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Chester, Deborah A
(1957- ) US author whose earlier work was written as by Jay D Blakeney or as by Sean Dalton, but who has published under her own name since 1996. Her Anthi sequence – The Children of Anthi (1985) and Requiem for Anthi (1990), written as by Jay D Blakeney – aroused some interest. It is a far-reaching and moderately complex vision of humanity's future Evolution, guided by the eponymous AI, into a form that is half-flesh and half-electronics. Set on a heavily populated galactic stage, the sequence demonstrates Chester's sensitivity to the potential differentness from 1990 of so multifarious a venue. Two further Blakeney singletons, The Omcri Matrix (1987) and The Goda War (1989), are less remarkable.
Chester seemed to be a writer to watch with some interest, but the Operation Space Hawks/Operation StarHawks sf adventures, all written as by Sean Dalton – beginning with Space Hawks (1990) and ending with Operation StarHawks #6: The Salukan Gambit (1992) – were seriously undemanding. Somewhat more interestingly, the Time/Trap sequence as by Dalton – starting with Time/Trap (1992), and concluding with Termination (1995) begins with a man from the future trapped in fourteenth-century Greece, and carries him through various familiar venues up to the present, fighting doubles and other villains en route. Most of her later titles as Chester make up fantasy series, with the exception of the Lucasfilm's Alien Chronicles sequence comprising Lucasfilm's Alien Chronicles: The Golden One (1998), Lucasfilm's Alien Chronicles: The Crimson Claw (1998) and Lucasfilm's Alien Chronicles: The Crystal Eye (1999), all based on an unmade film. [JC]
Deborah Ann Chester
born Chicago, Illinois: 25 April 1957
works
as by Jay D Blakeney
series
The Children of Anthi
- The Children of Anthi (New York: Ace Books, 1989) as by Jay D Blakeney [The Children of Anthi: pb/Griesbach and Martucci]
- Requiem for Anthi (New York: Ace Books, 1990) as by Jay D Blakeney [The Children of Anthi: pb/Griebach and Martucci]
individual titles
- The Omcri Matrix (New York: Ace Books, 1987) as by Jay D Blakeney [pb/Neal McPheeters]
- The Goda War (New York: Ace Books, 1989) as by Jay D Blakeney [pb/Richard Hescox]
as by Sean Dalton
series
Operation Space Hawks/Operation StarHawks
- Space Hawks (New York: Ace Books, 1990) as by Sean Dalton [Operation Space Hawks/Operation StarHawks: pb/Wayne Barlowe]
- Operation Space Hawks #2: Code Name Peregrine (New York: Ace Books, 1990) as by Sean Dalton [Operation Space Hawks/Operation StarHawks: pb/Wayne Barlowe]
- Operation Space Hawks #3: Beyond the Void (New York: Ace Books, 1991) as by Sean Dalton [Operation Space Hawks/Operation StarHawks: pb/Wayne Barlowe]
- Operation StarHawks #4: The Rostma Lure (New York: Ace Books, 1991) as by Sean Dalton [Operation Space Hawks/Operation StarHawks: pb/David Cherry]
- Operation StarHawks #5: Destination: Mutiny (New York: Ace Books, 1991) as by Sean Dalton [Operation Space Hawks/Operation StarHawks: pb/David Cherry]
- Operation StarHawks #6: The Salukan Gambit (New York: Ace Books, 1992) as by Sean Dalton [Operation Space Hawks/Operation StarHawks: pb/David Cherry]
Time/Trap
- Time/Trap (New York: Ace Books, 1992) as by Sean Dalton [Time/Trap: pb/Dorian Vallejo]
- Time/Trap: Showdown (New York: Ace Books, 1992) as by Sean Dalton [Time/Trap: pb/Dorian Vallejo]
- Time/Trap: Pieces of Eight (New York: Ace Books, 1992) as by Sean Dalton [Time/Trap: pb/Glenn Orbik]
- Restoration (New York: Ace Books, 1994) as by Sean Dalton [Time/Trap: pb/Duane O Myers]
- Turncoat (New York: Ace Books, 1994) as by Sean Dalton [Time/Trap: pb/Duane O Myers]
- Termination (New York: Ace Books, 1995) as by Sean Dalton [Time/Trap: pb/Duane O Myers]
individual titles
- Earth 2: Puzzle (New York: Ace Books, 1995) as by Sean Dalton [tie to the Television series Earth 2: Earth 2: pb/]
as Deborah A Chester
series
Ruby Throne
- Reign of Shadows (New York: Ace Books, 1996) [Ruby Throne: pb/Mary Jo Phallen]
- Shadow War (New York: Ace Books, 1997) [Ruby Throne: pb/Mary Jo Phallen]
- Realm of Light (New York: Ace Books, 1997) [Ruby Throne: pb/Mary Jo Phallen]
Alien Chronicles
- Lucasfilm's Alien Chronicles: The Golden One (New York: Ace Books, 1998) [tie: Alien Chronicles: pb/Bob Eggleton]
- Lucasfilm's Alien Chronicles: The Crimson Claw (New York: Ace Books, 1998) [tie: Alien Chronicles: pb/Bob Eggleton]
- Lucasfilm's Alien Chronicles: The Crystal Eye (New York: Ace Books, 1999) [tie: Alien Chronicles: pb/Bob Eggleton]
The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice
- The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: The Sword (New York: Ace Books, 2000) [The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
- The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: The Ring (New York: Ace Books, 2000) [The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
- The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: The Chalice (New York: Ace Books, 2001) [The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
- The Queen's Gambit (New York: Ace Books, 2002) [The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: pb/Jean Pierre Targete]
- The King Betrayed (New York: Ace Books, 2003) [The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: pb/Lisa Falkenstern]
- The Queen's Knight (New York: Ace Books, 2004) [The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: pb/Michael Herring]
- The King Imperilled (New York: Ace Books, 2005) [The Sword, the Ring, and the Chalice: pb/Aleta Rafton]
The Pearls and the Crown
- The Pearls (New York: Ace Books, 2007) [The Pearls and the Crown: pb/Matt Stawicki]
- The Crown (New York: Ace Books, 2008) [The Pearls and the Crown: pb/Matt Stawicki]
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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 14:19 pm on 18 January 2026.
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