Author: guygavrielkay
From the critically-acclaimed author of The Fionavar Tapestry comes an epic fantasy novel of love, both courtly and forbidden, and two kingdoms endlessly opposed…Blaise of Gorhaut is a warrior. He fought for his king and country, until the king died with an arrow in his eye at the battle of Iersen Bridge, and a dishonorable treaty ceded a good part of his country to foreign hands. He has broken … hands. He has broken relations with his father, adviser to the king of Gorhaut, and abandoned the use of his family name. Now, Blaise is a mercenary. He never…
International bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay’s latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition. In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra’s intelligence won him entry … intelligence won him entry to a renowned school even though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count—and soon learned why that man was known …
A masterful epic of magic, politics, war, and the power of love and hate—from the renowned author of The Fionavar Tapestry and Children of Earth and Sky.Tigana is the magical story of a beleaguered land struggling to be free. It is the tale of a people so cursed by the black sorcery of a cruel despotic king that even the name of their once-beautiful homeland cannot be spoken or remembered… … cannot be spoken or remembered… But years after the devastation, a handful of courageous men and women embark upon a dangerous crusade to overthrow their conquerors and…
“River of Stars is a major accomplishment, the work of a master novelist in full command of his subject.”—Michael Dirda, in The Washington Post“Game of Thrones in China.”—Salon.comRen Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate. That moment on a lonely road changed his life in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai … entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later—and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles toward the court and emperor,…
From a World Fantasy Award–winning author hailed as “the heir to Tolkien’s tradition” (Booklist): Follow the fates of a woman seeking vengeance, a young artist, and an undercover spy as they warp and weave across a world on the brink of war.
Taken to a realm of magic and war, five men and women from our world embark on an epic journey in the first novel in Guy Gavriel Kay’s classic, critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry.It begins with a chance meeting that introduces the five to a man who will change their lives: a mage who brings them to the first of all worlds, Fionavar.In this land of gods and myth, each of … of gods and myth, each of them is forced to discover what they are and what they are willing to do, as Fionavar stands on the…
“The novel you’ll want for your summer vacation” (The Washington Post): In a reimagined 8th-century China, Shen Tai, a general’s son, embarks on an epic journey after he’s given an incredible gift that brings both power and danger. With over 5,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!
In this “beautifully wrought” tale (San Francisco Chronicle) inspired by medieval Spain, two rival soldiers and a court physician are drawn into an epic struggle to control the divided land of Al-Rassan. “Thoroughly excellent… Enormously rewarding” (Booklist).