Deborah Chester

Deborah Chester is American author of fantasy, science fiction books and historical fiction. The author began her writing career writing romances and eventually shifted to writing other genres including, science fiction, adult fiction, and fantasy. Reign of Shadows Reign of Shadows is a fantastic series debut.

The best place to start is the Operation Star Hawks series, the earliest of Deborah Chester's multi-book series: it opens with Space Hawks (1990) and runs to 6 books across 1990–1992, ending with The Salukan Gambit (1992). Deborah Chester's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Deborah Chester has 47 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 2017. 33 of them belong to 9 named series — the largest being the Operation Star Hawks series with 6 books — and 14 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Deborah Chester's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Anthi (1985–1990, 2 books), Operation Star Hawks (1990–1992, 6 books) and The Time Trap (1992–1995, 6 books), plus 6 more.

This guide splits Deborah Chester's 47 books into 9 named series and 14 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Operation Star Hawks (6 books, 1990–1992); The Time Trap (6 books, 1992–1995); Sword, Ring and Chalice (4 books, 2000–2015); Dain (4 books, 2002–2005); The Ruby Throne Trilogy (3 books, 1996–1997), plus 4 further series.