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2018 Hugo Award Finalist for Best Series


The Cloud Roads Night Shade Books, February 2011

Moon has spent his life hiding what he is--a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the tribes of his river valley, with mixed success. Just as Moon is once again discovered and cast out by his adopted tribe, he discovers a shape-shifter like himself...


The Serpent Sea Night Shade Books, January 2012

Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. Together, they travel with their people on a pair of flying ships in hopes of finding a new home for their colony.


The Siren Depths Night Shade Books, December 2012

Now a rival court has laid claim to Moon, and Jade may or may not be willing to fight for him. Beset by doubts, Moon must travel in the company of strangers to a distant realm where he will finally face the forgotten secrets of his past, even as an old enemy returns with a vengeance.



Stories of the Raksura: Volume I Night Shade Books, September 2014
| "The Falling World"
Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud Court, has traveled with Chime and Balm to another Raksuran court. When she fails to return, her consort Moon, along with Stone and a party of warriors and hunters, must track them down. Finding them turns out to be the easy part; freeing them from an ancient trap hidden in the depths of the Reaches is much more difficult.

| "The Tale of Indigo and Cloud"
This novella explores the history of the Indigo Cloud Court, long before Moon was born. In the distant past, Indigo stole Cloud from Emerald Twilight. But in doing so, the reigning Queen Cerise and Indigo are now poised for a conflict that could spark war throughout all the courts of the Reaches.

Stories of the Raksura: Volume II Night Shade Books, June 2015
| "The Dead City"
This is a tale of Moon before he came to the Indigo Court. As Moon is fleeing the ruins of Saraseil, a groundling city destroyed by the Fell, he flies right into another potential disaster when a friendly caravanserai finds itself under attack by a strange force.

| "The Dark Earth Below"
As Moon tries to prepare for impending fatherhood, members of the Kek village in the colony tree's roots go missing, and searching for them only leads to more mysteries as the court is stalked by an unknown enemy.


The Edge of Worlds Night Shade Books, April 2016

An expedition of groundlings from the Empire of Kish have traveled through the Three Worlds to the Indigo Cloud court. The groundlings have found a sealed ancient city at the edge of the shallow seas, near the deeps of the impassable Ocean. They believe it to be the last home of their ancestors and ask for help getting inside. But the Raksura fear it was built by their own distant ancestors, the Forerunners, and the last sealed Forerunner city they encountered was a prison for an unstoppable evil.


| The Harbors of the Sun Night Shade Books, July 2017

Sequel to The Edge of Worlds, and the final book in the series. A former friend has betrayed the Raksura and their groundling companions, and now the survivors must race across the Three Worlds to rescue their kidnapped family members. When Moon and Stone are sent ahead to scout, they quickly encounter an unexpected and potentially deadly ally, and decide to disobey the queens and continue the search alone. Following in a wind-ship, Jade and Malachite make an unlikely alliance of their own, until word reaches them that the Fell are massing for an attack on the Reaches, and that forces of the powerful Empire of Kish are turning against the Raksura and their groundling comrades.



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The Stories
| "The Forest Boy" Stories of the Raksura vol I, September 2014.
Moon almost finds a home. Set before The Cloud Roads

| "The Almost Last Voyage of the Wind-ship Escarpment" Stories of the Raksura vol II, June 2015.
Jai and her crew take on a mission that may be too much for them.

| Adaptation Stories of the Raksura vol I, September 2014.
How Chime became a warrior. Set before to The Cloud Roads


| "Mimesis" The Other Half of the Sky, Spring 2013.
Jade has an adventure.

| "Trading Lesson" Stories of the Raksura vol II, June 2015.
Sunset Water comes to Indigo Cloud to trade.

| "Birthright" Mech: Age of Steel, Spring 2016.
Jai and the crew go on a salvage mission and find something strange.



The World
| The Three Worlds Traveler's Guide

| Ephemera From the Abascene Peninsula

| Timeline for All Novels and Stories


The Art
| Cover painting for The Cloud Roads and initial sketches, on artist Matthew Stewart's site

| Cover painting for The Siren Depths by Steve Argyle

| Cover painting for The Edge of Worlds by Yukari Masuike

| Moon by Jessica Peffer

| The Fell by Jessica Peffer

| Moon and Jade by Pentapus

| The Raksura by Jessica Peffer

| Jade, Moon, and Chime by Pentapus

| Malachite by Pentapus

| Moon by IvieMoon

| Jade by IvieMoon

| When Moon first encounters Stone in The Cloud Roads by Samantha Majumder

| Frost by Katriona Seallach on DeviantArt

| Search Raksura on DeviantArt


Fan Music

| The Solitary by petercline

| Chime by petercline

| Deceit of the Fell by petercline

| The Fell Flight Attacks by petercline