KATEY RAE

An epic fantasy of awakening power, the hunger for forbidden knowledge, and the cost of becoming more than the world allows. The journey begins with The Awakening.

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The Awakening

The Arcane Odyssey · Book 1

Zamaria Zephyr has lived her life surrounded by magic, but never meant to touch it.

Raised among enchanted texts in her family's quiet bookshop, Zamaria has always sensed that some books listen back, that certain symbols shift beneath her gaze, and that there may be more to her family's world than she has ever been told.

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• Behind the Book · October 2026

  Creating The Awakening: Katey Rae’s Fantasy Novel

  What exists beneath a finished fantasy novel? Katey Rae takes readers behind The Awakening to explore the questions, continuity, worldbuilding, and invisible architecture behind the story.

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• Announcements · October 2026

  The Awakening: Signed First Edition Preorders Are Open

  Only 50 copies will ever be made, and each one is signed and numbered by hand.

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• Characters · October 2026

  Zamaria Zephyr: Meet The Awakening’s Heroine by Katey Rae

  Meet Zamaria Zephyr, the seventeen-year-old at the center of The Awakening, whose questions about magic, history, and a mysterious Star-Mark are about to become much harder to ignore.

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