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Frederick Kirchhoff
Biography
A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Fred Kirchhoff graduated from Harvard and for many years taught English at a state university in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was responsible for course in British Romantic and Victorian literature. While in Indiana, he also wrote two books on William Morris and a book on John Ruskin, as well as articles on other literary subjects. He later moved to Minneapolis, where he served as Dean of Arts and Sciences at Metropolitan State University. Since retiring, he has lived in Portland, Oregon. He began writing the Emperor's Library series while living in Minnesota, but completed it in Oregon, where his chief pleasures have been writing, classical piano lessons, and cooking up dinners for his favorite man and a few cherished friends.
Series
The Emperor's Library
by Frederick Kirchhoff
The Flight from Kar (The Emperor's Library: Book One)
The Tritargon (The Emperor's Library: Book Two)
The Game (The Emperor's Library: Book Three)
The Clavis (The Emperor's Library: Book Four)
The Chronophage (The Emperor's Library: Book Five)
The Guardians
The Flight from Kar (The Emperor's Library: Book One)
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Tritargon (The Emperor's Library: Book Two)
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Game (The Emperor's Library: Book Three)
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Clavis (The Emperor's Library: Book Four)
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Chronophage (The Emperor's Library: Book Five)
Price:
$2.99 USD.
The Guardians
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Books
Portland Dreaming: Eight Stories
by Frederick Kirchhoff
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 69,390.
Language:
English.
Published: June 22, 2021
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories, Fiction » Literature » Literary
This collection of stories, set in Portland, Oregon, explores the intersections of dream and reality, imagination and delusion. Serious but comic at the same time, they introduce a variety of characters all, in some way, facing the question, how can we know what is truly real?.
The Guardians
by Frederick Kirchhoff
Series: The Emperor's Library.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 162,610.
Language:
English.
Published: November 24, 2015
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
Final volume in "The Emperor’s Library,” “The Guardians" traces the lives of the main characters introduced in “The Chronophage," taking them to settings familiar from earlier books in the series, Beneath the counterpoint of their varied stories, a narrative of the planet's history unfolds and we learn how the final events of "The Clavis" now threaten the survival of human civilization.
The Chronophage (The Emperor's Library: Book Five)
by Frederick Kirchhoff
Series: The Emperor's Library.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 134,240.
Language:
English.
Published: August 14, 2013
.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
(5.00 from 1 review)
Sexually assaulted, Lim finds himself in the care of Jules, one of the Masters who, with the Army, rule Gort. Jules apprentices him to the goldsmith Falke, who is constructing the chronophage, a device that slows time. When Jules is threatened, they use the chronophage to help him escape, and thus begin adventures culminating in an extravagant theatrical performance that brings disaster to Gort.
The Clavis (The Emperor's Library: Book Four)
by Frederick Kirchhoff
Series: The Emperor's Library.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 136,920.
Language:
English.
Published: March 19, 2012
.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
100 years have passed since The Game, and the world has changed in remarkable ways. Rel, a young man from the sticks, comes to Tarnak, now the continent’s richest city, where Jon, gives him a mysterious object, and he finds himself playing a crucial role in the final stages of the religious conflct that shaped the earlier novels.
The Game (The Emperor's Library: Book Three)
by Frederick Kirchhoff
Series: The Emperor's Library.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 200,290.
Language:
English.
Published: May 4, 2011
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Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
The Game takes place 20 years after The Tritargon. Jon and his partner Dan are living quietly in Kar, as dealers in antiquities, until a mysterious book leads to a series of unforeseen events, culminating in the re-creation of an ancient, multidimensional game that has the potential to obliterate the planet. This game reunites Jon with Zoë, Klei and other figures from his past.
The Tritargon (The Emperor's Library: Book Two)
by Frederick Kirchhoff
Series: The Emperor's Library.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 127,390.
Language:
English.
Published: May 4, 2011
.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
Book Two traces the lives of four major characters, which go separate ways only to converge in the final scenes. Jon finds himself entangled in the military affairs of the Chosen, while Zoë's relationship with the Emperor deepens. Meanwhile, Alf grapples with the problems of building the Emperor's capital-in-exile, and Klei embraces the life of the Rand, an ancient people with remarkable powers.
The Flight from Kar (The Emperor's Library: Book One)
by Frederick Kirchhoff
Series: The Emperor's Library.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 149,260.
Language:
English.
Published: May 3, 2011
.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
Expelled from the Valley of Women, the seventeen-year-old Jon finds friendship with the Forester Zoë and love with her brother John. But disaster strikes, and Jon leads Zoë and his companions to Kar, the imperial capital, where they save the Emperor and his library from religious fanatics who menace the city and commence a journey of challenge and discovery.