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    82 Books (12 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2007
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Ascendant Kingdoms Saga

1 - Ice Forged (Jan-2013)
2 - Reign of Ash (Apr-2014)
3 - War of Shadows (Apr-2015)
3.5 - No Reprieve (Dec-2015)
4 - Shadow and Flame (Mar-2016)

Assassins of Landria

1 - Assassin's Honor (Oct-2018)
2 - Sellsword's Oath (Jan-2020)
3 - Fugitive's Vow (Jan-2021)
4 - Exile's Quest (Mar-2022)

A Blaine McFadden Adventure

1 - Arctic Prison (Nov-2015)
2 - Ice Bound (Dec-2015)
3 - Cold Fury (Dec-2015)

The Chronicles of the Necromancer

1 - The Summoner (Jan-2007)
2 - The Blood King (Jan-2008)
3 - Dark Haven (Jan-2009)
4 - Dark Lady's Chosen (Jan-2010)

A Darkhurst Novel

1 - Scourge (Jul-2017)
2 - Vengeance (Apr-2018)

A Deadly Curiosities Adventure

1 - Vanities (Feb-2013)
2 - Wild Hunt (Jul-2013)
3 - Dark Legacy (Jul-2013)
4 - Steer a Pale Course (Feb-2013)
5 - Among The Shoals Forever (Oct-2013)
6 - The Low Road (Nov-2013)
7 - Buttons (Dec-2013)
8 - The Final Death (Apr-2016)
9 - Coffin Box (May-2014)
10 - Wicked Dreams (Jun-2014)
11 - Collector (Jul-2014)
12 - Bad Memories (Sep-2014)
13 - Shadow Garden (Jul-2015)
14 - Spook House (Nov-2015)
15 - Fatal Invitation (Nov-2015)
16 - Redcap (Dec-2015)
17 - Bloodlines (Aug-2016)
18 - Predator (Oct-2016)
19 - Fair Game (Dec-2016)
20 - Unraveled (Sep-2017)
The Restless Dead (Aug-2015)
Retribution (Sep-2015)

Deadly Curiosities

1 - Deadly Curiosities (Jun-2014)
2 - Vendetta (Jan-2016)
3 - Tangled Web (May-2018)
4 - Inheritance (Oct-2019)
5 - Legacy (Sep-2021)

Fallen Kings Cycle

1 - The Sworn (Jan-2011)
2 - The Dread (Feb-2012)

A Jake Desmet Adventure

1 - Iron & Blood (May-2023)
2 - Spark of Destiny (Oct-2023)

A Jonmarc Vahanian Adventure

1 - Raider's Curse (Feb-2013)
2 - Caves Of The Dead (Mar-2013)
3 - Storm Surge (May-2013)
4 - Bounty Hunter (Jun-2013)
5 - Blood's Cost (Jul-2013)
6 - Stormgard (Sep-2013)
7 - Monstrosities (Jan-2014)
8 - Bad Places (Feb-2014)
9 - Dead Man's Bet (Mar-2014)
10 - Dark Passage (Apr-2014)
11 - Bad Blood (Sep-2014)
12 - Haunts (Nov-2014)
13 - Cursed (Dec-2014)
14 - Death Plot (Dec-2014)
15 - Brigands (Feb-2015)
16 - Bleak Harvest (Mar-2015)
17 - Hard Choices (Mar-2015)
18 - Dead Reckoning (Apr-2015)
19 - Desperate Flight (Jun-2015)
20 - Death Match (Jan-2017)
21 - Guardian (Feb-2017)
22 - Smuggler (Apr-2017)

New Templars

1 - Spells, Salt, & Steel (Oct-2017)
2 - Open Season (Feb-2018)
3 - Deep Trouble (Jun-2018)
4 - Close Encounters (Sep-2018)

A Night Vigil Novel

1 - Sons of Darkness (Nov-2018)
2 - C.H.A.R.O.N. (Dec-2022)

Book List in Order: 82 titles



  • The world of Prince Martris Drayke is thrown into sudden chaos when his brother murders their father and seizes the throne. Forced to flee, with only a handful of loyal colleagues to support him, Martris must seek retribution and restore his father's...



  • Having narrowly escaped being murdered by his evil brother, Jared, Prince Martris Drayke must take control of his magical abilities to summon the dead, and gather an army big enough to claim back the throne of his dead father. But it isn't merely Jar...



  • The kingdom of Margolan lies in ruin. Martris Drayke, the new king, must rebuild his country in the aftermath of battle, while a new war looms on the horizon. Meanwhile Jonmarc Vahanian is now the Lord of Dark Haven, and there is defiance from the va...



  • Treachery and blood magic threaten King Martris Drayke's hold on the throne he risked everything to win. As the battle against a traitor lord comes to its final days, war, plague and betrayal bring Margolan to the brink of destruction. Civil war loom...



  • Summoner-King Martris Drayke must attempt to meet this great threat, gathering an army from a country ravaged by civil war. Tris seeks new allies from among the living - and the dead - as an untested generation of rulers face their first battle. Mean...



  • War has come to the Winter Kingdoms. The Dread will rise. Kings will fall. Summoner-King Tris Drayke takes what remains of his army north for a war he is ill-prepared to fight, as reports from spies confirm Tris's worst fear. A new threat rises ac...



  • Condemned as a murderer for killing the man who dishonored his sister, Blaine "Mick" McFadden has spent the last six years in Velant, a penal colony in the frigid northern wastelands. Harsh military discipline and the oppressive magic keep a fragile ...



  • The legend begins. When sea raiders threaten the villages along the Margolan coast, young Jonmarc Vahanian risks everything to save his family. Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronicle...



  • Two young fishermen in post-Revolutionary America are forced to retrieve a deadly object from an ancient burial mound or face the vengeance of raiders who have taken their village hostage.This series of adventures spans over 500 years, from the 1500s...






  • Jewel thief and newly-turned vampire Sorren sets out to steal a priceless brooch possessed by an ancient evil before it sets the Black Dragon loose in medieval Antwerp.This series of adventures spans over 500 years, from the 1500s to modern day as a ...



  • To make ends meet, Jonmarc Vahanian sold a few odd items from ancient graves. When a stranger offers him gold for a particular relic, it could be a lucky break…or the beginning of a nightmare.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. ...



  • When the caravan is beset by danger and a black beast stalks the shadows, Jonmarc Vahanian fears he is being stalked by a blood mage with a dangerous vendetta.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in...



  • Three bounty hunters come prowling around the caravan. Are they after Jonmarc, or does one of his fellow travelers hide an even darker secret?Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronicles ...



  • When strange deaths haunt the caravan, Jonmarc is caught up in a dangerous game that reveals secrets held for generations and costs innocent lives.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronic...



  • After surviving the Wild Hunt, Sorren and Dietger begin putting the pieces together for their new vocation when a mysterious Viking chalice shows up on their doorstep. They must follow a series of cryptic clues to discover its dangerous secrets, lead...



  • When a strange relic shows up in town and people start dying, Sorren and Dietger battle dark forces and the hounds of Hell.This series of adventures spans over 500 years, from the 1500s to modern day as a small cabal of vampires and their human helpe...



  • The bounty hunters are back and this time they’ve captured Maynard Linton and sworn vengeance on Jonmarc. When the city and its guards turn against them, will they all make it out alive?Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you...



  • Sorren and his privateers, Dante and Coltt, attempt to solve the mystery of a vanished heiress and a dangerous necromancer before there’s hell to pay in 1780s Charleston.This series of adventures spans over 500 years, from the 1500s to modern day a...



  • Dante and Coltt’s next adventure after Among the Shoals Forever: Cursed bag pipes and a mysterious charlatan pit Sorren and his privateers against the unquiet dead in the dangerous waters off colonial Bermuda.This series of adventures spans over 50...






  • Cassidy Kincaide runs Trifles & Folly in modern-day Charleston, an antiques and curios shop with a dangerous secret and an immortal silent partner. A hungry ghost haunts a dead man’s journals, and Cassidy and Sorren must destroy the spirit before ...



  • When a traveling monstrosities show comes to town and people start disappearing, Jonmarc discovers a dark secret. It will take all of his courage, blind luck and the help of a crazy old witch to stand against a bloodthirsty menace with an appetite fo...



  • A beautiful meadow turns deadly as ghosts spill from the barrows of the dead. When murderous spirits and blood-thirsty creatures threaten the caravan, it’s up to Jonmarc, a crazy hedge witch and a mysterious stranger to fight for the troupe’s sur...



  • An errand turns deadly when slavers and vengeful ghosts capture Jonmarc and his friends. With the spirits and the slavers out to kill them, Jonmarc and a renegade soldier intend to get free or die trying to escape.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warr...



  • A poisoner is loose in the caravan, and men are dying. Powerful old enemies have returned for vengeance, and Jonmarc finds honor and courage tested as he risks his life to save his friends.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If yo...



  • Survival is just the beginning. Blaine McFadden endured six long years in the brutal Velant prison colony, exiled for murder. War devastated his homeland of Donderath and destroyed the magic on which the Ascendant Kingdoms relied. Now Blaine and a...



  • Set in modern-day Charleston. When a prominent man and his wife die suddenly, a cursed gift appears to be the culprit. Cassidy, Teag and Sorren must hunt a supernatural killer before it strikes again.This series of adventures spans over 500 years, fr...



  • Cassidy Kincaide owns Trifles & Folly, an antique/curio store and high-end pawn shop in Charleston, South Carolina that is more than what it seems. Dangerous magical and supernatural items sometimes find their way into mortal hands or onto the market...



  • Set in modern-day Charleston. Inexplicable murders among King Street merchants look like the work of a long-dead serial killer. Cassidy, Teag and Sorren go looking for an undead slasher before the body count rises.This series of adventures spans over...



  • Set in modern-day Charleston. A Collector’s passion brings death and despair to Battery Row. Cassidy, Teag and Sorren fight for their lives against an ancient spirit, a children’s bogeyman, who has brought her minions with her to help discipline ...






  • Jonmarc and the War Dogs mercenaries find themselves caught in a deadly game when a routine assignment for two feuding nobles goes badly wrong, and nothing but blood will sate an unknown enemy.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. I...



  • Set in modern-day Charleston. When construction workers expose a mysterious artifact in the walls of a centuries-old building, Cassidy, Teag, and Sorren must battle vengeful ghosts and hungry ghouls to keep the death toll from rising.This series of a...



  • When Jonmarc and the War Dog mercenaries guard a noble’s celebration of the Feast of the Departed -- better known as Haunts -- Jonmarc finds himself up against an old enemy, and tangled in a fatal web of politics and intrigue.Soldier. Fight slave. ...



  • When Jonmarc and the War Dogs get caught up in a war between two nobles, treachery, deceit, and magic test the mercenaries’ bravery and strain their loyalty against an inhuman, insatiable foe.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. ...



  • Jonmarc and the War Dogs are assigned to protect a visiting prince marked for death by a secret society of assassins.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronicles of the Necromancer and Fal...



  • Serving with the Eastmark army at the request of General Alcion, Jonmarc’s abilities help him rise through the ranks. But a routine mission to stop a band of brigands reveals a dangerous plot against Eastmark’s king, and Jonmarc treads a dangerou...



  • A routine mission turns deadly as Jonmarc and his outlander troops become mired in schemes that could topple the throne of Eastmark.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronicles of the Necr...



  • A village has fallen on hard times and does not have coin to pay their taxes. They plead for mercy but when General Alcion orders Jonmarc and his men to do the unthinkable, they must make some hard choices. The options weigh heavy on Jonmarc and an o...



  • An old enemy bent on revenge exacts a terrifying price, forcing Jonmarc and his soldiers to choose between conscience and survival. Pushed to the breaking point, Jonmarc must protect the soldiers he commands while an old curse plays out its vengeance...



  • Amidst the shadows, chaos reigns. Blaine "Mick" McFadden managed to partially restore Donderath's magic, but not without a cost. He and the magic are now bound together, and the power remains dangerous and erratic -- draining the life from him wi...






  • With royal guards and a burning village behind him, Jonmarc Vahanian flees for his life into the forest against the warnings of far-seers. Home and freedom are just across the river, but fate may conspire to send him in another, deadly direction to m...



  • Murderous garden statues and dangerous hauntings plunge Cassidy, Teag, and Sorren into a deadly quest to uncover and destroy the cause of the problems. Old secrets, family curses, and dark magic align against them, and more people will die unless the...



  • Set in modern-day Charleston. A deserted shopping mall, unquiet spirits and a long-forgotten tragedy become tools for terror when a deranged young man trades his soul for a chance for vengeance.This adventure takes place between Buttons and The Final...



  • Set in modern-day Charleston. Poker chips and a silver flask are clues to an old murder and a vengeful ghost bent on righting old wrongs. This adventure takes place between The Restless Dead and The Final Death. This series of adventures spans over 5...



  • Survival is the ultimate defiance. Condemned to Velant Prison for killing the man who dishonored his sister, Blaine McFadden faces imprisonment for life in a brutal arctic penal colony. The harsh climate and sadistic guards are enough to break a man,...



  • An heirloom serving dish provides a clue to a string of unsolved holiday murders and a psycho supernatural killer. With days to go before the killer strikes again, Cassidy, Teag, and Sorren must figure out whose dark magic is behind the ritual murder...



  • Cassidy is called in to help when a Halloween haunted house attraction turns dangerous with real supernatural creatures. The race is on for Cassidy and Teag to settle the restless spirits before visitors get more than they bargained for.This series o...



  • After three years in brutal Velant Prison on arctic Edgeland, Blaine McFadden nears his chance to earn release and become a colonist. But before Blaine can leave the prison and its vicious guards behind, Velant's sadistic commander has prepared a ser...



  • Velant Prison is King Merrill's dumping ground, and the convicts condemned to the harsh arctic conditions are the kingdom's slave labor. Brutal overseers drive their convict workers to the breaking point in the dark, cold mines deep beneath Edgeland....



  • Explore the origins of Blaine McFadden and his allies in this short story prequel to the epic Ascendant Kingdoms Saga from Gail Z. Martin.Condemned to exile in an arctic prison colony for murdering his sister's attacker, Blaine McFadden has lost ever...






  • When a holiday figurine reveals a dark witch's plot to set Charleston awash in blood, Cassidy, Teag, and Sorren battle killer pixies and evil elves to stop the carnage before a fearsome monster and its deadly horde cross into our world at the Solstic...



  • The corset. Rarely has any garment held such allure, such mystery, so attraction for men and women alike. From a simple foundation garment to a fashion statement all its own, the corset has held the imagination for centuries. This collection of ...



  • The thrilling follow up to the urban fantasy series set in Charleston, South Carolina. Someone very powerful is trying to destroy Sorren and everyone he cares about. That puts Cassidy, Teag and Trifles and Folly in the cross-hairs, against an unkn...



  • Blaine McFadden and his allies have brought magic back under mortal command and begun to restore order to the beleaguered kingdom of Donderath. Now, new perils and old enemies gather for a final reckoning. Foreign invaders, a legendary dark mage and ...



  • A Deadly Curiosities Novella.Vampires, vengeful ghosts and Voodoo are all in a day's work for Cassidy Kincaide, owner of Trifles and Folly, an antique and curio store in historic, haunted Charleston, SC whose real mission is to get dangerous magical ...



  • A collection of tales from three Unlikely Heroes: The Breaking Point, A mother has one of the worst days ever as everything seems to go against her until she finally snaps and takes charge. In Windows on the Soul you meet an unusual super hero, they ...



  • Vengeful ghosts rise at a historic mansion, revealing family secrets, dark ambitions and old bloodshed. Cassidy, Teag, and Sorren battle a centuries-old spell before it can claim new victims and paint the walls red with blood....



  • A Deadly Curiosities Adventure #18. Shifters are vanishing in Charleston and the packs are too mistrustful of each other to work together. Sorren, Cassidy, and Teag step in to stop the killings, only to discover that dark magic and obsession lie behi...



  • Forgotten scandals and deadly secrets from a long-ago World’s Fair return with a vengeance as people go missing and old murders come to light. Lives hang in the balance as Cassidy, Teag, and Soren battle a powerful entity that feeds on death, despe...



  • When Jonmarc Vahanian fled an unjust death sentence, a mistake led to his capture by the Nargi army. Jonmarc’s ability as a warrior gives him one chance to survive -- as a fight slave in Nargi’s cruel betting games. Forced to kill or be killed, J...



  • Jonmarc escapes the Nargi only to find himself at the point of the blade. While no longer a slave, Jonmarc struggles adapting to freedom. With pent-up rage and senses honed to fight, he finds threats around every corner and nightmares that keep sleep...



  • Jonmarc Vahanian learns the smuggling business from his friend Maynard Linton. Their bold risk taking earns them gold, but gains them powerful enemies. As the rescues and betrayals add up, Jonmarc fears that he can't outrun the sins of the past....



  • In a city beset by monsters, three brothers must find out who is controlling the abominations. The city-state of Ravenwood is wealthy, powerful, and corrupt. Merchant Princes and Guild Masters wager fortunes to outmaneuver League rivals for the ki...



  • A Deadly Curiosities Novella. Charleston's restless spirits turn dangerous as a ghostly serial killer returns for a new murder spree. Cassidy, Teag and Sorren must outwit an undead entity that kills for thrills and find what tethers his spirit to the...



  • When all else fails, the ass end of a carp makes a damn fine weapon.No, that didn't come from the lips of Bubba the Monster Hunter, but it sure could have! That sentence right there kinda encapsulates the life of Mark Wojcik, Monster Hunter. A blue-c...



  • The carp-slapping, grenade-launching son of a gun Mark Wojcik is back, and this time he's going hunting! When there's trouble in the Pennsylvania wilds, there's only one person to call. It's out of Bubba's jurisdiction, so the monster mashing falls o...



  • Brothers. Outlaws. Saviours. Rigan and Corran Valmonde are not heroes. They are undertakers, lawbreakers, and monster hunters. Without them, the town of Ravenwood is finished. But the more successful Rigan and Corran become at destroying the cr...



  • Book Three in the Deadly Curiosities series.Cassidy Kincaide runs Trifles & Folly in modern-day Charleston, an antiques and curios shop with a dangerous secret. Cassidy can read the history of objects by touching them and along with her business part...



  • Mark Wojcik is back, and this time there are ghosts, gnomes, dragons, and way more than you ever wanted to know about a gnome's fiddly bits! When there's trouble in the Pennsylvania wilds, there's only one person to call. It's out of Bubba's jurisdic...



  • There's a drunk werewolf passed out on his porch, a monster mistaken for a mammoth stalking the nearby woods, zombies at an abandoned sanitarium, and his niece has been kidnapped by a haunted hotel that makes the Overlook resemble the Waldorf Astoria...



  • First in the new Assassins of Landria series from the award-winning, bestselling author of Scourge: A Novel of Darkhurst, and the Chronicles Of The Necromancer books!Friends since their orphanage childhood, Joel Ridge Breckinridge and Garrett Rett Ke...



  • When all else fails, the ass end of a carp makes a damn fine weapon. Your new favorite monster hunter has arrived! Bubba the Monster Hunter has some competition in this horror comedy collection from best-selling author duo Gail Z. & Larry N. Mar...



  • We are the Night Vigil.The run-down convenience store, the all-night diner, the last-ditch shelter, or seedy motel, the redneck bar and the emergency room, and all the other places open on the graveyard shift -- they’re Hell’s hunting grounds, fu...



  • Book four in the Deadly Curiosities series.Cassidy Kincaide runs Trifles & Folly in modern-day Charleston, an antiques and curio shop with a dangerous secret. Cassidy can read the history of objects by touching them, and she teams up with friends and...



  • Buddy flick epic fantasy! The second in the Assassins of Landria series from the award-winning, bestselling author of Scourge: A Novel of Darkhurst and The Chronicles Of The Necromancer books!<.p>

    Wandering mystic Yefim Makary, known to his foll...



  • Buddy flick epic fantasy! The third in the Assassins of Landria series from the award-winning, bestselling author of Scourge: A Novel of Darkhurst and The Chronicles of The Necromancer.Rule-breaking, unconventional assassins Joel Ridge Breckenridge a...



  • A dark witch dynasty. A malicious, immortal undersea place-spirit. Eternal guardians who wagered their souls to protect Charleston. Omens of impending disaster have the city on edge. Tremors warn of earthquake risk, while a potentially catastrop...



  • Buddy flick epic fantasy! The fourth in the Assassins of Landria series from the award-winning, bestselling author of Scourge: A Novel of Darkhurst and The Chronicles of The Necromancer.A vacant throne. A dark mystic intent on the crown. Two fugitive...



  • Monster hunter and mechanic Mark Wojcik has his hands full protecting innocent monsters from horrible people and innocent people from horrible monsters.His corner of rural Pennsylvania used to be relatively quiet-except for the ghosts, trolls, gnomes...



  • Your best hope to make it through the hour of the wolf.Ex-priest Travis Dominick and former FBI agent Brent Lawson hunt demons, monsters, and supernatural troublemakers. When Brent gets a call for help from an old army buddy, he and Travis head to a ...



  • When you ask a god for favors, be careful what you wish for. You just might get it. From the bloody steel mill strikes of Pennsylvania rose a true man of steel, a steelworker transformed into something more by the power of the old gods. Josef Magarac...



  • Hell with the lid off. Jake Desmet and Rick Brand, heirs to the Brand & Desmet Import Company, travel the world to secure treasures and unusual items for the collections of wealthy and supernatural patrons, accompanied by Jake's cousin, Veroniqu...



  • Sunken treasure, haunted shipwrecks, experimental technology, and steam-powered adventure!When Brand & Desmet airlift occult valuables out of Havana during the 1898 naval conflict with Spain, they get far more than they expected. A shipwreck with exp...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gail Z. Martin has published 82 books.

Gail Z. Martin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Spark of Destiny, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Gail Z. Martin, The Summoner, was published in January 2007.

Yes. Gail Z. Martin has 12 series.