Kay Kenyon Books in Order
Explore Kay Kenyon’s books in order, with summaries of her science fiction and fantasy novels to compare imagined worlds and choose which series to read first.
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Kay Kenyon books in publication order
23 books
The Seeds of Time
by Kay Kenyon
1997
Time-travel pilot Clio Finn discovers a distant future world whose thriving plants could revive Earth's failing ecology. Bringing its seeds home becomes a dangerous mission as enemies and the immense distance threaten her chance to return.
Leap Point
by Kay Kenyon
1998
Abbey McCrae refuses to accept that her daughter's mysterious death was suicide. Investigating an addictive virtual-reality game and the institute promoting it brings her and a detective toward a conspiracy spreading through their economically struggling rural town.
Rift
by Kay Kenyon
1999
Lithia's terraformed environment begins reverting to a toxic alien ecology, leaving young Reeve Calder stranded amid competing factions. Joining an unlikely group of survivors, he seeks a future on a planet whose transformation threatens its inhabitants.
Tropic of Creation
by Kay Kenyon
2000
Captain Eli Dammond lands on an apparently deserted planet to rescue a stranded crew, accompanied by a general's young granddaughter. A drastic seasonal change releases deadly creatures, leaving the humans searching for shelter among hostile alien habitats.
Maximum Ice
by Kay Kenyon
2002
A starship returns to Earth after centuries away and finds the planet covered by mysterious information-bearing crystals. Ship Mother Zoya seeks a home for her crew, but competing inhabitants and the powers controlling the crystals obstruct settlement.
Braided World
by Kay Kenyon
2003
An expedition seeking hope for a damaged Earth encounters beautiful, humanlike aliens whose culture unsettles the visitors. With the crew endangered, inexperienced officer Anton Prados must negotiate royal intrigue and unfamiliar customs while confronting an ancient secret.
Bright of the Sky
by Kay Kenyon
2007
Former star pilot Titus Quinn believes his missing wife and daughter are alive in a parallel universe called the Entire. Returning to search for them brings him into an alien society ruled by the powerful and ruthless Tarig.
A World Too Near
by Kay Kenyon
2008
Titus Quinn returns to the Entire with a mission to destroy a fortress whose technology threatens Earth's universe. Traveling with unlikely allies, he discovers that someone important to him is imprisoned there, making the task dangerously personal.
Fast Forward 2
by Kay Kenyon
2008
Edited by Lou Anders, this anthology collects original science fiction without a single organizing theme. Kay Kenyon contributes alongside writers including Nancy Kress, Cory Doctorow, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Ian McDonald, and Paolo Bacigalupi in the second Fast Forward volume.
City Without End
by Kay Kenyon
2010
Titus Quinn's uneasy peace with the Tarig faces a new threat from Earth when Helice Maki seeks control of the Entire. Pursuing her draws Quinn toward his estranged daughter, whose own alliances and ambitions complicate his struggle to protect Earth.
Prince of Storms
by Kay Kenyon
2010
As Regent of the Entire, Titus Quinn faces surviving Tarig opposition and a challenge from his daughter Sen Ni. Powerful outsiders and a navitar capable of altering reality raise the stakes, while Anzi's involvement places further strain on his choices.
A Thousand Perfect Things
by Kay Kenyon
2013
Aspiring Victorian botanist Tori Harding follows her grandfather's secret toward a magical lotus in Bharata. Traveling from scientific Anglica into an opposing realm exposes her to ghosts, political upheaval, and rival suitors as conflict between the continents intensifies.
Queen of the Deep
by Kay Kenyon
2015
After a subway crash, Jane Gray recognizes her rescuer as an imaginary friend from childhood. Following him leads to the Palazzo, a magical ship and Renaissance kingdom, where dangerous courtship and a queen's schemes complicate her search for answers.
The Last Wave
by Kay Kenyon
2015
An elderly woman rows onto Loch Ness each day and drops her possessions into the water. The creature collecting her offerings begins to want more, turning their strange companionship into a question of what she is willing to surrender.
At the Table of Wolves
by Kay Kenyon
2017
In an alternate 1936, Kim Tavistock's ability to draw out hidden truths makes her valuable at a secret British research facility. Recruited to expose a suspected spy, she infiltrates fascist circles and uncovers a plan for invading England.
Serpent in the Heather
by Kay Kenyon
2018
New intelligence agent Kim Tavistock poses as a journalist at a remote Welsh castle to investigate murders of people with supernatural Talents. A spiritualist cult, her father's parallel inquiry, and Nazi connections make the mission increasingly dangerous.
Dystopia
by Kay Kenyon
2019
Seven stories explore societies reshaped by environmental collapse, oppressive politics, and technologies that grant power to a privileged few. Amid damaged ecosystems and controlling hierarchies, people resist the systems determining their lives and search for ways to survive.
Nest of the Monarch
by Kay Kenyon
2019
Kim Tavistock travels undercover to Berlin as a diplomat's wife, seeking intelligence about an operation called Monarch. An alliance with Jewish resistance fighters exposes a plan to deploy enhanced enforcers, placing her against powerful opponents in Nazi Germany.
Worlds Near and Far
by Kay Kenyon
2019
Seven science fiction stories follow travelers through generation ships, abandoned starships, and experiments in teleportation. Other tales bring alien tourism, living gargoyles, and transformed ecosystems to familiar places, exploring how extraordinary encounters alter human lives at home and beyond.
The Girl Who Fell Into Myth
by Kay Kenyon
2023
A modern woman passes through a secret portal into interconnected worlds shaped by myth. After a dragon journey and a sky-splitting storm, she arrives in a medieval realm where unfamiliar customs, magic, and an approaching darkness complicate her survival.
Keeper of the Mythos Gate
by Kay Kenyon
2024
Yevliesza stands against an army advancing through the crossings between worlds, but using her rare power could destroy the realms she hopes to save. Unlocking the gates’ deeper secrets becomes urgent as an enemy returns wielding ancient magic.
Servant of the Lost Power
by Kay Kenyon
2024
As war approaches, enemies seek to exploit Yevliesza’s rare magical power. She enters a hidden wilderness realm to learn how to use it, knowing that the price of defending her adopted homeland may be exile from everything she loves.
The Thief of Numbers
by Kay Kenyon
2026
In a walled city ruled by an embodied artificial intelligence, thief Tamar struggles to survive under a rigid numerical hierarchy. An immortal agent draws her into elite circles, where discovering a catastrophic conspiracy forces her to challenge overwhelming power.
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