Library Manager
Manage your library—your way. Keep a running list or organize the books you've read into little stacks. i.e. Beach Reads, Cozy Covers, True Crime, etc.
Kalifriki
A Fantasy Novella by Roger Zelazny
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Science Fantasy,
- Quest Fantasy,
- Labyrinthine,
- Fate and Destiny
This book is for you if you're into...
- Labyrinthine quests shaped by fate, destiny, and impossible choices
- Enigmatic weapons and artifacts with cosmic-level power
- Assassins, shifting alliances, and deadly games across strange worlds
He possessed a weapon more powerful than a Black Hole.
This is the story of Kalifriki of the Thread, the Kife, and the toymaker's daughter-in the days of the shifter's flight from the Assassin's Garden, wherefrom it bore a treasure almost without price.
But even a Kife can be followed by a Master of the Thread.
For the Thread may wander anywhere and need not have an end; the Thread has more sides than a sword; the Thread is subtle in its turnings, perhaps infinite in the variations it may play in the labyrinths of doom, destiny, desire.
No one, however, can regard every turning of fate from the Valley of Frozen Time.
Attempts to do so tend to terminate in madness.
All the death-traps in the galaxy, and she has to walk into mine.
At first I didn't recognize her.
And when I did I knew it still couldn't be right, her, there, with her blindfolded companion in the sandals and dark kimono.
She was dead, the octad broken.
There couldn't be another.
Certain misgivings arose concerning this one.
But I had no choice.
Does one ever?
Follow This Author
Sign up & we'll email you when a new title is available for pre-order or hits the bookshelf
Little Stacks of Fantasy
Epic Fantasy Books Set in Non-European Worlds
From the ancient New World to Chinese and Japanese history, pre-colonial Africa to the Ottoman Empire, these seven fantasy books whisk you away to non-European realms filled with brand new, colorful, and fascinating wonders to discover.
Six Fantasy Books with the Most Compelling Flawed Characters
Forget perfect heroes. These morally complex, deeply human characters are the reason character-driven fantasy is having a moment in 2026.
Essential Fantasy Books Where the Misfits Become Legends
From drunk-and-disgraced captains to orphans and refugees, these fantasy books take us on a journey with misfit heroes who are willing to break the rules, defy the odds, and do what the chosen ones won’t—and in the end, become great for it.
Get Fantasy eBook Deals
Curated reads, irresistible prices—subscribe now