Dan Lown's Books
The Emporium Of Many Things
Book 1
He survived the war. He survived his wife. But surviving his latest venture might be asking too much.
The Purveyor deals in cursed artefacts and bad decisions. Former warrior turned merchant, he stocks his shelves with relics that should stay buried and serves customers who would gut him for a discount.
Tonight's the grand opening. The shop is ready. The merchandise, deadly. The clientele? Vampires, demons, goblins. The usual suspects. All that's missing is the fiercest woman the world has ever known.
But the past doesn't stay dead on a lonely hill like this. Old enemies are circling. New monsters want in. And his wife - ruthless, demonic, unforgettable - is somewhere close by, uncoiling her whip.
To see another sunrise, the Purveyor will need every trick he learned on the battlefield and a few new ones besides.
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
Parasite Unknown
Book 2
Compassion is stalked by regret. Murdered by reality.
The Purveyor knows danger when he smells it. So when mysterious travellers arrive in daylight seeking services he doesn't provide, he faces an impossible choice.
Worse, a deadly hunter is closing in; cloaked in stealth, cunning, and intent to kill. Someone wants the Purveyor dead. But is that reason enough to betray his customers? Or will he hold the line and honour his conviction to shun the light?
Can the Purveyor survive a curse of good intentions, or will he succumb and join the horrors stalking the night?
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow-burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
Demon Of Yore
Book 3
The Purveyor can't shake the exhaustion.
No matter how much he rests, he awakens drained. His shop's a mess. Tasks half-finished. And he keeps finding strange notes in his own handwriting; warnings he doesn't remember writing.
The Harvester is hunting him. A creature that exists beyond reality, siphoning his energy while he stumbles through days that don't quite add up.
Desperate, Bannon does the one thing he swore he'd never do: open the dreaded jar. The one containing his beloved wife.
She was never actually trapped. And releasing her is bound to make things worse.
Can Bannon escape the Harvester's grip, or will his wife's idea of "helping" finish what the parasite started?
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow-burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
Heart Of Stone
Book 4
Bannon is old. Childless. And fairly certain demons can't have children, anyway.
His wife has other plans.
When a desperate young man arrives on a stormy night, cursed by forgotten majika that's slowly turning him to stone, Silaea makes the executive decision: Bannon is going to save him.
Bannon knows the old woman behind the attack. She's powerful, dangerous, and coming for him next. But Silaea has already taken the boy under her wing, and nothing spells doom like going against your beloved wife.
Can Bannon break the spell before he's turned to stone himself, or will Silaea's maternal instincts be the death of him?
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
Prophet Of Nightmares
Book 5
Bannon should be dead.
He's rotting. Falling apart. And with his last breath, he's got a job to do.
A charming rogue named Frost blew in on a cold wind, leaving with something that should have remained buried. Something dangerous. And Bannon needs it back.
But Chandra and the Everdark Forest want Frost too. He murdered a member of her tribe, and she's calling in a favour. Bring Frost to her for justice. Alive, or else.
Now Bannon's running out of time. It's a race against his own decay, and nobody knows if the damage can be undone. Only one thing is certain: Frost will pay.
But can Bannon catch this dangerous rogue before he escapes into the night, or will the grave claim him once and for all?
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
Justice Of The Chain
Book 6
Where evil roams, the Shattered Chain shall follow.
Bannon's reputation as a merciless killer is fading. With his wife Silaea by his side, he's become a respectable businessman amongst the creatures that go bump in the night.
But whispers are spreading. Supreme Justicar Thaddeus Kaine is coming—and with him, the purifying wrath of the Holy Inquisition.
Kaine takes no prisoners. Sees only the darkness within. And when he arrives at Bannon's door, he'll find more than he bargained for.
Because beneath the Emporium lies something far worse than a case of unholy matrimony. And stopping it will require an alliance neither man is ready to make.
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow-burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
Tomb Of The Unknown King
Book 7
Trapped between life and death, they wait.
Tempers are flaring at the Emporium Of Many Things, and Bannon needs a quick exit before his wife sends him packing on a one-way trip to the fires of Hell.
But when a mysterious portal rips him from reality into a land lost in-between, suddenly that ticket to Hell doesn’t sound so bad after all.
Can Bannon break free from a realm that should never have been, or will fate deal a hand not even the Reaper could hope to escape?
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow-burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
A Glimmer Of Despair
Book 8
The past always catches you in the end. And Bannon’s has fangs.
Come one, come all, for market day is upon the residents in the sleepy village of Glimmer’s Reach. A time for food stalls and merriment, feasting and fun, where the battlement’s gates are left open to visitors from far and wide. And Silaea, tired of being cooped up like a prisoner, is determined to escape the Purveyor’s emporium on the lonely hill and taste the rare delights procured from across the continent.
But an unsettling mist has befallen the valley. So thick and damp it dulls the senses, that protecting the villagers becomes an impossible task. The world-weary outcast tries to warn, but the disgruntled village guards take no heed. Then when Bannon mistakes the cloak of a traveller he met on the road, his worst fears are realized and he knows trouble has only just begun.
Something is feasting upon the villagers. And only a tired old man can hope to save them… He really should have stayed at home.
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow-burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
Palace Of Broken Dreams
Book 9
Bannon has seen many horrors in his time. Bartered with worse. But he never thought he would become one himself.
A deadly encounter. A new debt owed. Now, under the shroud of night, Bannon feels the hunger creeping in. His body betrays him. His reflection fades. And worst of all… His wife doesn’t know.
Desperate for a cure, Bannon scours the underbelly of the world he once ruled, seeking whispers of salvation. But powerful magic has a hefty price, and sometimes the cost of a dream weighs too heavily for reality to bear.
His secret gnaws at him from within. The urge to feed grows stronger. Can he resist his nature long enough to undo the dreaded curse? Or will his deception shatter the very thing he holds dearest?
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow-burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
Flames Of Destiny
There can be no light without darkness.
Bannon spent a lifetime slaughtering foul beasts of every kind. Confiscated their profane materials that the world might once again see the light.
Now he’s retired. His home littered with dark artefacts of old. And something is stirring.
Can an old man muster the will to take up his blade one last time to save his home? Or will the fetters on his sanctum of evil be unchained, ushering a new wave of destruction upon the world?
The Emporium Of Many Things series smoulders upon a pyre of slow-burn, tragic romance.
It's Grimdark fantasy with teeth. And laughs. Mostly teeth.
The Death Of Thanatos
Book 1
Will life be the death of him? He wishes...
Thanatos doesn't want much. More sleep. Less dead. Snog Aphrodite.
But the needs of the dying never cease, and the mighty gods of Olympus are playing a deadly game of their own.
Can the god of peaceful death survive a brutal world of myths and men? Or will he succumb to a plot most foul, and be struck from the pages of history forever?