Author guide
Tanya Huff Books in Order
Tanya Sue Huff is a Canadian author born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1957. She began publishing genre fiction in the 1980s and worked for many years at Toronto science-fiction bookstore Bakka. Her bibliography spans contemporary fantasy, horror, romantic fantasy, epic fantasy, military science fiction, and space opera. Her major series include the Blood and Smoke books, the Quarters novels, the Keeper Chronicles, the Confederation of Valor and Peacekeeper novels, and the Gale Family books. The Blood novels were adapted into the television series Blood Ties.
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Tanya Huff's Newest Book
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Start with one of these
Child of the Grove
The opening novel of Huff's earliest fantasy series.
Blood Price
The first Blood novel and the clearest entry to Huff's urban fantasy.
Sing the Four Quarters
The opening Quarters novel, a self-contained epic-fantasy starting point.
Summon the Keeper
The first Keeper Chronicles novel and a representative comic-fantasy entry.
Valor's Choice
The opening Confederation of Valor novel and the best entry to Huff's military science fiction.
An Ancient Peace
The opening Peacekeeper novel for readers starting with the later Torin Kerr continuation.
The Enchantment Emporium
The first Gale Family novel and an accessible contemporary-fantasy entry.
Ravenloft: Scholar of Decay
A standalone entry in the shared Ravenloft setting.
The Silvered
A standalone fantasy novel.
Into the Broken Lands
A standalone science-fiction novel.
Direct Descendant
A standalone contemporary-fantasy novel.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · complete
Novels of Crystal
A fantasy duology about the crystal-linked world of the Grove.
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Quatro Goddess
A fantasy sequence centered on the powers and conflicts of four elemental goddesses.
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Blood
Urban-fantasy investigations featuring former Toronto police detective Vicki Nelson and vampire Henry Fitzroy.
novel-series · complete
Smoke
A continuation of the Blood setting following Tony Foster as he works in supernatural television production.
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Quarters
A medieval fantasy sequence in which musicians create magic and carry news across a kingdom threatened by invasion.
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Keeper Chronicles
Comic contemporary fantasy about Keepers who maintain the fabric of reality while dealing with supernatural disruptions.
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Confederation of Valor
Military science fiction following Marine Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr and her companions on dangerous missions across the galaxy.
- 1 Valor's ChoiceAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2000
- 2
The Better Part of ValorAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2002
- 3
The Heart of ValorAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2007
- 4
Valor's Trial: A Confederation NovelAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2008
- 5
The Truth of ValorAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2010
- 6
The Shorter Parts of ValorAmazon ↗Book 6 · collection · 2022 Optional
novel-series · complete
Peacekeeper
A continuation of the Torin Kerr and Confederation universe focused on peacekeeping after the major war.
novel-series · complete
Gale Family
Contemporary fantasy about the powerful and unpredictable Gale family, centered on the Enchantment Emporium.
shared-world-series · complete
Ravenloft
Shared-world gothic fantasy setting; Huff's contribution is the novel Scholar of Decay.
- 12 Ravenloft: Scholar of DecayAmazon ↗
Book 12 · novel · 1995
shared-world-series · complete
Valdemar
Shared-world fantasy setting; Huff's contribution is a separately published collection of Valdemar stories.
- 1
The Demon's Den and Other Tales of ValdemarAmazon ↗Book 1 · collection · 2018 Optional
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (3)
Other (7)
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Stealing Magic: The Complete Adventures of Magdelene and TerizanAmazon ↗collection · 1999
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What Ho, Magic!Amazon ↗collection · 1999
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Relative MagicAmazon ↗collection · 2003
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Finding MagicAmazon ↗collection · 2007
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Nights of the Round Table and Other Stories of Heroic FantasyAmazon ↗collection · 2011
- February Thaw and Other Stories of Contemporary FantasyAmazon ↗
collection · 2011
- He Said, Sidhe Said: & Other TalesAmazon ↗
collection · 2013