Critiques en avant-premièreKevin Knabe

He was just searching for family. She thought the ends justified the means. Can they save the world from the callous goddess they’ve roused?

Tanin’s resilience is being tested. After rising from obscurity to become one of the leaders of Chicago’s Fae Town, the colorful shaman is stunned to learn he’s the son of Earth’s manifesting consciousness. But when the revelation triggers the fragile planetary essence’s galaxy-sized emotions, it sets off a burst of energy that attracts interdimensional soul eaters.

Savannah longs for peace. Irrevocably linked to Gaia, she’s a lightning rod for those seeking answers to the fresh attacks on their home. But the competent dryad realizes she’s about to shatter as god-level sentiments relentlessly pulse through her mortal body…

Battling waves of damage, Tanin’s attempt to communicate with his parent leaves him battered and broken. And as Savannah strives to provide the immature planet with nurturing guidance, her high-stakes responsibility turns into an inescapable curse.

Can they help a new deity bloom without poisoning their own people?

The Fae Crisis is the thought-provoking third book in The Fae Town metaphysical fantasy series. If you like quirky characters, seamless genre mashups, and eloquently detailed worldbuilding, then you’ll love Kevin Knabe’s spellbinding story.

A rootless dryad in an urban jungle. Will his meditations on power awaken a once-mythical truth and shake the city with a deadly force?

Chicago. Tanin can't dislodge a persistent unease. Working for a fae civil rights icon, the young human-shaped tree stays busy pumping unseen tendrils of magic into Earth's stale ground. But a fraught encounter with a wil-o-the-wisp reveals the dark side of his zealous mentor, and endows him with a mysterious new ability.

Tuan has trouble deciding if he should panic or celebrate. Once a humble bike courier, he realizes constant contact with a weird faerie composting business has left him able to see through their glamor and into the astral plane. But when the vivid colors and amazing sights start to overwhelm his mind, he turns to the anxious eucalyptus dryad for help.

Stunned to discover that mortal employees have been disappearing and dying for months, Tanin digs into the darker aspects of Gaia's guidance. And while helpful spirit guides show Tuan how to master his mental gifts, his physical body is still spiraling out of control.

Will their desperate attempts to do good poison the planet forever? Newgrowth is the mystical first book in The Fae Town Series of urban fantasies. If you like spontaneous fun, intriguing symbolism, and environmental themes, then you'll love Kevin Knabe's imaginative adventure.

When creatures spawned from dark dreams invade the waking world, can a plucky team of heroes unite to save their city from an elemental threat?

Chicago. Tanin's abilities are growing like weeds. Yet after his impossible burst of God-level wizardry a year ago, the empathic dryad is struggling to support everyone through the unexpected changes it wrought in the city's ambient nature. And though he and his companions all wield gifts from Gaia, their first confrontation with a plague of soul-eating terrors leaves them shaken and bloodied.

Ally hates her patched-together psyche. Permanently damaged by a fae civil rights icon more concerned with power than morality, the shift in energies mends the human's sanity enough for her to chase payback. But when her ability to photograph fae magic brings her unwanted fame, she discovers she could hold the key to fighting the shadows stalking the streets.

Cloaking his unique form in glamors and illusion, Tanin doubles down on his hunt for a solution that will end the carnage. But as Ally tries to guide others to their soul's true purpose, whispers from a past self could steer her dangerously off-course.

Can their talents coexist, or will they warp reality beyond recognition?The Fae Conflict is the enchanting second book in The Fae Town metaphysical fantasy series.

If you like hopeful character arcs, clean adventures, and deep connections with nature, then you'll love Kevin Knabe's emotional quest.