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The Shadow Campaigns

Immerse yourself in a gripping saga where the brutal realities of imperial warfare collide with the arcane powers of dark magic. This series follows the journeys of soldiers and commanders on distant frontiers, battling for survival against both visible enemies and insidious supernatural forces. It's a narrative of courage, loyalty, and ambition, exploring how the lines between good and evil blur when ancient powers threaten to reshape the known world. Prepare for epic conflicts, strategic maneuvers, and a deep dive into the morally gray areas of war.

The Thousand Names
The Infernal Battalion
Guns of Empire
The Shadow Throne
The Price of Valor

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    The Thousand Names

    • 656 pages
    • 23 hours of reading
    4.2(137)Add rating

    In the desert colony of Khandar, a dark and mysterious magic, hidden for centuries, is about to emerge from darkness.Their fates rest in the hands of an enigmatic new Colonel, sent to restore order while following his own mysterious agenda into the realm of the supernatural.

    The Thousand Names
  2. 2

    The King of Vordan is dying, and his daughter, Raesinia, is destined to become the first Queen in centuries. But politics knows no loyalties, especially for Duke Orlanko, Minister of Information and spymaster of the empire. The most feared man in the Vordan will bow his knee to no Queen, unless she is firmly under his influence. Freshly returned from their recent victories in the colonies, Colonel Janus, Marcus and Winter must play a new and far deadlier game than the open warfare of the front, using all their talents, earthly or supernatural.

    The Shadow Throne
  3. 3

    The Price of Valor

    • 656 pages
    • 23 hours of reading
    4.3(189)Add rating

    In the third Shadow Campaigns novel, Django Wexler continues his “epic fantasy of military might and magical conflict,” (Library Journal) following The Shadow Throne and The Thousand Names. After the king’s death, war has come to Vordan. The Deputies-General, led by a traitor-seeking zealot, has taken control. Queen Raesinia Orboan is nearly powerless as the government tightens its grip and assassins threaten her life. Unwilling to see the country come under another tyranny, she sets out to turn the tide of history. As the Sworn Church brings the powers of the continent to war against Vordan, General Janus bet Vhalnich offers a path to victory. Winter Ihernglass, newly promoted to command a regiment, has reunited with her lover and her friends only to face the prospect of leading them into bloody battle. And the enemy is not just armed with muskets and cannon. Dark priests of an ancient order, wielding forbidden magic, have infiltrated Vordan to stop Janus by whatever means necessary...

    The Price of Valor
  4. 4

    The fourth book in Django Wexler's The Shadow Campaigns The weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of Vordan's enemies is only growing worse...

    Guns of Empire
  5. 5

    The Beast, imprisoned beneath the fortress-city of Elysium for a thousand years, has been loosed upon the world. Military might and arcane power clash in the conclusion to the Shadow Campaigns.

    The Infernal Battalion