Young Harper Robinton's first odyssey on Pern! With an all-new introductory essay by ANNE McCAFFREY! Crossroads Adventures allow the reader to take the part of the main character and make their decisions for them.

    Magic and murder engulf the realm of Kelewan.  Fierce warlords ignite a bitter blood feud to enslave the empire of Tsuranuanni.  While in the opulent Imperial courts, assassins and spy-master plot cunning and devious intrigues against the rightful heir.  Now Mara, a young, untested Ruling lady, is called upon to lead her people in a heroic struggle for survival.  But first she must rally an army of rebel warriors, form a pact with the alien cho-ja, and marry the son of a hated enemy.  Only then can Mara face her most dangerous foe of all--in his own impregnable stronghold.  An epic tale of adventure and intrigue.  Daughter of the Empire is fantasy of the highest order by two of the most talented writers in the field today.

    And William Horwood's inspired, heart-rending story of rescue and redemptive love will undoubtedly touch your life too.

    A compilation of three tales which relate the fantastic adventures of Elmer Elevator and a baby flying dragon named Boris.

    This has been split into two books: The Surveillance (containing Prologue, The Surveillance, and The Disclosure) and The Metaconcert, containing The Intervention and Epilogue. For 60 000 years the five races of the Galactic Milieu have watched and waited for the time when human mental development on Earth is ready for the Intervention ...As the twentieth century draws to its end, phenomenal mental powers are displayed by 'operants' all across our planet... They can 'farspeak' one another telepathically. They can build mental shields and they are capable of coercion by power of mind.One of there is Rogatien Remillard, a dealer in secondhand books, whose memories - written a century on - form the core of this chronicle. They tell of a world where the mind has become a weapon; and of two brothers, each possessed of extraordinary powers - one a peace-bringer, the other an advocate of evil...

    There is a long and honourable tradition of great detectives and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Dirk Gently, however, does not like to eliminate the impossible.In Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency a simple search for a missing cat reveals two ghosts, a dodo, an Electric Monk, the devastating secret that lies behind the whole of human history and threatens to bring it to a premature close, and, finally, the utterly terrifying reason why Richard MacDuff has had a sofa stuck on his stairs for three weeks.As The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul opens a passenger check-in desk at Terminal Two, Heathrow Airport, shoots up through the roof engulfed in a ball of orange flame. The usual people try to claim responsibility. However, no rational cause can be found for the explosion - it was simply designated an act of God. But, thinks Dirk Gently, which God? And why? What God would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 15.37 to Oslo?What do a dead cat, a computer whizz-kid, an electric monk, quantum mechanics, a chronologit over 200 years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and pizza have in common? Apparently not much, until Dirk Gently begins his investigation.

    Then Wise Child’s mother, Maeve, a black witch, reappears. In choosing between Maeve and Juniper, Wise Child discovers the extent of her supernatural powers—and her true loyalties.

    And through this world walks Jon Shannow, the Jerusalem Man. His quest is to find lost Jerusalem--and confront the world's evil, including the devil himself.

    This god ascended from his mighty throne one day in early 1983 and announced that he had done a survey. And, according to the survey, people who played the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® game wanted more dragons." And more dragons they got. The prolific and extraordinarily popular writing duo of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman produced a veritable treasure trove of books telling of the heroic exploits and dastardly deeds of the denizens of their fantasy world. The Art of the Dragonlance Saga, long out of print, collects all the art from the novels, calendars, and game products that the God of Marketing created. This is an extremely rich collection, with sketches, paintings, drawings, and studies of beloved characters and settings. It is also full of artist's notes, character development, and explanations of the ways in which the books and the art coevolved. A must-have for Dragonlance fans, The Art of the Dragonlance Saga is also wonderful eye candy for all swords and sorcery fans. --Therese Littleton

    With its volatile mix of the fantastical and the contemporary, the everyday and the otherworldly, Weaveworld is an epic work of dark fantasy and horror -- a tour de force from one of today's most forceful and imaginative artists.Barker turns from his usual horror to epic-length fantasy for this account of the Fugue, a magical land inhabited by descendants of supernatural beings who once shared the earth with humans. The Fugue has been woven into a carpet for protection against those who would destroy it; the death of its guardian occasions a battle between good and particularly repulsive evil forces for control of the Fugue. Weaveworld is rich with memorable characters, exciting situations, and pockets of Barker's trademark horror.

    For Talia has certain awakening talents of the mind that only a Companion like Rolan can truly sense.But as Talia struggles to master her unique abilities, time is running out. For conspiracy is brewing in Valdemar, a deadly treason that could destroy Queen and kingdom. Opposed by unknown enemies capable of both diabolical magic and treacherous assassination, the Queen must turn to Talia and the Heralds for aid in protecting the realm and insuring the future of the Queen's heir, a child already in danger of becoming bespelled by the Queen's own foes.

    The Prophecy was fulfilled—or so it seemed. While the strange child Errand was growing up in the Vale of Aldur with Polgara and Durnik, showing only occasional flashes of inexplicable knowledge and power, Garion was learning to rule and to be the husband of his fiery little Queen Ce’Nedra. Eleven years passed.Then suddenly the Voice of Prophecy cried out a warning: “Beware Zandramas!” Not even Belgarath the Sorcerer knew who or what Zandramas was. But Garion discovered hints in a previously obscured part of the Mrin Codex. Worse, he learned that the Dark Prophecy was still waging its ancient struggle against the Prophecy of Light. Again, great evil was brewing in the East. And again, Garion found himself a pawn, caught between the two ancient Prophecies, with the fate of the world somehow resting on him.

    Jacky Rowan didn't believe in trolls and goblins, but she has been marked for destruction--and sent on a quest that only a fool would dare take in order to save both the human and the Faerie worlds from a nightmarish demise.

    The 96-page player's book contains entries on all known areas, cities, people, and things, presented in alphabetical order. Numerous maps outline the more well-known cities and lands. The 96-page DM's book contains all the information pertinent to running a campaign set in this fantasy world, from how to bring existing characters into the Forgotten Realms to two complete introductory mini-adventures to a listing of known magical texts and the magics contained therein. Four full-color maps show the entire lands and details of the more well-known areas. Adventuring rules specific to the Forgotten Realms have been included.

    Everyone, holder and dragonrider alike, pitched in to help -- except Nerilka's father, who refused to share Fort Hold's bounty with the other Holds. So, ashamed of her family and determined to do her part, Nerilka packed up medicines and supplies and sneaked off to aid her people.Her quest to help wherever she was most needed led her finally to RuathaHold, where Lord Alessan was frantically preparing the precious serumneeded for mass inoculations against the dread plague.Nerilka had long ago abandoned the hope of marriage and a home of her own. Now she found happiness in being useful and appreciated -- first the Healers and then Alessan made very clear that they were grateful for her help.She had no idea that her new path would change the course of her life forever!

    Here, in a desperate effort to prevent another world war, the women have segregated most men into closed military garrisons and have taken on themselves every other function of government, industry, agriculture, science and learning.The resulting manifold responsibilities are seen through the life of Stavia, from a dreaming 10-year-old to maturity as doctor, mother and member of the Marthatown Women's Council. As in Tepper's Awakeners series books, the rigid social systems are tempered by the voices of individual experience and, here, by an imaginative reworking of The Trojan Woman that runs through the text. A rewarding and challenging novel that is to be valued for its provocative ideas.

    Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War-reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate seen through the eyes of Kassandra-priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior.

    Together they would start a war. Together they would free their land, or die. A lethal song of the sword sings across the desert.

    The backgrounds for Knights of Solamnia, the wizards of High Sorcery, tinker gnomes, kender, and much more are detailed along with their AD&D game system rules. The struggle for the fate of Krynn awaits

    Before Cutter, leader of the Wolfriders, there were the Ten Chiefs, ancestors going all the way back 10,00- years to the very first elves to land upon the World of Two Moons. These shadowy characters come to life in tales that show how the elves lived, loved and died as they struggled to make a home on their new world.

    However, characters do reoccur, off center stage as it were, and their stories do follow a sequence."When she was younger, Ellen had seen them all the time, bouncing in the wind like tumbleweeds. She called them the Balloon Men. Now she wonders if they really exist...Reece knows he can see things other people can't, and he's running from a nightmare that menaces people with barracuda teeth...Somewhere between Ellen's doubts and Reece's certainties lies Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair. Laced with parables, this Nebula nominated story has much to say about the nature of Magic.Cover illustration by Donna Gordon.

    C. Crispin, Ardath Mayhar, and Robert E. Vardeman.Introduction / Andre Norton --Of the shaping of Ulm's heir / by Andre Norton --Heir apparent / by Robert Bloch --Fenneca / by Wilanne Schneider Belden --Bloodspell / by A.C. Crispin --The white road / by Charles de Lint --Cat and the other / by Marylois Dunn --Oath-bound / by Pauline Griffin --Of ancient swords and evil mist / by James R. Heidbrink --Nine words in winter / by Caralyn Inks --Were-hunter / by Mercedes Lackey --Neither rest nor refuge / by Ardath Mayhar --To rebuild the eyrie / by Sasha Miller --Milk from a maiden's breast / by Elizabeth Scarborough --Night hound's moon / by Mary H. Schaub --Isle of illusion / by Carol Severance --Green in High Hallack / by Kiel Stuart --The road of dreams and death / by Robert E. Vardeman --Biographical notes

    Karen Wynn Fonstad, author of The Atlas of Middle-Earth, The Atlas of Pern, and The Atlas of the Land, draws you into the lives and places of the DRAGONLANCE Saga as never before.

    Contents:The Jaguar Hunter (1985)The Night of White Bhairab (1984)Salvador (1984)How the Wind Spoke at Madaket (1985)Black Coral (1984)The End of Life as We Know It (1985)A Traveler's Tale (1984)Mengele (1985)The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule (1984)A Spanish Lesson (1985)

    The Limited Edition included a slipcover, was autographed by Matt Wagner, and had a print run of 1500 numbered copies. Volume Three of the Limited Edition had a solid white cover.

    He's learned a few almost surefire spells from his scaly, green partner, Aahz, and he has Mob bodyguards, an apprentice magician, a troll, a trollop and a baby dragon ready to back him up if and when he blunders. He's also very lucky. And in this trio of action-packed novels, Skeeve finds out just how far he can push his luck. Myth-ing Persons. When thieves use Skeeve's back door to escape into another dimension, he and Aahz have to pursue the fugitives and bring them back for Bazaar justice. Unfortunately, the door opens on Limbo, where vampires and werewolves enjoy a unique nightlife. Stuck in a perilous realm where the magic lines are so weak that a wizard has to hide behind makeup. Skeeve had better have something up his sleeve. Little Myth Marker. When Skeeve has the bad luck to win at dragon poker, he's saddled with a prize he never wanted — a little troublemaker named Markie, whose spell-weaking tantrums soon have the whole Bazaar pounding down Skeeve's door demanding reparations. And just when he thinks things can't get any worse, the local magicians hire a Character Assassin to destroy what little of his reputation is still intact! M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link. While Skeeve, now President of the M.Y.T.H. Inc. Corp., struggles top get the hang of his new desk job, the others go off adventuring on their own. Guido, the Mob bodyguard, is hired by a Deveel named Bane to find out why his successful magic factory is losing money. Chumley the troll and his sister, the trollop Tananda, head for a pleasant dimension called Arcadia, working on what starts out as a simple collection job. The flamboyant and oversized Massha tries her hand at jazzing up a failing hotel. Aahz goes to the aid of an old friend, a demon hunter turned magician. And Gleep the dragon, guarding a valuable cargo with Nunzio, has ample time to think about Skeeve, whom he regards as his personal pet.

    At their remote British boarding school, Wellington Jones and Heather McKennahave a lot in common. Both are misfits trying to avoid attention, and both are fascinated by Earl, a tall, calm, older boy with no recollection of his past, but a remarkable knack for showing up when he is needed most.When a blow to the head brings Earl's memory back, he claims that he is actually Merlin . . . a 2000-year-old wizard.Originally published in two volumes in the mid-1980s, Pamela F. Service's creative, futuristic spin on the Camelot legend will appeal to Arthurian purists and fantasy lovers alike.From the Hardcover edition.

    Niko will recover his self-mastery by reliving in utterly vivid detail all the most violent and transforming moments of his past--and that of his rightside leader, Tempus.Publisher's note: Parts of this work have been published in substantially similar form in several volumes of the Shared Universe Series, THIEVES' WORLD.

    The shape was man-like, a head and taller than Paedur, as thin as a sword – and completely enveloped from head to foot in a cloak of seared and withered leaves.‘Bard come forth; face me.’So begin the extraordinary adventures of Paedur the Bard. Confronted by the hideous figure of Mannam, Lord of the Dead, Sovereign of the Silent Wood, a perilous deal is struck. And in the course of its mysterious fulfilment, Paedur travels through awesome, magical realms of enchantment, terror and brutal powers, where the forces of darkness are always at his heels, threatening to engulf the enlightenment he so boldly upholds…

    She and a De Danaan foundling, Aherne, are charged with finding the lost treasures of the De Danaans. Ultimately, their quest will redeem the ancestors and reconcile warring invaders and settlersmoral concerns that mirror modern ones.

    

    In the land of Estcarp - home of the Old Race, peace-loving heirs to archaic knowledge - he drove out invading aliens and became a great and respected leader. But his children, a warrior, a warlock and a witch, fled the witches' rule, answering an ineffable call to the forgotten land of Escore. There, they warred with the evil stirred to life by their coming....a peril that continues unabated.....

    It is a tale that bustles with all the glittering, fervent life of a feudal court—and the tale of a royal family doomed by the lust for power and by the inescapable burdens power imposes: of a king who has usurped the throne by means of murder and marriage; of the king's mistress, who exploits her beauty and sexuality for dynastic ends; of the narrator's sister—and his beloved; and, above all, of the narrator himself—poet and, eventually, king.A brilliantly realized portrayal of an imaginary kingdom. A Mirror for Princes is also an impassioned exploration of any world where power is all, where love and trust are inevitably betrayed.

    As they travel through the Thirteen Kingdoms, they are pursued and observed by a myterious man with red hair who seems to defeat them at every turn and by Caitlin's own dark visions, which haunt her with the fearsome destiny they predict. The answer to it all seems to be Spellkey; finding it and solving its Mystery may mean destruction for the cruel rulers of the Pentacle and a solution for Caitlin an The Badger, who need one desperately since they are falling in love...

    It's a brilliant, hyper-real vision of coming of age in working-class America.

    Teams of daring adventurers are sent down into the labyrinths that lie beneath the tundra, each searching for the Emblem of Victory that will win power for their patron.Only one team can survive. The others must die.

    Taken from home to serve as a companion to the selfish son of the much-feared Emperor of Exitorn, Brill soon finds himself entangled in a daring plan to restore the rightful king to the throne.

    Paperback

    SnarfQuest (TM) The BookA comic quest for wealth, power, and all that other good stuff....The COMPLETE adventure of THE QUEST FOR THE CROWN, from DRAGON (R) magaine.Includes New Full-Color, Never-Before-Published Story!

    Certain to delight anyone with a penchant for penetrating imaginary realms of fantasy and adventure.

    From Marienburg to Altdorf, great vessels ply its waters. Further south the river is crowded with smaller riverboats and fishing craft. The livelihoods of many are dependant on its bounty - traders, for whom it is a reliable link between markets; fishers, who reap a regular harvest of the creatures beneath its waves; and farmers, whose lands are enriched by the nutrients it carries. But though its waters are wide and clear, strange creatures lurk along its tree-lined banks and somewhere, near one of its quieter backwaters, a great evil festers and grows.For over a century the evil has lain dormant, but now the time foretold by the ancients is at hand. Horror unimaginable has awoken in the very heart of Sigmar's realm, and it is now steadily corrupting all around it. The cancer must be cut out before it is too late - but first, it has to be found...DEATH ON THE REIK features an extended campaign adventure and a special WFRP supplement detailing river life and travel in The Empire, and provides a complete trading system. It forms the third part of THE ENEMY WITHIN campaign and plunges the adventurers into a life and death struggle with the horrors lurking beneath The Empire's placid surface. Death awaits the unwary and foolish, but great rewards lie in store for the cautious and the brave.This boxed set contains: An 88-page Adventure Booklet detailing a variety of locations throughout the Reikland; a 20-page River Life of The Empire booklet including rules for trading and numerous encounters to bring The Empire's waterways to life; 20 pages of atmospheric Player and Gamesmaster handouts to inform and horrify; and an A2 colour plan of a Reikland castle backed by a detailed map of the campaign area.

    The son of a royal musician tries to prevent Lady Ysene and her brother from using their evil powers to gain control of the kingdom of Darai.

    His power could only be matched by the witch-girl Chingis. Out of the frozen wastes she studied the words and runes that would give her power to understand the messages of the ghost drum. At last she heard Safa's cries...This book was awarded the 1987 Library Association's Carnegie Medal.

    When Dan and his sister Daisy are chosen by the Oak King and the Ash Queen to witness the Rites of the Trees, they find themselves caught up in a struggle against the Winter Trees, who seek to engulf the world in perpetual darkness.

    Gone too are the towering trees--except in one last forest in a forgotten corner of the world. Until something totally unexpected, remarkable, and frightening happens: The forest begins to grow. And grow. And grow. Mother Nature is back with a vengeance and mankind's very survival is at stake. Now a crusade of unlikely allies is venturing boldly into the heart of this dark and majestic world to learn its awesome secret--only to make the most breathtaking discovery of all.A shimmering fantasy brimming with magic, fun, and adventure, Rumors of Spring is a true fable of our times--a novel alive with imagery and humor, lush with power and grace."A rare and marvelous tale."--Los Angeles Daily News

    It's a good life, but it may be a short one, for Kinzel has made powerful enemies.Kinzel the Arbiter:  Two wealthy townsmen vie for the affections -- and the gifts -- of the grey crow.  But to whom does the crow belong?  That is the question the traveling wise man Kinzel is called upon to decide.Kinzel a triple decker delightLike other great 20th-century fantasies it is rooted in concepts and powers that are older than conscious memory. . .Lee and Miller have included int he pages of The Naming of Kinzel most elements of classic fantasy" -- Morning Sentinel

    Live with the Essene community that remained faithful to the ideal of the Messiah when others had fallen away.

    I have referred in the novels to 'singing' the Ballad, but I think of it as declaimed rhythmically, to a background of minor arpeggios on a harp. -- Marion Zimmer Bradley

    A pragmatic small-town policeman investigating cases of farm animal mutilation is recruited unwillingly to help thwart the impending catastrophe of the force's rebirth.

    

    Nonesuch, the last in a line of dragons, uses his unique ability to change in size to survive for six centuries, during which time he observes such different humans as a medieval monk, an eighteenth-century London chemist, and a modern American bookseller.

    But she's breaking up with her boyfriend, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. Now, more than her own survival is at risk—and her own preferences, musical and personal, are very much beside the point.By turns tough and lyrical, fabulous and down-to-earth, War for the Oaks is a fantasy novel that's as much about this world as about the other one. It's about real love and loyalty, about real music and musicians, about false glamour and true art. It will change the way you hear and see your own daily life.

    Juvenile audience

    Meanwhile, in Blue Mountain, Winnowill has deemed herself Lord after the death of Lord Voll and is using her magic, joined with the hypnotic effect of the Great Egg to take over the Gliders, with the exception of the Chosen Eight, and has PLANS...In the Frozen North, while Rayek and Ekuar live in the Palace of the High-Ones Kahvi, chief of the Go-Backs is pregnant and Rayek is sure the baby is his.And, in Sorrow's End, the SunFolk and the 5 WolfRiders who remain (Rainson, Woodlock, Newstar, Wing and Dart) are integrating and Dart has even formed a new pack with Wolf/Jackal hybrids and is the Chief of the Jackwolf Riders.And, Winnowill has sent Aroree to fetch some preservers so she can further dominate the Gliders' magic...

    Bridgit is an apprentice witch and an aspiring writer. Daddy is a magician. Pat is a wizard-to-be. And then there’s Frankie, the new baby, who turns into a griffin seven hours after birth. Bridgit and Frankie are always in the thick of the family’s adventures, which range from a small-town Halloween carnival to the rescue of Pat from an unexpected trip to the moon. Stewart Daniel’s imaginative illustrations conjure up the griffins , wizards, magicians, and witches that populate a small Midwestern town and a place called Magic. A wholesome, fun-filled story of a closely-knit family that puts magic to good use, Frankie! will satisfy the adventurous urges of any middle-grade reader.

    As Queen Amelyor's powers decline, Keiris, her son, decides he must find his long-lost twin sister, and the secret of his heritage

    Most women would have thought her life was perfect--after all, what more could she want?

    

    With telepaths, like Rohana Aillard and Gabriel Ardais, the joining may be deeper still. But if husband and wife become one mind, what happens to the survivor when one of them dies?This story was originally published in the Darkover anthology OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR, 1987.