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Wagers, K B

(?   -    ) US author whose Indranan War sequence comprising Behind the Throne (2016) and After the Crown (2016) is a Space Opera set at the heart of a beleaguered Galactic Empire run on matriarchal lines (see Feminism). Their protagonist, a princess who suddenly succeeds to the vastly powerful throne, finds herself enmired in complex intrigues. In Wagers's second series, the Farian War sequence beginning with There Before the Chaos (2018), the new empress finds herself increasingly a player in galactic power games. A third series, the NeoG sequence beginning with A Pale Light in the Black (2020), is Military SF set in the distant Near Future, centuries after a Holocaust that has come near to ending civilization on Earth, with internal and external conflicts increasingly sabotaging the Near Earth Orbital Guard that patrols near space. [JC]

Katy B Wagers

born Colorado, USA

works

series

Indranan War

• Behind the Throne (New York: Orbit, 2016) [Indranan War: pb/]
• After the Crown (New York: Orbit, 2016) [Indranan War: pb/]
• Beyond the Empire (New York: Orbit, 2017) [Indranan War: pb/]

Farian War

• There Before the Chaos (New York: Orbit, 2018) [Farian War: pb/Stephan Martinière]
• Down Among the Dead (New York: Orbit, 2019) [Farian War: pb/Stephan Martinière]
• Out Past the Stars (New York: Orbit, 2021) [Farian War: pb/Stephan Martinière]

NeoG

• A Pale Light in the Black (New York: Harper Voyager, 2020) [NeoG: hb/Vadim Sadovski]
• Hold Fast Through the Fire (New York: Harper Voyager, 2021) [NeoG: hb/Vadim Sadovski]
• The Ghosts of Trappist (New York: Harper Voyager, 2023) [NeoG: hb/]
• And the Mighty Will Fall (New York: Harper Voyager, 2024) [NeoG: pb/]

links

• K B Wagers
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Picture Gallery

Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2011-current) edited by John Clute and David Langford.
Accessed 12:53 pm on 7 March 2026.
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