Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Under Dark Skies | 2015 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 2 | Fracture Five | 2016 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 3 | The Atlas Defect | 2017 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 4 | Echo and Ember | 2017 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 5 | Salvage | 2018 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 6 | Garden of Bone | 2018 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 7 | The Camelot Gambit | 2019 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 8 | Dead Tide | 2019 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 9 | Sabotage | 2021 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 10 | Vanishing Point | 2021 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 11 | Beneath Memory | 2022 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 12 | The Axis Legacy | 2023 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 13 | Sacrifice | 2024 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 14 | Snake in the Grave | 2025 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
| 15 | The Resurrection Men | 2026 | A.J. Scudiere | Buy |
NightShade Forensic Files is A.J. Scudiere’s longest-running series, with fifteen books published between 2015 and 2026. The series centers on a covert FBI unit whose agents bring both forensic training and supernatural abilities to their casework. Under Dark Skies introduces the team, and each subsequent book — Fracture Five, The Atlas Defect, Echo and Ember, and onward — presents a new case that tests their unusual skill set.
The series blends procedural detail with paranormal elements, putting scientific investigation and shapeshifting in the same storyline. Later entries like Beneath Memory, The Axis Legacy, and Snake in the Grave continue to expand the world and the agents’ backstories while maintaining the case-of-the-book structure.