Best of
Epic-Fantasy
1990
The Wheel of Time: Boxed Set #1
Robert Jordan - 1990
What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Let the dragon ride again on the winds of time.This boxed set contains:Book One: The Eye of the WorldBook Two: The Great HuntBook Three: The Dragon Reborn
The Wheel of Time: Boxed Set
Robert Jordan - 1990
Jordan's world is rich and complex, and he's assembled an endearing, involving core of characters while mapping out an ambitious and engaging story arc. The Age of Prophecy is a time of magic and peril, when everything hangs in the balance and one man, Rand Al'Thor, may hold the key to time's wheel. Rand is the Dragon Reborn, the living embodiment of prophecy. The Wheel of Time series tells his story, a fantastic adventure and a journey of discovery beyond compare. This exciting gift set includes the first eight books of the Wheel of Time series: The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos, A Crown of Swords, and The Path of Daggers.
The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector's Edition
R.A. Salvatore - 1990
Windswept passes and forbidding glaciers stand at the top of the world. Below them, in the cold valleys, an evil force broods: the magic of Crenshinibon, the crystal shard. Now dwarf, barbarian, and drow elf join to battle this evil. Tempered in the furnace of struggle, they form an unbreakable friendship. A legend is born. For the first time in one volume, here is "New York Times" bestselling author R.A. Salvatore's adventure that introduced Drizzt Do'Urden, the heroic dark elf, one of the most beloved characters in fantasy literature.
From the Two Rivers: The Eye of the World, Part 1
Robert Jordan - 1990
Until the appearance on festival night of Moiraine, a mysterious woman who claims to be an Aes Sdeai—a magician who can wield the One Power. Soon after, the village is attacked by Trollocs—a savage tribe of half-men half-beasts. Rand’s father is nearly killed. But for Rand, the news gets worse. It was not the village the Trollocs were after, Moiraine tells him. It was you, Rand. Rand and his friends are forced to flee. But his escape will bring him face to face with the Dark One...the most powerful force of evil in the universe.
New Threads in the Pattern: The Great Hunt, Part 2
Robert Jordan - 1990
In this second part of the tale after The Hunt Begins, Rand al'Thor-- reluctantly drawn into the quest to recover the Horn of Valere--must face something even more frightening that the Myrddraal and Trollocs: his own true identity.Can Rand really be the Dragon Reborn?
The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan - 1990
What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.When The Two Rivers is attacked by Trollocs-a savage tribe of half-men, half-beasts- five villagers flee that night into a world they barely imagined, with new dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.
The Hunt Begins (The Great Hunt, #1)
Robert Jordan - 1990
For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. Now the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages, is found ... and stolen.
Legends of the Drenai
David Gemmell - 1990
Legends of the Drenai: Legend / The King Beyond the Gate / Quest for Lost Heroes
Tigana
Guy Gavriel Kay - 1990
It is the tale of a people so cursed by the black sorcery of a cruel despotic king that even the name of their once-beautiful homeland cannot be spoken or remembered... But years after the devastation, a handful of courageous men and women embark upon a dangerous crusade to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the dark world the brilliance of a long-lost name...Tigana. Against the magnificently rendered background of a world both sensuous and barbaric, this sweeping epic of a passionate people pursuing their dream is breathtaking in its vision, changing forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction.
The Nightrunner Series Trilogy: Luck in the Shadows, Stalking Darkness, Traitor's Moon (The Tamír Triad, #1-3)
Lynn Flewelling - 1990
Roommates
Kathryn O. Galbraith - 1990
Galbraith has written a warm and funny story, illustrated with lively, perceptive drawings by Mark Graham, about two sisters who giggle, tease, fight, and make up before they finally realize that anyone can share a room, but having a roommate is special.