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Janet Inglis "Janny" Wurts (born December 10, 1953) is an American fantasy novelist and illustrator. She has written several standalone novels and series, including the Wars of Light and Shadow, The Cycle of Fire trilogy and the internationally best-selling Empire trilogy that she co-authored with Raymond E. Feist. [1]
Wurts initially planned to write a heroic fantasy about war, but after watching the film, felt that the brutality and bloodshed depicted therein belied the notion of a "righteous battle for a grandiose cause". [1] She then decided to write a more gritty, realistic tale in which the lines between good and evil were blurred. [1] [2]
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The Empire Trilogy is a collaborative trilogy of political fantasy novels by American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, set in the fictional world of Kelewan. It is the second trilogy in Feist's The Riftwar Cycle .
[2] John C. Burnell of Dragon wrote: "For intricate strategy, clear-minded statecraft, and exotic alien magic, few writers can match the team of Feist and Wurts." [ 3 ] However, Kirkus Reviews described the novel as written "in a style more evocative of The Hungry Caterpillar than its obvious paradigm, Shogun ", and called the novel "Wearisome ...
Marilyn K. Sheddan of the Orlando Sentinel wrote that Feist and Wurts have "combined their considerable story-telling talents to forge a tale of war, political intrigue and love." [ 3 ] A review in Asimov's Science Fiction was more negative, stating that while the novel had a Japanese influence, it was "a little too Japanese to feel like an ...
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Grand Conspiracy is an epic fantasy novel by Janny Wurts.It is volume five of the Wars of Light and Shadow saga. [1] It is also volume two of the Alliance of Light, the third story arc in the Wars of Light and Shadow.