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  • Bibliography:
    43 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1988
  • Latest Book:
    July 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Deed of Paksenarrion

1 - Sheepfarmer's Daughter (Jun-1988)
2 - Divided Allegiance (Oct-1988)
3 - Oath of Gold (Jan-1989)
4 - Surrender None (Jun-1990)
5 - The Legacy of Gird (Sep-1996)

Paladin's Legacy

1 - Oath of Fealty (Mar-2010)
2 - Kings of the North (Apr-2011)
3 - Echoes of Betrayal (Feb-2012)
4 - Limits of Power (Jun-2013)

Serrano / Suiza

1 - Hunting Party (Jul-1993)
2 - Sporting Chance (Sep-1994)
3 - Winning Colors (Aug-1995)
4 - Once a Hero (Mar-1997)
5 - Rules of Engagement (Dec-1998)
6 - Change of Command (Dec-1999)
7 - Against the Odds (Dec-2000)

Vatta's Peace

1 - Cold Welcome (Apr-2017)
2 - Into the Fire (Feb-2018)

Vatta's War

1 - Trading in Danger (Oct-2003)
2 - Marque and Reprisal (Sep-2004)
3 - Engaging the Enemy (Apr-2006)
4 - Command Decision (Mar-2007)
5 - Victory Conditions (Feb-2008)

Book List in Order: 43 titles



  • Paksenarrion--Paks, for short--refuses her father's orders to marry the pig farmer down the road and is off to join the army. And so her adventure begins--the adventure that transforms her into a hero remembered in songs, chosen by the gods to restor...



  • Once a sheepfarmer's daughter, now a seasoned veteran, Paksenarrion has proven herself a fighter. Years with Duke Phelan's Company taught her weaponry, discipline, and how to react as part of a military unit. Now, though, Paks feels spurred to a s...



  • /Elizabeth Moon Two realms face an unstable change of rule: in Tsaia, a long Regency is nearly over, and in Lyonya, a dying king has no legitimate heir. The sword which could declare the rightful heir of Lyonya is lost, and Paksenarrion--now a paladi...





  • In the three books of The Deed of Paksenarrion Elizabeth Moon swept us away to an extraordinary fantasy world where we met a Sheepfarmer's Daughter and watched her become first a warrior among warriors, and then a paladin beyond compare. But Paks co...



  • Some Oaths Were Made To Be Broken... When Gird led his peasant people against their Mage-Born rulers, he knew his right hand and sworn follower was the King's bastard. But though Luap had promised to seek no throne, and had renounced his heritage,...



  • UNDER A CLOUD Heris Serrano was an officer born of a long line of officers. Being forced by a treacherous superior to resign her commission under a cloud was not just the end of a career path; it was the end of every-thing that gave her life meani...



  • A ROYAL PAIN When last heard from, Captain Heris Serrano, cashiered Captain of the Fleet, now captain of a rich lady's yacht, and her employer, Lady Cecelia, had just triumphed over a heinous cabal, a "Hunting Club" that used human beings as prey....



  • "The difficult we do immediately. The impossible may take a little longer:..." Booted from the fleet as her reward for saving a villainous superior from catastrophe, Heris Serrano has been marking time captaining a rich lady's interstellar yacht. ...






  • Here they come, and they're out for blood. For too long, they say, have hot blooded babes in brass bras and chain-link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy wish-fulfillment and non-functionality. You think their swords won'...



  • ALONE AT LAST People had always told Ofelia what to do; for once she was going to do what she wanted. She refused to get on the cryo ships, refused to leave the only world she could call home. And when they finally came for her, she hid--not that ...



  • Looking to her liberator, Gird, who enabled her to become the finest paladin her world had ever known, Paksennarrion learns the story of Luap, Gird's sworn follower and the king's illegitimate son. Original....



  • TRUE GRIT Esmay Suiza wasn't a member of a great Navy family like the Serranos. She'd had to make her way on grit alone, which meant it wasn't likely she'd ever make admiral and "hoist her own flag." Well, that was fine with her: all Esmay wanted ...



  • THERE'S NOTHING INCONSTANT ABOUT THIS MOON No new author has burst upon the scene with such instant success as Elizabeth Moon, whose debut was the epic fantasy trilogy The Deed of Paksenarrion. But Moon, like such diverse talents as Anderson, Dick...



  • Those Chicks in Chainmail are baaaack -- and They Are Not Amused! A Brief Word from the Characters: We seem to have a Failure to Communicate here. Hey, it's okay with us that Chicks in Chainmail was so popular, and reached #3 on the Locus bestsell...



  • LEADERSHIP MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE At Gaugemela the Macedonians had Alexander and the Persians had--Darius. Result: world conquest. But what if the Persians had--Erwin Rommel. Or what if George S. Patton had commanded Southern forces at Bull Run,...



  • NATURAL ALLIES ... Esmay Suiza and Brun Meager should be friends--they're both bright, brave, likable and adventurous. But true friendship doesn't run any smoother than true love. Brun thinks Esmay's a stuck-up prig, and Esmay thinks Brun's a spoi...



  • THEIR UNIVERSE IS FALLING APART! Rejuvenants fear the backlash caused by bad drugs; they want to ensure that nothing interferes with their pursuit of long life--or the profit that comes from promising it to others. Neighbor states fear the aggress...



  • WHEN YOUR WORLD IMPLODES .. . The worst has happened: Fleet is tearing itself apart. Some of the mutineers see injustice in the unequal spread of the rejuvenation drugs that offer virtual immortality to the rich; others are simply thirsty for powe...






  • WELCOME TO A SWEET DELIGHTHeris Serrano was an officer from a family with a long tradition of distinguished service in the Fleet. So when a treacherous superior set her up and forced her to resign her commission, she thought life had lost all meaning...



  • Thoughtful, poignant, and unforgettable, The Speed of Dark is a gripping exploration into the world of Lou Arrendale, an autistic man who is offered a chance to try an experimental "cure" for his condition. Now Lou must decide if he should submit to ...



  • Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, a young woman who has chosen a military career instead of joining the family's shipping business. It's adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. But after a single error in judgment, she...



  • Though the exciting military career she hoped for never materialized, Ky Vatta still sees plenty of combat. An unknown adversary has launched a full-throttle offensive against Vatta Transport Ltd., Ky's father's interstellar shipping empire -- killin...



  • The brilliantly unorthodox Kylara Vatta, black-sheep scion of Vatta Transport Ltd., one of the galaxy's wealthiest merchant houses, is a heroine like no other, blessed with a killer instinct for business and for battle. Now, in the aftermath of cold-...



  • Over the past two decades, few authors have garnered the critical acclaim and fan following of Elizabeth Moon, Nebula Award-winning author of The Speed of Dark, The Deed of Paksenarrion, and Remnant Population. Moon Flights, the definitive Elizabeth...



  • With the Vatta's War series, award-winning author Elizabeth Moon has claimed a place alongside such preeminent writers of military science fiction as David Weber and Lois McMaster Bujold. Now Moon is back -- and so is her butt-kicking, take-no-prison...



  • Elizabeth Moon’s thrilling Vatta’s War series, featuring the no-holds-barred space-faring heroine Kylara Vatta, has secured her reputation as a master of first-rate military science fiction. Now Commander Vatta is backâ€"locked and loaded and rea...



  • 1.  Elizabeth Moon is a New York Times best-selling author.2.  This voulme combines the third and fourth in her popular Serrano/Suiza space adventure series.3.  Advertising in Locus, Romantic Times, more4.  Simultaneous hardcover and trade paperb...



  • Thanks to Paks's courage and sacrifice, the long-vanished heir to the half-elven kingdom of Lyonya has been revealed as Kieri Phelan, a formidable mercenary captain who earned a title--and enemies--in the neighboring kingdom of Tsaia. Now, as Kieri a...






  • Elizabeth Moon returns to the fantasy world of the paladin Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter -- Paks for short -- in this second volume of a new series filled with all the bold imaginative flights, meticulous world-building, realistic military action, and ...



  • The action continues fast and furious in this third installment of Elizabeth Moon's celebrated return to the fantasy world of the paladin Paksenarrion Dorthansdotter. This award-winning author has firsthand military experience and an imagination that...



  • Elizabeth Moon is back with the fourth adventure in her bestselling fantasy epic. Moon brilliantly weaves a colorful tapestry of action, betrayal, love, and magic set in a richly imagined world that stands alongside those of such fantasy masters as G...



  • Acclaimed author Elizabeth Moon spins gripping, richly imagined epic fantasy novels that have earned comparisons to the work of such authors as Robin Hobb and Lois McMaster Bujold. In this volume, Moon’s brilliant masterwork reaches its triumphant ...



  • Elizabeth Moon, the New York Times bestselling author of the celebrated Deed of Paksenarrion and Paladin's Legacy epic fantasy series, presents Deeds of Honor, a brand new collection of short stories set in the world of Paksenarrion.  ...



  • Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Moon makes a triumphant return to science fiction with a thrilling series featuring Kylara Vatta, the daring hero of her acclaimed Vatta’s War sequence. After nearly a decade away, Nebula Award-winning autho...



  • High heroic adventure from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Moon, author of The Deed of Paksenarrion Although the king's illegitimate son had promised he would never seek the throne, he breaks his oath and gets himself into so much trou...



  • In this new military sci-fi thriller, space fleet commander Kylara Vatta uncovers deadly secrets on her latest mission--shedding light on her own family's past. As Admiral Kylara Vatta learned after she and a shipfull of strangers were marooned on...





  • Go back to before the beginning, with New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Moon’s brand new collection of short stories set in the world of Paksenarrion, featuring beloved Paksworld characters alongside unknown future favorites, as they ...






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    The worst has happened: Fleet is tearing itself apart. Some of the mutineers see injustice in the unequal spread of the rejuvenation drugs that offer virtual immortality to the rich; others are simply thirsty for power, or for blood. The Loyalists, m...



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    Rejuvenants fear the backlash caused by bad drugs: they want nothing to interfere with their pursuit of long life--or the profit that comes from promising it to others. Neighbor states fear the aggressive expansion of the Familias Regnant, fueled by ...



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    Esmay Suiza wasn't a member of a great Navy family like the Serranos. She'd had to make her way on grit alone, which meant it wasn't likely she'd ever make admiral and ""hoist her own flag."" Well, that was fine with her: all Esmay wanted was a secur...



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    Restored to her former state of health (and determination) Lady Cecelia goes in search of fresh bloodstockshe's had enough of politics. But once again she manages to put herselfand Heris Serranoat the point where lightning will strike. This time it's...


Award-Winning Books by Elizabeth Moon

The Speed of Dark
2004 Nebula Award -- Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elizabeth Moon has published 43 books.

Elizabeth Moon does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Deeds of Youth, was published in July 2023.

The first book by Elizabeth Moon, Sheepfarmer's Daughter, was published in June 1988.

Yes. Elizabeth Moon has 5 series.