Sword-Dancer


Jennifer Roberson - 1986
    Now he was an almost legendary sword-dancer, ready to take on any challenge--if the price was right...or the woman pretty enough.She was Del, born of ice and storm, trained by the greatest of Northern sword masters. Now, her ritual training completed, and steeped in the special magic of her own runesword, she had come south in search of the young brother stolen five years before.But even Del could not master all the dangers of the deadly Punja alone. And meeting Del, Tiger could not turn back from the most intriguing challenge he'd ever faced--the challenge of a magical, mysterious sword-dancer of the North

The Swordbearer


Glen Cook - 1982
    In his hands, it would taste blood and cleave its own path through war, seeking vengeance for mortal--and immortal--treachery.

Drifter


William C. Dietz - 1991
    Lando learned them from his dad and granddad, the best in the business.The second rule of smuggling: Go for the small deals. You will make more and live longer.A ladies' man, a con artist, a total professional That was Lando.Forget the rules.Then he was hired by a beautiful woman to do a job on a world called Angel. Now he's involved with her - and a dangerious group of hell-bent revolutionaries...

Darkwalker on Moonshae


Douglas Niles - 1987
    Will the Balance of the Goddess, and the peace of the Ffolk, be destroyed by the Kazgaroth?Only Tristan Kendrick, troubled heir to the legacy of the High Kings, can rally the diverse people and creatures of the Isles of Moonshae to halt the spread of darkness...On the side of Evil: a relentless army of giant Firbolgs, dread Bloodriders, and preternatural incarnations of the Beast.On the side of Good: an uneasy alliance of halflings and dwarves, sister knights, bards and druids, and the powerful children of the Goddess--the Leviathan, the Unicorn and the Pack.

To Green Angel Tower, Part 1


Tad Williams - 1993
    Replete with war, deception, adventure, sorcery, and romance, To Green Angel Tower brings to a stunning and surprising conclusion Tad Williams' monumental tale of a magical conflict which fractures the very fabric of time and space, turning both humans and Sithi against those of their own blood.As the evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King prepare for the kingdom-shattering culmination of their dark sorceries and King Elias is drawn ever deeper into their nightmarish, spell-spun world, the loyal allies of Prince Josua desperately struggle to rally their forces at The Stone of Farewell. And with time running out, the remaining members of the now-devastated League of the Scroll have also gathered there to unravel mysteries from the forgotten past. For if the League can reclaim these age-old secrets of magic long-buried beneath the dusts of time, they may be able to reveal to Josua and his army the only means of striking down the unslayable foe.But whether or not the League is successful in its quest, the call of battle will lead the valiant followers of Josua Lackhand across storm tossed seas brimming with bloodthirsty kilpa...through forests swarming with those both mind- and soul-lost... through ancient caverns built by legendary Dwarrows...to the haunted halls of Asu'a itself—the Sithi's greatest stronghold!

Owlflight


Mercedes Lackey - 1997
    But a sudden twist of fate will change his life forever, when the ransacking of his village forces him to flee into the great mystical forest. It is here in the dark forest that he meets his destiny, as the terrifying and mysterious Hawkbrothers lead him on the path to maturity. Now they must lead the assault on his besieged home in a desperate attempt to save his people from certain death!

Flight of the Nighthawks


Raymond E. Feist - 2004
    In Stardock town, two boys come of age and go deep into the Empire of Great Kesh. A dark plot implicates the highest-ranking nobles, and the Nighthawks clan of Assassins.

Lean Times in Lankhmar


Fritz Leiber - 1991
    From the top of Nehwon's highest mountain to the deepest catacomb of subterranean Quarmall they journey, even exploring times and worlds beyond Nehwon itself.

Star Wars: The New Jedi Order - Dark Journey


Elaine Cunningham - 2012
    In the process, she learns something new about how to fight the alien invaders, but she must also remember that revenge is not the way of the Jedi - even which it seems the only way to fight the enemy.

The Horse Lord


Peter Morwood - 1983
    Seeking vengeance on the enemies who have slain his clan, young warrior Aldric begins a quest for the one weapon of power that can destroy the magic of an evil sorcerer dead for five-hundred years.

Orcs


Stan Nicholls - 2002
    Fantasy's bad guys finally get their own say in this fast moving, action-packed, tongue-in-cheek tale of Orc valour and human treachery.

The First Book of Lost Swords: Woundhealer's Story


Fred Saberhagen - 1986
    Once the gods forged twelve Swords of Power, but they forged too well: The Swords could kill the gods themselves.Now, the gods gone, the Swords are scattered across the land and Mark, Prince Consort of Tasavalta, must find Woundhealer, the Sword of Healing, to help his young son Adrian.But the evil wizard Burslam has joined with Mark's enemy, Baron Amintor, stealing Woundhealer and luring Mark's nephew Zoltan away - only to have Zoltan begin his own dangerous quest.

Dragons of the Dwarven Depths


Margaret Weis - 2006
    For a time, they are safe, but the forces of the Dragon Army are in pursuit.As Tanis and Flint seek out a haven in the dwarven kingdom of Thorbardin, the rest of the companions face their own challenges. Raistlin is strangely drawn to the haunted fortress known as Skullcap. Sturm seeks the legendary Hammer of Kharas, the forging tool of the fabled dragonlances, while Tika Waylan must make a perilous journey to rescue those she loves from certain death.

Sibs


F. Paul Wilson - 1991
    The mysterious and brutal death of her twin sister brings a young woman back to New York, where she joins forces with a police detective -- and former lover -- to probe the dark secrets of her sister's lifestyle.

Lord Valentine's Castle


Robert Silverberg - 1979
    Valentine's journey is a long one, a tour through a series of magnificent environments. Fields of predatory plants give way to impossibly wide rivers, chalk-cliffed islands and unforgiving deserts. The prose is unrelentingly dreamlike—no accident given that on Majipoor, dreams rule the minds of great and humble alike. Originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in four parts: November 1979, December 1979, January 1980 and February 1980.