Author guide
Will Wight Books in Order
Will Wight is an American fantasy author and the author of the Traveler's Gate, Elder Empire, Cradle, and The Last Horizon series. He began publishing novels in 2013 and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida. His work combines fast-paced adventure, progression fantasy, cultivation-inspired magic systems, and science-fantasy settings.
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Will Wight's Newest Book
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House of Blades
The first novel in The Traveler's Gate Trilogy.
Of Sea and Shadow
One of the two first novels in The Elder Empire; begin with the Sea perspective.
Of Shadow and Sea
One of the two first novels in The Elder Empire; begin with the Shadow perspective.
Unsouled
The first novel in the complete Cradle series.
The Captain
The first novel in the ongoing The Last Horizon series.
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Books by series
trilogy · complete
The Traveler's Gate Trilogy
A completed progression-fantasy trilogy about travelers who gain power by entering dangerous magical territories, accompanied by a separately published collection of related short stories.
series · complete
The Elder Empire
A completed series consisting of two concurrent trilogies that tell overlapping events from the perspectives of Calder Marten and Shera.
- 1 Of Sea and ShadowAmazon ↗
Book 1a · novel · 2014
- 2 Of Shadow and SeaAmazon ↗
Book 1b · novel · 2014
- 3
Of Dawn and DarknessAmazon ↗Book 2a · novel · 2015
- 4
Of Darkness and DawnAmazon ↗Book 2b · novel · 2015
- 5
Of Kings and KillersAmazon ↗Book 3a · novel · 2020
- 6
Of Killers and KingsAmazon ↗Book 3b · novel · 2020
trilogy · complete
The Elder Empire: Sea
The Calder Marten trilogy, following a captain who seeks to restore the Aurelian Empire.
trilogy · complete
The Elder Empire: Shadow
The Shera trilogy, following an assassin who seeks to prevent the restoration of the Aurelian Empire.
series · complete
Cradle
A completed twelve-volume progression-fantasy series following Wei Shi Lindon's rise through a cultivation-inspired magical world, with Threshold as a separately published collection of Cradle short stories.
- 1 UnsouledAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2016
- 2
SoulsmithAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2016
- 3
BlackflameAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2017
- 4
SkyswornAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2017
- 5
GhostwaterAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2018
- 6
UnderlordAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2019
- 7
UncrownedAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2019
- 8
WintersteelAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2020
- 9
BloodlineAmazon ↗Book 9 · novel · 2021
- 10
ReaperAmazon ↗Book 10 · novel · 2021
- 11
DreadgodAmazon ↗Book 11 · novel · 2022
- 12
WayboundAmazon ↗Book 12 · novel · 2023
- 13 ThresholdAmazon ↗
Book supplement · collection · 2025 Optional
series · ongoing
The Last Horizon
An ongoing space-fantasy series about a wizard and the crew of a powerful starship confronting catastrophic threats across the galaxy.
