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Tormod Cockburn

2 Series • 14 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Mysterious Scotland Books
Start with: The Strange Destiny of Horses (2022)
Popular Choice
Publication Order of Shadow Castles Books
Start with: The Caledonia Regression (2025)

ⓘ About Tormod Cockburn

Tormod Cockburn is a thriller fiction novelist who is best known for the “Mysterious Scotland” series of novels. The author has been a resident of East Neuk of Fife for years and together with his wife, he usually travels all across Scotland looking for legends and inspiring places. Cockburn published “The Bone Trap,” his debut novel in 2022, and now has at least half a dozen novels to his name. “The Bone Trap” by Tormod Cockburn is a story about sightings of a tusked horse, an unidentified animal skull, and a single murder that provides fodder for the revival of an old Scottish myth. He has been offered a job over several months and he is to go to Harris a Hebridean island to investigate some obscure animal bones.

All Book Series by Tormod Cockburn

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The Strange Destiny of Horses

Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 2022

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2022
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The Bone Trap

Book 2 of 10 · published 2022

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2022
3
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The Ness Deception

Book 3 of 10 · published 2022

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2022
4
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The Stone Cypher

Book 4 of 10 · published 2022

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2022
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This Jagged Way

Book 5 of 10 · published 2023

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2023
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The Ice Covenant

Book 6 of 10 · published 2023

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2023
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This Emerald Veil

Book 7 of 10 · published 2023

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2023
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Dark Sayings

Book 8 of 10 · published 2024

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2024
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The Crystal Armour

Book 9 of 10 · published 2024

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2024
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The Torn Isle

Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2025

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2025
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The Caledonia Regression

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2025

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2025
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Our Fractured Realms

Book 2 of 4 · published 2026

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2026
3
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These Troubled Stones

Book 3 of 4 · published 2026

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2026
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The Alpha Breach

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2026

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2026

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Tormod Cockburn?

Tormod Cockburn is a thriller fiction novelist who is best known for the “Mysterious Scotland” series of novels. The author has been a resident of East Neuk of Fife for years and together with his wife, he usually travels all across Scotland looking for legends and inspiring places. Cockburn published “The Bone Trap,” his debut novel in 2022, and now has at least half a dozen novels to his name. “The Bone Trap” by Tormod Cockburn is a story about sightings of a tusked horse, an unidentified animal skull, and a single murder that provides fodder for the revival of an old Scottish myth.

Which Tormod Cockburn series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Mysterious Scotland series, the earliest of Tormod Cockburn's multi-book series: it opens with The Strange Destiny of Horses (2022) and runs to 10 books across 2022–2025, ending with The Torn Isle (2025). Tormod Cockburn's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

How many books has Tormod Cockburn written?

Tormod Cockburn has 14 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2022 and 2026. Every one of them sits in one of 2 named series — the largest being the Mysterious Scotland series with 10 books.

In what order should Tormod Cockburn's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Tormod Cockburn's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Mysterious Scotland (2022–2025, 10 books) and Shadow Castles (2025–2026, 4 books).

How are Tormod Cockburn's books organised into series?

This guide splits Tormod Cockburn's 14 books into 2 named series, with no standalone titles: Mysterious Scotland (10 books, 2022–2025); Shadow Castles (4 books, 2025–2026).