C. Dale Brittain

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1991
  • Latest Book:
    August 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Yurt

1 - A Bad Spell in Yurt (Aug-1991)
2 - The Wood Nymph and the Cranky Saint (Feb-1993)
3 - Mage Quest (May-1993)
4 - The Witch & the Cathedral (Apr-1995)
5 - Daughter of Magic (May-1996)
6 - Is This Apocalypse Necessary? (Sep-2000)

Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • A Bad Spell in Yurt

    Yurt - 1

    Newly appointed Royal Wizard Daimbert, learning his king is under a fatal spell, must find out who in the castle has been practicing black magic--the young queen, her flighty aunt, the royal heir, or Daimbert's own predecessor...

  • The Wood Nymph and the Cranky Saint

    Yurt - 2

    When the king goes off on vacation, leaving Daimbert in charge, the wizard is faced with the cranky saint of the shrine of the Holy Toe, a beguiling wood nymph, a plague of magical horned rabbits, and other crises...

  • Mage Quest

    Yurt - 3

    Five men from Yurt--the king, his nephew, the prince, a wizard, and a priest--encounter intrigue, treachery, black magic, and a big blue djinn on their journey, and only the wizard's cleverness can save their lives. Original....

  • Voima

    Three young mortals are caught up in the conflict between the immortal Wanderers, the lords of Voima, and those who would overthrow them, in a struggle between kingdoms, sexes, generations, and the demands of love and honor...

  • The Witch & the Cathedral

    Yurt - 4

    Daimbert, the royal wizard of Yurt, is heartbroken when the woman he loves marries someone else, and abandons his kingdom for the hostile land of Caelrhon, where he discovers evil forces at work and meets a very intriguing witch. Original....

  • Daughter of Magic

    Yurt - 5

    IF HE'S LUCKY, SHE WON'T TURN HIM INTO A FROG.... It's not surprising that the daughter of a witch and a wizard has some innate magical aptitude, and Daimbert is more than willing to nurture her talent. But he's finding he also has to play dad to ...

  • Count Scar

    Magic, heresy, and treachery: Count Galoran must face them all to keep his high castle.- Galoran is a scarred warrior and younger son, cast aside by the emperor when his days of service seem over.- Melchior is a priest trained in the difficult and hi...

  • Is This Apocalypse Necessary?

    Yurt - 6

    Way back when they were in wizards' school together, Elerius was the best student the teachers had ever seen, but Daimbert barely managed to get out with a diploma, after all that embarrassment with the frogs. Now, years later, Elerius has served as ...

  • My First Kingdom

    This is an omnibus edition of the first three Yurt novels, "A Bad Spell in Yurt," "The Wood Nymph and the Cranky Saint," and "Mage Quest," totaling the equivalent of 970 pages in print. It is here offered as a specia...



  • The Lost Girls and the Kobold

    At first it seems simple--a girl has disappeared up into the mountains, and Daimbert the wizard has to find her. But soon he discovers that the mountains are more than they appear, and that he may be trapped in old legends about to come to life. To m...

  • Below the Wizards' Tower

    It's just a simple trip, or so it seems. Daimbert, royal wizard of Yurt, has returned to the wizards' school in the great City to visit his old masters and tell them how he's been practicing magic lately. But something's odd: wherever he goes, peo...

  • Contested Christmas

  • A Long Way 'Til November

    A wizard, a witch, and a bishop in disguise, all off on a road trip in a gypsy caravan. What could possibly go wrong?But a pleasant autumn excursion for Daimbert the wizard quickly turns dark when accusations of ritual murder begin to fly and a scho...

  • The Starlight Raven

    Antonia is the daughter of the head of institutionalized wizardry, and she wants nothing more -- or so she thinks at fourteen -- than to grow up to be a wizard too: the first woman wizard. But then she discovers that her mother has all sorts of unexp...

  • Third Time's a Charm

    This is an omnibus edition of three Yurt novellas, "The Lost Girls and the Kobold," "Below the Wizards' Tower," and "A Long Way 'Til November," adventures of the wizard Daimbert at three stages of his life. You would think that being Royal Wizard of ...

  • The Sign of the Rose

    Lenore must overcome unjust slander before she can win the heart of the king. Konrad is a young and carefree king. Lenore is a beautiful and sheltered maiden, whose brother seeks to raise his family's status by fighting on the tournament circuit. Whe...

  • Ashes of Heaven

    Passion and betrayal in mythic Cornwall….Mark, young king of Cornwall, faces heavy demands from Eire for tribute, and then his beloved sister runs away with a hot-headed knight. When, years later, her son Tristan returns unexpectedly to Cornwall, M...

  • An Autumn Haunting

    At the wizards' school where she is the only girl, Antonia is seeking to balance female with male magic. The long-delayed arrival of a second young woman should improve matters, she hopes, but when a terrifying haunting appears, some of the teachers ...

  • The Witch and Her Daughter

    This is an omnibus edition of "The Witch and the Cathedral" and "Daughter of Magic."
    After twenty years as Royal Wizard of Yurt, Daimbert thinks he ought to have magic pretty well figured out. But spells aren't enough when his heart is broken, whe...



  • Shadow of the Wanderers

    In the tradition of Norse legends…. Voima: Magic, strength, the force of life and renewal (and this book's original title). Earth and sky are ruled by the Wanderers, the lords of voima. But an upheaval is coming, a time when even the powers of the ...

  • Heretic Wind

    Galoran, scarred count of Peyrefixade, believes things are finally going well for him when the duke's beautiful daughter Arsendis agrees to marry him.But heretics threaten the duchy, and the conflict becomes deadly when they kidnap Arsendis. Galoran ...

  • Galoran and Melchior

    This is an omnibus edition of Count Scar and Heretic Wind.Galoran is a scarred warrior and younger son, his years of captaining the Emperor's armies over, and now it seems without future prospect.Melchior is a priest and magic-worker in the Order of ...

  • How I Survived Junior High

    Back before cell phones, before computers or streaming video, even before they called it middle school, life was easier, right? Wrong! It's the early 1960s. Shelley, shy and twelve years old, leaves a small elementary school for a big junior high. He...

  • The Sapphire Ring

    Antonia is hoping for a quiet semester at the wizards' school when her life is upended. She is kidnapped by women practitioners of darker spells, who want her to fulfill the prophecy of the Starlight Raven to overcome their enemies. Even if she escap...

  • The Knight of the Short Nose

    Count Guillaume is the biggest, boldest knight in southern France. So why does he keep needing a woman to get him out of trouble? A rollicking (semi) epic tale. Adventure, humor, a touch of romance, and occasional sword fights....

  • Roy Fox and the Palmatian

    What's a Palmatian? It might be something like a Dalmatian. Or it might be a fox covered in spots, or even an old mongrel dog. And a Palmatian is definitely part of a cunning plan. Daisy Fox has been locked in the King's dungeon as a chicken thief, a...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

C. Dale Brittain has published 26 books.

C. Dale Brittain does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Roy Fox and the Palmatian, was published in August 2023.

The first book by C. Dale Brittain, A Bad Spell in Yurt, was published in August 1991.

Yes. C. Dale Brittain has 1 series.
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