Esther M. Friesner Books In Order
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Deception's Princess | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Deception's Pawn | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Demons Books
Here Be Demons | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Demon Blues | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Hooray For Hellywood | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Majyk Books
Majyk By Accident | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Majyk By Design | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Majyk By Hook or Crook | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of New York Books
New York by Knight | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elf Defense | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sphynxes Wild | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Nobody's Princess Books
Nobody's Princess | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Nobody's Prize | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Psalms of Herod Books
The Psalms of Herod | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Sword of Mary | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Sphinx's Princess Books
Sphinx's Princess | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sphinx's Queen | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Spirit's Princess Books
Spirit's Princess | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Spirit's Chosen | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Tim Desmond Books
Gnome Man's Land | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Harpy High | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unicorn U. | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Twelve Kingdoms Books
Mustapha and His Wise Dog | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Spells of Mortal Weaving | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Witchwood Cradle | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Water King's Laughter | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Harlot's Ruse | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Silver Mountain | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Druid's Blood | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Yesterday We Saw Mermaids | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Sherwood Game | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Child of the Eagle | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Temping Fate | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Threads and Flames | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Ecce Hominid | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
A Birthday (in F&SF) | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Collections
Death and the Librarian and Other Stories | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Up the Wall | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Author's Choice Monthly Books
The Old Funny Stuff | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Daily Voices | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Heroines | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Legacy of Fire | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Peripheral Vision | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Swatting at the Cosmos | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Neon Twilight | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Tales from a Vanished Country | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
True Minds | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Hedgework & Guessery | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Stories by Mama Lansdales Youngest Boy | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unthreatened by the Morning Light | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
It's Been Fun | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Wong's Lost and Found Emporium and Other Oddities | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Blood Of Ten Chiefs Books
The Blood of Ten Chiefs | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Wolfsong | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Winds of Change | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Against the Wind | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dark Hours | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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Publication Order of Chicks In Chainmail Books
Chicks Ahoy! | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicks in Chainmail | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Mathemagics | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicks 'n Chained Males | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Chick is in the Mail | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Turn the Other Chick | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Chicks and Balances | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Dragonflight Books
Letters from Atlantis | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Dreaming Place | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dragon's Plunder | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Wishing Season | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Born of Elven Blood | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Monet's Ghost | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Men In Black Books
Men In Black | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Men in Black: The Grazer Conspiracy | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Men in Black II | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Poker Boy Books
Publication Order of Star Trek: The Next Generation (Numbered) Books
Publication Order of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station Three | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Crafters | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Battlestations | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Snow White, Blood Red | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dark Destiny | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Best New Horror 6 | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Excalibur | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Angels! | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cthulhu 2000 | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Blood Muse | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Asimov's Science Fiction, May 1997 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Black Swan, White Raven | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Starlight 2 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Nebula Awards 32: SFWA’s Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1999 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Black Heart, Ivory Bones | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Further Adventures of Xena: Warrior Princess | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine: Joe Haldeman and Others | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Haunted Holidays | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Under Cover of Darkness | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Best New Romantic Fantasy 2 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Sword and Sorceress 22 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Witch Way to the Mall | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Strip Mauled | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Fangs for the Mammaries | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Happily Ever After | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unidentified Funny Objects 2 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unidentified Funny Objects 4 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unidentified Funny Objects 5 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2016 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Funny Horror | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Little Green Men—Attack! | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Submerged | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unidentified Funny Objects 6 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unidentified Funny Objects 7 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Galactic Stew | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Unidentified Funny Objects 8 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Noir | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Dragonesque | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Esther Friesner
Esther Friesner is a fantasy and fiction author with over 200 distinct works to her name. Friesner went to Vassar College, where she graduated with a B.A in Drama and Spanish. The talented author later joined Yale University and was awarded a Spanish M.A and a Ph.D. within a short five years. After teaching Spanish in Yale for a while, the author decides to settle full-time into writing. Currently, Friesner lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.
Nobody’s Princess
Nobody’s Princess is the first book in the Nobody’s Princess series. Hellen of Sparta is a beautiful princess with steely determination and a sassy attitude to match. While she is set to become Queen of Sparta in the future, Helen is not keen to follow the traditional path. Her love for adventure sees her following her brothers to the field for fighting lessons instead of staying indoors with the ladies doing some needlework. Since it is not common for a queen or a woman for that matter to practice fighting among the menfolk, Hellen has to disguise herself and dress like the rest of the boys. Fortunately, her mother, trainer, and brothers know about the training and support her fully.
When Helen’s twin sets off to wed with the Prince of Mykenae, Helen is among those who escort her to her new kingdom. Her brothers Polydeuces and Castor decide to go to Calydon to hunt for a rabid boar at some point, and Helen is left all alone with her sister. It is then that she decides that she would never be an average queen. Her future was undoubtedly on the battlefield, and she would do anything possible to be known for her heroic acts and not just her beauty. The author incorporates a few myths into the story, which adds some air of mystery and intrigue to it.
This story is a perfect blend of fiction and history and mythology. The author takes you back to ancient Greek and Spartan society, culture, and way of life. If you are a fan of Greek history, you will love Greece’s details and outstanding events that shaped the Spartan society. This book will also appeal to anyone who enjoys a story with a strong female character. Helen is the true definition of a strong young lady, and it is incredible how she wants to be judged through her actions and not her beauty. The story takes us through her childhood and teenage years, and it is lovely to see her transformation in those few years.
Nobody’s Princess is the story of a young girl who refuses to bow to societal expectations and forge her path. Hellen is born into royalty, but she is determined to be a fighter. Not even society expectations will deter her from achieving her goal. You would expect a princess would want to spend her time beautifying herself with the help of her servants, but Helen is not that kind of Princess. The message this book is pushing is perfect for teenage girls like Hellen, who are just discovering their identity. This book makes it clear that people should be judged according to their deeds and not their looks.
Sphinx’s Princess
Sphinx’s Princess is the first in the Sphinx’s Princess series. The book tells Nefertiti’s story, the beautiful and dutiful daughter of the Royal Wife’s brother. While Nefertiti is a commoner, her life is anything but ordinary. The young lady has been receiving scribe lessons in secret, and she is known to act quickly where injustice or cruelty is concerned. Her striking beauty is also known far and wide. When Queen Tiye hears of her niece’s beauty and impulsive behavior, she decides to use it as a pawn on her quest for power. The queen devises a plan to bring Nefertiti to the palace and keep her there before her marriage.
Nefertiti is taken from her family, an action that leaves her sad and lonely. Her life in the palace is characterized by danger and intrigue, and it is disturbing that her mind and spirit refuse to rest even when living among royalty. She is set to become a princess after marrying Queen Tiye’s firstborn son. However, in the three years before this marriage happens, she is to stay amidst Pharaoh’s junior wives, but she cannot communicate with them. You would think that her time in the palace would be a great time to get to know her betrothed, but the cold man rarely spends time with her.
A glimmer of light appears through the Prince’s brother, who also happens to be a scribe. Soon enough, Nefertiti is retaking scribe lessons in secret, and she greatly enjoys her betrothed brother’s company. The young man enjoys showing Nefertiti the city and teaching her to drive a chariot. However, when her betrothed learns about her escapades with his brother, he threatens Nefertiti.
Things take an exciting turn when the Pharaoh goes on a journey for a long time. His firstborn son takes over the throne, and Nefertiti is quick to notice his transformation. Is she finally falling in love with her husband to be? What about the recent accusation? Can her betrothed do anything to change her fate? Friesner again succeeds in blending mythology and historical fiction into a thrilling story. The tale will take you back to Egyptian history and its mythology.
Sphinx’s Princess is an enchanting read characterized by a strong female character, a rich Egyptian history, and a tension that doesn’t ease up until the last page. This is the story of a commoner who turns into royalty. Through Nefertiti, we get to experience the best of both worlds, and it is intriguing how the commoners over worshipped the gods. Imagine living in a society where one can be blamed for angering the gods for a small mistake. The book ends with a cliffhanger that will leave you searching for the next installment. You can only hope that the next book picks up where this one ended.
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