Where to Start with James A. Hunter
- Best entry point → Vigil's Justice
- Start The Rogue Dungeon series → Rogue Dungeon: Books 1 - 3 (Rogue Dungeon, Civil War, Troll Nation) (The Rogue Dungeon)
- What fans keep coming back to → Vigil's Valor
- Highest rated by listeners → Vigil's Wrath (Vigil Bound #4)
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Vigil's Valor
Vigil Bound • Book 2
Narrated by Luke Daniels
★ 4.32 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.2K) ★ 4.83 Audible (550)15h 3m listening time • Released 2022Luke Daniels brings his A-game to this sequel, delivering the kind of energetic, character-driven performance that makes urban fantasy airborne. Hunter's got you hooked with impossible stakes and a pixie familiar that steals every scene.
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Rogue Dungeon: Books 1 - 3 (Rogue Dungeon, Civil War, Troll Nation) (The Rogue Dungeon)
The Rogue Dungeon • Book 1
by James A. Hunter, Eden Hudson
Narrated by Nick Podehl
★ 4.29 ABR Score (6.5K ratings)★ 4.12 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.75 Audible (3.7K)11h 20m listening time • Released 2019Nick Podehl nails the sardonic voice of a reluctant troll protagonist trapped in a game he never asked to play—a perfect match for a story that's equal parts rage-quit funny and genuinely inventive fantasy worldbuilding.
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Vigil's Wrath
Vigil Bound • Book 4
Narrated by Luke Daniels
★ 4.19 ABR Score (984 ratings)★ 4.56 Goodreads (689) ★ 4.8 Audible (295)9h 37m listening time • Released 2023Luke Daniels delivers a career-best performance bringing Boyd Knight's rage and cunning to life—his gravel-voiced intensity makes every betrayal and supernatural showdown hit harder than the text alone could manage.
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Vigil's Justice
Vigil Bound • Book 1
Narrated by Luke Daniels
★ 4.17 ABR Score (2.8K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (1.8K) ★ 4.61 Audible (933)13h 27m listening time • Released 2022Luke Daniels brings gritty intensity to this military-fantasy hybrid, turning Boyd Knight's journey from soldier to monster-hunting god's instrument into a visceral, addictive listen that justifies every minute of its thirteen hours.
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Vigil's Balance
Vigil Bound • Book 3
Narrated by Luke Daniels
★ 4.17 ABR Score (1.1K ratings)★ 4.48 Goodreads (798) ★ 4.78 Audible (264)9h 39m listening time • Released 2023Luke Daniels brings lethal precision to a Fae court thriller where every alliance is a trap and survival means outmaneuvering inhuman predators. Hunter's third book hits harder than the first two combined.
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