Pagalan is a vast science-fantasy world where ancient technology, forgotten civilisations, mysterious portal gates and powers once mistaken for magic are woven through thousands of years of history. At its heart are the Patronese, a silver-haired, red-eyed people who escaped their dying home world of Yath Varnel and crossed the stars through a wormhole to begin a new civilisation on Pagalan. Their arrival, rise and eventual fall shape much of the world that follows.
The Pagalan Chronicles spans seven interconnected novels. The Pagalan Chronicles Origins trilogy tells of the Patronese arrival, the establishment of their civilisation and the events that ultimately bring it close to destruction. The King Beneath the World bridges this ancient history with the later trilogy, following King Mandrake Martelismore and a civilisation that has survived for two thousand years beneath the surface of Pagalan.
The original Pagalan Chronicles trilogy then follows Morganuke Beldere, a young man raised on the remote Banton Island who gradually discovers that his strange appearance and unexplained powers are connected to the lost Patronese civilisation. His search for his origins draws him into wars, ancient mysteries and a destiny stretching back thousands of years, ultimately revealing that the forgotten past of Pagalan may determine the future of the entire world.
The Pagalan Chronicles Volume 1 - The Arrival
The Patronese flee their dying world and seek a new beginning. Their exodus delivers them to Pagalan, a land vast and untamed, where silence hides ancient structures and gates that hum with forgotten resonance.
The Pagalan Chronicles Volume 2 - Establishment
Five centuries after the Patronese first set foot upon Pagalan, the world trembles once more at the threshold of discovery. Commander Gideon Frampton leads an expedition beyond Denesthear’s borders into the misted highlands, chasing the faint hum of a resonance long thought extinct.
The Pagalan Chronicles Volume 3 - The Fall
For centuries, silence was mistaken for safety.
Tramstell stands at the height of its power, immaculate, ordered, and utterly convinced of its own permanence. The gates remain sealed. The resonance is contained. The Council assures its people that the past has been mastered and the future secured.
They are wrong.
The King Beneath the World
For two thousand years, the Patronese have lived beneath the surface of Pagalan. Hidden in the vast underground city of Tramstell, their civilisation has survived war, ruin and the long silence of a wounded world. Above them, the skies are clearing. Rivers run again. The surface is healing. For Mandrake Martelismore, young King of the Patronese, that fragile renewal brings a question no ruler before him has dared to answer.
The Pagalan Chronicles Book 1 - Search for Morganuke’s Roots
He was found on the beach alone, silver-haired, with eyes like dying embers. No one knew where he came from. Not even him.
Morganuke has always been different. Raised by kind strangers on the remote island of Banton, he carries questions no one can answer and powers no one can explain.
The Pagalan Chronicles Book 2 - Finding Denesthear
The past is calling—and the future depends on the truth. After uncovering hints of his royal lineage and awakening dangerous powers, Morganuke is forced to confront the reality of who he is—and what the world expects of him. War spreads across the lands of Pagalan, and all eyes turn toward Denesthear, a hidden city said to hold ancient secrets and the key to restoring balance.
The Pagalan Chronicles Book 3 - The Final Quest
A Kingdom’s Fate. A Final Stand. A Hero Reborn. Morganuke’s journey has led him across shattered lands, secret cities, and fractured loyalties. Now, the truth of his origin and the burden of destiny collide as Denesthear teeters on the edge of destruction. With the forces of darkness closing in, old alliances must be reforged, and ancient secrets unlocked before all is lost.