Order of Dread Empire Books
Glen Cook's Dread Empire fantasy series launched with an initial trilogy published between 1979 and 1980, later expanded with two prequel novels in 1984 and 1985, and completed with three additional sequels in recent years. The series spans from its debut novel A Shadow of All Night Falling (1979) through its final installment A Path to Coldness of Heart (2012).
Readers can approach these books either by following the publication sequence or reading them in chronological story order. Notably, the series faced an unusual setback when the original manuscript for what was meant to be the concluding volume was stolen, though Cook ultimately completed the saga.
The following list presents Glen Cook's Dread Empire novels arranged by both their original publication dates and their chronological placement within the story timeline:
