Today we’re excited to host a cover reveal for Riyati Recollection by Kai Zeal, the foruth book in the Riyati series of dark urban fantasy featuring reincarnations, time travel, and magical girl anime vibes.
What can we expect from the fourth book?
When the night is at its darkest, the sparks of life shine brightest.
Kylie thought the danger was over: the last of Asuza’s followers now dead, she was free to live life as a normal teenager — a freshman in college, the events of her high school years behind her.
But what should’ve been a fun vacation to Savannah takes a dark turn as an undead Riyatian attacks Maya and leaves Kylie with a cryptic message: her existence damned every other mage and she should not have survived that fateful day in June.
Kylie is left with only questions; but the most difficult one of all is if she is even worth saving, even if it’s just to make amends. But time is of the essence and she can’t afford to wallow.
She must now decipher the truth of the warning and figure out how to save the other mages before it’s too late.
Riyati Recollection is the fourth book in a new adult/adult contemporary, low dark fantasy series that seeks to explore themes of identity, legacy, generational trauma, and finding your own path in life. The series is set in the modern day fictional Southern US town of Opal Pines and includes multiple first person perspectives with characters across a range of queer, neurodiverse, and socioeconomic statuses.
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The cover was designed by the author with the glyph design by amagren.
Riyati Recollection by Kai Zeal is the fourth book in the Riyati series and will be releasing on 14th August, 2026. Preorder now! Want to read an advanced copy? Sign up for an ARC below!
About the Author
Kai Zeal got her start writing fanfiction as a child, creating an awareness of tropes, characterization, and the importance of retellings. From there, she refined her analytical skills both in academia and through fandom with critical analysis of media to gain a better understanding of how the parts of a work come together to form its whole.
She has degrees in psychology, writing, higher education administration, and is pursuing a PhD with a research focus on critical disability studies through a queer lens. In her free time, she’s a lifelong gamer, particularly of JRPGs, many of which have shaped her storytelling strategies and love of media.
- Website: Kai-Zeal.com
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- Instagram: @kai_zeal
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