Reading order
Sworn Soldier reading order
1
2
3- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 2022–2025
- Published
- about 10 h
- Reading time
- Ongoing
- Status
- Horror#9
- Genre
Quick answer
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Publication order
3 volumes2022–2025Ongoing
- Short horror novellas by Ursula Vernon writing as T. Kingfisher, following the retired soldier Alex Easton.
- What Moves the Dead retells Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher and is the most-read.
- Each case stands alone; read in order for Easton’s story.
- What Stalks the Deep rates highest.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 527 pages, about 10 hours. At 45 min a day that is 13 days.
Share of volume 1’s readers who reach the last volume. Chance of reaching the last volume: medium
- The series is still running; the last volume came out in 2025. You will wait for the next one anyway, so no need to rush.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 17, 2026.
- Stage 110 h13 daysby November 17, 2026
- The end of the series
We count 1.1 min per page, the pace of an average novel reader. Faster? Move the slider.
Does the series hold up
Shape of the series: even. Volume scores differ by at most 0.2 points. You get the same level from the first page to the last.
Best volume: What Stalks the Deep (7.7, 103 ratings). Weakest: What Feasts at Night (7.5). The series is not finished; the last volume came out in 2025. The last volume (7.7) scores close to the series average or above it.
How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 31, 2026
Sworn Soldier books ranked, best to worst
- 1.What Stalks the DeepBook 3 · 20257.7
- 2.What Moves the DeadBook 1 · 20227.6
- 3.What Feasts at NightBook 2 · 20247.5
Frequently asked questions
Which Sworn Soldier book is the best?
By reader score, What Stalks the Deep (7.7/10). The lowest-rated is What Feasts at Night (7.5/10).
Which Sworn Soldier book is the longest?
“What Feasts at Night” is the longest at 176 pages; the shortest is “What Moves the Dead” with 175 pages.