Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medusa Falling | 2023 | G.S. Jennsen | Buy |
| 2 | The Thief | 2024 | G.S. Jennsen | Buy |
| 3 | The Universe Within | 2025 | G.S. Jennsen | Buy |
Medusa Falling (2023), The Thief (2024), and The Universe Within (2025) form the Cosmic Shores series, published as G.S. Jennsen was also writing the final Shadows & Light trilogy that concludes the Amaranthe saga. The three standalone novels give fan-favorite characters from across the universe their own dedicated stories outside the main series arcs.
The series occupies a different position in the universe than the main sequences — less about civilizational-scale conflict, more about individual character moments in specific settings. For readers who have followed the universe since Starshine, the Cosmic Shores books offer a reward in the form of extended time with characters they know.
The Cosmic Shores trilogy is also collected in the Amaranthe VII omnibus volume alongside the main series collections.