Category Archives: River of Stars
Cover for River of Stars (Germany)
Publisher: Tor Designed by Nele Schütz
Cover for River of Stars (France)
France edition Publisher: L’Atalante
Review by Desi Stern for Petrichor Machine
Reproduced with kind permission ofPetrichor Machine. As the days get shorter and colder here in New England, there are few pleasures as sure to warm you up as sitting down with a good book, a dog’s chin on your knee, … Continue reading
Review by Indrapramit Das for Strange Horizons.
Reproduced with kind permission of Strange Horizons. Early in his latest novel, River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay has one of his characters, the poet Lin Shan, ask, “But if only the one tale is told, over and over, no … Continue reading
Review by Adam Whitehead of The Wertzone
Reproduced with kind permission of The Wertzone. Kitai, during the Twelfth Dynasty. Several centuries after a devastating civil war that left half the population of the empire dead and its armies disbanded, the empire has still not fully recovered. Soldiers … Continue reading
Review by Ilana Teitelbaum for Huffington Post
Sublime Heartbreak Reproduced with kind permission by Huffington Post. There’s a reason that each new fantasy novel by Guy Gavriel Kay is met with so much excitement by a core of devoted readers. These are books in which everything happens–epic … Continue reading
Review by Chadwick Ginther for The Winnipeg Review
Reproduced with kind permission of The Winnipeg Review. Guy Gavriel Kay is in a class all his own in the fantasy field. He explores meticulously researched and detailed cultures filled with fascinating characters and then is capable of moving on-no … Continue reading
Review by Natalie Zina Walschots for National Post
For River of Stars Reproduced with permission of National Post. Fantasy, science fiction, magic realism – any of the genres that can be classified as speculative fiction – are often defined (or dismissed) as being entirely about escapism. Whether a … Continue reading
River of Stars Review – Locus Magazine
Cecilia Holland reviews Guy Gavriel Kay Review by Cecilia Holland for Locus Online. Reprinted permission of Locus Publications. The master of the historical fantasy has found a canvas large enough for his ambitions. Guy Gavriel Kay’s second novel based on … Continue reading
Reading Passage from River of Stars
From Chapter Eight of River of Stars Early morning they crossed the Great River in a fine rain, listening to geese overhead, though they couldn’t see them. A calm hour, the river so wide the northern bank appeared only when … Continue reading
Cover of River of Stars (U.S./Can hardback edition)
Artist: Larry Rostant Publisher: Penguin Canada/Roc
Cover of River of Stars (UK advanced reading copy)
Cover of River of Stars (UK edition)
Publisher: Harper Collins
Cover of River of Stars (UK ARC edition)
Designer: Charlotte Simpson Publisher: HarperCollinsUK
Cover of River of Stars (Russian edition)
Publisher: AST
Cover of River of Stars (Chinese hardcover edition)
Chongqing Publishing
Cover Art for The River of Stars
River of Stars was published in April, 2013. Click on the cover to see a larger image. US/CDN edition Artist: Larry Rostant Publisher: Penguin Canada/Roc Canadian full cover wrap Artist: Larry Rostant Publisher: Penguin UK hardcover edition Publisher: Harper Collins … Continue reading
Cover of River of Stars (Can. trade paperback edition)
Publisher: Penguin Canada