Descentverse books in order

Q: "How many books are in the Descentverse series?"

"There are 53 books in the Descentverse series, published between 2006 and 2019."

Q: "What is the first book in the Descentverse series?"

"The first book in the Descentverse series is Death's Avatar, published in 2011."

Q: "What is the best reading order for the Descentverse?"

"Start with the Descent series (beginning with Death's Hand), then move to Seasons of the Moon, Ascension, and Preternatural Affairs. From there, the order is more flexible depending on which subgenre interests you most."

Reading order

#	Title	Published	Author	Buy on Amazon
1	Death’s Avatar	2011	S.M. Reine	N/A
2	Deadly Hearts	2013	S.M. Reine	N/A
3	Death Scream	2015	S.M. Reine	N/A
4	Dying Night	2015	S.M. Reine	N/A
5	Death’s Hand	2006	S.M. Reine	N/A
6	Knave of Blades	2019	S.M. Reine	Buy
7	Priest of Skulls	2019	S.M. Reine	Buy
8	Damnation Marked	2012	S.M. Reine	N/A
9	Dire Blood	2012	S.M. Reine	N/A
10	Defying Fate	2013	S.M. Reine	N/A
11	Paradise Damned	2013	S.M. Reine	N/A
12	Six Moon Summer	2011	S.M. Reine	N/A
13	All Hallows’ Moon	2011	S.M. Reine	N/A
14	Long Night Moon	2012	S.M. Reine	N/A
15	Gray Moon Rising	2012	S.M. Reine	N/A
16	Blood Moon Harvest	2012	S.M. Reine	N/A
17	Moon of the Terrible	2012	S.M. Reine	N/A
18	Red Rose Moon	2012	S.M. Reine	N/A
19	Darkmoon	2013	S.M. Reine	N/A
20	Of Wings and Wolves	2013	S.M. Reine	N/A
21	Alpha Moon	2013	S.M. Reine	N/A
22	Witch Hunt	2014	S.M. Reine	N/A
23	Silver Bullet	2014	S.M. Reine	N/A
24	Hotter Than Helltown	2014	S.M. Reine	N/A
25	Shadow Burns	2014	S.M. Reine	N/A
26	Deadly Wrong	2014	S.M. Reine	N/A
27	Ashes and Arsenic	2015	S.M. Reine	N/A
28	Once Darkness Falls	2016	S.M. Reine	N/A
29	Bitter Thirst	2017	S.M. Reine	N/A
30	The Road to Helltown	2017	S.M. Reine	N/A
31	Wretched Wicked	2018	S.M. Reine	N/A
32	Caged Wolf	2014	S.M. Reine	N/A
33	Forbidden Witches	2014	S.M. Reine	N/A
34	Winter Court	2015	S.M. Reine	N/A
35	Summer Court	2016	S.M. Reine	N/A
36	Sacrificed in Shadow	2013	S.M. Reine	N/A
37	Caged in Bone	2013	S.M. Reine	N/A
38	Omega	2015	S.M. Reine	N/A
39	Beta	2015	S.M. Reine	N/A
40	Alpha	2015	S.M. Reine	N/A
41	Pas	2015	S.M. Reine	N/A
42	Cast in Angelfire	2016	S.M. Reine	N/A
43	Cast in Hellfire	2016	S.M. Reine	N/A
44	Cast in Faefire	2016	S.M. Reine	N/A
45	Cast in Balefire	2016	S.M. Reine	N/A
46	Cast in Godfire	2017	S.M. Reine	N/A
47	Drawing Dead	2017	S.M. Reine	N/A
48	Kill Game	2017	S.M. Reine	N/A
49	Cashing Out	2017	S.M. Reine	N/A
50	Suicide Queen	2017	S.M. Reine	N/A
51	Lonesome Paladin	2018	S.M. Reine	N/A
52	Spellsmoke	2018	S.M. Reine	N/A
53	Hell’s Hinges	2019	S.M. Reine	N/A

The Descentverse is the shared universe that connects the majority of S.M. Reine’s work. With over 50 books spanning more than a dozen series, it is one of the largest interconnected urban fantasy universes in indie publishing. The world includes demons, angels, werewolves, witches, and gods, and events in one series ripple across others.

The Descent series is the backbone, but readers can branch out into werewolf stories (Seasons of the Moon, War of the Alphas), supernatural procedurals (Preternatural Affairs), witch tales (The Tarot Witches), or cosmic-scale conflicts (Ascension, Mage Craft). The reading order is flexible after the core Descent books, letting readers follow whatever thread interests them most.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Descentverse series?

There are 53 books in the Descentverse series, published between 2006 and 2019.

What is the first book in the Descentverse series?

The first book in the Descentverse series is Death’s Avatar, published in 2011.

What is the best reading order for the Descentverse?

Start with the Descent series (beginning with Death’s Hand), then move to Seasons of the Moon, Ascension, and Preternatural Affairs. From there, the order is more flexible depending on which subgenre interests you most.

Reading order#

Frequently Asked Questions

Reading order