Jody Lynn Nye Books in Order

Readers guide fifteen-year-old journeyman Robinton toward his first posting at Benden Hold in this interactive Pern adventure. Choices and dice rolls shape his journey through dangers at sea, encounters with dragons, and other obstacles along the way.

Alister must recover the missing volumes of a magical encyclopedia to earn a favour from Good Magician Humfrey. This interactive Xanth adventure sends him into peril with his magical talent and rock hound Marbles for assistance.

Dragonrider Mirrim is falsely accused of stealing an artifact from Landing, then her dragon Path is injured during Threadfall. Readers help direct her investigation in this interactive adventure, where dangerous thieves will risk lives to avoid discovery.

Max and Onda cannot marry while the bluebird of happiness mourns his kidnapped mate. In this interactive Xanth adventure, the couple joins Brun on a rescue mission, using their unusual talents to restore happiness to their village.

This illustrated companion explores Anne McCaffrey's world through its dragons, people, settlements, and natural environment. Accounts of dragon development, everyday life, Holds and Weyrs, and the deadly threat of Thread provide context for the Pern stories.

Business student Keith Doyle discovers elves living beneath his university library, where their leader secretly tutors students. His own campaign to modernize the building threatens their home, forcing him to combine business ingenuity with magical assistance.

Keith and his elven friend Holl tour archaeological sites in Britain and Ireland, seeking lost relatives and fulfilling a marriage rite. Keith's reckless adventures draw hostile magical beings and smugglers, threatening both the trip and Holl's future.

After toxic waste is discovered on the Little Folk's land, Holl, Maura, and their baby are kidnapped. Keith Doyle must call on magical allies to rescue his friends before the people behind the dumping can silence them.

Dr Shona Taylor investigates an epidemic devastating colony worlds with help from medically gifted animals and an intelligent alien. Those responsible spread rumours blaming her, putting both her patients and her unusual assistants at risk.

Humans and native inhabitants on Chirwl's planet are suffering an epidemic of accelerated aging. Dr Shona Taylor and her animal assistants must identify its source and find a treatment before an entire colony dies of old age.

Raymond joins the Fairy Godmothers Union at his grandmother's insistence and discovers its wishes involve real magic. As he learns the responsibilities of granting them, a rival guild recruits street gangs and threatens the fairy godparents.

Roan is unusual in Dreamland because his appearance never changes, unlike everyone around him. When someone targets the Seven Sleepers whose dreams sustain the realm, its residents face the disappearance of their world and all its inhabitants.

Graduate student Keith works on an advertising campaign while planning a party for magical creatures. Hostile spirits and an industrial spy threaten his elven friends, forcing him to protect both their hidden home and his client's secrets.

Gifted young Juele studies illusion at Dreamland's School of Light and joins an elite circle of artists. Jealous students sabotage her mentor's grand project, leaving her to distinguish reality from fantasy as the government descends into danger.

This omnibus collects Mythology 101, Mythology Abroad, and Higher Mythology, following student Keith Doyle and his elven friends. Discovering a village beneath his university library brings campus conflicts, overseas adventures, and threats to the Little Folk.

Chuck enters Dreamland on an astral journey to understand his unhappiness, guided by Keir and fellow travellers. Residents hostile to visitors plot against the group, turning his personal search into a struggle against threats he cannot yet recognize.

Dr Shona Taylor brings her family and medical animals to a beautiful colony planet, expecting an easy assignment. The wealthy settlers' strange menagerie conceals secrets they will endanger her family to keep from the rest of the galaxy.

Lieutenant David Wolfe takes command of the Cockroaches, a scout platoon of military misfits. A routine courier mission to a galactic amusement park turns into a battle, forcing the unconventional soldiers to defend its population.

After an attack destroys her family, halfling Tildi faces an arranged marriage and the loss of her farm. Disguised as her brother, she flees to accept his wizard's apprenticeship, encountering prejudice and dangers beyond her training.

Halfling apprentice Tildi guards a book capable of rewriting the world, erasing peoples or reshaping landscapes with changed text. Her quest tests both her magical education and her trust in authorities as she confronts responsibility for its fate.

Newly commissioned aristocrat Thomas Kinago hopes to uphold family naval traditions, aided by his patient companion Parsons. A charismatic leader with powers of mental control threatens the galaxy, giving the impulsive young officer an unexpectedly formidable challenge.

New Orleans gambling operator and dragon Griffen McCandles faces his pregnant sister's disappearance, his uncle's mysterious meeting, and threats against a dragon politician. Protecting them all requires navigating dangers that reach beyond his already complicated business.

Eleven fantasy and science-fiction stories explore celebrations across different worlds and times. Christmas, Passover, Halloween, Mardi Gras, and other holidays bring people together, revealing moments of joy, mystery, and unexpected magic within their shared traditions.

Thomas Kinago disguises a covert smuggling investigation as a pleasure cruise through an alien autocracy. His cousin's troubles and his enthusiasm for fortune-telling complicate the mission, while Parsons struggles to keep him alive and on course.

Thomas and Parsons travel to observe an alien race that reshapes star systems as art. A detour to Earth reveals a threat to humanity's homeworld, forcing Thomas to persuade powerful outsiders to spare the planet.

Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett explain how professional writers can make productive convention appearances. Advice covers seeking invitations, approaching editors, interacting with readers, and conducting panels and signings, offering practical guidance for authors entering the convention circuit.

Ten science-fiction and fantasy stories follow young people who step forward when others need them. Facing dangerous situations, difficult odds, and their own fears, these heroes and heroines discover what it takes to act with courage.