Gareth Lewis

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  • Bibliography:
    74 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2010
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Border Guards

1 - The Border Guard (Apr-2023)
2 - The Song Between Worlds (May-2023)
3 - The Demon's Prison (Jun-2023)

Ghost Bullets

1 - The Ghost Gun (Aug-2023)
2 - The Redacted Man (Sep-2023)

Glyphpunk

1 - Glyphpunk (Feb-2013)
2 - Glyphwar (Feb-2014)
3 - Glyphmaster (Jun-2016)

Grey Revolutions

1 - Grey Enigmas (Apr-2014)
2 - The Monster in the Mirror (Mar-2016)
3 - Monstrum Ex Machina (Sep-2016)

Shadows of the Heavens

1 - Blood in the Forest (Jun-2013)
2 - The Shadow's Bride (Jun-2013)
3 - Song of Shadows (Jun-2013)
4 - The Dance of Masks (Jun-2013)
5 - Games of Shadow (Jul-2013)
6 - Shadows of the Empire (Jul-2013)
7 - Twisted Nature (Jul-2013)
8 - Curse of Hearts (Jul-2013)
9 - A Hunt for Shadows (Aug-2013)
10 - Savage Justice (Aug-2013)
11 - The Bride's Shadow (Aug-2013)
12 - Savage Mirror (Aug-2013)
13 - Spirit Hunt (Sep-2013)
14 - Tears of the Gods (Sep-2013)
15 - A Judgement of Shadows (Sep-2013)

Tales of the Thief-City

1 - Street of Lost Gods (Nov-2011)
2 - A Fistful of Faeries (Jan-2013)
3 - Cage of Thoughts (Mar-2013)
4 - Demon's Whisper (May-2013)
5 - Dreams of the Dead (Jul-2014)
6 - Parliament of the Streets (Jan-2015)
7 - Flight of Angels (Feb-2015)
8 - Court of Echoes (Mar-2015)
9 - The Lady's Kiss (Apr-2015)
10 - Heart of the City (May-2015)
11 - For a Few Faeries More (Jun-2015)
12 - The Nexi Meme (Jul-2015)

Book List in Order: 74 titles

  • Expressions of Freedom

    So you're minding your own business, doing your job, making influential people uncomfortable under your journalistic gaze, and what happens? Shadowy informants tell you the democratic system is compromised, the people behind it lean on your publisher...

  • Spikebreaker

    Telepaths are heavily regulated, virtual third class citizens, second class if working for the Specialist Psychic Intervention unit, dealing with psychic crimes, and handling Spikes, newly emerged telepaths endangering all around them. Lydia is a SPI...

  • The Story

    A collection of tales by a variety of authors.Dusting Wars by Jaleta CleggGaul is Divided by Sharon E. CathcartIn Tartarus by Gareth LewisMichaela by Maria SavvaPinkberry Squirrels by Magnolia BelleThe Ghost of the Dresser by Susan Helene GottfriedWe...

  • Disposable

  • Geographicide

  • Allegiances

    When an agency operation is attacked in Athens, Greece, and the local office is slaughtered, the local fixer and a surviving member of the operation are left on the run from the Russian mob, cut off from aid....

  • Rainbows in Eclipse

    Granted powers by a mysterious celestial event, the empowered must cope with the changes as they’re gathered under government control, to determine whether they’re assets or threats. Whether running from their life, running to what they want to b...

  • Stoneweaver

    In a flooded world only small peaks dot the seas, with civilization confined to waterborne cities. Society is ruled by tyrannous bosses, enforcing their will with an army of thugs and Stoneweavers, those able to use the remnants of magic. Resources a...

  • To Hunt Monsters

    Amid tense peace talks between vampire and werewolf factions, a werewolf councillor is murdered. Recently adopted into the clan, Jason is assigned to investigate, and forced by politics to partner with a vampire, his former girlfriend who he didn't k...



  • Blade Sworn

    With nations in chaos, others on the brink of war, and a conspiracy entwining the lands, hints that an ancient evil may no longer be bound within the Broken Lands are dismissed. The only ones left to deal with the danger are a princess determined to ...

  • Broken Worlds

    There are holes in the world. Tears in reality through which creatures emerge, crawling up from their broken worlds. At one time emerging in their natural forms, they can no longer exist here without taking a native host, their bodies often warped, t...

  • Street of Lost Gods

    Tales of the Thief-City - 1

    Rax Darkthorn was the greatest Knowhound in Nexi, the thief-city, and one of the few to ever escape it. When a friend dies, he returns to learn what can kill a god, even one reduced to selling miracles on the Street of Lost Gods.A 7000 word fantasy s...

  • Grey Engines

    A century and a half after a weaponized message from space devastates Earth, leaving the few survivors with telepathic abilities, the recovering society faces the arrival of the species which sent the message. With society still rebuilding, its delic...

  • The Sin of Hope

    A secret older than religion, or a more recent delusion? Hired to find the witness to a crime, PI John Daly soon realizes he hasn’t been told everything. With the Vatican and local mobsters also on the man’s trail, does his loyalty to a client of...

  • Coral Throne

    After generations, the waters of the drowned world have started to recede. With the informal structures of society already starting to unravel, the realization causes further turmoil, and scrambling to maintain power. Coming to grips with his new rol...

  • Mentor Guide

  • Silent Echoes

    In the ruined heart of a shattered empire brute force and spliced magics hold sway, and strangers are suspect. Using this suspicion, Skerin gains the attention of the local gang boss, drawing him into a violent game for a prize once very close to him...

  • Nomabduce

  • A Fistful of Faeries

    Tales of the Thief-City - 2

    After an absence from the Thief-City, Rax Darkthorn has debts long overdue, and not to the kind of people who'd let them slide. Making good on them will require negotiating with a crystalline savage and a faerie queen, and placing himself in the midd...



  • Glyphpunk

    Glyphpunk - 1

    The theft of valuable glyphing metal increases tension between the commercial interests who control most of the kingdoms of the Scarred Sea. Thjorn, the glyphpunk responsible for the theft, will ensure that's only the start of their troubles....

  • Cage of Thoughts

    Tales of the Thief-City - 3

    Nexi can overwhelm newcomers. When new arrivals run afoul of the city's dangers and a young girl goes missing, they turn to Rax Darkthorn to learn what happened. In the Thief-City, where myths walk the streets, and minds can change in back alleys, se...

  • Demon's Whisper

    Tales of the Thief-City - 4

    In a city run on knowledge, many believe demons are banned for the corrosiveness of their messages.So when a demon is released in Nexi, is the price of facing it more than Rax is willing to pay? And when it’s done, will the Thief-City be left as de...

  • Blood in the Forest

    Shadows of the Heavens - 1

    A scholar's murder in an unimportant village threatens to ignite political tensions in the empire. Village enforcer Adajo must accompany the city examiner investigating the death, navigating an alien landscape of intrigues and unfamiliar masks.Shadow...

  • The Dance of Masks

    Shadows of the Heavens - 4

    A series of thefts puts the village on edge, delaying Adajo's private investigation before he's even begun. With the army setting up nearby, and a possibly insane wood spirit at large, can he afford the time?A 10000 word fantasy novelette....

  • The Shadow's Bride

    Shadows of the Heavens - 2

    Her life on hold, Jaid is forced to return home at the one time she needs to stay in her new life. Even with personal matters weighing so heavily, can her curiosity resist political intrigues in her homeland? Maybe, if they don't hide things from her...

  • Song of Shadows

    Shadows of the Heavens - 3

    When politics is involved, the law loses. So when anti-imperialist vandalism threatens to turn into assassination, Tsotu must find the potential killer before tensions ignite.A 9000 word fantasy novelette....

  • Curse of Hearts

    Shadows of the Heavens - 8

    Hiding from Hagga's claim that a curse ties her to Prince Kazuo, Jaid is desperate to disprove it, while Tsotu is assigned by the Prince to learn the Bride of Shadows' identity.A 6000 word fantasy short story....

  • Games of Shadow

    Shadows of the Heavens - 5

    As Tsotu is unwillingly drawn into imperial political intrigues, the Bride of Shadows begins her indentured service to Hagga. While the examiner hunts a stolen object in an armed camp, the Bride must find a way to fulfil her debt without the wrong pe...

  • Shadows of the Empire

    Shadows of the Heavens - 6

    Another murder in Water Dances on the Rocks threatens serious political repercussions, especially when it appears one of the Prince's entourage may be involved.An 11000 word fantasy novelette....



  • Twisted Nature

    Shadows of the Heavens - 7

    While the Bride of Shadows increasingly trapped by Hagga's chores, Prince Kazuo feels confined by his courtiers and the recent betrayal. When a warped wood spirits attacks the Prince's escort, they're forced to deal with it together.An 8000 word fant...

  • The Bride's Shadow

    Shadows of the Heavens - 11

    Her life on hold, Jaid is forced to return home at the one time she needs to stay in her new life. Even with personal matters weighing so heavily, can her curiosity resist political intrigues in her homeland? Maybe, if they don't hide things from her...

  • A Hunt for Shadows

    Shadows of the Heavens - 9

    Grace of Spirits returns from death to confront a rakshaa hiding within the Prince's entourage. Even if he can find it, will he be in time to stop its plans?A 13,000 word fantasy novelette....

  • Savage Justice

    Shadows of the Heavens - 10

    With no memory of his life, and a burning rage driving him, Xao comes into conflict with the harsh imperial law. He's not alone, but is everyone in his resistance cell truly on their side? Is Xao?A 7,000 word fantasy short story....

  • Savage Mirror

    Shadows of the Heavens - 12

    Returning to Mirror of Heaven in disgrace, even his pariah status doesn't protect Prince Kazuo from Politics. With no one seeming to understand the threat the rakshaa's pose, what can he do to fight them?A 7,000 word fantasy short story....

  • A Judgement of Shadows

    Shadows of the Heavens - 15

  • Spirit Hunt

    Shadows of the Heavens - 13

    Adajo has never really chosen his path. It always seemed so obvious. So how can he choose which mask he should be wearing? When investigating the increasing disappearances at local farms, the choice may be taken out of his hands.A 7,000 word fantasy ...

  • Tears of the Gods

    Shadows of the Heavens - 14

    Deep in the heart of the Forest of Tears lies the domain of the rakshaas, the ruins of heaven. None who venture there are heard from again. Yet four paths seem destined to converge there. And possibly to end there.A 16,000 word fantasy novelette....

  • Dwimmerscout

    Rumours of a remote magical resource becoming active again attract disparate factions.Artous is a dwimmerscout who examines such resources. His regular duties don't include getting between warring factions. Sometimes it can't be helped, forcing him t...

  • Glyphwar

    Glyphpunk - 2

    With the Society and Alliance in decline, the monarchs unite to depose the usurpers. They're hardly powerless, and growing threats from outside the kingdoms and within could be enough to send everything spiraling towards war. And that's before Thjorn...



  • Grey Enigmas

    Grey Revolutions - 1

    Alex is a detective in a world that considers them unnecessary. When everyone is a telepath, with their own inner policeman, crimes cannot escape notice. So a murder with no obvious culprit leaves the authorities at a loss. Woken from a virtual sente...

  • Dreams of the Dead

    Tales of the Thief-City - 5

    When a friend goes missing, Rax Darkthorn must disturb the ghosts of his past in search of an answer. The trail leads to the second-to-last place he'd want to revisit, forcing him to deal with the dead, the undying, the neverborn, and the never shoul...

  • In Tartarus

  • Shadow Lantern

  • Parliament of the Streets

    Tales of the Thief-City - 6

    With gang tensions approaching breaking point all over the city, the last thing Rax wants is to be caught in the middle. When a debt comes due he doesn't have a choice, and the only solution may be to find the person responsible, or at least to survi...

  • Flight of Angels

    Tales of the Thief-City - 7

    Nexi is in upheaval, tensions escalating among its captive populace. A series of grisly murders doesn't help matters, but why is an angel interested in them? And does Rax have much to gain from the hunt besides something to do? Seventh in the Tales...

  • Court of Echoes

    Tales of the Thief-City - 8

    Strange beings searching for something is hardly unusual in the city of Nexi. When they intersect with a murder Rax is investigating, he can't ignore them, leading him to an unsettling new world, and a theft that may not even have happened yet.Eighth...

  • The Lady's Kiss

    Tales of the Thief-City - 9

    Even knowing his client's lying, Rax can't resist the opportunity to deal with a long-standing mystery of the city.Enchanted lovers, an evil sorcerer, and a mysterious woman who could be the death of them all. Will Rax's obsession prove his undoing?N...

  • Heart of the City

    Tales of the Thief-City - 10

    A familiar mystery brings Rax closer to the secrets of Nexi than he's ever been. But he's not the only one on the trail, and his competition may follow him into the heart of the city itself.Tenth in the Tales of the Thief-City series. A 6,000 word sh...

  • For a Few Faeries More

    Tales of the Thief-City - 11

    As his machinations rebound on those closest to him, Rax must travel to the hostile lands of faerie. An unwilling observer to the intrigues of the faerie court, he must navigate their treacherous waters in the slight hope of ever leaving again.Eleven...



  • The Nexi Meme

    Tales of the Thief-City - 12

    The figure behind Nexi's troubles revealed, Rax has to halt his machinations before they destroy the city and all within it. But he's not the only one hunting, and with the Thief-City's prisoners ready to tear the place apart Rax may not survive the ...

  • Eternal Fall

    Thomas Carver fell to his death over a century ago. He's still falling.Returning to the world after a while away, he finds himself hunted for the secret of immortality. And the hunters he knows about may only be the start of his troubles, as part of ...

  • Song of Thunder

    Part of a war that's spanned history, the goblin scout Tuarth serves the Dark One as part of a small squad, whether he wants to or not. With no real home, or family but the squad, all he can do is keep his head down and try to survive, any kind of li...

  • The Monster in the Mirror

    Grey Revolutions - 2

    Murder was an aberration, and unsolved crimes considered impossible in a society where everyone is watched inside their own head. Then a murder occurred that required a detective.Now there's another unidentified killer, targeting representatives of s...

  • Glyphmaster

    Glyphpunk - 3

    War has been averted, the Society's power diminished, but peace has yet to reach the shores of the Scarred Sea. As unrest spreads, there remain a few finishing touches to making the world as Thjorn wishes it to be. But the hallucination of his dead f...

  • Monstrum Ex Machina

    Grey Revolutions - 3

    The world is changing, in ways it shouldn't.Even on the mindscape, things don't just happen. Someone must think them. So monsters of fable, and haunted houses, must be thought into being.Theresa wants to arrest those responsible, for whatever their c...

  • The Folly of Miss Harrow

    An account of Miss Alyssa Harrow, an alchemist of dubious repute, yet impeccable breeding, as she mounts an archaeological excursion on the edge of the empire.A fantastical fiction in 12,000 words....

  • Soul Food

    A woman dead in a derelict hotel. Hardly an unusual sight working homicide.Already under IA scrutiny, Blake must hunt the killer through a maze of cults, criminals, fake mediums, and things whose existence makes him question his sanity. All the while...

  • The Book of a Thousand and One Destinies

    A paranoid Sultan, an Assassin found only in stories, and a Storyteller caught up in their battle.Once upon a time, a great Sultan was plagued by an Assassin who struck at him with stories and lies. A young Storyteller is gathered with her colleagues...

  • Fictionaut

    In a volatile society seemingly guided by social media, Odella becomes the unwilling public face of resistance after winning a reality show she never wanted a part in.Julie claims to be a visitor from outside Odella’s fictional world. She’...

  • Broken

  • All Roads Lead to Hell

    Hazelrock, Alabama, is a failing small town, propped up by a drug operation.Its sheriff is unable to do anything about it without killing the town.But when a stranger arrives intent on causing trouble, a small town might not leave anywhere to hide fr...

  • The Border Guard

    Border Guards - 1

    The Border Guards serve the fae council by covertly policing fae activity on the quarantined Earth. After absolutely not illegally visiting Earth and seeing one murdered, Aelik Swiftthorne is framed for a crime he might have committed, and recruited ...

  • The Song Between Worlds

    Border Guards - 2

    Aelik is trapped policing fae activity on Earth, while also a spy within the human military division hunting proof of fae. Both jobs are far too respectable for comfort, with no path to freedom on offer. While Earth is a nice enough place to visit, t...

  • The Demon's Prison

    Border Guards - 3

    Earth and Faerie are at war. Kind of. Possibly a cold war, except in the vicinity of Aelik, where it’s often too exciting for comfort.When an increase in odd, and horrific, incidents on Earth suggests the enemy have weaponised stories in their ...

  • The Ghost Gun

    Ghost Bullets - 1

    The Ghost Gun kills what it hits, its ghost bullets ensnaring the victim’s soul to their killer.Except that nothing is that simple.Certainly not an apparently simple theft that leads detectives into a war between secret societies over artifacts...

  • The Redacted Man

    Ghost Bullets - 2

    There’s a cap that steals witnesses’ memory of the wearer, reducing them to little more than a shadowy on the periphery of perception. Even the wearer barely recalls himself. But he recalls his mission.Stuck in a hidden world that might n...

  • The Abyssal Box

    An artifact is stolen, and seemingly destroyed. That shouldn’t be possible.The taskforce hunt for the possibly destroyed artifact, and given the theft might have included inside help, they must also investigate the dangerous secret society with...

  • Once Upon a Time in Faerie

    Demons inhabit stories and force their readers to live out the narrative. Selne and Grela know how to adapt demons so they don’t take over, instead turning them into wearable stories. Others try to duplicate their process, some for profit, some...

  • The Finder's Compass

    The Ghost Gun is once again loose in the world, leading to a rush to claim it.Penny Hitch is a small-time criminal, about to be executed when the Gun gives her another chance. But survival requires her dealing with the crime boss who ordered her dead...

  • The Atemporal Timepiece

    There’s a new artifact out in the world, and already a race to claim it. Not only from the usual suspects. Someone new is interested in artifacts, as awareness of them spreads.Amanda has enough trouble dragging the Euclideans into the present, ...

  • Orphans of Dead Futures

    When their potential futures are erased, time travellers have no home to return to. Abandoned to the present, they fit in as best they can, or are hunted by orphan-killers who keep the future from infecting the status quo. But someone else is murderi...

  • The Unchanging Stone

    There is a stone that never changes, but which warps everything around it. It should be locked away, where it can never challenge the status quo, but it went missing a while back. Now there are hints it’s being used, and that could change every...

  • The Darkness Below

    Dr. Harriet Marks has advised the British security services on science for too long, when even gathering forensic evidence at a remote science-terrorist safehouse arouses little professional excitement.But as a snowstorm closes in, her team realise t...

  • Bad Luck and Worse Choices

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    On the run from both sides of the law after a deal gone wrong leaves most of her crew, and several FBI agents, dead, Charlotte lies low by joining another crew as a last-minute replacement. But everyone on the crew has a secret that might make things...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gareth Lewis has published 74 books.

Gareth Lewis does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Darkness Below, was published in May 2024.

The first book by Gareth Lewis, Expressions of Freedom, was published in January 2010.

Yes. Gareth Lewis has 6 series.
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