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Kody Boye

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April 07, 1992

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Kody Boye has always been drawn to escape into other worlds. Now primarily a young adult fiction author, he made his debut in the Yellow Mama webzine at the age of fourteen with the publication of "[A] Prom Queen's Revenge," and sold his debut novel, Sunrise, to Library of the Living Dead Press at eighteen.

Since then, he has authored several young adult novels across multiple speculative fiction genres. His works include The Beautiful Ones, The Red Wolf Saga, and the When They Came trilogy.

When not writing, Kody enjoys reading YA novels, playing video games, and relaxing with his three cats. He currently lives and writes in Southeastern Idaho. ...more

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	When They Came (When They Came, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 407 ratings — 5 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
	When the Red Wolf Runs (The Red Wolf Saga #1) 3.73 avg rating — 401 ratings — 2 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
	He Came from Ice (The Elements of Ice #1) 3.55 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2008 — 7 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
	First Light (The Daylight Cycle, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 254 ratings — 3 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 Beautiful Ones 3.58 avg rating — 155 ratings — 3 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 Diary of Dakota Hammell 3.35 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2011 — 5 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
	A Deadly Winter (The Southern Dead #1) 4.06 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2021	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
	Sunrise (The Daylight Cycle, #2) 3.60 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2009 — 7 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
	When They Saw (When They Came #2) 3.96 avg rating — 75 ratings — 2 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
	When They Fell (When They Came #3) 4.17 avg rating — 66 ratings — 2 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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Hello everyone, I wanted to take a quick note to let you know that The Banished Legend series is undergoing a small revision. This revision, which involves splitting the major "parts" in the books into more manageable and easily-readable chapters, is meant to improve the reading experience, mainly by reducing "reading fatigue" from long chapters. While book one, The Bond of Blood, has already unde Read more of this blog post »

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The Red Wolf Saga (5 books)
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The Beautiful Ones (2 books)
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The Southern Dead (2 books)
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“Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The Carriage held but just Ourselves And Immortality.”
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“the one thing that will get someone’s attention, regardless of time or place, is blood.”
― Kody Boye, The Diary of Dakota Hammell

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“It seems almost impossible to think that you can become so close, so comfortable with someone in such a short amount of time that you’d be willing to give them everything—your life, your home, your deepest, darkest secrets.”
― Kody Boye, The Diary of Dakota Hammell

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