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Roger Taylor
Bio: Roger Taylor was born in Heywood, Lancashire, England and now lives in the Wirral. He is a chartered civil and structural engineer, a pistol, rifle and shotgun shooter, instructor/student in aikido, and an enthusiastic and loud but bone-jarringly inaccurate piano player.
Ostensibly fantasy, his fiction is much more than it seems and has been called ‘subtly subversive’. He has published twelve novels, originally published bu Headline Book Publishing in the UK.
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The Keep [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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Isolated and deep in the mountains, the Keep is a disturbing place. Why would the New Order want it, and for what? But you didn't ask questions the way things were. You kept your head down and did as you were told. Just do your job, Josyff kept reminding himself. Yet there were strange problems with his work... and dreams... and him... and the building itself -- massive, yet, somehow, changing. And when the authoritarian Adroyan arrived at the Keep, together with his nemesis, Esyal, things becam... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 190760 - Reading Time: 545-763 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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Arash-Felloren [A sequel to The Chronicles of Hawklan] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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Sinister changes are afoot in Arash-Felloren. Pinnatte, the street thief, has been marked, literally, for a fearful destiny. Imorren, the first woman to lead the Kyrosdyn--the crystal workers--has secretly ordered the transfer of the Jyolan Fighting Pits to Barran, the mercenary who controls most of the crystal trade. It will give him great power in the huge and ancient city. But why would Imorren do this? And why would she bring to the surface a creature from the caves deep below the city--a cr... more info>> (Published: 1996)
Words: 152000 - Reading Time: 434-608 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Caddoran [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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Vashnar is the Commander of Arvenstaat's Wardens. Ambitious, ruthless, and weary of the antiquated and irrelevant proceedings of its government, the Moot, he plans to seize power and re-establish the ancient rule of the Dictators. But, in a terrifying confrontation, his messenger, Thyrn, a young inexperienced Caddoran, sensitive to the point almost of telepathy, reads the intentions beneath his words and flees in panic. Accompanied by his uncle, three Wardens--reluctant allies--and Endryk, a sho... more info>> (Published: 1998)
Words: 124000 - Reading Time: 354-496 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Dream Finder [The first sequel to The Chronicles of Hawklan] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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Since their leader Petran died, the Guild of Dream Finders have been timid, and their ancient craft has fallen into disrepute. Petran's son Antyr, young, grief stricken and only part trained, could not begin to fill the vacuum left by his father. Increasingly he has become a bitter spectator, with neither the cynicism to become rich by pandering to the whims of the wealthy, nor the courage to offer them his skills honestly and without fear. His nightly visits to the alehouse have resulted in a d... more info>> (Published: 1991)
Words: 221000 - Reading Time: 631-884 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Farnor [The second sequel to The Chronicles of Hawklan and the first part of Farnor's Tale] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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Life is good for Farnor Yarrance. It is good for everybody in the valley. And has been for generations. So much so, that few ever feel the need to travel beyond it--over the hill. And no one ever bothers to enter it from beyond. Until one day, they do. Men come from the south, haunted and pursued. And something else comes, silent and awful, from the north. With their arrival, an ancient corruption, festering slowly in the midst of the community, blossoms into a menace that threatens not only the... more info>> (Published: 1992)
Words: 158000 - Reading Time: 451-632 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Ibryen [An Independent Novel in the Chronicles of Hawklan Universe] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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Count Ibryen has been driven from his ancestral land by the Gevethen--strange and powerful usurpers. He and his loyal followers have taken refuge in the mountains, and are fighting a relentless but failing guerilla war. Then a mysterious call lures Ibryen away from his followers. Together with Rachyl and the enigmatic Traveller, he goes in search of an answer to the desperate need in that call, and in the hope of finding another way to oppose the Gevethen's awful power. But his journey leads him... more info>> (Published: 1995)
Words: 157000 - Reading Time: 448-628 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Into Narsindal [Book 4 of The Chronicles of Hawklan] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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The evil Lord Dan-Tor has at last been driven out of Fyorlund and retreated to Narsindal, the realm of his dread master Sumeral. But Hawklan and his allies have won no more than a breathing space, for Dan-Tor is gathering his forces for a massive onslaught on all the free lands. An alliance of the free peoples must be forged, even those of peaceful Orthlund, to stand against Sumeral's dark battalions. The dwellers in the air and the mysterious inhabitants of the lands beneath the mountains must ... more info>> (Published: 1990)
Words: 202000 - Reading Time: 577-808 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Call of the Sword [Book 1 of The Chronicles of Hawklan] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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The castle of Anderras Darion has stood abandoned and majestic for as long as anyone can remember. Then, from out of the mountains, comes the healer, Hawklan--a man with no memory of the past--to take possession of the keep with his sole companion, Gavor. Across the country, the great fortress of Narsindalvak is a constant reminder of the victory won by the hero Ethriss in alliance with the three realms of Orthlund, Riddin and Fyorlund against the Dark Lord, Sumeral, hundreds of years before. Bu... more info>> (Published: 1988)
Words: 63000 - Reading Time: 180-252 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Fall of Fyorlund [Book 2 of The Chronicles of Hawklan] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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The darkness of ancient times is spreading over the land of Fyorlund and tainting even the Great Harmony of Orthlund. The ailing King Rgoric has imprisoned the much-loved and respected Lords Eldric, Arinndier, Darek and Hreldar; he has suspended the ancient ruling council of the Geadrol; he has formed his own High Guard, filling its ranks with violent unruly men; and Mandrocs have been seen even in Orthlund. At the centre of this corruption is the King's advisor, the evil Lord Dan-Tor, who is de... more info>> (Published: 1989)
Words: 159000 - Reading Time: 454-636 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Return of the Sword [The final volume of The Chronicles of Hawklan] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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The dark lord Sumeral is dead--His mortal body destroyed and His will scattered some sixteen or so years ago. Now, travellers sent to learn more of the world beyond Orthlund, Fyorlund and Riddin are returning. They bring with them people in need of help and with disturbing tales to tell--Antyr, the Dream Finder; Farnor, to whom the great forest can speak; Vredech, the once preaching brother; Pinnatte, victim of a fearful experiment by the Kyrosdyn; and Thyrn, the Caddoran. Their disparate storie... more info>> (Published: 1999)
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The Waking of Orthlund [Book 3 of The Chronicles of Hawklan] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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Fyorlund has fallen. The City of Vakloss has felt the terrifying Power that lies behind the evil Lord Dan-Tor and King Rgoric lies dead, murdered by Dan-Tor who is now master of Fyorlund and ready to unleash the Dark Lord Sumeral's dread power over all the lands. Yet Dan-Tor has been grievously wounded by Hawklan's arrow, and, against impossible odds, not all hope has been swallowed by the Darkness. Sylvriss, Rgoric's Queen, has escaped the blighted City to rally the Lords in Exile. In peaceful ... more info>> (Published: 1989)
Words: 177000 - Reading Time: 505-708 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Valderen [The Second Part of Farnor's Tale] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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Chilled and cowed by the violent fate of Garren and Katrin Yarrance and the mysterious disappearance of Farnor, the villagers can only stand by helpless as Rannick, increasingly unstable, and with his terrifying powers growing daily, turns his ambitions towards the land beyond the valley. But in the wake of the plunder and captives brought in triumph to the castle by Nilsson and his men, confident and arrogant again, comes a shadow from their past... Meanwhile, in the Great Forest, Farnor has su... more info>> (Published: 1993)
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Category: Fantasy
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Whistler [The third sequel to The Chronicles of Hawklan] [MultiFormat]
by Roger Taylor
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Canol Madreth is a small, remote and mountainous country at the centre of Gyronlandt. It is governed directly by an elected parliament, the Heindral--and indirectly by the stern and sombre tenets of the Church of Ishrythan. Then, one fateful day, ominous clouds gather over Canol Madreth, and, mysteriously affected by whatever brought them, the impetuous Brother Cassraw is transformed into a fiery religious demagogue. The stability of the whole of Gyronlandt and beyond is threatened by his strang... more info>> (Published: 1994)
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Category: Fantasy
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