A Little About the Author
Amanda L. Stewart writes emotionally honest epic fantasy for readers who have known grief, loved deeply, and still dare to hope. Her stories explore sisterhood, longing, sacrificial courage, and the stubborn survival of light in ruined places.
She is currently completing My Sister’s Keeper, the first novel in the five-book Keeper Series—an epic fantasy of broken crowns, hidden heirs, ancient covenants, and beautiful kingdoms concealing a deepening rot. The manuscript is in final revisions as she seeks the right publishing home for the series.
After the Keeper books, Amanda plans to turn to the Witness Series, an epic romantasy shaped by love, memory, dangerous devotion, and the courage required to bear witness to the truth.
Amanda’s Christian faith shapes the heart of her storytelling. She believes fantasy can give language to grief, bring hidden truths into the light, and remind readers that ruin never has the final word. She does not write to look away from sorrow, but to follow love, courage, and hope through it.
Behind every novel is an extensively developed world of histories, legends, maps, character journeys, and quiet objects that carry more meaning than they first appear to hold. Amanda writes for the reader who returns to a story and discovers that the truth was waiting there all along.
"Grief whispered the only thing it knew how to ask.
Stay.
Lysara walked away instead."
– Excerpt from My Sister's Keeper
A Glimpse of Orenthalis
Orenthalis was built through years of imagination, writing, revision, prayer, and the encouragement of those who helped shape the journey. This map offers a glimpse into the world of the Keeper Series while honoring the people whose support, wisdom, and belief helped me keep finding the road forward—including those who are no longer here to see what their love helped bring into the light.
It Began with My Sister
My Sister’s Keeper is not a literal retelling of our lives, but its emotional foundation comes from the love, loyalty, grief, and survival woven through the bond I shared with my sister. Reinara carries pieces of what I loved most in her: her wildness, tenderness, humor, courage, and fierce capacity to love.
Dear Reader,
Stories have often given me words for things I did not yet know how to say. Fantasy creates room to walk beside sorrow without being consumed by it. Grief can take shape there. Longing can speak. Courage can be quiet—staying, serving, or choosing hope when hope feels painfully small.
Not every wound closes neatly, and not every loss can be explained. Some grief changes us forever. Even so, ruin does not have the final word.
That is the promise behind my work: pain will be treated honestly, but never carelessly. Suffering will not exist merely for spectacle, and hope will never be offered cheaply. The characters within these stories may be imperfect, wounded, and afraid, but their faithfulness will matter. Their love will leave marks on the world around them.
Small things matter, too. A ring. A teacup. A remembered phrase. The truths within these stories should have roots—waiting for the reader who notices, wonders, and returns.
Thank you for meeting me here while these worlds are still being formed. Thank you for learning unfamiliar names, walking beside wounded people, and offering a little of your time and imagination. That trust is not small to me.
Wherever these stories lead, may you find something true within them.
Perhaps language for a grief you have carried silently.
Perhaps courage for the next faithful step.
Perhaps a reminder that even after the longest night, dawn is still possible.
With gratitude and hope,
Amanda L. Stewart
A Letter to Readers