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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1990
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Full Series List in Order

The Coldfire Trilogy

0.5 - Nightborn: Coldfire Rising (Jul-2023)
1 - Black Sun Rising (1991)
2 - When True Night Falls (Sep-1994)
3 - Crown of Shadows (Oct-1995)

Dreamwalker Chronicles

1 - Dreamwalker (Feb-2014)
2 - Dreamseeker (Nov-2015)
3 - Dreamweaver (Dec-2016)

The Magister Trilogy

1 - Feast of Souls (Jan-2007)
2 - The Wings of Wrath (Jul-2008)
3 - Legacy of Kings (Sep-2011)

This Alien Shore

1 - This Alien Shore (Sep-1998)
2 - This Virtual Night (Nov-2020)

Multi-Author Series List

Vampire: The Dark Ages

The Erciyes Fragments (Feb-2000)

Book List in Order: 19 titles



  • THE ALIEN WITHIN He'd had so many names over the centuries, so many new identities that he could scarcely remember who he had originally been. Now his name was Daetrin, a name given by the alien conquerors of humankind, the Tyr. Three hundred y...



  • THE POWER OF THE FAE.... Over a millennium ago, Erna, a seismically active yet beautiful world was settled by colonists from far-distant Earth. But the seemingly habitable planet was fraught with perils no one could have foretold, and the colonist...



  • Braxi and Azea--two interstellar civilizations fighting an endless war over a long-forgotten cause; two peoples descended from the human species and bred over countless generations to embody opposing ideals, seeking opposite paths to power. The Br...



  • JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS-- Determined to seek out and destroy the source of the fae-borne evil that is rapidly strengthening its control over the world called Erna, Damien Vryce, the warrior priest, has renewed his dangerous alliance with Gerald Tarr...



  • DESCENT INTO HELL.... For more than a millennium now Erna's humans have maintained an uneasy stalemate with the fae, that treacherous force of nature which feeds on the human psyche. Adepts and sorcerers work the fae for their own profit, while th...



  • IT IS THE SECOND AGE OF SPACE COLONIZATION.... The first age, humanity's initial attempt to people the stars, ended in disaster when it was discovered that Earth's original superluminal drive did permanent genetic damage to all who used it--mutati...



  • Written by noted science-fiction novelist C.S. Friedman, The Erciyes Fragments is a version of the Book of Nod that has never been seen before by mortal eyes. The most sage of vampiric scholars provide their commentary for your enlightenment. Reveale...



    • / Science Fiction
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    Such masters of the Science Fiction genre as Tad Williams, Brian Aldiss, Frederik Pohl, Kate Elliot, C.J. Cherryh, and Julie E. Czerneda contribute all new, original pieces of short fiction to this commemorative volume honoring DAW Books thirtieth ye...



  • It is two hundred years since the great Braxana general Zatar the Magnificent, and the psychic Azean general Anzha lyu Mitethe pursued their personal war among the stars, and in doing so altered the very flow of human history. The psychics of the Aze...






  • WHAT PRICE WOULD YOU PAY FOR POWER? At the end of her bestselling Coldfire trilogy, C.S. Friedman challenged readers to imagine what a world would be like if sorcery required the ultimate sacrifice -- that of life itself. Now, in a groundbreaking ne...



  • At the end of her bestselling Coldfire trilogy, C.S. Friedman challenged readers to imagine what a world would be like if sorcery required the ultimate sacrifice...that of life itself. Now, in the Magister trilogy, she introduces us to a terrifying w...



  • The young peasant woman Kamala has proven strong and determined enough to claim the most powerful Magister sorcery for herself-but now the Magisters hunt her for killing one of their own. Her only hope of survival lies in the northern Protectorates, ...



  • Four hundred years after mankind's arrival on Erna, the undead sorcerer Gerald Tarrant travels north in search of a legend. For it is rumored there is a forest where the fae has become so powerful that it devours all who enter it, and he means to tes...



  • All her life Jessica Drake has dreamed of other worlds, some of them similar to her own, others disturbingly alien. She never shares the details with anyone, save her younger brother Tommy, a compulsive gamer who incorporates some aspects of Jessicaâ...



  • When Jessica Drake learned that her DNA didn't match that of her parents, she had no idea that the search for her heritage would put her family's lives in danger, or force her to cross into another world. In an alternate Earth dominated by individual...



  • The final book in the action-filled urban fantasy Dreamwalker trilogy follows Jessica Drake as she navigates the dangerous landscape of distant worlds and dimensions When Jessica Drake learned that her DNA didn’t match that of her parents, she h...



  • Returning to the universe of New York Times Notable book This Alien Shore comes a new space opera from an acknowledged master of science fiction. Millenia ago, an overcrowded Earth developed the Hausman Drive, which allowed humans to travel faster...



  • A prequel to the lauded Coldfire trilogy, Friedman's latest novel mixes the best of dark fantasy and chilling sci-fi.A ship full of colonists arrive on a seemingly hospitable planet, only to discover that it harbors a terrifying secret. Soon the sett...



    • / Fantasy
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    Acclaimed Science Fiction and Fantasy author C. S. Friedman invites you to journey into the deliciously disturbing worlds of her imagination.A bank clerk struggles to deal with malware inside his head...A woman is required by law to let her dying mot...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

C.S. Friedman has published 19 books.

C.S. Friedman does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Nightborn: Coldfire Rising, was published in July 2023.

The first book by C.S. Friedman, The Madness Season, was published in October 1990.

Yes. C.S. Friedman has 4 series.