Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep Roots | 2016 | Beth Cato | N/A |
| 2 | The Clockwork Dagger | 2014 | Beth Cato | Buy |
| 3 | The Deepest Poison | 2015 | Beth Cato | Buy |
| 4 | Wings of Sorrow and Bone | 2015 | Beth Cato | Buy |
| 5 | The Clockwork Crown | 2015 | Beth Cato | Buy |
| 6 | Final Flight | 2016 | Beth Cato | Buy |
Clockwork Dagger is Beth Cato’s debut novel series, beginning with The Clockwork Dagger in 2014. The series follows Octavia Leander, a healer gifted with divine power, in a world of steampunk technology and ongoing war. The combination of medical detail, airship adventure, and religious world-building gives the series a distinctive feel within the steampunk fantasy subgenre. The Clockwork Crown (2015) concludes the main two-novel arc.
In addition to the two primary novels, Cato expanded the series with novellas and shorter works: The Deepest Poison, Wings of Sorrow and Bone, Deep Roots, and Final Flight. These shorter entries fill in the world’s history and cover events adjacent to the main story. Readers who want the complete Clockwork Dagger experience should read all six entries, starting with The Clockwork Dagger.