Reading Order

## Intro

This reading order is designed to give readers an idea of the sequence of events in which things happened. At several points in the TKG timeline the events of different series happen concurrently, or near concurrently, so to read the books in timeline sequence you may be flitting between different character perspectives from book to book.

The Kurtherian Universe is probably the largest, independently published shared universe out there. Originally developed by Michael Anderle, other authors have joined with their own stories set in the same universe. Therefore, this Kurtherian Universe reading order assembles all of the books in the various series in chronological order.

At one point, the timeline splits into two main continuities, one that takes place in space, called the Age of Expansion. The other takes place in Earth’s far future, the Age of Magic.

### Where To Start Reading The Kurtherian Universe

Each series in the Kurtherian Universe is designed to be read separately. However, if you want to start at the beginning, we do recommend Death Becomes Her, the book that started it all. It is also the start of the largest series in the universe, the Kurtherian Gambit series.

## External Links to Timeline:

* Kurtherian Universe Timelines on LMBPN Publishing
* Kurtherian Universe Timelines on Mythbank

 Last updated

 Link to Update Notes

* 12/02/2019 - added latest books in main.
* 05/19/2020 - Added a note about books missing from the timeline.
* 06/19/2021 - Added timeline links and updated books (user:Mboyer247)
* 10/03/2021 - Updated books
* 01/25/2022 - Started add off Akio Revelations
* 05/12/2022 - Added Say My Name
* 09/30/2022 - Finished aging Age of Magic book pages and updating Reading Order for series no longer connected to Kurtherian Gambit Universe.
* 02/16/22 - Updated JJE and Lone Wolf
* 08/28/23 - Updated JJE

## TIMELINE CONTINUITY

#### AGE OF EARTH

Age of Earth (First Arc) begins the Kurtherian Gambit Series. The Main Series starts in this timeline. It begins somewhere around 16 years before the World Worst Day Ever (WWDE) and ends around WWDE +150 years

1. Death Becomes Her (Main Series #1)
2. Queen Bitch (Main Series #2)
3. Love Lost (Main Series #3)
4. Bite This (Main Series #4)
5. Never Forsaken (Main Series #5)
6. Under My Heel (Main Series #6)
7. Kneel or Die (Main Series #7)
	* You Don't Touch John's Cousin (Frank Kurns stories of the Unknown World #1)
	* Challenges (Frank Kurns Part 1)
8. We Will Build (Main Series #8)
9. It's Hell to Choose (Main Series #9)
	* Bitch's Night Out (Frank Kurns stories of the Unknown World #2)
10. Release the Dogs of War (Main Series #10)
11. Sued For Peace (Main Series #11)
	* Evacuation (Boris Chronicles #1)
	* Retaliation (Boris Chronicles #2)
12. We Have Contact (Main Series #12)
	* Revelations (Boris Chronicles #3)
13. My Ride Is A Bitch (Main Series #13) ***begins 3 year break***
	* Risk Be Damned (Trials and Tribulations #1)
	* Damned to Hell (Trials and Tribulations #2)
	* Bellatrix (book) (Frank Kurns stories of the Unknown World #3)
	* To Hell and Back (Trials and Tribulations #3)
	* Challenges (Frank Kurns stories of the Unknown World #4)
	* Alpha Class (Etheric Academy #1)
	* Alpha Class - Engineering (Etheric Academy #2)
	* Alpha Class - Discovery (Etheric Academy #3)
14. Don't Cross This Line (Main Series #14) ***after 3 year break***
15. Never Submit (Main Series #15) ***through the gate***
	* Alpha Class - Graduation (Etheric Academy #4)
	* ​World's Worst Day Ever
	* Nomad Found (Terry Henry #1) ***WWDE +20 years***
	* Nomad Redeemed (Terry Henry #2)
	* Reprisal (Akio Revelations 1)
	* Retaliation (Akio Revelations 2)
	* Retribution (Akio Revelations 3)
	* Requiem (Akio Revelations 4)
	* Relentless (Akio Revelations 5)
	* Redemption (Akio Revelations 6) ***WWDE +50 years-+150 years***
	* Nomad Unleashed (Terry Henry #3)
	* Nomad Supreme (Terry Henry #4)
	* Nomad's Fury (Terry Henry #5)
	* Nomad's Justice (Terry Henry #6)
	* Nomad Avenged (Terry Henry #7)
	* Redemption (Boris Chronicles #4) ***WWDE +50 -+80years***
	* Nomad Mortis (Terry Henry #8)
	* Nomad's Force (Terry Henry #9)
16. Never Surrender (Main Series #16)
	* Etheric Recruit (Etheric Adventures #1)
	* Etheric Researcher (Etheric Adventures #2)
	* Etheric Explorer (Etheric Adventures #3)​
17. Forever Defend (Main Series #17)
18. Might Makes Right (Main Series #18)
	* Diplomatic Recruit (The Empress' Spy #1)
	* Diplomatic Crisis (The Empress' Spy #2)
	* Diplomatic Resurgence (The Empress' Spy #3)
	* Diplomatic Agent (The Empress' Spy #4)
19. Ahead Full (Main Series #19)
20. Capture Death (Main Series #20)
	* She is the Principle (School of Hard Knocks #1)
	* The Dark Messiah (The second dark ages #1) **WWDE + ~150 years**
	* Justice Is Calling (Reclaiming Honor #1)
	* Claimed By Honor (Reclaiming Honor #2)
	* Judgement Has Fallen (Reclaiming Honor #3)
	* Angel Of Reckoning (Reclaiming Honor #4)
	* Born Into Flames (Reclaiming Honor #5)
	* Defending the Lost (Reclaiming Honor #6)
	* Saved by Valor (Reclaiming Honor #7)
	* The Darkest Night (The second dark ages #2)
	* Darkest Before The Dawn (The second dark ages #3)
	* Nomad's Galaxy (Terry Henry #10)
	* Nomad's Journal (Terry Henry #11)' **short stories over THWC Era**
	* Return of Victory (Reclaiming Honor #8)
	* Dawn Arrives (The second dark ages #4) ***WWDE +150 years***
21. Life Goes On (Main Series #21)'**Age of Earth ends here and Age of Expansion starts here**.

#### AGE OF EXPANSION

* + Gateway to the Universe (Bad Company #0, Ghost Squadron #0, Valerie #0)
	+ Bob's Bar (Aside #2) (Short stories spanning non-Kurtherian series too)
	+ Bob's Bar 2 (Aside #3) (Short stories spanning non-Kurtherian series too)
	+ The Bad Company (Bad Company #1)
	+ Blockade (Bad Company #2)
	+ Valerie's Elites (Valeries Elites #1)
	+ Death Defied (Valeries Elites #2)
	+ Awakened (Ascension Myth #1)
	+ Activated (Ascension Myth #2)
	+ Called (Ascension Myth #3)
	+ Sanctioned (Ascension Myth #4)
	+ Rebirth (Ascension Myth #5)
	+ Price of Freedom (Bad Company #3)
	+ Gravity Storm (Shadow vanguard #1)
	+ Liberation (Bad Company #4) **The Age of Madness starts here**
	+ Prime Enforcer (Valeries Elites #3)
	+ Justice Earned (Valeries Elites #4)
	+ Retribution (Ascension Myth #6)
	+ Cloaked (Ascension Myth #7)
	+ Rogue Operator (Confessions of a space anthropologist #1)
	+ Bourne (Ascension Myth #8)
	+ Rogue Instigator (Confessions of a space anthropologist #2)
	+ Committed (Ascension Myth #9)
	+ Beyond the Frontiers (Deuces Wild #1)
	+ Subversion (Ascension Myth #10)
	+ Formation (Ghost Squadron #1)
	+ Exploration (Ghost Squadron #2)
	+ Evolution (Ghost Squadron #3)
	+ Degeneration (Ghost Squadron #4)
	+ Impersonation (Ghost Squadron #5)
	+ Recollection (Ghost Squadron #6)
	+ Preservation (Ghost Squadron #7)
	+ Vigilante (Vigilante Chronicles #1
	+ Sentinel (Vigilante Chronicles #2)
	+ Warden (Vigilante Chronicles #3)
	+ Paladin (Vigilante Chronicles #4)
	+ You have been judged (Judge, Jury and Executioner #1)
	+ Destroy The Corrupt (Judge, Jury and Executioner #2)
	+ Destroyer (Bad Company #5)
	+ Any Port In A War (Enemy of my enemy #1)
	+ Justicar (Vigilante Chronicles #5)
	+ Serial Killer (Judge, Jury and Executioner #3)
	+ Defender (Vigilante Chronicles #6)
	+ Protector (Vigilante Chronicles #7)
* Payback is a Bitch (Main series #22, Kurtherian Endgame(TKE)#1
	+ Lunar Crisis (Shadow vanguard #2)
	+ Immortality Curse (Shadow vanguard #3)
	+ Ultimate Payback (Shadow Vanguard #4)
	+ Invasion (Ascension Myth #11)
	+ Ascension (Ascension Myth #12)
	+ Corruption (Precious Galaxy #1)
	+ Investigation (Precious Galaxy #2)
	+ Determination (Precious Galaxy #3)
	+ Obliteration (Precious Galaxy #4)
	+ Rampage (Deuces Wild #2)
	+ Labyrinth (Deuces Wild #3)
	+ Refuge In The Stars (Enemy of my enemy #2)
* Compelling Evidence (Main series #23, TKE#2)
	+ Your Life Is Forfeit (Judge, Jury and Executioner #4)
	+ A Subtle War (Enemy of my enemy #3)
	+ Superdreadnought 1 (Military AI Space Opera #1)
	+ Superdreadnought 2 (Military AI Space Opera #2)
	+ Superdreadnought 3 (Military AI Space Opera #3
* Through the Fire and Flame (Main series #24, TKE#3)
* All's fair in Blood and War (Main series #25, TKE#4)
	+ Superdreadnought 4 (Military AI Space Opera #4)
	+ Vengeance (Enemy of My Enemy #4)
	+ Slave Trade (Judge, Jury and Executioner #5)
	+ Superdreadnought 5 (Military AI Space Opera #5)
* Finish What You Started (Main series #26, TKE#5)
	+ Marshall the Stars (Lone Wolf Squadron #1)
	+ Birthright (Deuces Wild #4)
	+ Battleflight (Lone Wolf Squadron #2)
	+ Resolution (Deuces Wild #5)
	+ Attack Wing (Lone Wolf Squadron #3)
	+ Sector Force (Lone Wolf Squadron #4)
	+ Discovery (Bad Company #6)
	+ Fratricide (Judge, Jury and Executioner #6)
	+ The Art of Smuggling (Judge, Jury and Executioner #7)
	+ Star Corp (Lone Wolf #5)
	+ Interstellar Justice (Lone Wolf #6)

* Enter Into Valhalla (Main series #27, TKE#6)
* Keep Your Friends Close(TKE#6.5)
* The Valkyrie Returns (Main series #28, TKE#7)
* If All Else Fails (TKE#7.5)
	+ Bitch of a Paradox ( Quantum Legends)
	+ Dispute (Judge, Jury and Executioner #8)
	+ Rise of the AI (Judge, Jury and Executioner #9)
	+ Superdreadnought 6 (Military AI Space Opera #6)
	+ Overwhelming Force (Bad Company #7)
* Return of the Queen (Main Series #29, TKE#8)
	+ Alien Genocide (Shadow Vanguard #5)
	+ Family Reunion (Shadow Vanguard #6)
	+ Adverse Possession (Judge, Jury and Executioner #10)
* Promises Kept (Main Series #30, TKE#9) (Approximately WWDE+210)
	+ Deception (Judge, Jury, Executioner Book 11)
	+ Blood Trade (Judge, Jury, Executioner Book 12)
	+ The Interview (Judge, Jury, Executioner Book 13)
	+ Jack the Ripper (Judge, Jury, Executioner Book 14)
* The Bitch is back (Main series #31, TKE#10)
	+ Say My Name (Judge, Jury, Executioner Book 15)
	+ Succession (Judge, Jury, Executioner Book 16)
	+ Crime Spree (Judge, Jury, Executioner Book 17)
	+ The Mob (Judge, Jury, Executioner Book 18)
	+ Torch the Sky (Judge, Jury, Executioner Book 19)
* Checkmate (Main series #32, TKA#11)

## Ages of Madness/Magic

These books have little to no interaction with Age of Expansion, and can be read at any point after Life Goes On. For this reason, a separate reading list is best for these Ages. Also, the specified continuity does not quite fit, as the age is specifically starting in Liberation's author's notes, while Madness Unleashed starts WWDE+200, meaning that at least 40 years are missing.

### Age of Madness

1. Madness Unleashed (Live Free or Die #1) - WWDE+200 years
2. Madness Rising (Live Free or Die #2)
3. Escaping Madness (Live Free or Die #3) - days after book 1
4. The Line Unbroken (Birth of Magic #1) - WWDE+210 years
5. Walk The Line (Birth of Magic #2) -WWDE +214 years
6. Dawn of Chaos (The Caitlin Chronicles #1)
7. Into the Fire (The Caitlin Chronicles #2)
8. Hunting the Broken (The Caitlin Chronicles #3)
9. The City Revolts (The Caitlin Chronicles #4)
10. Chasing the Cure (The Caitlin Chronicles #5)
11. End of the Line (Birth of Magic #3) WWDE + 235 years

### Age of Magic

Several of these stories appear to occur somewhat concurrently, with little to no connection due to large distances.

1. Restriction (Rise of Magic #) - 40-50 years after the end of the Age of Madness
2. Reawakening (Rise of Magic #2)
3. Rebellion (Rise of Magic #3)
4. Revolution (Rise of Magic #4)
5. The Arcadian Druid (Tales of the Feisty Druid #1)
6. The Undying Illusionist (Tales of the Feisty Druid #2)
7. Dawn of Destiny (A New Dawn #1)
8. Dawn of Darkness (A New Dawn #2)
9. The Frozen Wasteland (Tales of the Feisty Druid #3)
10. The Deceiver (Tales of the Feisty Druid #4)
11. Rouge Mage (Path of Heroes #1)
12. Dawn of Deliverance (A New Dawn #3)
13. The Lost (Tales of the Feisty Druid #5)
14. The Damned (Tales of the Feisty Druid #6)
15. Unlawful Passage (Rise of Magic #5)
16. Darkness Rises (Rise of Magic #6)
17. Dawn of Days (A New Dawn #4)
18. Into the Maelstrom (Tales of the Feisty Druid #7)
19. Broken Skies (A New Dawn #5)
20. The Gods Beneath (Rise of Magic #7)
21. Reborn (Rise of Magic #8)
22. Broken Bones (A New Dawn #6)
23. Shades of Light (The Hidden Magic Chronicles #1)
24. Storm Raiders (Storms of Magic #1)
25. Shades of Dark (The Hidden Magic Chronicles #2)
26. Storm Callers (Storms of Magic #2)
27. Trading into Shadow (Magic Below Paris #1)
28. Trading into Darkness (Magic Below Paris #2)
29. Trading Close to Light (Magic Below Paris #3)
30. The Dark Mage (Hand of Justice #1)
31. Chasing Magic (Hand of Justice #2)
32. Shades of Glory (The Hidden Magic Chronicles #3)
33. Shades of Justice (The Hidden Magic Chronicles #4)
34. Storm Breakers (Storms of Magic #3)
35. Storm Warrior (Storms of Magic #4)
36. Magic Rising (Hand of Justice #3)
37. Magic Unchained (Hand of Justice #4)
38. Trading by Firelight (Magic Below Paris #4)
39. Trading by Shroomlight (Magic Below Paris #5)
40. Resistance to Magic (Sariah Chronicles #1)
41. Betrayal of Magic (Sariah Chronicles #2)
42. Trading into Daylight (Magic Below Paris #6)
43. Legend of the Ancients (Tales of the Feisty Druid #8)
44. Solyrian Conspiracy (Rise of Magic #9)
45. Trading by Stormlight (Magic Below Paris #7)
46. Survival by Magic (Sariah Chronicles #3)
47. Triumph Through Magic (Sariah Chronicles #4)
48. Trading to the Deeps (Magic Below Paris #8)

**Tales of the Wellspring Knight was originally in the Kurtherian Universe but was pulled from LMB and is not considered canon.**

## Update Notes

A framework is being produced for each of the books, please feel free to update as needed.

In June of 2022 the sequence of the books were changed to match the sequence in the LMB official list. Many of books were already in sequence and some series run concurrently so let the coin toss of which to list first left to the publisher.

Within each book is a section titled Continuity - please leave any rationale for a book being in the position it is.

For more info on upcoming changes please read Update Plans

From Catwomanshusband, "Next" and "Previous" on the individual book pages have been changed to show the both the books in the series and in the age (labeled Era) that are "Next" and "Previous" for accommodate both the straight series readers and the sequence through the age readers.

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