Jo Clayton

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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books (7 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1978
  • Latest Book:
    January 1996
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Full Series List in Order

Dancer Trilogy

1 - Dancer's Rise (Sep-1993)
2 - Serpent Waltz (Mar-1994)
3 - Dance Down the Stars (Sep-1994)

Diadem Novels

1 - Diadem from the Stars (Dec-1986)
2 - Lamarchos (Dec-1986)
3 - Irsud (Sep-1978)
4 - Maeve (1990)
5 - Star Hunters (1987)
6 - Nowhere Hunt (1990)
7 - Ghosthunt (1987)
8 - The Snares of Ibex (Apr-1990)
Quester's Endgame (Jul-1986)

Drinker of Souls

1 - Drinker of Souls (Apr-1986)
2 - Blue Magic (May-1988)
3 - A Gathering of Stones (Apr-1989)
4 - Wild Magic (Dec-1991)
5 - Wildfire (Jun-1992)
6 - The Magic Wars (Mar-1993)

Duel of Sorcer Trilogy

1 - Moongather (May-1982)
2 - Moonscatter (Feb-1983)
3 - Changer's Moon (Aug-1985)

Shadith's Quest

1 - Shadowplay (Mar-1990)
2 - Shadowspeer (Sep-1990)
3 - Shadowkill (Mar-1991)

Shadowsong Trilogy

1 - Fire in the Sky (May-1995)
2 - The Burning Ground (Jul-1995)
3 - Crystal Heat (Jan-1996)

Skeen

1 - Skeen's Leap (Aug-1989)
2 - Skeen's Return (Jun-1987)
3 - Skeen's Search (Dec-1987)

Book List in Order: 32 titles

  • Irsud

    Diadem Novels - 3

    DIADEM HELD CAPTIVE! Sold into slavery to an insectoid race, Aleytys had been chosen as proxy-mother to the old Queen's successor. In short, like an Earth wasp's prey, she would be both bearer and food for that which was to come. Had Aleytys be...

  • Moongather

    Duel of Sorcer Trilogy - 1

    Serroi had been an outcast. She was a misborn of the windrunners, of small stature with pale olive skin and certain strangely heightened sensitivities. But now she was a meie--a woman warrior trained by an exclusive order. She had been with her shiel...

  • Moonscatter

    Duel of Sorcer Trilogy - 2

    With skin as pale and eyes as black as death, a blood-red ruby depending from one nostril, he was Ser Noris, the most villainous wizard of all time. He had done it all-slain all adepts worth his scorn, attained immortality, become the dire tyrant of ...

  • Bait of Dreams

    A BAIT OF DREAMSrnrnThey called the gems Ranga Eyes. They were beautiful crystals. cool and smooth. They opened doorways to magical realms, leading to escape, happiness, peace. But they exacted a terrible price for they were an incredible narcotic. A...

  • Changer's Moon

    Duel of Sorcer Trilogy - 3

    The two contenders tossed the dice for the final contest. The Noris drew the Runner, the Sword, the Sorcerer, the Eve. He was pleased. The armies could march. The valley and all that was in it would be his. The Indweller drew the Kingfisher, the P...

  • Drinker of Souls

    Drinker of Souls - 1

    LIFE-CLAIMERS She was Brann, the Drinker of Souls, from whom all but the very brave and the very foolish fled in fear. Bonded to twin demonic shape-shifters, she roved the land in search of rich life source to feed her demons' need. But Brann too...

  • Quester's Endgame

    Diadem Novels

    In the conclusion of the "Diadem Saga," Aleytys, wearer of the enchanted diadem, comes to the end of her interstellar search for her mother, Shareem, and must face ancient enemies to claim her heritage among the superhuman Vrya...

  • Diadem from the Stars

    Diadem Novels - 1

    Abandoned on an alien planet, a young woman gains remarkable powers from a mysterious artifact, in the first installment of a sprawling, unforgettable science fiction saga.   A magnificent combination of space opera and epic fantasy quest in the...

  • Lamarchos

    Diadem Novels - 2

    Savage barbarians enslave Aleytys, the wearer of the Diadem, as she sails the stars in her quest to find her truth and her history in this science fiction adventure.   The second book in author Jo Clayton’s phenomenal Diadem science fiction sp...



  • Ghosthunt

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    Diadem Novels - 7

  • Star Hunters

    • / Science Fiction
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    Diadem Novels - 5

    ALEYTYS In STAR HUNTERS, the powers of the Diadem convey Aleytys to a distant world on which she must confront both hordes of half-humans who are devastating the planet and the mental force of a madman of her own ancestral race. It is an encounter...

  • Skeen's Return

    Skeen - 2

    Trapped in an alternate dimension, the tough and self-confident Skeen confronts slavers, monsters, and alien assassins in a fast-paced space adventure.   Skeen is back! Sexy space pilot and larcenous scoundrel -- a tomb raider who could give Lar...

  • Skeen's Search

    Skeen - 3

    A space outlaw must rescue the remnants of an ancient alien race -- before her galaxy explodes -- in the conclusion to an action-packed science fiction trilogy.   An unrepentant scoundrel and collector of priceless alien artifacts and treasures ...

  • Blue Magic

    Drinker of Souls - 2

    THE CHAINED GOD has peacefully ruled over the land for as long as the people of Owlyn can remember. But now the Chained God has been challenged by the sorcerer Maksim and his cruel and demanding master, the god Amortis. With her people enslaved by t...

  • Shadow of the Warmaster

    Though the odds are stacked against them, the rebels plot against the imperious Imperator and the Warmaster, a huge orbiting battleship that empowers him, and their chances of success increase with the arrival of an unexpected ally...

  • A Gathering of Stones

    Drinker of Souls - 3

    WHEN MAGIC CALLS-- not even Brann, the Drinker of Souls, can resist. And now the Chained God has drawn upon every spell at his command in a life-and-death struggle to break free of the energy-draining trap which holds him before he is driven into t...

  • Skeen's Leap

    Skeen - 1

    This fast-paced, gritty space adventure introduces the unforgettable Skeen, a hard-edged heroine and intergalactic thief trapped in an unknown universe.   Jo Clayton, creator of the popular Diadem Saga, introduces a delightfully unforgettable ne...

  • Maeve

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    Diadem Novels - 4

    Aided only by the powers of the Diadem, Aleytys must battle a powerful corporation to save an endangered planet, in this thrilling science fiction adventure.   Author Jo Clayton’s sensational space opera saga continues in this fourth magnifice...

  • Nowhere Hunt

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    Diadem Novels - 6



  • Shadowplay

    Shadith's Quest - 1

    Now in ebook for the first time, the first book of Clayton's classic trilogy, Shadith's Quest Spacenapped when she stumbled on a kidnapping in progress, Shadith -- captive for centuries in the alien artifact known as the Diadem, now on...

  • The Snares of Ibex

    Diadem Novels - 8

    Aleytys had searched for her mother across the worlds of the inhabited galaxy. Her mother was of a super-race; her homeworld's location a secret. But Aleytys had become an expert star hunter, alert to clues and wary of danger -- and she knew that on ...

  • Shadowspeer

    Shadith's Quest - 2

    Now in ebook for the first time, the second book of Clayton's classic sci-fi trilogyThe price of a world's death was extremely high, but Ginbiryol Seyirshi would give any buyer his money's worth. Creator of Limited Editions, "productions" in which en...

  • Shadowkill

    Shadith's Quest - 3

    Now in ebook for the first time, the third and final book of Clayton's classic sci-fi trilogy...

  • Wild Magic

    Drinker of Souls - 4

    DAUGHTER OF MAGIC Return to the universe of the Drinker of Souls trilogy in a magical novel that explores a whole new domain in an enchanted world where rival gods vie for mastery by manipulating both the forces of nature and their own devoted mor...

  • Wildfire

    Drinker of Souls - 5

    MAGIC'S CAPTIVE Return to the universe of Wild Magic, where rival gods, mischievous elementals, powerful sorcerers, clairvoyant sibyls and magical beings of all description play intricate games of power and wizardry. Forever separated from the on...

  • The Magic Wars

    Drinker of Souls - 6

    In the epic conclusion of the Wild Magic trilogy, Faan journeys to the land of her birth, only to discover that her mother and her homeland are held captive by the Bee Goddess under a spell of timeless sleep. Original....

  • Dancer's Rise

    Dancer Trilogy - 1

    SERROI-- first a warrior woman, later a pawn of the lost evil wizard her people had ever known, and finally a powerful worker of earth magic. For centuries spell-imprisoned, Serroi has at last escaped her bonds to find herself in a changed land, a p...

  • Serpent Waltz

    Dancer Trilogy - 2

    After awakening from a centuries-long spell, Serroi finds her world plagued by a bizarre evil force that controls the minds and souls of others, and she takes aim against this enemy she can barely understand. Original....

  • Dance Down the Stars

    Dancer Trilogy - 3

    Awakening from a centuries-long sleep, Serroi discovers that she has developed powers of healing, but that her world has become haunted by an evil force that can alter life and death, and must marshal an attack or witness civilization's destruction. ...



  • Fire in the Sky

    Shadowsong Trilogy - 1

    Emerging from her centuries-long imprisonment inside an alien artifact, Shadith learns that she has developed an empathic musical skill, and is called upon to delegate a mission with a musically communicating alien race. Original....

  • The Burning Ground

    Shadowsong Trilogy - 2

    Freed from ages of imprisonment in the Diadem, an alien artifact, Shadith discovers that she has the power to transfer her consciousness into any living creature, a talent that she uses to try to destroy a syndicate that creates civil wars as a touri...

  • Crystal Heat

    Shadowsong Trilogy - 3

    Hired to return an innocent creature to people who only wish to destroy it, psychic detective Shadith cannot bring herself to fulfill her mission and is forced to betray her strongest supporter while outwitting a smuggler. Original....

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jo Clayton has published 32 books.

Jo Clayton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Crystal Heat, was published in January 1996.

The first book by Jo Clayton, Irsud, was published in September 1978.

Yes. Jo Clayton has 7 series.
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