An Accident of Stars
When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kena, a magical realm on the brink of civil war.
There, her fate becomes intertwined with that of three very different women: Zech, the fast-thinking acolyte of a cunning, powerful exile; Viya, the spoiled, runaway consort of the empire-building ruler, Vex Leoden; and Gwen, an Earth-born worldwalker whose greatest regret is putting Leoden on the throne. But Leoden has allies, too, chief among them the Vex'Mara Kadeja, a dangerous ex-priestess who shares his dreams of conquest.
Pursued by Leoden and aided by the Shavaktiin, a secretive order of storytellers and mystics, the rebels flee to Veksh, a neighboring matriarchy ruled by the fearsome Council of Queens. Saffron is out of her world and out of her depth, but the further she travels, the more she finds herself bound to her friends with ties of blood and magic.
Can one girl - an accidental worldwalker - really be the key to saving Kena? Or will she just die trying?
Foz Meadows
Foz Meadows is a celebrated queer fantasy author, essayist, reviewer, and poet whose works span a wide array of genres and themes. Their writing has appeared in notable venues such as Apex Magazine, Goblin Fruit, and The Huffington Post. A four-time Hugo Award nominee for Best Fan Writer, Meadows won the prestigious award in 2019. They are also a three-time nominee and winner of the 2017 Ditmar Award for Best Fan Writer.
Meadows' portal fantasy An Accident of Stars was a finalist for the Bisexual Book Awards in 2017, and their queer Shakespearean novella Coral Bones won the 2018 Norma K. Hemming Award in the short fiction category. Their latest novel, A Strange and Stubborn Endurance, is a queer romantic fantasy published by Tor, with a sequel, All the Hidden Paths, set to release in December 2023.
Manifold Worlds
Manifold Worlds consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
