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Talon of the Silver Hawk
Raymond E. Feist - 2002
And when the carnage is done, only one survivor remains: a young boy named Kieli. A youth no longer, there is now but one road for him to travel: the path of vengeance. And he will not be alone. Under the tutelage of the rescuers who discovered him, Kieli will be molded into a sure and pitiless weapon. And he will accept the destiny that has been chosen for him ... as Talon of the Silver Hawk.But the prey he so earnestly stalks is hunting him as well. And Talon must swear allegiance to a shadowy cause that already binds his mysterious benefactors -- or his mission, his honor,and his life will be lost forever.
Legends 3 (Legends 1, Volume 3of3)
Robert Silverberg - 1999
Le Guin adds a sequel to her famous books of Earthsea, portraying a woman who wants to learn magic, in "Dragonfly."Tad Williams tells a dark and enthralling story of a haunted castle in the age before Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, in "The Burning Man."Terry Pratchett relates an amusing incident in Discworld, of a magical contest and the witch Granny Weatherwax, in "The Sea and Little Fishes."Third volume of the three volume mass market reprint of the first Legends anthology
The Executioness
Tobias S. Buckell - 2011
But someone else will pay. Every time a spell is cast, a bit of bramble sprouts, sending up tangling vines, bloody thorns, and threatening a poisonous sleep. It sprouts in tilled fields and in neighbors' roof beams, thrusts up from between street cobbles, and bursts forth from sacks of powdered spice. A bit of magic, and bramble follows. A little at first, and then more--until whole cities are dragged down under tangling vines and empires lie dead, ruins choked by bramble forest. Monuments to people who loved magic too much.In paired novellas, award-winning authors Tobias Buckell and Paolo Bacigalupi explore a shared world where magic is forbidden and its use is rewarded with the axe. A world of glittering memories and a desperate present, where everyone uses a little magic, and someone else always pays the price.Magic has a price.In Khaim, that price is your head if you’re found using it. For the use of magic comes with a side effect: it creates bramble. The bramble is a creeping, choking menace that has covered majestic ancient cities, and felled civilizations. In order to prevent the spread of the bramble, many lose their heads to the cloaked executioners of Khaim.Tana is one of these executioners, taking the job over from her ailing father in secret, desperate to keep her family from starvation. But now her family has been captured by raiders, and taken to a foreign city.So Khaim’s only female executioner begins a quest to bring her family back together. A bloody quest that will change lives, cities, and even an entire land, forever. A quest that will create the legend of The Executioness.
Gotrek & Felix: The Fourth Omnibus
Nathan Long - 2013
Captured by dark elves and imprisoned in a terrifying Black Ark, Felix must forge a fragile alliance of prisoners and incite rebellion. Back on dry land, Gotrek and his companion are drawn into a frantic battle against monstrous beastmen in the heart of the Empire’s forests. And trapped in a fortress under siege by the restless dead, commanded by the sinister Heinrich Kemmler and the mighty Krell, the heroes must unite the fractious defenders if they are to live to see the dawn.
Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar
Mercedes LackeyMark Shepherd - 1997
Home to the Heralds and their mysterious horselike Companions, the magical Tayledras Hawk-people, and of course, the powerful gryphons, Valdemar has garnered a devoted global following. Now these 17 new tales by fantasy's greatest authors are sure to add their own chapter to the history of this enchanting land.This anthology contains:
Introduction
by Mercedes Lackey
Sunlancer
by Philip M. Austin and Mercedes Lackey
The Demon's Den
by Tanya Huff
Ironrose
by Larry Dixon and Mel. White
Babysitter
by Josepha Sherman
The Salamander
by Richard Lee Byers
A Child's Adventures
by Janni Lee Simmer
Blood Ties
by Stephanie D. Shaver
... Another Successful Experiment
by Lawrence Schimel Choice by Michelle West
Song of Valdemar
by Kristin SchwengelThe School Up the Hill by Elisabeth Waters
Chance
by Mark Shepherd
Sword of Ice
by Mercedes Lackey & John Yezeguielian
In the Forest of Sorrows
by John Heifers
Vkandis' Own
by Ben Ohlander
A Herald's Honor
by Mickey Zucker Reichert
A Song For No One's Mourning
by Gary A. Braunbeck
Blue Heart
by Philip M. Austin and Mercedes Lackey