Author guide
Marina Dyachenko Books in Order
Marina Dyachenko (also Marina Shyrshova-Dyachenko) is a Ukrainian-American writer and former actress. With Sergey Dyachenko, she co-authored novels, novellas, short fiction, children's books, plays, and screenplays. Their work combines fantasy, speculative fiction, science fiction, folklore, and literary fiction. After Sergey Dyachenko's death in 2022, Marina completed and prepared several projects begun during their collaboration.
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Vita Nostra
The best-known entry point and the first novel in the Metamorphoses cycle.
The Gate-Keeper
The first novel and the opening volume of the Wanderers cycle.
Age of Witches
A standalone urban-fantasy novel and the opening volume of its trilogy.
Read in order
Books by series
series · complete
Wanderers
A four-novel fantasy cycle following generations of characters in a threatened magical world.
series · complete
Key to the Kingdom
A young-adult fantasy trilogy about the relationship between ordinary people and magic.
series · complete
Vagrant Spark
A fantasy cycle loosely connected through the world of Varan and the Copper King.
cycle · ongoing
Metamorphoses
An associative speculative-fiction cycle exploring transformations of personhood, reality, number, and idea.
- 1 Vita NostraAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2007
- 2 Digital, or Brevis EstAmazon ↗
Book 2 · novel · 2009 Optional
- 3 Migrant, or Brevi FinieturAmazon ↗
Book 3 · novel · 2010 Optional
- 4 Vita Nostra: Working on MistakesAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel · 2021
- 5 Vita Nostra: Gathering ShardsAmazon ↗
Book 5 · novel · 2024
series · complete
Age of Witches
A fantasy trilogy set in a modern world where ancient supernatural forces remain active.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (22)
- The RitualAmazon ↗
novel · 1996
- SkrutAmazon ↗
novel · 1997
- The CaveAmazon ↗
novel · 1998
- The ExecutionAmazon ↗
novel · 1999
- The FrontierAmazon ↗
novel · 1999
- Armagedd-HomeAmazon ↗
novel · 1999
- Mages May Do AnythingAmazon ↗
novel · 2001
- Valley of ConscienceAmazon ↗
novel · 2001
- PandemAmazon ↗
novel · 2003
- The PentacleAmazon ↗
novel · 2005
- Alena and AspirinAmazon ↗
novel · 2006
- Wild Energy: LanaAmazon ↗
novel · 2006
- PossessedAmazon ↗
novel · 2011
- StokratAmazon ↗
novel · 2012
- Dark World: EquilibriumAmazon ↗
novel · 2013
- The RayAmazon ↗
novel · 2019
- ScaleAmazon ↗
novel · 2022
- LeonAmazon ↗
novel · 2023
- OskolAmazon ↗
novella-collection · 2000
- KonAmazon ↗
novella · 2003
- The JudgeAmazon ↗
novella · 2003
- The ThroneAmazon ↗
novella · 2003
Short fiction (6)
- Stone RootsAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1999
- ProseAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2002
- Emma and the SphinxAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2002
- MiseraklAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2009
- World Inside OutAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2009
- Magic of the TheatreAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 2010
Children's books (7)
- The Last CentaurAmazon ↗
children's novel · 2012
- The Flying HatAmazon ↗
children's-book · 2001
- Stories for StaskaAmazon ↗
children's-story-collection · 2003
- The Adventures of Masha MikhailovaAmazon ↗
children's-book · 2004
- Balloon FishAmazon ↗
children's-book · 2004
- The Giraffe and the PandaAmazon ↗
children's-book · 2005
- Gabriel and the Steel LumberjackAmazon ↗
children's-book · 2005
Plays (1)
- The Last Don QuixoteAmazon ↗
play · 2001