SRP author Taylen Carver today released the next book in their dystopian fantasy series, The Scorched Lands Saga.
She escaped the chains of the old world… only to discover that freedom comes with a price.
After years enslaved by street gangs in the crumbling ruins of Tangier, Perrin escapes with nothing but a clipped wing and a burning desire for freedom. When she’s rescued and brought to La Mancha—a forest refuge where the Old Races thrive—she believes she’s finally found peace.
But life in paradise has rules, and Perrin bristles under every one. The people she wants to trust most may never see her as one of their own. Especially not Michael David, a firebird and the scion of a founding family who seems to have moved on from their fragile connection.
Perrin can’t stop feeling like an outsider under the watchful boughs of a forest that seems to disapprove of her very presence. As the fiftieth anniversary of the gods’ departure looms, Perrin must decide whether to run once more… or risk planting roots in a world that doesn’t yet know what to make of her.
Sylvalight is the luminous second tale in The Scorched Lands Saga—a dystopian fantasy of ancient magic, fractured identities, and one woman’s fight to belong in a world being remade.
The Scorched Lands Saga is a spin-off series from Taylen’s Magorian & Jones series:
1.0 Ash and Angel
2.0 Sylvalight
… with more to come!
Also (only from Stories Rule Press):
Taylen Carver’s Super-Bundle
Contemporary fantasy, dystopian, fantasy.
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Praise for Taylen Carver’s fantasy:
The worldbuilding in this series is nothing short of genius
These books are a master course in writing.
Such is the joy of reading the works of an excellent writer with a great imagination and the ability to tell an absolutely fascinating story.
The kind of story that will drag you in and keep you reading
I just love this series! The plot is so unique, the story never boring with a lot of unforseen twists. No wonder i finished in three days! !
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Taylen Carver writes fantasy shaped by deep history, high stakes, and the quiet power of found family. Her stories aren’t bound by tropes—they’re rooted in myth, political undercurrents, and the kind of lived-in worldbuilding that makes the magic feel real. Whether it’s contemporary fantasy, dystopian saga, or something harder to name, Taylen’s work always delivers one thing: hope in the face of ruin.
A finalist for the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novella in 2023, Taylen is one of the pen names of award-winning author Tracy Cooper-Posey. With over 200 titles to her name, Tracy writes across romance, science fiction, and fantasy, always drawn to the echoes of long-forgotten truths.
She writes from Edmonton, Canada, fueled by Irish Breakfast tea, chocolate, and the kind of fiction that stays in your bones for years.
