Hobbies include collecting movies on DVD, fine wine, books on the history of Professional Football, and the works of American Illustrators. The Firemane Saga is his first all-new epic fantasy series. His latest book in the growing Riftwar Cycle, being A Crown Imperilled, the second book in the series entitled The Chaoswar Saga, also the last series of the Riftwar Cycle. Feist is the author of more than thirty previous books, including the internationally bestselling Riftwar Cycle of novels set in his signature world of Midkemia, as well as a standalone novel, Faerie Tale. The subsequent trilogy, the Darkwar Saga comprising Flight of the Nighthawks, Into a Dark Realm, and Wrath of a Mad God.
Stirling.įollowing a move to the Eastern Realms, he has introduced us to Talon of the Silverhawk and the Conclave of the Shadows. In more recent collaborations, we saw the arrival of the Legends of the Riftwar, which included, Honoured Enemy with William Forstchen, Murder in LaMut with Joel Rosenberg, and Jimmy the Hand with Steve M. in Communication Arts with Honors in 1977.Ī New York Times, and Times of London Best-seller, he is the author of Magician, Silverthorn, and A Darkness at Sethanon, the three novels comprising The Riftwar Saga, the first series in the Arc that has become known as the Riftwar Cycle. Other works include the Empire Trilogy (co-authored with Janny Wurts), Krondor's Sons, comprising Prince of the Blood and The Kings Buccaneer, and Faerie Tale a dark-fantasy set in contemporary America. Subsequently he wrote the Serpentwar Saga, and The Riftwar Legacy series which is based in part on the hugely successful computer games set in his universe, Betrayal at Krondor and Return to Krondor. Gonzales III, 1945) is an American author who primarily writes fantasy fiction. He has been writing since he first had success with Magician in 1982. He was educated at the University of California, San Diego, where he received his B.A. Raymond Elias Feist (born 1945, Los Angeles, California) is the author or co-author of nearly all books relating to the fantasy worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan and all books in The Riftwar Cycle. Feist (full name Raymond Elias Feist, though also known as Ray Feist), is a Southern Californian by birth and a San Diegan by choice.