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Depending on what you are looking for… stories and lore, the latest news, giveaways of my books, get to know me as a person… here are the...
L.L. Stephens
Apr 19, 20223 min read


The Triempery Series at a Glance
I wrote the Triempery Revelations series over a period of more than 20 years. As such, it is a sweeping, many-layered tale with a host of...
L.L. Stephens
Apr 4, 20223 min read


SORDANEON -- Chapter 2
2 Eight Years Later The bridge of his nose broke first, then his left cheekbone. Stefan’s boot had found its mark. Blood gushed beneath his eyelid along with sharp, blinding pain. Dorilian refused to cry out, but his breathing betrayed him with a gurgle as blood poured from between his lips along with his final expletive. The next kick, aimed at his mouth, broke his jaw. “Stefan! Stop!” Maybe one voice, maybe more. “He’s bleeding! Hells! You know how they are

L.L. Stephens
Nov 75 min read


SORDANEON, Chapter 1
This is the first chapter of the first book of the Triempery Revelations series. In short, it is the beginning. 1 The Rill grieved, and Dorilian listened. Other voices drew him along shadowed corridors and into the courtyard. Nights in Sordan were never dark. Rill glow from the City’s heights paled the sky and silvered rooftops, walls, and even the flowers in the trees. He’d run barefoot through the immense palace’s empty halls and pillared courts and seen

L.L. Stephens
Oct 2713 min read


Character Note: Chyralane Rannuleonis, In the Path of a Nightmare
The Triempery series has a variety of villains. Nammuor is the main villain, of course, but he’s not the only threat faced by the other main characters. Foremost among this second tier of villains is Chyralane, Denizen of Phaer: murderer, schemer, and almost Nammuor’s peer when it comes to the number of times she appears in the series. Is she a sorcerer in possession of a god-infested device of immense power? No. But she’s leader of the Seven Houses and that’s almost as na

L.L. Stephens
Oct 248 min read


Character Note: Noemi
Illustration by CB Landsell Noemi is an interesting character and one I love dearly. As with many secondary characters, she appeared out of necessity and stuck around, creating ways to wiggle into other characters’ story arcs—Dorilian’s in particular. From the beginning of the series Dorilian’s relationships with men have diverged from those he has with women. Men, even friends, are people he expects he will need to keep in line. If they’re not people he can keep in line, the

L.L. Stephens
Oct 217 min read


Felarro: The Horse Who Ran Off With a God
Readers first hear of Felarro in Sordaneon , when Dorilian boasts of the speed and heritage of his racehorse, Sural. He compares Sural...

L.L. Stephens
Sep 197 min read


Triempery World Map
Full World map of the Second Creation as it is understood in the Triempery novels. When I started writing the Triempery series of novels...

L.L. Stephens
Sep 93 min read


Amynas and Leur
Amynas Amynas was an Aryati clone prince, one of several genetic copies of the ruling Hegemon. The Aryati were mortal, and all mortals...

L.L. Stephens
Aug 257 min read


Travel Posters
Social media followers may have already seen images of these travel posters created by artist Lazare Gvimradze. Please take a look at his...

L.L. Stephens
Jul 274 min read


Character Note: Emyli Stauberg-Randolph
Emyli is the first female main character introduced in the Triempery Revelations series and she stands solidly atop the female character...

L.L. Stephens
Jul 1610 min read


The Rill Lord: Excerpt of Chapter 2
Many things enter into the series' conclusion in The Rill Lord and some make their appearance early. For one thing readers get to return...

L.L. Stephens
Jul 715 min read


The Bear
Once upon a time there was a bear. It belonged to my oldest son Michael. He was a baby, and he made the little bear his constant...

L.L. Stephens
Apr 243 min read


The Collected Doodles
Doodles are casual sketches or scribbles. When arrayed around a book cover, doodles are often silly (and occasionally profound) comments...

L.L. Stephens
Apr 92 min read


Author-Created Memes
I created this meme in 2022 following the publication of The Kheld King . In 2021 when I published Sordaneon I didn't need a meme or...

L.L. Stephens
Apr 93 min read


Cover Art: The Walled City
As readers of the Triempery Series know, each book's cover presents a microcosm of the story within. The elements may be concrete or...

L.L. Stephens
Apr 92 min read


Character Note: Nalf Rhys Thegn
Nalf is one of those series characters who pops up in early books in minor ways—and then becomes a more major character later. I think...

L.L. Stephens
Apr 46 min read


Looking at the Finish Line
The first book of the Triempery Revelations series, Sordaneon , was published in 2021. Since then I’ve published a new book in the series...

L.L. Stephens
Apr 23 min read


Character Notes: Dorilian Sordaneon
Dorilian Sordaneon is an important guy. The first book of the Triempery Revelations series is named after him. Every event that happens...

L.L. Stephens
Mar 2512 min read


King, Hierarch, Nuarch -- Titles and Rank in the Triempery Series
While making additions and deletions to the Appendix for The Walled City , I noticed there were no listings for titles used in the...

L.L. Stephens
Jan 277 min read
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