The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 3 books · 2016 to 2018 · Set in Liverpool

Three Births of Daoloth Books in Order

The Three Births of Daoloth is a cosmic horror trilogy following Dominic Sheldrake, from a Liverpool boyhood in the 1950s to old age, and his struggle with a cult.

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Series facts

Books
3
Published
2016 to 2018
First book
The Searching Dead
Latest
The Way of the Worm (2018)
Setting
Set in Liverpool

The reading order

Every Three Births of Daoloth book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

3 books · Set in Liverpool
  1. 1The Searching Dead2016With Dominic SheldrakeIn 1950s Liverpool, Dominic Sheldrake and his friends discover that their teacher belongs to a strange spiritualist church.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2Born to the Dark2017With Dominic SheldrakeIn the 1970s, Dominic’s young son has terrible dreams, and the cult returns.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3The Way of the Worm2018With Dominic SheldrakeDecades later, Dominic faces the cult for the last time.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read The Searching Dead, Born to the Dark and The Way of the Worm in order.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Three Births of Daoloth book
BookDominic Sheldrake
1 The Searching DeadLLead
2 Born to the DarkLLead
3 The Way of the WormLLead

Characters in the Three Births of Daoloth books

1 character from Ramsey Campbell’s chart, with the number of Three Births of Daoloth books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Dominic SheldrakeLiverpool man drawn into a cult3The Searching Dead 2016