Ahriman — books on the story line
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 all 17 works without making each one compulsory prior reading or turning reading order into a calendar.
17 works · one selected story line
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Ahrimanunbroken chronology · time runs left to right
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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
Ahriman: the Key and a new attempt at salvationAfter the trilogy · relative links, repeating timelines and an unknown calendar era · 4
Ahriman companion storiesAfter the trilogy or outside an established order · calendar era unknown · 2
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
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA Coin for the Carrion ThievesJohn FrenchAfter Ahriman: Unchanged; calendar era and interval not establisheddate 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
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