Lynn Abbey

About Lynn Abbey The American writer and novelist Lynn Abbey is extremely well regarded all across the world, which is due to her creative style of storytelling. A highly unique voice within the industry, she has created a name for herself that sets herself apart from others within her field. Focusing mainly on fantasy novels, she creates entire worlds that bring the reader immediately in, allowing them to feel as if they're actually there.

The best place to start is the Rifkind series, the earliest of Lynn Abbey's multi-book series: it opens with Daughter Of The Bright Moon (1979) and runs to 3 books across 1979–2006, ending with Rifkind's Challenge (2006). Lynn Abbey's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Lynn Abbey has 76 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 2013. 69 of them belong to 13 named series — the largest being the Merovingen Nights series with 8 books — and 7 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. Lynn Abbey's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Rifkind (1979–2006, 3 books), Merovingen Nights (1985–1991, 8 books) and Thieves' World Graphic Novels (1985–1987, 7 books), plus 8 more.

This guide splits Lynn Abbey's 76 books into 13 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Merovingen Nights (8 books, 1985–1991); Thieves' World Graphic Novels (7 books, 1985–1987); Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle (5 books, 1998–1999); Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas (4 books, 1994–1996); Emma Merrigan (4 books, 2000–2005), plus 8 further series.