"Designers & Dragons: The Column #13: Midkemia Press, 1979–1983".
Master of Furies, expected in summer 2022.King of Ashes, was released in late April 2018.He has also published several short stories in various anthologies.įeist is currently working on a new trilogy titled Firemane: Prior to the end of the Riftwar Cycle, Feist's only novel outside the Riftwar setting was Faerie Tale, a fantasy story set in modern New York state. Feist claims to have been unaware of this origin when he wrote Magician. As a result, much of the background of Kelewan – the Tsurani Empire, the lack of metals and horses, the Cho'ja, the pantheons of 20 major and 20 minor gods – comes from Tekumel. The original D&D campaign which he based his books on had an invasion of the Midkemia world by Tekumel. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne was the source for much of Kelewan. įeist acknowledges that the Tekumel setting from M. The original group have since formed a company called Midkemia Press, which has continued publishing campaigns set in Midkemia. After some time, when the group changed and began meeting on Fridays, they became known as the Friday Nighters. The group called themselves the Thursday Nighters, because they played the Midkemia role-playing game every Thursday evening. Midkemia was originally created as an alternative to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, by Feist and his friends studying at the University of California San Diego. The novels and short stories of The Riftwar Universe record the adventures of various people on these worlds. Human magicians and other creatures on the two planets are able to create rifts through dimensionless space that can connect planets in different solar systems. has a chance of putting its aughor firmly on the trone next to Tolkien-and keeping him there.The majority of Feist's works are part of The Riftwar Cycle, and feature the worlds of Midkemia and Kelewan. A very worthy and absorbing addition to the fantasy field.” -Andre Norton
A fantasy of epic scope, fast-moving action and vivid imagination.” - The Washington Post Book World “Understandably, this is one of the highest-regarded books in the world.” - Fantasy Book Review
Only Pug’s strange brand of magic might yet turn the tide, in the struggle to repel the invaders and restore peace to Midkemia. Now the lives of Pug and his friend Tomas are thrown into danger and disarray. But his courage will be tested still further when dark beings from another world open a rift in the fabric of spacetime to rekindle the age-old battle between the forces of Order and Chaos. Though ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry, Pug soon earns his place as a squire after saving the life of one of the royals at court. Orphaned boy Pug is apprenticed to a powerful court magician named Kulgan in the world of Midkemia. Feist’s Riftwar Saga-a classic of fantasy literature which no true fan should be without-opens with this tale of magic, might, and adventure. “One of the world’s most successful fantasy fiction authors.”- The Guardian The Riftwar Saga-a classic of fantasy literature which no true fan should be without-opens with this tale of magic, might, and adventure.