New Releases by Guy Gavriel Kay

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2025 Both sweeping and intimate, a majestic novel of love and war that brilliantly evokes the drama and turbulence of medieval France Thierry Villar is a well-known—even notorious— tavern poet, familiar with the rogues and shadows of that world, but not at all with courts and power. He is an unlikely person, despite his quickness, to be caught up in the deadly contests of ambitious royals, assassins, and invading armies. But he is indeed drawn into all these things on a savagely cold night in his beloved city of Orane. And so Thierry must use all the intelligence and charm he can muster as political struggles merge with a decades-long war to bring his country to the brink of destruction. As he does, he meets his poetic equal in an aristocratic woman and is drawn to more than one unsettling person with a connection to the world beyond this one. He also crosses paths with an extraordinary young woman driven by voices within to try to heal the ailing king—and help his forces in war. A wide and varied set of people from all walks of life take their places in the rich tapestry of this story. A new masterwork from the internationally bestselling author of All the Seas of the World, A Brightness Long Ago, and Tigana, Written on the Dark is an elegant tour de force about power and ambition playing out amid the intense human need for art and beauty, and memories to be left behind.

這個故事屬於奇幻世界， 但也屬於每個被強權抹消的真實國度、 是每片戰亂的土地上記憶與遺忘的鬥爭── ✴布蘭登‧山德森私房推薦的奇幻大師──蓋‧加佛列‧凱伊 世界奇幻獎得主、 托爾金遺稿《精靈寶鑽》的共同編纂者、 於奇幻文學領域之貢獻獲頒「加拿大勳章」最高榮譽肯定 ✴享譽英語奇幻文壇三十年當代經典，首見繁體中文譯本！ 名列《時代雜誌》百大奇幻小說， 山德森譽為「古往今來的最佳單冊史詩奇幻」， 榮獲加拿大幻想文學最高榮譽極光獎， 軌跡獎最佳奇幻小說、世界奇幻獎最佳長篇小說、創神奇幻獎入圍 ※特別收錄作者全新撰寫臺灣版專屬後記 §故事簡介§ 「布蘭庭匯聚魔力，對那塊土地施下一個亙古未有的魔咒，奪走了那塊土地的名字。 他將這一省邦的名字從每個男男女女的心中徹底消除。 他讓我們彷彿不曾存在過，包括我們的成就、我們的歷史、我們的真名。」 「孤掌半島」上有九個小國，雖有共通的信仰與魔法傳統，但各自為政，並不團結。當擁有強大魔法的外來侵略者──布蘭庭和艾勃利可──渡海來到半島上各據一方，以藝術和商業聞名的南方邦國提嘉納堅決抵抗入侵，在交戰中殺死了布蘭庭的兒子。布蘭庭悲憤不已，不但立刻集中軍力剷平提嘉納，更施法將提嘉納的國名與它存在過的所有證明從世人腦海中抹除，要這個仇敵之國在過去、現在、未來都徹底消失。 提嘉納的王爵在戰爭中屍骨無存，年幼的王子雅列森隱姓埋名到處流亡，背負著倖存者的罪惡感和沉重的壓力，一生的寄託就是把「提嘉納」之名帶回世上。他的追隨者有對故國不復記憶的少年歌手戴文、曾經起義失敗的老邁公爵桑德烈、戰後流離失所的貝爾德與卡翠安娜。他們喬裝成賣藝的音樂家，沿商路蒐集與傳遞情報，希望找到倖存的古民巫師、尋回屬於半島本土的魔法以對抗侵略者的控制；同時，他們製造騷亂、煽動民怨，挑撥布蘭庭和艾勃利可雙方佔領區的嫌隙，為的是讓兩個滅國仇人走向自相殘殺；唯有同時擺脫這兩股勢力，半島才可能重獲自由。 在布蘭庭的宮殿中，皇妃黛安諾拉同樣是失去故土與家人的提嘉納國民，她為了報仇而假造身分埋伏在皇宮裡，成為布蘭庭的寵妾，繼而開始理解他的喪子之痛、見證他在腹背受敵之下治理領土的雄心與困境，陷入了愛恨交織的兩難──尤其是當她得知，布蘭庭決定在半島上落地生根、建立永久政權，吸引到愈來愈多曾視他為仇敵的島民忘卻僅僅十幾年前的屠殺，轉而投入他麾下。 黛安諾拉和雅列森不約而同明白到，他們各自的計畫無比危險，如果不能在最完美的時機執行成功，不但自己會遭受極刑，還會讓孤掌半島再次陷入更殘酷的戰爭…… 「在我所有的作品中，不管是對來自世界上哪個國家、使用哪個語言的讀者來說，《遺忘之國提嘉納》引發的迴響可能是最深刻也最私密的，這也一向是我希望能辦到的事情。這部作品是我首度嘗試透過『奇幻』這個文類，採取直接明確的筆法描繪暴政帶來的切身影響，以及暴政對自由和文化認同的威脅。 若我在此信筆談論臺灣複雜的歷史，未免太過冒昧也不適當。姑且容我這麼說：我明白無論是臺灣自身抑或是臺灣的文化，在存續上都面臨無比的挑戰。 ……從墨西哥、波蘭再到克羅埃西亞，每當我在世界各地的國家朗讀或談及這部小說，聽眾之中都常有人問我同一個問題：『你寫的是我們嗎？』 某方面來說，是。我在寫的是強權意圖入侵或入侵之後，刻意採取手段抹滅認同的每一個國家、每一個時代。」 ──摘自作者全新撰寫臺灣版專屬後記 §佳評讚譽§ 「與我同時代的許多人都在讀到凱伊的作品時經歷過那麼一個片刻，因為看見了『奇幻文學能夠達到何種境界』而深受震撼──至少我是如此。」──布蘭登‧山德森 「托爾金的傳人凱伊在這部史詩奇幻作品中以大師級的手法，將身分認同與道德議題的探索編織進一個反抗軍復國的故事，英雄與反派都遊走於灰色地帶。」──《時代雜誌》百大奇幻小說選書講評 「這個奇幻世界有著豐富的感官細節，滿載著動人心弦的歷史、宗教、傳說、風俗、魔法儀式……技藝超凡、令人手不釋卷的傑作。」──《柯克斯書評》 「蓋‧加佛列‧凱伊對我的影響是決定性的，驚人、徹底、狂烈的決定性。《費奧納瓦織錦》形塑了我對犧牲與愛的概念……《遺忘之國提嘉納》則每讀必令我心碎。」──阿卡蒂‧馬婷（《名為帝國的記憶》作者） 「我讀過最傑出的奇幻小說之一。」──安‧麥考菲莉（美國科幻暨奇幻作家協會大師獎得主） 「托爾金文學傳統的傳人。」──《書單》雜誌 「凱伊再度交出精彩之作，而且更上一層樓。」──《環球郵報》 「讀來令人大呼過癮，具有高妙的創意，是承襲奇幻傳統的佳作，卻又處處可見無比嶄新的立意……《遺忘之國提嘉納》不只是一本小說，更是讓你遨遊其中的世界。」──《多倫多星報》 「行文雅致，人物立體……令人讚嘆的成就。」──《蒙特婁公報》 「劇情之錯綜複雜堪稱大膽……刻劃入微 ，鋪陳高明 。」──《今日美國報》 「精彩刺激、憂傷悵惘……我們絕不會忘記提嘉納這個名字……充滿魔力，技巧精湛……驚心動魄的一場冒險。」──《奧蘭多前哨報》 「令人叫好的單本完結奇幻史詩，情節曲折細膩，鮮明的角色與文化讓這個布局精巧的故事更添底蘊……高度推薦。」──《圖書館期刊》 「凱伊以複雜細緻的出色文采描繪善與惡、居上位者與社會底層，這本使人無法自拔的史詩鉅作必定會令讀者著迷。」──《出版人週刊》

Dal piccolo porto fortificato di Senjan, famigerato covo di pirati, Danica Gradek, una strana ragazza, parte per vendicare la famiglia perduta; intanto, dalla ricca repubblica lagunare di Seressa giungono due persone molto diverse: Pero Villani, un pittore inviato presso il gran algalif per dipingerne il ritratto (ma forse non solo per quello), e Leonora, una donna determinata e intelligente che non è chi dice di essere. Entrambi sono a bordo del vascello di Marin Djivo, mercante originario dell'orgogliosa città-stato di Dubrava, che accompagnerà il pittore nella sua rischiosa missione in Oriente, là dove un adolescente si sta addestrando per entrare a far parte della fanteria scelta dell'algalif e coprirsi di gloria in una guerra che ormai tutti sentono vicina. Nelle vaste terre che si stendono tra la città d'argento dell'Ovest, sognante sulla sua laguna, e la città d'oro dell'Est, cinta di triplici mura, tutti saranno messi alla prova. Quando le loro strade - e quelle di molti altri personaggi - si incroceranno, la storia cambierà. Figli di terra e cielo è un'epica sontuosa che fonde magistralmente fantasy e romanzo storico, realtà e immaginazione, sullo sfondo di un affascinante spaziotempo alternativo: allucinato affresco di vicende remote già note alla tumultuosa Europa e alla rutilante Asia del Rinascimento. Giacché qui ogni riferimento a fatti e circostanze non è, a ben vedere, affatto casuale.

« J’ai connu jadis une femme qui avait l’éclat du diamant et deux hommes que je n’oublierai jamais. J’ai joué un rôle dans une histoire en des temps féroces, sauvages, venteux. C’est à moi. Pour toujours. Je suis ici et ces souvenirs seront miens aussi longtemps qu’il me sera accordé de vivre. » Séresse, Acorsi, Macera, Avègne, Remigio, Firente...

Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of A Brightness Long Ago and Children of Earth and Sky, international bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay deploys his signature ‘quarter turn to the fantastic’ to tell a story of vengeance, power, and love. On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small. One of those arriving at that beach is a woman abducted by corsairs as a child and sold into years of servitude. Having escaped, she is trying to chart her own course—and is bent upon revenge. Another is a seafaring merchant who still remembers being exiled as a child with his family from their home, for their faith, a moment that never leaves him. In what follows, through a story both intimate and epic, unforgettable characters are immersed in the fierce and deadly struggles that define their time. All the Seas of the World is a page-turning drama that also offers moving reflections on memory, fate, and the random events that can shape our lives—in the past, and today.

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 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 as the Beast. Danio's fate changed the moment he saw and recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the count's chambers one autumn night—intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen, instead of a life of comfort, one of danger—and freedom. Which is how she encounters Danio in a perilous time and place. Vivid figures share the unfolding story. Among them: a healer determined to defy her expected lot; a charming, frivolous son of immense wealth; a powerful religious leader more decadent than devout; and, affecting all these lives and many more, two larger-than-life mercenary commanders, lifelong adversaries, whose rivalry puts a world in the balance. A Brightness Long Ago offers both compelling drama and deeply moving reflections on the nature of memory, the choices we make in life, and the role played by the turning of Fortune's wheel.

L'empire d'AI-Rassan a fait de ses conquérants asharites, venus des sables du désert, un peuple d'artistes et de savants ; l'assassinat du dernier calife a entraîné son éclatement en cités-Etats rivales. Seul peut-être le roi Almalik de Cartada saura lui rendre sa puissance et son unité, avec le soutien du légendaire Ammar ibn Khairan, poète, diplomate et soldat. Car une autre menace pèse sur l'AI-Rassan, celle des royaumes jaddites du nord de la péninsule, divisés, certes, mais avides de reconquérir le pays dont ils s'estiment dépossédés. Rodrigo Belmonte est le plus prestigieux de leurs chefs de guerre. C'est dans l'exquise cité de Ragosa que se rencontreront Ammar et Rodrigo, pour un temps exilés au service du même monarque. Entre eux, la figure exceptionnelle de Jehane bet Ishake, fille du peuple Kindath et brillant médecin.

The bestselling author of The Fionavar Tapestry weaves a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands—where empires and faiths collide. From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request—and possibly to do more—and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman posing as a doctor’s wife but sent by Seressa as a spy. The trading ship that carries them is commanded by the accomplished younger son of a merchant family, ambivalent about the life he’s been born to live. And farther east a boy trains to become a soldier in the elite infantry of the khalif—to win glory in the war everyone knows is coming. As these lives entwine, their fates—and those of many others—will hang in the balance when the khalif sends out his massive army to take the great fortress that is the gateway to the western world....

T igana é uma obra rara e encantadora onde mito e magia se tornam reais e entram nas nossas vidas. Esta é a história de uma nação oprimida que luta para ser livre depois de cair nas mãos de conquistadores implacáveis. É a história de um povo tão amaldiçoado pelas negras feitiçarias do rei Brandin que o próprio nome da sua bela terra não pode ser lembrado ou pronunciado. Mas anos após a devastação da sua capital, um pequeno grupo de sobreviventes, liderado pelo príncipe Alessan, inicia uma cruzada perigosa para destronar os reis despóticos que governam a Península da Palma, numa tentativa recuperar um nome banido: Tigana. Num mundo ricamente detalhado, onde impera a violência das paixões, este épico sublime sobre um povo determinado em alcançar os seus sonhos mudou para sempre as fronteiras da fantasia.

Cerita dalam buku ini didasarkan pada sejarah dan legenda yang ada di Cina. Seorang anak lelaki, bernama Ren Daiyan yang masih berumur 15 belas tahun harus mengalami perubahan jalan hidup yang sangat dratis setelah berhasil mengawal Wang Fuyin dan membunuh tujuh orang dengan panahnya. Dia pernah menjadi penjahat jalanan sampai akhirnya menjadi komandan militer di Kitai. Selain intrik-intrik politik selama pembangunan Taman untuk Kaisar yang disebut Genyue, penulis juga menggambarkan perselisihan antara Kerajaan Kitai, Xiaolu, dan Altai. Buku persembahan penerbit UfukPublishingGroup #CDS

“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.com Ren 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 among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later—and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles toward the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north. Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar, his beloved only child. Educated by him in ways young women never are, gifted as a songwriter and calligrapher, she finds herself living a life suspended between two worlds. Her intelligence captivates an emperor—and alienates women at the court. But when her father’s life is endangered by the savage politics of the day, Shan must act in ways no woman ever has. In an empire divided by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on the northern steppe alter the balance of power in the world, leading to events no one could have foretold, under the river of stars.

Award-wining author Guy Gavriel’s sixth novel, hauntingly evocative of medieval Spain, is both a brilliant adventure and a moving story of love, divided loyalties, and what happens to men and women when hardening beliefs begin to remake -- or destroy -- a world. The ruling Asharites have come from the desert sands, worshipping the stars, their warrior blood fierce and pure. But over centuries, seduced by the sensuous pleasures of their new land, that stern piety has eroded. The Asharies empire has splintered into decadent city-states lead by warring petty kinds. King Almalik of Cartada is on the ascendancy, adding city after city to his realm, even though Cartada is threatened by forces both within and without. Almalik is aided by his friend and advisor, the notorious Ammar ibn Khairan -- poet, diplomat, soldier -- until a summer afternoon of savage brutality changes their relationship forever. Meanwhile, in the north, the Jaddite’s most celebrated -- and feared -- military leader, Rodrigo Belmonte, is driven into exile in the wake of events following the death of the king he loved. Rodrigo leads his mercenary company south, to the dangerous lands of Al-Rassan. In the exquisite lakeside city of Ragosa, Rodrigo Belmonte and Ammar ibn Kharian meet and serve -- for a time -- the same master. Sharing the interwoven fate of these two men from different worlds -- and increasingly torn in her feelings -- is Jehane, the beautiful, accomplished court physician, whose own skills play an increasing role as Al-Rassan is swept to the brink of holy war, and beyond.

In the second novel of Kay's critically acclaimed trilogy, Fionavar is locked in an unnaturally prolonged winter while anancient evil, freed from captivity, threatens the destiny of the first world and all others, including our own.

Guy Gavriel Kay, the international bestselling and multiple award-winning author of The Fionavar Tapestry, brings his unique storytelling imagination to an alternate Byzantine world… Sarantium is the golden city: holy to the faithful, exalted by the poets, jewel of the world and heart of an empire. Caius Crispus, known as Crispin, is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with colored stones and glass. Still grieving the loss of his family, he lives only for his craft—until an imperial summons draws him east to the fabled city. Bearing with him a Queen’s secret mission and seductive promise, and a talisman from an alchemist, Crispin crosses a land of pagan ritual and mortal danger, confronting legends and dark magic. Once in Sarantium, with its taverns and gilded sanctuaries, chariot races and palaces, intrigues and violence, Crispin must find his own source of power in order to survive. He finds it, unexpectedly, high on the scaffolding of his own greatest creation.

Award-winning author Guy Gavriel Kay evokes the dazzling Tang Dynasty of 8th-century China in an masterful story of honor and power. It begins simply. Shen Tai, son of an illustrious general serving the Emperor of Kitai, has spent two years honoring the memory of his late father by burying the bones of the dead from both armies at the site of one of his father's last great battles. In recognition of his labors and his filial piety, an unlikely source has sent him a dangerous gift: 250 Sardian horses. You give a man one of the famed Sardian horses to reward him greatly. You give him four or five to exalt him above his fellows, propel him towards rank, and earn him jealousy, possibly mortal jealousy. Two hundred and fifty is an unthinkable gift, a gift to overwhelm an emperor. Wisely, the gift comes with the stipulation that Tai must claim the horses in person. Otherwise he would probably be dead already...

While his famed photographer father works to record Saint-Saveur Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence, Ned Marriner wanders the halls and rooms of the ancient structure, uncovering some of the many secrets of the monument and discovering that it is not as empty as it appears.By the author of The Last Light of the Sun. 35,000 first printing.

A powerful, moving saga evoking the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Norse cultures of a thousand years ago from the acclaimed author of The Fionavar Tapestry. “A historical fantasy of the highest order, the work of a man who may well be the reigning master of the form.”—The Washington Post Book World Bern Thorkellson, punished for his father’s sins, denied his heritage and home, commits an act of vengeance and desperation that brings him face-to-face with a past he’s been trying to leave behind... In the Anglcyn lands of King Aeldred, the shrewd king, battling inner demons all the while, shores up his defenses with alliances and diplomacy—and with swords and arrows. Meanwhile his exceptional, unpredictable sons and daughters give shape to their own desires when battle comes and darkness falls in the spirit wood... And in the valleys and shrouded hills of the Cyngael, whose voices carry music even as they feud and raid amongst each other, violence and love become deeply interwoven when the dragon ships come and Alun ab Owyn, pursuing an enemy in the night, glimpses strange lights gleaming above forest pools... Making brilliant use of motifs from saga and song and chronicle, Guy Gavriel Kay conjures a work of subtle, intricate richness, bringing to life an unforgettable world balanced on the knife-edge of change.

The Western mosaicist Crispin has arrived in the golden city of Sarantium and sets out to confront the challenges of his art high on the scaffolding of destiny--but he soon discovers that no man can withdraw from the dangerous intrigues of court and city, or forget that the presence of the half-world is always close by. To the Imperial City there also comes another voyager, Rustem of Kerakek, a physician from the east who finds that his own fate is not simply that of a healer. In this concluding volume of the Sarantine Mosaic, Guy Gavriel Kay brilliantly merges an epic adventure with a deeply moving meditation on art and power, and the eternal human struggle to leave a legacy.

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 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 expected to work for the lords of Arbonne, the warm, fertile lands south of Gorhaut, whose people praise the love of women—they even worship a goddess, instead of the god. They are a soft people, or so he thought. But for all their nonsense about love, their troubadours and songs, they will fight for their country, when invasion comes from the north.

Fantasy.

Five men and women from our world face a battle with an evil beyond imagining in the deeply moving conclusion to Guy Gavriel Kay’s acclaimed Fionavar Tapestry. As the Unraveller’s armies assemble, those resisting him must call upon the most ancient of powers, knowing that if this realm of gods and magic is conquered by evil, the ripples of destruction will be felt across all worlds. But despite the sacrifices made and courage shown, all may be undone because of one child’s choice. For that one has been born of both Darkness and Light, and he alone must walk the darkest road as the fate of worlds hangs in the balance...

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 them is forced to discover what they are and what they are willing to do, as Fionavar stands on the brink of a terrifying war against a dark, vengeful god...

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... But years after the devastation, a handful of courageous men and women embark upon a dangerous crusade to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the dark world the brilliance of a long-lost name...Tigana. Against the magnificently rendered background of a world both sensuous and barbaric, this sweeping epic of a passionate people pursuing their dream is breathtaking in its vision, changing forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction.