R.L. King Books in Order

R.L. King has written 59 books, published between 2015 and 2025. The first book is Borrowed Time (2015) and the newest is Hell of a Band (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 42 of the 59 books listed here are in the Alastair Stone Chronicles series, which has its own page: Alastair Stone Chronicles books in order.

Books: 59
Published: 2015–2025
Confirmed: 26 of 59 titles
Pages on record: 7,715 in 17 of 59 books

See all 59 books in order Printable R.L. King checklist

R.L. King writes fantasy, including novels tied to the Shadowrun role-playing game. The catalogue lists 59 books from Borrowed Time (2015) to Hell of a Band (2025). The Alastair Stone Chronicles appear under several series names, alongside Calanar and Shadowrun. Titles include Stone and a Hard Place (2015), Blood and Stone (2016), Core of Stone (2016) and Heart of Stone (2016).

How many R.L. King books are there?

R.L. King has 59 books, released between 2015 and 2025. They include 4 separate series.

R.L. King series and characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Alastair Stone Chronicles books in order 50 books

R.L. King books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.

Alastair Stone Chronicles books in order

42 books by R.L. King

1. Stone and a Hard Place
2. The Source
3. Core of Stone
4. Blood and Stone
5. Heart of Stone
6. Flesh and Stone
7. The Infernal Heart
8. The Forgotten
9. The Threshold
10. The Other Side
11. Path of Stone
12. Necessary Sacrifices
and 30 more in the table above

Alastair Stone Chronicles Novellas

5 books

5 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Calanar in order

5 books

1. Hard Way
2. The Mechanic
3. House of Cards
4. Full House
5. All In

Shadowrun in order

3 books

1. Borrowed Time
2. Wolf & Buffalo
3. Big Dreams

Alastair Stone Chronicles: Happenstance and Bron in order

3 books

1. The Soul Engine
2. Chariots of Wrath
3. By Demons Driven

Shadowrun Legends in order

1 book

67. Veiled Extraction

Do you have to read R.L. King books in order?

You only need to read R.L. King 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 R.L. King

Start with Stone and a Hard Place (2015), the first Alastair Stone Chronicles book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Borrowed Time (2015).

What is the newest R.L. King book?

Hell of a Band (2025) is the newest R.L. King book released so far.

Is there a new R.L. King book coming?

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

R.L. King at a glance

Still publishing: R.L. King published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace: R.L. King books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length: 7,715 pages across the 17 of 59 books with a recorded length, a median of 436 pages each.
Busiest decade: Most R.L. King books, 32 of 59, were published in the 2020s.

What the R.L. King books are about

2 of the 59 R.L. King books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Fantasy 1 of 2 books
Shadowrun (Pen-&-Paper-RPG) 1 of 2 books