Elizabeth Moon:  A Bibliography

Novels in Series

The Deeds of Paksenarrion Trilogy

            #1  Sheepfarmer's Daughter

Baen Books, 1988.  ISBN:  0-671-65416-0

After Paksenarrion refuses to marry a pig farmer chosen for her as her groom, she joins the army, leaves her family, and sets forth to find adventure and her own destiny.

            #2  Divided Allegiance

Baen Books, 1988.  ISBN:  0-671-69786-2

Paksenarrion, now a seasoned soldier, tries to gain admittance to an academy dedicated to training knights.

            #3  Oath of Gold

Baen Books, 1989.  ISBN:  0-671-69798-6

Paksenarrion becomes a legend as she tries to save her people and her world from the forces that would overwhelm them.

Also available in an omnibus edition, The Deed of Paksenarrion (Baen Books, 1992.  ISBN:  0-671-72104-6), containing all three novels in one volume.

Planet Pirates Series (written in collaboration with Anne McCaffrey)

            #1 Sassinak

Baen Books, 1990.  ISBN:  0-671-69863-X

Enslaved at the age of twelve, Sassinak escapes and eventually becomes a Fleet ship captain dedicated to hunting down pirates.

            #2 Generation Warriors

                        Baen Books, 1991.  ISBN:  0-671-72041-4

Sassinak battles against evil slavers.

Also available in an omnibus edition, Planet Pirates (Baen Books, 1993.  ISBN:  0-671-72187-9), containing Sassinak, Generation Warriors, and Death of Sleep (written by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye)

The Legacy of Gird

            #1  Surrender None

Baen Books, 1990.  ISBN:  0-671-69878-8

In the time before Paksenarrion, a peasant named Gird inspires his people to believe they can successfully rise up against their oppressors.

            #2  Liar's Oath

Baen Books, 1992.  ISBN:  0-671-72117-8

A broken oath, magic, and an attempt to travel to a distant land bring Luap great troubles.

Also available in an omnibus edition, The Legacy of Gird (Baen Books, 1996.  ISBN:  0-671-87747-X), containing Surrender None and Liar's Oath

The Serrano Legacy

            #1  Hunting Party

Baen Books, 1993.  ISBN:  0-671-72176-3

Disgraced former navy fleet officer Heris Serrano finds employment captaining an interstellar yacht, a job that leads to battling smugglers and other dangerous criminals.

            #2  Sporting Chance

Baen Books, 1994.  ISBN:  0-671-87619-8

As Captain Heris Serrano and her employer (and yacht owner) Lady Cecelia ferry Crown Prince Gerel home, they observe the Prince's failing intellect and investigate the sinister causes behind the changes in his mental capacity and behavior.

            #3  Winning Colors

                        Baen Books, 1995.  ISBN:  0-671-87677-5

Captain Heris Serrano tangles with an intergalactic mafia.

            #4  Once a Hero

Baen Books, 1997.  ISBN:  0-671-87769-0

In the aftermath of a mutiny, Esmay Suiza finds herself commanding a ship even as alien forces threaten.

            #5  Rules of Engagement

Baen Books, 1998.  ISBN:  0-671-57777-8

Heiress Brun Meager escapes from romantic misadventures by taking an interstellar trip, but is captured by the new Texas Godfearing Militia.

            #6  Change of Command

Baen Books, 1999.  ISBN:  0-671-57840-5

The Familias Regnant tries to cope with rioting on a prison planet,  problems with flawed "immortality" drugs, and murder.  Meanwhile, Esmay Suiza and Barin Serrano try to justify their marriage to dubious families.

            #7  Against the Odds

Baen Books, 2000.  ISBN:  0-671-31961-2

As mutiny and dissension spread throughout the Fleet, Esmay Suiza-Serrano finds herself dumped from the Service.  She is drawn, neverthless, into ever-larger and more ferocious conflicts for the very future of galactic civilization. 

The first three volumes of this series (Hunting Party, Sporting Chance, and Winning Colors) are available in the omnibus edition Heris Serrano (Baen Books, 2002.  ISBN:  0-743-43552-4).

Vatta's War

            #1  Trading in Danger

Del Rey, 2003.  ISBN:  0-345-44760-3

After expulsion from the Space Academy, Ky Vatta finds work captaining an old bucket of a ship on its rounds between interstellar junkyards.  All too soon, colonial war disrupts the routine journey.

            #2  Marque and Reprisal

                        Del Rey, publication scheduled for 9/04.  ISBN:  0-345-44758-1

Stand-alone Novels

Remnant Population

Baen Books, 1996.  ISBN:  0-671-87718-6

Seventy-year-old Ofelia declines to leave her planet when the other human colonizers abandon it.  She is happy to be the only human remaining there, living out her last years in peace.  When a new human ship arrives, the crew is butchered and Ofelia realizes she isn't the colony's sole inhabitant after all. 

The Speed of Dark

Ballantine, 2003.  ISBN:  0-345-44755-7

Lou Arrendale is a highly-functioning autistic at a time when medical science is learning how to cure most genetic diseases.  When an experimental treatment that reverses autism becomes available, Lou has to decide whether or not he wants his life to stay the same.  Does he want to become "normal" if doing so will change everything he knows about who he is?

           

Short Story Collections

Lunar Activity

                        Baen Books, 1990.  ISBN:  0-671-69870-2

Phases

Baen Books, 1997.  ISBN:  0-671-87855-7

Contains some of the stories published in Lunar Activity, plus many others.

                       

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