Novellas

• The Lesser Devil
• Publications (The Lesser Devil)
• Chapter Summaries (The Lesser Devil)
• Queen Amid Ashes
• Chapter Summaries (Queen Amid Ashes)
• Publications (Queen Amid Ashes)
• The Dregs of Empire
• Publications (The Dregs of Empire)

The Lesser Devil

Publications (The Lesser Devil)

The Lesser Devil, Christopher Ruocchio (AD 2020)

• ISBNs:
  • 9798617354135 (TPB ISBN-13)
• Publisher: Self-Published by Christopher Ruocchio
• Publication Date: February 25, 2020
• Word Count: 59,000 words
• Cover Artist: Peter Ruocchio

Notes:

• Available as a trade paperback or ebook
• Hardcover edition with reworked text and updated art in development, anticipated in AD 2025
• Compiled in The Lesser Devil and Other Stories

Chapter Summaries (The Lesser Devil)

Chapter 1: Sabine

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Devil's Rest

Plot Summary

Chapter 2: The Dark Lord

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Meidua > Airfield outside of Devil's Rest

Plot Summary

Chapter 3: Flight

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Airspace en route to Artemia

Plot Summary

Chapter 4: Fallen Angels

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Airspace en route to Artemia

Plot Summary

Chapter 5: The Adorators

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Shuttle Crash Site in the Valley of the Redtine Mountains

Plot Summary

Chapter 6: The Hidden Village

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper

Plot Summary

Chapter 7: The Servants of God

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church
Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Rectory

Plot Summary

Chapter 8: The Lesser Devil

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Rectory

Plot Summary

Chapter 9: The Dying God

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Rectory
Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church

Plot Summary

Chapter 10: Old Blood

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Rectory
Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church
Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Church Yard

Plot Summary

Chapter 11: The Catacombs of Saint Maximus

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Church Yard
Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Church Catacombs

Plot Summary

Chapter 12: Lord of Hosts

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper
Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church

Plot Summary

Chapter 13: Then the Thunder Spoke

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Mountain Church
Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper

Plot Summary

Chapter 14: Blood Will Have Blood

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper
Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > The Church Yard

Plot Summary

Chapter 15: The Afterling

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > House Orin Starship

Plot Summary

Chapter 16: The Devil and the Fury

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > House Orin Starship

Plot Summary

Chapter 17: A Devil's Gratitude

Locations

Spur of Orion > Delos > Meidua Prefecture > Saint Maximus > In the Village Proper

Dramatis Personae:

House Marlowe of Delos

Lexicon: A Note on Translation

Queen Amid Ashes

Chapter Summaries (Queen Amid Ashes)

Chapter 1: The Sun is High...

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > Pseldona Prefecture > Pseldona > Square beneath The Rock
Norma Arm > Thagura > Pseldona Prefecture > Pseldona > Secret Entrance to the House Malyan Palace Bunker

Plot Summary

Chapter 2: The Baroness

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > Pseldona Prefecture > Pseldona > House Malyan Underground Chambers

Plot Summary

Chapter 3: The Satanic Mill

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > ??? Prefecture > North Polar Region > On Board a Grounded Roc-class Frigate
Norma Arm > Thagura > ??? Prefecture > North Polar Region > Cielcin Camp

Plot Summary

Chapter 4: Death by Water

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > ??? Prefecture > North Polar Region > Cielcin Camp

Plot Summary

Chapter 5: The Survivors

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > ??? Prefecture > North Polar Region > On Board a Grounded Roc-class Frigate

Plot Summary

Chapter 6: Of Flies and Spiders

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > Pseldona Prefecture > Pseldona > House Malyan Underground Chambers

Plot Summary

Chapter 7: Justice

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > Pseldona Prefecture > Pseldona > Square beneath The Rock

Plot Summary

Chapter 8: The Hanged Man

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > Orbit > On Board the Tamerlane

Plot Summary

Chapter 9: The Devil's Looking Glass

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > Orbit > On Board the Tamerlane

Plot Summary

Chapter 10: ...And the Emperor is Far

Locations

Norma Arm > Thagura > Orbit > On Board the Tamerlane

Plot Summary

Dramatis Personae:

House Marlowe of Delos: A Brief History

The Archons of Meidua Prefecture

On Thagura

The Cielcin

The Wider World

Lexicon: A Note on Translation

Index of Worlds

Publications (Queen Amid Ashes)

Queen Amid Ashes, Christopher Ruocchio (AD 2022/2024)

(Left) Original Self-Published Edition, (Right) Revised Edition

• ISBNs:
  • 9798873700691 (Revised HC ISBN-13)
  • 9798836175849 (Original TPB ISBN-13)
• Publisher: Self-Published by Christopher Ruocchio
• Publication Date: June 2022
• Word Count: 49,000 words
• Cover Artist: John Barry Ballaran - Artists Profile

Notes:

• Originally only available as a trade paperback or ebook with the landscape art depiction from Shutterstock
• Hardcover edition with revised/edited text and updated art was published in 2024, featuring wraparound art by John Barry Ballaran
• Compiled in Queen Amid Ashes and Other Stories

The Dregs of Empire

Publications (The Dregs of Empire)

The Dregs of Empire, Christopher Ruocchio (AD 2023)

(Left) Original cover design, (Right) Revised cover design

• ISBNs:
  • 9798862470079 (HC ISBN-13)
• Publisher: Self-Published by Christopher Ruocchio
• Publication Date: November 2023
• Word Count: 85,000 words
• Cover Artist: John Barry Ballaran - Artists Profile

Notes:

• Original cover designed featured typography used in the Diamond Editions; no physical copies featuring this art were issued. Subsequent revisions to the cover ended on the red typography seen above.
• Compiled in The Dregs of Empire and Other Stories