A Coin for the Carrion Thieves
Ahriman
The five novels form the main route: Exile → Sorcerer → Unchanged → Eternal → Undying. Early short fiction expands the original trilogy in John French’s recommended order; the later additions have separate qualifications. Daemonologie accompanies Eternal, while The Players of Fate has no established plot position. The shared line includes the series works without making each one compulsory prior reading or turning reading order into a calendar. Hand of Darkness is a separate appearance by Ahriman during the siege of the Black Library, not the next novel in his series. Its relative order with those novels is unestablished.
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Short story / microfiction2020
A Coin for the Carrion Thieves
John French
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AhrimanCalendar dates only where confirmed; other ordering is internal to each story.
Ahriman’s cabal: Hegazha’s refusal and captureAfter Prospero, before the First Rubric · 1
After the First RubricAfter the First Rubric; before Exile in reading order · 1
Ahriman's exile and escape from the EyeAfter the First Rubric: from Exile to Sorcerer; calendar years unknown · 7
Ahriman's Return to ProsperoAfter Sorcerer in reading order; calendar year unknown · 1
Ahriman's Second RubricAfter Sorcerer in reading order; the Second Rubric’s year is unknown · 2
Setekh: interrogation and repeating escape attemptsSetekh’s interrogation with repeating moments · 2
Ahriman’s survivors retreat into the Eye of TerrorAfter the climax of Ahriman: Unchanged · 1
The Carrion Thieves set a price for their shipsAfter the retreat into the Eye of Terror · 1
Ctesias prepares a trap for a daemonAfter the terms are agreed with the Carrion Thieves · 1
Ctesias binds the daemon to the shipDuring Ctesias’s ritual · 1
Ahriman receives the shipsAfter the ritual is completed · 1
Ahriman companion storiesAfter the trilogy or outside an established order · calendar era unknown · 1
Ahriman: the Key and a new attempt at salvationAfter the trilogy · relative links, repeating timelines and an unknown calendar era · 3
The quest for the Hand of DarknessAfter the Great Rift and Guilliman’s return; exact year unknown · 1
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDustGraham McNeillAfter Prospero, before the First Rubric◎dating disputed
Short storyUnmarkedAhriman: The Dead OracleJohn FrenchAfter Exile and before Fortune's Fool; exact Imperial year not publishedPlacement note
NovelUnmarkedAhriman: SorcererJohn FrenchAfter Gates of Ruin and before Hand of Dust; exact Imperial year not publishedPlacement note
Original audio dramaUnmarkedAhriman: Key of InfinityJohn FrenchSetekh’s interrogation with repeating moments◎date approximate
Original audio dramaUnmarkedAhriman: Key of InfinityJohn FrenchSetekh’s interrogation with repeating moments◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA Coin for the Carrion ThievesJohn FrenchAfter the climax of Ahriman: Unchanged◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA Coin for the Carrion ThievesJohn FrenchAfter the retreat into the Eye of Terror◎date approximate
Short story / microfiction2020
A Coin for the Carrion Thieves
John French
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA Coin for the Carrion ThievesJohn FrenchDuring Ctesias’s ritual◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA Coin for the Carrion ThievesJohn FrenchAfter the ritual is completed◎date approximate
Short storyUnmarkedThe Players of FateJohn FrenchAn Ahriman companion story; plot position and calendar era not establisheddating disputed
NovelUnmarkedAhriman: EternalJohn FrenchAfter the Second Rubric; before Ahriman: Undying; calendar anchor not establisheddate approximate
Short storyUnmarkedDaemonologie: A Question Asked of DarknessJohn FrenchCompanion to Ahriman: Eternal; exact scene timing not establisheddate approximate
NovelUnmarkedAhriman: UndyingJohn FrenchContinuation of Ahriman: Eternal with repeating timelines; calendar anchor not establisheddate approximate
Original audio dramaUnmarkedHand of DarknessGav ThorpeAfter the Great Rift and Guilliman’s return; exact year unknown↗Placement note
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