Julie E. Czerneda

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  • Bibliography:
    46 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1997
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Night's Edge

1 - A Turn of Light (Mar-2013)
2 - A Play of Shadow (Nov-2014)
2.5 - A Dragon for William (Dec-2019)
3 - A Change of Place (May-2024)

Realms of Wonder

Summoned To Destiny (Sep-2004)
Fantastic Companions (May-2005)
Mythspring (Apr-2006)

Reunification

1 - This Gulf of Time and Stars (Nov-2015)
2 - The Gate to Futures Past (Sep-2016)
3 - To Guard Against the Dark (Oct-2017)

Species Imperative

1 - Survival (May-2004)
2 - Migration (May-2005)
3 - Regeneration (May-2006)

Stratification

1 - Reap the Wild Wind (Sep-2007)
2 - Riders of the Storm (Sep-2008)
3 - Rift in the Sky (Jul-2009)

Tales from the Wonder Zone

1 - Stardust (Nov-2001)
2 - Odyssey (Sep-2003)
3 - Orbiter (Apr-2002)

Trade Pact Universe

1 - A Thousand Words for Stranger (Oct-1997)
2 - Ties of Power (Oct-1999)
3 - To Trade the Stars (Jun-2002)

Web Shifter's Library

0.5 - The Only Thing to Fear (Sep-2018)
1 - Search Image (Oct-2018)
2 - Mirage (Aug-2020)
3 - Spectrum (Apr-2021)

Webshifters

1 - Beholder's Eye (Oct-1998)
2 - Changing Vision (Aug-2000)
3 - Hidden in Sight (Apr-2003)

Book List in Order: 46 titles

  • A Thousand Words for Stranger

    Trade Pact Universe - 1

    MIND-BLOCKED! Ambushed by unknown assailants, cut off from her escort, and on the run with no memory of who she was, what she was doing on the world known as Auord, or why she was driven by a compulsion to find a specific ship and head for an unkn...

  • Beholder's Eye

    Webshifters - 1

    THE WEB United in their natural form they are one, sharing all their memories, experiences, and lives. Apart they are five, the only existing members of their ancient race, a species with the ability to assume any form once they understand its essen...

  • Ties of Power

    Trade Pact Universe - 2

    SELF-EXILE became Sira's only choice when she discovered how deeply she'd been betrayed by the leaders of her people. Rather than allow them to continue to use her for their own ruthless purposes, Sira, the most powerful being ever born to the alien...

  • The Passenger

    in Treachery and Treason

    A collection of stories focusing on the most devious side of human nature includes the work of William C. Dietz, Esther Friesner, Dennis L. McKiernan, Irene Radford, Anne Bishop, and others. Original....

  • Changing Vision

    Webshifters - 2

    CAUGHT IN A WEB OF HER OWN MAKING-- Esen-alit-guar had violated the First Rule of her species when she revealed her existence to a human named Paul Ragem. And though both Paul and Esen had survived, others of Esen's Web had not been so fortunate. ...

  • In the Company of Others

    IN SEARCH OF WORLDS When humans set out to explore the universe, they found a number of planets suitable for colonizing. The one thing they didn't find was intelligent life. And so the terraforming of worlds began, with eager immigrant families te...

  • Packing Fraction: And Other Tales of Science and Imagination

  • Stardust

    Tales from the Wonder Zone - 1

    The light of an alien sky...a hidden thief...a planet's living curse...the discovery that shakes the world...and a very different summer's night...

    Welcome to Stardust!

    Let some of today's finest science fiction authors take you w...

  • Prism

    in 30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction
    • / Science Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Such masters of the Science Fiction genre as Tad Williams, Brian Aldiss, Frederik Pohl, Kate Elliot, C.J. Cherryh, and Julie E. Czerneda contribute all new, original pieces of short fiction to this commemorative volume honoring DAW Books thirtieth ye...



  • Orbiter

    Tales from the Wonder Zone - 3

    "Orbiter is the third book in the three volume ""Tales From The Wonder Zone"" series edited by Julie E. Czerneda. Some of today's finest science fiction authors, Eric Choi, Annette Griessman, Mark Canter, Jean-Louis Trudell, and Anne Bishop take you...

  • Wonder Zone: Explorer

    Alien visitors who can't leave ... A dangerous vacation on the Moon ... The not-so-lost civilization ... Discovering one's inner self ... A stranger who could change your life ... Welcome to Explorer! Get ready to expand your horizons, jump-start...

  • To Trade the Stars

    Trade Pact Universe - 3

    JASON AND SIRA-- he a human telepath and independent trader, she now Speaker for the Clan Council, as well as Jason's life partner--are trying to forge a life for themselves free of the demands of both the Clan and the Drapsk, a race determined to c...

  • Hidden in Sight

    Webshifters - 3

    PICCO'S MOON was where it all began for Esen-alit-Quar, Youngest of Ersh's Web. It was here where Ersh, the Oldest, had chosen to make her home; here, too, where Esen received her early training as a shapeshifter and a member of the Web. When Ers...

  • Space Inc.

    HELP WANTED:Position open for goal-oriented professional.  Must be willing to work in zero gravity.  MAY THE WORK-FORCE BE WITH YOU.In this all-new, original anthology, today's top sf talents tackle tomorrow's jobs-in space and beyond. ...

  • Odyssey

    Tales from the Wonder Zone - 2

  • Revisions

    Some of today's top science fiction writers explore the futures that might have been, including original stories from Julie E. Czerneda and other great names in the genre....

  • Survival

    Species Imperative - 1

    Senior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr. Mackenzie Connor--Mac to her friends and colleagues--was a trained biologist whose work was her life. And working at the Base, set in an ideal location just where the Tannu River s...

  • Summoned To Destiny

    Realms of Wonder

    Summoned to Destiny is an anthology of original fantasy stories based on the theme of self-discovery. From that starting point, the stories are as diverse as their authors, ranging from traditional fantasy to shapeshifters, from dragon-haunted cl...

  • Fantastic Companions

    Realms of Wonder

    Winner of Foreward Magazine's Silver Book of the Year Award in the Science Fiction category

    Finalist for the 2006 Prix Aurora Best Work in English Award

    Fantastic Companions is an anthology of nineteen original short stories, chos...



  • Migration

    Species Imperative - 2

    Senior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr. Mackenzie Connor was a biologist who studied the spawning habits of salmon. Then, last season, just as she and Dr. Emily Mamani were starting their research, they were interrupted ...

  • Peel

    in In the Shadow of Evil

    TIM WAGGONER * JEAN RABE * RUSSELL DAVIS ISAAC SZPINDEL * RICK HAUTALA JULIE E. CZERNEDA * JANE LINDSKOLD BROOKS PECK * MICKEY ZUCKER REICHERT JODY LYNN NYE * GREGORY BENFORD TANYA HUFF * MICHELLE WEST * FIONA PATTON The struggle between goo...

  • Mythspring

    Realms of Wonder

    Aurora Award - Best Work in English (Other), Nominee 2007

    Aurora Award - Best Short-Form Work in English finalist for:
    All the Cool Monsters at Once, James Alan Gardner This Ink Feels Like Sorrow, Karin Lowachee

    What happens ...

  • Regeneration

    Species Imperative - 3

    With the alien Dhryn cutting a pathway through the inhabited spaceways-bringing about the annihilation of many of the races who have the misfortune to lie along the star trail they are following-time is running out for all sentient life-forms. Can bi...

  • Polaris: A Celebration of Polar Science

    Canadian Science Writers' Association's Science in Society Journalism Award Winner, Youth Book category, 2007

    From the Tales from the Wonder Zone series:

    POLARIS
    Solar storms ...
    Visitors from other worlds ...
    Th...

  • Under Cover of Darkness

    FOURTEEN ORIGINAL SHORT STORIES OF SECRET AGENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK ON TIME AND SPACE... From the true role of the Freemasons to Chronographers who steal pieces of time to an assassin hired by a group that reweaves the th...

  • Reap the Wild Wind

    Stratification - 1

    A Thousand Words for Stranger, the first novel in The Trade Pact Universe trilogy, introduced the Clan, refugees from the world of Cersi who built an empire few people even knew existed. REAP THE WILD WIND turns to an earlier period in the Clan's hi...

  • Riders of the Storm

    Stratification - 2

    The next chapter in the Stratification saga that ?delivers all the right elements.?(Sci Fi Weekly) On the distant world of Cersi, Om?ray Aryl Sarc and her supporters have been exiled from the rest of their people. Finding refuge in the mountains, the...

  • Ages of Wonder

    Nineteen stories of myth and magic through the centuries Here are nineteen original stories of myth, magic, and the creatures of fantasy, as seen through different historical eras -- from the Age of Antiquity to the Age of Sails, the Colonial Age, t...

  • Rift in the Sky

    Stratification - 3

    Julie E. Czerneda's Trade Pact Universe trilogy introduced the Clan, refugees from the world of Cersi who built an empire few people even knew existed. The Stratification trilogy -- of which RIFT IN THE SKY is the final volume -- returns to an earli...



  • Tesseracts: A Case of Quite Curious Tales

    In this new volume of the long running and popular Tesseracts series, editors Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor have selected 21 of the best young adult science fiction, fantasy and horror stories from over 300 works submitted. All of the select...

  • A Turn of Light

    Night's Edge - 1

    The village of Marrowdell is an isolated pioneer community, but it is also the place where two worlds overlap, and at the turn of light- sunset- the world of magic known as Verge can briefly be seen. Jenn Nalynn belongs to both Verge and Marrowdel...

  • A Play of Shadow

    Night's Edge - 2

    What would you risk for family? In the second installment of Night’s Edge, Bannan Larmensu, the truthseer who won Jenn Nalynn’s heart, learns his brother-in-law was sent as a peace envoy to Channen, capitol of the mysterious domain of Mellynne...

  • This Gulf of Time and Stars

    Reunification - 1

    To save their world, the most powerful of the Om ray left their homes. They left behind all memory of their past. Calling themselves the Clan, they settled among Humanity, hiding in plain sight, using their ability to slip past normal space to travel...

  • The Gate to Futures Past

    Reunification - 2

    Betrayed and attacked, the Clan fled the Trade Pact for Cersi, believing that world their long-lost home. With them went a lone alien, the Human named Jason Morgan, Chosen of their leader, Sira di Sarc. Tragically, their arrival upset the Balance bet...

  • To Guard Against the Dark

    Reunification - 3

    The final book in the hard science fiction Reunification trilogy, the thrilling conclusion to the award-winning Clan Chronicles Jason Morgan is a troubling mystery to friends and enemies alike: once a starship captain and trader, then Joined to th...

  • The Only Thing to Fear

    Web Shifter's Library - 0.5

    This exclusive e-novella, set shortly after the events in Hidden in Sight, features the first glimpse of the All Species' Library of Linguistics and Culture in the Web Shifters sci-fi series.The Human Commonwealth has spread into a section of space w...

  • Search Image

    Web Shifter's Library - 1

    The first book in the Web Shifter's Library series returns to the adventures of Esen, a shapeshifting alien and member of an ancient yet endangered race, who must navigate the perils of a hostile universe. Esen's back! And the dear little blob is ...

  • Tales from Plexis

    Authors explore new corners of the Clan Chronicles universe in an anthology that brings readers into the lives of the alien inhabitants of one of the sci-fi series's most memorable locations Welcome to one of the iconic settings of the Clan Chroni...

  • The Gossamer Mage

    Winner of the 2020 Aurora Award for Best Novel, this fantasy epic tells the tale of one mage who must stand against a Deathless Goddess who controls all magic.Only in Tananen do people worship a single deity: the Deathless Goddess. Only in this small...



  • A Dragon for William

    Night's Edge - 2.5

    Set after the Aurora Award-winning novel, A Play of Shadow, this novella explores the story of a young boy whose fanciful tales of dragons and dangers may prove to be more than just fiction.Werfol returns to Vorkoun with his family to find their fort...

  • Mirage

    Web Shifter's Library - 2

    The second book in the Web Shifter's Library series returns to the adventures of Esen, a shapeshifting alien who must navigate the perils of a hostile universe. Relationships get complicated when you don’t know who -- or what -- you really a...

  • Spectrum

    Web Shifter's Library - 3

    The third book in the Web Shifter's Library series returns to the adventures of Esen, a shapeshifting alien who must navigate the perils of a hostile universe.Here Be MonstersSomething malevolent lurks in deep space, something able to pluck starships...

  • Derelict

    A ship lost with all hands on icy Titan. A dying woman's soul linked with the fate of an interstellar vessel. A wrecked ferry possessed by the ruin-demon who grounded her. A haunted space cruiser of legend again terrorizing those who travel among the...

  • To Each This World

    From an Aurora Award-winning author, a new sci-fi novel follows three intrepid humans caught up in a conflict that stretches across time and space.Biologist Julie E. Czerneda's new standalone science fiction novel, To Each This World follows a desper...

  • A Change of Place

    Night's Edge - 3

    Return to the Aurora Award-winning, cozy romantic fantasy Night's Edge series and the rich and atmospheric world of MarrowdellSpring in Marrowdell is a time to celebrate. Life stirs, the air warms, and Jenn Nalynn and Bannan Larmensu couldn't be...

  • A Shift of Time

    The 4th book in the Aurora Awardâ€"winning Night's Edge series returns readers to a rich and atmospheric fantasy worldPerfect for readers of Charles de Lint, Naomi Novik, and Katherine Arden, A Shift of Time is a charming, heartwarming, hop...

Award-Winning Books by Julie E. Czerneda

In the Company of Others
2001 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Science Fiction Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Julie E. Czerneda has published 46 books.

The next book by Julie E. Czerneda, A Shift of Time, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Julie E. Czerneda, A Thousand Words for Stranger, was published in October 1997.

Yes. Julie E. Czerneda has 9 series.
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