Sartorias-deles Timeline Order Series by Sherwood Smith

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  • Lily and Crown (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #1)
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    Lily and Crown (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #1)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2019

    “Lily and Crown” , an 18,000 word novella, proves that diplomacy is war by other means as character dance on a graceful reel through power-plays, treachery and clashing cultures, leading to changes for two powerful kingdoms and the birth of a third. This is the origin story of Colend, a setting featured in many of Sherwood Smith’s novels about Sartorias-deles.

  • Inda (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #2)
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    Inda (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #2)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 2006

    Indevan Algara-Vayir was born the second son of a powerful prince, destined to stay at home and defend his family's castle. But when war threatens, Inda is sent to the Royal Academy where he learns the art of war and finds that danger and intrigue don't only come from outside the kingdom.

  • The Fox (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #3)
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    The Fox (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #3)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 2007

    Attending the King's Military Academy had been Inda's greatest dream. But Academy reality is far from what he'd imagined-for by defending the second son of the king, Inda becomes embroiled in a vicious political struggle among the nobility that he has no hope of winning. But these petty squabbles are only a faint shadow of what is to come... more

  • King's Shield (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #4)
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    King's Shield (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #4)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2008

    Inda, on the verge of adulthood, is at last coming home. At age eleven he'd been exiled from his kingdom, but when he learns that his homeland is about to be invaded, he ends his exile to report the imminent attack. Pressed into service as the king's "royal shield arm," Inda must now defend the kingdom; for his reputation as the captain who defeated the most dangerous pirate fleet in history makes him the only man who stands a chance to defeat his country's ancient enemy.

  • Treason's Shore (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #5)
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    Treason's Shore (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #5)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2009

    Fourth in "an intense fascinating epic"* of high action and fantasy adventure. Inda, fresh from his triumph on the battlefield against the Venn, takes his place beside King Evred as Harskialdna, the King's Shield. But the Venn are far from defeated and only Inda's fame is strong enough to inspire all the squabbling kingdoms to unite and raise a force mighty enough to protect the strait and repel the enemy... more

  • Time of Daughters I (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #6)
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    Time of Daughters I (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #6)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2019

    In a time of change and danger, peace sparks to war, and sons become daughters...It’s nearly a century after the death of Inda, the unbeatable Marlovan commander. Danet and Arrow, content in their arranged marriage, just want to live in peaceful obscurity and raise their family. But when a treaty sends them to the royal city to meet the heir to the throne, they discover that peace is fragile, old enemies have long memories, and what you want isn't always what you get... more

  • Time of Daughters II (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #7)
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    Time of Daughters II (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #7)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2019

    In a time of rising danger, women go to war, and ghosts walk the walls... In the second volume of TIME OF DAUGHTERS, a few years have passed since the bloody change of regime in a disintegrating kingdom. Threats from the border become raids, led by an idle noble with an eye to kingship. The two princes, Noddy and Connar, newly emerged from the military academy, are dispatched to patrol the troubled area until they find themselves under attack... more

  • Banner of the Damned (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #8)
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    Banner of the Damned (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #8)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings · published 2012

    Princess Lasva is about to be named heir to her childless sister, the queen. But, when the queen finally bears an heir, Lasva's future is shattered. Grief-stricken, she leaves her country of Colend and falls into the arms of Prince Ivandred of Marloven Hesea. His people are utterly different-with their expertise in riding, weaponry, and magic- and the two soon marry... more

  • Over the Sea (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #9)
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    Over the Sea (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #9)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2007

    When Sherwood Smith was eight years old, a girl named Clair walked into her dreams, bringing hints of a world where girls could adventure, live on their own, and best of all, didn't have to grow up. Clair traveled about looking for girls who needed a home. She even came to Earth, where she found CJ, who did not fit. CJ found herself not only taken to another world to live, but she became the princess -- Clair's "left hand splat." One of her jobs as princess was to write down their records... more

  • Mearsies Heili Bounces Back (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #10)
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    Mearsies Heili Bounces Back (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #10)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2008

    "I am Princess Cherene Jennet Sherwood of Mearsies Heili, hater of evil, foe to all villains, and wielder of the prune pie of justice!" That's how CJ Sherwood introduces herself when she lands into her craziest adventure yet. In this, the second volume of CJ's records, she and her gang of friends gathered around the thirteen year old queen, Clair Sherwood, find themselves beset by magical spells and various villains... more

  • Poor World (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #11)
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    Poor World (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #11)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2011

    If you have a hankering to experience the prune pie of justice, ask CJ or her gang of girls if they want to Save the World.The Mearsiean girls around thirteen-year-old Queen Clair prefer their villains silly, their throwing pies gloppy, and their adventures fun. But what happens when you’ve gained a reputation for successfully outwitting villains twice your age and experience?Recruitment whether you like it or not, is what... more

  • Hunt Across Worlds (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #12)
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    Hunt Across Worlds (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #12)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2011

    CJ wrote up this adventure for her journal, though the M girls only come in at the end. It begins with two kids from Earth who discover a boy from another world being kept hostage. When they rescue him, they end up having to cross the USA before being blasted by magic to Mearsies Heili, where they meet a sailor girl who's been stuck in charge of a Mysterious Magical Object. CJ and the gang try to come to the rescue, discovering that being on the edge of big events can lead to bigger questions... more

  • Senrid (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #13)
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    Senrid (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #13)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2007

    The kids on the good side are united in one thing: regarding Senrid as a villain... more

  • The Spy Princess (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #14)
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    The Spy Princess (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #14)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2012

    Just right for fans of Tamora Pierce and Patricia C. Wrede! When twelve-year-old Lady Lilah decides to disguise herself and sneak out of the palace one night, she has more of an adventure than she expected--for she learns very quickly that the country is on the edge of revolution. When she sneaks back in, she learns something even more surprising: her older brother Peitar is one of the forces behind it all... more

  • Sartor (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #15)
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    Sartor (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #15)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2012

    In this sequel to The Spy Princess, Lilah, newly made a princess, teams up with Atan, the hidden princess of the oldest country in the world, Sartor, to free the kingdom from a century of enchantment. Capture, escape, a forest beyond time, ancient beings, civilizations secreted in caves, and a deadly enemy await the girls. Atan knows that if she survives, the challenges facing a fifteen-year-old queen are only beginning.

  • Fleeing Peace (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #16)
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    Fleeing Peace (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #16)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2011

    Siamis said, “Your young friend Liere is not going to enjoy the trap she’s walking into, I fear. But you figured that out, did you not? Why didn’t she listen to you?” “To snap her fingers under your nose,” Senrid retorted.“Irresistible.” Siamis smiled gently. “But it’s going to cost.” Fifteen-year-old Senrid is newly king of the difficult warrior kingdom Marloven Hess . . . just in time to lose it, and find himself running for his life with two kids who once were his enemies... more

  • A Stranger to Command (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #17)
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    A Stranger to Command (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #17)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2008

    This prequel to Crown Duel is about the early life of Vidanric Renselaeus, Marquis of Shevraeth, who as a courtly, well-mannered teen coached in the noble art of dueling, finds himself thrown into the infamous cavalry command academy in Marloven Hess. There, instead of reading theories about statecraft, he is forced to learn about command from the inside--and what it means to be king.

  • A Sword Named Truth (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #18)
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    A Sword Named Truth (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #18)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2019

    Untested young rulers must cooperate to protect their world from the magical threat of the mysterious kingdom of Norsunder in a new epic fantasy trilogy set in the same world as the popular Inda series.The first installment of a trilogy, A Sword Named Truth launches readers into a story of non-stop action, politics, and magical threats leading to Norsunder's return. Our heroes span continents and cultures, ambitions and desires, but share one characteristic: they are young leaders... more

  • Nightside of the Sun (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #20)
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    Nightside of the Sun (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #20)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2022

    The climax to the Rise of the Alliance saga begins with Detlev’s boys taking two prisoners as they retreat to their lair on Five, the sister world that has been lifeless for nearly five thousand years. Reviled by both sides, the one thing they can trust is their strength, their training, and each other. Or so it seems.Meanwhile, unknown to both Norsunder and the Sartoran mages, there are secrets living within that world that will change everything... more

  • Crown Duel (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #21)
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    Crown Duel (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #21)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings · published 1997

    Battle on and off the field, with sword and fan, with might and manners...It begins in a cold and shabby tower room, where young Countess Meliara swears to her dying father that she and her brother will defend their people from the growing greed of the king. That promise leads them into a war for which they are ill prepared, a war that threatens the homes and lives of the very people they are trying to protect... more

  • The Trouble with Kings (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #22)
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    The Trouble with Kings (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #22)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings · published 2008

    Princess Flian finds herself the unwilling object of desire of three royals. Is the one she wants a villain--or a hero?Waking up in a strange place, Flian Elandersi at first doesn't know who she is. One wicked prince tells her she is secretly engaged to an even more wicked king who wants to marry her right away. But before that happens, yet another wicked prince crashes through a window on horseback to sweep her off her feet... more

  • Once a Princess (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #23)
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    Once a Princess (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #23)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2008

    Swashbuckling in a magic world-L.A. style! Sasharia en Garde! book 1. Sasha's mother, Sun, was once swept away from a Ren Faire to another world by a prince-literally-but there was no happy ending. Sun's prince disappeared, and a wicked king took the Khanerenth throne. In the years since, Sasha and Sun have been back on Earth and on the run. Mom and daughter don't quite see eye to eye on the situation-Sasha wants to stand and fight... more

  • The Wicked Skill (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #24)
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    The Wicked Skill (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #24)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2022

    In this fantasy of manners we meet two displaced young kings, one shopkeeper’s daughter who went away an ugly duckling and returns five years later a beautiful and highly skilled swan, and a young queen who is master of all she surveys . . . until she isn’t. The result is the last summer of love and adventure on the eve of cataclysm... more

  • Ship Without Sails (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #25)
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    Ship Without Sails (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #25)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2022

    Nobody sane wants war.But what happens when war comes to you?In this first volume of The Norsunder War, the allies introduced in The Rise of the Alliance find their world invaded. For Atan, Queen of Sartor, preserving lives and knowledge come before fleeing to safety. Jilo of Chwahirsland risks his life to resist the return of an evil king. And for Senrid of Marloven Hess, it means facing a combined army whose might hasn’t been seen for eight hundred years, and losing everything he holds dear... more

  • A Chain of Braided Silver (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #28)
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    A Chain of Braided Silver (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #28)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2022

    “Written with heart-piercing vividness and sly humor, a roller coaster of emotions!”“Consistently brilliant, this series showcases what fantastic worldbuilding can be.”The long-awaited conclusion to The Norsunder War is also the culmination to the entire Sartorias-deles arc... more

  • Remalna's Children (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #29)
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    Remalna's Children (Sartorias-deles Timeline Order #29)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings · published 2011

    Together for the first time, two stories about Meliara and Vidanric's oldest children: "Beauty" in which Princess Elestra (the plain one) goes to look at a tree, and discovers a handsome villain, and "Court Ship" in which Prince Alaraec and his friend Nadav, heir to Savona, go to court a princess, but find themselves distracted. The princess does not intend to let them remain distracted for long.

  • Let the Torrent Dance Thee Down (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #31)
    #31

    Let the Torrent Dance Thee Down (Sartorias-deles (Timeline Order) #31)

    Sherwood Smith

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2023

    “Written with searing intensity, this story of the redemptive power of love amid the shambles of war and the re-emergence of ancient powers builds to a white-knuckle climax.”The war is over, all but the cleanup. And the emotional recovery, with its scars both visible and invisible. Liere Fer Eider learns on the run how to become a queen, while Andri adjusts to life this side of the law. Senrid, in devastated Marloven Hess, has to straight-arm a rage-filled populace into peace... more

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