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Justin Greer
fantasy • science fiction • adventure • horror
tales of myth, magic, and hope
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welcome to my website!here you'll find everything you want to know and more about my writing: books, worlds, characters, backgrounds, thoughts, musings, and all the in-between bits of fun.Scroll down to explore my writing, bonus materials, my webstore, and further information about me and my work.
the books
I write stories inspired by mythology, history, folklore, nature, music, philosophy, dreams, magic, and wonder, drawing from everything that interests me and suffused with my passion for language, noble sacrifices, hope, and adventure.
The Garden Knight is a heroic fantasy-adventure series filled with magic, wonder, the beauty of nature, and a bit of whimsy, led by a gentle gardener and his loyal dog.Click the button above to be taken to The Garden Knight homepage, which is replete with information about the series.
The Prophecy of the Five is a high fantasy series after the tradition of JRR Tolkien, Tad Williams, Robert Jordan, Kate Forsyth, and James Clemens.Click the button above to learn more about the series.
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the prophecy of the five
The Prophecy of the Five is a high fantasy series following Ashera Eldibara, a 17-year-old forest girl who dreams of the adventures she's read about in fairy-stories. When she finally finds one, she realizes that such tales are far more perilous than she ever expected. She is called to a holy quest as the Champion of World's Heart, the fated protectress of the lands of Eridëa against the minions of the eternal Darkness.
The series has been called "a powerful exploration of destiny and sacrifice set in an exciting fantasy world" (David Hopkins, author of The Dryad's Crown), "a world both timeless and new, wrought with wonder and written with soul" (Zammar Ahmer, author of The Book of Astea), and "classic fantasy at its modern best ... the book that I wish I'd grown up reading" (Graham Blades, The Wulvers Library).It's meant for fans of classic high fantasy and is suffused with my love for the genre, as well as everything I've learned from history, mythology, and folklore. Recommended for fans of JRR Tolkien, Terry Brooks, Tad Williams, David Gemmell, James Clemens/Rollins, Katharine Kerr, Kristen Britain, Tim Akers, Lloyd Alexander, Kate Forsyth, KV Johansen, Susan Cooper, and Robert Jordan.
The first book in The Prophecy of the Five, The Servant, was released on June 28, 2025. It's available in ebook, paperback, and dust-jacketed hardcover, as well as signed & personalized via my site or with a signed bookplate via The Broken Binding.
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Nearly a thousand years ago, the tyrant-sorcerer Mordechai betrayed his people, forged a weapon of darkness, and led an assault against the Middle Kingdoms to claim the throne of Reality. He slaughtered the defenders, broached the Shimmering Door, ascended to the Unseen Realm, and sought to make himself a god at the Heart of the World. Only at the last moment was he thwarted—by the sacrifice of a young woman, Lightbringer, who slew the Servant of Darkness and ended his terrible campaign.But now evil stirs in ancient strongholds, and blood-rituals claim the lives of innocents throughout the cities of the world, and fearsome shadow-monsters have reappeared to feast upon the living. The Servant has been resurrected. His armies have grown. His power has swelled. And he has resumed his bloody war against the free world. Again he marches for the Shimmering Door and the Heart of the World; and now there are few who remain to stay his hand.Only a young forest girl, Ashera Eldibara, has any hope of standing against Mordechai. She bears the Sword of Light, the fabled weapon of her predecessor, and its magic hums in her bones. Others stand at her side as protectors and guardians—a wizard, a warrior, and a huntress, each prepared to sacrifice all in the last desperate struggle against the Servant of Darkness.But they are few, and Ashera is young and untrained, inexperienced in the ways of magic and warfare—and the monstrous armies that she faces are vast and powerful . . . and already hunting her.
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The Servant is 607 pages long and includes two maps, a woodblock-printing calendar wheel, and an appendix of further information, as well as a sneak peek for book two.
This page will continue to be updated as further information is available about The Prophecy of the Five. This will be a five-book series; book two is expected to publish in late 2026.Use the navigation buttons below to explore additional content
related to The Prophecy of the Five and the lands of Eridëa.
view high-resolution maps for the world of Eridëa
view character art, sketches, symbols, calendars, and other visual media
listen to curated playlists for each book in the series
explore the world of Eridëa further with glossaries, indices, deleted scenes, annotations and commentary, and more
news & blog
This page is for general updates, announcements, events, thoughts, and progress on my various projects, updated as often as I can.Announcements and events are the main content, as well as progress bars for my main projects currently underway. For the blog side of things, anything noteworthy, fun, or unrelated to the books themselves—anything that's not an essay or ancillary material—will go here.News that is specific to The Garden Knight will also be crossposted to that site where pertinent, but everything will always be collected here as the main information hub for what's going on in my world.You can also join my newsletter or follow me on various social media sites to get up-to-date information about what's going on in my corner of the writing world.
essays & errata
This page is for commentary and other tidbits about my writing (from a metatextual perspective), as well as writing about other writing/genre topics. Essentially, this is where I can post essays about the writing process, inspiration for specific scenes/books, explanations of my writing philosophy and interests, and other information that in no way is canon to the books themselves but is from a more scholarly or fandom angle.(Contrast this with the "Ancillary Material" sections for each book/series, which contain in-universe information and notes that are more about the stories, not the process or interpretation.)Because The Garden Knight has its own website, I'll try to keep those essays & errata separate. Click the button below to head to that section of the TGK site.
These entries are posted as they're written, so there's no particular structure here. Once there are enough essays, I'll probably implement a hashtag/categorization system to keep them better organized.
In addition to Amazon, The Broken Binding, and my own webstore, some of my books are available through other retailers. This isn't a complete list, but as I become aware of listings, I'll add them here.
I'm always eager to connect with readers and fans! Please feel free to message me on your platform of choice. I primarily post on Instagram, but I do my best to push updates to Twitter, Threads, and Bluesky also.My email address is [email protected], or you can use the contact form below.
My name is Justin Greer.I was born in Provo, Utah, and currently live just a few miles north in Lindon, Utah, though in between I have spent significant time in Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wales.I've been writing stories for most of my life, starting with a yellow legal pad at age 10 when I first learned it was possible to write stories like the ones I loved. Over the years, my love for fantasy, adventure, science fiction, and horror has deepened and broadened, culminating in publishing my own stories for the world to read.I hope you'll enjoy reading my books as much as I've loved writing them. There are many more adventures forthcoming.My favorite writers include JRR Tolkien, Terry Brooks, David Gemmell, James Clemens/Rollins, Kate Forsyth, Brandon Sanderson, Steven Erikson, Tim Akers, Poul Anderson, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Terry Pratchett, Italo Calvino, Katharine Kerr, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Brian Lumley, and Tad Williams. You can see the influence of most of these writers in my stories.I'm also a big fan of music (pop-punk, Celtic, symphonic metal, synthpop, folk), movies (action, thriller, SFF, noir, comedy), videogames (The Legend of Zelda, Bravely Default, Valkyrie Profile, Final Fantasy, Skyrim, FromSoft, Kingdom Hearts, any Mario platformer), board & card games, Icelandic sagas, tabletop RPGs, and mythology. Many of these things also make their presence known in my fiction.Beyond writing, I'm a father of two fantastic boys and a husband to a wonderful wife. I spend my time reading, exercising, taking long walks, traveling, cooking, studying languages, and working as a freelance editor.