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.
- Books
- 59
- Published
- 2015–2025
- Confirmed
- 26 of 59 titles
- Pages on record
- 7,715 in 17 of 59 books
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).
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How many R.L. King books are there?
R.L. King has 59 books, released between 2015 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.
R.L. King Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 59 R.L. King 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 November 2026.
- 12015–2/4
- 220153642/4
- 320154122/4
- 42015–2/4
- 52016–2/4
- 620162463/4
- 720164363/4
- 820164263/4
- 920163783/4
- 1020175583/4
- 1120174982/4
- 1220175302/4
- 1320175603/4
- 142017–3/4
- 152017–2/4
- 162018–2/4
- 172018–3/4
- 182018–2/4
- 1920185763/4
- 2020186163/4
- 2120184413/4
- 2220186833/4
- 2320191753/4
- 2420194013/4
- 252019–2/4
- 262019–2/4
- 272019–3/4
- 282020–2/4
- 292020–2/4
- 302020–2/4
- 312020–2/4
- 322020–2/4
- 332020–3/4
- 342020–3/4
- 352020–3/4
- 362020–2/4
- 372021–3/4
- 3820214153/4
- 392021–3/4
- 402021–2/4
- 412021–2/4
- 422022–2/4
- 432022–2/4
- 442022–2/4
- 452022–2/4
- 462022–2/4
- 472022–2/4
- 482023–2/4
- 492023–2/4
- 502023–2/4
- 512023–2/4
- 522024–2/4
- 532024–2/4
- 542024–2/4
- 552024–3/4
- 572025–3/4
- 582025–3/4
- 592025–3/4
R.L. King 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.
Alastair Stone Chronicles in order
42 books- 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 books5 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 booksAlastair Stone Chronicles: Happenstance and Bron in order
3 booksShadowrun Legends in order
1 bookDo 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 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with R.L. King
Start with Borrowed Time (2015), the earliest published title.
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.
When R.L. King books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when R.L. King titles appeared. 2020s was the most productive decade with 32 titles.
59 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
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