
Shadow and Bone
romantic fantasy
Series · paranormal romance
The Guardians Trilogy series by Nora Roberts has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Stars of Fortune (2015). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Island of Glass.
Start here: Stars of Fortune (2015) — then read straight through in publication order.
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
Stars of Fortune opens the trilogy in November 2015 at 336 pages, sending archaeologist Sasha Riggs and adventurer Bran Killian to the island of Corfu in search of the first of three mythical fire stars.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Stars of FortuneBay of Sighs followed five months later, in April 2016, at 352 pages, moving Nora Roberts's six-person quest for the mythical stars to Croatia as fighter Annika and scholar Doyle Manning close in on the water star.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Bay of SighsIsland of Glass closes the trilogy in August 2016, again at 352 pages, bringing the six-person quest back to Ireland for the final star and the confrontation with the force that has been hunting them.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Island of GlassThe Guardians Trilogy sends six strangers — three men and three women, each gifted with a different elemental power — on a globe-spanning quest to recover three mythical stars scattered across the earth by the goddess of the moon before an ancient evil can find them first. The group, drawn together by visions none of them can explain, includes an archaeologist, a treasure hunter, a warrior, a healer, a scholar, and a fighter, each with a personal reason to distrust fate even as it keeps throwing them together. Stars of Fortune opens the quest on the island of Corfu as archaeologist Sasha Riggs and adventurer Bran Killian search for the first of the three fire stars. Bay of Sighs moves the hunt to Croatia as the group's fierce fighter Annika and scholar Doyle Manning close in on the water star while old grudges within the group surface. Island of Glass closes the trilogy back in Ireland, where healer Riley and archaeologist-turned-treasure-hunter Ilya finish the search for the final star while the six friends confront the dark force that has been hunting them the entire journey.
Roberts structures the trilogy like a globe-trotting adventure novel as much as a romance: each book is a new location and a new star, but the six travelers' growing loyalty to each other, and the danger closing in behind them, is one continuous story that only concludes in the third book.
Three: Stars of Fortune, Bay of Sighs, and Island of Glass.
Publication order: Stars of Fortune, Bay of Sighs, Island of Glass. The trilogy follows one continuous quest across three countries that resolves in the final book.
Yes. The six-person group and the threat pursuing them are established gradually, and the final battle in Island of Glass depends on the first two books.
Sasha, Bran, Annika, Doyle, Riley, and Ilya — six elementally gifted strangers united to find three mythical stars before an ancient evil does.
No direct crossover, but it shares the elemental-magic, quest-driven structure of her earlier Key Trilogy and Circle Trilogy.
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