Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Seeds of Time | 1997 | Kay Kenyon | Buy |
| 2 | Leap Point | 1998 | Kay Kenyon | Buy |
| 3 | Rift | 1999 | Kay Kenyon | Buy |
| 4 | Tropic of Creation | 2000 | Kay Kenyon | Buy |
| 5 | Maximum Ice | 2002 | Kay Kenyon | Buy |
| 6 | Braided World | 2003 | Kay Kenyon | Buy |
| 7 | A Thousand Perfect Things | 2013 | Kay Kenyon | Buy |
| 8 | Queen of the Deep | 2015 | Kay Kenyon | Buy |
Kay Kenyon’s standalone novels cover a wide range of science fiction territory. Her debut, The Seeds of Time (1997), involves time travel and ecological collapse. Leap Point (1998) deals with alien contact and human transformation. Rift (1999) is a post-apocalyptic survival story set on a future Earth wracked by geological upheaval, and Tropic of Creation (2000) sends characters into a biologically alien landscape.
Maximum Ice (2002), which was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, imagines a frozen future Earth consumed by crystalline growth. Braided World (2003) follows a human expedition to a planet whose inhabitants may hold the key to saving the human race. A Thousand Perfect Things (2013) takes a Victorian-era alternate history approach, blending the British Raj with botanical magic. Queen of the Deep (2015) rounds out the collection. These novels show Kenyon’s range before and between her two major series, the Entire and the Rose and Dark Talents.