Tanya Huff Books In Order
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Valor's Choice | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Better Part of Valor | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Heart of Valor | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Valor's Trial | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Truth of Valor | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Confederation Collections
Publication Order of Gale Women Books
The Enchantment Emporium | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wild Ways | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Future Falls | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Keeper Chronicles Books
Summon the Keeper | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Second Summoning | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Long Hot Summoning | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Peacekeeper Books
An Ancient Peace | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Peace Divided | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Privilege of Peace | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Quarters Books
Sing the Four Quarters | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fifth Quarter | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Quarter | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Quartered Sea | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Three Quarters: A Quarters Collection | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Ravenloft Books
Knight of the Black Rose | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vampire of the Mists | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dance Of The Dead | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heart of Midnight | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tapestry of Dark Souls | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I, Strahd: Memoirs of a Vampire | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Carnival of Fear | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Enemy Within | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mordenheim | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales of Ravenloft | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tower of Doom | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scholar of Decay | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of a Darklord | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
King of the Dead | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lord of the Necropolis | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadowborn | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spectre of the Black Rose | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spectre of the Black Rose: Ravenloft The Covenant | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Black Crusade | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heaven's Bones | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
To Sleep With Evil | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Smoke Trilogy Books
Smoke and Shadows | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smoke and Mirrors | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smoke and Ashes | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Vicki Nelson Books
Blood Price | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Trail | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Lines | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Pact | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Debt | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Bank | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Shot | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Wizard of the Grove Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fire's Stone | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silvered | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Into the Broken Lands | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Valdemar Anthologies
Valdemar Companion | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sun in Glory and Other Tales of Valdemar | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Changing the World | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The One Left Behind | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No True Way | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crucible | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tempest | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pathways | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Demon's Den and Other Tales of Valdemar | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Choices | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seasons | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Passages | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boundaries | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shenanigans | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Anything With Nothing | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
What Ho, Magic! | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stealing Magic | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Relative Magic | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
He Said, Sidhe Said & Other Tales | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Finding Magic | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nights of the Round Table and Other Stories of Heroic Fantasy | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
February Thaw & Other Stories of Contemporary Fantasy | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swan's Braid and Other Tales of Terizan | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Third Time Lucky | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Investigating Women | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vampire Detectives | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Northern Frights III | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Virtuous Vampires | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords of the Rainbow | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Time of the Vampires | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fortune Teller | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crossing the Line | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fifteenth Annual Collection | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Repentant | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Women of War | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Totally Charmed | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mythspring | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under Cover of Darkness | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Many Bloody Returns | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dragon Done It | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Evolve | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Vampires in Love | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Those Who Fight Monsters | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wild Side | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Armored | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Fantasy Medley 2 | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weird Detectives | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Queers Dig Time Lords | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Imaginarium 2013 | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Operation Arcana | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories By Women | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Warrior Women | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Infinite Stars | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Modern Deity's Guide to Surviving Humanity | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tanya Huff is a Canadian Fantasy Author that has been pursuing her writing career since the late 1980s.
+Biography
Tanya Huff was born in 1957 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Raised in Kingston, Ontario, Tanya’s first foray into the writing arena began at The Picton Gazette, when she was ten. Earning $10 for two of her poems as a result, Huff later on joined Canada’s Naval Reserve as a Cook in 1975.
With her service ending in 1979, Tanya Huff attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, earning a Bachelor of Applied Arts Degree in Radio and Television Arts. The author is said to have shared a class with Robert J. Sawyer, a noted science-fiction writer with whom she collaborated on their final TV Studio Lab assignment.
Following her graduation, Tanya Huff briefly worked at a game store (Mr. Gameway’s Ark) in Downtown Toronto. She also worked at North America’s longest surviving science fiction Book store. It was during this time that Tanya wrote various novels and short stories.
Many of them were subsequently published in the years that followed. She sold ‘Third Time Lucky’ to George Scithers (editor of Amazing Stories) in 1985. This was her first professional sale.
During the early years of her writing career, Tanya joined many a writing group, especially while she was living in Downtown Ontario. Eventually moving to rural Ontario with her four large cats, Tanya Huff is currently one of Canada’s most prominent writers, specializing in the area of contemporary fantasy.
Many of Tanya’s scenes take place in and around places in Toronto, Kingston and elsewhere that she has lived or frequented. She also has a tendency to utilize the names of her friends and acquaintances in her stories.
During her long career, Tanya Huff has written novels in a wide variety of genres, from horror to romance fantasy and Space opera.
Several of Huff’s works have been nominated for the Aurora Award. Tanya Huff is proud of the fact that she makes her living solely through writing.
+Blood Ties
Blood Ties was a CBC Television show adapted from Tanya’s Vicki Nelson series of novels. Produced by CHUM Television and Kaleidoscope Entertainment, it lasted for one season, failing to attract the necessary ratings to warranty a second season (which would have been a third season in the United States).
+Child of the Grove
Ardhan is losing its magic, slowly but surely. One wizard remains, a master of evil determined to claim lordship over the entire world. IN an attempt to stop his machinations, the elders send crystal, the last wizard to walk the earth, the child of the grove and daughter of power.
The final war is about to begin.
Most readers will agree that Child of the Grove is a Flawed book. This is especially true for the first 100 pages. Granted, they aren’t terrible by any definition of the word. However, the fact that they are little more than an extended prologue doesn’t help matters.
Some readers might also complain about timing of the breaks in the story; just as you begin to truly enjoy the characters and their tales, their time ends and a new generation begins, bringing with it new characters and stories.
The romantic element of Child of the Grove is no better. Crystal’s attraction for her love-interest doesn’t work; it’s almost as if she only cares for him because he is the only individual around interested in her.
And Tanya Huff doesn’t do a particularly good job of fleshing Crystal out as a character; Tanya’s intention to chronicle Crystal’s attempts at balancing the various facets of her life, the wizard, princess and human being in her, doesn’t quite deliver the results one might expect, probably because the audience isn’t given nearly as much time to understand Crystal as might be necessary.
The villain hardly fares better; as an immortal being that is trying to bring the world to ruin because he’s bored, the antagonist’s objectives fail to captivate primarily because of the lackluster reasons driving his actions. More of a caricature than an actual character, the villain is hardly worth exploring outside the arena of the magic he wields.
None the less, Child of the Grove could be described as a comfortable read. One of Tanya Huff’s earliest works, the inexperience clearly shows, the book boasting some decent elements that quickly become overwhelmed by facets that, while hardy terrible, could have done with some polishing.
Most pieces of the story do not fit together well enough to make for a cohesive tale, not when they are compared to her later works.
However, despite these shortcomings, especially the rather lackluster climax of the story, Tanya Huff manages to entertain, building a rich and vivid world filled with magic and fantastical creatures.
+The Last Wizard
Crystal came to the world of Ardhan as a gift from the elders, sent to save its people from an evil wizard. With her enemy destroyed, Crystal is now without purpose, until she saves a human life, finding a new cause for her growing powers.
The last Wizard is a better book than Child of the Grove, its predecessor, primarily because of the direction Tanya Huff chooses to take her story. As opposed to every other fantasy tale that sees the hero ride off into the sunset after saving the world, Tanya dares to ask a difficult question: when you save the world from unfathomable evil and accomplish your purpose, what comes next?
Crystal has been training for the final battle her whole life; with the fight now over and victory attained, she struggles to find a place in civilized society.
One striking difference between The Last Wizard and Child of the Grove is Tanya Huff’s decision to focus her story; as opposed to Child of the Grove, which chose to cover the various generations that came before Crystal, this creating a back story far longer than anyone cared to read, The Last Wizard focuses solely on Crystal, this allowing readers an opportunity to finally explore the heroine of Tanya Huff’s novels.
Along with a cast of interesting characters and a love interest worth reading about, The Last Wizard is a truly impressive improvement over Child of the Grove; though Tanya does drop the ball with her less than impressive ending.
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