Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Those Who Hunt the Night | 1988 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 2 | Те, кто охотятся в ночи | 1988 | Barbara Hambly | N/A |
| 3 | Traveling with the Dead | 1995 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 4 | Blood Maidens | 2010 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 5 | Magistrates of Hell | 2012 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 6 | The Kindred of Darkness | 2013 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 7 | Darkness on his Bones | 2015 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 8 | Pale Guardian | 2016 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 9 | Prisoner of Midnight | 2019 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
| 10 | Gravemould and Ectoplasm | 2019 | Barbara Hambly | Buy |
The James Asher series by Barbara Hambly follows a retired British Intelligence agent and Oxford language professor who is forced into an uneasy alliance with vampires. Set in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, the books combine historical detail with supernatural horror and espionage.
Those Who Hunt the Night (1988) won the Locus Award for Best Horror Novel. The series grew to ten books, with Traveling with the Dead (1995) and later entries like Blood Maidens (2010), Prisoner of Midnight (2019), and others. Asher’s complicated relationship with the vampire Don Simon Ysidro is a central thread throughout the series.