Writing · History of Folly

The old myths walk modern streets.

At night I write the History of Folly — an urban-fantasy series where Greek myth turns up in modern cities. It runs across three connected series. Everything below is free to start reading.

Illion Chronicles

Hercules, retold — in a city where the gods never left.

Myth and reality collide in New Illion. A conspiracy of gods and demons threatens the city, and the only people who can see it coming are a detective who shouldn't exist and a gunslinger who can't catch a break.

  • Roland — a shapeshifting were-lion detective hunting his family's killer
  • Damaldi — a cursed gunslinger with dangerously good luck
White Knight Series

Modern myth, descending on the New York subway.

A college student on a New York subway is hurled into a fight for his life as demons descend on the city. Gifted power by a Greek goddess, he becomes the White Knight — New York's last hope against creatures long forgotten.

  • Ben Miles — a comic-loving college kid turned reluctant hero
Adjudicator Series

A bookseller who keeps the peace between worlds.

Durand Gaspard opened his shop chasing the quiet calm of a library. The History of Folly had other plans. Meet the Adjudicator — the man who settles what mortals and gods cannot.

  • Durand Gaspard — a bookseller turned Adjudicator

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