George Chesbro

However, he had always had a desire to become a fiction author and he soon quit, even if he had no concrete plans on how to achieve his dreams. He would then work as a night security guard and also went back to teaching very dangerous and severely disturbed children to make ends meet. Much of George C. Chesbro’s novels are set in the “Mongo verse” which he explains in detail in the novel “In the House of Secret Enemies” that he published in 1971.

The best place to start is the Mongo series, the earliest of George Chesbro's multi-book series: it opens with Shadow of a Broken Man (1977) and runs to 14 books across 1977–1996, ending with Dream of a Falling Eagle (1996). George Chesbro's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

George Chesbro has 30 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1976 and 2018. 19 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Mongo series with 14 books — and 11 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. George Chesbro's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Mongo (1977–1996, 14 books), Chant (1986–1987, 3 books) and Veil Kendry (1986–1988, 2 books).

This guide splits George Chesbro's 30 books into 3 named series and 11 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Mongo (14 books, 1977–1996); Chant (3 books, 1986–1987); Veil Kendry (2 books, 1986–1988).