Epic fantasy / mythic fantasy
LatestWinds of Change
Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 1
A princess wants freedom. A village boy hides forbidden magic. An elven queen prepares for war. And the Fourth Wind is beginning to rise.
Genre shelf
Use W. R. Stanek for fantasy, science fiction, thrillers, post-apocalyptic worlds, and espionage.
Use W. R. Stanek for genre shelves such as Ruin Mist, Kingdoms and the Elves, Ruin Mist Chronicles, After the Machines, Scott Evers, Rogue Operative, and Silence Is Golden.
This shelf is for readers looking for prophecy, old power, hidden records, machine civilization, identity under pressure, family under threat, surveillance, rebellion, and survival with consequence.
W. R. Stanek genre shelf
Epic fantasy, machine futures, espionage, silence, survival, and consequence.
These records are drawn from the Robert-side catalog and can later power the W. R. Stanek, Ruin Mist, science fiction, thriller, and restored-edition pages.
Epic fantasy / mythic fantasy
LatestSeeds of Dissent
Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 2
The alliance has failed before it begins. The wrong people are controlling the truth.
Epic fantasy / mythic fantasy
LatestPawn of Dragons
Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 3
The kingdoms think they are choosing roads, alliances, marriages, and wars. Older powers have already begun choosing pieces.
Epic fantasy / mythic fantasy
LatestTower of Destiny
Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 4
Survival is never free.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestAwakening
After the Machines Book 1, Part I
The machines were supposed to have forgotten humanity. Cedes is about to learn that forgotten things can still be claimed.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestFracture
After the Machines Book 1, Part II
Cedes wanted answers. Now answers are everywhere, and none of them can be trusted.
Espionage thriller / techno-thriller
LatestThe Pieces of the Puzzle
Rogue Operative
A missing woman. A deadly algorithm. A man with nothing left to lose.
Espionage thriller / techno-thriller
LatestThe Cards in the Deck
Rogue Operative
The Box is dead. Its fragments are not.
Dystopian science fiction / language-rebellion science fiction
LatestSilence Is Golden
A Sci-Fi Epic of Language, Rebellion, and Identity
When silence is law, speaking becomes revolution.
Reader paths
The W. R. Stanek shelf carries the high-stakes genre worlds.
Use this page when the reader is looking for Ruin Mist, the Fourth Wind, dragons, machine civilization, covert systems, language rebellion, and emotionally grounded danger.
Ruin Mist
Kingdoms, elves, dragons, forbidden magic, and old power.
12 current records across the original and Chronicles paths.
Ruin Mist overviewAfter the Machines
Machine civilization, identity, memory, and human personhood.
6 current records in the After the Machines shelf.
Series overviewScott Evers
A damaged operative, family under threat, and hidden systems.
3 current records in the Scott Evers / Rogue Operative shelf.
Series overviewSilence Is Golden
When silence is law, speaking becomes revolution.
3 current records in the Silence Is Golden shelf.
Series overviewEpic fantasy sample
Ruin Mist and the Fourth Wind.
The kingdoms think they are choosing roads, alliances, and wars. Older powers have already begun choosing pieces.
Epic fantasy / mythic fantasy
LatestWinds of Change
Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 1
A princess wants freedom. A village boy hides forbidden magic. An elven queen prepares for war. And the Fourth Wind is beginning to rise.
Epic fantasy / mythic fantasy
LatestSeeds of Dissent
Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 2
The alliance has failed before it begins. The wrong people are controlling the truth.
Epic fantasy / mythic fantasy
LatestPawn of Dragons
Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 3
The kingdoms think they are choosing roads, alliances, marriages, and wars. Older powers have already begun choosing pieces.
Epic fantasy / mythic fantasy
LatestTower of Destiny
Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 4
Survival is never free.
Epic fantasy / mythic fantasy
LatestA Clash of Heroes
Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches Book 5
The dragon is no longer outside the heroes. It is under the skin.
Science fiction and thrillers sample
Machines, surveillance, and silence.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction, espionage thrillers, and language-rebellion dystopian storytelling.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestAwakening
After the Machines Book 1, Part I
The machines were supposed to have forgotten humanity. Cedes is about to learn that forgotten things can still be claimed.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestFracture
After the Machines Book 1, Part II
Cedes wanted answers. Now answers are everywhere, and none of them can be trusted.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestRemnants
After the Machines Book 2, Part I
Central is gone as Cedes knew it. Refuge should mean safety. It does not.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
LatestInheritance
After the Machines Book 2, Part II
At the bottom waits a gate. Opening it will prove the danger has always been deeper than they knew.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
Reckoning
After the Machines Book 3, Part I
Beyond the gate, the rules change. The question is what survival made of them.
Post-apocalyptic science fiction / dystopian science fiction
Origin
After the Machines Book 3, Part II
At the center, the old story fails. No word will own them again.
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