K.J. Parker is a pseudonym for Tom Holt.
According to the biographical notes in some of Parker’s books, Parker has previously worked in law, journalism, and numismatics, and now writes and makes things out of wood and metal. It is also claimed that Parker is married to a solicitor and now lives in southern England. According to an autobiographical note, Parker was raised in rural Vermont, a lifestyle which influenced Parker’s work.
Books in order of publication:
Novels
The Fencer trilogy
The Fencer trilogy follows Bardas Loredan, a fencer-at-law.
Colours in the Steel (1998)
The Belly of the Bow (1999)
The Proof House (2000)
The Scavenger trilogy
The Scavenger trilogy is about a man, or possibly god, who wakes up on a battlefield with amnesia and discovers that he is being hunted by enemies he no longer remembers.
Shadow (2001)
Pattern (2002)
Memory (2003)
The Engineer trilogy
The Engineer trilogy features an engineer, Ziani Vaatzes, who is forced into exile from his home city and plots an elaborate revenge.
Devices and Desires (2005)
Evil for Evil (2006)
The Escapement (2007)
Siege
Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City (9 April 2019)
How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It (18 August 2020)
A Practical Guide to Conquering the World (11 January 2022)
The Corax trilogy
The titular character, Saevus Corax, is a battlefield salvage contractor fleeing from his responsibility as a member of a royal family, resulting in an “extended, bloody travelogue dotted with humor and snark”.
Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead (3 October 2023)
Saevus Corax Captures the Castle (23 November 2023)
Saevus Corax Gets Away With Murder (7 December 2023)
Other novels
The Company (2 October 2008)
The Folding Knife (22 February 2010)
The Hammer (5 January 2011)
Sharps (5 July 2012)
The Two of Swords (April 2015), serialised e-book. Published in 2017 in three volumes:
Volume 1 Collects #1-8 (17 October 2017)
Volume 2 collects #9-15 (14 November 2017)
Volume 3 collects #16-19 (12 December 2017)
Savages (31 July 2015)
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