Dustin Humphreys: 17 books

When Zerich, lord of Antellus, falls in battle, he expects to pass on into the afterlife with honor. Instead, he awakens with a mangled heart and an insatiable hunger for raw flesh. Now that he has joined the ranks of the undead, he has but one wish: to exact his revenge upon the man who brought his life to ruin.

Fate brings people together in strange ways. A traveler swears his allegiance to a sorcerer who saves his life. A reclusive boy finds himself coerced into a journey with a girl he never wanted to meet. A little girl's pranks get her caught up in a would-be hero's delusions of selflessness. And by luck or fate, all six find themselves traveling together. Some might call that serendipity.

After a year of working together, Ark and Ravie have discovered that tracking down the shards of the seraph vault is more difficult than they expected. Desperate for a win, they pursue a single shard all the way to the island of Stormrock. But they aren't the only ones searching for it. On the island,...

For ten long, lonely years, Alie wanders the world in search of her sister, Ravie. Though it's certainly difficult, she's bound – in many ways – to see it through. On her adventure, she experiences all sorts of things she had never imagined from her life in the forest. And along the way, she begins to understand that perhaps there was a reason she was asked to face such a journey alone.

With travel supplies getting low, the apprentices are forced to find work to replenish their funds. Kiemie uses the opportunity to try to teach Haro a lesson about consideration for his companions. Eight attempts to establish a storybook rivalry with Almei. Orric begins to learn about healing magic – the good and the bad – and is faced with the decision of whether or not to pursue it.

With first Ravie, then her sister Alie joining the team, Ark is sure his life can't get much more interesting. He learns just how wrong he is when he's approached by Everion and Armella, the leaders of a rebel group called Red City. Though he agrees to help them with an uncooperative artifact, he soon discovers that they may be more deeply entwined in his own affairs than he thought.

"The master might be dangerous." Kiemie's words instill fear within the apprentices, and in the wilderness, they're forced to face it. Orric and Eight discuss philosophies on trust, atonement, and how to make the right choices when all the options look wrong. Haro and Almei go off on their...

When Ravie's sister dies, she takes the only course she feels is right. She abandons her war angel – and all of her other sisters, as well – and chooses a solitary life out in the world of the humans. But it isn't without pain, and soon enough, she comes to understand that there's more to life...

Three years after meeting Ravie, Ark still doesn't have any answers about the prophecy written on the seraph vault or what Sarteroth plans to do with it. But when the war angel Mineathe arrives in Elvarium, everything finally begins to come together. Now, with Ravie, Alie, Mineathe, and all his other friends at his side, the time has come for Ark to stand in defiance of fate.

After their defeat on Stormrock, Ark and Ravie agree that what their team needs is a bruiser. After screening candidates, they settle on a hulking mute named Garith, and the three work well together for six months. But things take an unexpected turn when they're interrupted on a job by the appearance...

For artificer prodigy and noble thief Arkaid, nothing is quite as satisfying as flying his sparrow and stealing from the more privileged. But his life takes a fateful turn when he encounters Ravie, a girl claiming to be one of the fabled race known as the free spirits. As the two join forces against...

Xan and his apprentices return to the city of Twistroot, where they find the people celebrating in honor of a local legend. Eight uses the festival as an opportunity to try to bond with Haro. Orric attempts to uncover what secrets Kiemie is keeping. And Almei seeks to learn how to control her violent outbursts.

The apprentices' journey continues in the land of Marcamia. In Allbright, Haro meets one of the legendary axis spirits along with Orric and Kiemie. Almei and Kiemie meet another in the seaside city of Lisken. In Calber, Eight has a private lesson with the master, where he finally starts to understand the full nature of what the doctors did to him prior to his journey.

Kora and her sister Sira are as different as the pitch black of midnight and the pure white of fresh snow. Even so, there's nothing Kora won't do to protect her sweet, innocent sister. But when a chance encounter with a stranger sets them on a journey of self-discovery, Kora begins to understand that...