Rob J. Hayes

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2014
  • Latest Book:
    December 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Best Laid Plans

1 - Where Loyalties Lie (Dec-2016)
2 - The Fifth Empire of Man (Jun-2017)

It Takes a Thief...

1 - It Takes a Thief to Catch a Sunrise (Mar-2015)
2 - It Takes a Thief to Start a Fire (Oct-2016)

The Mortal Techniques

1 - Never Die (Jan-2019)
2 - Pawn's Gambit (Jan-2021)
3 - Spirits of Vengeance (Oct-2021)

The Ties That Bind

1 - The Heresy Within (Oct-2014)
2 - The Color of Vengeance (Jan-2015)
3 - The Price of Faith (May-2015)

The War Eternal

1 - Along the Razor's Edge (Mar-2020)
2 - The Lessons Never Learned (Apr-2020)
3 - From Cold Ashes Risen (May-2020)
4 - Sins of the Mother (May-2022)
5 - Death's Beating Heart (Dec-2022)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • The Heresy Within

    The Ties That Bind - 1

    Jezzet Vel'urn is a trained swordswoman. She has rightfully earned the title Blademaster, and she knows that for a woman like her there are generally just two ways out of most hostile situations; fight or fornicate. All too often for Jezzet's liking,...

  • The Color of Vengeance

    The Ties That Bind - 2

    THE COLOR OF VENGEANCE (The Ties That Bind #2) By Rob J. Hayes - Cover by Alex Raspad "The Color of Vengeance is not simply a revenge saga, no more than The Lies of Locke Lamora is simply a story of thieves. It's much more than that and one of the be...

  • It Takes a Thief to Catch a Sunrise

    It Takes a Thief... - 1

    “Chases, duels, romance, airships and a fortune to be won or lost.” " Fantasy Book Review One last job!Jacques Revou and Isabel de Rosier are at the height of their careers. Of course those careers are as professional charlatans, thieves withou...

  • The Price of Faith

    The Ties That Bind - 3

    Separated and miserable, Thanquil Darkheart and Jezzet Vel’urn both have their reasons for wanting to leave the Dragon Empire. Jezzet flees from the wrathful fury of an Empress scorned, accompanied by the insidious pirate, Drake Morrass, while Than...

  • The Bound Folio

    The world is full of heroes, villains, and all the shades in between. The Bound Folio tells their stories from the tortured childhood of the legendary Blademaster the Sword of the North, to the humble origins of the Queen of the Five Kingdoms, to the...

  • It Takes a Thief to Start a Fire

    It Takes a Thief... - 2

    Following hot on the heels of the events of It Takes a Thief To Catch a Sunrise, ...To Start a Fire sees Jacques Revou and Isabel de Rosier adapting to life in Great Turlain while competing against murderous fences, shadowy secret police, and a group...

  • Where Loyalties Lie

    Best Laid Plans - 1

    Author Rob J. Hayes, after his successful completion of his award-winning grimdark trilogy, The Ties That Bind, now continues the saga of First Earth with several crossover characters in the pages of Where Loyalties Lie, book #1 of the Best Laid Plan...

  • The Fifth Empire of Man

    Best Laid Plans - 2

    The Pirate Isles are united under Drake Morrass’ flag, but the war has only just begun. There’s still a long way to go before he’s able to call himself King. The Five Kingdoms and Sarth have assembled a fleet of ships unlike any the world has e...

  • Drones

    In the near future Emotional Transference is the drug of choice.Garrick is a Drone, going to ever-increasing extremes in order to sell the emotions. But he does it for a reason-because some memories are just too painful to bear.When his dealer is mur...



  • City of Kings

    "Pulls no punches (emotional or literal)." - Fantasy Book Critic War makes monsters and corpses of us all.

    For generations the blooded have ruled the Wilds, cultivating a lawless frontier and bleeding the good folk dry. The Black Thorn, onc...

  • Never Die

    The Mortal Techniques - 1

    Ein is on a mission from God. A God of Death.

    Time is up for the Emperor of Ten Kings and it falls to a murdered eight year old boy to render the judgement of a God. Ein knows he can't do it alone, but the empire is rife with heroes. The onl...

  • Along the Razor's Edge

    The War Eternal - 1

    No one escapes the Pit.At just fifteen Eskara Helsene fought in the greatest war mankind has ever known. Fought and lost. There is only one place her enemies would send a Sourcerer as powerful as her, the Pit, a prison sunk so deep into the earth the...

  • The Lessons Never Learned

    The War Eternal - 2

    I am the weapon. Eskara is free of the Pit, but far from safe. She is beset by the ghosts of those she has killed, and plagued by the ancient horror that possesses her. Enemies dog her heels, determined to see the last Orran Sourcerer dead. Worse st...

  • From Cold Ashes Risen

    The War Eternal - 3

    The Corpse Queen Comes. Eskara has lost everything. The War Eternal has cost her everything she loves, and the Iron Legion has taken the rest. Yet there is something that is still hers, something that kept her warm during her time in the Pit. Anger ...

  • Pawn's Gambit

    The Mortal Techniques - 2

    Once a century, the gods hold a contest to determine who will rule from the Jade Throne. Each god chooses a mortal champion, and the fate of heaven and earth depends on the winner.Once a world-renowned strategist and general, Yuu made one wrong move,...

  • Spirits of Vengeance

    The Mortal Techniques - 3

    The Ipian Empire was once a land that welcomed dragons and spirits alike, but a century of war and bloodshed saw them all but vanish. Now, the lost things are returning and the Onryo have gathered. Five legendary spirits with mysterious powers, bent ...

  • Sins of the Mother

    The War Eternal - 4

    In her darklight the world will burn.Eskara Helsene is missing. She left her queendom, her friends, her children, even her own name behind. No one has seen the Corpse Queen for a decade.Someone is murdering Sourcerers, forcing them to reject their ma...

  • Death's Beating Heart

    The War Eternal - 5

    The final book in The War Eternal series.Break Eternity.Sirileth has broken the world. The ground bleeds, the seas rage, the skies are torn asunder. Eska will not let her daughter face the consequences alone, but can she help without donning the mant...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Rob J. Hayes has published 18 books.

Rob J. Hayes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Death's Beating Heart, was published in December 2022.

The first book by Rob J. Hayes, The Heresy Within, was published in October 2014.

Yes. Rob J. Hayes has 5 series.
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