Worlds and series

Series

Clear entry points for young readers, fantasy fans, science fiction readers, thriller readers, and historical fiction readers.

W. R. Stanek

Ruin Mist

Epic fantasy world hub

The world hub for Kingdoms & the Elves of the Reaches and Ruin Mist Chronicles.

Open world

R. Stanek

Magic Lands

The Doamanse Trilogy

A clean, emotionally rich fantasy adventure series about friendship, creature bonds, living magic, and the danger of turning connection into control.

Open series

R. Stanek

Stranger Truths

The Second Record Adventures

A globe-spanning mystery-adventure series about astonishing facts, hidden truths, travel, family, and the mysteries history forgot.

Open series

W. R. Stanek

After the Machines

A post-apocalyptic science fiction saga

A dark YA/adult crossover science fiction saga about memory, identity, machine civilization, human personhood, and the fight to remain more than what the world has named you.

Open series

W. R. Stanek

Kingdoms & the Elves of the Reaches

The eight-part Ruin Mist epic fantasy saga

A sweeping epic fantasy saga of prophecy, forbidden magic, royal destiny, divided peoples, dragons, ancient powers, and the fragile hope of unity in a world remembering what history tried to bury.

Open series

W. R. Stanek

Ruin Mist Chronicles

Extended definitive releases of Kingdoms & the Elves of the Reaches

Extended definitive releases combining the original eight-book Kingdoms & the Elves of the Reaches arc into four complete, uncut volumes.

Open series

W. R. Stanek

Scott Evers Thrillers

Rogue Operative

A grounded, emotionally driven espionage techno-thriller series about a former covert operative, the family he cannot stop trying to protect, and hidden systems that keep turning people into tools.

Open series

W. R. Stanek

Silence Is Golden

A sci-fi dystopian epic of language, rebellion, and identity

A dystopian science fiction story about a galaxy where language diversity has been outlawed, silence has become a tool of control, and one family’s defiance helps awaken the voices a regime tried to erase.

Open series

Robert Stanek

Almost California

The YA Editions

A raw, nostalgic, emotionally charged coming-of-age story about Bob and Missy, small-town secrets, family trauma, first love, guilt, escape, and the dream of somewhere else.

Open series

Robert Stanek

Lena Carter

Music, love, protest, and coming of age in a time of change

The Lena Carter novels begin with Songbird in the Rain, a 1960s Wisconsin coming-of-age story about music, first love, Vietnam-era uncertainty, protest, family expectations, and finding a voice.

Open series

Robert Stanek

Timeless Voices

Historical novels of love, memory, sacrifice, and ordinary people in extraordinary times

A collection of intimate historical novels about love, sacrifice, letters, memory, and people living through transformative moments in history.

Open series