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James Maxwell Books in Order

James Maxwell has written 15 books, published between 2012 and 2026. The first book is Enchantress (2012) and the newest is Fate and Fortune (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2012–2026
Pages on record
4,290 in 9 of 15 books
Reading time
72–107 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,290 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Fantasy is James Maxwell's genre: magic, shapeshifting, kings and princesses, and wars fought across invented lands. The Evermen Saga opens the catalogue with Enchantress (2012) and continues through The Hidden Relic (2014), The Lore of the Evermen (2014) and The Path of the Storm (2014); Shifting Tides follows with Golden Age (2016), Silver Road (2016), Copper Chain (2017) and Iron Will (2018). The Firewall Trilogy and Gateway Saga complete 15 books, which reach Fate and Fortune (2026). Volumes run long, at a median of 484 pages.

How many James Maxwell books are there?

James Maxwell has 15 books, released between 2012 and 2026. They include 4 separate series.

James Maxwell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 James Maxwell books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Enchantress by James Maxwell, book 1 of the Evermen Saga (2012)
  2. Cover of The Hidden Relic by James Maxwell, book 3 of the Evermen Saga (2014)
  3. Cover of The Path of the Storm by James Maxwell, book 4 of the Evermen Saga (2014)
  4. Cover of The Lore of the Evermen by James Maxwell, book 5 of the Evermen Saga (2014)
  5. Cover of Golden Age by James Maxwell, book 1 of the Shifting Tides series (2016)
  6. Cover of Silver Road by James Maxwell, book 2 of the Shifting Tides series (2016)
  7. Cover of Copper Chain by James Maxwell, book 3 of the Shifting Tides series (2017)
  8. Cover of Iron Will by James Maxwell, book 4 of the Shifting Tides series (2018)
  9. Cover of A Search for Starlight by James Maxwell, book 3 of the Firewall Trilogy (2021)
  1. 1
    EnchantressEvermen Saga #12012 · 612 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012612
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  2. 2
    Seven Words of PowerEvermen Saga #22013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  3. 3
    The Hidden RelicEvermen Saga #32014 · 484 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014484
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  4. 4
    The Path of the StormEvermen Saga #42014 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014496
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  5. 5
    The Lore of the EvermenEvermen Saga #52014 · 500 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014500
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  6. 6
    Golden AgeShifting Tides #12016 · 464 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016464
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  7. 7
    Silver RoadShifting Tides #22016 · 492 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016492
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  8. 8
    Copper ChainShifting Tides #32017 · 380 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017380
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  9. 9
    Iron WillShifting Tides #42018 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018416
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  10. 10
    A Girl From NowhereFirewall Trilogy #12020 · 446 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020446
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  11. 11
    A World of SecretsFirewall Trilogy #22020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  12. 12
    A Search for StarlightFirewall Trilogy #32021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  13. 13
    Blood and EmpireGateway Saga #12025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  14. 14
    Wrath and RuinGateway Saga #22025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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  15. 15
    Fate and FortuneGateway Saga #32026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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James Maxwell books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Evermen Saga in order

5 books
  1. 1. Enchantress
  2. 2. Seven Words of Power
  3. 3. The Hidden Relic
  4. 4. The Path of the Storm
  5. 5. The Lore of the Evermen

Shifting Tides in order

4 books
  1. 1. Golden Age
  2. 2. Silver Road
  3. 3. Copper Chain
  4. 4. Iron Will

Firewall Trilogy in order

3 books
  1. 1. A Girl From Nowhere
  2. 2. A World of Secrets
  3. 3. A Search for Starlight

Gateway Saga in order

3 books
  1. 1. Blood and Empire
  2. 2. Wrath and Ruin
  3. 3. Fate and Fortune

Do you have to read James Maxwell books in order?

You only need to read James Maxwell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with James Maxwell

Start with Enchantress (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest James Maxwell book?

Fate and Fortune (2026) is the newest James Maxwell book released so far.

Is there a new James Maxwell book coming?

No next James Maxwell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

James Maxwell at a glance

Still publishing
James Maxwell published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
James Maxwell books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,290 pages across the 9 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 484 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most James Maxwell books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the James Maxwell books are about

6 of the 15 James Maxwell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: fantasy is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.