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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1998
  • Latest Book:
    May 2015
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Full Series List in Order

Gateway to Sembia

1 - The Halls of Stormweather (Feb-2007)

The Watercourse Trilogy

1 - Whisper of Waves (Nov-2005)
2 - Lies of Light (Sep-2006)
3 - Scream Of Stone (Jun-2007)

Multi-Author Series List

Baldur's Gate

1 - Baldur's Gate (Jul-1999)
2 - Shadows of Amn (Sep-2000)

Forgotten Realms

Realms of Mystery (Jun-1998)
Baldur's Gate (Jul-1999)
Realms of the Deep (Mar-2000)
Shadows of Amn (Sep-2000)
Astride the Wind (Apr-2002)
Neverwinter Nights (2003)
Annihilation (Jul-2004)
Realms of the Dragon II (May-2005)
Whisper of Waves (Nov-2005)
The Staff of Valmaxian (Feb-2006)
Lies of Light (Sep-2006)
The Halls of Stormweather (Feb-2007)
Scream Of Stone (Jun-2007)

Forgotten Realms: Return of the Archwizards

Astride the Wind (Apr-2002)

Magic: The Gathering

Shadowmoor (Apr-2008)

War of the Spider Queen

5 - Annihilation (Jul-2004)

Book List in Order: 19 titles



    • / Heroic Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery
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    A murder victim is turned into a zombie, just long enough to cover up the circumstances of his own death . . . . A silent ghost with a friendly grin greets those about to meet their doom . . . . The only clue to who's killing a party of adventu...



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    Bhaal Must Be Stopped! Someone is sabotaging the iron mines of the Sword Coast, pushing powerful toward a bloody war, and a young mercenary toward an unimaginable secret. Evil gods, giant spiders, murderous doppelgangers flesh-eating ghouls, an...



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    When armies of evil rise up from the seas around Faerűn, no one is safe. A young mage battles at the side of Khelben Arunsun to defend the city of Waterdeep. A merman struggles to fulfill his desperate mission to reach the Sea of Fallen Stars. ...



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    Bhaal is dead! But his disciples want to bring him back. The blood of the god of murder runs through his children, and bad blood attracts bad people. Shadow thieves, vampires, ninjas, and rockworms run rampant on the Sword Coast in the action-p...



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    When Shade Enclave returns from thousands of years of exile in the Plane of Shadow, all of Faerun is open to its dark designs. When a tribe of kenku confront the archwizard who gave them magic but kept them as slaves, the skies rain death. When...



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    A journey through the unforgiving expanse of the endless Abyss awaits. At the end of that journey a ragged band of dark elves hope to find Lolth herself. Though they've managed to survive the fall of Ched Nasad, the demon-haunted ruins of Myth Dranno...



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    Realms rise and fall, human lives tick by like seconds on a clock, and the dragons watch from on high. But when the mighty wyrms lose their minds, when they succumb to their basest, most violent impulses, time stands still. And that just happens t...



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    The Wizard - Pleged to the Red Wizards of Thay from boyhood, he will do anything for anyone who can give him more power. In a twisted dimension outside the walls of time and space, he plots and plans.The Senator - A genasi, he has fought his way up f...







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    The Wizard Furthering the plots of the Red Wizards of Thay while spinning his own webs, he works in the shadows, manipulating the highest reaches of power. The Woman Tormented by the ghosts of the past and her own passions, she walks the fine li...



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    Seven authors--Ed Greenwood, Clayton Emery, Lisa Smedman, Dave Gross, Voronica Whitney-Robinson, Richard Lee Byers, and Paul Kemp--contribute sections to this seven-part novel that offers close-up portraits on the inhabitants of a remarkable city in ...



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    The finale of the acclaimed Watercourse Trilogy from The New York Times best-selling author Philip Athans! When the true mission of the Thayan Enclave is revealed, the richest man in Innarlith decides he wants to be the most powerful too, a once p...



  • WHEN THE GREAT AURORA COMES... The daylit world of Lorwyn is no more, its beauty forgotten by all but a precious few. The other souls have descended into a darkness that mirrors the sky above their heads, and unthinkable horrors lurk in the eve...



  • Celebrate Twenty Years of Drizzt!

    Drizzt Do'Urden fought his way out of the monster-infested Underdark and carved a life for himself on the no less unforgiving surface world. The Legend of Drizzt follows the tale of a hero born to a race of ev...



  • The most ordinary of places, the most unexceptional of people, can hide the most extraordinary evil.Dave is a good guy. He’s got a decent job at a record store. He’s in love, though the girl he loves has no idea.Gilroy is a bad guy. He’s got a ...



  • "The Haunting of Dragon's Cliff is a great read. Fast-paced, old-school rip-roaring fighting action in the Conan vein, but with humor and a cast of engaging characters -- especially the Hound and the magus. The hauntings alone are worth the price of ...



  • “At the heart of it, science fiction and fantasy authors are at play in the fields of wonder, fueled by “what if” and held hostage by the people, places and problems that populate our wacky, slightly-offset imaginations and spill out of us in S...



  • Someone once said that a picture is worth a thousand words….The cover of this book created entire universes.In Genre Fiction, the right picture can inspire more than a thousand words. It can give life to brand new worlds, cause valiant heroes and h...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Philip Athans has published 19 books.

Philip Athans does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Write to the Cover, Volume One, was published in May 2015.

The first book by Philip Athans, Realms of Mystery, was published in June 1998.

Yes. Philip Athans has 2 series.