Books by Daniel Sheley

Speculative worlds of monsters, gods, and cursed bargains — spanning steampunk, mythpunk, and dark fantasy.

Book cover for 'Lux Mendacium' by Daniel Sheley, featuring a young person with messy hair, dressed in tattered clothing, standing on a stone platform in a dark, dystopian cityscape with a tall spire and a swirling circular structure in the background.
Book cover titled 'For Scales Alone' by Daniel Sheley, featuring a dark, misty, forest scene with a shadowy figure holding a sword, near a small wooden house.

In a city where truth corrodes like rust, a young outcast discovers that lies themselves may be the only weapon strong enough to save what’s left of the world. But every secret has a cost — and some debts cannot be paid without blood.

Lux Mendacium: Sheley, Daniel: 9798281458276: Amazon.com: Books

For Scales Alone
A wounded drifter washes ashore in a coastal village, scales hidden beneath his skin. Taken in by Mara and Brann—two fisherfolk bound by sharp tongues and older scars—he learns that survival is never simple. Secrets rise with the tide, loyalties are tested, and Jed must choose whether he belongs to the people who saved him… or to the depths that call him back.

A lyrical tale of survival, trust, and transformation.

Available Oct 11th - Pre Orders Available on amazon
Amazon.com: For Scales Alone eBook : Sheley, Daniel: Books

Book cover featuring a large robot with glowing chest, facing a person holding a sword in a fiery cityscape. Title 'HEARTCOIL' and author 'DANIEL SHELEY' at the top and bottom.

Deep in the gears of a decaying steampunk city, a man wages war against the very machine that sustains it. Heartcoil is a lyrical tale of rust, memory, and resilience — a novel where the city itself becomes both adversary and ally.

HEARTCOIL: Sheley, Daniel: 9798283616131: Amazon.com: Books