Kay Kenyon (Author of Bright of the Sky)

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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.鈥� 鈥擫ouisa Morgan, author of The Great Witch of Brittany.

The series: Book 1, The Girl Who Fell Into Myth, Book 2, Stranger in the Twisted Realm, Book 3, Servant of the Lost Power and Book 4, Keeper of the Mythos Gate.

Her acclaimed 4-book series, The Entire and The Rose, has been reissued with new covers. It opens with Bright of the Sky. Called "a riveting launch" by Publishers We ...more

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	Bright of the Sky (Entire and the Rose, #1) 3.42 avg rating — 2,492 ratings — published 2007 — 14 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) 3.92 avg rating — 932 ratings — published 2008 — 9 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) 3.97 avg rating — 760 ratings — published 2010 — 13 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 — 602 ratings — published 2010 — 3 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 — 535 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 3.73 avg rating — 268 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 — 254 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 3.66 avg rating — 210 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
	The Girl Who Fell Into Myth 4.03 avg rating — 175 ratings — 3 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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On April 30th, deluxe editions of my epic sci-fantasy will be featured on Kickstarter. The campaign site for The Entire and The Rose...

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Entire and the Rose (4 books)
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Dark Talents (3 books)
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Seeds of Time (1 book)
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The Arisen Worlds (4 books)
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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.”
― Kay Kenyon, A Thousand Perfect Things

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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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Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

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The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman

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Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

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At the Table of Wolves by Kay Kenyon

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Twelve Days by Steven Barnes

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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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.”
― Kay Kenyon, A Thousand Perfect Things

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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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