. The Summit: Rise of the Anati
6. The Fallen: Search for the Path
7. Incarnation: Beyond Thuria – One
8. Resurrection: Beyond Thuria – Two
9. Ascension: Beyond Thuria – Three

And just for completeness sake, here is the As Written Order.

1. Trials of the Teldear
2. The Rescue: The First Visitation of Thuria  (on Audible!)
3. The Aftermath: Secrets of Thuria
4. The Ascent: Conflict on Thuria
5. The Summit: Rise of the Anati
6. Purebred: Soul of the Mixed Blood (on Audible!)
7. The Fallen: Search for the Path
8. Incarnation: Beyond Thuria – One
9. Resurrection: Beyond Thuria – Two
10. Ascension: Beyond Thuria – Three
11. Legacy of Aris
12. Enemy Deity

There!  I hope that helps!

JTL