Catherine Mintz

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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 2000
  • Latest Book:
    March 2020
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Full Series List in Order

The Beyal Translator

1 - Talking To Strangers (Nov-2010)
2 - Listening To Strangers (May-2011)
3 - Here There Be Strangers (Oct-2011)

A Novel of the Beyal Universe

1 - Talking To Strangers (Nov-2010)
2 - Listening To Strangers (May-2011)
3 - Here There Be Strangers (Oct-2011)
4 - Ancient Empires (Jan-2012)

Book List in Order: 11 titles

  • First Light

    Catherine Mintz' First Light is a collection of nine stories published in Interzone, Weird Tales, Tomorrow SF, among others, most of which have not been available in print in the US. The title story, original to the book, gives the background and ear...

  • The Hunting of the Monster Bear

  • Peacock Dancer

  • Talking To Strangers

    A Novel of the Beyal Universe - 1
    The Beyal Translator - 1

    With a mysterious signal and a stealthy pinpoint strike of awesome power, the government of twenty-first century America has been convinced to surrender a handful of its citizens to aliens for unknown purposes. Among the conscripts is seventeen-year-...

  • Listening To Strangers

    A Novel of the Beyal Universe - 2
    The Beyal Translator - 2

    In a dystopian future, a teenager became a translator for aliens. The alien Beyal, not able to isolate themselves, have begun to change the world, and the world has become too comfortable pushing the boundaries the Beyal have set....

  • Here There Be Strangers

    A Novel of the Beyal Universe - 3
    The Beyal Translator - 3

    As the Beyal have strengthened their position, sporadic resistance has arisen, and behind the scenes the leaders of the aliens are divided in their approach to governance. All sides appear to be on a collision course with disaster, and yet most peopl...

  • Ancient Empires

    A Novel of the Beyal Universe - 4

    When Gerlac sheds his battle armor to care for a varr child, he believes life in a quiet backwater signals the death of his bright ambitions. He rapidly discovers his new assignment is more dangerous and more important than combat....

  • First Light and Other Stories

    The title story, First Light, original to the book and revised in 2017, is the deep space launch of the first astronomical explorer ship in a series. The nine other stories-previously published in Interzone, Weird Tales, and Tomorrow SF, among others...

  • Deltander



  • Jaguar Child

    A vortex of flecks of fire, a fuego fantasma, forms in the street beyond me and drifts toward the noise of the plaza, trailing glittering debris. Through the cloth of my dress, I touch the copper sun hanging at my breast and stand, shivering, shoulde...

  • The Companionates

    There was a shrill, savage hooting. I leaped and looked around, as everyone surged away from it, staring and pointing-at me? I hadn't been doing anything strange. At something above me? I looked up to find a com floating-out of my reach-overhead, its...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Catherine Mintz has published 11 books.

Catherine Mintz does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Companionates, was published in March 2020.

The first book by Catherine Mintz, First Light, was published in December 2000.

Yes. Catherine Mintz has 2 series.
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