Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Father of Lies | 2018 | K.J. Parker | Buy |
| 2 | Under My Skin | 2023 | K.J. Parker | Buy |
The Father of Lies (2018) and Under My Skin (2023) collect K.J. Parker’s shorter fiction into convenient single volumes. For readers who have encountered Parker’s novellas one at a time through Tor.com or Subterranean Press, these collections offer a different way to experience his short-form work, gathering multiple stories between two covers.
The stories in these collections cover Parker’s usual range: con artists, craftsmen, scholars, and soldiers navigating worlds where intelligence is the most dangerous weapon and good intentions rarely lead where you expect. Reading them back to back gives a strong sense of how Parker returns to certain ideas from different angles. These are good companion volumes to his novels rather than replacements for them.