Carolyn Kephart
Tales of Love and Magic
"Carolyn Kephart may not be a
great name in fantasy, but she should be!"
~Dark Moon Rising Magazine
~Dark Moon Rising Magazine
A lifetime of exploration and inquiry, a passion for beauty and an unquenchable sense of wonder imbue
Carolyn Kephart's fiction. Readers have praised her vivid world-building, richly evocative style, and vital, complex characters. She has been a guest professional at WorldCon, Norwescon, and Mythcon.
WYSARD and LORD BROTHER: The Ryel Saga duology
"Masterful fantasy by an extremely talented author" ~In The Library Reviews
Critically acclaimed when first published in paperback a decade ago, the Ryel Saga duology is nowClick here for media reviews of the original editions.
available in a revised and expanded digital second edition that has enjoyed bestseller status at Amazon.com.
"Intricately layered and exotic" ~ Robin Hobb
Click the book covers for Amazon links. Currently Wysard is available exclusively for the Kindle at a special sale price. Lord Brother can be acquired at Amazon and other online bookstores.
For almost half of his twenty-six years Ryel Mirai has studied the Art in a bleak citadel on a barren plain. He returns to the World to rediscover the long-lost spell that will release his mentor from the wraithworld of the Void, but a malignant sorcerer likewise imprisoned has enlisted the aid of Ryel's strongest rival to find the spell first. Amid dangers, joys and temptations, Ryel encounters unlikely allies and unforeseen enemies, and learns that he may well gain all that he wishes...although perhaps not as he wished it.
The two parts of the duology have been joined in a single volume
as The Ryel Saga: A Tale of Love and Magic, available at online bookstores both digitally and in paperback.
"I fell in love with this book. The Ryel Saga is a poignant, touching, somber, and exhilarating read, all in one....To run your eyes over each word is a grand event by every definition of the word grand. Let it capture you, let it overwhelm you. Once you reach the end, you'll understand that you've undergone something rare, something beautiful, something you might only see two or three times in your life." - The Journal of Always Reviews
Immortal Longings, Demonic Schemes:
QUEEN OF TIME
Contemporary Magic Realism
QUEEN OF TIME
Contemporary Magic Realism
Carolyn Kephart's latest novel veers away from fantastic realms and plunges into the gritty here and now, but unreality remains a compelling, disquieting constant.
Classics professor Lucasta Hilary's lackluster routine in Midwest academia changes forever thanks to seeming quirks of fate that bring her unexpected fame and inexplicable beauty, but her good fortune soon proves to be very far from heaven sent. Two eternal adversaries seek to alter Lucasta's destiny, in a struggle that spans eons and ranges from the bleak remains of Hadrian’s Wall to the lush jungles of the Yucatan highlands to the very edge of existence, where temptation, damnation, and redemption inextricably entwine.
QUEEN OF TIME is available digitally and in paperback at Amazon and other online bookstores.
Tales from Tilted Views:
PenTangle: Five Pointed Fables
A quintet of well-reviewed short stories
previously published in speculative
fiction journals, available in digital format at
Amazon.com and other online booksellers.
Wysardessence: A Fantasist's Reality is Carolyn Kephart's blog. It features whatever's fascinating her at the moment, and frequently includes her photography.
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