David Alastair Hayden

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About David Alastair Hayden

David Alastair Hayden lives deep in the forested hills of Alabama, along with his delightful wife and three lovely cats. He studied history, literature, and religion at the University of Alabama. He frequently writes with a fountain pen and is also an avid collector of vintage manual typewriters, mostly from the 1950's.

You can get David's Starter Library (two novels and a novelette) by signing up for his mailing list at dahayden.com.

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Fallen Souls (Outworld Ranger Book 5) Sep 10, 2020

by David Alastair Hayden

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The Outworld Ranger crew has dodged government forces, criminal guilds, and bounty hunters numerous times since fleeing Ekaran IV. But with the warships of the Dark Messiah closing in on them, their mission has never been in greater jeopardy.

Cornered, their options and allies are few. And the Outworld Ranger suffered extensive damage getting them this far.

To make matters worse, an unexpected tragedy has plunged Oona, the young hyperphasic messiah, into her Trial of Corruption. With ancient evils threatening to rise once again, humanity is in dire need.

If the crew can’t reach the mysterious genetics facility that disappeared when the Benevolence fell, then Oona won’t be the only one in danger of losing themselves to darkness.

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Shadow Agents (Outworld Ranger Book 3) Jan 4, 2018

by David Alastair Hayden

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Siv and the others may have escaped Ekaran IV on the Outworld Ranger, but now they’re on the run with two governments, several criminal organizations, and a host of bounty hunters in pursuit.

If they want to protect Oona, the young hyperphasic messiah, they need allies, resources, and information. The girl’s father, Ambassador Vim, could provide those things. The problem: he’s missing.

He was last seen on a planet named Titus II. And all the groups hunting them know it. Going after him means walking into multiple ambushes. The risk may not be worth the reward. Especially once they realize the most feared bounty hunter in the universe, Vega Kaleeb, is after them.

And Kaleeb is even more dangerous than they realize. His ultimate goal is far more sinister than that of the governments and criminal organizations paying him to capture the hyperphasic messiah.

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Breaking Point (Outworld Ranger Book 4) Oct 2, 2018

by David Alastair Hayden

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Silky, Siv, and Mitsuki are now willing to do whatever it takes to find and rescue Ambassador Galen Vim. But government agents, criminal organizations, and bounty hunters swarm the Titus II system. Getting to the planet alive may be the easiest part of this mission since no one has seen the ambassador since he was captured by Tekk Reapers.

Thanks to a vision from Oona, the young hyperphasic messiah, they know he’s alive and in the company of a mysterious young woman with unusual abilities. They also know that he has information essential not just to Oona’s survival but to the survival of human civilization itself.

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Forbidden System (Outworld Ranger Book 1) Apr 5, 2017

by David Alastair Hayden

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THIS IS THE MISSION WHERE IT ALL BEGINS.

Before he was the super confident, snarky AI saving Siv Gendin and his friends’ bacon on a regular basis, Silky worked with his first human companion, Eyana Ora, an Empathic Services agent.

TWO CENTURIES BEFORE THE FALL OF THE BENEVOLENCE…

A simple covert mission to spy on the Krixis, a telepathic alien race, turns into a desperate bid to save mankind when Silky and Eyana uncover a plot to use a secret super-weapon. But the weapon, a lost piece of Ancient technology, holds secrets that neither side expected—secrets that will reshape humanity’s future.

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Rogue Starship (Outworld Ranger Book 2) May 10, 2017

by David Alastair Hayden

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Daring Adventure, Sentient AI’s, Alien Mysteries

When renowned archeologist Gav Gendin discovers the wreck of an Ancient starship, with a stasis pod and a still living member of the extinct aliens inside, it should be the greatest triumph of his career. Instead, it ends in disaster and leads to his son, Siv, being placed in cryogenic sleep.

A century later, Siv Gendin wakes to a world in decline, a world where you do what you must to survive. With the help of a snarky, sentient AI companion named Silky, Siv becomes a top procurement specialist.

Enslaved to the Shadowslip Guild, Siv has little hope of ever being his own man. Until they offer him freedom in exchange for completing a practically suicidal mission. His target: a young girl with uncanny abilities. Rival criminal guilds, foreign governments, and religious extremists will risk all-out war to get their hands on her—for good reason.

With her mysterious link to the Ancients, this girl could reshape human civilization, perhaps even bring back the golden age Siv knew as a child. But only if he is willing to defy the Shadowslip and risk everything to keep her safe.

The Benevolency Universe
For over three thousand years a superintelligence called the Benevolence guided humanity through an age of unprecedented peace, prosperity, and technological advancement. Now, a century after its collapse, our enemies multiply as we struggle to maintain our starfaring civilization and recover technology we once took for granted. But the Benevolence kept many secrets to itself, secrets that could shape the future of humanity.

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The Warlock's Gambit (The Arthur Paladin Chronicles Book 2) Sep 10, 2014

by David Alastair Hayden, Pepper Thorn

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A whimsical, high-octane, universe-spanning space adventure. Perfect for fans of Doctor Who and classic science fiction.

Arthur and Morgan must free the Manse from shadow before it dies, taking them and the secrets of Arthur’s past out with it.

Arthur Paladin’s parents were murdered by the forces of Entropy. Now Arthur, as the next Multiversal Paladin, must fight those forces and bring the light and hope of Aetheria wherever darkness has taken hold. At least, that’s what Arthur and Morgan Apple, his first and only official companion, have been told.

The first step in their new mission isn't an easy one. They must destroy the shades infesting the Manse and the warlock controlling them. With the task half done, Arthur and Morgan begin to realize that what they've been told isn't the whole story. Light and dark, good and evil, may not be as clear cut as they thought. And Arthur may be destined to be something more than just another Multiversal Paladin.

Unfortunately, the only one with answers is the warlock. And he’s been trying to kill them.

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The Shadowed Manse (The Arthur Paladin Chronicles Book 1) Mar 27, 2014

by David Alastair Hayden, Pepper Thorn

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A whimsical, high-octane, universe-spanning space adventure. Perfect for fans of Doctor Who and classic science fiction.

Arthur Paladin doesn’t fit in. Not at home with the ultra-strict grandmother who raised him after his mother died and his dad disappeared. And not at school where the teachers think he’s trouble and the other kids think he’s a freak. Every night he peers into the sky with his telescope, sketches spaceships, and dreams about learning amazing things, the sort of things you need to know to save the world.

Then Arthur finds out his grandmother may send him to military school, which leads to a fight with his “perfect” cousin, which leads to the mysterious plate over his heart getting broken, which leads to his whole world turning upside down.

Shadow creatures appear out of nowhere to kill him. An angelic being from another dimension begs for his help. He takes refuge in a house that looks like an English cottage on the outside but is actually a mansion on the inside. Packed with shadow creatures, the manse immediately soars away from Earth and across the universe. Arthur is trapped, and he’s only got Morgan Apple to help him. Morgan Apple, a girl who apparently sits beside him every day just to call him a moron.

That’s when life gets really weird for Arthur. That’s when he gets an energy sword and a raygun and finds out he’s the next Multiversal Paladin.

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Wrath of the White Tigress: A Tale of Pawan Kor (Tales of Pawan Kor Book 1) Jun 25, 2011

by David Alastair Hayden

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He thought he was a hero. She showed him the truth. Now he'll do anything to stop the man who made him a monster.

For twenty years Jaska Bavadi has faithfully served the Palymfar Order and its Grandmaster, the powerful wizard Salahn, but an encounter with Zyrella Anthari, last high priestess of the White Tigress, shatters the spell that chained Jaska’s mind.

Now faced with the horrors he unknowingly committed against people he swore to protect, Jaska must put Salahn's reign of cruelty to an end. Together, he and Zyrella race to save the White Tigress and stop Salahn from opening the Gates of the Underworld. An army of palymfar warriors stands in their way, but the dangerous secrets that cloud their destinies threaten to doom them first.

In the tradition of Joe Abercrombie, Michael Moorcock, David Gemmell, and Glen Cook, Wrath of the White Tigress delivers a thrilling tale sword & sorcery fans will love.

The Tales of Pawan Kor series can be read in any order.

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The First Kaiaru (Storm Phase Book 5) Feb 3, 2016

by David Alastair Hayden

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Storm Phase

A wizard with a mysterious destiny, a cat-girl ninja he can't help but fall for, and a diary that turns into a bat-winged creature journey through a world teeming with monsters.

Book 5: The First Kaiaru

Failure is not an option, but success may be even worse.

Forced to serve the cruel whims of the sinister Blood King, Turesobei and his friends must retrieve a magical artifact from each of the eight elemental realms. But the artifacts are guarded by deadly monsters, devious traps, and powerful spells—all of them designed to kill a Kairu wizard.

If they fail, they die. If they succeed, the Blood King will be released …and he'll be more powerful than ever before.

Book 1: The Storm Dragon's Heart
Book 1.5: The Maker's Brush
Book 2: Lair of the Deadly Twelve
Book 3: The Forbidden Library
Book 4: The Blood King's Apprentice
Book 5: The First Kairu

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The Blood King's Apprentice (Storm Phase Book 4) Nov 18, 2015

by David Alastair Hayden

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Storm Phase

A wizard with a mysterious destiny, a cat-girl ninja he can't help but fall for, and a diary that turns into a bat-winged creature journey through a world teeming with monsters.

Book 4: The Blood King's Apprentice

Turesobei swore he would get his friends home, but the only way out is through a mad god.

The Blood King slept for millennia. Now, thanks to Turesobei, he has awoken and resumed his quest for an ancient, dangerous secret. Worst of all, the Blood King demands that Turesobei help him or watch his friends suffer.

While Turesobei is forced to learn magic far beyond him, his friends are being trained to fight, and even Iniru can't meet the Blood King's exacting standards. The Blood King will turn them into a team capable of unlocking his prison…or kill them trying.

The pressure pushes everyone to the breaking point. And Turesobei's inability to choose just one girl only makes matters worse. Stuck between the Blood King's whims and jealous girlfriends, Turesobei isn't sure which he'd rather face. Either way, he's running out of time.

Book 1: The Storm Dragon's Heart
Book 1.5: The Maker's Brush
Book 2: Lair of the Deadly Twelve
Book 3: The Forbidden Library
Book 4: The Blood King's Apprentice
Book 5: The First Kairu

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The Forbidden Library (Storm Phase Book 3) Jul 2, 2013

by David Alastair Hayden

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Storm Phase

A wizard with a mysterious destiny, a cat-girl ninja he can't help but fall for, and a diary that turns into a bat-winged creature journey through a world teeming with monsters.

Book 3: The Forbidden Library

Turesobei may have saved the world, but has he doomed everyone he loves?
Trapped in a strange and dangerous land, Turesobei must find a way to get his sister and his friends home. But Awasa, his aristocratic fiancé, has been twisted into a mad and monstrous creature by dark magic. Now she leads an army of demons, but she still only wants one thing -- him.

Aided by the bear-like goronku, Turesobei and his companions race across a landscape where the smallest mistake can kill you. One place might hold the knowledge they seek, only there's a reason it's forbidden.

Book 1: The Storm Dragon's Heart
Book 1.5: The Maker's Brush
Book 2: Lair of the Deadly Twelve
Book 3: The Forbidden Library
Book 4: The Blood King's Apprentice
Book 5: The First Kairu

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Chains of a Dark Goddess: A Tale of Pawan Kor (Tales of Pawan Kor Book 2) Jan 4, 2013

by David Alastair Hayden

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The Tales of Pawan Kor can be read in any order.
Breskaro Varenni zealously followed the bright goddess Seshalla. He was a hero and a legend, the greatest knight of the age. But his most trusted friends betrayed him to the swords of infidels and his goddess abandoned him, denying him Paradise.

In death Breskaro refused to fade into Oblivion, like lesser lost souls. Instead, he wandered the Shadowland for seven years until a dark goddess offered him the one thing only she could give, the one thing that still mattered to him...

A chance to save his precious Orisala from a fate worse than his own.

Returned as a wreck of embalmed flesh animated by sorcery, with a host of the desperate and the undead under his command, Breskaro will do whatever it takes to save Orisala, no matter the odds and no matter the consequences.

David Alastair Hayden returns to the exotic land of Pawan Kor, first seen in Wrath of the White Tigress, with this seductive epic of swords and sorcery in the tradition of Brent Weeks, Robin Hobb, Joe Abercrombie, and David Gemmell.

The Tales of Pawan Kor series can be read in any order.

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