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The Book of the Null

by David Annandale

The Book of the Null series by David Annandale has 1 known book (1 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with The Sleep of Empires (2025). The Sleep of Empires is the latest book with a fully recorded publication date.

Books
1 known book (1 novel)
Published
1
First published
2025
Status
ongoing
Shelved under
Fantasy
Start here: The Sleep of Empires (2025) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of The Sleep of Empires
The Sleep of Empires (2025)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. The Sleep of Empires

    Novel
    The Sleep of Empires (16 September 2025, Pyr) opens The Book of the Null on the world of Eloran, where elves, human realms, and the kaul all vie for advantage. Latanna Forgrym escapes an arranged marriage only to stumble onto a lost crown that draws her toward suppressed history, while Vorykas, a kaul mercenary bound to that same crown, begins piecing together an erased past that powerful enemies are willing to kill to keep buried.
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Key facts about The Book of the Null series

The Book of the Null series has 1 book on our list. Since that book is out now, you can read it today. Start with The Sleep of Empires, since it opens the publication order in 2025.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions.

The Sleep of Empires is the latest book with a full release date, out on 16 September 2025. The catalogue marks it as ongoing, yet no next book has a date so far.

David Annandale has 17 books on our list. Additionally, they write Yarrick and Castellan Crowe. We shelve the books under fantasy.

About The Book of the Null

The Book of the Null is David Annandale's original epic-fantasy series, set on the world of Eloran -- a patchwork of imperious elven realms, fractious human nations, and the skeletal, feared kaul, each jockeying for advantage over the others. It opens with The Sleep of Empires: when Latanna Forgrym refuses the marriage her manipulative father arranges for her and instead weds a man she respects, a chance encounter with a pair of mercenaries leads her to a lost crown -- a relic of forces Eloran has spent generations trying to forget. The crown sets one of those mercenaries, the kaul warrior Vorykas, on a path to recovering first his name and then the fragments of his erased past, as a forbidden book resurfacing threatens to expose knowledge that enemies will kill to keep buried.

Published by Pyr (an imprint distributed by Simon & Schuster), the series is billed as noir-inflected epic fantasy for readers of Tolkien and Robert Jordan, and draws on the same grim intrigue and creeping horror Annandale is known for from his Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy fiction. A sequel, The Banners of the Night, has been announced as Book #2, continuing the story with escalating stakes and large-scale magical conflict, though it had not been released as of this catalogue's last check.

Frequently asked questions

What order should I read The Book of the Null in?

Publication order, starting with The Sleep of Empires (2025), the series opener and only book released so far.

Is there a sequel to The Sleep of Empires?

Yes -- a second book, The Banners of the Night, has been announced as Book #2 of The Book of the Null, but no release date has been confirmed yet.

Who publishes The Book of the Null series?

Pyr, an imprint distributed by Simon & Schuster.

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