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Troy Denning
Troy Denning is a popular fantasy and science fiction author and former game designer. In 1989, he wrote the third installment, “Waterdeep” for TSR’s “Avatar Trilogy” under the pseudonym Richard Awlinson. The book went on to become a New York Times bestselling novel. He continued to write freelance. He is the author of numerous Star Wars Expanded Universe novels. The majority of his work is set in the dungeons and dragons settings of Dark Sun and Forgotten Realms.
Troy Denning lives in southern Wisconsin with Andria, his wife. In his free time, he practices martial arts and enjoys the outdoors.
Full Series List in Order
Dark Nest
1 - The Joiner King (Jul-2005)2 - The Unseen Queen (Sep-2005)
3 - The Swarm War (Nov-2005)
Prism Pentad
1 - The Verdant Passage (Oct-1991)2 - The Crimson Legion (Apr-1992)
3 - The Amber Enchantress (Oct-1992)
4 - The Obsidian Oracle (Jun-1993)
5 - The Cerulean Storm (Sep-1993)
Return of the Archwizards
1 - The Summoning (Mar-2001)2 - The Siege (Dec-2001)
3 - Sorcerer (Nov-2002)
Twilight Giants
1 - The Ogre's Pact (Sep-1994)2 - The Giant Among Us (Feb-1995)
3 - The Titan of Twilight (Sep-1995)
Multi-Author Series List
Avatar
3 - Waterdeep (Jul-2003)5 - Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad (Feb-1998)
The Cormyr Saga
2 - Beyond the High Road (Dec-1999)Dark Sun World
The Verdant Passage (Oct-1991)The Crimson Legion (Apr-1992)
The Amber Enchantress (Oct-1992)
The Obsidian Oracle (Jun-1993)
The Cerulean Storm (Sep-1993)
Dungeons & Dragons: The Sundering
5 - The Sentinel (Apr-2014)The Empires Trilogy
2 - Dragonwall (Aug-1990)Fate of the Jedi
Abyss (Aug-2009)Vortex (Dec-2010)
Apocalypse (Mar-2012)
Forgotten Realms
Storm Riders (1990)Dragonwall (Aug-1990)
The Parched Sea (Jul-1991)
The Ogre's Pact (Sep-1994)
The Giant Among Us (Feb-1995)
The Titan of Twilight (Sep-1995)
The Veiled Dragon (Jun-1996)
Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad (Feb-1998)
Faces of Deception (Nov-1998)
Beyond the High Road (Dec-1999)
The Summoning (Mar-2001)
The Siege (Dec-2001)
Darksword (Apr-2002)
Sorcerer (Nov-2002)
Waterdeep (Jul-2003)
Return of the Archwizards (Dec-2009)
The Sentinel (Apr-2014)
Forgotten Realms: Return of the Archwizards
Darksword (Apr-2002)Halo
Halo: Last Light (Sep-2015)Halo: Retribution (Sep-2017)
Halo: Silent Storm (Sep-2018)
Halo: Oblivion (Sep-2019)
Halo: Shadows of Reach (Oct-2020)
Halo: Divine Wind (Oct-2021)
Halo: Outcasts (Aug-2023)
The Harpers
1 - The Parched Sea (Jul-1991)12 - The Veiled Dragon (Jun-1996)
Lost Empires
2 - Faces of Deception (Nov-1998)The New Jedi Order
9 - Star by Star (Oct-2001)Star Wars
Star by Star (Oct-2001)Recovery (Dec-2001)
A Forest Apart (Feb-2003)
Tatooine Ghost (Mar-2003)
The Joiner King (Jul-2005)
The Unseen Queen (Sep-2005)
The Swarm War (Nov-2005)
Tempest (Dec-2006)
Inferno (Sep-2007)
Invincible (May-2008)
Abyss (Aug-2009)
Vortex (Dec-2010)
Apocalypse (Mar-2012)
Crucible (Jul-2013)
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force
3 - Tempest (Dec-2006)6 - Inferno (Sep-2007)
9 - Invincible (May-2008)
Book List in Order: 48 titles
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Combat Command: The Omega Rebellion
- Dec-1987
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The reader plays the role of Gaspar Newlin, a junkloader in the Hillgrove Production Complex who becomes caught between rebel and government forces and must choose to lead either a group of outlaws or a government security force...
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Dragonwall
- Aug-1990
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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The barbarian horde has breached the ancient Dragonwall and now threatens the oriental land of Shou Lung. Powerful as they are, the Shou army's only hope lies with Batu Min Ho, a young general who is himself a third generation descendant of Tuigan ba...
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The Parched Sea
- Jul-1991
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Determined to drive a trade route through Anauroch, the Zhentarim have sent an army to enslave the fierce nomads of the Great Desert. As tribe after tribe fall to the intruders, only a single woman, Ruha, sees the true danger--but what sheikh will he...
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The Verdant Passage
- Oct-1991
- / Fantasy
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A new creed kindled from despair.. . Kaiak: an immortal sorcerer-king whose evil magic has reduced the majestic city of Tyr to a desolate place of dust, blood, and fear. His thousand year reign of death is about to end. Banding together to s...
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The Crimson Legion
- Apr-1992
- / Fantasy
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A dream born from tyranny. Tyr: The Free City. After a millennium of sorrow, it has cast off the yoke of the brutal sorcerer-king. The new ruler, Tithian of Mericles, has liberated the slaves--and plunged the city into chaos. Tyr's triumph may...
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The Amber Enchantress
- Oct-1992
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The Lure of Dark Sorcery... Borys: The Dragon of Athas, born of magic and sustained by the agony of the doomed. For a thousand years, he has terrorized the desert wastes of Athas, roaming from city to city in pursuit of his gruesome levy -- the lives...
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The Obsidian Oracle
- Jun-1993
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The Severed Bonds of Friendship... The Dark Lens: An ancient oracle that can harvest the magic of the sun, hidden by the last dwarven knights for the sake of a new world. With it, Tithian of Tyr can evolve into a true sorcerer-king. Only Agi...
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The Cerulean Storm
- Sep-1993
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The Thirst for Immortality.... Rajaat: The First Sorcerer, betrayed by his champions at the moment of his paramount victory, imprisoned beyond space and time. Only Rajaat can return Athas to its verdant splendor. When Tithian of Tyr leads his forme...
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The Ogre's Pact
- Sep-1994
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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The Betrayal of a Sacred Trust For a millennium, the men and giants of the Ice Spires have coexisted in perfect harmony, answering to a single dynasty of human kings. A thousand years of peace Is about to shatter. Ogres have captured the ki...
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The Giant Among Us
- Feb-1995
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Torn Between Love of Country and Love of Queen The rise of a new queen has shattered the ancient peace of the Ice Spires. For more than a year, the giant tribes standing ready to invade Hartsvale have been held at bay by a lone scout armed with a ...
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The Titan of Twilight
- Sep-1995
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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For untold centuries, a banished titan has lurked in the cold, forbidden dusk of the Twilight Vale -- imprisoned for a crime as black as the boreal night. With the birth of a new king comes the titan’s freedom. The Kingdom hangs in the balance...
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The Veiled Dragon
- Jun-1996
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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An aspiring Harper agent finds that solving a poisoning -- and impressing her superiors -- is much harder than she imagined The Bedine witch Ruha has left the parched sea of Anauroch on her quest to become a Harper. That quest takes her to Evers...
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Pages of Pain
- Sep-1996
- / Fantasy
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SOME QUESTIONS ARE BETTER LEFT UNASKED... There is a void in my chest where once had a heart, and from this emptiness springs all the suffering in the Multiverse. At first, the Pains are like a kiss, hot and breathy and welcome. They reach out wit...
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Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad
- Feb-1998
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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Cyric the Mad Who betrayed his friends Midnight and Kelemvor and sought to destroy them. Who ascended to godhood and now spreads his lies and intrigues into every corner of Faerun. Who is the Lord of Murder, the Prince of Lies--and insane....
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Faces of Deception
- Nov-1998
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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Atreus of Erlkazar Hidden from his powerful family's enemies behind the hideous mask of his own face. Sent by the goddess of beauty on an impossible mission. Driven to find a way past his own flesh, into a soul torn between destiny and love. De...
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The Oath of Stonekeep
- Oct-1999
- / Fantasy
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There were dark things in the valley...a host of throgs and shargas and hell-forged creatures sweeping out of the frozen wilderness to murder and ravage and take what men were too weak to defend... STONEKEEP An ancient citadel blessed by the gods...
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Beyond the High Road
- Dec-1999
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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The seer Alaundo prophesied that seven scourges would sweep Cormyr way in ruin. For centuries the royal family has stood watch against that day and devoted their lives to the protection of the realm. But in a time when their ancient guardians slum...
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The Summoning
- Mar-2001
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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From the depths of the demiplane of shadow comes a new magic so mysterious it confounds even the Chosen of Mystra. From beneath the dune seas of Anauroch escapes one of Toril's most powerful and ancient evils -- the phaerimm. From Evereska, the...
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Star by Star
- Oct-2001
- / Space Opera
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It is a solemn time for the New Republic, as the merciless Yuuzhan Vong continue their campaign of destruction. The brutal enemy has unleashed a savage creature capable of finding--and killing--Jedi Knights. Now Leia Organa Solo faces a terrible ulti...
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The Siege
- Dec-2001
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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For Evereska, the last elven refuge on Faerun, it's a battle for survival. For the Chosen of Mystra, it's a potent rival for their goddess's dominion over magic. For the human realms of Faerun, it's a permanent shift in the balance of power. For a...
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Darksword
- Apr-2002
- / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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When Shade Enclave returns from thousands of years of exile in the Plane of Shadow, all of Faerun is open to its dark designs. When a tribe of kenku confront the archwizard who gave them magic but kept them as slaves, the skies rain death. When...
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A Forest Apart
- Feb-2003
- / Space Opera
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BONUS: This original novella includes an excerpt from Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal and an interview with the author. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Growing up in the shadow of his heroic father, Lumpawarrump, son of Chewbacca, feel...
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Tatooine Ghost
- Mar-2003
- / Space Opera
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SPECIAL BONUS INSIDE--the exclusive story "A Forest Apart," previously available in e-book format only! Han and Leia struggle to keep the Empire at bay as stunning revelations from the past threaten to eclipse the future of the New Republic. . . ....
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Waterdeep
- Jul-2003
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The Streets of Waterdeep... Where danger lurks round every corner as the avatars of the gods seek the Tablets of Fate. Where Cyric and Myrkul, god of death, plot to capture Midnight and twist the Tablets to their own dark ends, imperiling the v...
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The Joiner King
- Jul-2005
- / Space Opera
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After triumphing in Star Wars: The Unifying Force, the heroes of the New Jedi Order return in a dazzling new adventure! Luke Skywalker is worried: A handful of Jedi Knights, including his nephew and niece, Jaina and Jacen Solo, have disappeared in...
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The Unseen Queen
- Sep-2005
- / Space Opera
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The epic Star Wars odyssey enters a new frontier as the heroes of the New Jedi Order confront a monstrous evil -- insidious, unseen, and insatiable. . . . Despite being given new worlds to populate, the insectoid Killiks have not found peace. An u...
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The Swarm War
- Nov-2005
- / Space Opera
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In the explosive conclusion to the Dark Nest trilogy, Luke Skywalker summons the heroes of the New Jedi Order from near and far, as the Star Wars galaxy teeters on the edge of eternal war. Yet even the combined powers of the formidable Jedi may not b...
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Invincible
- May-2008
- / Space Opera
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In the epic battle between the defiant champions of the New Jedi Order and the juggernaut that is the Galactic Alliance, the endgame is finally at hand. With so much lost -- and nothing less than the course of the future at stake -- there can be no t...
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Apocalypse
- Mar-2012
- / Space Opera
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There can be no surrender. There will be no mercy. It's not just the future of the galaxy at stake -- It's the destiny of the Force. In the stunning finale of the epic Fate of the Jedi series, Jedi and Sith face off -- with Coruscant as their...
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The Sentinel
- Apr-2014
- / Epic Fantasy
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In the fifth book of the multi-author Sundering series, New York Times best-selling author Troy Denning sends an embittered paladin, Kleef Kenric, on a quest to stop evil forces from taking advantage of the chaos rolling across the land of Faerûn an...
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Halo: Last Light
- Sep-2015
- / Science Fiction
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It is 2553, and the three-decade long Covenant War that defined a generation has suddenly drawn to a close. Yet, in the remotest parts of human space, tensions remain that threaten to overflow into another full-scale conflict. Beneath the surface of ...
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Throne of the Dead
- Mar-2016
- / Epic Fantasy
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In a direct follow-up to his penultimate book in the Sundering series, "The Sentinel," New York Times best-selling author Troy Denning thrusts conflicted paladin Kleef Kenric into a tangled web of corruption that will force him to confront an evil gr...
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Halo: Retribution
- Sep-2017
- / Science Fiction
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An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! December 2553. Less than a year after the end of the Covenant War, a string of violent incidents continues to threaten the tenuou...
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Halo: Silent Storm
- Sep-2018
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2526. It has been almost a year since humanity engaged in its destructive first contact with a theocratic military alliance of alien races known as the Covenant. Now the hostilities have led to open war, and the United Nations Space Command understan...
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Halo: Oblivion
- Sep-2019
- / Science Fiction
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A Master Chief story and original full-length novel set in the Halo universe -- based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! 2526. It has been more than a year since humanity first encountered the hostile military alliance of alien r...
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Halo: Shadows of Reach
- Oct-2020
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A Master Chief story and original full-length novel set in the Halo universe—based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!October 2559. It has been a year since the renegade artificial intelligence Cortana issued a galaxy-wide ulti...
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Halo: Divine Wind
- Oct-2021
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An original novel set in the Halo universe -- based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! October 2559. With the galaxy in the suffocating grip of a renegade artificial intelligence, another perilous threat has quietly emerged in the s...
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Halo: Outcasts
- Aug-2023
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An original novel set in the Halo universe -- based on the New York Times bestselling video game series!2559. Formerly one of the Covenant’s greatest and most fearsome warriors, Arbiter Thel ‘Vadam is now allied with his former human enemies whil...
