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Browse Elizabeth Ann Scarborough’s collaborations with Anne McCaffrey in order, with summaries, series background, and where-to-start tips.

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Song of Sorcery

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1982

Hearthwitch Maggie Brown can cook banquets and kindle fires, but finding her runaway fairy stepsister demands unfamiliar magic. With a talking cat and traveling minstrel Colin Songsmith, she leaves home to bring Amberwine back.

Bronwyn's Bane

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1983

Princess Bronwyn has inherited a giant's stature and a curse that forces her to lie. Sent away during a war, she travels with companions whose magic may help her confront the curse and her kingdom's troubles.

The Unicorn Creed

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1983

Made a princess against her wishes, Maggie Brown abandons her crown to travel with Colin Songsmith and Moonshine the unicorn. Their search for a loophole in the unicorn's restrictive creed draws them into fresh dangers threatening Argonia.

The Harem of Aman Akbar

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1984

Aman Akbar chooses three foreign wives instead of the cousin his family expects him to marry. When an angry relative uses a genie to transform him into a donkey, his wives join forces to reverse the enchantment.

The Christening Quest

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1985

Carole accompanies Prince Rupert on a journey to christen his kidnapped niece. In a kingdom where firstborn children become bargaining chips, securing the child's safety requires magical gifts and protection that an ordinary baptism cannot provide.

The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1986

Aspiring adventure writer Valentine Lovelace travels to Texas and finds more danger than material for her stories. Captivity, intrigue at a frontier fort, and a dragon controlling the region's scarce water complicate her western expedition.

Valentine Lovelace heads to the Klondike with a coffin, a mysterious companion, and hopes of restoring her fortunes. A murder accusation and employment in a Dawson dance hall draw her into troubles involving an unusually bloodthirsty employer.

The Healer's War

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1988

Army nurse Kathleen McCulley struggles to care for patients amid the violence and prejudice of the Vietnam War. A dying holy man's amulet takes her beyond familiar medicine into a perilous journey through the jungle.

Nothing Sacred

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1991

Unemployed despite her education, Viveka joins the military and becomes a prisoner in the Himalayas. Inside a remote Tibetan camp, uncertainty about time and a mysterious nearby valley challenge what she understands about captivity and survival.

Phantom Banjo

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1991

A campaign by devils threatens folk music and the people who preserve it. A magical banjo passes into the hands of musicians whose songs may offer a defense against a world increasingly stripped of human feeling.

Picking the Ballad's Bones

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1991

Musicians fighting a supernatural assault on folk music seek help from Britain's old ballads. A bargain with the Fairy Queen sends them into the songs themselves, where preserving musical traditions means navigating stories with notoriously dangerous endings.

Last Refuge

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1992

Shambala has survived nuclear devastation, but its newborn children are arriving without souls. A search beyond the protected valley sends travelers into a haunted world to discover what has disrupted the cycle of reincarnation.

Strum Again?

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1992

Returning to America, the musicians continue their struggle against devils determined to silence folk music. With Torchy's help, they work to restore endangered songs while confronting the institutions that have fallen under their supernatural enemies' influence.

The Godmother

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1994

Seattle social worker Rose Samson wishes her troubled city had a fairy godmother. When F. Fortune arrives, runaway children, abused young people, and fractured families find their lives intersecting with modern versions of familiar fairy tales.

The Godmother's Apprentice

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1995

Snohomish Quantrill, a rock star's daughter, becomes an apprentice to fairy godmother F. Fortune. Training in Ireland introduces her to Celtic magic and journeys through time, turning an unusual education into a series of unexpected adventures.

Carol for Another Christmas

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1996

Eight-year-old Tina awakens Ebenezer Scrooge's spirit through a computer while her mother, a technology executive, remains absorbed in work. On Christmas Eve, the ghost must understand the modern world and help restore warmth to their family.

The Godmother's Web

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1998

Cindy Ellis travels to Tuba City to help train a friend's horse and encounters hardships she cannot easily remedy. A Navajo grandmother offers another kind of guidance, drawing Cindy into a protective web of love and magic.

The Lady in the Loch

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1998

Missing young women and skeletal remains draw Sheriff Walter Scott into a disturbing Edinburgh mystery. A palm reader's search for vanished girls intersects with his investigation, exposing dangers linked to body snatchers and something beyond ordinary crime.

Channeling Cleopatra

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2002

Forensic anthropologist Leda Hubbard becomes involved with a technology that blends living people with personalities recovered from ancient DNA. Her search for Cleopatra's remains leads to an unexpectedly intimate encounter with the queen she has long admired.

Scarborough Fair

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2003

These stories connect supernatural encounters with human struggles over loss, injustice, and belonging. A reincarnated cat investigates his murder, a cursed princess faces an altered body, and displaced Indigenous people and returning veterans confront painful histories.

Cleopatra 7.2

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2004

Leda Hubbard and Gabriella Farouk carry versions of Cleopatra's personality through experimental DNA blending. As government retaliation threatens unauthorized uses of the technology, the women face the consequences of sharing themselves with a powerful historical presence.

9 Tales O' Cats

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

Nine fantasy stories follow cats through Camelot, ancient Egyptian mysteries, Edinburgh, and worlds shaped by reincarnation. Their feline protagonists intervene in human troubles, confront supernatural dangers, and pursue adventures that depend on distinctly catlike priorities.

Bastet's Blessing

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

An Egyptologist's cat, Shuttle, becomes entangled with the powers of ancient Egypt. Faced with a vengeful mummy, he turns toward the cat goddess Bastet, whose blessing may offer protection for him and his human companion.

Boon Companion

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

Born Again

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

Peaches finds himself between two of his nine lives, guided by the feline bodhisattva Mu Mao. Hoping to return to his human friend, he discovers that the world's destruction makes his next incarnation far more complicated.

Cat Among the Pigeons

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

A veteran soldier investigates why a king's twelve daughters keep wearing out their dancing shoes. His secret feline companion, Captain Shadow, helps him uncover the mystery in this retelling of the story of the dancing princesses.

Final Vows

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

A cat begins another life in an unfamiliar monastery with unfinished business from his previous existence. To protect the cats in his former home, he must investigate the circumstances of his own death and identify his murderer.

Mu Mao and the Court Oracle

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

The feline bodhisattva Mu Mao returns in a new incarnation to fulfill a prophecy involving a court oracle. His task brings him into contact with a despairing cat who needs help finding purpose and fulfillment.

Spam vs. the Vampire

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

When web designer Darcy Dupres disappears after working for a vampire's dating service, her cat Spam sets out to find her. His computer skills and animal allies help him investigate a threat that humans have overlooked.

The Cat Quest of Mu Mao the Magnificent

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

Mu Mao, the world's last tomcat, lives within the protected refuge of Shambala after civilization destroys itself. To ensure cats survive into the recovering world, he must leave safety behind and search for a mate.

The Queen's Cat's Tale

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

Guinevere's cat Gray Jane tells her version of Camelot's downfall, revealing what its human inhabitants missed. Her account explores the feline intervention behind the familiar legend and the disasters that might otherwise have followed.

Tinkler Tam and the Body Snatchers

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2011

A stray Edinburgh cat investigates grave robbers whose activities threaten his human friend, a refugee from the French Revolution. Tinkler Tam discovers that their demand for fresh bodies poses a danger beyond the city's cemeteries.

Father Christmas

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2012

Spam expects a peaceful first Christmas, but Renfrew the raccoon's mischief sends him into action. His efforts to protect the holiday lead to a vulnerable mother and child and an uncomfortable reunion with his feral father.

The Tour Bus of Doom

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2012

A busload of zombies arrives in Spam's coastal town, bringing kidnapping and disappearances. The feline detective joins animal friends and supernatural allies to investigate the visitors and protect the humans whose lives are suddenly at risk.

The Dragon, the Witch, and the Railroad

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2015

Industrial Argonia runs on enslaved dragons, while witches and their magic fall out of favor. After her father's fatal balloon accident, truth-cursed Verity Brown seeks the real culprit and tries to save the dragon wranglers blamed for it.

Spam and the Sasquatch

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2016

An eagle hires Spam to investigate a large, hairy creature driven into town by a forest fire. The cat detective calls on his animal informants while a charismatic fanatic hostile to cats threatens the investigation.

Spam, the Spooks, and the UPS Bandit

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2016

Spam investigates strange hauntings at a home for older people while Renfrew the raccoon steals delivered packages. Ghosts, a visiting vampire cat, and other animal acquaintances complicate his attempts to resolve the household's supernatural troubles.

The Redundant Dragons

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2018

Queen Verity frees Argonia's dragons from industrial servitude, only to face the enormous problem of feeding them. Political enemies exploit the crisis and force her aboard an outbound ship, leaving her kingdom vulnerable to a rival's control.

Extended Family

by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

2022

The Civil War and forced Cherokee resettlement uproot a family from the only home they have known. Alongside these historical threats, a curse within the family raises another question of danger, inheritance, and survival.

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Songs from the Seashell Archives books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Song of Sorcery"

    Song of Sorcery

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1982Songs from the Seashell Archives, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Bronwyn's Bane"

    Bronwyn's Bane

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1983Songs from the Seashell Archives, Book 3
  3. Book cover for "The Unicorn Creed"

    The Unicorn Creed

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1983Songs from the Seashell Archives, Book 2
  4. Book cover for "The Christening Quest"

    The Christening Quest

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1985Songs from the Seashell Archives, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "The Dragon, the Witch, and the Railroad"

    The Dragon, the Witch, and the Railroad

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2015Songs from the Seashell Archives, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "The Redundant Dragons"

    The Redundant Dragons

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2018Songs from the Seashell Archives, Book 6

Standalone Elizabeth Ann Scarborough books

  1. Book cover for "The Harem of Aman Akbar"

    The Harem of Aman Akbar

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1984
  2. Book cover for "The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas"

    The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1986V. Lovelace's Guide to the Wild West, Book 1
  3. Book cover for "The Goldcamp Vampire, or the Sanguinary Sourdough"

    The Goldcamp Vampire, or the Sanguinary Sourdough

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1987V. Lovelace's Guide to the Wild West, Book 2
  4. Book cover for "The Healer's War"

    The Healer's War

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1988
  5. Book cover for "Nothing Sacred"

    Nothing Sacred

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1991Tibet, Book 1
  6. Book cover for "Phantom Banjo"

    Phantom Banjo

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1991Songkiller, Book 1
  7. Book cover for "Picking the Ballad's Bones"

    Picking the Ballad's Bones

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1991Songkiller, Book 2
  8. Book cover for "Last Refuge"

    Last Refuge

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1992Tibet, Book 2
  9. Book cover for "Strum Again?"

    Strum Again?

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1992Songkiller, Book 3
  10. Book cover for "The Godmother"

    The Godmother

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1994Godmother, Book 1
  11. Book cover for "The Godmother's Apprentice"

    The Godmother's Apprentice

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1995Godmother, Book 2
  12. Book cover for "Carol for Another Christmas"

    Carol for Another Christmas

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1996
  13. Book cover for "The Godmother's Web"

    The Godmother's Web

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1998Godmother, Book 3
  14. Book cover for "The Lady in the Loch"

    The Lady in the Loch

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    1998
  15. Book cover for "Channeling Cleopatra"

    Channeling Cleopatra

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2002Cleopatra, Book 1
  16. Book cover for "Scarborough Fair"

    Scarborough Fair

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2003And Other Stories
  17. Book cover for "Cleopatra 7.2"

    Cleopatra 7.2

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2004Cleopatra, Book 2
  18. Book cover for "9 Tales O' Cats"

    9 Tales O' Cats

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 1
  19. Book cover for "Bastet's Blessing"

    Bastet's Blessing

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 2
  20. Book cover for "Boon Companion"

    Boon Companion

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 3
  21. Book cover for "Born Again"

    Born Again

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 4
  22. Book cover for "Cat Among the Pigeons"

    Cat Among the Pigeons

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 5
  23. Book cover for "Final Vows"

    Final Vows

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 7
  24. Book cover for "Mu Mao and the Court Oracle"

    Mu Mao and the Court Oracle

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 8
  25. Book cover for "Spam vs. the Vampire"

    Spam vs. the Vampire

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2011Spam the Cat Purranormal Mysteries, Book 1
  26. Book cover for "The Cat Quest of Mu Mao the Magnificent"

    The Cat Quest of Mu Mao the Magnificent

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 6
  27. Book cover for "The Queen's Cat's Tale"

    The Queen's Cat's Tale

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 9
  28. Book cover for "Tinkler Tam and the Body Snatchers"

    Tinkler Tam and the Body Snatchers

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    20119 Tales O' Cats, Book 10
  29. Book cover for "Father Christmas"

    Father Christmas

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2012Spam the Cat Purranormal Mysteries, Book 2
  30. Book cover for "The Tour Bus of Doom"

    The Tour Bus of Doom

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2012Spam the Cat Purranormal Mysteries, Book 3
  31. Book cover for "Spam and the Sasquatch"

    Spam and the Sasquatch

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2016Spam the Cat Purranormal Mysteries, Book 4
  32. Book cover for "Spam, the Spooks, and the UPS Bandit"

    Spam, the Spooks, and the UPS Bandit

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2016Spam the Cat Purranormal Mysteries, Book 5
  33. Book cover for "Extended Family"

    Extended Family

    by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    2022

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