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Ardath Mayhar


(Ardath Frances Hurst Mayhar)
USA flag (1930 - 2012)

aka Frank Cannon, Frances Hurst, John Killdeer

Author of sixty novels, Ardath Mayhar began her career in the early eighties with science fiction novels, fantasy, and westerns. Doubleday, Atheneum, Zebra, and TSR published many of these. She used several pseudonyms, westerns written as Frank Cannon, mountain man novels written as John Killdeer, and a historical novel as Frances Hurst. Four prehistoric Indian books under her own name came out from Berkley, one of which has been reprinted by The Fiction Works.
 

Genres: Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Historical
 
Series
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Tyrnos
   1. Soul-Singer of Tyrnos (1981)
   2. The Runes of the Lyre (1982)
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Burr Henderson
   1. Medicine Walk (1981)
   2. Medicine Dream (2009)
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Macaque Cycle (with Ron Fortier)
   1. Monkey Station (1989)
   2. Trail of the Seahawks (1987)
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Mesa
   1. People of the Mesa (1992)
   2. Island in the Lake (1993)
   3. Towers of the Earth (1994)
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Novels
   Khi to Freedom (1983)
   Exile on Vlahil (1984)
   The Saga of Grittel Sundotha (1985)
   The World Ends in Hickory Hollow (1985)
   Carrots and Miggle (1986)
   Makra Choria (1987)
   The Wall (1987)
   Feud at Sweetwater Creek (1987) (as by Frank Cannon)
   Bloody Texas Trail (1988) (as by Frank Cannon)
   Two Moons and the Black Tower (1988)
   A Place of Silver Silence (1988)
   The Absolutely Perfect Horse (1989) (with Marylois Dunn)
   Hunters of the Plains (1995)
   High Mountain Winter (1996) (as by Frances Hurst)
   Crowheart (1997)
   Timber Pirates (1997)
   A Road of Stars (1998)
   The Snowlost / Exile on Vlahil (2000)
   World of the Greist (2004)
   The Black Tower (2004)
   Closely Knit in Scarlatt (2004)
   The Tulpa (2005)
   The Conjure (2005)
   Forbidden Geometries (2005)
   Prescription for Danger (2007)
   Witchfire (2007) (with Ron Fortier)
   The Heirs of Three Oaks (2007)
   Deadly Memoir: (2009)
   The Door in the Hill (2009)
   The Dropouts (2009)
   The Fugitives (2009)
   The Lintons of Skillet Bend (2009)
   Lone Runner (2009)
   Messengers in White (2009)
   A Planet Called Heaven (2009)
   The Clarrington Heritage (2009)
   Shock Treatment (2009)
   Vendetta (2009)
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Non fiction show
 
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Ardath Mayhar recommends
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The Furnace (2011)
(Tanner Sequence, book 1)
Timothy S Johnston
"Great tension, powerful characterization, and gripping action ... The Furnace is an old-style looked-room mystery updated as horror SF. Completely original and compelling. A must read."
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Ewerton Death Trip (2011)
A R Morlan
"The horror she evokes is not so much occult as uniquely human. The worst of human traits are her stock in trade. The hints of otherworldly elements are used in just the right proportions to make one shiver."
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Wings of Power (1989)
(Sabazel, book 4)
Lillian Stewart Carl
"an intense tale...a complex and fascinating plot..."

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Anthologies containing stories by Ardath Mayhar
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Yondering (2011)
The First Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction Stories
edited by
Robert Reginald
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Dark Delicacies III: Haunted (2009)
(Dark Delicacies, book 3)
edited by
Jeff Gelb and Del Howison

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