Series
Diadem (Jo Clayton)
Jo Clayton · 9 novels · 1977–1986
Diadem from the Stars opens Jo Clayton's Diadem saga, following Aleytys, a young outcast woman bonded to a powerful, sentient alien diadem that grants her extraordinary abilities she barely understands or controls. The series follows her journey across many worlds as she searches for her origins while other factions try to seize the diadem's power for themselves. It ran across nine novels published between the late 1970s and mid-1980s.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Diadem (Jo Clayton) 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
- 1970s4
- 1980s5
Shape
9 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:science fictionaliensother star systemsfar futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 89% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book9 of 9 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Irsuddarkest
- Maevebrightest
- Quester's Endgamecalmest
- Star Huntersmost intense