Christopher Stasheff Books in Order
See the Gordon R Dickson and Christopher Stasheff books in order, with quick summaries, shared-world notes, and collaboration context.
Last updated: July 7, 2026
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Publication Order
51 books
The Warlock in Spite of Himself
by Christopher Stasheff
1969
Rod Gallowglass lands on Gramarye and finds a medieval-looking world where psychic powers pass for witchcraft. A man of science is soon treated as a warlock, and has to protect the planet without losing himself to the role.
King Kobold Revived
by Christopher Stasheff
1971
Rod Gallowglass tries to protect Gramarye's persecuted espers from a dangerous new threat led by the strange King Kobold. The sequel deepens the series' mix of psychic powers, medieval trappings, and political manipulation.
The Warlock Unlocked
by Christopher Stasheff
1982
A message from a thousand years in the past draws outside attention to Rod Gallowglass's life on Gramarye. Church politics, mystery, and the warlock's carefully balanced world begin to collide.
Escape Velocity
by Christopher Stasheff
1983
Telepaths Dar and Samantha are on the run while powerful Lords plot a coup against democratic government. Their attempt to warn Terra makes this prequel a more openly science-fictional entry in the Gramarye background story.
The Warlock Enraged
by Christopher Stasheff
1985
Renegade sorcerers threaten Gramarye just as the Gallowglass family's shared psychic strength begins to weaken. Rod has to face enemies outside the kingdom and the darker force rising inside himself.
Her Majesty's Wizard
by Christopher Stasheff
1986
Matt Mantrell reads forbidden runes and tumbles into a world where poetry works as magic. Almost at once he is trapped in a dungeon, conjuring dragons, and swearing to save a princess.
The Warlock Is Missing
by Christopher Stasheff
1986
When Rod and Gwen vanish, their four children have to combine talent, courage, and everything their parents taught them. The rescue mission is also an early test of what the next generation can do on its own.
The Warlock Wandering
by Christopher Stasheff
1986
Rod and Gwen are hurled into an alternate world of purple-skinned warriors and brutal combat. Cut off from home and unable to communicate, they have to survive before they can even think about escape.
The Warlock Heretical
by Christopher Stasheff
1987
Rod Gallowglass is pulled into another crisis on Gramarye as unrest and bad doctrine threaten to tip the planet toward anarchy. It is one of the series' more openly political battles, with faith and order both under strain.
The Warlock's Companion
by Christopher Stasheff
1988
Fess, Rod Gallowglass's faithful cybernetic steed, finally tells the children about the masters and adventures that came before Gramarye. It is a sideways look at the series through the life of its most loyal companion.
The Warlock Insane
by Christopher Stasheff
1989
Rod Gallowglass has survived plenty on Gramarye, but this time the attack comes through his own mind. As hallucination and manipulation blur together, he has to fight for his sanity as well as his life.
The Warlock Rock
by Christopher Stasheff
1990
Strange floating musical crystals begin captivating the young people of Gramarye, including Rod Gallowglass's children. Rod has to trace their origin before the music's spell does lasting damage.
A Company of Stars
by Christopher Stasheff
1991
When theater is condemned on Earth, the newly formed Star Company buys a spaceship and takes its performances offworld. The result is a lively mix of backstage life, satire, and spacefaring adventure.
The Crafters
by Christopher Stasheff
1991
This anthology follows the Crafter family, whose real inheritance is magical power and the familiar Willow. Linked stories blend witches, warlocks, alchemists, and generational secrets into one shared-world fantasy.
Warlock and Son
by Christopher Stasheff
1991
Magnus Gallowglass leaves home determined to prove he is more than the High Warlock's son. His wandering search for identity, love, and independence becomes the bridge between the Rod Gallowglass books and *Rogue Wizard*.
We Open on Venus
by Christopher Stasheff
1991
The Star Company heads to Venus and finds a colony tightly controlled by a powerful petroleum cartel. Performing there means tangling with corporate authority as much as entertaining an audience.
Blessings and Curses
by Christopher Stasheff
1992
The descendants of Amer Crafter struggle with inherited magical Talent in an age that would rather explain everything away. This shared-world anthology turns family legacy into the heart of the conflict.
The Enchanter Reborn
by Christopher Stasheff
1992
Harold Shea returns in a continuation anthology that sends him and his companions into a new run of mythic and literary adventures. Christopher Stasheff helps revive the classic series without losing its sly, scholarly fun.
A Wizard in Absentia
by Christopher Stasheff
1993
After years of drinking and brawling, Magnus d'Armand joins an organization devoted to bringing freer government to troubled worlds. His new assignment sends him to a medieval-style planet ready, or nearly ready, for revolution.
Blood and War
by Christopher Stasheff
1993
The second War and Honor anthology returns to Dickson's shared military sf setting. Different writers tackle duty, conflict, and the personal cost of trying to keep honor alive in wartime.
End Run
by Christopher Stasheff
1993
In the Wing Commander universe, humanity's long war with the Kilrathi is going badly enough to make a suicide mission look sensible. Recon work, carrier combat, and one desperate strike drive this military space adventure.
The Oathbound Wizard
by Christopher Stasheff
1993
Matt Mantrell rashly swears to overthrow the evil ruler of Ibile, only to learn that oaths are magically binding in this world. What begins as anger becomes a mission he cannot walk away from.
A Slight Detour
by Christopher Stasheff
1994
The Star Company lands on prosperous Citadel expecting another tour stop and finds a world so puritanical that theater is forbidden. Putting on a show becomes an act of cultural rebellion.
M'Lady Witch
by Christopher Stasheff
1994
Cordelia Gallowglass is not sure she wants the future everyone else has planned for her, even before Prince Alain asks for her hand. Enemies of the match would prefer she never make it to the altar at all.
The Witch Doctor
by Christopher Stasheff
1994
Saul follows his missing friend Matt into the same verse-powered magical world and finds that his love of poetry makes him a formidable wizard at once. It also puts him on a collision course with the sorcerous Queen Suettay.
A Wizard in Bedlam
by Christopher Stasheff
1995
On the planet Melange, revolutionary Dirk Dulain joins forces with Gar, a massively powerful serf, to challenge a society built on clones, servitude, and luxury for the few. Rebellion comes with a steep personal cost.
A Wizard in Mind
by Christopher Stasheff
1995
Magnus d'Armand asks his sentient ship to find him a world that needs saving and gets Petrarch, a lost colony in turmoil. There he finds a warring prince and an old rival who makes the mission much more personal.
A Wizard in War
by Christopher Stasheff
1995
Maltroit is replaying the bloodier parts of Earth's past, and Gar Pike means to interfere. He tries teaching nobles the basics of democracy while giving peasants a crash course in politics and resistance.
Quicksilver's Knight
by Christopher Stasheff
1995
Geoffrey Gallowglass has talent, strength, and more than enough confidence, but his taste in women may ruin him. Torn between a beautiful thief and a seductive witch, he has to figure out who truly means him harm.
The Exotic Enchanter
by Christopher Stasheff
1995
Harold Shea and Reed Chalmers go careening through a fresh set of literary and mythic worlds, from Prince Igor's Russia to Shakespearean magic. It is a continuation anthology full of sideways adventures and bookish fantasy play.
The Secular Wizard
by Christopher Stasheff
1995
Disguised as a minstrel, Matt Mantrell investigates why a new king resists peace. The search brings him into contact with strange allies and dangers, including a Grecian ghost and a manticore.
The Shaman
by Christopher Stasheff
1995
After a giant tyrant kills his wife, the respected clansman Ohaern turns grief into revolt. His uprising becomes a larger struggle between mortal humans and the near-divine oppressors who rule them.
A Wizard in Peace
by Christopher Stasheff
1996
Gar Pike meets a ruler who has achieved order by controlling what people think. Finding rebels is hard when most subjects seem content, and the smallest spark of resistance may have to come from the wrong people.
The Sage
by Christopher Stasheff
1996
An old champion is called back when a new despot rises, but age has taken the edge from his sword arm. To save the world again, he must shape a lazy, damaged younger man into a hero.
A Wizard in Chaos
by Christopher Stasheff
1997
Gar Pike reaches a world with no tyrant and no state, only endless violence and permanent instability. Freedom means little when everyone is at war, and he has to decide what kind of order is worth building.
My Son, the Wizard
by Christopher Stasheff
1997
Matt Mantrell faces an army of Moors and sorcerers with surprising help from his parents, newly arrived from modern New Jersey. The result is part family comedy, part magical war story.
The Seaman
by Christopher Stasheff
1997
A rare Stasheff standalone that appears to turn from wizards and planets to the sea. It promises a maritime adventure centered on a sailor's life, danger, and hard choices far from shore.
A Wizard in Midgard
by Christopher Stasheff
1998
Gar Pike arrives on a planet shaped like a Norse legend, complete with dwarves, giants, and people who treat war as a way of life. To help anyone here, he first has to find a way to interrupt the fighting.
The Spell-Bound Scholar
by Christopher Stasheff
1999
Gregory Gallowglass, brilliant, decent, and very much in danger, becomes the target of Moraga's latest scheme. His gifts of intellect and magic make him a prize, and a threat, in Gramarye's ongoing power struggles.
A Wizard and a Warlord
by Christopher Stasheff
2000
Gar Pike lands on another troubled world where brute force and fear have narrowed everyone else's choices. To loosen one warlord's grip, he has to turn scattered anger into a rebellion that can actually endure.
A Wizard in the Way
by Christopher Stasheff
2000
On Oldeira, Gar and Alea try to convince beaten-down serfs that they deserve more than hunger and abuse. Training a rebellion is hard enough, but first they must break the habits of obedience that keep the lower classes trapped.
The Crusading Wizard
by Christopher Stasheff
2000
A vast barbarian horde is sweeping toward Jerusalem, and Matt Mantrell is called in to help hold the line. The closer he gets, the clearer it becomes that a darker power is steering the invasion.
The Feline Wizard
by Christopher Stasheff
2000
Balkis returns to Maracanda to claim the royal place that should be hers. Before she can do that, she and Matt Mantrell have to face a bitter enemy determined to stop her.
The Haunted Wizard
by Christopher Stasheff
2000
The murder of a hated prince threatens to ignite war between rival kingdoms. Matt Mantrell must uncover the truth, outmatch a powerful magician, and stop an evil cult before diplomacy collapses.
A Wizard in a Feud
by Christopher Stasheff
2001
Gar Pike and Alea reach a lost human colony that has splintered into feuding Scottish-style clans. To stop the violence, they must navigate muskets, old grudges, and uneasy relations with winged fairies and forest-dwelling elves.
Here Be Monsters
by Christopher Stasheff
2001
As Gramarye prepares for three Gallowglass weddings, Gregory's fiancee Alouette sees a terrifying vision of monsters devastating the land. Their search for the threat turns celebration into a race to save the kingdom.
The Warlock's Last Ride
by Christopher Stasheff
2004
Rod Gallowglass is shattered by Gwen's sudden death just as old enemies move again against Gramarye. The final Warlock novel turns grief, family loyalty, and political chaos into one last kingdom-spanning fight.
Saint Vidicon to the Rescue
by Christopher Stasheff
2005
Tech troubleshooter Tony Ricci is recruited by Saint Vidicon, patron saint of computer geeks, to battle the evil that keeps sabotaging modern technology. It is Stasheff in playful, near-contemporary fantasy mode, mixing faith, jokes, and malfunctioning machines.
Coronach of the Bell
by Christopher Stasheff
2014
Manninglore is feared by the valley people who live below him, but fear matters less when extinction is closing in. This short story turns a dreaded wizard into a very human last hope.
The Warlock's Grandfather
by Christopher Stasheff
2014
Old Count Rory of d'Armand Automatons is slipping into fantasy and losing his hold on reality. His decline threatens not just himself, but his family, his company, and the order built around him.
The Ghost Girl
by Christopher Stasheff
2019
In colonial New England, a young man falls in love with a ghost girl and drifts toward danger with her. Puritans and an Iroquois elder both struggle to keep him in the land of the living.
Where should I start?
If you want his signature science fantasy: The Warlock in Spite of Himself → King Kobold Revived → The Warlock Unlocked
If you want portal fantasy with verse-based magic: Her Majesty's Wizard → The Oathbound Wizard → The Witch Doctor
If you want offworld rebellion and roaming adventure: A Wizard in Absentia → A Wizard in Mind → A Wizard in War
If you want theater in space instead: A Company of Stars → We Open on Venus → A Slight Detour
Author bio
Christopher Stasheff was born on January 15, 1944, in Mount Vernon, New York, and spent most of his childhood in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was the youngest of four children, and by his own telling he started making up stories early. Wordplay, stage business, puppets, and fantasy all showed up long before publication did.
He was a theater kid before he had a career.
At the University of Michigan he studied radio and television, then went on to earn a PhD in theater from the University of Nebraska. Those years mattered. They gave him technical know-how, a feel for dialogue, and the sense that performance is really about timing, voice, and audience. You can feel that later in his fiction, which often moves like spoken storytelling, quick on its feet, fond of banter, and happy to let a good joke land.
His break came when he finished The Warlock in Spite of Himself and sent it in without an agent. That novel introduced Rod Gallowglass, a man of science dropped into a world that looks medieval but runs on psychic powers mistaken for magic. It also introduced one of Stasheff's favorite tricks, taking a fantasy set-up and giving it a science-fiction frame. Readers who love that book tend to remember the robot horse Fess, the clash between reason and superstition, and the fact that the story never forgets to be fun.
He kept building from there. In Her Majesty's Wizard, a graduate student discovers a world where magic works through poetry, which tells you a lot about the sort of writer Stasheff was. He liked systems. He liked language. And he liked asking what happens when an ordinary, fairly bookish person has to become brave in a hurry. A Wizard in Bedlam pushed his interest in politics and rebellion further, while A Company of Stars showed he could carry the same energy into science fiction, this time with a troupe of actors taking theater into space.
He liked big ideas, but he almost always delivered them through adventure.
Across his books, certain themes come up again and again. Families matter. Freedom matters. So does the question of how a decent society gets built, and how easily fear, tyranny, or laziness can wreck it. Even when the set-up is playful, with witches, telepaths, dragons, or traveling players, there is usually a practical moral question underneath it. What do you owe other people? What should power be used for? How do you make a broken world a little fairer?
Stasheff also spent many years teaching. He taught at Montclair State College in New Jersey, later returned to university teaching in New Mexico, and retired in 2009. Along the way he married Mary Miller, raised four children, and kept writing across novels, short fiction, and shared-world projects. That mix of professor, performer, and working storyteller fits his books well. They are brainy without being chilly.
In his later years he lived with Parkinson's disease, but he kept writing and stayed connected with readers through conventions and fan communities. He died on June 10, 2018, in Champaign, Illinois. His books still have a very specific charm, earnest, funny, a little mischievous, and deeply fond of people trying to do the right thing in very strange circumstances.
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