Below is the complete list of Sherrilyn Kenyon’s The League: Eve of Destruction books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of The League: Eve of Destruction Books
About The League: Eve of Destruction
The League: Eve of Destruction series by Sherrilyn Kenyon is a science-fiction romance and action saga set within the Ichidian Universe, the futuristic setting of her bestselling League novels. Centred on a formidable mercenary and a highly trained assassin, the series explores a violent interstellar society where powerful organisations control entire populations and survival often depends on choosing the right allies. Combining political conspiracies, dangerous missions, romantic tension, and morally complicated characters, Eve of Destruction expands the League universe through a group of outsiders determined to resist its oppressive authority.
The central character is Eve Erixour, a mercenary bounty hunter whose reputation inspires fear across the worlds she inhabits. As the daughter of a notorious thief and swindler, Eve has spent much of her life struggling to escape the consequences of her family’s criminal reputation. Although she once hoped for an ordinary existence, circumstances have transformed her into an exceptionally dangerous fighter whose survival depends on her ability to outthink and outfight her enemies.
Rather than using her skills exclusively for personal gain, Eve establishes an elite mercenary organisation composed largely of refugees and survivors who have suffered under the League’s brutal authority. Together, they undertake dangerous assignments and offer protection to people who have few other means of defending themselves.
This mission places Eve in direct opposition to the League, an immensely powerful organisation whose assassins enforce its authority across the Ichidian Universe. Originally established to maintain order, the League has become notorious for corruption, political manipulation, and the ruthless elimination of perceived threats.
One of Eve’s most significant relationships develops with Jinx Shadowborne, a highly skilled League assassin whose loyalty to the organisation is far from straightforward. Betrayed and sold into the League, Jinx has risen through its ranks to become an exceptionally effective killer. Although his superiors consider him a valuable operative, he maintains his own agenda and refuses to follow orders unquestioningly.
Their connection becomes central to Eve of Destruction (2022), which brings them together during an investigation involving the deaths of high-ranking League assassins. Jinx suspects that someone within the organisation is betraying its members, and his pursuit of a potential traitor unexpectedly intersects with Eve’s dangerous existence.
Their uneasy alliance forces two highly independent individuals to cooperate against enemies who possess extraordinary resources and influence. Complicating matters further is the growing attraction between them, particularly because Jinx remains associated with the very organisation Eve has dedicated herself to resisting.
The wider storyline also connects with Born of Rage and Born of Blood, which feature characters and circumstances associated with Eve’s activities. In Born of Rage, Dakari Tieval becomes the target of League assassins and seeks protection from Eve and her unconventional companions. Her desperate situation demonstrates why Eve’s mercenary group has become an important refuge for those threatened by powerful authorities.
Eve’s relationships with her crew and family provide additional depth to the series. Her younger sister, Jayne, connects her personal history to other characters within the League universe, while the recurring presence of Jinx and fellow operatives develops the tension between institutional loyalty and individual conscience.
Chronologically, Eve of Destruction takes place before the major events of the Nemesis Rising storyline, during a period when Nykyrian Quiakides remains an active League assassin. This earlier setting allows Kenyon to explore the organisation’s internal corruption and the lives of individuals resisting its authority before the larger conflicts involving Nykyrian and the Sentella unfold.
Kenyon has also developed further adventures featuring Eve and Jinx, including Eve of Ruin, Eve of Havoc, and Eve of the Fallen. These stories extend the characters’ struggle against the League while introducing additional threats to the people Eve has sworn to protect.
A distinctive feature of Eve of Destruction is its emphasis on an established mercenary leader rather than a conventional military hero. Eve operates outside official institutions, and her willingness to protect vulnerable people directly challenges the supposed legitimacy of the League’s authority.
Through Eve and Jinx, Kenyon examines the conflicts between duty and conscience, reputation and identity, and personal survival and responsibility toward others. Their dangerous partnership gives the series its emotional foundation, while the corrupt political structures of the Ichidian Universe provide the larger struggle that shapes their choices.