Brian McClellan

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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2013
  • Latest Book:
    May 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Glass Immortals

1 - In the Shadow of Lightning (Jun-2022)

Gods of Blood and Powder

1 - Sins of Empire (Mar-2017)
2 - Wrath of Empire (May-2018)
3 - Blood of Empire (Dec-2019)

The Powder Mage Trilogy

1 - Promise of Blood (Apr-2013)
2 - The Crimson Campaign (May-2014)
2.5 - The Face in the Window (Jun-2014)
2.6 - Servant of the Crown (Jun-2014)
2.7 - Murder at the Kinnen Hotel (Nov-2014)
3 - The Autumn Republic (Feb-2015)
3.5 - In the Field Marshal's Shadow (Nov-2015)
3.6 - Ghosts of the Tristan Basin (Feb-2016)
3.7 - The Mad Lancers (Sep-2017)
3.8 - Siege of Tilpur (Jan-2018)

Valkyrie Collections

1 - Uncanny Collateral (Apr-2019)
2 - Blood Tally (Feb-2020)

Book List in Order: 23 titles

  • Promise of Blood

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 1

    The Age of Kings is dead . . . and I have killed it. Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royal...

  • The Girl of Hrusch Avenue

    Vlora is an orphan living at a boarding school as a ward of the state. Even at her young age, she already has enemies: the Bulldog Twins, Baron Fendamere, and her own headmistress. When a strange man offers to buy her, Vlora runs away and takes to th...

  • Hope's End

    Captain Verundish has two problems. On campaign with the Adran army and far from her homeland, she is helpless when the young daughter she left at home is threatened. To make matters worse, General Tamas has put her lover in command of a Hope's End -...

  • Forsworn

    Erika ja Leora is a powder mage in northern Kez, a place where that particular sorcery is punishable by death. She is only protected by her family name and her position as heir to a duchy. When she decides to help a young commoner -- a powder mage ma...

  • The Crimson Campaign

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 2

    GUNPOWDER AND BULLETS WILL DETERMINE THE VICTOR. When invasion looms... Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies, and no hope of rein...

  • The Face in the Window

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 2.5

    Taniel is a powder mage; a flintlock marksman with the ability to imbibe common black powder to strengthen his mind, body, and senses, as well as shoot over long distances. Sent into short-term exile by his father, he's supposed to see some of the wo...

  • Servant of the Crown

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 2.6

    Captain Tamas is an ambitious young officer in the Adran army. As a commoner, he is one of very few without noble blood to hold a rank. When he challenges the son of a duke over an insult, the subsequent duel lands him in hot water with the nobility ...

  • Murder at the Kinnen Hotel

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 2.7

    Special Detective Constable Adamat may be the most capable young investigator in all of Adopest. He's sharp, thoughtful, and his particular sorcery gives him a flawless memory. A transfer to the First Precinct seems like the perfect opportunity to sh...

  • Return to Honor

    Captain Vlora is a powder mage in the Adran army. Once the favored, adopted daughter of the field marshal, she is now a pariah amongst those she called her family. Her superior officers would like nothing more than to send her to a far off posting an...



  • The Autumn Republic

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 3

    IN A RICH, DISTINCTIVE WORLD THAT MIXES MAGIC WITH TECHNOLOGY, WHO COULD STAND AGAINST MAGES THAT CONTROL GUNPOWDER AND BULLETS? The capital has fallen... Field Marshal Tamas returns to his beloved country to find that for the first time in histo...

  • In the Field Marshal's Shadow

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 3.5

    Five stories from the Powder Mage Universe, including the never-before-published "Green-Eyed Vipers"Hope's EndThe Girl of Hrusch AvenueGreen-Eyed VipersThe Face in the WindowReturn to Honor...

  • Ghosts of the Tristan Basin

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 3.6

    Taniel Two-Shot is a powder mage with the Tristan Ghost Irregulars, a band of volunteers who have made a name for themselves fighting in the Fatrastan Revolution. They range through the swamps of the frontier, cutting off enemy supplies and raiding t...

  • Sins of Empire

    Gods of Blood and Powder - 1

    A new epic fantasy series from highly acclaimed fantasy author, Brian McClellan, set in the same world as The Powder Mage trilogy. A world on the cusp of a new age... The young nation of Fatrasta is a turbulent place -- a frontier destination for...

  • The Mad Lancers

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 3.7

    In the colonial cities and towns of Fatrasta, peace has never been easy. Immigrants fight amongst themselves or turn on the native population, while the governing power of the Kez Army steps in only to enforce the will of apathetic local governors as...

  • Siege of Tilpur

    The Powder Mage Trilogy - 3.8

    It is the height of the Gurlish Wars. Sergeant Tamas, a young infantryman in the Adran Army, struggles to keep his squad alive despite the blundering incompetence of their superior officers. Not only does Tamas have the curse of being an ambitious co...

  • Wrath of Empire

    Gods of Blood and Powder - 2

    The country is in turmoil. With the capital city occupied, half a million refugees are on the march, looking for safety on the frontier, accompanied by Lady Flint's soldiers. But escaping war is never easy, and soon the battle may find them, whether ...

  • War Cry

    Brian McClellan, author of the acclaimed Powder Mage series, introduces a new universe, new armies, and new monsters in WAR CRY Teado is a Changer, a shape-shifting military asset trained to win wars. His platoon has been stationed in the Bavares ...

  • Uncanny Collateral

    Valkyrie Collections - 1

    Alek Fitz is a reaper, a collection agent who works for the supernatural elements of the world, tracking down debtors and solving problems for clients as diverse as the Lords of Hell, vampires, Haitian loa, and goblins. He’s even worked for the Too...

  • Blood of Empire

    Gods of Blood and Powder - 3

    As the final battle approaches a sellsword, a spy, and a general must find unlikely and dangerous allies in order to turn the tides of war in the last book of Brian McClellan's epic fantasy trilogy of magic and gunpowder.

    The Dynize have unloc...



  • Blood Tally

    Valkyrie Collections - 2

    Alek Fitz is the lead reaper for Valkyrie Collections, an agency that gathers debts for the paranormal elements of the world. Bound into modern-day slavery by a contract he cannot break, sold by parents he never knew, Alek works alongside demons, spi...

  • In the Shadow of Lightning

    Glass Immortals - 1

    From Brian McClellan, author of The Powder Mage trilogy, comes the first novel in the Glass Immortals series, In the Shadow of Lightning, an epic fantasy where magic is a finite resource -- and it’s running out. "Excellent worldbuilding and a truly...

  • Montego

    Twelve year-old Montego al'Bou is an orphan, a provincial peasant boy left alone by the recent death of his grandmother. Possessing nothing more than his grandmother's cudgel, he strikes out to the capital where the influential Grappo have offered to...

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    ?A kir?lyok kora lej?rt ? ?s ?n fojtottam v?rbe.Tam?s t?bornagy kir?lyellenes puccsa korrupt arisztokrat?kat k?ld?tt a guillotine al?, ?s ?hezoket juttatott keny?rhez. Egy?ttal azonban h?bor?t provok?lt a Kilenc Nemzetekkel, ?s belso t?mad?sokat a ki...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Brian McClellan has published 23 books.

Brian McClellan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Montego, was published in May 2023.

The first book by Brian McClellan, Promise of Blood, was published in April 2013.

Yes. Brian McClellan has 4 series.
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