K.J. Taylor

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  • Bibliography:
    20 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2011
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Fallen Moon

1 - The Dark Griffin (Jan-2011)
2 - The Griffin's Flight (Jan-2011)
3 - The Griffin's War (Feb-2011)

The Risen Sun

1 - The Shadow's Heir (Dec-2012)
2 - The Shadowed Throne (Jan-2014)
3 - The Shadow's Heart (Jan-2015)

Book List in Order: 20 titles

  • The Dark Griffin

    The Fallen Moon - 1

    "I will not forgive. I will not forget. And if the chance comes, I will have revenge." Being chosen as a griffin's companion has allowed Arren Cardockson to gain a place of status within land of Cymria. But even with his griffin by his side, can nev...

  • The Griffin's Flight

    The Fallen Moon - 2

    THE MAN WITHOUT A HEART Arren Cardockson lived as a man oppressed by his slave heritage. Although he was once chosen as a griffin's companion, Arren was still reviled, betrayed, and ultimately killed for nothing more than his birth. Now, brought bac...

  • The Griffin's War

    The Fallen Moon - 3

    After promising his allegiance to the Night God, Arenadd Taranisaii escapes death for the second time and vows to free his people. With the dark griffin Skandar by his side, Arenadd begins to gather an army and prepare for war using the power gifted ...

  • The Shadow's Heir

    The Risen Sun - 1

    Laela Redguard was born with the black hair of the Northern kingdom and the blue eyes of the Southern people, forever marking her as a hated half-breed child of both. When her only family tie is severed, the fierce and strong-willed Laela decides to ...

  • The Setting Sun

  • The Shadowed Throne

    The Risen Sun - 2

    Arenadd Taranisäii, infamous leader of the Northern people, has vanished. Only his half-breed daughter Laela knows what happened to him. Left to rule her father’s Kingdom, Laela is all that stands in the way of the war her cousin Saeddryn wants to...

  • The Shadow's Heart

    The Risen Sun - 3

    Half-breed Queen Laela Taranisäii is in more danger than ever before. Her subjects hate her, her closest allies, including her griffin, have fallen, and, most worryingly, the Night God’s immortal assassin, The Shadow That Walks, is bent upon reapi...

  • Drachengott: Wind

    The first in a stunning fantasy quartet from K J Taylor. Wendland is a land of dragons, and of magic. The mysterious Drachengott grants magic to his worshippers - but is he truly a god? Rutger von Gothendorf is only a simple furrier, but he has bec...

  • Drachengott: Earth

    The second installment in KJ Taylor's epic fantasy, following on from the stunning DRACHENGOTT: WIND. Elynor von Augenstein is a Junger - a faithful worshipper of the mysterious Drachengott, with a faithful dragon servant of her own. But Elynor has ...



  • Drachengott: Fire

    The third installment in K J Taylor's epic fantasy series, following on from DRACHENGOTT: EARTH. Nils doesn't know how old he is, or where he came from. Raised to worship the Drachengott, he will soon be granted the gift of magic at his initiation -...

  • Drachengott: Water

    The epic finale to K J Taylor's stunning fantasy series. The time has come. Rutger, Elynor, Theodor and Syn set out on their final journey - to find the fourth member of their group, the one they need to destroy the Drachengott once and for all. Bu...

  • Tales of Cymria

    A Treasury of Cymrian Lore. These are the lost tales of Cymria, drawn from the Malvern and Liranwee archives, now gathered in a single volume for the first time. How did Arren Cardockson become a griffiner and rise to the post of Master of Trade? And...

  • Broken Prophecy

    BROKEN PROPHECY - the only novel in which a major plot point was decided upon by the author flipping a coin. A fun adventure that satirises fantasy tropes in the style of Terry Pratchett. Ambit Afterman is the Chosen One. Born with the mark of the si...

  • The Last Guard

    Guards stay at their posts, and die to defend their cities...

    Southerner Sergeant Kearney "Red" Redguard is the last of a disgraced family, and a loyal guardsman. And with a murderer stalking the streets, the city guard is his city's best d...

  • The Price of Magic

    “You are here because you were born different. Born with a gift ... and a curse.” Heroes come in all shapes. Upright, manly, sword-wielding…. Or small and weedy with walking sticks. Unless you look hard enough, you might miss these ones. Pip’...

  • Wishmaster

    Oriana is a young woman who can only remember one thing: waking up in a cold, damp and dark room all alone only to discover it is full of a nightmare. Now she is out of the room with no recollection of how she got out, where she was or why she was ev...

  • The Silent Guard

    The Cymrian Saga continues. Enslaved in the lands of the Amorani Empire, the Southern guardsman, Kearney Redguard finds that his captivity marks the beginning of a new struggle. As the Northern army take over his homelands once again, Red is forced i...

  • Shadow of the Skytree

    The reserved elf Lyell Blackfletch is an ambassador for his people - and the holder of a dark secret. Plague is spreading among the human race, with the fire-loving dwarves already driven to the edge of extinction. Only the human Fiorella is close...

  • The Cursed Guard

    Once more, battle lines are drawn between North and South. Old Loyalties are tested, and not just between the men and women of Cymria. The fearsome power of the rival griffins, Shar and Kraego culminates in a dramatic challenge, and only one will sur...



  • City in the Sky

    K.J.Taylor's first science fiction novel is an action packed story of belonging, loyalty and most of all what it means to be human.When Leesa sat down to write a program for an illicit robot, she had not intended to create the holy grail of AI: full ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

K.J. Taylor has published 20 books.

K.J. Taylor does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, City in the Sky, was published in July 2024.

The first book by K.J. Taylor, The Dark Griffin, was published in January 2011.

Yes. K.J. Taylor has 2 series.
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