Daggerspell was the first novel published in Katharine Kerr's widely-acclaimed series of historical fantasy novels set in the imaginary kingdom of Deverry. Eight novels in the series have been published to date, with four more planned. The first four novels in the series (Daggerspell, Darkspell, The Bristling Wood, and The Dragon Revenant) can be grouped together as the Kingdom of Deverry sequence, while the next four books (A Time of Exile, A Time of Omens, Days of Blood and Fire, and Days of Air and Darkness) represent a separate Westlands Cycle. A third cycle of four novels is now being written, according to the author. These four novels, to be called The Books of Dragon Lore, will complete the Deverry sequence of novels.