The opening story Dragon Rider is the weakest of the lot, having been written specially for this anthology.

But the rest is a collection of my favourite light fantasy novels, with not a duff note between them.

Encrypted is the first book of the "Forgotten Ages" sequence, which is set in the same world as "The Emperor's Edge", but a few decades earlier. "Chains of Honor" is roughly contemporary to "The Emperor's Edge" sequence, and is the same world, as seen from the point of few of the "enemy" nation.
Dragon Storm takes place less than a year after the events of the last book in the "Dragon Blood" series, which begins with Balanced On the Blade's Edge, and both are preceded by around a thousand years by the events of Dragon Rider.

With the possible exception of Warrior Mage, all these novels stand satisfactorily on their own - you do not have to complete the relevant series to get closure on the story. ( )