Somtow Sucharitkul

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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1981
  • Latest Book:
    May 1988
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Full Series List in Order

Chronicles of the High Inquest

1 - Light on the Sound (Sep-1982)
2 - The Throne of Madness (Oct-1983)
3 - Utopia Hunters (Dec-1984)
4 - The Darkling Wind (Dec-1985)
5 - The Dawning Shadow (1986)

Multi-Author Series List

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7 - Alien Swordmaster (Apr-1985)
16 - Symphony of Terror (May-1988)

Book List in Order: 12 titles

  • Starship and Haiku

    The Millennial War left a sullen void where civilization once stood. But then the whales began their song -- a mysterious song that resounded throughout the polluted seas and told an ancient heartbreaking tale that moved the survivors to revive and h...

  • Light on the Sound

    Chronicles of the High Inquest - 1

    The Inquestor Series was a classic science fiction series of the 1980s — and has now been reincarnated for the 21st century, with more adventures, more spectacle, and more extras. Tachyon bubbles, people bins and galactic empires — and pr...

  • Fire from the Wine-Dark Sea

    Starblaze, 1983. Trade paperback, 1st edition. S. P. Somtow's first story collection, writing as "Somtow Sucharitkul." Includes two interviews with the author (by Darrell Schweitzer and by Bob Halliday) an afterword ("In Defense of Ozymandias"), and...

  • The Throne of Madness

    Chronicles of the High Inquest - 2

    Kelver had been chosen by a heretic to be the chosen one who would bring down a galactic empire that had lasted twenty thousand years and controlled a million worlds. He was sent to Uran s'Varek, the vast artificial sphere build around the black hole...

  • Mallworld

  • Utopia Hunters

    Chronicles of the High Inquest - 3

    "S.P. Somtow's UTOPIA HUNTERS is an introduction to one of the most far-flung galactic civilizations ever created, In the words of Theodore Sturgeon, Somtow's CHRONICLES OF THE HIGH INQUEST deal with ""the greatest magnitude of spectacle and color si...

  • Alien Swordmaster

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    As Japanese-American anthropologist Tomoko Jones is revived from suspended animation to satisfy the sexual appetite of the Visitor Commander of Tokyo, Tomoko's husband, Matt, and swordmaster Kenzo Sugihara lead the resistance fighters to Japan...

  • The Darkling Wind

    Chronicles of the High Inquest - 4

    The majestic conclusion of the original Inquestor Series, S.P. Somtow's classic masterpiece of the fall of a galactic empire, returns in a new edition in time for the publication of new novels in the series. What is it like to rule over a million wor...

  • The Dawning Shadow

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  • The Fallen Country

    Living in a land of eternal cold, populated by ice princesses and snow dragons and ruled by the mysterious Ringmaster, Billy Binder is joined by a group of school friends who help him discover the Ringmaster's secret powers....

  • Forgetting Places

    A powerful book about a young boy who goes on a mysterious journey to find the reason for his brother's suicide. Set in the 1980s, before social media and ubiquitous internet, the idea of the dead brother reaching out through computer messages is exo...

  • Symphony of Terror

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Award-Winning Books by Somtow Sucharitkul

Starship and Haiku
1982 Locus Award -- First Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Somtow Sucharitkul has published 12 books.

Somtow Sucharitkul does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Symphony of Terror, was published in May 1988.

The first book by Somtow Sucharitkul, Starship and Haiku, was published in September 1981.

Yes. Somtow Sucharitkul has 1 series.
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