The Shadow Campaigns

In The Thousand Names, Captain Marcus d’Ivoire struggles to hold a remote desert garrison until the brilliant Colonel Janus bet Vhalnich arrives to lead a desperate campaign against desert rebels. Joining them is Winter Ihernglass, a woman posing as a male ranker who unexpectedly finds herself commanding men in battle. Grounded in Napoleonic-style strategy and gritty soldier life, this high-stakes flintlock fantasy masterfully blends visceral musket warfare with ancient dark magic looming on the horizon.

As the King of Vordan lies dying, his daughter Raesinia faces a perilous ascent to become the first Queen Regnant in centuries. She is an immediate target for those seeking control, especially the terrifying Duke Orlanko, Minister of Information and master of the secret police. Orlanko wields an arcane secret, leaving Raesinia utterly at his mercy.

However, Raesinia finds allies in the returning war hero Janus bet Vhalnich, along with his loyal deputies, Captain Marcus d’Ivoire and Lieutenant Winter Ihernglass. While Marcus and Winter grapple with their return home, they join Janus and Raesinia in a dangerous plot to dismantle Orlanko's tyrannical power. This plan risks throwing the nation into chaos, but with the populace suffering, they are determined to protect the kingdom, employing every power at their command, earthly or otherwise.

After the king’s death, war engulfs Vordan as the Deputies-General seize control. Queen Raesinia Orboan finds herself nearly powerless, threatened by assassins, and determined to prevent another tyranny from crushing her nation. As the Sworn Church mobilizes continental powers against Vordan, General Janus bet Vhalnich presents a strategy for victory. Meanwhile, newly promoted regiment commander Winter Ihernglass reunites with her lover and friends, bracing to lead them into brutal combat. Adding to the peril, dark priests of an ancient order, wielding forbidden magic, have infiltrated Vordan with a singular goal: to stop Janus by any means necessary. The fate of Vordan hangs precariously between political intrigue, military might, and ancient, forbidden magic.

The fourth installment of the Shadow Campaigns series finds the nation of Vordan offered a fragile peace after the brilliant and relentless campaigns of General Janus bet Vhalnich. The opposing powers convene at a negotiating table, but Janus warns that any truce with the implacable Sworn Church of Elysium is doomed—for the Church's Priests of the Black will never relent in their war against heretics and the demonically marked.

Marcus d'Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass find themselves caught between the general they have followed and the queen they have sworn to serve, each forced to decide where their true loyalty lies. Meanwhile, Queen Raesinia of Vordan strives to secure the peace her country desperately needs, even as a malign and ancient force stirs in the depths of Elysium. The price of final victory may demand sacrifices beyond anything the soldiers and their queen have ever imagined.

The fate of an empire hangs in the balance in The Infernal Battalion. An ancient arcane demon known as the Beast has been unleashed, claiming legendary general Janus bet Vhalnich as its ultimate prize. When Janus declares himself Emperor and marches on Vordan, Queen Raesinia and officers Marcus D'Ivoire and Winter Ihernglass face a devastating civil war. Forced to fight against their own unbeatable strategist, they must risk everything in this thrilling epic finale.