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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2015
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Legend of the Treesinger

1 - Two-Faced (Mar-2018)
2 - Soul Game (Apr-2018)

Vigil Bound

1 - Vigil's Justice (Aug-2022)
2 - Vigil's Valor (Nov-2022)
3 - Vigil's Balance (Apr-2023)
4 - Vigil's Wrath (Jul-2023)

The Viridian Gate Archives

1 - Viridian Gate Online: Cataclysm (Apr-2017)
2 - Crimson Alliance (Feb-2017)
3 - The Jade Lord (Jun-2017)
4 - Imperial Legion (Nov-2017)
5 - The Lich Priest (Mar-2018)
6 - Viridian Gate Online: Doom Forge (Jan-2019)
7 - Viridian Gate Online: Darkling Siege (Jan-2020)

Wolfman Warlock

1 - Bibliomancer (Sep-2019)

A Yancy Lazarus Novel

1 - Strange Magic (Jan-2015)
1.5 - Flashback: Siren Song (Jul-2015)
2 - Cold Hearted (May-2015)
3 - Wendigo Rising (Nov-2015)
3.5 - Flashback: The Morrigan (May-2016)
4 - Savage Prophet (Sep-2016)
5 - Brimstone Blues (Oct-2017)
6 - Red Reckoning (Jan-2021)

Book List in Order: 31 titles



  • PRAISE FOR STRANGE MAGIC:
    "Move over Harry Dresden because there's a new wizard in town. Yancy Lazarus a chain-smoking, take no prisoners S.O.B. with a heart of gold and a fistful of primal power. A stellar debut novel from James Hunter, the next...



  • A deadly Russian necromancer has just escaped his prison.
    His first day out could be Yancy Lazarus’s last.

    Yancy Lazarus just wants to be left alone. He wants to play his blues music, smoke a few cigarettes, and otherwise leave the ...



  • PRAISE FOR SIREN SONG:
    Hunter's writing is as low-down, gritty, and insidious as the blues Yancy Lazarus loves. Just like the mysterious music drifting through the jungle toward Yancy's squad, Siren Song will get under your skin and sink its hook...



  • A rural town riddled with corruption. A cannibalistic Sasquatch. An apocalyptic bombshell …

    Bigfoot is real. Yancy Lazarus knows because there happens to be a nine-foot-tall, walking myth standing in the road, flagging him down.



  • PRAISE FOR MUDMAN:

    “Levi Adams isn't good in social settings, but he's great at killing things. A dark tale of vengeance and redemption (with a healthy dose of ass kicking), James Hunter's MudMan is a knockdown beat-'em-up that doesn't pu...



  • The year is 1998.

    Yancy Lazarus -- bluesman, gambler, mage, and professional fix-it man -- has been working for the Guild of the Staff for over twenty-five years. Handling ugly problems no one else wants to touch. Mostly by breaking things...



  • Legions of murderous undead, Haitian voodoo, and a five-thousand-year-old serpent god.

    Yeah, ’cause that’s exactly what Yancy Lazarus needs in his life: more complications. As if being the Hand of Fate and the newly appointed guardian o...



  • October, 2042

    Three days ago, Jack Mitchel saved his life. By dying.

    He dodged a world-ending bullet -- in the form of an extinction-level asteroid cannonballing toward Earth -- by successfully uploading his mind into the brand-new, ul...



  • If the destruction of Earth and extinction of humanity were imminent, how far would you go to survive? Would you kill your body to save your mind?Jack Mitchel is willing to risk everything to survive the apocalypse—including his essential humani...






  • November, 2042

    It’s been a busy month for thirty-two-year-old Jack Mitchel:

    Three weeks ago, he died.

    Two weeks ago, he founded the first Faction in the ultra-immersive, fantasy-based VRMMORPG, Viridian Gate Online.



  • A Demon King. An Infernal city. The whole world hangs in the balance.

    Yancy Lazarus -- mage, bluesman, and demon-souled -- is having the worst hangover of his life.

    He just woke up in a dingy hotel in literal Hell with one eye m...



  • December, 2042

    The Imperial Legion marches, and war looms on the horizon ...

    Jack Mitchel and his misfit crew of rebels never wanted a fight with the Empire, but the time for diplomacy has passed.

    Ruthless tech-genius Ro...



  • The gods walk again …

    When Marine Corps pilot Jacob Merely crashes during a routine mission off the coast of Cyprus, he was sure it was game over.

    After surviving the crash and pulling himself onto the sandy shores of a long-abandon...



  • The Vogthar Horde has come, and they bring real death with them. Not even players are safe from the power of Malware Blades…

    Worse, the Realm of Order, dominion of the Overmind Sophia, is in danger -- slowly being corrupted by an ancient...



  • Ancient Demons. A Terrible Curse. Only one woman can save the day … though she's not really a woman at all.

    Winona Treesinger is a Bigfoot -- and no, she doesn’t just have large feet. She’s literally an eight-foot tall walking myth, an...



  • An ancient evil freed again. A revenge plot centuries in the making. Only one woman can set things right …

    When a flayed body is found in Bigfoot territory, Winona Treesinger knows she’ll need the help of her human friend, Detective Ch...





  • Jack and the crew of the Crimson Alliance have finally made it back from the Realm of Order, but the threat to Eldgard is deadlier than ever.Vogthar incursions are increasing, dungeons falling in droves, towns and cities ravaged by Darklings-Players ...









  • The vaunted power of the Mage’s College. Unbounded freedom among the Wolfmen. The best of both worlds.Recent college grad Sam King was hoping for a backpacking trip across Europe as a graduation present. Instead he’s going to get a different kind...



  • Not even gods are safe from the power of the fabled Doom-Forged weapon.Grim Jack didn't set out to be the leader of Eldgard's united armies, but with dungeons falling one by one and hordes of Vogthar pouring into the material plane, it's up to him to...



  • Look who just dragged himself out of Hell...Yancy Lazarus-mage, bluesman, and Hand of Fate-is back from Hell, and the world of the living ain't what it used to be. The Guild of the Staff is broken, his friends are being hunted down, and the pact betw...



  • The end of the world sucks. The end of the world alone is worse.So when Dr. Lisette Chen discovers her staff have uploaded their consciousnesses into the massive MMO, Viridian Gate Online, she reluctantly takes a chance and logs in. Her goal? Discove...



  • Priest or not, Liset is a healer, and she's here to save their ass, not kiss it.After rescuing a holy relic from Darklings, Liset the Blessed learns no good deed goes unpunished. The Temple of Areste has given her a day and a half to make a choice...



  • Love can make a man do terrible things.Somewhere within the Library, a clock is winding down. With Wendy safe, Alan needs to focus on paying his debt to the Plague Doctors of Wyrdtide by the end of the month. But a slip of the tongue doubles the amou...



  • Magic weapons. Deadly monsters. Epic quests. All just another day in the life of a Vigil.Boyd Knight found his calling when he joined the Marines and qualified for the elite Force Recon. He'd found a tribe and a family, so when a hand grenade landed ...



  • An impossible bounty. An eldritch horror out for blood. A murder that could kickstart a civil war...After saving the people of Ironmoor, Boyd Knight thought he was finally getting a handle on this whole Vigil thing. Bounties were rolling up. Monsters...






  • There is one rule. Join the Hunt, or become the Hunted...Boyd Knight, Marine turned Vigil, has been formally invited to join the Wyld Hunt.To refuse is a death sentence. Participating might not be any safer.As the Caller of the Hunt, it is up to the ...



  • When the Wyld Hunt rides, no one is safe. Not even the most Vigilant.Marine turned Monster Hunter, Boyd Knight, has found himself trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Fae Queen of Oblivion. Although the first leg of the Wyld Hunt has dr...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James A. Hunter has published 31 books.

James A. Hunter does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Vigil's Wrath, was published in July 2023.

The first book by James A. Hunter, Strange Magic, was published in January 2015.

Yes. James A. Hunter has 5 series.