Adrian Tchaikovsky · novel-series
The Tyrant Philosophers books in order
A dark fantasy series about the Palleseen campaign to impose reason, perfection, and political control on an imperfect world.
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- 1 City of Last Chances
Book 1 · novel · 2022
There has always been a darkness to Ilmar, but never more so than now. The city chafes under the heavy hand of the Palleseen occupation, the choke-hold of its criminal underworld, the boot of its factory owners, the weight of its wretched…
- 2 House of Open Wounds
Book 2 · novel · 2023
City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the <i>Palleseen</i> have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of…
- 3 Days of Shattered Faith
Book 3 · novel · 2024
Loret is fresh off the boat, and just in time. As Cohort-Invigilator of Correct Appreciation, Outreach department, she’s here as aide to the Palleseen Resident, Sage-Invigilator Angilly. And Sage-Invigilator Angilly – Gil to her friends –…
- 4 Lives of Bitter Rain
Book 3.1 · novella · 2025 Optional
Outreach is that part of the Pal machine responsible for diplomacy — converting enemies into friends, achieving through words what an army of five thousand could not, urging the oppressed to overthrow the bloody-handed priests, evil…
- 5 Pretenders to the Throne of God
Book 4 · novel · 2026
Eres Ffenegh - “the City on the Back of a Crab” - is the next state slated for conquest by the Palleseen, but its citizens won't give up sovereignty easily, and the siege has now dragged into the harsh Eresi winter. The defenders – both…
