Sharon Lee Books in Order

Brainwashed covert operative Val Con yos'Phelium saves former mercenary Miri Robertson from assassins and becomes a target himself. Forced into an uneasy alliance, the pair flee across space while confronting dangerous enemies, their own training, and an unexpected attraction.

Abandoned by her captain and shipmates, experienced officer Priscilla Delacroix must survive on an unfamiliar planet. Starship captain Shan yos'Galan joins her pursuit of revenge, but confronting the crew also threatens to expose the wounds of her mysterious past.

Fleeing assassins, Val Con and Miri become stranded on a distant planet and must learn to trust each other. Meanwhile, Shan and Priscilla search for them, unaware that the forces pursuing the missing pair also threaten Clan Korval.

This chapbook pairs two early Korval adventures: in To Cut an Edge, rookie Scout Val Con meets the alien knife-maker Edger; in A Day at the Races, young Val Con and Shan challenge their very proper aunt Kareen.

Three Liaden stories follow Priscilla Delacroix and her identity as Moonhawk. Where the Goddess Sends, A Spell for the Lost, and Moonphase explore her place in the wider universe through adventures involving magic, companionship, and religious duty.

Pilot of Korval follows Er Thom and Daav as their paths separate into trading and scouting. In Breath's Duty, an older Daav undertakes the painful search for his best friend's missing ship after a devastating space battle.

Val Con and Miri seek refuge among her kin on Lytaxin while the Department of the Interior moves against Clan Korval. The clan activates its emergency dispersal plan, but their supposed safe haven brings dangers of its own.

The Wine of Memory brings Lute and Moonhawk to a beloved place transformed by tragedy. In Certain Symmetry, two deliveries force Pat Rin to balance a joyful festival gift against an unexpected obligation involving duty and honor.

Ren Zel dea'Judan becomes the first space pilot produced by Clan Obrelt, an obscure family of shopkeepers. His achievement attracts hostility from other clans, placing a promising young pilot in conflict with the rigid expectations of Liaden society.

A Matter of Dreams confronts a traveling spaceship's crew with the collision between magic, money, and power. Phoenix turns to Solcintra's impoverished Low Port, where artists and abandoned people struggle to make lives on the spaceport's neglected margins.

This collection pairs Balance of Trade, introducing aspiring Terran trader Jethri Gobelyn and a Liaden Master Trader, with A Choice of Weapons, in which Daav must answer an insult within the formal setting of a Liaden garden party.

Reporter Jen Pierce begins settling into small-town Wimsy, Maine, after leaving Baltimore. A handsome newcomer and the murder of a preacher at a Wiccan couple's barn-raising disrupt her quieter life and turn local news into a dangerous investigation.

With Clan Korval threatened by interstellar conflict, Val Con returns demanding Balance and retribution. Meanwhile, professional gambler Pat Rin receives tempting offers from the clan's enemies and a Juntavas Judge, making his next move difficult for anyone to predict.

Liaden master trader Er Thom risks clan expectations by loving Terran scholar Anne Davis. Discovering that their earlier relationship produced a child intensifies the conflict, setting family duty and cultural demands against the future they might share.

Brilliant mathematician Aelliana Caylon wins a starship in a game of chance and sees a possible escape from her controlling family. Learning to pilot with the accomplished Scout Daav opens new independence and an attraction with dangerous implications.

In Naratha's Shadow, a Scout and priestess confront an ancient planet-destroying artifact that remains active. Heirloom follows Pat Rin and young Nova as they investigate the disturbing mystery of an old rug stored away with blood on it.

Veil of the Dancer follows a scholar whose decision to teach his youngest daughter to read puts the family at risk. Quiet Knives finds Captain Rolanni using unexpected free time to honor an old promise to a possible former friend.

Freelance thief Gem ser'Edreth refuses a crime boss's commission, then finds his escape plans unraveling as his hidden past resurfaces. An unwanted cousin and a powerful ancient Trident draw him into interplanetary politics and the possibility of war.

Young Terran Jethri Gobelyn becomes entangled in a trading scam and attracts the attention of Liaden captain Norn ven'Deelin. Offered a place aboard her ship, he must learn unfamiliar customs while developing his skills among a demanding new crew.

Lord of the Dance explores Korval's adjustment to Surebleak through a winter celebration, bringing family members and competing ideas of proper conduct together. The companion story This House adds another Liaden adventure originally written for the Stars anthology.

Genetically engineered soldier Jela and independent smuggler Cantra form an uneasy alliance in a galaxy ravaged by war. His urgent mission and her determination to survive collide as renewed enemy attacks turn their personal troubles into a wider crisis.

Twelve shorter adventures explore duty, daring, and dangerous social customs across the Liaden Universe. Lee and Miller's collection turns its attention to the choices and relationships of people navigating a society where manners can carry serious consequences.

The Beggar King follows young Daav's preparation to lead Clan Korval. Necessary Evils travels to the era before the clan's existence, where a deteriorating universe forces individuals to confront slavery, greed, and troubling forms of bioengineering.

Sixteen-year-old Jerel Telemon possesses the key to a weapon capable of changing the galaxy's balance of power. As remnants of the repressive Oligarchy try to restore their rule, his role becomes crucial to the struggle for humanity's future.

Fighting Chance follows young Miri Robertson into an encounter with violent men and a life-changing decision. In Prodigal Son, Val Con returns to Vandar to protect former friends and their world from the Department of the Interior.

Two tales explore children born into misfortune and their influence on the world. A Liaden survey pilot crash-lands amid a doomed culture, while a fantasy mystery examines the relationship between magical power, compassion, and the cost of revenge.

As the Enemy accelerates its destruction of entire star systems, Cantra seeks a man whose equations might offer a defense. A missing world, dangerous promises, and her own concealed identity complicate a mission that demands more than expert piloting.

Jen Pierce has survived a dangerous encounter and established herself as a reporter in rural Maine. New deaths demand her attention, while a seemingly ordinary holiday dinner introduces someone whose fear of guns hints at a troubled history.

Daughter of Dragons follows Kareen's attempt to fulfill a final social obligation before leaving Liad under Plan B. The title story reaches further into the universe's past, exploring the relationship between a dragon and a tree.

A novella and nine shorter works explore distant worlds, rough ports, and overlooked corners of the Liaden Universe. Stories of inheritance, shifting identities, and personal obligations reveal the people living beyond its central adventures.

Disabled and disgraced after a fatal carriage accident, Rebecca Beauvelley faces marriage to an elderly man. The Fey Altimere offers her a dazzling alternative future, but accepting his invitation places her within a scheme whose intentions remain concealed.

Shadow Partner follows tavern owner Ceola as her sister abandons their business and a young Scout offers unexpected help. Persistence turns to salesman Joshu and Beba, whose comfortable arrangement is threatened by her family's dangerous past.

Early collaborative and individual works by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller range from technological science fiction to whimsical fantasy. Stories, poems, and a report explore magical bargains, strange encounters, and imagined worlds beyond their better-known Liaden setting.

Theo Waitley struggles with changes at home and a growing record of mishaps on her supposedly safe world. When her mother investigates suspicious academic work, an unwanted journey off-world promises to disrupt the familiar life Theo wants restored.

The world is unraveling, and its survival depends on two wounded people: Fey Meripen Longeye, tortured by humans, and human Rebecca Beauvelley, enslaved by Fey. They must overcome their pasts to work together as Ranger and Gardener.

Before becoming an acclaimed mercenary, Miri Robertson serves as a young recruit in a troop abandoned during a brutal war. Liaden meteorologist Ichliad Brunner watches the soldiers' plight and must consider what his duty means when observation becomes complicity.

Kate Archer returns to coastal Maine after her grandmother vanishes, leaving a carousel, house, and unusual responsibilities behind. To protect the town and herself, Kate must resume the powers she renounced and confront the magical dangers surrounding her inheritance.

Hidden Resources puts inexperienced pilot Quin in charge of evacuating Korval's youngest members as threatening ships approach. Moon on the Hills shifts to Surebleak, where the clan's banishment raises fresh problems in the refuge it hopes to establish.

Aelliana hopes her ship, courier partnership, and love for Daav will free her from her family's control. Resistance from her clan and disappearing pilots complicate that future, while Daav's responsibilities reveal a larger struggle than she anticipated.

Theo Waitley gains a place at Anlingdin, an elite academy for starship pilots, despite her history as a troubled misfit. Training among talented students tests her independence as she begins discovering the abilities and responsibilities of her future profession.

Two Liaden adventures examine obligations and unexpected complications: Kin Ties explores the bonds joining family members and determined enemies, while Guaranteed Delivery brings together love, leadership, and insurance fraud in a story built around a courier's mission.

After surviving the pilot academy, Theo Waitley becomes an accomplished starship pilot but cannot escape her complicated family past. Powerful enemies and her connection to Clan Korval draw her toward a future that threatens both her independence and survival.

Taxi operator and clan leader Vertu dea'San accepts a seemingly useful job transporting passengers to settle an honorable matter of Balance. Discovering Korval's involvement pulls her into events far larger and more dangerous than the business arrangement she expected.

Cats take a central role in this collection of short fantasy and science fiction adventures. A Liaden crossover sends Val Con into the wizard Kinzel's world, leaving Miri to work out how to bring him home.

Theo Waitley inherits command of the self-aware Bechimo and begins establishing a trade route for Clan Korval. A lover's deadly nano-virus and hundreds of stranded pilots create urgent demands while she negotiates a powerful, uncertain partnership with her ship.

Two Liaden Universe stories explore the consequences of ancient computer systems. A curious cabin boy acquires a crate of spare parts in Intelligent Design, while The Space at Tinsori Light follows the uncertain results of a desperate escape.

Fifteen essays examine the craft, business, and personal experience of professional writing. Collected from Sharon Lee's blog entries, they offer her perspective on the working life behind novels, drawing on years spent publishing fiction and collaborating with Steve Miller.

Seventeen short stories explore romance and adventure among the Liaden Universe's interstellar trading clans. The collection follows people finding their way through unfamiliar worlds, personal loyalties, and the challenges of life across a far-reaching galactic society.

Fifteen shorter tales follow scouts, artists, traders, magicians, and pilots throughout the Liaden Universe. Their adventures reveal new sides of its societies, blending personal relationships with the hazards and obligations of a life among interstellar clans.

Renegade priestesses in Dyan City seek to outlaw magicians whose work challenges their religious authority. Traveling magician Lute arrives on Beltane Eve under the Goddess's direction, leading to a consequential first encounter with the priestess Moonhawk.

Clan Korval's arrival on Surebleak unsettles the hidden kompani community. Three lives intersect amid the change: apprentice Kezzi, young Korval warrior Syl Vor, and Rys, a man who has neither a world nor a past to guide him.

These two coastal fantasies expand the world of Archers Beach. Emancipated Child follows Jason Thibodeau as he confronts his powers and destiny in neighboring Surfside; the companion tale explores how Nathan Archer became a prince in the Land of Flowers.

Two stories follow people maintaining the Liaden Universe's technical and social systems. Landed Alien places Kara ven'Arith on a station maintenance crew facing unexplained failures, while Eleutherios brings an unexpected source of help to a struggling abbey.

Terran trader Jethri Gobelyn pursues his training within an adoptive Liaden clan, only to discover that belonging carries dangerous obligations. Leaving the safety of Elthoria forces him to defend his honor while confronting unfinished feuds and unexpected connections.

Guardian Kate Archer's relationship with Borgan, protector of the Gulf of Maine, faces a supernatural threat. A former sea goddess determined to claim him challenges his authority, endangering Kate and the coastal community she has sworn to protect.

Archers Beach prepares to become a year-round resort as Kate Archer balances operating its carousel with guarding the land. Renewed magical vitality brings hope, but a local drug lord's new ally introduces a dangerous power connected with fire.

Twelve shorter works revisit the Liaden Universe through scouts, traders, artists, and pilots whose lives cross its far-flung societies. Comic encounters and larger cosmic concerns expand the setting through adventures mostly first published after 2011.

Exiled Clan Korval tries to rebuild on Surebleak while maintaining the Port Road and supporting new civic order. Unreliable trading allies, surviving enemies, and local resistance force the clan to consider a risky alliance with criminals.

The Gift of Music and The night don't seem so lonely return to Archers Beach, a battered Maine resort where magic persists. These stories explore a coastal community shared by ordinary people and the supernatural trenvay who guard it.

Master Trader Shan yos'Galan seeks new business routes to restore Clan Korval's fortunes. Blacklisting and armed attacks threaten his ship's mission, while apprentice and heir Padi conceals a secret that could endanger her future and her life.

Chimera and Friend of a Friend follow young people adapting to Surebleak after Pat Rin yos'Phelium's conquest. These two novelettes examine the personal consequences of new leadership, cultural friction, and a rapidly changing social order on the planet.

Two stories revisit people connected to Archers Beach and its neighboring magical worlds. Will-o'-the-Wisp considers how love changes lives, while The Wolf's Bride explores Kael's earlier history in the Land of the Flowers, before events in the novels.

Street Cred and Wise Child explore disruptive change in the Liaden Universe. In dangerous, unstable circumstances, their characters must decide how to respond when familiar arrangements fail and the choices they make could determine who survives.

This two-story chapbook examines encounters with unfamiliar cultures in the Liaden Universe. Out of True presents a first-contact episode, while The Rifle's First Wife explores social adaptation following Clan Korval's arrival on Surebleak and the changes it brings.

A failed scam leaves Fer Gun pen'Uldra stranded at an unfamiliar port, penniless and stripped of his pilot's license. An informed stranger offers an unlikely solution, but discovering Clan Korval knows his name makes the proposal more unsettling.

Two novelettes examine troubled heirs after Korval's move to Surebleak. Roving Gambler sends Quin to the Emerald Casino, while Code of Honor recalls mercenary Tommy Lee to a dangerous family maneuver in which he refuses to remain a pawn.

Theo Waitley takes her intelligent ship Bechimo and its threatened crew into supposedly safe space. When vessels begin arriving from another universe and time, a damaged battleship presents an urgent rescue dilemma complicated by possible ancestral ties.

Baker Don Eyr and Watch captain Serana have little in common until chance brings them together in Lowport. Their developing connection unfolds amid altered plans, unexpected turns of luck, and the pressures of life in a difficult neighborhood.

An awakening artificial intelligence rumored to possess universe-destroying power draws competing interests from across known space. Theo Waitley's circle, secretive operators, and the Lyre Institute each have reasons to reach it first, while sentient machines struggle for freedom.

Four novelettes, two novellas, and two short stories explore further corners of the Liaden Universe. The collection includes linked tales of neighbors and divided lives, bringing personal relationships into its wider world of galactic trade and adventure.

Clan Korval rebuilds on Surebleak while its ships seek new trade routes and its enemies continue their pursuit. Technology left by a failed universe and the mysterious Uncle's schemes create possibilities that could be either opportunities or elaborate traps.

Mar Tyn eys'Ornstahl embodies Luck itself, influencing cards, wheels, and even rising bread. After that unpredictable power costs him his home and savings, he faces another gamble with little left to wager beyond his own life.

Commander Vepal becomes an ambassador after discovering orders requiring the surviving Yxtrang to find an honorable authority to serve. He takes his small delegation to a military job fair at Inago Station, seeking a path beyond predatory traditions.

Two Liaden Universe stories examine loyalty and power. A Visit to the Galaxy Ballroom explores divisions among Scouts after Korval's relocation, while Ambient Conditions revisits a dark historical period when marginalized people must decide what to do with newfound authority.

A young woman with a mission arrives amid Surebleak's upheaval following Clan Korval's relocation. Taxi drivers, fare evaders, a blizzard, and a pregnant cat converge with promises made far away, bringing unexpected complications to Korval's own gates.

Shan yos'Galan must establish profitable trade routes before Clan Korval's dwindling resources run out. Recovering from an attack and managing Padi's emerging abilities, he turns toward uncertain allies and a newly accessible port filled with strange energies.

This collection gathers three previously published Liaden Universe stories: Excerpt from Two Lives, Dark Secrets, and Revolutionists. Their characters operate beyond straightforward codes of honor, exploring compromised loyalties and questionable conduct in different corners of the shared universe.

Four stories follow Don Eyr and Serana's bakery in Low Port and the community growing around it. Facing poverty, violence, and catastrophe, its people work to preserve a place that offers sustenance, safety, and hope to vulnerable neighbors.

Two stories explore change in distant parts of the Liaden Universe. Command Decision places mushroom-savvy Bjarni between tradition and transformation, while Dead Men Dream returns to the era of Trade Secret to consider an unexpected life beyond death.

Shorter Liaden Universe tales explore adventure, romance, and personal obligations across a galaxy of interstellar clans. These stories shift from intimate relationships to wider dangers, returning to the cultures and characters that shape its connected worlds.

Jethri Gobelyn takes command of a small trading vessel bound for the South Axis Trade Fair. His mission to help family Loop ships survive becomes tangled with dubious commerce, mistaken identities, and political pressures that test his competing loyalties.

With Tinsori Light's hostile intelligence defeated, a mismatched team rebuilds the damaged station and prepares to welcome ships. The Lyre Institute wants control of the facility, forcing its keepers to distinguish allies from dangerous new arrivals.

Three Archers Beach tales explore the hazards of encounters between ordinary people and magical powers. Humans investigate fey affairs, children enter a place ruled by a dangerous intelligence, and a guardian’s questionable impartiality unsettles the balance of six worlds.

Trader Padi yos'Galan arrives on Colemeno to help restore Clan Korval's fortunes through new routes. Local politics and psychic forces draw her toward the mysterious Tekelia, challenging her wish to focus on trade and ignore her developing powers.

An Oracle predicts the destruction of Colemeno's divided peoples as Clan Korval prepares a new trade route. While some seek to prevent disaster and others seek profit, Padi's changing role and two children's lives may determine the future.