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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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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.

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.

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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.

Standalone Kay Kenyon books

  1. Book cover for "The Seeds of Time"

    The Seeds of Time

    by Kay Kenyon

    1997
  2. Book cover for "Leap Point"

    Leap Point

    by Kay Kenyon

    1998
  3. Book cover for "Rift"

    Rift

    by Kay Kenyon

    1999
  4. Book cover for "Tropic of Creation"

    Tropic of Creation

    by Kay Kenyon

    2000
  5. Book cover for "Maximum Ice"

    Maximum Ice

    by Kay Kenyon

    2002
  6. Book cover for "Braided World"

    Braided World

    by Kay Kenyon

    2003
  7. Book cover for "Bright of the Sky"

    Bright of the Sky

    by Kay Kenyon

    2007Entire and the Rose, Book 1
  8. Book cover for "A World Too Near"

    A World Too Near

    by Kay Kenyon

    2008Entire and the Rose, Book 2
  9. Book cover for "Fast Forward 2"

    Fast Forward 2

    by Kay Kenyon

    2008Jonathan Hamilton, Book 1
  10. Book cover for "City Without End"

    City Without End

    by Kay Kenyon

    2010Entire and the Rose, Book 3
  11. Book cover for "Prince of Storms"

    Prince of Storms

    by Kay Kenyon

    2010Entire and the Rose, Book 4
  12. Book cover for "A Thousand Perfect Things"

    A Thousand Perfect Things

    by Kay Kenyon

    2013
  13. Book cover for "Queen of the Deep"

    Queen of the Deep

    by Kay Kenyon

    2015
  14. Book cover for "The Last Wave"

    The Last Wave

    by Kay Kenyon

    2015
  15. Book cover for "At the Table of Wolves"

    At the Table of Wolves

    by Kay Kenyon

    2017Dark Talents, Book 1
  16. Book cover for "Serpent in the Heather"

    Serpent in the Heather

    by Kay Kenyon

    2018Dark Talents, Book 2
  17. Book cover for "Dystopia"

    Dystopia

    by Kay Kenyon

    2019Seven Dark and Hopeful Tales
  18. Book cover for "Nest of the Monarch"

    Nest of the Monarch

    by Kay Kenyon

    2019Dark Talents, Book 3
  19. Book cover for "Worlds Near and Far"

    Worlds Near and Far

    by Kay Kenyon

    2019Seven Science Fiction Tales
  20. Book cover for "The Girl Who Fell Into Myth"

    The Girl Who Fell Into Myth

    by Kay Kenyon

    2023The Arisen Worlds, Book 1
  21. Book cover for "Keeper of the Mythos Gate"

    Keeper of the Mythos Gate

    by Kay Kenyon

    2024
  22. Book cover for "Servant of the Lost Power"

    Servant of the Lost Power

    by Kay Kenyon

    2024
  23. Book cover for "The Thief of Numbers"

    The Thief of Numbers

    by Kay Kenyon

    2026

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