Stardust Trilogy Books in Order

The Stardust Trilogy marks a clear shift for Diana A Hicks. Instead of penthouses, crime families, and corporate power plays, this series opens in a darker fantasy world shaped by immortals, elite warriors, and a war that feels ready to break open.

The starting point is Reign of Silver & Stardust. Its heroine has lived in the shadow of her twin sister, only to have that life shattered by murder. To find the killer, she steps into her sister's place inside the Queen's elite circle and moves closer to the very power structure she has every reason to distrust. On the other side stands a man who sees that ruling order as the thing destroying his world.

That is a dangerous place to fall in love.

Even from the opening premise, you can see what Hicks is carrying over from her contemporary books. She still likes power imbalance, hidden identities, emotional obsession, and people pulled toward each other when they should probably run. The difference is scale. Here the secrets are not just family secrets. They are political, world-shaping, and tied to a larger fight over who gets to rule.

If you are coming to Hicks for the first time, this may not be the book that best represents her earlier contemporary work. But if you already know you like her taste for danger and you want to see that energy translated into fantasy romance, the Stardust Trilogy looks like a natural next step. It promises enemies on opposite sides, a heroine playing a deadly role, and a world where desire and rebellion are tangled together from the start.