D.L. Gardner

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  • Bibliography:
    35 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2012
  • Latest Book:
    October 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Hoarfrost Mystery

1 - Hoarfrost to Roses (Feb-2021)
2 - Night Ice (Feb-2024)
3 - Wind in the Wilds (May-2024)

Ian's Realm Saga

1 - Ian's Realm (2012)
3.1 - Layla: Born at Night (Feb-2019)
3.2 - Fallen Morning (Nov-2019)
5 - Cassandra's Castle (2013)
6 - Lost on Taikus (Mar-2018)
7 - Streams to Ashes (Oct-2023)

Sword of Cho Nisi

1 - Rise of the Tobian Princess (May-2021)
2 - Fall of the Kings (Jul-2021)
3 - Curse of Mount Ream (Sep-2021)
4 - Darkness Holds the Son (Apr-2022)
4.5 - Geraldo (Sep-2022)
5 - The Keeper (Nov-2022)
6 - Another Man's Storm (Oct-2025)

Books in Order: 35 titles

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  • Another Man's Storm

    Sword of Cho Nisi - 6

  • Wind in the Wilds

    A Hoarfrost Mystery - 3

    Grai fought hard to preserve his land from the railroad, but now the lumber mill is seeking a place to set up. Grai's land has old-growth timber perfect for the picking but he kept a promise to his grandfather to keep the forest pristine and allow th...

  • Night Ice

    A Hoarfrost Mystery - 2

    Book 2 in the Hoarfrost Mystery Series In 1880, before women earned the right to vote the strong ladies of the Pacific Northwest town of Port Summerhill, including Aunt Eloise and Adele, pool their efforts towards women's suffrage despite the ru...

  • Tales of Wonder

  • The Dragon Targe

  • Streams to Ashes

    Ian's Realm Saga - 7

    When a wizard's magic is stolen and a sorceress queen is deposed, the grueling hostilities of an ancient war come to a climax not only for the people of the Realm, but for Ian Wilson, his wife, his daughter, and his friends, in the conclusion of the ...

  • Escapades of the Magic Thief

  • The Keeper

    Sword of Cho Nisi - 5

    The ancient magic on the island of Cho Nisi is stolen, its tradition destroyed, and its protective shield ruined. But the destruction doesn't end with the broken drumbeats, nor the groan of the elders. King Barin is confronted with a vengeful adversa...

  • Geraldo

    Sword of Cho Nisi - 4.5



  • Awakening of the Apprentice

    The somewhat inept wizard, Kairos, is King Tobia's personal sorcerer although the two do not always get along. Imagine the surprise when the king contracts a less qualified student to come and study with him. ...

  • Fables and Fantasy

    This collection includes two full-length novels and four short stories all in the realm of magical and urban fantasy from award-winning author D.L. Gardner.From the depths of the sea (Sasha and Pouraka) to a ride on a Ferris wheel at the turn of the ...

  • Darkness Holds the Son

    Sword of Cho Nisi - 4

    An engaging tale filled with magic and parental love. Darkness Holds the Son is first the story of a father struggling to save his kids and secondthat of a king hell-bent on saving his kingdom's future. - Independent Book Review In a small villa...

  • The Magic Plum

    The Magic Plum and The Cobbler's Daughter are two short fantasy-fable stories The Magic Plum: A little boy visits the market with his mother and, seeing a fresh juicy plum is about to take a bite when an old and scary merchant tells him a tale. I...

  • The Tale of the Four Wizards

    Illustrated The Tale of the Four Wizards patriarchs of the Realm. Silvio, our beloved wizard, whose mother sent him away to save his life in a little rowboat with three companions, and who would soon experience the force of evil. Kaemp...

  • Curse of Mount Ream

    Sword of Cho Nisi - 3

    In The Curse of Mount Ream, Erika discovers that her husband is in danger and she races against time to Cho Nisi only to discover that her mission entails something more dangerous than saving the man she loves. With Barte son of Moshere searching for...

  • Fall of the Kings

    Sword of Cho Nisi - 2

    Darkness and evil oppress the Cho Nisi island and the mainland as Arell and Erika attempt to counter evil.Erika continues a rocky relationship with Arell as they travel over the Nisi Sea, still haunted by her mistakes. Arell, determined to secure Cho...

  • Silver Threads

    Five short stories that should be read alongside the Sword of Cho Nisi Trilogy.Time and Again King Tobias' younger years the day Erika was born.An Unlikely Lover A short glimpse of how Kairos and Rhea became lovers.The WindRunner Erika and Serena hav...

  • Rise of the Tobian Princess

    Sword of Cho Nisi - 1

    When Erika accidentally kills the king of an allied island whose magic her father's kingdom needs, the entire populace is in jeopardy. With an enemy nation in the east, and an evil thaumaturge's army attacking from the north, King Tobias is left powe...

  • Sometimes Dragons Win



  • Hoarfrost to Roses

    A Hoarfrost Mystery - 1

    Hoarfrost to Roses is a mystery entangled with a touch of paranormal, history, and romance. Set in 1879, Adele is a young woman whose parents are murderers sentenced to hang. She is taken in by the charity of an aunt and uncle she barely knows in...

  • Ferris Wheel

    Tommie was accustomed to being picked on, but when he doesn't get to ride the Ferris wheel and everyone else does, he must find his courage, even during the magic show.A little historical rendering that takes place at the turn of the century. When th...

  • The Far Side of Heaven

    Charlene survived a deadly fire that swept through the hills of a quiet mountain town. With her ranch home destroyed she lives above her gift shop struggling to make ends meet and still recovering from a vile divorce. ​Three days before Christm...

  • Fallen Morning

    Ian's Realm Saga - 3.2

    After the death of her precious soldier, Queen Hacatine, in a fit of rage, commands her ambassadors to kill the Magic Thief and capture Layla's murderer.

    Ian is a wanted man.

    A Taikan slave boy, Rolando, voyages with the assassins. The...

  • Layla: Born at Night

    Ian's Realm Saga - 3.1

    When Ian returns to the Realm in search of Abbi and Elisa he not only encounters the fiery dragon, but falls prey to a lovely temptress and a wicked queen.When Elisa's friend becomes a victim of a drive-by shooting, Abbi and Elisa seek a magical cure...

  • Dylan

    A magical realism literary novel.The adaption written by the author was voted Best Screenplay in both the LA Edge Film Awards and European Cinematography Awards 2019 and came in as a finalist New York Cinematography AwardsThe family calls Dylan "s...

  • Where the Yellow Violets Grow

    Petworth, England 1944. First Lieutenant Janet Castner is assigned to a small hospital unit when Operation Overload begins. Amid the turbulence of nursing the critically wounded GIs arriving from Normandy, her arrogant commanding officer takes her as...

  • Lost on Taikus

    Ian's Realm Saga - 6

    When the young wizard Abbott is abducted as a little boy, he is taken to the castle of the wicked queen Hacatine and condemned to wait his young life as a prisoner until he comes of age and his sentence is executed. But even as a child, Abbott has o...

  • Thread of a Spider

    Following an ambush at the Upton Rail Station in 1921 Ireland, British troops burn Ailis' home to the ground and arrest her fiancé, Liam, for murder. She and her younger brother Paddy flee to an enchanted glen. Lured by a haunting song, Paddy is ...

  • Altered

    In a dystopian future, the new government known only as the Privatol invades American soil and dictates where people live, what they do, and what they eat in order to gain complete control. When Abree, a spunky twelve-year-old is taken away to learn ...



  • Diary of a Conjurer

    Book 4 of Ian's Realm Saga When Silvio, the old wizard, eyes a woman dragging an unconscious young man ashore on his beach, he suspects the worst. A sorceress warrior from the island of Taikus could mean nothing but ill will. But who is the boy? With...

  • An Unconventional Mr. Peadlebody

    A dysfunctional vampire family attempts to solve a murder mystery. Rockford Peadlebody dies in a train wreck while traveling with his family, (a rather dysfunctional lot of half-blood vampires) after a flood in Mississippi washes their home away. Onc...

  • Pouraka

    Winner of Imjadinn Award for Best Urban Fantasy 2016 at the Imaginarium Convention in Louisville KY.Pouraka is a magical sea cavern tucked under the rocky cliffs near a rural seaside town called Barnacle Bay. Cora, a Pouraka mermaid, is comfortable c...

  • Cassandra's Castle

    Ian's Realm Saga - 5

    While writing a term project on revolution, Cassandra, a feisty teenager from Seattle, accidentally opens a portal and time-travels to a magical land.Before she can make sense of her surroundings, a grumpy old wizard named Silvio appears and informs ...

  • Ian's Realm

    Ian's Realm Saga - 1

    When Ian Wilson and his father discover a portal to another world, they step inside. Lured to a deceptive mountain, Ian's father disappears and Ian is abducted and enslaved by dragon worshipers. He cannot return home until he first unravels the myste...

  • Sasha

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

D.L. Gardner has published 35 books.

D.L. Gardner does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Another Man's Storm, was published in October 2025.

The first book by D.L. Gardner, Ian's Realm, was published in January 2012.

Yes. D.L. Gardner has 3 series.
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