Below is the complete list of Jennifer L. Armentrout’s The Harbinger books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of The Harbinger Books
- Storm and Fury (2019)
Storm and Fury was published in 2019 and is listed as book #1 in the The Harbinger series. - Rage and Ruin (2020)
Published in 2020, Rage and Ruin is listed as book #2 in the The Harbinger series. - Grace and Glory (2021)
Grace and Glory is a 2021 release and appears as book #3 in the The Harbinger series.
About The Harbinger
Jennifer L. Armentrout’s The Harbinger series is a young adult paranormal romance trilogy set in the same supernatural world as The Dark Elements, but with a new heroine and a darker, more urgent conflict at its center. The series begins with Storm and Fury, continues with Rage and Ruin, and concludes with Grace and Glory. It follows Trinity Marrow, a girl raised among Wardens who has spent much of her life hidden because of what she is and what she can do.
Trinity is one of Armentrout’s more distinctive heroines because her power and vulnerability exist side by side. She is a Trueborn, connected to angelic power, and she can see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. At the same time, she lives with a degenerative eye condition that affects her vision, forcing her to constantly adapt while others underestimate what she can handle. Armentrout uses this contrast to make Trinity more than a powerful paranormal protagonist. She is fierce, sarcastic, lonely, and determined to be useful in a world that keeps trying to protect or control her.
The first book, Storm and Fury, introduces Trinity’s sheltered life inside a Warden compound. The Wardens, gargoyle-like protectors who fight demons, are already familiar to readers of The Dark Elements, but the story quickly establishes Trinity’s own place in that world. When Zayne arrives, the connection between the two series becomes clearer. Zayne is not a new figure in Armentrout’s mythology, but The Harbinger gives him a different emotional role. He becomes both protector and romantic counterpart to Trinity, creating a relationship built on tension, grief, attraction, secrets, and the danger surrounding her true identity.
The trilogy’s larger conflict centers on the Harbinger, a powerful threat whose arrival could destabilize the balance between demons, Wardens, angels, and humans. Armentrout keeps the story moving through attacks, revelations, betrayals, and supernatural politics, but the emotional weight stays close to Trinity. She is not simply reacting to danger. She is trying to understand what she was born to do, how much of her life has been shaped by other people’s fear, and whether love can survive when destiny keeps demanding sacrifice.
Rage and Ruin deepens the consequences of the first book, especially in Trinity and Zayne’s relationship. Their bond becomes more intense, but also more complicated as duty, grief, and supernatural law press against them. The book also expands the threat surrounding the Harbinger, making the conflict feel less like a single mystery and more like a battle with deep roots in the wider Dark Elements world.
Grace and Glory brings the trilogy to its resolution, pushing Trinity into the full truth of her identity, power, and choices. By this point, the series has become both a romance and a story about self-acceptance. Trinity must decide what strength means when she cannot control every loss, every danger, or every part of her future.
The Harbinger works best as a sequel-series companion to The Dark Elements. It can introduce new readers to Trinity’s story, but readers who already know Layla, Roth, and Zayne will feel the deeper emotional continuity. The trilogy’s appeal lies in its mix of demons, Wardens, angelic power, romance, humor, and a heroine who refuses to be defined only by what she can see or what others believe she should be.