Author guide
Michael J. Sullivan
Michael J. Sullivan is a bestselling author from Detroit, Michigan. He worked as a commercial artist and illustrator, founded an advertising agency, returned to writing in 2004, and published his first novel in 2008. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife and three children.
Read in order
Books by series
novel series · complete
The Riyria Revelations
The original six-book Riyria epic following Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater.
novel series · complete
The Riyria Chronicles
Prequel adventures of Royce Melborn and Hadrian Blackwater, including interstitial short stories.
- 1
The Crown TowerAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 2011
- 2 The Viscount and the WitchAmazon ↗
Book 1.5 · short_story · 2011
- 3
The Rose and the ThornAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2013
- 4 The JesterAmazon ↗
Book 2.5 · short_story · 2014
- 5
The Death of DulgathAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2015
- 6
The Disappearance of Winter's DaughterAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2017
- 7
DrumindorAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2024
novel series · complete
The Legends of the First Empire
Epic fantasy set in Elan three thousand years before the Riyria tales.
novel series · complete
The Rise and Fall
Standalone trilogy set in Elan between Legends of the First Empire and the Riyria books.
Outside the series
