Michelle Sagara

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  • Bibliography:
    40 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1991
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

The Academia Chronicles

1 - Shards of Glass (Dec-2023)
2 - Heir of Light (Jun-2025)

The Chronicles of Elantra

1 - Cast in Shadow (Aug-2005)
2 - Cast In Courtlight (Aug-2006)
3 - Cast In Secret (Aug-2007)
4 - Cast In Fury (Oct-2008)
5 - Cast in Silence (Aug-2009)
6 - Cast in Chaos (Aug-2010)
7 - Cast in Moonlight (Oct-2010)
8 - Cast in Ruin (Sep-2011)
9 - Cast in Peril (Sep-2012)
10 - Cast in Sorrow (Sep-2013)
11 - Cast in Flame (Aug-2014)
12 - Cast in Honor (Nov-2015)
13 - Cast in Flight (Oct-2016)
14 - Cast in Deception (Jan-2018)
15 - Cast in Oblivion (Jan-2019)
16 - Cast in Wisdom (Feb-2020)
17 - Cast in Conflict (Jul-2021)
18 - Cast in Eternity (Dec-2022)
19 - Cast in Atonement (Aug-2024)

The Queen of the Dead

1 - Silence (May-2012)
3 - Grave (Feb-2017)

Sundered

1 - Into the Dark Lands (Nov-1991)
2 - Children of the Blood (Apr-1992)
3 - Lady of Mercy (Apr-1993)
4 - Chains of Darkness, Chains of Light (Apr-1994)

The Wolves of Elantra

1 - The Emperor's Wolves (Oct-2020)
2 - Sword and Shadow (Feb-2022)

Book List in Order: 40 titles

  • Into the Dark Lands

    Sundered - 1

    War has its cost, and the Servants of the Bright Heart and the Servants of the Dark Heart have been locked in a struggle that has defined life -- and death -- for millennia. But the end is coming, and only the Lady who has served the Bright Heart for...

  • Children of the Blood

    Sundered - 2

    For three hundred years Lady Sara has slept, held by her Lord’s magic while he prepared the world for her waking. Now the last of the lines has fallen, bringing at last the peace Sara had always desired, and Stefanos, First Servant of the Dark H...

  • Lady of Mercy

    Sundered - 3

    Freed from the amnesia brought on by her long sleep, Lady Sara has reclaimed her true name, Erin of Elliath, and escaped her betrayer, Stefanos, the First Servant of the Dark Heart -- Sara’s husband and Erin’s sworn enemy. But the world has ch...

  • Chains of Darkness, Chains of Light

    Sundered - 4

    After a fierce battle, Erin of Elliath and her comrades and her comrades have brought hope back to the Servants of the Bright Heart. The throne of Marantine has been reclaimed, and a new King rules the last remnants of Lernan’s people. Within th...

  • Cast in Shadow

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 1

    Seven years ago Kaylin fled the crime-riddled streets of Nightshade, knowing that something was after her. Children were being murdered -- and all had the same odd markings that mysteriously appeared on her own skin.... Since then, she's learned t...

  • Cast In Courtlight

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 2

    NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED... In Elantra, a job well done is rewarded with a more dangerous task. And so, after defeating a dark evil, Kaylin must enter a place of deceit and treachery. A world where silk and jewels hide deadly secrets.... Ka...

  • Cast In Secret

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 3

    STOLEN GOODS WERE SO MUCH EASIER... Still avoiding magic whenever possible, Corporal Kaylin Neya relished investigating a regular theft once again. Until she found out the mysterious box was taken from Elani Street, where the mages and charlatans ...

  • Cast In Fury

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 4

    When a minority race of telepaths is suspected of causing a near-devastating tidal wave, Private Kaylin Neya is summoned to Court--and into a PR nightmare. To ease racial tensions, the emperor has commissioned a play, and the playwright has his own i...

  • Cast in Silence

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 5

    A member of the elite Hawk force that protects the City of Elantra, Kaylin Neya has sacrificed much to earn the respect of the winged Aerians and immortal Barrani she works alongside. But the mean streets she escaped as a child aren't the ones she's ...



  • Cast in Chaos

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 6

    Kaylin Neya is a Hawk, part of the elite force tasked with keeping the City of Elantra safe. Her past is dark, her magic uncontrolled and her allies unpredictable. And nothing has prepared her for what is coming, when the charlatans on Elani Street s...

  • Cast in Moonlight

    in Harvest Moon
    The Chronicles of Elantra - 7

    Barely a teenager, Kaylin Neya is a thief, a fugitive and an attempted assassin. She also has a smart mouth, sharp wits and mysterious markings on her skin. All of which make her perfect bait for a child prostitution sting in the city of Elantra -- i...

  • Birthnight

    Short story of 6k wordsOn the night that Christ was born, he received many visitors, and among those, unchronicled, the vast host of the legendary creatures who still roamed the world: the dragon, the unicorn, the phoenix, and the Queen of all Faerie...

  • Gifted

    A short story of 5k words.The last of the Genies has lived for longer than he can remember, hiding from humanity to preserve his life; he is capable of granting three wishes, yes--the third wish is always death to his kind. Drawn to human cities and ...

  • Cast in Ruin

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 8

    Seven corpses are discovered in the streets of a Dragon's fief. All identical, down to their clothing. Kaylin Neya is assigned to discover who they were, who killed them -- and why. Is the evil lurking at the borders of Elantra preparing to cross ...

  • For the Love of God

    A short story of 4.5k wordsA young Henry. A young Thomas of London. One, by politics, determination, and birth, the King, and one, a commoner, and outsider at Court. We know how their friendship played out, in the end: with the murder of Thomas Beket...

  • Hunger

    A short story of 4k wordsWhen he first saw the starving foreign child, he was five years old; the next time he saw her, he was six -- and she was a ghost. A ghost who came at the start of every Christmas, lingering for twelve days before she once aga...

  • Shadow of a Change

    A short story of 5k words.April Stevens works, day in and day out, in an office, part of the secretarial pool. There is nothing remarkable about her life; it is pristine, organized, ordered. She dislikes change, dislikes the unpredictable.But she is ...

  • Silence

    The Queen of the Dead - 1

    Ever since her boyfriend Nathan died in a tragic accident, Emma had been coming to the graveyard at night. Tonight Emma and her dog are not alone in the cemetery. There are two others there -- Eric, who had just started at her school, and an ancient ...

  • Cast in Peril

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 9

    USUALLY DISASTER DIDN'T STRIKE QUITE SO CLOSE TO HOME… It has been a busy few weeks for Private Kaylin Neya. In between angling for a promotion, sharing her room with the last living female Dragon and dealing with more refugees than anyone knew ...



  • Cast in Sorrow

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 10

    THE END OF HER JOURNEY IS ONLY THE BEGINNING… The Barrani would be happy to see her die. So Kaylin Neya is a bit surprised by her safe arrival in the West March. Especially when enemies new and old surround her and those she would call friends...

  • Cast in Flame

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 11

    Any day that starts with dragon arguments is going to be bad Kaylin returned from the West March in one piece. Now that piece is fraying. She's not at home in the Imperial Palace -- and she never intends to be. All she wants is normal garden-vari...

  • Cast in Honor

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 12

    In the aftermath of a vicious battle between darkness and light, the city of Elantra has emerged victorious. But Shadows continue to haunt every corner of its streets… Elantra stands strong, but countless numbers of Hawks, the city's staunchest...

  • Cast in Flight

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 13

    New York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara returns to the city of Elantra with a thrilling tale rife with ancient magic, assassination attempts and political intrigue. Private Kaylin Neya already has Dragons and Barrani as roommates. Addin...

  • Grave

    The Queen of the Dead - 3

    Emma and her friends have survived the Necromancers sent to the city to kill them. They've gone to ground in a cottage north of the city, but time is not on their side. There are no barriers that can keep the dead out, and the dead obey their Queen. ...

  • Cast in Deception

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 14

    WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES? Private Kaylin Neya thought her home couldn’t possibly get more crowded. But when one of her housemates, Annarion, decides to undertake the Barrani Test of Name, his friends refuse to let him face his ...

  • Cast in Oblivion

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 15

    POLITICS ARE HELL Kaylin wasn’t sent to the West March to start a war. Her mission to bring back nine Barrani might do just that, though. She traveled with a Dragon, and her presence is perceived as an act of aggression in the extremely hostile ...

  • Cast in Wisdom

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 16

    SOMETHING IS WAKING The fiefs that exist at the heart of the city of Elantra are home to sentient Towers that guard the world against the incursion of Shadow. But between the fiefs exists the gray world of the border zone. In it, geography changes...

  • Four Attempts at a Letter

    Originally published in Mike Resnick’s By Any Other Fame. 3k words.An alternate history, near the dawn of Israel, just after word of an assassination has arrived. Golda Meier must write one necessary, difficult letter....

  • Winter

    Originally published in Deals with the Devil, ed. Mike Resnick, Martin H. Greenberg and Loren D. Estheman. Short story of 6k words.Wealth, fame, power—these are the things out of which devils tempt mortals to trade away their souls. It’s ...



  • The Hidden Grove

    A short story of 5k words, originally published in Witch Fantastic, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg.A young office worker overlooks a standing grove of weeping willows. There, her co-workers eat lunch in the shade. She’s tried th...

  • What She Won't Remember

    A short story of 6.5k words, originally published in Alternate Outlaws, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg.When the heart of her writing and her work is denigrated, a tired, exhausted writer is drawn into a game that feels like freedom by...

  • Ghostwood

    Originally published in Enchanted Forests, ed. Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg. A short story of 9k wordsA young man is visiting his sister at her cottage—in the middle of a bitterly cold winter. Who does that? He doesn’t particula...

  • When a Child Cries

  • The Emperor's Wolves

    The Wolves of Elantra - 1

    At the Emperor’s command Multiple races carefully navigate the City of Elantra under the Dragon Emperor’s wing. His Imperial Wolves are executioners, the smallest group to serve in the Halls of Law. The populace calls them assassins. Every ...

  • Cast in Conflict

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 17

    KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER A Dragon and ten Barrani wouldn’t be anyone’s ideal roommates if a person wants peace and tranquility at home. The residue of three Draco-Barrani wars can make things pretty awkward -- on a good...

  • Sword and Shadow

    The Wolves of Elantra - 2

    Beyond the Emperor's law In the city of Elantra, the law is upheld by a few groups, and the most feared are the Wolves -- the Emperor’s executioners. The newest member of this elite force is Severn Handred. Granted a leave of absence to p...

  • Cast in Eternity

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 18

    Dead men tell no tales When Corporal Kaylin Neya is assigned front desk duty -- a task hated by every Hawk -- the only thing she can look forward to besides an endless stream of complaints is visits from a dotty old woman, because she always bring...

  • Shards of Glass

    The Academia Chronicles - 1

    The Academia, once an elite proving ground for the rulers of the world, has been frozen for centuries. Now its strange slumber has ended, and a new Chancellor, an orange-eyed dragon, has reopened its lecture halls and readied its dorms. In order to t...

  • Cast in Atonement

    The Chronicles of Elantra - 19

    In the City of Elantra, only one holds the key to peace -- or eternal darkness. At the end of three long wars, Bellusdeo is the last of her kind, the sole surviving female Dragon in the City of Elantra. When she appears one evening on the doorstep...



  • Heir of Light

    The Academia Chronicles - 2

    "A puzzling, absorbing mystery…. Recommended for readers who have been caught up in the fantasy mystery trend." -- Library Journal on Shards of GlassThere is always a price to be paid for power and justice. With the Academia now awakened...

Award-Winning Books by Michelle Sagara

Cast in Sorrow
2013 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Fantasy Adventure


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Michelle Sagara has published 40 books.

The next book by Michelle Sagara, Heir of Light, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by Michelle Sagara, Into the Dark Lands, was published in November 1991.

Yes. Michelle Sagara has 5 series.
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