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Juliet E. McKenna

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Juliet E McKenna is a British fantasy author living in the Cotswolds, UK. Loving history, myth and other worlds since she first learned to read, she has written fifteen epic fantasy novels, from The Thief’s Gamble which began The Tales of Einarinn in 1999, to Defiant Peaks concluding The Hadrumal Crisis trilogy.

She's currently writing modern fantasy rooted in the ancient myths and folklore of the British Isles. The series so far consists of The Green Man's Heir, The Green Man's Foe, The Green Man's Silence, The Green Man's Challenge and The Green Man's Gift. She has also written an Arthurian novel, The Cleaving, to be published in 2023.

Juliet has re-issued her backlist as ebooks in association with Wizard’s Tower Press as well as bringing ...more

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	The Thief's Gamble (The Tales of Einarinn, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 1,851 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Man's Heir (Green Man, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Swordsman's Oath (The Tales of Einarinn, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 1999 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gambler's Fortune (The Tales of Einarinn, #3) 3.75 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 2000 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Warrior's Bond (The Tales of Einarinn, #4) 3.85 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 2001 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Man's Foe (Green Man, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Assassin's Edge (The Tales of Einarinn, #5) 3.87 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Man's Silence (Green Man, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Man's Challenge (Green Man, #4) 4.34 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Southern Fire (The Aldabreshin Compass, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Reading Recommendation – The Tangled Lands from Glenda Larke

A major plus of being an author is reading new work from other writers ahead of publication. I thoroughly enjoyed The Tangled Lands from Glenda Larke, published by Wizard’s Tower Press on January 26th 2023. The story starts with the birth of a royal heir to the realm of Talodic, but it’s clear the king has enemies who are hatching an audacious plan to force his hand to – do what, exactly? And who

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Juliet E. McKenna wrote a new blog post A Reading Recommendation – The Tangled Lands from Glenda Larke A major plus of being an author is reading new work from other writers ahead of publication. I thoroughly enjoyed The Tangled Lands from Glenda Larke, Read more of this blog post »
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Juliet McKenna rated a book really liked it The Amber Crown by Jacey Bedford (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This tale opens in Biela Miasto, the capital city of the insecure realm of Zavonia. King Konstantyn is dead and guardsman Valdas Zalecki must avoid being hanged for the murder while he hunts down his royal master’s killer. First he needs to find loya ...more
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This is the second novel set in a girls’ boarding school on an engaging version of Old Mars, which is to say, on the planet imagined by early SF writers, with a breathable atmosphere, canals and alien creatures which this British Empire’s colonists m ...more
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An excellent follow-up to Shadow of a Dead God. As a minor mage, Mennick Thorn is an unwilling pawn in the power games of his city’s two great wizards. Not playing simply isn’t an option, so he has to work hard to avoid falling foul of either faction ...more
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Juliet McKenna liked Jacey's review of The Green Man's Challenge (Green Man, #4): "I was lucky to get a review copy of this, thanks to the publisher, Wizard's Tower Press. I loved the three earlier outings for Daniel Mackmain, son of a dryad and a mortal man, who can see the supernatural and has been directed more than once by the " Read more of this review »
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In my primary school and teenage days, I was an avid reader of both boarding school stories and what I have since learned are variously called ‘juveniles’ or ‘planetary romances’ by authors such as Robert Heinlein or Arthur C Clarke. Thanks to Chaz B ...more
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