Sarah A. Hoyt

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  • Bibliography:
    66 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2001
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Darkship

1 - Darkship Thieves (Jan-2010)
2 - Darkship Renegades (Dec-2012)
3 - A Few Good Men (Mar-2013)
3 - Through Fire (May-2016)
4 - Darkship Revenge (May-2017)

Earth's Revolution

1 - A Few Good Men (Mar-2013)

Kyrie Smith

1 - Draw One in the Dark (Nov-2006)
2 - Gentleman Takes a Chance (Oct-2008)
3 - Noah's Boy (Jul-2013)

Magical British Empire

1 - Heart of Light (Mar-2008)
2 - Soul of Fire (Aug-2008)
3 - Heart and Soul (Nov-2008)

Multi-Author Series List

Valdemar

Heart, Home and Hearth (Dec-2008)

Book List in Order: 66 titles

  • Ill Met by Moonlight

    When his wife and newborn daughter are abducted and held captive by the ruler of the elves and fairies, a young Will Shakespeare must venture into a magical and mysterious realm, where an alluring elf named Quicksilver comes to his aid in his quest t...

  • All Night Awake

    The fairie known as Lady Silver-who gave the creative spark to Shakespeare and Marlowe-is in London, tracking a deadly supernatural beast that is drawn to Marlowe. She must stop it before it destroys both their world and hers....

  • Any Man So Daring

    William Shakespeare has become the preeminent playwright of Elizabethan England, but his success comes with a price--his son Hamnet has disappeared in the realm of the Elven King, and Will must face the powers of darkness to rescue him....

  • Draw One in the Dark

    Kyrie Smith - 1

    Every one of us has the beast inside. But for Kyrie Smith, the beast is no metaphor. Since she was 15, when she first shape-shifted into a savage, black panther, Kyrie has questioned her humanity. Although she's managed to keep her inner beast secret...

  • Heart of Light

    Magical British Empire - 1

    Set in a magical Victorian British Empire that never was, this unique fantasy blends adventure, intrigue, and romance, as a newlywed couple embark on a dangerous quest--and, in the process, discover their own heart's desires. On a luxury magic car...

  • Soul of Fire

    Magical British Empire - 2

    Filled with adventure and danger, intrigue and romance, this thrilling new fantasy from Sarah Hoyt follows the quest for a rare treasure--by a man of rare breed--in a magical Victorian British Empire that never was.... British gentleman and were-d...

  • Gentleman Takes a Chance

    Kyrie Smith - 2

    There are those living secretly among us who have the power to change their physical form from that of a human to an animal, even animals thought to be mythical, such as dragons. Throughout out the ages, these shape shifters have come together in a l...

  • Heart and Soul

    Magical British Empire - 3

    Within the magical realm of a Victorian British Empire that never was, one man embarks on a fantastic mission that dates back to the first true king of Europe and that may determine the fate of the last true emperor of China -- and the world. When...

  • Heart, Home and Hearth

    in Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar
    Valdemar

    Sixteen original stories set in mercedes lackey's valdemar universe Includes a new novella by Mercedes Lackey! Today's hottest fantasy authors visit Mercedes Lackey's bestselling world of Valdemar, adding their own special touches to the ancien...



  • The Incident of the Inferno Grill

    in Witch Way to the Mall

    Featuring contributions from Harry Turtledove, Sarah A. Hoyt, S. M. Stirling, and Esther Friesner, this urban fantasy collection features spellbinding stories that reveal how witches from all walks of life cope with the idiosyncrasies of suburbia. Or...

  • The Case of the Driving Poodle

    in Strip Mauled

    HOWLY TERRORS Werewolves and the suburbs are a natural go-together. Okay, so they're not the Obligatory/Iconic Suburban Golden Retriever or Chocolate Labrador, but they've got a much better chance of taking home the Best in Show ribbon than their Un...

  • Darkship Thieves

    Darkship - 1

    A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND IS A HIGH POWERED WEAPON ... Athena Hera Sinistra has survived reformatories, madhouses and ballet schools. But nothing prepared her for waking up in her father's space cruiser with a stranger looming over her bed. Facing m...

  • No Will But His

    As the bereft, orphaned cousin to the ill-fated Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard knows better than many the danger of being favored by the King. But she is a Howard, and therefore ambitious, so she assumes the role Henry VIII has assigned her-his untouc...

  • Till Your Proud Heart Break

  • Zebbie

  • Blood Ransom

    Welcome to the worlds of Sarah A. Hoyt â€" or at least some of them. Magic mixes with intrigue and romance. The horror of war is nothing compared to the living nightmare of one World War I vet. A late night drive home leads to the discovery of a crea...

  • As Men Cry

    It started so simply. He'd returned to the coffeehouse to vanquish an enemy. Then his memories of a love lost turned into the nightmare of betrayal. To do his duty and prevent war from engulfing Europe, he'd have to do the unthinkable. But could he?S...

  • In the Heat of Batter

  • Once they've Seen Paree

    Jack Vulpen did his duty. He served his country in World War I. But at what cost? The world isn't what it was before the war. He's not the same either. The war changed him. It's made him a monster -- or did it?This short story also appears in the col...



  • The Blood Like Wine

    In the French revolution rivers of blood flowed. From the blood evil arose. Ancient evil engulfed Sylvie. Now in a twentieth century of fast cars and faster living, she must try to expiate evil and recapture her lost love.This is a short story....

  • Castor

    A short story by award winning author Sarah A. HoytAlexander Triante knows that he is human and the heir to a great position. He knows that Castor the artifact made to look like him is not human, and that no one will consider him so. It takes a res...

  • Dragon's Blood

    A short story by award winning author Sarah A. Hoyt.When Jack set out to get dragon's blood to stock his magic shop, it was a measure of desperation. Little did he know that neither daring nor force would secure it.A fantasy short story....

  • Five Far Futures

    From an abandoned Earth where human creations have become human, to nuns in the far future, who bring solace and order to outer planets, to an Earth that has become the refuge of destitute aliens, five science fiction short stories by award-winning a...

  • Five From Far And Weird

    From the Chinese Hells to Medieval Europe these five fantasy short stories by award winning author Sarah A. Hoyt take the reader on a tour of the wonderful and strange. Collection Includes A Grain Of Salt, The Girl With The Golden Lute, Scraps of Fog...

  • The Girl With The Golden Lute

    Legends have a way of prettying up things. They make a plain girl pretty, or they introduce lutes and angels to a dark tale. But stripped of all that, in the end, the story stands revealed as a desperate girl, in desperate times appealing to a goddes...

  • A Grain Of Salt

    Being dead doesn’t always mean being safe from all troubles. For Fang Hui Heng, who wakes up in the dreaded place of punishment, having been contracted in grave marriage to a ravishing stranger, death is the beginning of all his troubles. But if he...

  • Hot

    In a world where werewolves, were dragons and more exotic weres have to keep their secret from the vast majority of people, when they have a problem they can only go to Jack. And when Jack has a problem, he has no one to turn to.Short Story by award...

  • In the Absence of Light

    In this short story, Sarah A. Hoyt takes us to a time when space travel has many of the same sort of tales that sea travel did several centuries ago. So these monsters really exist or are they just the figments of overly active imaginations? The crew...

  • The Littlest Nightmare



  • Lost

    Lendr D’Alva took the world of art by storm. But what if all his celebrated abstracts were want ads trying to find someone who could take him back home? The home in another world from which he’d been lost as a child? As the truth about Lendr u...

  • Magician's Throne

    Dolina only wants to run her little craft shop and get on with her small-time magic works. But her best friend has been tasked with looking for the True King. When all three meet in a little coffee shop at the center of many worlds, madness is sure...

  • Only The Lonely

    Albert Instel has a secret, a secret which keeps him cyber dating instead of dating in person. In fact, most of his in-person dates end five minutes in, when his dates run screaming into the night. Now he's dated Jullita in cyber space five times, ...

  • Scraps Of Fog

    When Sandra is trying to figure out what to do about her life and her upcoming marriage, the last thing she expects is for a legend to walk out of the fog and help out. And yet, that is exactly what happens.A short story....

  • To Learn To Forget

    Short story by Prometheus Award winning author Sarah A. Hoyt Who owns an individual's memories? Is it better to execute a criminal or to erase his mind and give him a new personality? In a time when you can live forever, but not own your own past, th...

  • Touch

    In a world where magic reigns and being a shape shifter is the only crime that warrants immediate execution, this is how Pride and Prejudice would be written. The novel is set in the world of Sarah A. Hoyt's Magical British Empire....

  • Trade Winds

    In a world in which Carthage won the Punic wars, Elise, an archeologist working in the Italian country side finds the keys to a conspiracy among the stars. Her discovery might save the life of her space-trading husband.A short story....

  • We Span The Night

    Short Story by Award Winning Author Sarah A. Hoyt. In an Earth humans have deserted, their abandoned machines become human. But how do they prove it to the humans when humanity returns?A short story....

  • With Unconfined Wings

    Space is vast and the human soul is small. In this infinity the nuns of the order of St. Lucia of The Spaceways stand, athwart the cold and the nothingness. They nurse the sick, they care for the dying, they raise the young. And if their work require...

  • Yearning To Breathe Free

    Only on Earth was the concept of individual liberty ever invented. Once the aliens discovered Earth, Earth became a beacon for all those who craved freedom... Which unfortunately makes the Earth a crowded and confusing place, where Casey's job as a...



  • All Who Are Thirsty

    An atheist has no business working in a New Age Store, but then it could be said an atheist has no business in an Earth that has become the religious center of the universe. When a runaway alien comes to the store looking for God, the human atheist ...

  • Created He Them

    What if humans were not God's definitive creation? What if He found something he liked better?A small family tries to survive an apocalypse that is erasing every human from the world, while coming to terms with the possibilities.A short story about ...

  • Five Unlikely Foretellings

    From an Earth where a virus makes people develop were-characteristics, to an Earth where Hannibal won over Rome in the Punic war. Five unlikely stories from Prometheus Award Winning Author Sarah A. HoytIncludes the short stories Hot, Created He Them...

  • The Heart Of The Machine

    In a future where connections between humans are rare in flesh and blood, connecting via computer uplink becomes addictive. The policemen supposed to suppress uplinking have an uphill battle and sometimes forget that they too are human.A short story...

  • Leaving Home

    A transporter accident brings an interplanetary conflict resolution manager to his home planet, where he finds some conflicts have no happy resolution.A short story by award winning author Sarah A. Hoyt...

  • Things Remembered

    In a future when most murder investigations are accomplished by mechanical means, it takes a very special man to solve the cases machines can't solve. When it comes to the murder of his ex wife, Peter Glas is a very special man indeed.A short story ...

  • To Dream On Evil

    Delphine finds herself caught between love of her husband and the fear that what he's planning is evil. Should they kill the ambassador of Earth? Is there a way out that won't destroy them all?A short story...

  • Ariadne's Skein

    Short story by award winning author Sarah A. HoytAriadne Knossos is a human artifact, bioengineered for memory, sense of direction and strength. These talents have helped her win her freedom. But will they be enough to save her life from an equally b...

  • For Whose Dear Sake

    Marlowe is supposed to be the bad boy of Elizabethan England. Shakespeare is supposed to be a respectable playwright, as far as that is possible. What if the truth were something else altogether -- something that involved vampirism and forbidden pa...

  • Thirst

    All Hylas wanted to do was retain the affection of the Emperor. But though the vampire promised him eternal youth what he offered was something quite different. Soon, Hylas who had never understood love, would come to know thirst.A short story...



  • After The Sabines

  • High Stakes

    Freedom and the ability to earn a living are being strangled in the old world. All the landstates try to control every aspect of their citizens' lives while taxing them at exorbitant rates. Freedom and riches beckon from the independent seacities, b...

  • Darkship Renegades

    Darkship - 2

    After rescuing her star pilot husband and discovering the dark secret of her own past on Earth, Athena Hera Sinistra returns to space habitat Eden to start life anew. Not happening. Thena and Kit are placed under arrest for the crime of coming back a...

  • A Few Good Men

    Darkship - 3
    Earth's Revolution - 1

    The son of a ruler on Earth instigates civil war and revolution when he attempts to take the place of his assassinated father and uncovers a terrible secret that has been used to enslave humanity. The Son Also Rises... On a near future Earth, G...

  • Noah's Boy

    Kyrie Smith - 3

    For years, Rafiel Trall, one of Goldport's finest, has been walking the fine line between enforcing human law and protecting the shifters who come his way. A lion shifter himself, he's found this duty onerous. Lately it's been lightened by his frie...

  • Witchfinder

    In Avalon, where the world runs on magic, the king of Britannia appoints a witchfinder to rescue unfortunates with magical power from lands where magic is a capital crime. Or he did. But after the royal princess was kidnapped from her cradle twenty y...

  • Through Fire

    Darkship - 3

    A new chapter in Hoyt's celebrated Darkship series dawns with revolution on Earth as the Good Men fall. DOWN WITH THE TYRANNY OF THE GOOD MEN! A spaceship mechanic has no place in a fairytale. But now Zen Sienna finds herself in a beautiful pal...

  • Darkship Revenge

    Darkship - 4

    After winning the civil war in Eden, Athena returns to her calling, collecting powerpods with her husband Kit. Now weeks away from Earth, she goes into labor. To make matters worse, a strange ship attacks Athena and Kit’s Cathouse and kidnaps Athen...

  • Blood and Ichor

    Living in the country, they'd come to expect the occasional abandoned animal. But they never expected anyone to be so callous as to toss a bundle out the window of a speeding car. Nor did they expect it to hit their own vehicle. But it's what they fi...

  • Deep Pink

    Like all Private Detectives, Seamus Lebanon [Leb] Magis has often been told to go to Hell. He just never thought he'd actually have to go.But when an old client asks him to investigate why Death Metal bands are dressing in pink - with butterfly musta...

  • Odd Magics

    Odd MagicsThis is a very strange collection of fairytales, recast for modern life. In it the prize isn't always to the fairest, the magic is rarely to the strongest.But lonely introverts do find love, women who never gave it a thought find themselves...

  • A French Polished Murder

    Old murder casts long shadows When Dyce Dare decides to refinish a piano as a gift for her boyfriend, Cas Wolfe, the last thing she expects is to stumble on an old letter that provides a clue to an older murder. She thinks her greatest problems in li...

  • Barbarella: Woman Untamed

    A pop culture icon makes her debut in America with new stories in almost 35 years!The Siren of Space returns for a series of all-new adventures by a dynamic new creative team! Multi-award-winning author SARAH HOYT and rising star artist MADIBEK MUSAB...

  • Barbarella: Woman Untamed V. 2

    She is known only as the Lady. Her identity, her origins, even her rise to power, are shrouded in utter mystery. And make no mistake, that's purely intentional. That she rules increasingly larger portions of the galaxy with an iron grip and a wave of...

  • Lights Out and Cry

    It is New Year's Day in Goldport Colorado, the most shifter-infested town in the known universe.At the George -- the diner where shifters gather -- Kyrie is about to give birth, Tom is getting psychic messages from the Great Sky Dragon and Rafiel is ...

  • Barbarella Vol. 1: Woman Untamed

    The Siren of Space returns for all-new adventures by a dynamic new creative team! Dragon-Award winning author SARAH HOYT and artist MADIBEK MUSABEKOV are at the controls as Barbarella leaves space dock on a new mission fraught with unseen layers of...

  • Other Rhodes

    • / Science Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Lilly Gilden has a half-crazed cyborg in her airlock who thinks he's Nick Rhodes, a fictional 20th Century detective. If she doesn't report him for destruction, she's guilty of a capital crime. But with her husband missing, she'll use every clue the ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sarah A. Hoyt has published 66 books.

Sarah A. Hoyt does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Barbarella Vol. 1: Woman Untamed, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Sarah A. Hoyt, Ill Met by Moonlight, was published in October 2001.

Yes. Sarah A. Hoyt has 4 series.
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