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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1982
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Cycle of Fire

1 - Stormwarden (Dec-1984)
2 - Keeper of the Keys (Aug-1988)
3 - Shadowfane (1988)

The Wars of Light and Shadow

1 - Curse of the Mistwraith (Feb-1994)
2 - Ships of Merior (Feb-1995)
3 - Warhost of Vastmark (Feb-1996)
4 - Fugitive Prince (Oct-1997)
5 - Grand Conspiracy (Dec-1999)
6 - Peril's Gate (Mar-2001)
7 - Traitor's Knot (Aug-2006)
8 - Initiate's Trial (Dec-2009)
9 - Stormed Fortress (Nov-2008)

Book List in Order: 20 titles



  • The debut fantasy adventure novel by the author of the Wars of Light and Shadow series is “a wonderful breath of fresh air. . . . Just plain fun” (Fantasy Literature).   With her husband, the Duke of Trathmere, slain in battle...



  • Written in the records at Vaere is the tale of the binding of the Mharg-demons by Anskiere; wizard of wind and water. Anskiere was aided in this task by Ivain, master of fire and earth, for the skills of a single sorcerer were not enough against so f...



  • The Wolfriders lived for ten thousand years on the World of Two Moons, before Cutter, Blood of Ten Chiefs, was born to lead them to freedom. A lot can happen in ten thousand years.......



  • LAST DEFENDERS Ivainson uric, heir to the Firelord's legacy, is caught in a life and death struggle to win his inherited powers. Taen Dreamweaver battles her evil brother, corrupted by demons to slaughter his own kind. If either one of them falls,...



  • "THE FIRELORDS HEIR MUST BE HUNTED DOWN AND SLAIN!" cry the Accursed as they sweep through the ruins of doomed Elrinfaer. Their prey is Ivainson Jaric, Keeper of the Keys, Firelord's heir. The geas placed by the Stormwarden on Firelord has passed do...



  • GALLEY SLAVE, MERCENARY, MASTER OF WHITE STORM -- His past a mystery even to Haldeth, fellow galley slave and the one man he'd allow to name him friend. Korendir had sworn that the future would give him the wealth to build an unbreachable citade...



  • It began with a Mistwraith that smothered all the world in fog and dampness, and followed with a war that upended order and overthrew the rule of the High Kings. Now after five long centuries, the only power that can challenge the Mistwraith's strang...



  • As the prophecy foretold, the art of power over light and dark was channeled through two princes: And the fogs that had smothered Athera's skies were dispersed. But in defeat, the Mistwraith set its two royal captors at odds under a powerful curse of...



  • Journey through time and space to alternate worlds and the near future in a beautiful collection of interconnected short stories. In the title story, Wurts poignantly addresses mortality and what it is to wish. Sandy is in the last throes of life wit...






  • Tricked once more by his wily half-brother, Lysaer arrives at the tiny harbour town of Merior, to find that his brother’s ship yards have been meticulously destroyed and abandoned. But where is Arithon? The forces of light and shadow circle and fei...



  • With the appalling destruction of the Vastmark warhost, recoil and grief reshape the balance of power in the Five Kingdoms. Two half brothers, cursed by a Mistwraith to a lifelong enmity, are set into violent conflict: Lysaer, Prince of the Light, an...



  • On the world of Athera, two half-brothers gifted of Light and Shadow defeated the Mistwraith. But its revenge left them cursed to life-long enmity, stirring war and deadly intrigue.,, Arithon s'Ffalenn, Master of Shadow, trained mage and masterbar...



  • On the world of Athera, the fate of all realms hangs on the resolution of the brutal conflict born of prince against prince. Branded a minion of evil -- escaping the death sentence imposed by his half-brother Lysaer and his Alliance of Light -- Arith...



  • Following the mysterious disappearance of Princess Anja, two warriors are forced to confront their cultural mores in a desperate bid to save not only the princess, but the entire kingdom of Sessalie.Following the mysterious disappearance of Princess ...



  • The gripping penultimate instalment of The Alliance of Light.When half brothers Lysaer and Arithon defeated the Mistwraith its revenge left them cursed to lifelong enmity.Having conquered the maze and acheived self-redemption, Arithon, Master of Shad...



  • The spellbinding final instalment of The Alliance of Light.Though Athera may be free, the fight is far from over…The heartstopping conclusion to the Alliance of Light series brings Lysaer's army of Light to besiege the great citadel of Alestron. Ma...



  • The long-awaited beginning of the fourth story arc - Sword of the Canon - in the epic fantasy series, the Wars of Light and Shadow.Betrayed and double-crossed, Arithon s’Ffalenn is held captive by the Order of the Koriathain. The desperate Fellowsh...



  • Everyone knew that there was no escape from the slave galleys of the Murghai: once chained to an oar the only release is death. But Korendir refuses to recognize impossibilities and aided by his rowing companion, Haldeth, he leads a desperate but suc...



  • The long-awaited second book of the fourth story arc - Sword of the Canon - in the epic fantasy series, the Wars of Light and Shadow. ...






  • The hugely anticipated final volume of The Wars of Light and Shadow brings this widely acclaimed, masterful epic fantasy series to its powerful, earth-shattering close. In the final battle of Light against Shadow, warring factions prepare to meet the...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Janny Wurts has published 20 books.

The next book by Janny Wurts, Song of the Mysteries, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Janny Wurts, Sorcerer's Legacy, was published in October 1982.

Yes. Janny Wurts has 2 series.