


Twilight of Kerberos
Series · 12
books · 2008-2020
Books in series

#1
Shadow Mage
2020
Forced onto the streets of Turnitia after the army destroys his home and murders his parents, Lucius Kane becomes an excellent thief, gaining notoriety in his new profession.
Soon drawn into a war between rival thieves guilds, Kane fights for friends and profit but finds himself pulled into the darker and more mysterious world of the Shadowmage, a calling for which it seems he is ideally suited. Mercenary practitioners who combine stealth with magic, Shadowmages make the best scouts, infiltrators, spies. . . and assassins.
Kane discovers the Thieves War spiralling out of control as tit-for-tat killings increase in frequency and savagery, while he has to balance his allegiance to the guild with the raw power he gains from becoming a fully fledged Shadowmage.

#2
The Clockwork King of Orl
2008
Twilight, a world overshadowed by a vast gas giant, bathing the earth in its otherworldly glow. A world of magic and warriors, zealots and monsters. It is here that the human race cling to a small peninsula, ignorant of what lies beyond the World's Ridge mountains. But there are those amongst this fledgling race with truly extraordinary powers, heroes who would delve deep into the mysteries of the past and bring new light to Twilight. Twilight of Kerberos is a sword and sorcery series, following the adventures of a group of characters with unique talents. There's a whole world out there and it isn't ours! The words of her mentor inspire Kali Hooper to explore the lost places of Twilight, unearth the secrets of the past and discover the fate of the vanished Old Races. So far, so good. But when an unexpected encounter in the deadly Spiral of Kos brings Kali head to head with Twighlight's all-consuming Final Faith, she finds herself in a race for the keys to the Old Races' most terrifying secret yet, the mysterious construct known as the Clockwork King of Orl.

#2, 4, 7, 8
Thief of the Ancients
2014
The world of Twilight turns in the darkness, illuminated by the ethereal glow of the god-planet, Kerberos. This is a world of heroes and monsters, in which four unique individuals will stand against the end of everything. One of these is Kali Hooper, archaeologist and adventurer, exploring the lost places of the world and uncovering the mysteries and artefacts left behind by lost people in ancient days. Battling the forces of the sinister, oppressive Final Faith – stopping only occasionally for a pint at the Here There Be Flagons – Kali will unearth the secrets of Twilight’s past and discover the fates of the vanished Old Races. And, perhaps, she will reveal the truth of her own beginnings...
This omnibus collects the books The Clockwork King of Orl, The Crucible of the Dragon God, Engines of the Apocalypse and The Trials of Trass Kathra.

#3
The Light of Heaven
2009
The Order of the Swords of Dawn have been the bane of heretics for as long as there has been a Final Faith. When an assassin strikes at the heart of the Faith, Gabriella DeZantez must eliminate the danger to the church. But what is the connection between shadowy assassins, fleeing refugees, and an ancient legend of an island made of diamond?

#4
The Crucible of the Dragon God
2009
Tomb Raider meets Lord of the Rings.Twilight, a world overshadowed by a vast gas giant, bathing the earth in its otherworldly glow. A world of magic and warriors, zealots and monsters. It is here that the human race cling to a small peninsula, ignorant of what lies beyond the World's Ridge mountains. But there are those amongst this fledgling race with truly extraordinary powers, heroes who would delve deep into the mysteries of the past and bring new light to Twilight. Twilight of Kerberos is a sword and sorcery series, following the adventures of a group of characters with unique talents. A deadly predator swarms across Twilight. Exactly what are the 'k'nid' and how can they be stopped? A question for Kali Hooper to answer. Doing so will prove far from easy. From a labyrinthine deathtrap to an ancient limbo and the aquatic lair of a serpent, Kali must battle her way to the Crucible of the Dragon God. She is about to discover the true reason her world is called Twilight!

#5
The Call of Kerberos
2010
Twilight, a world overshadowed by a vast gas giant, bathing the earth in its otherworldly glow. A world of magic and warriors, zealots and monsters. It is here that the human race cling to a small peninsula, ignorant of what lies beyond the World's Ridge mountains. But there are those amongst this fledgling race with truly extraordinary powers, heroes who would delve deep into the mysteries of the past and bring new light to Twilight. Twilight of Kerberos is a sword and sorcery series, following the adventures of a group of characters with unique talents. The world changes for Silus - a simple fisherman from Nurn - when a man on the run from the Final Faith tries to persuade him on an extraordinary voyage. Then an ancient evil bursts from the sea and tries to claim Silus as one of their own. To discover the truth about his legacy Silus must take to the forbidding Twilight seas. There, the truth will forever change his world and threaten existence itself!

#6
Night's Haunting
2009
Thief and Shadowmage, Lucius Kane, has found that his influence and power in the underworld of Turnitia has grown.
The thieves' guild is prosperous, and his magical skills have proved a great asset to his peers. His prospects seem boundless, until the Empire of Vos descends upon the City. Soldiers fill the streets and a new cleric has taken command of the souls of Turnitia's citizens. This strange priest has promised to eradicate the thieves' guild, as well as outlaw unlicensed magic - and the pagan Shadowmages are at the top of his list. Lucius will come to realise that, once again, a war in the streets of his city must be fought.

#7
Engines of The Apocalypse
2010
The seventh book in an epic fantasy series "Twilight of Kerberos!"
Giant dwarven sirens rise from the ground and, all across Twilight, magic stops. Blamed for the emergence of these machines Kali Hooper faces execution until a mysterious stranger offers her a deal. In order to keep her life, Kali is to help find the tyrannical head of the Final Faith, Katherine Makennon. Kali joins old enemies and unexpected allies in an epic quest that pits her against the dark machinations of the Pale Lord and reveals secrets not even she could have guessed at!

#8
The Trials of Trass Kathra
2011
"CHILD OF TRASS KATHRA. WELCOME HOME." One year after Kali Hooper defeated the Pale Lord, Bastian Redigor lives on in the body of Jakub Freel. The mysterious entity known as the Hel'ss, meanwhile, moves closer to Twilight, welcomed as a herald of their Ascension by the spellbound Final Faith. Only Kali and her friends know the deadly reality of what the Hel'ss will bring but they have been declared outlaws, hunted by the Order of the Swords of Dawn and the sinister spheres, the Eyes of The Lord. So begins Kali's penultimate adventure, a quest far beyond the Stormwall to the mythical Trass Kathra, the Island of the Lost. Here she will suffer the Trials of Four to discover the true nature of Twilight's gods and her own shocking origin in the chaotic depths of the Thunderflux. Kali Hooper is dead, and this is the beginning of the end ...

#9
Wrath of Kerberos
2012
Silus Morlader and the crew of the Llothriall find themselves beached in the middle of a desert after a magical storm envelops their ship. Stranded with dwindling supplies and half their crew missing, Silus leads his companions across the harsh landscape in search of civilisation. What they find will change their view of the world forever.
A new race reveals to Silus that his god, Kerberos, is not all he appears to be; that everything they understand about life on Twilight may be wrong. When the truth is finally told, Silus and his companions must fight their way across a dying world, facing Final Faith fanatics, orcs and dragons. They must find a way to deliver a very important message to Katherine Makennon, head of the Final Faith, before war tears Twilight apart.

#10
Twilight of Kerberos
Legacy's Price
2012
Lucius Kane, thief and Shadowmage, now rules over the the thieves' guild in the city of Turnitia. The new ruling lord has proven willing to work with the thieves and relations with beggers and Shadowmages guilds are relaxed and friendly. Things are finally working out. However, an ancient artefact calls to Lucius, one that will unlock the secrets of his own heritage. He must leave the city and find the ruins of a long lost race in an effort to secure his birthbright and discover his true purpose. An artefact of such power attracts many others though, all determined to harness its mystical energies for their own ends, and a game of brinksmanship erupts between the two great empires, Vos and Pontaine. Once discovered, will Lucius be prepared to pay his legacy's price in order to find out who he truly is?

#11
The Children of the Pantheon
2012
IT ALL ENDS HERE! Kali Hooper knows how to save her world. She must unite the ‘Four’ and the magic they carry with the old Race artefact known as guardian Starlight. But there’s a problem – Kali’s dying, stripped of her essence by Querilous Fitch, who plans to use it and the artefact for his own terrible ends. In the heavens, meanwhile, the final battle between Kerberos and the Hel’ss, and beneath their glow, Twilight goes insane. Gabriella DeZantez, Silus Morlader and Lucius Kane join Kali on a final, explosive journey from the ruins of Scholten to the mysterious Congress of Ether, to the shores of an island of diamond and into the haunted void of the Expanse. Armies will clash. Churches will fall. Men and gods will die. TWILIGHT of THE FINAL ADVENTURE
Authors

Jonathan Oliver
Author · 3 books
Jonathan Oliver is the British Fantasy Award winning editor of Magic, House of Fear, End of the Line, End of the Road, World War Cthulhu, Five Stories High and Dangerous Games. He is the author of the collection The Language of Beasts, out now from Black Shuck Books.