“IN WHAT ORDER SHOULD I READ YOUR NOVELS?”

 As you might expect, I hear this question a lot at conventions. Ah, the doom of a universe writer. Not a bad doom to have, though, considering the question itself means a reader who: 1) is reading more than one book, and; 2) wants to enjoy the series as much as possible.

With that in mind, I will gladly answer the question, both to any reader who asks me individually, and for all my readers and readers-to-be in this post.

“In what order?” is a multi-faceted question, which can be answered three different ways, with you, the reader, deciding which you want to take. First is Chronological by Universe. Second will be Chronological by Publish Date. Third will be grouped by Main Characters.

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First (not evil) Order:

Chronological by Universe Date

This is a list that already exists on the Timeline page, but I’ll post the published books here for ease of access. Please note that this list contains only SHARDS UNIVERSE novels. So my YA fantasy adventure novel The Angel of St. Thomas vs. The Galactic Good Guys is not included. (Well, I guess it is now.)

 As I mentioned, there’s a complete list of the published and unpublished novels, novellas, and short stories, along with significant dates and technologies on their own page.

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Second Order:

Chronological by Publish Date

This one is pretty much the same as the first one, with two big exceptions. The first one, Shards, was my first novel in what would be predictably called the SHARDS UNIVERSE. It may be four books, but I’ve always considered it one novel. One looooong novel, checking in at 297,000 words. I didn’t write it for publishing; I wrote it for myself. Once I was urged to get it published, I knew I could never get that done as a first novel. I had originally written in a four-book format, but the publisher would have to take all four at once. Again, not a real possibility for a new author. Fortunately, I’d already written Horizons and others by that time, so I submitted them. The second exception is Redeeming the Plumb, which is the most recent published (to date), but the first chronologically. I omitted the novella, A Piñata for Juanita, because I can’t quite remember when it appeared as a dollar download on Amazon.

Here, then, is the order:

Third Order:

By Main Character(s)

This is a short one. For now. I enjoy using characters across novels; it takes a long time to define a significant character life. There are at this point only six pivotal characters in my universe. By pivotal, I mean their actions had a profound impact on the design of the SHARDS UNIVERSE. More are coming, but here they are by novel. I’ve also included planned novels, which will be denoted in quotes. At some point I’ll be creating a character page, which will include all their appearances. I’ll also update this list with titles and links to short stories they appear in. (And they all appear in other stories.)

All appearances are in the order they occur to the character.

So, that’s it! If you have any questions you’d like answered about the SHARDS UNIVERSE, feel free to drop me a line. I’m easily found at my:

full name  at this site’s domain.

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