Series
Chronicles of the Cheysuli
Jennifer Roberson · 8 novels · 1 novelette · 1 short story · 1984–1992
The Cheysuli are a clan of warriors who can shift into animal form at will, once trusted allies of the kings of Homana until a princess's elopement with a Cheysuli liege man triggers a war that leaves her people hunted exiles in their own land. Jennifer Roberson's Chronicles of the Cheysuli opens a generation later with Alix, daughter of that forbidden union, as she comes to terms with the shapechanging magic in her own blood and an ancient prophecy she can't escape. The series spans multiple generations of the same bloodline across its eight books.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(4 editions)
Map
Chronicles of the Cheysuli at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s8
- 1990s2
Shape
8 novels · 1 novelette · 1 short story
1 author
reads like:fantasyshapeshifterssecondary worldtimeless or unspecifiedadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 89% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book9 of 10 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Song of Homanadarkest
- Blood of Sorcerybrightest
- A Pride of Princescalmest
- Legacy of the Swordmost intense