Feliks Wiktor Kres is a popular Polish

Poland

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 fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 writer. He debuted with his short story "Mag" (Mage), submitted to a writing contest of the Fantastyka

Fantastyka

Fantastyka , is a Polish speculative fiction monthly fantasy and science fiction magazine....

magazine. Since then, he has published seven novels and dozens of short stories. His pseudonym may be translated as Lucky (or Happy) End ("Felix" in Latin means lucky and "kres" means the end in Polish).

He is best known for his two fantasy cycles - Księga całości (The Book of Entirety), which takes place in a world called Szerer, where intelligence, in addition to humans, was given also to cat

Cat

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s and vulture

Vulture

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s, and Piekło i szpada (Hell and épée), dark fantasy set in an alternate 17th century, with demons and beings older than Satan

Satan

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 himself. His works have been translated into Czech

Czech language

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, Russian

Russian language

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 and Spanish

Spanish language

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For several years he has been running a guide for young writers in the magazines Fenix

Fenix (magazine)

Fenix was a Polish science fiction magazine published from 1990 to 2001.-See also:* Science fiction magazine* Fantasy fiction magazine* Horror fiction magazine...

, Magia i Miecz

Magia i Miecz

Magia i Miecz was the first RPG-oriented magazine in Poland. Started in 1993, it ceased publishing in 2002 after 103 issues....

, and currently in Science Fiction

Science Fiction (magazine)

Science Fiction is a Polish speculative fiction monthly magazine. It was established in 2001 under the name Science Fiction by Robert J. Szmidt, who was also the first editor...

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Księga całości

• Północna granica (2000)
• Król Bezmiarów (1992, 2000 -wydanie poprawione)
• Grombelardzka legenda (1992)
• Pani Dobrego Znaku (2001)(2002)
• Strażniczka istnień (1993, 2004 - wydanie poprawione)

External links

• Google books:Feliks W. Kres Official homepage