Feist.For nearly a year peace reigned in the enchanted kingdom of Rillanon. But new challenges awaited Arutha, the Prince of Krondor, when Jimmy the Hand – the youngest thief in the Guild of Mockers – came upon a sinister Nighthawk poised to assassinate him.What evil power raises the dead and makes corpses do battle with the living at the behest of the Guild of Death? And what high magic can defeat it? Meanwhile, a life-or-death quest must be undertaken to find an antidote to a poison that fells a beautiful princess on her wedding day…And so the Rift War Saga continues…

    Prominent among its many characters are Rabindranath Tagore or Robi, the young, dreamy poet, torn between his art and the love for his beautiful, ethereal sister-in-law, Kadambari Devi, and the handsome, dynamic Naren Datta, later to become Swami Vivekananda, who abandons his Brahmo Samaj leanings and surrenders himself completely to his Guru, Sri Ramakrishna. The story also touches upon the lives of the men and women rising to the call of nationalism; the doctors and scientists determined to pull their land out of the morass of superstition and blind beliefs, and the growing theatre movement of Bengal, with its brilliant actors and actresses who leave behind the squalor of their lives every night to deliver lines breathtaking in their beauty. Through all this runs the story of Bharat and Bhumisuta - one an illegitimate prince, the other a slave who rises to become the finest actress of her age - who cling to their self-respect and love in a society which has little time for people like them. Grand in its scale and crackling with the energy of its prose, First Light is a rich and comprehensive portrait of Bengal, from its sleepy, slow-changing villages to the bustling city of Calcutta where the genteel and the grotesque live together. Equally, it is a chronicle of a whole nation waking up to a new, modern sensibility.

    This is an omnibus collection of P. C. Hodgell's first two books God Stalk and Dark of the Moon, along with her short story "Bones," which takes place between the two novels. Jame is a Kencyrath, the chosen people of the Three-Faced God, who fights the demonic entity called Perimal Darkling. At the same time she fights an internal battle for her honor, because three thousand years ago the leader of the Kencyrath betrayed his people to the Darkness for his own immortality. She also must find her ten year older twin brother Tori and return to him the sword and ring of their father. If that is not enough, she has to kill a god, resurrect a god, stand before the rathorns, wear the cloak of living snakes and visit a council room ablaze with stained glass.

    For the first time ever, a tantalizing preview of Robert Jordan's next international bestseller -- with a message to the reader not found in the hardcover -- is now available as an e-book.

    Ember's splinter tribe of Wolfriders, now settled in their new land at Howling Rock Holt, begin to discover that their world is growing smaller. Human civilization, so primitive and scattered during the time of the original Quest (as told in Reader's Collection volumes 1-8), is progressing and expanding. Ember's tribe faces the suspicion and hatred not only of superstitious townspeople, but also the enmity of a feudal warlord, son of the tyrant that Ember's father defeated years earlier.

    The setting is Hong Kong, 1963. Under the eyes of the KGB, the CIA, and the People'S Republic of China, British and American businessmen maneuver for control of Hong Kong's oldest trading house. The action spans scarcely more than a week, but these are days of high adventure: from kidnapping and murder to financial double-dealing and natural catastrophes - fire, flood, and landslide. Here is all the mystery and romance of Hong Kong - the heart of Asia - rich in every trade...money, flesh, opium and power."The last time I was so taken with a spellbinding safari was when I read Gone With the Wind." (Los Angeles Times)

    These gorgeous, painted pages, reproduced in black & white, originally appeared in Epic from 1979 to 1982, and introduced audiences to Vance Dreadstar and the other characters whose saga continued in the Dreadstar graphic novel and Epic series in the early eighties. This trade paperback edition will contain additional sketches and other tidbits for fans, plus a new introduction by Jim Starlin.

    This makes him a valuable ally to the young warlord Angrif Djun, whose obsession is to rid his land of "forest demons" - the Wolfrider elves.Ember and her packmates discover that even they can become the hunted, instead of the hunters, as the shadowy Lehrigen outwits them at every turn. And Ember herself, the blood of chiefs running in her veins, must face the fear that her own leadership may doom the tribe!