Irene Radford

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  • Bibliography:
    45 Books (10 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1994
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Artistic Demons

1 - Confessions of a Ballroom Diva (Oct-2018)
2 - Confessions of a Piano Demon (Jun-2019)
3 - Confessions of a Siren Singer (Jan-2021)
4 - Confessions of a Changeling Dancer (Feb-2023)

Children of The Dragon Nimbus

1 - The Silent Dragon (Feb-2013)
2 - The Broken Dragon (Jan-2014)
3 - The Wandering Dragon (Aug-2014)

Confederated Star Systems

1 - Harmony (Oct-2015)
2 - Enigma (Oct-2015)
3 - Mourner (Dec-2015)

The Dragon Nimbus

1 - The Glass Dragon (Dec-1994)
2 - The Perfect Princess (Nov-1995)
3 - The Loneliest Magician (Sep-1996)
4 - The Wizard's Treasure (Oct-2000)

The Dragon Nimbus History

1 - The Dragon's Touchstone (Jun-1997)
2 - The Last Battlemage (Jan-1998)
3 - The Renegade Dragon (Nov-1999)

Merlin's Descendants

1 - Guardian of the Balance (Mar-1999)
2 - Guardian of the Trust (Mar-2000)
3 - Guardian of the Vision (May-2001)
4 - Guardian of the Promise (Apr-2003)
5 - Guardian of the Freedom (Apr-2005)

The Pixie Chronicles

1 - Thistle Down (Jun-2011)
2 - Chicory Up (May-2012)
3 - Dandelion Twist (Sep-2022)

The Stargods

1 - The Hidden Dragon (Feb-2002)
2 - The Dragon Circle (Aug-2004)
3 - Dragon's Revenge (Nov-2005)

Trance Dancer

1 - Trickster's Dance (Feb-2018)

A Whistling River Lodge Mystery

1 - Lacing Up For Murder (Nov-2012)
2 - Whistling Down the Wind (Sep-2019)
3 - Whistle While You Plow (Oct-2019)
4 - Whistling Bagpipes (Dec-2019)
5 - Ghostly Whistles (Nov-2021)

Book List in Order: 45 titles

  • The Glass Dragon

    The Dragon Nimbus - 1

    SOMEONE IS KILLING THE DRAGONS.... Dragons have recently become an endangered species, more part of legend than of life--and with their swiftly diminishing numbers, the source of all magic is fading from the land of Coronnan And in this realm whi...

  • The Perfect Princess

    The Dragon Nimbus - 2

    ROGUE MAGIC had long been banned within Coronnan's borders. But as dragon magic waned and finally vanished from the kingdom, those who had mastered these forbidden spells saw their chance to seize control of the troubled realm. And without the dragon...

  • The Loneliest Magician

    The Dragon Nimbus - 3

    Forbidden to use the dragon magic that is their only defense against their enemies, the people of Commune place their hopes in the hands of untested young magician Yaakke, who can discover his true identity from the dragons. Original....

  • The Dragon's Touchstone

    The Dragon Nimbus History - 1

    A new adventure in the Dragon Nimbus series set three hundred years before The Glass Dragon finds the kingdom of Coronnan descending into chaos, pitting the dragons against the dark forces of blood magic. Original....

  • The Last Battlemage

    The Dragon Nimbus History - 2

    THE PRICE OF PEACE had proved extremely high for Nimbulan and his wife Myrilandel-he, the soul-weary Battlemage forced to give up his own family in order to preserve the University of Magicians and the kingdom of Coronnan; she, a practitioner of a ...

  • Guardian of the Balance

    Merlin's Descendants - 1

    HER NAME WAS ARYLWREN-- Wren to those she considered friends. She was the child who should not have been, daughter of Myrddin Emrys--The Merlin--and Deirdre--The Morriganhigh priestess of the Druids. For Myrddin, gifted with prophecy from childhood,...

  • The Renegade Dragon

    The Dragon Nimbus History - 3

    The great magical wars have come to an end. But in bringing peace, Nimbulan, the last Battlemage, has lost his powers. Dragon magic is the only magic legal to practice. And the kingdom's only hope against dangerous technology lies in the one place to...

  • Guardian of the Trust

    Merlin's Descendants - 2

    ARTHURIAN LEGEND is one of the richest sources of both fantasy and historical literature. Yet no matter how many tales are told of Arthur and Merlin, and their many allies and foes, the fascination with exploring this time and place continues to grow...

  • The Divi

    in Treachery and Treason

    A collection of stories focusing on the most devious side of human nature includes the work of William C. Dietz, Esther Friesner, Dennis L. McKiernan, Irene Radford, Anne Bishop, and others. Original....



  • The Wizard's Treasure

    The Dragon Nimbus - 4

    SPELL-TRAPPED Journeymen magicians Marcus and Robb have been sent on a quest by Senior Magician Jaylor to find the missing dragons of Coronnan and bring them back to the kingdom. But their quest leads to a far different discovery, an ancient treas...

  • Guardian of the Vision

    Merlin's Descendants - 3

    Now in paperback, the third novel in Irene Radford's acclaimed saga follows Merlin's descendants to Elizabethan England-where royal rivalries are complicated by the unexpected arrival of magic, witches...and the Demon of Chaos.

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  • The Hidden Dragon

    The Stargods - 1

    IT WAS A TIME FOR LEGENDS TO BE BORN.... Operating on the wrong side of interstellar law one time too many, the three O'Hara brothers found themselves in a life-or-death flight from the forces of the Galactic Terran Empire. In a last desperate man...

  • Guardian of the Promise

    Merlin's Descendants - 4

    Now in paperback, the fourth novel in Irene Radford's acclaimed saga of Merlin and his descendants follows the children of twin brothers Donovan and Griffin, in a magic-fueled struggle to protect Elizabethan England from enemies-both mortal and demon...

  • The Dragon Circle

    The Stargods - 2

    THE IMPS ARE COMING... and time may well be running out for the three O'Hara brothers. When Konner O'Hara unearthed a tracking device hidden in his spaceship--undoubtedly by his own ruthless ex-wife--he had no w ay to tell whether his discovery h...

  • Guardian of the Freedom

    Merlin's Descendants - 5

    As King George III ascends the throne, the Earl of Kirkenwood, a member of the magical Pendragon society, finds himself plagued by a mysterious illness, while his sister, Georgie, fights the Demon of Chaos abroad. Reprint....

  • Dragon's Revenge

    The Stargods - 3

    Three brothers take shelter on a pretechnological world where dragons are worshiped as gods. When the off-world forces they have fled track them down, they must find a way to save the world they've made their own....

  • Thistle Down

    The Pixie Chronicles - 1

    THE PIXIE WOODS- Desdemona "Dusty" Carrick had lived in the all town of Skene Falls, Oregon her entire life. And, like many of the local children, she had played with "imaginary" Pixie friends in and around Ten Acre Woods. With each generation, as ...

  • Chicory Up

    The Pixie Chronicles - 2

    Skene Falls, Oregon, is not only home to Desdemona and Benedict Carrick and their parents, but is also the dwelling place of the Pixies. When Thistle Down was exiled from Pixie and stranded in a human body, it marked the beginning of a campaign that ...

  • Lacing Up For Murder

    A Whistling River Lodge Mystery - 1

    Running a Resort Hotel Can Be Murder Glenna McLain has her hands full at the Whistling River Lodge with dastardly ducks, misbehaving poodles, a kleptomaniac guest, and a lacing convention. So when she discovers her ex-husband floating in a pond on th...



  • The Silent Dragon

    Children of The Dragon Nimbus - 1

    In a realm on the brink of war, will an unsuspected heir to the kingdom of Coronnan and to magic long-banished from the land offer the only hope for survival? Glenndon--son of witchwoman Brevelan and Jaylor, Senior Magician and Chancellor of the U...

  • Fantastical Ramblings

    Roam with Herakles in search of a safe home for a magical sword, go into exile with a descendant of Merlin, and learn the wisdom of a wolfhound pup to help you wander along newly forged paths into the imagination. Award winning author Irene Radford ...

  • The Broken Dragon

    Children of The Dragon Nimbus - 2

    Glenndon, raised by the witchwoman Brevvelan and Jaylor, Senior Magician and Chencellor of the University of Magicians, has now been established as the son of King Darville and heir to the throne of Coronnan. But there is still much unrest within the...

  • The Wandering Dragon

    Children of The Dragon Nimbus - 3

    The magical threat to Coronnan defeated, and the people of the kingdom working to rebuild their shattered realm, Lukan -- son of the witchwoman Brevelan and Jaylor, the Chancellor of the University of Magicians -- is determined to break free of his f...

  • Plowed Under

    Buried Secrets Running the Whistling River Inn and Golf Resort should be getting easier for Glenna McClain now that the Board of Directors has purchased a sixty acre clear cut to expand the golf course. But when she arranges for an organization of st...

  • First Contact Cafe

    There are rules for first contact with aliens. And a place to meet aliens where the rules are enforced. Simple things like avoiding smelly bodily emissions, even if your race considers them a compliment, and complicated things like not asking another...

  • The Dragon's Hoard

    Dragons are well known for their hoards -- but not all hoards are created equal. A young dragon starts his hoard with some very precious gifts. One dragon shares her complaints about taxes with a friend as they wait for a lunch delivery. Another drag...

  • Enigma

    Confederated Star Systems - 2

    Aboard the space station First Contact Café, Station Commander General Jake Devlin and Sissy, inexperienced and undereducated High Priestess of Harmony, confront the mystery of an odd eight-limbed stowaway, a mystical refugee who talks in circles ra...

  • Harmony

    Confederated Star Systems - 1

    Harmony, a new utopia for space-faring humans. Or is it a thinly disguised tyranny locked into a rigid caste system, slavery by another name?Either way, xenophobic Harmony holds the secret to Badger Metal, a unique ceramic-metal alloy that protects p...

  • Mourner

    Confederated Star Systems - 3

    William Gladstone once pointed out that a culture reveals itself in how it cares for its dead.MOURNER, the third book in the Harmony series, vividly explores how three very different cultures treat their dead when the body of Laud Gregor, Harmony’s...



  • Steampunk Voyages

    Steampunk's big, brassy, powerful, and sweaty way of looking at the world sideways inspires six stories of the Victorian age of wonder. Irene Radford offers new and old stories that reach from a weapon of mass destruction that could change the ou...

  • How Beer Saved the World 2

    What's better than beer? More beer! In ages past, the greatest anthology ever to be drunkenly conceived next to a campfire burst forth onto the genre fiction scene by storm. Now, just as the hangover has begun to settle and the coffee has begun to ki...

  • Alternative Truths

    Alternative Truths is a look at the post-election America that is, or will be, or could be. We attach no manacles to the word truth to bind it to our visions. Instead we free it to find its own way through the minds of the two dozen writers who have ...

  • A Spoonful of Magic

    A delightful new urban fantasy about a kitchen witch and her magical family Daphne "Daffy" Rose Wallace Deschants has an ideal suburban life--three wonderful and talented children; a coffee shop and bakery, owned and run with her best friend; a n...

  • Trickster's Dance

    Trance Dancer - 1

    The axis of the Earth changed its tilt. All the glacial and polar ice melted. Humanity was reduced to a tiny fraction of the once teeming masses. The concussion that robbed Gabby of her memories of the Before times opened her to trance visions throug...

  • Confessions of a Ballroom Diva

    Artistic Demons - 1

    Living in the shadows, Psychic Vampire Janet Dryer was a killer addicted to Soul Fire -- until her lover tried to kill her at Woodstock in 1969. These days, she haunts exotic night clubs and draws energy from throbbing drums.Her popularity as a sarca...

  • Confessions of a Piano Demon

    Artistic Demons - 2

    Music defines Margot Tremayne’s soul. She thinks best when her hands caress a piano keyboard, but all music eludes her since a demon crushed her hands on the eve of winning a prestigious international piano competition.Fifteen years later, she has ...

  • Whistling Down the Wind

    A Whistling River Lodge Mystery - 2

    Everyone in the small town of Whistling River, Oregon harbors secrets. Affairs. Embezzlement. Murder.Glenna McClain, general manager and part owner of the Whistling River Resort and Golf Course, will do anything to protect her beloved Lodge, up to an...

  • Whistle While You Plow

    A Whistling River Lodge Mystery - 3

    An antique steam tractor pull removes a stump at the Whistling River Resort and Golf Course, revealing a skeleton in the root ball of a man who has been both shot and hung. Glenna McClain, general manager and part owner of the resort fears the assort...

  • Whistling Bagpipes

    A Whistling River Lodge Mystery - 4

    The Grand Festival of Highland Arts and Games has descended upon the Whistling River Resort and Golf Course. Glenna McClain, General Manager and part owner of the lodge, has her hands full of bagpipers, dancers, and officious officials. Among them pr...



  • Magical Meanderings

    What happens when rival pirate queens take tea together? From the fertile imagination of Irene Radford, author of the classic Dragon Nimbus Series, and the epic Merlin's Descendants Series, come sixteen stories of hope, fun, and poignant sorrow. Fire...

  • Confessions of a Siren Singer

    Artistic Demons - 3

    The StormMother is unleashed, and she is angry.Tiamat, ancient goddess of chaos and creation has decided to clear the world of human infestation--but she needs help. Only her descendant Celia Fisher, a Siren, has the magical power to aid her.Celia is...

  • Ghostly Whistles

    A Whistling River Lodge Mystery - 5

    The Cascadia Paranormal Society invades the Whistling River Lodge, but they are searching for more than ghosts. Albert Allegheny demands that Lodge-owners Glenna McClain and her new husband Craig Knudsen turn over all the evidence they have collected...

  • Dandelion Twist

    The Pixie Chronicles - 3

    Real estate mogul Phelma Jo Nelson and building inspector Ian MacEwen see the world through different colored glasses. A former foster child, she works on the shadowy side of the law to help troubled teens escape a flawed system; he's an Eagle Scout....

  • Confessions of a Changeling Dancer

    Artistic Demons - 4

    Rafaela DiGeorgio and August Howard have history. She's half-Elf and under extreme family pressure to upgrade with a full blood mate. He's a Hunter for the International Guild of Demon and Vampire Hunters dedicated to eliminating predatory paranormal...

  • Hounding the Moon

    The reason there have been no verified demon sightings in the past fifty years is that they are all hanging out at Science Fiction/Fantasy conventions, winning costume awards.Tess Noncroiré, lost her husband of three months in motel fire. In a f...

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Irene Radford has published 45 books.

Irene Radford does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Hounding the Moon, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Irene Radford, The Glass Dragon, was published in December 1994.

Yes. Irene Radford has 10 series.
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