michelle sagara/west

This is some information for anyone familiar with this series. I am a big fan of these books, and have been looking forward to the end of the series. As such, I was terribly disappointed to hear that Michelle West had been dropped by her publisher for these books. Here is her latest blog post...

Cast In Shadow Michelle Sagara Luna, August 2005, $13.95, 400 pp. ISBN: 0373802366 In the Kingdom of Karaazon, in the capital of Elantra, the river Abalyne separates the fiefs from the rest of society. In the fiefs, warlords rule over their own domain and have their own laws and armies...

Cast in Courtlight Michelle Sagara Luna, August 2006, $13.95, 400 pp ISBN: 0373802447 Not many people cross the Abalyne River to escape the fiefs, territories where warlords rule with an iron fist. Kaylin is one of the few, as she now works under the Lord of Hawks at the Halls of Laws policing...

Cast In Secret Michelle Sagara Luna, August 2007, $14.95, 521 pp. ISBN 0780373802807 One person in Elantra who made it out of the fiefs, the outposts of poverty and hideouts for criminals, is Private Kaylin Neya. She works as a police officer in the division of the Hawks. Her boss is a...

The Hidden City Michelle West Daw, Mar 2008, $24.95 ISBN: 9780756404703 Although Rath considers himself a businessman, most people classify him as a scavenger of antiques in the undercity; he sells his finds to dealers who have clients desiring objects from before the Blood Wars. A reclusive...

Cast in Fury Michelle Sagara Luna, Oct 2008, $14.95 ISBN: 9780373802692 The abnormal size and intensity of the tidal wave that almost destroyed the city has ignited racial tension. Many in Elantra assume the Tha’alani deliberately caused the disaster as they were seen going to the water and...

Cast in Silence Michelle Sagara Luna, Aug 2009, $14.99 ISBN: 9780373803002 Elantra is a wonderful city ruled by the dragon emperor. He, his court and most inhabitants care nothing about the Fiefs (slums) that are located across the Ablayne River. There are several fiefs each ruled by a...

City of Night Michelle West Daw, Feb 2 2010, $25.95 ISBN: 9780756405984 In the capital city of Essalieyam Empire Averalaan lies the under city beneath the streets. Very few of the surface dwellers know that life below ground exists. Rath, estranged from his family, seeks valuables from the land...

Cast In Chaos Michelle Sagara Luna, Aug 1 2010, $14.95 ISBN: 9780373803194 The City of Elantra’s influential are stunned when the powerless charlatans on Elani Street suddenly possess magical skills. Alarm spreads even by some of the new practitioners. This trepidation turns to abject fear when...

Harvest Moon Mercedes Lackey, Michelle Sagara, Cameron Haley Luna, Oct 1 2010, $17.95 ISBN: 9780373803224 “A Tangled Web” by Mercedes Lackey. At. Mt Olympus, Thanatos kidnaps Brunnhilde in the opening ploy of a scheme to enable his master Hades to capture Persephone. Ever since he met her (see...

House Name Michelle West Daw, Jan 4 2011, $25.95 ISBN: 9780756406516 In the Essaylieyan Empire capital, Averalaan, Jewel “Jay” MarkessA has survived being an orphan in the slums thanks in part to her “mentor” Old Rath the demon slayer who taught her how to live off the treasures beneath the...

Cast in Ruin Michelle Sagara Luna, Sep 20 2011, $14.95 ISBN: 9780373803309 Elantra Hawk police Private Kaylin Neya and her peers work on resettling the Norannir in the Fief of Tiamaris while the Dragon Emperor demands a visit from her. However, after Kaylin uses her magical abilities to remove...

Skirmish Michelle West Daw, Jan 3 2012, $25.95 ISBN 9780756407018 In the Essalieyan Empire, the Terafin leader of the House Terafin is dead, a victim of demonic assassination. A power struggle ensues as to who will replace the head of the most powerful House. Former Averallaan street and...

Silence Michelle Sagara Daw, May 1 2012, $17.99 ISBN: 9780756407421 Anyone in Toronto seeing Emma in daylight would believe she is contented with her life; however at night she, accompanied by her dog, goes to the cemetery to visit her late boyfriend Nathan who died in a car accident. On one...

Cast in Peril Michelle Sagara Luna, Sep 18 2012, $14.95 ISBN: 9780373803507 In the Elantra Empire, Private Kaylin Neva feels she has a strong opportunity for a promotion with the scandalous information she found re the Exchequor. Kaylin dreams of a larger flat, which a raise would make...

Battle Michelle West Daw, Dec 31, 2012, $25.95 ISBN: 9780756407957 In the Essaylieyan Empire capital Averalaan, eight weeks have passed since Jewel Markess ATerafin became head of the most powerful of the ruling Ten Houses, Terafin (see Skirmish). Since her rise, four assassination attempts...

Michelle has provided summaries to the events that take you from the end of the Sunsword books, through the last 3 House War books. You can find them on her website: http://msagarawest.wordpress.com/

This is the best news of the day for me, since I'm a huge fan. Here's the blurb: This is the first book in the House Wars series.

Now that I'm almost done The Broken Crown (1st book of the Sun Sword ), I'm ready to buy the rest of the series. I see she has a 2 book set (The Sacred Hunt) that introduces some characters from the Sun Sword books. My question is - should I read the Sacred Hunt first before I get back to the...

Anybody read this series??? I notice that book 6 is out, and wondered if it was worthy of a read...