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Which AWAKENED Books Do I Read First?

With the AWAKENED EPIC now approaching 20 books from 3 series, you may be wanting to know, which books do I read first? Or, how do read them in order of their events?

The Awakened books can, but probably should not be read as stand-alone books. The reader will miss the significance and backstory of certain people who show up within the stories. Each Awakened Series book takes place about a year apart. Chronicles Series books also fall into this about a year apart range. The Fierce novels happen sporadically dispersed within the main Series, and sort of have their own spin on the events of the milieu.

The below timeline of this page will show you which books to read in order of the events within the epic, and the people introduced within the story. This page will be updated automagically as new books and content are published.

AWAKENED - Awakened Series - Book One

People Introduced

Kent & Lisa
Dark
Rowan, Brad
Francesca
Rigel
Brenda
Amethyst

People Introduced

Thad, Jean-Luc, London, Misty
Peter
Welston

FIERCE COMPETITION - Fierce Professions - Book One

DOMINION - Awakened Series - Book Two

People Introduced

Jerrod & Kari
Dark
Julia
Carson
Lucas

LEGACY - Awakened Series - Book Three

People Introduced

Gage & Savannah
Kirin, Kira & Trac
Joshuah & Calista
Rowan, Brad
Dark
Brenda

INVICTUS - Awakened Series - Book Four

People Introduced

Beau & Ian
Elle
Dark
Lucas, Amethyst
Rion, Francesca
Rowan, Brenda
Christie

People Introduced

Liam & Tori
Monica
Mac
Roberts

SIREN - Awakened Chronicles - Book One

People Introduced

Houston, Grayson, Kennedi
Thad, Jean-Luc, London, Misty
Peter, Tami, Angela
Baal, Welston

FIERCE REBELLION - Fierce Professions - Book Two

INTERRA - Awakened Series - Book Five

People Introduced

Rion & Serena
Jake
Dark, Kari, Jerrod, Elle, Aramis
Terrell
Tanner
Lucas, Amethyst, Rowan
Rowan, Brenda
Carson, Julia
Black Dragon

People Introduced

Tacori, Houston, Paris, Phoenix, Rouge
Baal
Thad, Jean-Luc, London, Misty
Peter, Welston

FIERCE SURVIVAL - Fierce Professions - Book Three

People Introduced

Liam & Tori
Monica, Mac
Roberts
Noah, Hope
Lisa, Brenda, Amethyst, Astrid
Rion, Dark, Kent

RELIC - Awakened Chronicles - Book Two

PARADISUS - Awakened Series - Book Six

People Introduced

Ty & Ethan
Thea
Kira, North, Amethyst
Gage & Savannah
Rowan & Paige
Dane, Arra, Vise
Tanner
Rion, Brenda, Dark, Carson
Dark, Serena

DECEPTION - Awakened Series - Book Seven

People Introduced

Dark & Serena
Kyle & Lauren
Christian & Justin
Nereus
Kevin
Black Dragon
Dane, Arra, Vise, Rigel
Tanner, Calista, Joshuah
Rion, Carson

People Introduced

Parker, Brayden, O'Brien, Romero, Wynn, Tyler
Lear
Carissa, Denton
North
Rigel, Brad

PRISIM - Awakened Chronicles - Book Three

People Introduced

Parker, Brayden, Wynn
O'Brien, Romero, Tyler
Lear, North, Jerrod
Dane
Carissa, Denton
Dark, Carson
Elle

TRAVADA - Awakened Chronicles - Book Four

VALOR - Awakened Series - Book Eight

People Introduced

River & Alexis
Jake & Serena
Ares
Yara, Therin
Terrell, Ametyst, Arra
Rion, Nereus
The Muses

People Introduced

Derrick & Faith
Sky, Jasmine
Tegan, Kyra
Dakota, Crystal
Rion, Brenda, Kent
The Shamans
Osiris, Set

PRIMAL - Awakened Chronicles - Book Five

People Introduced

Neo & Lesia
Parker, Brayden, Carissa
Denton
Reef, Zael, Pearl, Octavius

ATLANTICA - Awakened Chronicles - Book Six

People Introduced

Bryce & Aria
Brad (new)
Brock, Kevin
Isis
Dark, Kari, Julia, Mira
Rigel

OBLIVION - Awakened Chronicles - Book Seven

People Introduced

Not yet released.

ARCHANGEL - Awakened Chronicles - Book Eight

People Introduced

Not yet released.

FIERCE DEFENSE - Fierce Professions - Book Four

PROMETHEAN - Awakened Series - Book Nine

People Introduced

Not yet released.

NOVUS - Awakened Series - Book Ten

People Introduced

Not yet released.

MERIDIAN - Awakened Series - Book Eleven

People Introduced

Not yet released.

ASCENSION - Awakened Series - Book Twelve

People Introduced

Not yet released.

Awakened Chronicles: Epic Short Stories

They're here! The first two books of Awakened Chronicles have been released!

As the Awakened series has progressed now into six books published, and three waiting to be published, needless to say that there have been numerous ideas and stories that have made it to paper (so to speak) but are not really full-length books advancing the backstory. But they were such great stories that i just couldn't let them go without being told.

Awakened Chronicles were created to satisfy my literary Attention Deficit Disorder. Harley Austin never met a story I didn't want to tell in my own inimitable way. I am an avowed relationship junkie. I love "shipping" people within the Awakened universe that end up making really great stories.

"Harley, 200+ Pages Is Not a Short Story."

My editor groaned. Okay. She's right. It's not. Harley Austin apparently has another problem, I've discovered that I cannot write a 100-page story. Siren was supposed to be just a small, short 100-page novella that advanced some background about the Awakened Universe. Nope. It came in at 200 pages in print. Relic was nearly 300 pages in print.

Okay, so in the future, look for Awakened Chronicles short stories to be between 100 and 300 paperback pages.

When Should I Read These?

As a general rule, unless you don't mind spoilers, don't read an Awakened Chronicle before you've read the last book the chronicle is supposed to before. Here's what I mean …

Each Awakened Series novel takes place about a year after the last one in the epic story: Legacy (book three) takes place about a year after Dominion (book two), and Dominion takes place about year after Awakened (book 1). These three books then span three years of time in the main series. That's a lot of time between stories.

Awakened Chronicles books attempt to fill in some of these fairly large time gaps between the novels in the primary Awakened Series. Siren takes place between books two and three of the main series. You may not want to read Siren until you've read Legacy, book three, of the main series.

The other interesting part of Awakened Chronicles is that aspects of these stories have already begun to manifest themselves in upcoming novels. There are elements from Awakened Chronicles that manifest themselves in later novels, like Paradisus (book 6).

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