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Instrument of Omens Books in Order

5 books from A Testament of Steel (2020) to Prophecy's Demand (2026). Rated 4.7 across 8,117 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. A Testament of Steel

    Book 1 2020 4.7 (3.9k)

    A young man with no past must progress into a warrior out of legend. Cinder Shade’s life begins on a fateful afternoon at the bottom of a well where he awakens, bruised, battered, and bereft of all memory.

  2. Memories of Prophecies

    Book 2 2021 4.8 (2.3k)

    The memories of the past may be forgotten, but prophecies linger. Cinder Shade and his fellow cadets have survived a brutal mission in the vast wilds of the Dagger Mountains.

  3. A Necessary Heresy

    Book 3 2022 4.5 (1.4k)

    Prophesized heroes are reborn. The burden they bear is as terrible as it is necessary. The dead city of Mahadev. In 3,000 years, none who have entered those ageless walls have returned to bear word of what evil lurks within.

  4. Bonds of Truths

    Book 4 2023 4.7 (448)

    Many truths have been shrouded in deceit. But lies can only last so long… With five of the Orbs of Peace still at large and threatening the world’s survival, Cinder and Anya set forth to acquire them by any means.

  5. Prophecy's Demand

    Book 5 2026 4.7 (46)

    Cinder and Anya have endured endless heartaches and hardships, but can they accept the very erasure of their lives? Having acknowledged their mantles as the Reborn Blessed Ones, Cinder and Anya have achieved the near-impossible.

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Instrument of Omens is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.