Prequel Novella
Ghosts of Praxis
On the ruined Croatian coast, shepherd Ika crosses into the silent domed city of Praxis and encounters the intelligence that will become Babushka.
Official series guide
Babushka books in order
Martin Erlic's Babushka universe combines cyberpunk, post-apocalyptic reconstruction, advanced AI, engineered immortality, political intrigue, and Slavic-influenced worldbuilding. Start with either the four-book Babushka Saga or the Broth & Bullets prequel arc; keep each main series in order.
Babushka Saga
The clearest starting point for cyberpunk, mindgrafts, immortality, and Gred.
- Echoes of Immortality
- Rain of Silence
- Shadows of Betrayal
- Hall of Reflections
Broth & Bullets
The prequel arc focuses on survival, reconstruction, and the institutions that become Gred.
- Ashes of Arrival
- War of Formation (forthcoming)
- Whispers of Destiny (forthcoming)
- Tides of Oblivion (read last)
Complete book guide
Babushka Saga
Echoes of Immortality
Book One
In immortal Gred, mindgraft specialist Dunya Bocharov is drawn into forbidden neural work, political violence, and the legacy of the AI that rebuilt civilization.
Babushka Saga
Sundown Protocol
Interlude Novella
After her death, Tatyana Romanova defends a borrowed virtual afterlife from malicious code and the systems that measure mercy as a cost.
Babushka Saga
Rain of Silence
Book Two
As thaw and rain reach Gred, a hunted child, a grieving ruler, a haunted soldier, and an intelligence in human flesh converge around Zakharovna’s final secrets.
Babushka Saga
Shadows of Betrayal
Book Three
Open faction war forces Gred to confront buried crimes, unstable loyalties, and the power to decide who is remembered or erased.
Prequel Novella
Heroes of Praxis
After Babushka falls, Ika and Roarke fight to keep Praxis alive while patient probes beyond the reef learn how the wounded city responds.
Babushka Saga
Hall of Reflections
Book Four
The final Babushka Saga novel asks what the living will carry after the dead, the city, and its machine systems have had their say.
Babushka Universe
Borrowed Time
Stories from the Babushka Universe
A collection of seven standalone stories from the Babushka universe, including five stories available to read free on this site.
Broth & Bullets
Ashes of Arrival
Book One
In post-collapse Kamchatka, survivors rebuild infrastructure and institutions whose compromises will harden into the future city of Gred.
Broth & Bullets
War of Formation
Book Two
The forthcoming second Broth & Bullets novel continues the political and military formation of Gred.
Forthcoming
Broth & Bullets
Whispers of Destiny
Book Three
The forthcoming third Broth & Bullets novel completes the main prequel trilogy.
Forthcoming
Broth & Bullets
Tides of Oblivion
Epilogue
The Broth & Bullets epilogue follows Admiral Lagunov and the Sovereign Tide and is best saved until the end of the full reading order.