William Sarabande Books in Order

William Sarabande has written 12 books, published between 1986 and 2000. The first book is Wolves of the Dawn (1986) and the newest is Spirit Moon (2000). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1986–2000
Pages on record
4,672 in 10 of 12 books
Reading time
78–117 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,672 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

William Sarabande is the pen name of Joan Lesley Hamilton Cline, who started writing at 17 and first appeared in print in 1979. The First Americans series carries the Sarabande name across 12 catalogued books, from Beyond the Sea of Ice (1987) through Corridor of Storms (1988), Walkers of the Wind (1990) and Thunder in the Sky (1992) to Spirit Moon (2000). Subjects cover prehistoric peoples, Native Americans and historical fiction. The catalogue opens with Wolves of the Dawn (1986), filed with Celts and the Bronze Age.

How many William Sarabande books are there?

William Sarabande has 12 books, released between 1986 and 2000. 11 of them belong to the First Americans series.

William Sarabande Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 William Sarabande books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Wolves of the Dawn1986 · 453 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986453
  2. 2
    Beyond the Sea of IceFirst Americans #11987 · 373 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987373
  3. 3
    Corridor of StormsFirst Americans #21988 · 423 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988423
  4. 4
    Forbidden LandFirst Americans #31989 · 434 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989434
  5. 5
    Walkers of the WindFirst Americans #41990 · 420 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990420
  6. 6
    The Sacred StonesFirst Americans #51991 · confirmed 1/4
    1991
  7. 7
    Thunder in the SkyFirst Americans #61992 · 455 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992455
  8. 8
    The Edge of the WorldFirst Americans #71993 · 480 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993480
  9. 9
    Shadow of the Watching StarFirst Americans #81995 · 512 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995512
  10. 10
    Face of the Rising SunFirst Americans #91996 · confirmed 1/4
    1996
  11. 11
    Time Beyond BeginningFirst Americans #101998 · 496 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998496
  12. 12
    Spirit MoonFirst Americans #112000 · 626 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000626

William Sarabande books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

First Americans in order

11 books
  1. 1. Beyond the Sea of Ice
  2. 2. Corridor of Storms
  3. 3. Forbidden Land
  4. 4. Walkers of the Wind
  5. 5. The Sacred Stones
  6. 6. Thunder in the Sky
  7. 7. The Edge of the World
  8. 8. Shadow of the Watching Star
  9. 9. Face of the Rising Sun
  10. 10. Time Beyond Beginning
  11. 11. Spirit Moon

Standalone books

1 book

1 William Sarabande title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read William Sarabande books in order?

You only need to read William Sarabande books in order within the First Americans series, which holds 11 of the 12 William Sarabande books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with William Sarabande

Start with Wolves of the Dawn (1986), the earliest published title.

What is the newest William Sarabande book?

Spirit Moon (2000) is the newest William Sarabande book released so far.

Is there a new William Sarabande book coming?

No next William Sarabande book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

William Sarabande at a glance

No recent titles
The newest William Sarabande title on record dates from 2000, 26 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
William Sarabande books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,672 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 454 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most William Sarabande books, 7 of 12, were published in the 1990s.

What the William Sarabande books are about

All 12 William Sarabande books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.