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S M Stirling

Canada (b.1953)

S M Stirling a writer by trade, born in France but Canadian by origin and American by naturalization, living in New Mexico at present. My hobbies are mostly related to the craft -- He loves history, anthropology and archaeology, and is interested in the sciences. The martial arts are his main physical hobby.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, GameLit

New and upcoming books

June 2025

Lords of Creation
(Lords of Creation, book 3)

July 2025

Winds of Fate
(Make the Darkness Light, book 2)

Series

Draka
   1. Marching Through Georgia (1988)
   2. Under the Yoke (1989)
   3. The Stone Dogs (1990)
   4. Drakon (1996)
   Drakas! (2000)

General (Raj Whitehall)
   1. The Forge (1991) (with David Drake)
   2. The Hammer (1992) (with David Drake)
   3. The Anvil (1993) (with David Drake)
   4. The Steel (1993) (with David Drake)
   5. The Sword (1995) (with David Drake)
   6. The Chosen (1996) (with David Drake)
   7. The Reformer (1999) (with David Drake)

Falkenberg's Legion (with Jerry Pournelle)
3. Go Tell the Spartans (1991)
4. Prince of Sparta (1993)

Brainship (with Anne McCaffrey)
4. The City Who Fought (1993)
7. The Ship Avenged (1997)

Flight Engineer (with James Doohan)
   1. The Rising (1996)
   2. The Privateer (1999)
   3. The Independent Command (2000)

Worlds of Honor (with David Drake and David Weber)
1. More Than Honor (1998)

Island in the Sea of Time
   1. Island in the Sea of Time (1998)
   2. Against the Tide of Years (1999)
   3. On the Oceans of Eternity (2000)

Legends of the Riftwar (with Raymond E Feist)
3. Jimmy the Hand (2003)

Change
   1. Dies the Fire (2004)
   2. The Protector's War (2005)
   3. A Meeting at Corvallis (2006)
   4. The Sunrise Lands (2007)
   5. The Scourge of God (2008)
   6. The Sword of the Lady (2009)
   7. The High King of Montival (2010)
   8. The Tears of the Sun (2011)
   9. The Lord of Mountains (2012)
   10. The Given Sacrifice (2013)
   11. The Golden Princess (2014)
   The Change (2015)
   12. The Desert and the Blade (2015)
   13. Prince of Outcasts (2016)
   14. The Sea Peoples (2017)
   15. The Sky-blue Wolves (2018)

Lords of Creation
   1. The Sky People (2006)
   2. In the Courts of the Crimson Kings (2008)
   3. Lords of Creation (2025)

Shadowspawn
   1. A Taint in the Blood (2010)
   2. The Council of Shadows (2011)
   3. Shadows of Falling Night (2013)

Alternate World War
   1. Black Chamber (2018)
   2. Theater of Spies (2019)
   3. Shadows of Annihilation (2020)

Treasures of Tartary
1. Daggers in Darkness (2021)

Conan
Blood of the Serpent (2022)

Make the Darkness Light
1. To Turn the Tide (2024)
2. Winds of Fate (2025)

Novels

   The Rose Sea (1994) (with Holly Lisle)
   The Peshawar Lancers (2002)
   Conquistador (2003)

Collections

Ice, Iron and Gold (2007)
Lest Darkness Fall & Related Stories (2011) (with others)

Anthologies edited

Fantastic World War II (1990) (with Frank D McSherry)
Power (1991)

Series contributed to

Fifth Millenium
   1. Snowbrother (1985)
   2. The Sharpest Edge (1986) (with Shirley Meier)
   3. The Cage (1989) (with Shirley Meier)
   4. Shadow's Son (1991) (with Shirley Meier and Karen Wehrstein)
   8. Saber and Shadow (1992) (with Shirley Meier)

Man-Kzin
The Children's Hour (1991) (with Jerry Pournelle)

War World
6. Blood Feuds (1992) (with others)
7. Blood Vengeance (1994) (with others)

Babylon 5
6. Betrayals (1996)

T2
   1. Infiltrator (2001)
   2. Rising Storm (2002)
   3. The Future War (2003)

Clan of the Claw
1. Exiled (2011) (with others)
2. By Tooth and Claw (2015) (with others)

Car Warriors: Autoduel Chronicles
1. Go Hard Or Go Home (2024) (with Larry Dixon and Jody Lynn Nye)

Books containing stories by S M Stirling

Thin Red Tales (2025)
Military Alternate History
(Arc of Ares)
edited by
James Young

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40 (2024)
(Writers of the Future, book 40)
edited by
L Ron Hubbard and Jody Lynn Nye

Go Hard Or Go Home (2024)
(Car Warriors: Autoduel Chronicles, book 1)
edited by
Larry Dixon, Jody Lynn Nye and S M Stirling

More books

Awards

2019 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel : Black Chamber

Award nominations

	2021 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel (nominee) : Daggers in Darkness
	2018 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel (nominee) : The Sea Peoples
	2016 Dragon Award for Best Apocalyptic Novel (nominee) : The Desert and the Blade
	2004 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Conquistador
	2003 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Peshawar Lancers
	2001 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : Island in the Sea of Time
	1991 Prometheus Award (nominee) : Under the Yoke

S M Stirling recommends

Ashes of the Sun (2020)
(Burningblade & Silvereye, book 1)
Django Wexler
"Ashes of the Sun shows that Wexler is a master of high fantasy. His plotting and this post-apocalyptic setting will warp your mind!"

The Oppenheimer Alternative (2020)
Robert J Sawyer
"A truly science-fictional work of alternate history."

Chasing Sunrise (2019)
(Sunrise Prophecy, book 1)
Emily Mah
"The characters are very human-even when they're not...Highly recommended!."

A Girl in Time (2016)
(Girl in Time, book 1)
John Birmingham
"Deranged and brilliant. I'm panting for more."

Child of a Hidden Sea (2014)
(Hidden Sea Tales, book 1)
A M Dellamonica
"Something refreshing in the way of fantasy. I look forward eagerly to the next in the series!"

Directive 51 (2010)
(Daybreak , book 1)
John Barnes
"Barnes has written the thinking person's techno-thriller. The large cast is handled adroitly, the tension level is high, the big ideas make you think, and I was kept up all night!"

Maelstrom (2009)
(Destroyermen, book 3)
Taylor Anderson
"Anderson has brought a fresh new perspective to the tale of crosstime shipwreck."

A Shadow in Summer (2006)
(Long Price Quartet, book 1)
Daniel Abraham
"In a world of bloated fantasy clones, Abraham's voice is fresh and startlingly new; not only is his worldbuilding original, but the characters who inhabit the universe he's created are both strange and fully human."

Mutineer (2004)
(Kris Longknife, book 1)
Mike Shepherd
"Solid writing, exciting action and likeable characters."

Goddess of the Ice Realm (2003)
(Lord of the Isles, book 5)
David Drake
"Goddess of the Ice Realm is a solid addition to an outstanding fantasy series, showing once again that Drake is among the most versatile of authors in the SF/Fantasy genres."

The Shadow of the Storm (2003)
(Fallen Cloud, book 3)
Kurt R A Giambastiani
"A fresh and interesting treatment of Native American Legend."

Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart (2002)
(Firekeeper Saga, book 2)
Jane Lindskold
"Through Wolf's Eyes combines the mythic resonances of a feral child raised by wolves with a fascinating fantasy of a freshness and originality that makes all the legion of mock-medieval clones look pale and faded. Her characters live-they're real, but they are different. And the world they live in lingers in the mind; heroic, squalid, and exotic everyday I was convinced that it went on by itself when I turned the last page. Bravo!"

The Center Cannot Hold (2002)
(American Empire, book 2)
Harry Turtledove
"Exciting action, well-drawn characters who draw you into their lives and joys and sorrows, a tightly logical and engrossing plot, and an encyclopedic knowledge of history that enriches the narrative without slowing it - what's not to like? Buy the book!"

Night of the Long Knives (2002)
(Zancharthus, book 3)
Mark E Rogers
"The Zancharthus books are a weird, wild, high-energy high-fantasy ride, literally to hell and gone. I enjoyed them thoroughly, even as my jaw dropped. In a field full of timid conformism Mark Rogers isn't afraid."

Carthage Ascendant (2000)
(Book of Ash, book 2)
Mary Gentle
"One of the best fantasies I've read in 15 years, bar none."

The Annunciate (1999)
Severna Park
"A spellbinding brew of love, fear, nanotechnology, virtual reality, sex, drugs and a profound meditation on the nature and possibilities of human interaction."

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