The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 12 books · 2016 to 2023

Will Wight

FantasyProgression fantasy

Will Wight's self-published Cradle series follows Lindon, an "Unsouled" boy in a world of martial-arts cultivators, as he climbs from weakness to power, book by book.

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Will Wight books in order

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Cradle

12 books · Set in an invented worldProgression fantasy
  1. 1Unsouled2016With LindonBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Soulsmith2016With LindonBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Blackflame2017With LindonBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Skysworn2017With LindonBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Ghostwater2018With LindonBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Underlord2019With LindonBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Uncrowned2019With LindonBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Wintersteel2020With LindonBuy on Amazon
  9. 9Bloodline2021With LindonBuy on Amazon
  10. 10Reaper2021With Lindon and YerinBuy on Amazon
  11. 11Dreadgod2022With LindonBuy on Amazon
  12. 12Waybound2023With LindonBuy on Amazon

Characters

6 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Cradle