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Books By Kate Elliott
Kate Elliott (the pen name of Alis Rasmussen) writes wonderful books. Her worlds are rich and detailed, her characters are real and interesting, and her plots are suspenseful and exciting.
Novels in the Crown of Stars
- King's Dragon
- Kate Elliott / Hardcover / Published 1997
- King's Dragon
- Kate Elliott / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1998
King Henry of Wendar is threatened on many fronts: his sister Sabella is threatening civil war, an inhuman race is attacking the northern coast of his realm, and his court is pressuring him to name his heir. There is the threat of magic around him, and strange signs and portents are being witnessed. Into this come two young people, Alain, an orphan promised to the church, but who swears an oath to follow the Lady of Battles when she appears before him in a vision, and Liath, who has learned forbidden magic from her father, while the two of them have lived their lives on the run from unknown enemies. A finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
- Prince of Dogs
- Kate Elliott / Hardcover / Published 1998
King Henry believes his beloved son, Sanglant, is dead, killed by the Eika when they stormed Gent. Instead, Sanglant lives chained to the throne of the Eika king, fighting for his sanity amongst the Eika's dogs. Meanwhile, Liath, who also loves Sanglant and also believes him dead, continues her life as a King's Eagle, travelling throughout the Kingdom of Wendar and learning more of her own magical capabilities, and Alain continues to learn more about what exactly it means to swear an oath to the Lady of Battles.
Novels of the Jaran
The Jaran are a nomadic tribe on a long-forgotten planet in a corner of the galaxy, declared off-limits by Charles Soerensen, once the leader of Earth's rebellion against the Chapalii Empire and now a Duke in their hierarchy. The novels of the Jaran explore what happens to people when their culture meets a more technologically advanced one, as we watch the Jaran nomads meet Terrans, and Terrans meet Chapalii.
- Jaran
- Kate Elliott / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1994
Tess Soerensen, on the spur of the moment, decides to visit the interdicted planet Rhui, under the protection of her brother Charles. When she leaves the ship, she finds she has not landed at the hidden spaceport, but in the heart of the Jaran nomad country, and a party of the alien Chapalii have gone to meet with the Jaran. Tess must find out why the Chapalii have broken the interdiction, and deal with the fierce Jaran, without revealing who, or from where, she really is.
- An Earthly Crown (The Sword of Heaven: Book One)
- Kate Elliott / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1994
- His Conquering Sword (The Sword of Heaven: Book Two)
- Kate Elliott / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1994
Ilya, leader of the Jaran tribes, has begun his conquest of his world. Charles Soerensen, leader of Earth's rebellion against the Chapalii, has begun his next campaign. Both of them need Tess Soerensen to succeed, but Tess has her own agenda.
- The Law of Becoming
- Kate Elliott / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1994
The seeds of change are beginning to sprout. The next generation is feeling its strength, and they have their own ideas about how things should be done. And the Chapalii's Game of Princes will never be the same.
Shared Universes
- The Golden Key
- Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Kate Elliott / Hardcover / Published 1996
- The Golden Key
- Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson, Kate Elliott / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1997
Three novellas entwine to bring the story of the Grijalva family of artists, whose paintings capture formal moments for posterity, but are capable of much more magical, and more sinister, uses.
Before we knew her as Kate Elliott, she was writing books under her real name, Alis Rasmussen.
- The Labyrinth Gate
- Alis A. Rasmussen / Paperback / Published 1988
(Hard to Find)
In her first published novel, a tarot deck takes a newlywed couple to a land of magic and danger.
- Revolution's Shore (Highroad Trilogy, No 2)
- Alis Rasmussen / Paperback / Published 1990
(Hard to Find) - The Price of Ransom (Highroad Trilogy, Vol 3)
- Alis A. Rasmussen / Paperback / Published 1990
(Hard to Find)Set in the same universe as the Jaran books, the Highroad Trilogy is the tale of Lily Ransome, leaving her highborn life behind to rescue a friend only to find adventure in space beyond anything she'd imagined.