The Warcaster Chronicles
Series · 4 books · 2013-2015
Books in series
#1
The Way of Caine
2013
Allister Caine has always been an enigma and an outsider among the warcasters of Cygnar, but few are privy to his true motivations or his complicated past…
Born into poverty, Allister Caine did what he must to survive, and the choices he made have followed him like a vengeful specter throughout his life. Now, just months after the Lion’s Coup and his full commission as a warcaster, he has been secretly assigned by Scout General Rebald to investigate plots against King Leto in lands just north of the Bloodsmeath Marsh. The game changes, however, when mercenaries camped inside Cygnar’s borders threaten hostility against the country’s divided nobility. In a test of grit and arcane power, Caine alone must make choices that will affect all the nations of the Iron Kingdoms.
Follow Cygnar’s most unpredictable warcaster from his early days on the streets and roofs of Bainsmarket to his first covert mission in the shadowy Cygnaran Reconnaissance Service as you uncover The Way of Caine.
#2
The Butcher of Khardov
2013
His blind fury is infamous, his strength without rival, but the legend of the man known as the Butcher of Khardov was forged in a crucible of pain . . .
The legacy of the massacre near Boarsgate at the hand of the warcaster Orsus Zoktavir has followed him his whole life—but it is another memory that fuels both his rage and his will to live. Before he was one of Khador’s most potent weapons he was simply a young man striving to make a life for himself, and for his beloved, free of the violence that came so easily to him. Her gentle presence helps him quell his simmering temper, but fate changes everything, sweeping him up in events that would lead to grief and madness.
Learn the tragic history of Orsus Zoktavir and plumb the depths of his rage in The Butcher of Khardov.
#3
Blood & Iron
2014
Warcaster. Mutineer. Pirate.
Captain Phinneus Shae is a man of many titles—all of them could get him killed . . .
Returning from the remote continent of Zu, the crew of the Talion is stricken by a mysterious plague. When Captain Shae goes ashore on a small island to find medicinal plants to treat his men, Mercarian League mercenaries ambush him, and their ships, fast and deadly pirate hunters, close in on the Talion.
In a desperate bid to outrun or outgun the Mercarian vessels, the Talion takes to open waters. But Shae’s pursuers know him well—one of their captains served with him when Shae worked for the Mercarian League and can anticipate Shae’s every move. And the pirate hunters may be the least of Shae’s worries: an infamous assassin, the sniper known only as the Ghostmaker, has been contracted to kill Shae and collect old debts of Blood & Iron.
#4
Wyrmbane
2015
The lich lords of Cryx are the mightiest servants of Toruk the Dragonfather. They command vast armies of living and undead soldiers and vie with one another for the favor of their great draconic master. For centuries, these immortal monsters have ruled the island nation of Cryx and waged war on the Iron Kingdoms, but one lich lord stands apart from the others, his actions driven by absolute devotion to the Dragonfather.
Lich Lord Venethrax has spent over a millennium hunting Toruk's rebellious spawn. With magic, might, and a vast network of spies, he has pursued the most dangerous creatures in Immoren. But now, on the eve of Cryx's greatest invasion of the Iron Kingdoms, Venethrax has learned something unsettling-reports have surfaced of a new dragon on the mainland, one that has inconceivably escaped his notice.
With a handpicked group of fearsome dragon hunters and helljacks, Venethrax will use Cryx's invasion of Cygnar as cover for a secret expedition, one that will further prove his devotion to Toruk and affirm his own reputation as the bane of dragons.
Authors
Dan Wells
Author · 24 books
Dan Wells is a thriller and science fiction writer. Born in Utah, he spent his early years reading and writing. He is he author of the Partials series (Partials, Isolation, Fragments, and Ruins), the John Cleaver series (I Am Not a Serial Killer, Mr. Monster, and I Don't Want To Kill You), and a few others (The Hollow City, A Night of Blacker Darkness, etc). He was a Campbell nomine for best new writer, and has won a Hugo award for his work on the podcast Writing Excuses; the podcast is also a multiple winner of the Parsec Award.
Chris Jackson
Author · 17 books
From the sea to the stars, Chris A. Jackson’s stories take you to the far reaches of the imagination. Raised on the back deck of a fishing boat and trained as a marine biologist, he became sidetracked by a career in biomedical research, but regained his heart and soul in 2009 when he and his wife Anne left the dock aboard the 45-foot sailboat Mr Mac to cruise the Caribbean and write fulltime. With his nautical background, writing sea stories seemed inevitable for Chris. His acclaimed Scimitar Seas nautical fantasies won three consecutive Gold Medals in the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Awards. His Pathfinders Tales from Paizo Publishing combine high-seas combat and romance set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Not to be outdone, Privateer Press released Blood & Iron, a swashbuckling novella set in the Iron Kingdoms. Chris’ repertoire also includes the award-winning and Kindle best-selling Weapon of Flesh Series, the contemporary urban fantasy Dragon Dreams, as well as additional fantasy novels, the humorous sci fi Cheese Runners trilogy of novellas, and numerous short stories. To learn more, please visit jaxbooks.com.
Richard A. Knaak
Author · 77 books
Richard A. Knaak is the bestselling author of Dragonlance novels, the Dragonrealm and Black City Saint series (his own creations), six novels for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo series, and six works in the Warcraft universe. He has also written several non-series fantasy books.
