List of Fiction by Internal Chronology

Pelted Reading Order 2024

Note that many of these actually take place concurrently. Most notably, there is significant overlap between the Her Instruments Series and the Princes' Game Series.

See also: List of Fiction by Publication Date and List of Fiction by Series

Historical

• Zafiil (June/July 2022), standalone fiction
• "Precious Things" (September 2011), standalone fiction. Available in Sleigh Bells and Starships (November 2023).

Before the First Chatcaavan War

• "A Distant Sun," previously titled "Broken Chains" (October 2010), standalone fiction, collected in Claws and Starships.
• "Butterfly" (October, 2010), standalone fiction, collected in Claws and Starships.
• "The Elements of Freedom" (November 2010), standalone fiction, collected in Claws and Starships.
• Girl on Fire (October 2018), standalone fiction.
• "Pantheon" (August 2011), standalone fiction, collected in Claws and Starships.
• Alysha's Fall (September 2000), prequel to the Stardancer Series.
• "Brass Candy Girl" (???), standalone fiction, available on Patreon.
• Second (Oct 4, 2010), Stardancer Series, volume 1.
• "Leadership Lessons" (???), Stardancer Series, available on Patreon.
• Who is Willing (February 2017), Stardancer Series, volume 5.
• "In the Line of Duty," (September, 2010), Stardancer Series, short story, available on Patreon.
• Mindtouch (June 2013), Dreamhealers Series, volume 1.
• Mindline (December 2013), Dreamhealers Series, volume 2.
• Dreamhearth (July 2017), Dreamhealers Series, volume 3.
• "The Snow Maiden, or the Case with the Holiday Blues" (November 2011), Dreamhealers Series, available on Patreon.
• "The Case of the Poisoned House" (???), Dreamhealers Series, collected in Dreamhearth.
• Case studies, collected in Dreamhearth and Dreamstorm
• "Dark Lighthouse" (September, 2010), Stardancer Series, short story, available on Patreon.
• Sword of the Alliance (July 2018), Stardancer Series, volume 3.
• Either Side of the Strand (May 2015), Stardancer Series, volume 4.
• Faith in the Service (May 2019), Stardancer Series, volume 5.
• In Good Company (February 2022), Stardancer Series, Volume 7.
• "Rosettes and Ribbons" (November 2010), standalone fiction, collected in Claws and Starships.
• "Season's Meaning" (November 2010), Stardancer Series, short story, available on Patreon.
• "Field Research" (???), Her Instruments Series, available on Patreon.
• Dreamstorm (April 2018), Dreamhealers Series, volume 4.
• "Healing Waters," (??), Dreamhealers Series, collected in the back of Family.
• "Stormfront" (October 2010), standalone fiction, short story, available on Patreon.
• Family (October 2011), Dreamhealers Series, volume 5.

• To Discover and Preserve (January 2022), Fleet Collections Series, Volume 1. - This short story collection spans 50+ years, from before Alysha's Fall to during her captaincy.

During the Chatcaavan War

• Earthrise (April 2013), Her Instruments Series, volume 1.
• Even the Wingless (September 2011), Princes' Game Series, volume 1.
• Rose Point (Oct 7, 2013), Her Instruments Series, volume 2.
• Some Things Transcend (July 2014), Princes' Game Series, volume 2.
• Laisrathera (May 2014) Her Instruments Series, volume 3.
• An Exile Aboard Ship (July 2023), Shieldmatron Series, volume 1, part 1.
• A Rose Point Holiday (November 2016), Her Instruments Series, volume 4.
• "Tapa's Adventure," standalone short.
• Amulet Rampant (February 2016), Princes' Game Series, volume 3.
• Only the Open (June 2016), Princes' Game Series, volume 4.
• In Extremis (May 2017), Princes' Game Series, volume 5.
• From Ruins (December 2017), Princes' Game Series, volume 6.

The Fallowtide (After the Chatcaavan War)

• Major Pieces (November 2019), Princes' Game Series, volume 7.
• "If She Could Go," Kickstarter short.
• Healer's Wedding (January 2019), Fallowtide Sequence 1, Jubilee Summer 1.
• Farmer's Crown (March 2019), Fallowtide Sequence 2, Jubilee Summer 2.
• FireBorn's Legacy (August 2024), Fallowtide Series 9/FIre War 0, Part 1.
• Heartskein (February 2020), Fallowtide Sequence 3.
• Fathers' Honor (July 2020), Fallowtide Sequence 4.
• In the Court of Dragons (December 2020), Fallowtide Sequence 5, Fallowtide Collections 1.
• Dragons' Fealty (August 2021), Fallowtide Sequence 6, Lisinthir's Heirs Series, Volume 1.
• Scions' Flight (August 2021), Fallowtide Sequence 7, Lisinthir's Heirs Series, Volume 2.
• An Exile Aboard Ship (July 2023), Shieldmatron Series, volume 1, part 2.
• "Longest Night," Sleigh Bells and Starships
• "My True Love Gave to Me," Sleigh Bells and Starships
• "Silver and Gold," Sleigh Bells and Starships
• To the Court of Love (April 2023), Fallowtide Sequence 8, Fallowtide Collections 2.
• FireBorn's Legacy (August 2024), Fallowtide Series 9/FIre War 0, Part 2.
• "Harrier's Choice", standalone novelette (2024)

Fire War (post-Fallowtide)

• An Exile Amid Stars (November 2024), Shieldmatron Series, volume 2.

Notes

When proper/possible, individual stories have been broken out from collections that have varied chronologies. Not all of them have been, however. The following books have mixed chronologies:

• Major Pieces contains vignettes that take place before, during, and after the Chatcaavan War.
• An Exile Aboard Ship straddles the during-and-after-the-war periods, with Part 1 taking place during the war and Part 2 taking place during the Fallowtide period.
• FireBorn's Legacy's Part 1 takes place simultaneously with several books of the early Fallowtide; its second part takes place after To the Court of Love.
• Sleigh Bells and Starships includes stories from the historical period, and from before and after the war.