Kenneth Mcdonald: 34 books

Dalevan Wolvren leads an interesting life. He gave up the power and wealth of a noble title to serve as the mercenary leader of one of the north’s most famed free companies, Dale’s Wolves. Having just completed the capture of a notorious bandit chief from a nigh-impenetrable mountain stronghold,...

“Tales of the Soul Weapons” is a collection of novella-length stories about a mercenary company tasked with tracking down a deadly collection of quasi-intelligent magical artifacts. This book expands the story begun in my novels “Wizard’s Shield,” “Soul of the Sword,” and “Wizard’s...

In Book 2 of The Godswar trilogy, the Compact that separates mortal reality from the realm of the gods is weakening. The gods’ chosen agents are scattered and vulnerable, and even as they begin to unravel the details of the evil god Hailidel’s plans, his forces are already moving to strike. Clouds...

Something dark is stirring on the edges of the mage-kingdom of Sacreth. The ruling Mage Council, complacent and divided, is stirred to action by the attack of a rampaging demon on one of the valley’s outlying settlements. The young but talented wizard Keric Olwyn is sent to investigate, along with...

The finale of the "Daran's Journey" series. The armies of the barony of Aldrem, augmented by dark magic, have invaded deep into the lands of its rival Evros. But behind the front lines of the war a far more serious threat is gathering. Daran's immortality has been exposed, but his ability...

Sovereign is a magical shield that gains awareness in a wizard’s laboratory, imbued with consciousness but without any knowledge of who or what it is. Given to a warlord seeking power over the chaotic northern lands, the shield struggles to come to grips with its existence, tormented by scraps of...

Former spacer Kevan “Mac” McDougal has spent the last two years stranded on the frozen planet Crucible. The AI that held Mac and the other survivors of past crashes captive within a power-dampening field is gone, but the challenge of making a life out of the harsh environment of Crucible remains....

Two years have passed since Keric Olwyhn defeated the demon-summoning sorcerers of the Academy, and the scroll mage has been content to return to his quiet life of a professor at the University of Sacreth. But his radical theories about the nature of magic have created a stir, and the conservative...

Jaron Feldergrass has returned home with his people after the defeat of the human slavers and the Red priests that led them. But life in the hauflin village of Fairhollow has lost some of its appeal, and when some old companions arrive with an offer he once again leaves his quiet home behind. With...

This fantasy novella (19,000 words) tells the story of a young wizard who participates in a magical contest that goes fundamentally wrong, pitting him and his fellow competitors against a deadly maze in a desperate struggle for survival. Student mage Keric Olwyhn is reluctant to enter the annual Labyrinth...

In this thrilling conclusion to the “Refugees of the Crucible” trilogy, planetary exploration and space battles combine in a deadly race against time to stop a nearly invincible intruder from another galaxy. For centuries, the descendants of a lost human colony ship lived on the icy world Crucible,...

Retired Border Warden Eldwen Grimm lives a quiet life, alone with his regrets. He has spent a long career in service to Sacreth and the Order of Mages that rules it, but his own life has been a story of personal disaster. First he lost his consort, assassinated by Sokhali war mages during the Danalb...

For generations, an uneasy peace has persisted between the mage-kingdom of Sacreth and its southern neighbor and rival, the Sokhal Empire. For Border Warden Eldwen Grimm, "peace" has been a relative term. Having spent his adult life protecting the people of Sacreth from danger, he wants...

Heart of a Hero begins the story of an improbable hero. Forced to become a fugitive by circumstance, Daran’s questionable morals and dubious choices lead him deeper and deeper into trouble. Those choices culminate in him being hanged for murder, but to his surprise, his story doesn’t end there....