Crescent City Books in Order

House of Earth and Blood (2020)⁠^[6-10] establishes Bryce Quinlan’s life in Crescent City, the murder investigation that draws her into wider danger, and her partnership with Hunt Athalar. This book introduces the major institutions, magical factions, and personal losses that shape the rest of the series.⁠^[3]

Its central mystery also reveals the importance of Bryce’s power and her connection to forces beyond the city.⁠^[3]

House of Sky and Breath (2022)⁠^[11-15] continues Bryce and Hunt’s story after the events that saved Crescent City. This book broadens the conflict through rebel activity, imperial plans, and the discovery of information about the rulers of their world.⁠^[4]

It also gives larger roles to characters such as Ruhn, Tharion, Ithan, Cormac, and Lidia, while ending on developments that set up the next volume.⁠^[4]

House of Flame and Shadow (2024)⁠^[16-20] picks up from the divided positions left by the previous book, with Bryce in another world and Hunt, Ruhn, and Baxian imprisoned by the Asteri. This novel brings together the sequence’s major conflicts: the origin of the Asteri’s rule, Bryce’s inherited power, the rebellion, and the fight for Midgard’s future.⁠^[5]

It is the culmination of the main arc presented across the three books.⁠^[5]