Behind the Scenes

The reference page: series chronology from year minus thirty-one through Akron, the faction tree, and the character relationship chart. Bookmark and return.

The World on Fire timeline and map reference: the Raven Saga trilogy, its prequel, and the connected books that share its Council and continuity.

The Ashen Kingdoms timeline and map reference, from the Progenitor era to the Confederation, dated on the New Haven calendar.

The lore under all nine Last Light books: the entity the Department of Dimensional Intelligence calls the Dominion, and what it wants.

What The Covenant Files was really about: I set out to write one book about a man whose murder victims were innocent, and it got away from me.

Why I wrote The Darklands, a grimdark trilogy about a witch hunter who changes sides, and why it's really about certainty. Full spoilers.

Why I wrote Graveyard of Empires, and the quiet question under the space opera: what do you owe the children the state built into weapons?

An author-voice commentary on what World of Shadows is actually about — institutions, not demons, and why Bishop Glasser is the villain I respect most.

The trilogy I started twice. What World on Fire is actually about underneath the plot — three questions about debt, institutions, and the price of grace.