Katharine Kerr

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  • Bibliography:
    37 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1986
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Deverry

1 - Daggerspell (1986)
2 - Darkspell (Aug-1987)
3 - The Bristling Wood (1989)
4 - The Dragon Revenant (Apr-1990)
6 - A Time of Exile (May-1991)
7 - A Time of Omens (Aug-1992)
8 - Days of Blood and Fire (Sep-1993)
9 - Days of Air and Darkness (Aug-1994)
10 - The Red Wyvern (Dec-1997)
11 - The Black Raven (Nov-1999)
12 - The Fire Dragon (Jan-2001)
13 - The Gold Falcon (Jul-2006)
14 - The Spirit Stone (May-2007)
15 - Sword of Fire (Feb-2020)

The Justice War

1 - Sword of Fire (Feb-2020)

A Nola O'Grady Novel

1 - License to Ensorcell (Feb-2011)
2 - Water to Burn (Aug-2011)
3 - Apocalypse to Go (Feb-2012)
4 - Love on the Run (Aug-2012)

The Runemaster

1 - Sorcerer's Luck (May-2013)
2 - Sorcerer's Feud (Jul-2014)

The Silver Wrym

3 - The Shadow Isle (May-2008)
4 - The Silver Mage (Nov-2009)

Westlands

1 - A Time of Exile (May-1991)
2 - A Time of Omens (Aug-1992)
3 - Days of Blood and Fire (Sep-1993)
4 - Days of Air and Darkness (Aug-1994)

Book List in Order: 37 titles

  • Daggerspell

    Deverry - 1

    Even as a young girl, Jill was a favorite of the magical, mysterious Wildfolk, who appeared to her from their invisible realm. Little did she know her extraordinary friends represented but a glimpse of a forgotten past and a fateful future. Four hund...

  • Darkspell

    Deverry - 2

    FATE BOUND ON THE LONG ROAD On the long roads of Deverry ride two mercenaries whose fates lie hidden deep in that of their land. But Lord Rhodry, exiled from the dragon court of Aberwyn, has yet to discover his true parentage, and his swordmaster-...

  • The Bristling Wood

    Deverry - 3

    Against the passionate sweep of Deverrian history, the powerful wizard Nevyn has lived for centuries, atoning for the sins he committed in his youth. Now, with so much of his work at stake, Nevyn discovers that the Dark Council has been quietly inter...

  • Polar City Blues

    Cashiered for mutiny by the Republic star fleet, Bobbie Lacey has made it her business to know everything that happens on the mean streets of Polar City. But something so big is going down, even she can't get all the answers. An alien ambassador o...

  • The Dragon Revenant

    Deverry - 4

    For years the provinces of Deverry have been in turmoil; now the conflict escalates with the kidnapping of Rhodry Maelwaedd, heir to the throne of Aberwyn. Intent on rescuing him, his beloved Jill and the elven wizard Salamander infiltrate the distan...

  • A Time of Exile

    Deverry - 6
    Westlands - 1

    The world of Deverry: an intricate tapestry of fate, past lives, and unfathomable magic. With A Time of Exile, Katharine Kerr opens new territory in the Deverry saga, exploring the history of the Elcyion Lacar, the elves who inhabit the country west ...

  • Resurrection

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  • A Time of Omens

    Deverry - 7
    Westlands - 2

    In Deverry the volatile history of humanity continues as a dashing young king journeys to his throne in disguise, fulfilling an ancient prophecy. In the Westlands the exiled lord Rhodry travels anonymously as a silver dagger--a mercenary--as he did i...

  • Days of Blood and Fire

    Deverry - 8
    Westlands - 3

    In the peaceful land of the Rhiddaer, Jando the ratcatcher's son stumbles upon a secret meeting between a city councilman and a dangerous, mysterious woman. Suddenly the boy is tangled in a web of intrigue and black magic that drags him far from home...



  • Weird Tales from Shakespeare

  • Days of Air and Darkness

    Deverry - 9
    Westlands - 4

    The city of Cengarn is under siege. Armies both astral and physical are massing for and against the goddess Alshandra, who seeks to 1 prevent the birth of one fate-hound child. It falls to the dweomermaster Jill and her allies to protect the child's ...

  • Freeze Frames

    Five generations of the Corey family are overseen by the ominous Nick Harrison, who tells the stories of Maggie, Janet, Tiffany, and two others at pivotal moments when their lives hang in the balance. Reprint....

  • Enchanted Forests

    A collection of fantasy tales set in mysterious and bewitching forests includes the adventures of a woodcutter's daughter-turned-private detective, a young tribesman who is torn from his forest home, and a woodsman's unexpected encounter with a witch...

  • The Shimmering Door

    A collection of mystical stories explores the mysteries of the magical world and includes contributions by such authors as Esther Friesner, Charles De Lint, Diana Paxson, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Mike Resnick. Original....

  • The Red Wyvern

    Deverry - 10

    Katharine Kerr's richly imagined cycle of novels set in Deverry and the Westlands has earned a devoted following--and a reputation as the finest Celtic fantasy being written today. Now she returns to Deverry's war-ravaged past.. In a kingdom torn ...

  • The Black Raven

    Deverry - 11

    For the devoted followers of the dazzling Deverry and Westlands cycle, Katharine Kerr continues the magical epic saga she began in The Red Wyvern.In her latest tale, the scene shifts seamlessly between the shattered land of the Rhiddaer and the histo...

  • The Fire Dragon

    Deverry - 12

    The final chapter begins in the holy city as it rises from the ashes of Deverry's long wars. Prince Maryn prepares to claim the high kingship, but still the rebel Boar clan stands fast against him. And at court, his illicit passion for the young dweo...

  • Snare

    On the planet known as Snare, the descendants of Islamic fundamentalist emigrants have created beautiful enclaves, where they can sit on a patio enjoying green grass and "true-roses," but the nomadic tribes live in a much harsher landscape. There the...

  • The Gold Falcon

    Deverry - 13

    Katharine Kerr's best-selling novels of Deverry tell a complex tale of ancient wrongs and of a timeless vow made to set things right--a vow that can only be fulfilled over many centuries and through myriad incarnations of the key players in those lon...



  • The Spirit Stone

    Deverry - 14

    Prince Dar of the Westlands calls the new fortress of Zakh Gral "a dagger laid against our throat." It was built by the Horsekin, ancient enemies of his people. To destroy the threat, the elven prince has called upon his dwarven and human allies. The...

  • The Shadow Isle

    The Silver Wrym - 3

    The wild Northlands hold many secrets, among them the mysterious island of Haen Marn, the mountain settlements of Dwarveholt, and the fortified city of Cerr Cawnen. All three communities-and the alliance of humans, elves, and dwarves-are threatened b...

  • The Silver Mage

    The Silver Wrym - 4

    The Horsekin are assembling along Prince Dar's northern border, and the Deverry alliance simply does not have the men and resources to prevent their enemies from moving into the wilderness areas known as the Ghostlands. But suddenly, the Dwrgi folk a...

  • A Time of War

  • Dragonspell

  • A Time of Justice

  • License to Ensorcell

    A Nola O'Grady Novel - 1

    Psychic Agent Nola O'Grady isn't sure returning to San Francisco, and living near her unusual family, is a good idea. Her job, with a psychic agency so obscure even the CIA doesn't know it exists, can be perilous, and she's afraid of the relatives ge...

  • Water to Burn

    A Nola O'Grady Novel - 2

    Secret agent Nola O'Grady is back and ready to save San Francisco from all evildoers, alien and otherwise. With the aid of her bodyguard and lover Ari Nathan, Nola's new mission is to track down and apprehend the mysterious "Brother Belial," head of ...

  • Apocalypse to Go

    A Nola O'Grady Novel - 3

    Nola O'Grady has enough trouble when a were-leopard accuses her of receiving stolen property. But when her younger brother Michael goes searching for their missing father, he lands himself and his brother, Sean, in a world of hurt-quite literally-in ...

  • Love on the Run

    A Nola O'Grady Novel - 4

    A Fishy Situation Nola O’Grady is sick and tired of psychic squid-images following her everywhere, waving their tentacles and generally making nuisances of themselves. She and her partner, Ari Nathan, have a dangerous job on their hands, huntin...



  • Sorcerer's Luck

    The Runemaster - 1

    Secrets are Dangerous Maya Cantescu, an art student in the San Francisco Bay Area, has more secrets than she can handle. Some she keeps from herself, like her mysterious talent for sorcery. Some she knows too well, like the rare disease that threaten...

  • Sorcerer's Feud

    The Runemaster - 2

    Art student Maya Cayescu has always had secrets to keep--her mysterious disease that has turned her into something like a vampire, her father's obsession with ritual magic, her own talents for the occult. Now, however, she has a secret far more dange...

  • Deverry

  • Dawnspell

  • Sword of Fire

    Deverry - 15
    The Justice War - 1

    This first novel of an epic fantasy trilogy reintroduces readers to the beloved and bestselling world of Deverry, blending magic, politics, and adventure in an unforgettable setting. The bards are the people's voice--and their sword. All ov...

  • Haze

    Three thousand years in the future, a starship pilot battling addiction becomes the unexpected key to unraveling a mystery that threatens the very foundation of space travel. In the tradition of Kim Stanley Robinson's deeply researched science fictio...

  • Legacy of Blood: Standard Module Cm9

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  • Polar City Nightmare

    • / General Fiction
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    A science fiction mystery with a political twist. The investigation of blackmail and murder on two planets uncovers an interstellar plot that jeopardizes the political balance between the human dominated Republic and the two major alien dominated gov...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Katharine Kerr has published 37 books.

The next book by Katharine Kerr, Haze, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Katharine Kerr, Daggerspell, was published in January 1986.

Yes. Katharine Kerr has 6 series.
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