The Cinder Spires

In The Cinder Spires series, Jim Butcher creates a world that feels as if it’s suspended between fantasy and steampunk, where airships glide through skies filled with danger, and ancient powers quietly shape the fates of cities and nations. The story is set in a world where towering spires rise above the clouds, home to powerful, and sometimes treacherous, forces that control everything from politics to magic. It’s a world where intrigue and adventure lurk around every corner, and each character’s fate seems bound by forces beyond their control—yet, they fight with everything they have to carve their own paths.

The series follows the journey of a group of unlikely heroes, each with their own secrets, motivations, and moral quandaries. At the heart of it all is the spire of the Aeronauts, a faction of daring warriors and cunning tacticians whose fates become intertwined in a struggle to protect their world from a growing, unpredictable menace. With magical technology, aerial battles, and a richly detailed landscape that blends skybound technology with ancient secrets, the world-building in The Cinder Spires is a triumph that readers can get lost in.

The Cinder Spires consists of two primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.