Soldier Son Trilogy reading order

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 2,659 pages, about 50 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 9 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 10, 2027, 8 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 111 h15 daysby November 13, 2026

   • 1. Shaman's Crossing2005 · 607 pages · 11 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 17, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 218 habout 3 weeksby December 10, 2026

   • 2. Forest Mage2006 · 672 pages · 12 h
   • 3. Le Fils rejeté2006 · 295 pages · 5 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 15, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 320 habout 4 weeksby January 10, 2027

   • 5. Le Choix du soldat2006 · ≈ 443 pages · 8 h
   • 6. Le Renégat2007 · 316 pages · 6 h
   • 7. Danse de terreur2007 · 326 pages · 6 h
6. The end of the series

   January 10, 2027

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