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Gregory Kontaxis

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Born

in Athens, Greece

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Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction

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J.K. Rowling, Tolkien, G. R.R. Martins, Mark Lawrence, Robert Jordan, ...more

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Discover the enchanting world of "The Dance of Light" epic fantasy series with a FREE prequel novella, "The Knight of the Moon." Join Gregory Kontaxis' mailing list now at https://gregorykontaxis.com/sign-up/ to claim your copy!

Gregory Kontaxis is a Greek epic fantasy author who writes about medieval wars, mythology, politics and epic adventures. His characters are ordinary and at the same time complex living with many challenges to face.

"The Return of the Knights" is the first part of his planned pentalogy “The Dance of Light”.

Gregory was born on 17th December 1989 in Athens. He studied Informatics and Finance in Greece and the United Kingdom and he has worked as a Financial Analyst in Vienna and London. He currently resides in London, wh ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 507 ratings · 237 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Return of the Knights (The Dance of Light, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2021 — 9 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 Fall of the Giants (The Dance of Light, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Knight of the Moon 3.92 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	The Rise of the West (The Dance of Light Book 3) 4.28 avg rating — 47 ratings — 6 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 Sin of War (The Dance of Light Book 4) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2025 — 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 Dance of Light Omnibus (Books 1–3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Gregory Kontaxis and 1 other person liked Shattered Anthologies's review of The Return of the Knights (The Dance of Light, #1): "The Return of the Knights turned out to be a really pleasant surprise. After my rather disappointing experience with The Knight of the Moon, I honestly wasn't expecting this book to work nearly as well for me. It was also a great change of pace after" Read more of this review »
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Gregory Kontaxis and 2 other people liked Danisbooklife's review of The Sin of War (The Dance of Light Book 4): "The Sin of War is exactly what it promises to be: devastating, brutal, and a reminder that in war, absolutely no one gets out untouched. By this point in The Dance of Light, the stakes are enormous, the alliances are shifting, and the line between hop" Read more of this review »
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Gregory Kontaxis and 1 other person liked Jeremy Schwab's review of The Sin of War (The Dance of Light Book 4): "I received an E-ARC of this book from the author in exchange for an honest read and review “The Sin of War” is book 4 in The Dance of Light series from Gregory Kontaxis, and what has up to this point, been an extremely strategic and dark dance, br" Read more of this review »
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