Reading order
Books are shown in the recommended sequence, regardless of whether the book is currently available to buy.
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The Books
Explore the official fiction of The Shattering of Aethelgard in its intended reading order. Three completed books were previously published and are temporarily unavailable while the games are in development; the next volume remains clearly marked as forthcoming.
A reader's path
What you'll find here
Brief introductions
Each book has a short, spoiler-safe introduction, so you can choose where to begin without learning too much.
Amazon return
The three completed books are planned to return to Amazon around the wider Aethelgard game-release period. Until then, the site will not show a purchase link unless a book is genuinely available.
The collection
Read from the beginning
Explore the books in reading order, with spoiler-safe introductions and a clear distinction between previously published works and what is still to come.
The Shattering of AethelgardReading order 1
The History of Aethelgard
A Prequel to The Shattering of Aethelgard
The truth lies in the Edicts.
Before the wasteland, there were the choices that broke the world. The History of Aethelgard opens the forbidden record of the Genesis Council, the Five Tiers of Magic and the ancient wars whose scars still shape the current era, serving as both companion guide and prequel to the main saga.
The Shattering of AethelgardVolume 1
Echoes of the Wasteland
The wasteland is waiting.
Aetheria is a city split in two. Beneath the protected Radiant District, the Misery District endures on the poisoned edge of the Great Salt Flats, where survival is shaped by magical waste, inherited power and the scars of ancient wars. Echoes of the Wasteland opens the saga at ground level in Cycle II, Edict 3601.
The Shattering of AethelgardVolume 2
The Shadow Covenant
Trust is a currency.
Aetheria's Radiant District shines with a borrowed spring, paid for in ley-waste, silence and names erased from the record. In Greystone Town, a trail that should have ended in a dead ledger instead opens into buried history, dangerous alliances and a conspiracy reaching toward the foundations of Aetheria itself.
The Shattering of AethelgardVolume 3
Volume 3
Official title to be revealed
The story continues.
The next volume of The Shattering of Aethelgard is on its way. Its official title and story details will be revealed when they are ready, keeping the next turn of the saga under wraps for now.