In 2014 he was named to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor. Guy Gavriel Kay is the author of numerous fantasy novels including The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, Tigana, The Last Light of the Sun, Under Heaven, River of Stars, and Children of Earth and Sky. In this world, where we find ourselves, we need compassion more than anything, I think, or we are all alone. Words were power, words tried to change you, to shape bridges of longing that no one could ever really cross. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk. 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…īut 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.Īgainst 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. 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. Guy is sponsored by Author Patron, Jan Walter and Steven Iscoe.Audiobook Length: 24 hours and 51 minutesĪ masterful epic of magic, politics, war, and the power of love and hate. Tigana is the magical story of a beleaguered land struggling to be free. Wiersema describes is as “a thrilling and exciting reading experience, and one which will more than satisfy fans of Kay’s fiction.” His latest work, All the Seas of the World, is a page-turning drama that offers reflections on memory, fate, and the random events that can shape our lives. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages. In 2014, Kay was named to the Order of Canada.

Guy Gavriel Kay’s titles include Tigana, The Lions of Al-Rassan, and Ysabel, which won the International Goliardos Prize and the World Fantasy Award in 2008. But even if the good guys want to defeat the tyrants, they aren’t spoiled for allies. When asked about his predilection towards fantastic historical fiction, Guy Gavriel Kay explains that the genre “takes incidents out of a very specific time and place and opens up possibilities for the writer - and the reader - to consider the themes, the elements of a story, as applying to a wide range of times and places… And, paradoxically… it might actually be seen to apply more to a reader’s own life.” 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 tells a story of vengeance, power, and love.

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