The Valens Legacy

Black Friday (The Valens Legacy, #1) by Jan Stryvant follows Sean, a college student focused on completing his computer science degree and escaping poverty after his father's death. His life changes dramatically after a failed kidnapping leaves him with memory loss, the death of his oldest friend, and his mother missing. Sean is drawn into a hidden supernatural world where multiple magical societies seek him, though he does not understand why. The story explores themes of magic, shapeshifters, and complex relationships within an urban fantasy setting marked by explicit content and mature themes.

Perfect Strangers (The Valens Legacy, #2) by Jan Stryvant follows Sean, a college junior thrust into a hidden world of magic, shapeshifters, and supernatural factions after his father's death. As Sean approaches his twenty-first birthday, rival magical councils either seek to kill or capture him, fearing he will inherit his father's dangerous legacy. To survive, Sean must uncover his father’s secret work, master magic, and build alliances with the help of Roxy, a skilled cheetah lycanthrope, and Jolene, a tantric witch connected to the supernatural underworld. This urban fantasy novel explores themes of power, survival, and complex relationships amid paranormal conflict.

Over Our Heads (The Valens Legacy, #3) by Jan Stryvant continues the story of Sean as he uncovers his father's work and attempts to replicate a significant magical achievement while addressing an unresolved problem. Set primarily in a Cold War-era bomb shelter, Sean seeks to protect his family amid escalating conflicts involving mages and supernatural factions. The novel explores themes of power struggles, magical innovation, and shifting alliances within a paranormal urban fantasy world that includes shapeshifters and complex relationships. The narrative contains mature content, including explicit sexuality, violence, and elements of erotica.

Head Down (The Valens Legacy, #4) by Jan Stryvant continues the urban fantasy saga centered on Sean, who now finds himself surrounded by allies including wolves and werefoxes while facing escalating threats from rival supernatural Councils. Following a deadly raid on Gradatim, political tensions rise as various factions prepare for conflict, with the powerful Council of Vestibulum becoming increasingly involved. The story incorporates elements of shapeshifters, magic, and complex relationships amid explicit adult content and intense action sequences.

When It Falls (The Valens Legacy, #5) by Jan Stryvant continues the urban fantasy saga as Sean confronts the ruthless Vestibulum council, which has maintained dominance for two centuries. Following a violent raid against the Ascendants, Sean must navigate the political fallout among rival councils while protecting those he rescued, including four dark elves with complex loyalties. The narrative explores themes of power struggles, magical conflict, and polyamorous relationships within a paranormal setting marked by explicit content and mature themes.

Stand On It (The Valens Legacy, #6) by Jan Stryvant continues the urban fantasy saga where Sean and his family face a powerful assault from the Councils. After Sean sustains serious injuries, his wives take charge to maintain their hold and prepare for further conflict. The story explores themes of shapeshifters, polyamory, and paranormal warfare within a world marked by ongoing battles and shifting alliances. The narrative includes explicit adult content and complex interpersonal dynamics amid a backdrop of military-style raids and magical confrontations.

In Vegas Rules, Jan Stryvant moves Sean and his allies from Reno to the neon-lit streets of Las Vegas, where lycan slavery is woven into the operations of powerful casinos. With no mage council in charge and organized crime shaping the city’s magical underworld, Sean confronts owners who use shapeshifters as labor and spectacle, while visiting magic users treat both lycans and ordinary humans as disposable entertainment. As he works with Roxy’s father and local allies to shut down the worst offenders, Sean’s tactics escalate from negotiation to raids and open conflict. This adult urban fantasy blends contemporary college life, paranormal politics, explicit romance, and polyamorous relationships with violent action that may shift the balance of power far beyond the Strip.

Desperate Measures by Jan Stryvant continues Sean’s urban fantasy struggles as supernatural politics in contemporary Sacramento turn openly hostile. With the local Vestibulum council moving against him and the Gradatim national leadership escalating tensions, multiple factions coordinate to eliminate Sean and dismantle his growing base of followers. At the same time, he is stretched thin by magical obligations, leadership demands, constant combat, and the practical need to keep money flowing, all while trying to maintain his complex polyamorous household and college-age responsibilities. Blending action-heavy magic, shapeshifters, demons, and explicit adult relationships, this installment pushes Sean into increasingly dangerous confrontations on both paranormal and mundane fronts.

Secret Treaties by Jan Stryvant continues Sean’s war against the Gradatim as he moves into Portland, one of their key urban strongholds. After a brutal strike on his family, Sean and the Lions answer with escalating force that rattles both magical factions and government agencies, drawing official scrutiny and political maneuvering. As council leaders, secretive officials, and old rivals exploit the chaos for their own gain, Sean finds himself fighting on multiple fronts while navigating shifting alliances, hidden agendas, and dangerous magical power. Blending contemporary college life with paranormal warfare, explicit adult relationships, polyamory, and intense action, this fantasy adventure pushes its protagonist to test the limits of loyalty, strategy, and self-defense in a world where monsters, demons, and shapeshifters operate in the shadows of modern society.

It Ain't Easy by Jan Stryvant continues Sean’s urban fantasy struggles just as he hopes for a quieter life. With his home finally fortified, he tries to handle overdue personal and magical responsibilities, but his two forces, led by Chad and Great Uncle Maitland, uncover signs that the Vestibulum still intend to challenge him. As the U.S. government debates how to treat Sean and the lions he represents, high-level factions clash over opening official contact, drawing him into dangerous political maneuvering. Blending contemporary college life with shapeshifters, demons, tantric magic, and explicit adult relationships, this installment mixes paranormal warfare, harem dynamics, and polyamorous romance with large-scale action and covert intrigue.

Red Skies by Jan Stryvant continues Sean’s urban fantasy ascent from college mage to political power player, now backed by the President yet pressed into accelerating plans involving Canada and Mexico. As Congressional resistance quietly gathers and Washington, D.C. becomes a pressure point, Sean must navigate opaque motives, shifting alliances, and a timetable he no longer controls. The novel blends contemporary fantasy action, shapeshifters, demons, and tantric magic with explicit adult content, polyamorous relationships, and harem dynamics. As strange events in Canada and ominous patterns in U.S. politics start to align, Sean begins to understand that the Vestibulum was never his only enemy, and that the true threat is both closer and more dangerous than he expected.

In Demon Days, Jan Stryvant continues Sean’s struggle as an urban war with invading demons escalates in contemporary Nevada and beyond. While most of the world mistakes the spreading gates and battles for performance art and festival chaos, Sean is forced to finance and coordinate a very real defense with a small, overextended team. As the portals grow larger and more organized demonic forces emerge, shortages of money, food, and equipment threaten his survival as much as the monsters themselves. Blending modern fantasy action, explicit adult relationships, polyamorous dynamics, and college-age characters with military-style raids and paranormal mystery, the novel follows Sean’s attempt to hold back immortal demon lords who now see humanity as an open buffet.

Simple Things by Jan Stryvant continues this contemporary urban fantasy series with parallel storylines on two fronts. Trapped in a demon realm, Sean navigates hostile territory and an enigmatic lioness shapeshifter who may hold the key to survival and escape, while back in the college-town setting Adam struggles to blend in, manage volatile relationships, and stay ahead of a rapidly escalating supernatural conflict. As the war intensifies even without the main gateway open, alliances form, stakes rise, and the consequences of earlier choices ripple outward in unpredictable ways. Blending magic, monsters, mystery, and explicit adult romance with polyamorous and harem elements, the novel maintains a fast-paced mix of action, paranormal intrigue, and dark humor.

Trying Times (The Valens Legacy #14) by Jan Stryvant continues the urban fantasy saga centered on Sean, who faces escalating threats from fanatics and violent adversaries targeting him and the lycan community. Amidst ongoing supernatural conflicts, a lingering demonic presence in Washington complicates the struggle for control. The story also follows Estrella as she returns to her origins and embraces her new role within a complex family dynamic. This installment explores themes of power, loyalty, and survival within a world populated by shapeshifters, demons, and intricate relationships.

Firestarter by Jan Stryvant continues Sean’s shift from skirmishes to an all-out supernatural war, as a long-term demon gateway nears activation and threatens to unleash millions of invaders. Now in his early twenties and still adapting to his lion-shifter nature, he must coordinate allies, train new recruits, manage supplies, and navigate obstructive officials while learning more about both enemies and uneasy partners. Set in a contemporary, college-age urban fantasy world with strong action elements, the novel blends magic, monsters, and shapeshifters with explicit adult content. Themes of polyamory, paranormal romance, and morally gray tactics run through the story as Sean prepares for a conflict that will define his world’s future.

Times Like These (Valens Legacy #16) by Jan Stryvant continues the urban fantasy saga as Sean faces an escalating war against the Onderwereld’s demonic forces. With the main gateway open and enemies capable of rapid reincarnation, Sean seeks rare weapons that can permanently end these threats, requiring a perilous mission through hostile territory. The narrative explores themes of supernatural conflict, shapeshifters, and complex relationships within a dark, violent setting. This installment includes explicit content and mature themes consistent with its genre elements of erotica, fantasy, and harem dynamics.

No Regrets (The Valens Legacy, #17) by Jan Stryvant continues the urban fantasy saga as Sean returns to the Onderwereld with allies to investigate the origins of the djevels and the creators of the gateway mechanisms. Their discoveries challenge existing alliances while a war threatens their home city of Reno, where the djevels employ dangerous tactics. The narrative explores themes of conflict, loyalty, and transformation within a world inhabited by shapeshifters, demons, and complex relationships, marked by explicit content and mature themes.

Everyday, Including Holidays by Jan Stryvant returns to Sean and his pride of lions in a world still reshaped by war, where magic, lycans, djevels, dwarves, and elves are now part of everyday public reality. Years after destroying the djevel king’s realm, they face the slower, relentless task of containing and eliminating the remaining million demons, fencing off infested territory while tracking those that slipped through. Urban life, college routines, and family obligations unfold alongside violent confrontations, political complications, and the constant threat of paranormal attacks from unexpected directions. Blending contemporary fantasy, action, mystery, and explicit adult relationships including polyamory and harem dynamics, the novel follows characters who must balance romance and responsibility with the long-term burden of guarding a changed world.