Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Shadow Bright and Burning | 2016 | Jessica Cluess | Buy |
| 2 | A Poison Dark and Drowning | 2017 | Jessica Cluess | Buy |
| 3 | A Sorrow Fierce and Falling | 2018 | Jessica Cluess | Buy |
The Kingdom on Fire trilogy places its heroine in a Victorian England where sorcerers fight ancient monsters and a girl who can control fire might be the prophesied weapon against them. A Shadow Bright and Burning (2016) introduces Henrietta Howel and the Gothic, gas-lit world she must defend.
A Poison Dark and Drowning (2017) and A Sorrow Fierce and Falling (2018) raise the stakes and the darkness as Henrietta’s powers are tested and the truth about the prophecy becomes less certain. Cluess writes the period setting with conviction, and the alliterative, poetic titles match the series’ atmospheric tone.