Isobelle Carmody Books in Order

In a ruined future ruled by fear and religious zeal, Elspeth hides dangerous mental powers. Sent to the mountain keep of Obernewtyn, she discovers that its secrets could threaten what is left of the world.

Obernewtyn is no longer safe, and Elspeth must use her mind powers on a dangerous mission beyond its walls. The dream of refuge will survive only if the Misfits can outthink their enemies.

Merlin wakes with almost no memory and a voice in her mind, then finds herself hunted in a shattered world. Her search for identity draws her into rebellion against the Citizen Gods.

Nathanial senses something badly wrong in the town of Cheshunt, where gangs prowl and darkness clings to the streets. He and his new friends uncover a terrible old power gathering strength around them.

Elspeth travels to Sutrium and beyond to build alliances against the Council. Her journey into Sador brings her closer to the truth about the Beforetimers and the weaponmachines she must destroy.

Fourteen stories move through fantasy, myth, and dream, following seekers, beasts, lost children, and strange roads. The collection varies in setting and mood, but the pieces share Carmody's taste for wonder and moral unease.

Grieving Glynn is swept from a midnight swim into the troubled world of Keltor. There she is caught in prophecy, strange powers, and a mystery that links this world to her own.

After his mother's death, Jack slips into a colourless land where wounded souls can become trapped. To get back, he must face grief, fear, and the strange rules of the Greylands.

Co-written with Steve Taylor, this collection gathers five plays that move between reality and fantasy. Three adapt stories from Green Monkey Dreams, while two were written especially for the stage.

After a kidnapping, Elspeth and the Misfits are forced deeper into rebellion. Clues from the past send her along the Dreamtrails toward answers about Obernewtyn, the Beforetimers, and her larger quest.

Ken wants to create comic art that feels real, then wakes inside one of his own stories. In a world haunted by a sorceress and shadowed by dreams, he must work out who imagined whom.

Rage Winnoway crosses a gateway with her animal companions in search of magic that might wake her comatose mother. Valley is wondrous, but its shifting streets, missing wizard, and hard rulers make every step risky.

Ember crosses into Keltor to find her twin sister Glynn before prophecy and politics destroy them both. The second Legendsong novel deepens the mystery of the Unraveller and the world's old songs.

This picture book asks a delightfully odd question: what happened to the duck left behind on the underground lake in Jules Verne's classic? Carmody turns that stray detail into a playful fantasy.

Rage dream-travels back to Valley and finds it being destroyed by an enchanted winter. To save both worlds, she must pass beyond the Winter Door and face whatever waits in the unknown land.

In Quentaris, plain and overlooked Eely rescues a wounded winged stranger and is drawn into a hunt for the lost starstone. As rival groups clash, she begins to learn what beauty and power really mean.

After months in a coma, Alyzon wakes with senses so sharp they feel almost supernatural. What seems like a gift soon reveals a sickness in people around her, one that may be targeting those she loves.

The long-promised third Gateway novel is set to continue Rage Winnoway's story after Winter Door. It remains the book readers look to for answers about Valley, the gateways, and the firecat.

A strange fog settles over Quentaris, and a cat that is more than it seems enters the city. Igorik and the girl who visits him in dreams must act fast to save Quentaris and its magical rift caves.

Half-elf, half-troll Little Fur leaves her hidden grove when enemies threaten the Old Ones. With only her animal friends and earth magic, she sets out to save her home and the earth spirit itself.

Hurricane the cat senses a strange winged intruder in the sleeping house. As the night turns eerie and magical, he has to decide whether this unsettling visitor is a threat or a lost young creature.

When a flittery, skittery intruder slips into the house at night, Hurricane the cat is the only one awake to investigate. What begins as suspicion turns into a strange, magical rescue.

Little Fur's fate becomes tied to Sorrow, a fox who longs for death. Together they travel to the troll king's underground city on a quest that could decide the future of the earth spirit itself.

To save her dear friend Ginger, Little Fur must travel to the ice mountains and unravel the mystery of the wolves. The journey pushes her deeper into danger and older magic than she has known before.

Severed from the flow of earth magic, Little Fur is running out of time. To save herself and what she protects, she must solve the riddle of her birth.

Captured by an old enemy and dragged into the heart of the Herder Faction, Elspeth learns of a plot against the west coast. Stopping it may cost her the greater mission she has been preparing for all her life.

In the split North American edition of The Stone Key, Elspeth leaves Obernewtyn for Sutrium and finds the rebellion surrounded by danger. Old enemies close in as she begins to uncover a plot that could break the fragile peace.

A devastating red wind tears brothers Bily and Zluty away from the home they love. Separated and struggling to survive, they must find each other again while facing dangers neither has ever imagined.

This companion to The Wilful Eye gathers six fairy-tale inspired stories by different writers. The anthology revisits old themes of abandonment, desire, and entrapment with a darker, more modern edge.

This story collection moves through tunnels, frozen parks, wishes, shadows, and other doorways into the strange. The pieces differ in setting and mood, but all revolve around desire, change, and transformation.

Elspeth finally leaves the Land to stop Sentinel and the hidden arsenal of the Beforetime. Before she can reach her goal, she must find a lost key and survive a journey far stranger than she expected.

Bily, Zluty, Redwing, and the Monster cross desert and mountains in search of a new home. What they find in the Cloud Mountains may answer old questions, but it may also destroy them.

Elspeth Gordie travels the black road and reaches the Compound, a lost community with a dangerous secret. As Rushton and her friends fall into enemy hands, the Destroyer moves closer to waking the weaponmachines.

This Obernewtyn story follows Hannah as a one-eyed cat leads her through dreams, desert dunes, and long-buried memories. Guided by an old letter and her own psychic sense, she walks toward either salvation or danger.

Bily and Zluty travel into a land of ice and darkness with the injured Monster and two diggers. In a hidden settlement they learn more about the Makers' plan, but the Monster must make a dreadful choice.

In the final stage of their journey, Bily and Zluty must each enter the dangerous Velvet City. There they uncover the truth about themselves while the Monster faces the fate he has been trying to escape.

In a future domed Canberra, Will starts to question the safety of his controlled world when old nightmares return. His dreams lead him toward an alternate dimension and forces working in both realities.