Limited Edition Hardcover
In the Garden of Light and Shadow
combines steampunk, fantasy, and mystery into a spellbinding tale where forbidden love meets destiny and magic is only the beginning of ultimate power.
ABOUT cerece
National bestselling and award-winning author Cerece Rennie Murphy has published fourteen speculative fiction novels, short stories, and children's books, including her latest release, In The Garden of Light and Shadow: War of the Fallen. Ms. Murphy is also the founder of Virtuous Con, an online sci-fi and comic culture convention that celebrates the excellence of BIPOC creators in speculative fiction. Ms. Murphy is the recipient of Black Pearls Magazine’s Author of the Year Award for Children’s Literature, the National Best Sellers designation from the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC), and the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA)’s Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award for significant contributions to the science fiction, fantasy, and related genres community. Created in 2008, Ms. Murphy joins the ranks of distinguished previous Solstice Award winners, including Petra Mayer, Carl Sagan, Octavia Butler, and Gardner Dozois.
Ms. Murphy lives and writes just outside her hometown of Washington, DC with her family.
“Order of the Seers is outstanding. This novel deserves a stellar five star rating....Every sentence in Order of the Seers is a...pleasure for the reader...one of the most captivating, suspense grabbing novels available today.”
— BTS Book Reviews, Order of The Seers
“I was not prepared for the quality of this writing! The world building is excellent. The characters are well-developed [and] The action is easy to visualize and understand. This is right up there with N.K. Jemison and Nnendi Okrafor.”
— Reader, The Wolf Queen: The Hope of Aferi
“A series of “genre-bending” stories interwoven to create a fantastical fairytale and landscape with rich characters, immaculate world-building and beautiful language.
— The Root, Between Two Seas