Holiday Gift Guide (For Shami Stovall Books!)

Hey peeps!

I have a holiday sale on my website through December 1, 2026: 20% off signed books, box sets, gift bundles, and merch. If you are shopping for Christmas, or you just want a signed copy for yourself, you can order from the shop pages below!

Sale through December 1, 2026. Prices include shipping within the USA. Please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery.

Frith special editions are also 20% off. The Chronos Chronicles Special Edition [Books 1-2] is $75.00, and is not on sale.

The Frith Chronicles Special Bestiary editions of Books 1-2 and Books 3-4: black covers with gold and silver filigree, a crowned red dragon, and a star-and-sword design

If you are trying to pick the right series to wrap up, here is why these make great gifts, along with a few reviews and the awards behind them. Across my books, readers have left a 4.37 average from 30,000+ Goodreads ratings.

Do you want a holiday bundle?

I’ve got you! I have gift bundles that include plushies or bookmarks or packs of multiple books!

  • Knightmare Arcanist [Christmas Bundle] — $39.00 (was $49.00)
  • Special Book Box [Soft Covers] — $24.00 (was $30.00)
  • Special Book Box [Hard Covers] — $32.00 (was $40.00)
  • A Nicholin Plushie [Frith Chronicles] — $24.00 (was $30.00)

Do you want a WHOLE series?

They’re also 20% off on the Merch page!

Book cover of Knightmare Arcanist by Shami Stovall, the first book in the Frith Chronicles

Frith Chronicles:

2025 Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal

If you want to give someone a long adventure they can disappear into, start here. The Frith Chronicles follows gravedigger Volke Savan as he bonds with a knightmare and steps into a flintlock-fantasy world of sailing, pirates, tournaments, and plague. The Frith Guild is racing to end the arcane plague and stop a world war, and the signed sets on the Merch page let you hand over that whole journey at once.

Knightmare Arcanist, the first book, won a Silver Medal in the 2025 Readers’ Favorite Awards (Young Adult — Adventure).

“I fell in love with the world and story she was telling. This series had me laughing at times and crying at others.”

Andrew B., Goodreads review of Grandmaster Arcanist

“The world feels weathered with age having its own mythology and history. The characters feel like they could step off the page and share their struggles, both mundane and fantastical.”

Jeffrey Dawson, Goodreads review of Master Arcanist
  • Frith Chronicles [All 9 Books! Paperback] — $110.00 (was $138.00)
  • Frith Chronicles [All 8 Hard Covers] — $160.00 (was $200.00)
Book cover of Academy Arcanist by Shami Stovall, the first book in the Astra Academy series

Astra Academy:

Dragon Awards finalist ×3

This is a complete six-book series, which makes it a particularly satisfying gift. Gray Lexly, a candlemaker’s son haunted by nightmares that wound him for real, bonds with a mystical creature and enrolls at Astra Academy, a school for arcanists. Over the course of the series, his story grows into a fight against the Death Lords of the abyssal hells.

Astra Academy has been a Dragon Awards finalist in Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel three times: Academy Arcanist in 2023, Death Lord Arcanist in 2024, and Labyrinth Arcanist in 2025.

“The world building is phenomenal. The characters are dynamic. The story is rich and exciting!!!”

Shaeley, Goodreads review of Death Lord Arcanist

“But the Astra Academy series goes from strength to strength, each new book leaving the reader wanting more than from the last book.”

Henry, Goodreads review of Abyssal Arcanist
  • Astra Academy [All 6 Books! Paperback] — $72.00 (was $90.00)
  • Astra Academy [All 6 Books! Hard Covers] — $120.00 (was $150.00)
Time-Marked Warlock and Chronos Warlock, the first two books in the Chronos Chronicles, displayed with holiday decorations

Chronos Chronicles:

2024 Shelley Book Awards Grand Prize

For readers who like urban fantasy with a sharp hook, this one is a supernatural mystery with heart. Adair Finch is the most powerful warlock in the world and one of the best private investigators for hire. Bound by a pact with Chronos, the Titan of Time, he is pulled back into a world of werewolves, witches, vampires, and fae, one murder case at a time. There are four books so far, and the hardcover set is 20% off.

Time-Marked Warlock, the first book, won the Grand Prize at the 2024 Shelley Book Awards.

“A captivating and sometimes sentimental tale that puts a magical twist on a familiar time-loop framework.”

Kirkus Reviews on Time-Marked Warlock

“This book is an epic quest of love and friendship. And I adore every single chapter!”

Kealyn, Goodreads review of Time-Marked Warlock
  • Chronos Chronicles [4 Books! Hard Cover] — $80.00 (was $100.00)
Book cover of Star Marque Rising by Shami Stovall

Star Marque:

2019 CYGNUS Awards, 1st Place, Space Opera

This is the pick for someone who wants fast, scheming space opera. In a future governed by a genetic hierarchy of superhumans, humans, and defects, gunrunner Clevon Demarco is forced to serve aboard the mercenary starship Star Marque under Captain Endellion Voight. The Merch page has the first two books together as a soft-cover set.

Star Marque Rising won 1st Place in the 2019 CYGNUS Awards for Space Opera.

“Action fans will enjoy the violence and scheming that drive this story of guile and dark ambition.”

Publishers Weekly (BookLife) on Star Marque Rising
  • Star Marque Rising [First 2 Books, Soft Cover] — $25.00 (was $31.00)
Book cover of The Half-Life Empire by Shami Stovall, the first book in the trilogy

The Half-Life Empire:

A complete three-book trilogy is an easy gift to wrap, and to finish. In a fractured, post-alien-invasion America, hacker Kita Yamasaki leads a ragtag band of survivors toward an underground sanctuary, then fights to build a new world where humans and the alien Teth can live side by side. The whole trilogy is 20% off as a soft-cover set.

  • The Half-Life Empire [All 3 Books, Soft Cover] — $36.00 (was $45.00)
Book cover of The Last Rift Dragon by Shami Stovall, the first book in The Knights of the Silver Fog

The Knights of the Silver Fog:

If you are shopping for someone who loves dragons, this is a great place to start. In the city of Bridgehaven, Richter Whitlock joins the Knights of the Silver Fog to protect the city’s last three dragons and a fragile dragon egg. To save his home, he has to master his magic and learn to craft magitech. A signed soft cover of The Last Rift Dragon, the first book, is on the Merch page.

  • The Last Rift Dragon [Signed, Soft Cover] — $15.00 (was $19.00)

Do you want a single signed book?

These are the individual signed copies currently listed on Merch, all 20% off:

  • Knightmare Arcanist [Signed Hardcover] — $16.00 (was $20.00)
  • Academy Arcanist [Signed, Hardcover] — $16.00 (was $20.00)
  • Elder Arcanist [Signed, Hardcover] — $16.00 (was $20.00)
  • Elder Arcanist [Signed, Soft Cover] — $15.00 (was $19.00)
  • Time-Marked Warlock [Signed, Hardcover] — $16.00 (was $20.00)
  • The Last Rift Dragon [Signed, Soft Cover] — $15.00 (was $19.00)
  • One-Fifth Dragon [Signed, Hardcover] — $16.00 (was $20.00)

Do you want a special edition?

As the Frith Chronicles Special Editions page puts it: they are chonkers, with a bestiary section of full color images and information. The Frith editions are 20% off through December 1:

The Frith Chronicles Special Bestiary edition of Knightmare Arcanist: black and gold cover, illustrated title page, and bestiary pages for the Nemean Lion and Dierkes Knoll Dragon
  • The Frith Chronicles Special Bestiary [Books 1-2] — $64.00 (was $80.00)
  • The Frith Chronicles Special Plague Bestiary [Books 3-4] — $64.00 (was $80.00)
  • BOTH Special Frith Chronicles Editions! [Books 1-4] — $120.00 (was $150.00)

Also on that page, and not on sale: the Chronos Chronicles Special Edition [Books 1-2], at $75.00.

Prices include shipping within the USA. Please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery.

Happy holidays, and thank you for reading!

Shami

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