Joshua Palmatier

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2006
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Ley

1 - Shattering the Ley (Jul-2014)
2 - Threading the Needle (Jul-2016)
3 - Reaping the Aurora (Aug-2017)

Throne

1 - The Skewed Throne (Jan-2006)
2 - The Cracked Throne (Nov-2006)
3 - The Vacant Throne (Jan-2008)

Well of Sorrows

1 - Well of Sorrows (Feb-2015)
2 - Leaves of Flame (Feb-2015)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • The Skewed Throne

    Throne - 1

    AMENKOR, CITY OF LEGEND... At its height, Amenkor was a center of wealth and culture. But a millennium ago, the city was caught in the White Fire, a force that swept across the land spreading madness, drought, famine, and disease in its wake. N...

  • The Cracked Throne

    Throne - 2

    The second book in the gripping and gritty fantasy Throne of Amenkor trilogy, the story of an unlikely heroine in a city devastated and altered by the mysterious White Fire

    Varis learned to survive as a very young child in the slums of Amenkor...

  • The Vacant Throne

    Throne - 3

    Ruled by the Mistress of the Skewed Throne, the city of Amenkor has just survived a devastating invasion, paying a terrible price both in the loss of lives and destruction in the city itself. Yet perhaps the most crucial loss is the throne of Amenkor...

  • After Hours

    Science fiction and fantasy readers have long shown an affinity for a good "bar story." Now some of today's most inventive scriveners have decided to tell their own tall tales-from an alewife's attempt to transfer the gods' curse to Gilgamesh, to Odi...

  • The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity

    What if the fae were still here, living among us? Perhaps living in secret, doing their best to pass for human? Or perhaps their existence is acknowledged, but they're still struggling to fit in. How have they survived? Are they outcasts clinging to ...

  • Shattering the Ley

    Ley - 1

    Erenthrall -- sprawling city of light and magic, whose streets are packed with traders from a dozen lands and whose buildings and towers are grown and shaped in the space of a day. At the heart of the city is the Nexus, the hub of a magical ley l...

  • Clockwork Universe: Steampunk vs Aliens

    When aliens reach Earth, they encounter the clockwork mechanisms and Victorian sensibilities of a full-blown steampunk civilization. Inspired by the classic science fiction adventure tales of the nineteenth century, leading fantasy and science fictio...

  • Clockwork Universe

    When aliens reach Earth, they encounter the clockwork mechanisms and Victorian sensibilities of a full-blown steampunk civilization. Inspired by the classic science fiction adventure tales of the nineteenth century, leading fantasy and science fictio...

  • Leaves of Flame

    Well of Sorrows - 2

    One hundred years have passed since Colin brokered a peace agreement between the human, dwarren, and Alvritshai races. Since then, he has sought ways to defeat the dark spirits called the sukrael and the Wraiths. Colin has gifted each race with a mag...



  • Well of Sorrows

    Well of Sorrows - 1

    Ripped from the life he knew by the threat of civil war in his homeland, Colin and his parents are refugees in New Andover, the newly discovered continent on the far side of the ocean. But this new world holds dangers that its settlers cannot compreh...

  • Temporally Out of Order

    TEMPORALLY OUT OF ORDER: It’s frustrating when a gadget stops working. But what if the gadget is working fine, it’s just “temporally” out of order? What would you do if you discovered your cell phone linked you to a different time? Or that yo...

  • Threading the Needle

    Ley - 2

    Second book in Joshua Palmatier's epic fantasy trilogy, set in a sprawling city of light and magic fueled by a ley line network. The Nexus -- the hub created by the Prime Wielders to harness the magical power of the ley lines for the city of Erent...

  • Alien Artifacts

    What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars? As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into aliens … and what they’ve left behind. Alien artifacts: what might they reveal about ...

  • Were-

    Werewolves rule the night in urban fantasy, but everyone knows there are other were-creatures out there just as dangerous and deadly, if not as common, each with their own issues as they struggle to fit into -- or prey upon -- society. What about th...

  • Reaping the Aurora

    Ley - 3

    The final book in the thrilling epic fantasy Ley trilogy, set in a sprawling city of light and magic fueled by a ley line network. In a world torn apart by the shattering of the magical ley lines that formerly powered all the cities and towns of t...

  • Submerged

    Everyone has their eyes set on the black depths of space … but what about the deep abysses of the ocean? What dark monsters swim unseen beneath the waves? What ancient wonders lie hidden, waiting to be discovered? What sirens call, either here o...

  • The Throne of Amenkor Trilogy

    The Throne of Amenkor Trilogy omnibus brings together The Skewed Throne, The Cracked Throne, and The Vacant Throne for the first time. One young girl holds the fate of a city in her hands. If she fails, it spells her doom -- and the end of her wor...

  • The Throne of Amnekor Trilogy

    The Throne of Amenkor Trilogy omnibus brings together The Skewed Throne, The Cracked Throne, and The Vacant Throne for the first time.One young girl holds the fate of a city in her hands. If she fails, it spells her doom -- and the end of her world.T...

  • Derelict

    A ship lost with all hands on icy Titan. A dying woman's soul linked with the fate of an interstellar vessel. A wrecked ferry possessed by the ruin-demon who grounded her. A haunted space cruiser of legend again terrorizing those who travel among the...



  • The Modern Deity's Guide to Surviving Humanity

    The old gods are still with us.The world is constantly changing, evolving, growing. In order to stay relevant, deities must change with the times as well. In this anthology, fifteen science fiction and fantasy authors tackle how gods and goddesses ha...

  • When Worlds Collide

    What could possibly happen when two cultures meet for the first time?In WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, anything.WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE presents fourteen original stories where two different societies intersect and deal with the aftermath of that meeting. Will the...

  • Brave New Worlds

    What happens when a computer glitch sends eighty-nine copies of the same scientist (and no one else) to settle a new planet? Or a privateer gets stranded on a slow ship he tried to hijack that's still years away from its destination and has no food? ...

  • Crystal Lattice

    The Most Powerful Magician in the World...Can't Do Magic.Devon Alamort has failed his mathematics challenge for the School of Science at the Lyceum twice already. He now has one last chance to pass so that he can escape his life of crime as a gang me...

  • Crystal Rebel

    Awesome Power Comes With...Deadly RepercussionsDevon Alamort, Lane Illea, and Dalton Trent have been forced to flee the massive city of Iandolo for the barren and deadly Flatlands. After the battle on the Lyceum grounds that ended the Brovettan coup,...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Joshua Palmatier has published 24 books.

The next book by Joshua Palmatier, Crystal Rebel, will be published in August 2024.

The first book by Joshua Palmatier, The Skewed Throne, was published in January 2006.

Yes. Joshua Palmatier has 3 series.
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