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Inda's Story

Inda's story is a roman fleuve cut into four books, Inda, The Fox, King's Shield and Treason's Shore.

There is a list of characters at the back of Treason's Shore.


interview Kate Elliott did with me, posted in her blog.

Inda, The Fox, and King's Shield are not Young Adult novels.

The Young Adult portion of my story universe is here--which includes stuff about Crown Duel, the first in print, and its prequel, A Stranger to Command.

Background Stuff


Here is more detail about the world, its history, its paradigm.

Here is a more detailed map of the portions of the world in Inda's story. PDF version Here

Here is some stuff about the ships at this time in the southern hemisphere of Inda's world.

Here is a list of the main characters for Inda.

Here is a list of the main characters for The Fox.

Here is a list of the main characters for King's Shield.

Since there will be a list of characters at the back of Treason's Shore here is what happened after the end of the book, for anyone curious.

This is how I 'hear' the names pronounced.

Here is a very general timeline--spoilers for all four books.

Here is a wiki some fans are making. Like any labor of love it will take a while before it gets more data, as everyone, including me, has constant time demands. Also, I'm trying to figure out how to get layers of time put in without spoilers, and as for the atlas, what about all the many border changes over the years? Ah well, one step at a time.

Here is an I usually duck and hide from reviews as I am not the least tough and professional about these things but this one was pointed out (midway down the post) from no less a luminary than Orson Scott Card, which made me so very happy.