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Kay Kenyon is the author of nineteen fantasy and science fiction novels. Her work has been shortlisted for the Philip K. Dick Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the American Library Association Reading List award.

Her newest fantasy series is The Arisen Worlds quartet.
"A story of powers and magic on a grand scale. This will be a series to treasure.” —Louisa Morgan, author of The Great Witch of Brittany.

The series is now complete, with Book 4, Keeper of the Mythos Gate on pre-order, with a publication date of September 3rd. The rest of the series is: Book 1, The Girl Who Fell Into Myth, Book 2, Stranger in the Twisted Realm, and Book 3, Servant of the Lost Power.

Other fantasy novels include The Dark Talents novels, a trilog ...more

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	Bright of the Sky (Entire and the Rose, #1) 3.42 avg rating — 2,479 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A World Too Near (Entire and the Rose, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 927 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City Without End (Entire and the Rose, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 755 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prince of Storms (Entire and the Rose, #4) 4.03 avg rating — 598 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Table of Wolves (Dark Talents #1) 3.43 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seeds of Time 3.74 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Thousand Perfect Things 3.65 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maximum Ice 3.51 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Braided World 3.63 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Serpent in the Heather (Dark Talents #2) 3.77 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Entire and The Rose returns!

Dear subscribers, you're hearing it here first: my celebrated quartet, The Entire and The Rose, will soon be back!

Book 1, Bright of the Sky, has not been generally available for quite a while, but now the series is together again for the first time in years. Expect to see all four books in sparkling new editions as soon as November 1. First in eBook, followed soon by paperback and hardcover.

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Forge of Darkness (The Kharkanas Trilogy #1)

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Reasons to Stay Alive

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“The student asks: If my redstone necklace had every view of every veil that ever brightened, would I be wise? The master answers: If I had a thousand pieces of a priceless vase, would I be rich?”
― Kay Kenyon, City Without End

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“We must love all of creation, not only what is common. A god may have the head of an elephant, after all.”
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“He didn't know which he preferred: the Red, with its fatalistic and pious acceptance of all futures, or the Misery, acknowledging that the more you attracted notice, the worse God dealt with you.”
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“We must love all of creation, not only what is common. A god may have the head of an elephant, after all.”
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“Tori gazed out on the calm Ancific Ocean across which, incredibly, she would be taking a coach.”
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“He had always thought that death was black nothingness, but he had not counted on being awake for it.”
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“It was always easy to think that happiness and wisdom lay in the shadows, in places that have never yet been seen.”
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