Kingdom of Florida: Journey to the Wayward Isles novella arriving Fall/Winter 2025

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, September 10, 2025 - On Wednesday, award-winning author Taylor Thomas Smythe announced the upcoming Fall/Winter 2025 release of Kingdom of Florida: Journey to the Wayward Isles, a novella set in the world of his award-winning Kingdom of Florida fantasy series. The book is framed as the in-universe journal of Jesse Haywood—a character who debuted in the original Kingdom of Florida novels. 

Journey to the Wayward Isles is a companion book to the recently announced fiction podcast Treasure Hunters: A Kingdom of Florida Adventure, which will begin releasing episodes on podcast platforms Fall 2025.

The first installment in Smythe’s seven-book Kingdom of Florida middle-grade fantasy series—The Golden Alligator—was chosen as the 2021 winner of a silver medal in the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Book Awards and as a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards. In 2023, the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards) named Smythe’s Goldie: A Magic City Wonders Novel the winner of the gold medal in the Southeast - Best Regional Fiction category. Goldie also received a silver medal in the Florida Book Awards.

More information on Smythe’s award-winning Kingdom of Florida series can be found at www.lamplightuniverse.com