Ian Irvine

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  • Bibliography:
    39 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1997
  • Latest Book:
    January 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Gate of Good and Evil

1 - The Summon Stone (May-2016)
2 - The Fatal Gate (Jul-2017)
3 - The Perilous Tower (Jan-2021)
4 - The Sapphire Portal (Jan-2021)

Grim and Grimmer

1 - The Headless Highwayman (Apr-2019)
2 - The Grasping Goblin (Apr-2019)
3 - The Desperate Dwarf (Apr-2019)
4 - The Calamitous Queen (Apr-2019)

Human Rites

1 - The Last Albatross (Apr-2002)
2 - Terminator Gene (Jan-2008)
3 - The Life Lottery (Jan-2008)

The Runcible Jones Quartet

1 - Runcible Jones, The Gate to Nowhere (Jan-2014)
2 - Runcible Jones and the Buried City (Jan-2014)
3 - Runcible Jones and the Frozen Compass (Jan-2014)
4 - Runcible Jones and the Backwards Hourglass (Jan-2014)

Song of the Tears

1 - Torments of the Traitor // Fate of the Fallen (Jun-2007)
2 - The Curse on the Chosen (Jun-2008)
3 - The Destiny of the Dead (Sep-2009)

The Sorcerer's Tower

1 - Thorn Castle (Apr-2019)
2 - Giant's Lair (Apr-2019)
3 - Black Crypt (Apr-2019)
4 - Wizardry Crag (Apr-2019)

Tainted Realm

1 - Vengeance (Apr-2012)
2 - Rebellion (Mar-2013)
3 - Justice (Jun-2014)

View from the Mirror

1 - A Shadow on the Glass (1997)
2 - The Tower on the Rift (Sep-1998)
3 - Dark Is the Moon (Apr-1999)
4 - The Way Between the Worlds (Sep-1999)

The Well of Echoes Quartet

1 - Geomancer (Nov-2001)
2 - Tetrarch (Feb-2004)
3 - Alchymist (Oct-2004)
4 - Chimaera (May-2005)

Book List in Order: 39 titles

  • A Shadow on the Glass

    View from the Mirror - 1

    "Once there were three worlds, each with its own human race. Then, fleeing from out of the void came a fourth race, the Charon. Desperate on the edge of extinction, they changed the balance between the worlds forever..." THE TALE OF THE FORBIDDING...

  • The Tower on the Rift

    View from the Mirror - 2

    THE TALE OF THE DRY SEA The ancient city of Thurkad has fallen, and all who gathered there for the Great Conclave are scattered. Driven mad, the young sensitive Karan is left for dead. Her lover, Llian the Chronicler, is captured by the renegade A...

  • Dark Is the Moon

    View from the Mirror - 3

    In the third volume of this stunning and original saga, Ian Irvine continues The View from the Mirror, his brilliant epic fantasy. THE TALE OF THE BETRAYERS Rulke, the last and most powerful of the Charon, escapes from the alien dimension where ...

  • The Way Between the Worlds

    View from the Mirror - 4

    In the conclusion to this series, Karan, the young Sensitive who holds the Mirror of Aachen, which has the power to heal or permanently destroy the rift between Worlds, is held captive. Her lover, Llian, is in chains, falsely accused of betraying her...

  • Geomancer

    The Well of Echoes Quartet - 1

    Two hundred years ago the Charon fought for their lives against the creatures of the Void. Hunted and afraid, the last of the Charon sought to cross the Forbidding and take refuge on the human world of Santhenar. In the battle that followed the po...

  • The Last Albatross

    Human Rites - 1

    IS THERE LIFE AFTER GLOBAL WARMING?

    The Third Edition (revised and updated) of Ian Irvine's classic eco-thriller trilogy.

    Hercus Barges, a middle-aged failure embittered about ruinous climate change, is planning the ultimate crime: the...

  • Tetrarch

    The Well of Echoes Quartet - 2

    Santhenar is on its knees. War with the forces from beyond the Void shows no sign of ending, and there is worse to come. The Aachim have invaded with a fleet of formidable battle constructs and the price for their withdrawal is half the globe. The...

  • Alchymist

    The Well of Echoes Quartet - 3

    The Node has failed, rendering humanity's battle clankers and the Aachim's constructs useless. With the battle lost, hordes of alien lyrinx are swarming from the tar pits of Snizort, intending to fall upon the survivors and destroy them to the last m...

  • Chimaera

    The Well of Echoes Quartet - 4

    Ian Irvine's epic Well Of Echoes series reaches its shattering conclusion ... Alj resistance has been crushed and the Council’s air-dreadnought fleet has destroyed Fiz Gorgo's defences. Xervish Flydd, lrisis and their allies are condemned to die...



  • Torments of the Traitor // Fate of the Fallen

    Song of the Tears - 1

    After ten years of servitude, Nish is about to be released from the blackest prison of the maimed God-Emperor, Jal-Nish Hlar, his corrupt father. Jal-Nish holds the two sorcerous quicksilver tears, Gatherer and Reaper, and with them controls all of t...

  • The Life Lottery

    Human Rites - 3

    Book 3 of Ian Irvine’s classic eco-thriller trilogy about the consequences of global warming and unstoppable climate change, Human Rites. Irith Hardey’s life is out of control. The world’s climate is in chaos and rising seas have flooded out ha...

  • Terminator Gene

    Human Rites - 2

    IN A DROWNING WORLD, WHO WILL STAY AFLOAT?Book 2 of Ian Irvine's classic eco-thriller trilogy about the consequences of global warming and unstoppable climate change, Human Rites. In a world ruined by global warming, parano...

  • The Curse on the Chosen

    Song of the Tears - 2

    Beset by false friends and the weight of a world''s expectations, Nish flees his father, the God-Emperor - always searching for the means to orchestrate his downfall. Nish''s reluctant allies are Maelys, who believes he betrayed her family; former...

  • The Destiny of the Dead

    Song of the Tears - 3

    NISH, HIS BATTERED LITTLE TROOP and his few remaining allies are trapped on the Range of Ruin by the God-Emperor's mighty army. Nish's only choices are a humiliating surrender to his father or a suicidal fight to the death. Nish has to fight, and som...

  • Tribute to Hell

    A story of The Tainted Realm by one of fantasy's most popular writers "tribute to Hell" is set in the Elder Days of a new fantasy world explored in detail in the trilogy, the tainted Realm.to ensure Greave pays for his crime and redeems himself, his ...

  • Vengeance

    Tainted Realm - 1

    Ten years ago, two children witnessed a murder that still haunts them as adults. Tali watched as two masked figures killed her mother and now, she has sworn revenge. Even though she is a slave. Even though she is powerless. Even though she is noth...

  • Rebellion

    Tainted Realm - 2

    Magery is failing, the war has been lost and Hightspall has fallen. The Cythonian enemy, led by their reincarnated sorcerer-king, Lyf, are determined to wipe it off the map and build their ancient realm of Cythe anew. Rix, now known as Deadhand, was ...

  • Runcible Jones and the Gate to Nowhere

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine's fantasy novels sold.In a world terrified of magic, a boy is abandoned to the worst school in the world – Grimdgrim. A place designed to crush all magic out of him. But Runcible Jones has to learn magic...

  • Runcible Jones and the Backwards Hourglass

    The Runcible Jones Quartet - 4

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    After every defeat, Lord Shambles comes back stronger than before, and more determined to punish humanity. 

    Having crushed all resistance on magical Iltior, he moves the war...



  • Runcible Jones and the Buried City

    The Runcible Jones Quartet - 2

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    Runcible and Mariam are in desperate trouble, for Lord Shambles has returned, stronger than ever. Once he finds the lost Citadel of Magic there will be no defence against his dread...

  • Runcible Jones and the Frozen Compass

    The Runcible Jones Quartet - 3

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    On a freezing winter’s night, Lord Shambles shatters the tower where the children are learning magic. 

    Runcible, Mariam and their friends run for their lives. All Iltior n...

  • Runcible Jones, The Gate to Nowhere

    The Runcible Jones Quartet - 1

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    In a world terrified of magic, a boy is abandoned to the worst school in the world â€" Grimdgrim. A place designed to crush all magic out of him. But Runcible Jones has to learn ma...

  • Justice

    Tainted Realm - 3

    The final battle -- the ultimate price. The once beautiful land of Hightspall is being carved up by warring armies led by figures from out of legend. One army is headed by the charismatic brute, Axil Grandys, and the other by Lyf, resurrected sorc...

  • The Last Christmas

    The ice at the North Pole is melting and Vixen, the smallest reindeer, is afraid. Santa's toy workshop will soon fall into the sea, he has nowhere to go, and the elves who make the Christmas toys for him are threatening to leave. They're terrified of...

  • A Wizard's War and Other Stories

    Short and long stories, and novellas, set in Ian Irvine's internationally bestselling Three Worlds epic fantasy universe. You don't need to have read any of those books to enjoy these stories. A Wizard's War includes:The Price of Freedom. The greates...

  • The City of Quartz

    Rowan Sweeney is a thirty-three year old perpetual student with relationship and vocational issues. Out of desperation he takes a job with Douglass Green - a Doctor of 'something or other', publisher of 'curios', and New Age therapist living in Ce...

  • The Summon Stone

    Gate of Good and Evil - 1

    The Merdrun, cruel warriors blooded by thousands of years of slaughter, are gather in the void between the worlds. Their summon stone is waking, corrupting good people as well as bad, and turning arcane places into magically polluted wastelands. I...

  • The Fatal Gate

    Gate of Good and Evil - 2

    The second book in a brand new epic fantasy duology from fan favorite Ian Irvine, set in the world of his View from the Mirror series. The cruel Merdrun, the greatest warriors in the void, have invaded Santhenar but their portal backfired and they...

  • The Sorcerer's Tower

    Join orphan Tamly and his best friend Kym as they embark on a dangerous mission to save their home from the evil forces that threaten it at every turn! Packed with magic, adventure, and unexpected twists and turns, bestselling author Ian Irvine's ...



  • Black Crypt

    The Sorcerer's Tower - 3

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    Meadowhythe has lost its magic, but Kym has a plan to get it back. 

    She and her friends Mel and Tamly must creep into the heart of the mountain, then down a crevasse deep en...

  • The Calamitous Queen

    Grim and Grimmer - 4

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    Queen Emajicka is marching on Grimmery with an army of a million Fey. Can things possibly get worse?

    Yes, they can, for Ike is all alone. His best friend, Mellie, is away, at...

  • The Desperate Dwarf

    Grim and Grimmer - 3

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    It’s not easy to be a hero when your bum is the size of an airship and you’re bobbing around the ceiling, mocked by angry dwarves.

    Mellie has stolen the unluckiest charm ...

  • Giant's Lair

    The Sorcerer's Tower - 2

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    Evil does not die. It merely sleeps â€" awakening when we least expect it.

    Meadowhythe is again in danger â€" evil magical forces are growing stronger every day. Giants, fles...

  • The Grasping Goblin

    Grim and Grimmer - 2

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    The Nightmare Queen is hunting Ike and Mellie. 

    A spell from forbidden Gobbeloon might stop her, but it won’t be easy to get. On the way Ike will be struck blind, forced t...

  • The Headless Highwayman

    Grim and Grimmer - 1

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    It’s not easy to be a hero when your bum is the size of an airship and you’re bobbing around the ceiling, mocked by angry dwarves.

    The Fey Queen, Emajicka, is stealing th...

  • Thorn Castle

    The Sorcerer's Tower - 1

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    The orphan Tamly and his best friend Kym are as different as fire and snow. 

    Kym has magic coming out of her fingers, and Tamly has none at all. 

    When their village i...

  • Wizardry Crag

    The Sorcerer's Tower - 4

    Over a million copies of Ian Irvine’s fantasy novels sold.

    Tamly’s Birth Foretelling said he would be a danger to magic, and it seems to be true. 

    The sorcerer brothers Harshax and Krushax are hunting him down â€" but for what ter...

  • The Perilous Tower

    Gate of Good and Evil - 3

    The terrifying Merdrun are invading - and the world no longer has an army.Karan and Llian fled to the future to save their gifted nine-year-old daughter, but two days later Sulien far-sees the Crimson Gate reopen. The Merdrun are back, this time for ...

  • The Sapphire Portal

    Gate of Good and Evil - 4

    The world of Santhenar has fallenMost of the old allies are dead or captured, and the conquering Merdrun are carving Skyrock into a gigantic tower, with a sapphire-clad tunnel at its base. Is it a horrific new weapon to cleanse the world, so they can...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ian Irvine has published 39 books.

Ian Irvine does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Perilous Tower, was published in January 2021.

The first book by Ian Irvine, A Shadow on the Glass, was published in January 1997.

Yes. Ian Irvine has 9 series.
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