Epic Fantasy
Epic fantasy features vast, sprawling worlds with rich histories, complex mythologies, and high-stakes conflicts. Stories often follow multiple characters across kingdoms or continents, with quests, wars, and political intrigue forming the backbone. Magic systems are integral, as are legendary creatures and ancient prophecies. Tone is serious, often blending moral struggles with battles between light and dark forces.
Urban fantasy takes magical or supernatural elements and places them in modern, real-world, or urban settings. The genre blends the everyday with the extraordinary—detectives who track vampires, secret magical societies hidden in cities, or modern characters discovering latent powers. The tone can range from gritty noir to humorous or romantic, but the clash between the mundane and the magical drives the narrative.
Romantasy merges fantasy worldbuilding with a central romantic plotline. While the setting may include kingdoms, magic, or supernatural beings, the core of the story revolves around the characters’ emotional and romantic journeys. Romantic tension, slow burns, and forbidden love are common, often layered with quests, court intrigue, or magical stakes. The romance is not secondary. It is interwoven with the fantasy elements, making both essential to the story.
These are the types of fantasy I am most apt to write. Epic fantasy for the foreseeable future will focus on over 30 years of world-building, focused on the World of the Lianshi stories. These are stories that center on Francesca, who is featured in the bestselling fantasy short story Curse of the Lianshi.
Curse of the Lianshi by Ben Wolfe
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The Imperial Dragon by Ben Wolfe
Book 2 of the Tales of the Lianshi
Follow the further adventures of the Lianshi Empress and the shapeshifting dragon, The Dravin, as the Lianshi and her Jintai warrior-women expand her empire, making unexpected alliances and taking on the most fortified city in the east.
Due Out in 2026
La maldición de la Lianshi by Ben Wolfe
Cuando una hermosa joven gitana se enamora del hijo del Martillo de Anjou, el ejecutor de la mano derecha del trono francés, las cosas seguramente se complicarán. Agregue un hechizo de amor, una maldición de sangre y un dragón que cambia de forma, y ¿qué podría salir mal?
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Escape of the Concubines by Ben Wolfe
Cursed by her mother and murdered by the father of the man she loves, Francesca wakes to an encounter with a shape-shifting dragon who guides the creation of a fledgling empire ruled by women. More specifically, her. As the Lianshi Empress, the world she finds herself in is forever changed when the Wraith Riders are hired to help influential women of the West defect to the new empire, seeking her protection and plunging the Lianshi Empire into political turmoil that threatens conflict with the West.
Epic fantasy with high stakes! "Jumping straight in from the first page, the stakes are high as Artemis, a handmaiden, suffers a great loss and then faces many trials thereafter, all for the hope of freedom. There is bravery in the face of hardship and fierce battles, there are backstabbing betrayals, and there is political intrigue that will keep you guessing who is going to come out on top." ~ Amazon Review by author K Dezendorf
"The writing style of Ben Wolfe is breathtakingly awesome. This is a brilliant page-turner that makes you dive into a fantasy world easily." ~ Amazon Review by author Ellen Khodakivska
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The Bard of Masaghdiva by Ben Wolfe
In the aftermath of the concubines’ audacious escape, the western kingdoms are reeling. Heads of Wraith Riders now adorn enemy gates, and in the citadel of Arkenheim, Lord‑Warren and his wife Pria are forced to confront a terrible truth: the mysterious Wraith Riders are their own daughters. With proof that these young women aided the concubines’ flight and even attempted to kill the Konigar, war against Vordosha is inevitable.
Far to the east, the immortal Lianshi Empress wages a different battle. Cursed to remain ageless until her blood ties are severed, she seeks to forge a dangerous “blood‑bond” with the Dravin’s changeling ward—an alliance that will grant her draconic power but could doom her successor to bear Allia’s curse. As a reminder of their bargain, the Dravin presents Allia with “Claw,” a blade carved from the dragon‑goddess Tiamat’s own talon. a weapon hungry for vengeance against the god‑killer Baphomet.
Meanwhile, on the sacred island of Altishan, a naked stranger is pulled from a forbidden pool by two aelfen guardians. She is Esther, a Wraith Rider on a desperate quest to find her brother and the legendary Bard of Masaghdiva, and she is prepared to pay with ancient coin. Her search will draw her back into the tangled schemes of gods and mortals, forcing alliances with reluctant elves like La’renz and daring traders such as Onna, even as Allia’s empire consumes refugees and former concubines alike.
The Bard of Masaghdiva is a sweeping second installment of the Wraith Riders Trilogy, weaving together a cursed empress’s bid for freedom, a sister’s uncompromising quest, and the revelation of a secret order of warrior‑women that threatens to shatter empires. Betrayal, blood‑magic, and the looming specter of war propel Esther and her sisters toward a confrontation that will decide the fate of both the old world and the new.
