J. Robert King
is an American fantasy novelist and former editor and game designer.
Description
King worked on a number of products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game; his design work includes the Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991), the Book of Crypts (1991) for Ravenloft, Unsung Heroes (1992) and Tales of the Lance (1992) for Dragonlance, and Aurora's Whole Realms Catalog (1992) for Forgotten Realms. He wrote his first novel, Heart of Midnight, for the Ravenloft setting, soon after his hiring at TSR; other novels include Carnival of Fear for Ravenloft, Vinas Solamnus for Dragonlance, and the Planescape Blood Wars Trilogy: Blood Hostages, Abyssal Warriors, and Planar Powers.
Magic bibliography
- The Thran — Invasion Cycle prequel
- Time Streams — Artifacts Cycle, book III
- Invasion Cycle
- Onslaught Cycle
- Karn's Tale — in the Rath and Storm anthology
- Expeditions to the End of the World — in the The Colors of Magic anthology
- Phyrexian Creations — in the The Myths of Magic anthology
- Behold, the Fish — in the The Secrets of Magic anthology
- As editor