The Path of None
Seven books, numbered in the order they are best read. Three of them are prequels, set earlier than the story they lead into.
Books 1 to 7
Read them by number. A dashed ring marks a prequel: a book set earlier in time than the one it leads into.
The Curse series
Velm, the reluctant seer of Kahlon, loses everything beneath a cursed orchard. His grief becomes the wound beneath a legend that will shape future generations.
Drakko's world is burned to silence, and from that silence something rises. His story starts here.
Pain is a forge. The soul, raw metal. Drakko's descent continues as grief corrodes his resolve and vengeance whispers with seductive clarity.
The Spiral series
Drakko goes east, called by something he cannot name, into lands where reality loosens. Four hundred and forty-seven pages of prose, with no illustrations.
The origins of Bubhutśātsu, a prodigy spiraling into forbidden knowledge. Read after The Spiral, it tells you whose shadow was gathering there.
Before The Spiral, there was the son who refused the dark. Nothing has to be read before it, and it is the least brutal book in the saga.
The Ascent series
The Eternal Mountain rises beyond mortal comprehension. Drakko joins the pilgrims climbing toward a truth whispered only by the winds.
The prequels
The free one comes first because it stands alone and costs nothing to try. The other two come after The Spiral. They were written for readers who already know what the shadows become, and reading them first trades a revelation for context you did not need yet.
set before
Set long before The Curse, it tells the origin of the figure later called the Still One. It was written to stand alone, so it works at any point in the order.
set before
A villain origin set in a far older age. The awakening only lands as an awakening if you already know what it wakes into, which is why it is numbered after The Spiral.
set before
It is a prequel too, set earlier than The Spiral, though the link is thematic more than plot. Reading it first adds weight to The Spiral. Reading The Spiral first costs you nothing.
Where to begin
The numbers give the whole order. If you want a single door, pick by what you are after. The full guide to starting goes through each one.
To test the writing
The whole book, free, with a real ending. One evening.
Book 1 · FreeFor Drakko's story
A farmer's son, a vow broken before it can be kept, and grief that turns into vengeance.
Book 2For a gentler start
The least brutal book here, and complete on its own.
Book 6If you prefer prose
A full-length novel that asks nothing unusual of you.
Book 4Still being written
When complete, The Curse, The Spiral and The Ascent will each have three parts. These four are in development and do not have a number yet.
A new generation rises beneath a sky stained with war. The final entry in The Curse arc.
The second part of the Chronicles of Bubhutśātsu. Mara'k, once Bubhutśātsu, steps into the physical world to reshape it in darkness.
In developmentThe path coils deeper. The next turning of The Spiral.
In developmentThe Eternal Mountain unveils what the world has long buried.
Outside the saga
These series stand completely on their own, with no reading order required. Pick whichever calls to you.
Grimdark absurdist fantasy. Tavern brawls, drunken prophecies, and chaos that demands repayment.
Spiritual graphic anthologies distilling teachings from spiritual giants across cultures.
The Inner Circle
The next book is already taking shape in the dark.
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