Witch World


Witch World is a speculative fiction project of American writer Andre Norton, inaugurated by her 1963 novel Witch World and continuing more than four decades. Beginning in the mid-1980s, when she was about 75 years old, Norton recruited other writers to the project, and some books were published only after her death in 2005. The Witch World is a planet in a parallel universe where magic long ago superseded science; early in the fictional history, it is performed exclusively by women. The series began as a hybrid of science fiction and sword and sorcery, but for the most part it combines the latter with high fantasy.
Witch World begins with what is now called the Estcarp cycle. These describe the adventures of Simon Tregarth from Earth, his witch wife Jaelithe, and their three children Kyllan, Kemoc and Kaththea. The series was then expanded with the High Hallack cycle, starting with Year of the Unicorn in 1965 and its sequels Jargoon Pard and Gryphon in Glory. Mostly these cycles are organized by continent, with High Hallack being on one to the west of the one containing Estcarp and its neighboring countries, with a sea in between.

Novels

Estcarp

;Simon Tregarth
  • Annals of the Witch World, also known as The Gates to Witch World
  • Witch World
  • Web of the Witch World
;The Tregarth Children
  • Chronicles of the Witch World, also known as Lost Lands of Witch World
  • Three Against the Witch World
  • Warlock of the Witch World
  • Sorceress of the Witch World
;Others
  • Witch World: Swords and Spells
  • Trey of Swords
  • Ware Hawk
  • The Gate of the Cat
  • Ciara's Song with Lyn McConchie
  • The Duke's Ballad with Lyn McConchie

    High Hallack

  • Year of the Unicorn
  • The Jargoon Pard
  • Spell of the Witch World collection of stories
  • Gryphon Trilogy
  • Zarsthor's Bane
  • Horn Crown
  • Songsmith with A. C. Crispin
  • Silver May Tarnish with Lyn McConchie

    The Turning

  • Storms of Victory
  • Flight of Vengeance
  • On Wings of Magic
  • Secrets of the Witch World
  • The Key of the Keplian with Lyn McConchie
  • The Magestone with Mary H. Schaub
  • ''The Warding of Witch World''

    Short stories

  • "Ully the Piper" – collected in High Sorcery
  • "Amber out of Quayth" – collected in Spell of the Witch World
  • "Dragon Scale Silver" – collected in Spell of the Witch World
  • "Dream Smith" – collected in Spell of the Witch World
  • "Legacy from Sorn Fen" – collected in Lore of the Witch World
  • "One Spell Wizard"
  • "The Toads of Grimmerdale" – collected in Lore of the Witch World and Wizards' Worlds
  • "Spider Silk" – collected in Lore of the Witch World and Wizards' Worlds
  • "Sword of Unbelief" – collected in Lore of the Witch World and Wizards' Worlds
  • "Falcon Blood" – collected in Lore of the Witch World and Wizards' Worlds
  • "Sand Sister" – collected in Lore of the Witch World and Wizards' Worlds
  • "Changeling" – collected in Lore of the Witch World and Wizards' Worlds
  • "Were-Wrath" – published independently and collected in Wizards' Worlds
  • "Of the Shaping of Ulm's Heir" – collected in ''Tales of the Witch World 1''

    Collections and anthologies

  • High Sorcery – collection
  • Spell of the Witch World – collection
  • Lore of the Witch World – collection
  • Tales of the Witch World – anthology edited by Norton
  • Tales of the Witch World 2 – anthology edited by Norton
  • Wizards' Worlds – collection
  • Four from the Witch World – anthology edited by Norton
  • Tales of the Witch World 3 – anthology edited by Norton