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Carol Berg

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Fort Worth, Texas, The United States

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Carol Berg is the author of the epic fantasy
The Books of the Rai-kirah, The Bridge of D'Arnath Quartet, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award winning Lighthouse Duet - Flesh and Spirit and Breath and Bone - the standalone novel Song of the Beast , and the three novels of the Collegia Magica.

Berg holds a degree in mathematics from Rice University, and a degree in computer science from the University of Colorado. Before writing full-time, she worked as a software engineer. She lives in Colorado at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, and is the mother of three mostly grown sons.

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Average rating: 3.95 · 41,275 ratings · 2,614 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Transformation (Rai-Kirah, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 7,382 ratings — published 2000 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revelation (Rai-Kirah, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 4,253 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Restoration (Rai-Kirah, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 4,058 ratings — published 2002 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flesh and Spirit (Lighthouse, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 3,471 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Son of Avonar (The Bridge of D'Arnath, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 3,181 ratings — published 2004 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breath and Bone (Lighthouse, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 2,755 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Song of the Beast 4.04 avg rating — 2,584 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirit Lens (Collegia Magica, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 2,391 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guardians of the Keep (The Bridge of D'Arnath, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 1,949 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Soul Weaver (The Bridge of D'Arnath, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 1,725 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A happy day today.

No sooner had my fourth novel Song of the Beast been published than readers started asking me if I was ever going to write a sequel.Song. my only standalone novel, told the story of Aidan MacAllister - musician, singer, visionary, cousin to the king of Elyria, a man imprisoned just as his fame was approaching its height. The story actually begins on the day of Aidan's release fro Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Carol Berg

Rai-Kirah (3 books)
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3.96 avg rating — 16,369 ratings

Navronne / Sanctuary Universe (4 books)
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The Bridge of D'Arnath (4 books)
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3.85 avg rating — 8,358 ratings

The Lighthouse Duet (2 books)
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4.01 avg rating — 6,339 ratings

Collegia Magica (3 books)
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3.89 avg rating — 4,981 ratings

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Carol Berg answered Rayne's question: Dear Carol. I do not actually have a question, or maybe I do: how did you master the art of writing so skilfully. I just finished transformation and it is truly a masterpiece. So much beauty and despair in one book. So real, one can almost taste it. The characters are so genuine, they could be sitting next to me. I would go on singing your praises for decades, thank you for the gift of your magic ! And ? Dear Rayne, Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment. You have made my day! I wrote Transformation after giving myself what I call an eight-year, self-directed writing class. A friend got me started writing a story, and I just couldn't quit. I n See Full Answer
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“Books don't prattle. Books don't make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It's a very satisfying partnership.”
― Carol Berg

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“So what is this feadnach? Is it another curse that makes me beholden to slaves and shrews?'
'No, my lord. It is your heart. Difficult as it may be to comprehend, there is a possibility you may have one.”
― Carol Berg, Transformation

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“Memory has no power but what the soul chooses to make of it.”
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Spring/Summer 2013 Series First-Round - What series will we be reading after the Wheel of Time and Night Angel?

Roger Zelazny Chronicles of Amber (10 books)

29 votes, 15.2%

Glen Cook Chronicle of the Black Company (12 books)

25 votes, 13.1%

Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth series (12 books)

17 votes, 8.9%

Gene Wolfe Book of the New Sun series (4 books)

17 votes, 8.9%

Tad Williams Shadowmarch series (4 books)

16 votes, 8.4%

Larry Correia Monster Hunter International series (4 books)

11 votes, 5.8%

C.S. Friedman Coldfire trilogy (3 books)

11 votes, 5.8%

Guy Gavriel Kay Fionavar Tapestry (3 books)

11 votes, 5.8%

Greg Keyes Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series (4 books)

11 votes, 5.8%

Elizabeth Moon Deed of Paksenarrion series (3 books)

10 votes, 5.2%

Carol Berg Rai-Karah series (3 books)

7 votes, 3.7%

Kate Elliott Spiritwalker series (3 books)

7 votes, 3.7%

C.S. Friedman Magister series (3 books)

6 votes, 3.1%

David Dalglish Half-Orc series (6 books)

5 votes, 2.6%

Michael A. Stackpole Age of Discovery (3 books)

4 votes, 2.1%

T.A. Barron Lost Merlin series (5 books)

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Jack Whyte Camulod Chronicles (9 books)

2 votes, 1.0%

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Jan 02, 2012 06:18PM

Lettie wrote: "Hi Carol: Thanks for adding me as a friend on Goodreads. You are an inspiration!"
Thanks so much, Lettie! And thanks for all your work at BroadUniverse. You are an inspiration, as well.

Carol

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Jan 02, 2012 06:14PM

Hi Carol: Thanks for adding me as a friend on Goodreads. You are an inspiration!

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Oct 20, 2008 07:07PM

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Welcome to Goodreads! Now, you've got to link your books to your membership and become a Goodreads author.

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