Author

Will Wight

American author Will Wight is best known for the Cradle fantasy series, a landmark progression fantasy saga. His books have sold millions of copies worldwide, cementing his legacy as a genre-defining author. This page provides the Will Wight books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological
2013 House of Blades PO · 1 No link
2013 The Crimson Vault PO · 2 No link
2013 Gardens of Mist PO · 3 No link
2014 Of Sea and Shadow PO · 1 No link
2014 Of Shadow and Sea PO · 1 No link
2014 City of Light PO · 5 No link
2014 The Lightning Wastes PO · 4 No link
2015 Of Dawn and Darkness PO · 2 No link
2015 Of Darkness and Dawn PO · 2 No link
2015 The Traveler's Gate Chronicles PO · 1 No link
2016 Soulsmith PO · 2 No link
2016 Unsouled PO · 1 No link
2017 Blackflame PO · 3 No link
2017 Skysworn PO · 4 No link
2018 Ghostwater PO · 5 No link
2019 Underlord PO · 6 No link
2019 Uncrowned PO · 7 No link
2020 Wintersteel PO · 8 No link
2020 Of Kings and Killers PO · 3 No link
2020 Of Killers and Kings PO · 3 No link
2021 Bloodline PO · 9 No link
2021 Reaper PO · 10 No link
2022 Dreadgod PO · 11 No link
2023 The Captain PO · 1 No link
2023 The Engineer PO · 2 No link
2023 Waybound PO · 12 No link
2024 The Knight PO · 3 No link
2025 The Pilot PO · 4 No link
2025 Threshold: Stories from Cradle PO · 13 No link
2027 Overworld PO · 1 No link
Book series
Publication Order of Traveler's Gate Books 5 books · 2013–2014
01 House of Blades 2013 No link
02 The Crimson Vault 2013 No link
03 Gardens of Mist 2013 No link
04 The Lightning Wastes 2014 No link
··· 1 more book in this series
Publication Order of Elder Empire: Sea Books 3 books · 2014–2020
01 Of Sea and Shadow 2014 No link
02 Of Dawn and Darkness 2015 No link
03 Of Kings and Killers 2020 No link
Publication Order of Elder Empire: Shadow Books 3 books · 2014–2020
01 Of Shadow and Sea 2014 No link
02 Of Darkness and Dawn 2015 No link
03 Of Killers and Kings 2020 No link
Publication Order of Traveler's Gate Chronicles Books 1 book · 2015
01 The Traveler's Gate Chronicles 2015 No link
Publication Order of Cradle Books 13 books · 2016–2025
01 Unsouled 2016 No link
02 Soulsmith 2016 No link
03 Blackflame 2017 No link
04 Skysworn 2017 No link
··· 9 more books in this series
Publication Order of The Last Horizon Books 4 books · 2023–2025
01 The Captain 2023 No link
02 The Engineer 2023 No link
03 The Knight 2024 No link
04 The Pilot 2025 No link
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 1 book · 2027
01 Overworld 2027 No link