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Book II of The Navigator Kings. Kieto's destiny, set in the heavens, is to conquer the Land-of-Mists, the mysterious island discovered by Kupe, one of the great Polynesian voyagers. But he knows it won't be easy: the wild native tribes, particularly the Scots and Picts, have two formidable advantages - iron and horses. But Kieto has heard of a magnificent warrior race, the Maori, who live in another world and from whom he hopes to learn the secret of success in war. The gateway to this world is on the island of giants, and Kieto and his friends, Boy-Girl, Seumas and Dorcha, themselves taken years before from the Land-of-Mists, leave the safety of Rarotonga and embark on an epic voyage of discovery aboard the Princely Flower. Pursued by sea-fairies, vengeful gods, power-hungry priests and - in Seumas's case - by a murderously angry son, confronting their worst fears and supernatural horrors, the friends finally face the awesome wrath of the mighty Maori. Cover art by Mark Harrison. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/the-roof-of-voyaging-garry-kilworth/
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The Tales include: The Djinn Who Watches Over the Accursed - an unnerving fable about a reckless adulterer; The Killing Stroke - in which martial-arts masters fight as champions in a great mind-battle between mages; Penance - a haunting story of a vampire who roams a battlefield, searching for the dying; Reave the Just - which demonstrates that neither brute force nor alchemy can contend with the power of suggestion. Other Tales in this volume: The Kings of Tarsish Shall Bring Gifts; The Woman Who Loved Pigs; What Makes Us Human; By Any Other Name. Cover art by Kevin Jenkins. -
Book I of The Seer King. Numantia is a dying empire, the frontier ruled by outlaws, the provinces by rebels and the citizens by discontent. Ancient forces of dark magic grow everywhere, ignored by the Empire's rulers. Hotheaded young cavalry officer Damastes and the wizard Tenedos were supposed to die in a mountain ambush. But their enemies underestimated the amazing talents of the seer and the bravery of the soldier. Their friendship will change history. As they begin to outwit usurpers and necromancers, word spread that theirs is a path of destiny. For Damastes, it will lead to glory and the love of a beautiful, troubled countess. For Tenedos to points to unimaginable heights of Ambition. And for Numantia, it shows the way to a renaissance - in service to the Goddess of Death. Cover art by Keith Scaife. -
Book II of Conclave Of Shadows. Rescued, recruited and trained by the mysterious Conclave of Shadows, Tal Hawkins has become one of their most effective operatives. But to destroy the nemesis who annihilated his people, the evil Duke of Olasko, Tad must sell his soul. Masquerading as a noble from the far western territory of the Kingdom of the Isles, he must insinuate himself into the duke’s confidence and carry out his most heinous and dangerous commands - even though it means betraying his own moral code. Driven to the brink, Tal eventually defies the duke - and is imprisoned and left to die in the Fortress of Despair. But the determined young man will not be beaten. Alone, armed only with his courage and wits, Tal makes a daring escape. Returning to Olasko, he will finally brings revenge on his hated enemy. Cover art by Martin McKenna. -
Beautiful Pressyne and Elynas, King of Albany, met in the forest; she would only marry him on the condition that he would never enter her chamber when she gave birth or bathed their children. She gave birth to triplets; Elynas broke the taboo - and Pressyne took her daughters and went to the lost island of Avalon. On their fifteenth birthday, they learnt of their father's betrayal; Melusine swore revenge - and she and her sisters locked their father with his riches inside a mountain. Pressyne flew into a rage and condemned Melusine to be transformed into a half-woman, half-serpent every Saturday. Then Melusine met Raymond of Poitou. He proposed marriage and Melusine agreed, on condition that he must never enter her chamber on a Saturday. Can the promise be kept this time? -
In 525 B.C., the Persian king Cambyses sent fifty thousand soldiers across the conquered Egyptian desert to take an oasis city not far from where the Libyan border stands today. According to Greek history, a hurricane-force sandstorm struck near the end of their six-hundred-mile trek. The army - all fifty thousand men - vanished without a single trace. Fast forward to 1986. A British archaeological team, sent to the edge of the Great Sand Sea to exhume evidence of the incident, has also gone missing. It's up to Hellboy to find the missing Brits and to discover what became of The Lost Army. With black and white illustrations and cover art by Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy. -
Morgawr: Terry Brooks
$8.00Book III of The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara. The quest at last draws to its climactic conclusion as the forces of good and evil vie to possess an ancient magic. Harrowing confrontations with the merciless Ilse Witch and the monstrous Antrax have taken their toll on the intrepid heroes aboard the airship Jerle Shannara. But their darkest adversary now snaps at their heels, in the form of the Morgawr - a centuries-old sorcerer of unimaginable might who feeds upon the souls of his enemies, with a fleet of airships and a crew of walking dead men at his command. The Morgawr's goal is twofold: find and control the fabled ancient books of magic and destroy the dark disciple who betrayed him - the Ilse Witch. Now at the mercy of those who seek vengeance against her, the Ilse Witch's only protector is her long-lost brother, Bek Ohmsford, who is determined to redeem his beloved sister...and to fulfill her destiny. Cover art by Steve Stone.Cover art by Steve Stone. -
Caught in the coils of a curse centuries old, Joel - a student - and Amy, a gallery worker - must discover the truth behind the mystery that has brought them together. Born thousands of miles apart, they both sense a powerful link to each other and to other lives. Both are haunted by two shadowy figures and a huge, three-headed hound. The secret is hidden, glimpsed for a moment each time they die and are reborn, but time is running out and the riddle must be solved before the Wraiths claim their souls. Cover art by Geoff Taylor. -
Book II of Sun-Cross. When Jaldis and Rhion enter the Well of Darkness to cross the Void to answer a plea for help in a world where wizards are persecuted, only Rhion survives the perilous journey. He finds himself surrounded by men in severe grey uniforms, emblazoned with swastikas - he has fallen into the hands of Nazi occultists determined to use real magic to slaughter their enemies. Cover art by Stephen Bradbury. -
Book I of The Ship Kings. Dow Amber is no sailor but he is driven by a strange sea-longing that takes him to the grim bay known as the Claw. There he finds fearful people who scarcely dare to venture to sail. They are cursed by a monstrous whirlpool that haunts the bay and steals their sons. Then the rulers of the World - the proud and cruel Ship Kings - arrive in the Claw in their fine tall vessels. Dow is fascinated by their fine tall vessels, and even more so by a mysterious girl who lives aboard their flagship. It is a perilous attraction to be sure, but could it be that his future somehow lies with the Ship Kings? Or will he be called upon to descend to his death, when the terrible whirlpool rises once more? Cover art by Ritva Voutila. -
Book IV of The Demon Cycle. The Skull Throne of Krasia stands empty. Built from the skulls of fallen generals and princes, it is a seat of honour and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir meant to conquer the known world and end the demon war for ever. But Arlen Bales, the Painted Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel. Rather than risk defeat, Arlen cast them both from a precipice, leaving the world without a saviour. Inevera, Jardir's first wife, must stop their sons plunging their people into a civil war as they strive to make a claim on the throne. Leesha Paper and Rojer Inn struggle to form an alliance between the duchies of Angiers and Miln against the Krasians before it is too late. All the while, the coreling demons are growing stronger. Cover art by Larry Rostant. -
Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it. Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult. Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood. -
The Adversary: Julian May
$10.00Book IV of The Saga of the Exiles. The firvulag are rising while the children of the metapsychic rebels race to re-open the time gate, the only escape route back to the Galactic Milieu. Now the adversary plays his role...Marc Remillard, defeated leader of the metapsychic rebellion determined to keep the time gate sealed and to create a new race from his offspring. Will he aid the Firvulag or bring succour to Aiken on the day of the Grand Tourney, when the Tanu and the humans meet the Firvulag in the last great contest of the exile world? Cover art by Stephen Bradbury. -
Book VI of Swords of Raemllyn. Stowing away on a pleasure ship, the beautiful Lijena poses as a concubine - and carries the Sword of Kwerin Bloodhawk in her hands. Master thieves Davin Anane and Foran One-Eye travel the highways of Raemllyn with a secret cargo of stolen gold. These three will be reunited as they go to the aid of good Prince Felrad against the usurper Zarek Yannis. But the evil Zarek has summoned the Faceless Ones - fiery riders from Hell against whom even a hundred mortal warriors are helpless. Cover art by Luis Royo. -
Book II of The King Of Ys. As the Roman Empire loses its grip on its far-flung territories, the mystical kingdom of Ys in western Gaul is in great danger of slipping into oblivion. Suffocated for years by the rule of a tyrant king, Ys’s last hope arrived in the form of a Roman emissary, Gratillonius, who defeated the sitting king to take the throne himself. Now Gratillonius must grapple with the kingdom’s political strife and religious tensions while balancing his responsibilities to the Gallicenae, nine wide-ranging witches who have become his wives. Though Rome seeks to spread Christianity, and Gratillonius stands firm in his worship of Mithras, the Ysans hold to an entirely different religion in service of pagan deities who must be obeyed lest grave consequences descend on the fragile kingdom. Cover art by David Mattingly. -
Book III of The End Of The Game. I wove by forest and meadow, branch and leaf. I wove by stream and pool, by river and fall. I wove by cloud and air, by thunder and sunset glow. I wove by depths of the earth, rock and gem, glittering ores and crystals blooming in the dark, old bone and new. Beside me the others wove as well..."And all within sound of my voice or reach of the wind," I cried, thrusting my voice like a Sending, like a magic spear, driving it upward. "And all within sound of my voice or lick of the wave, or all within sound of my voice or stretch of the soil, or all within sound of my voice where green grows and leaf springs up. Named or unnamed, silent or speaking. Let this message be brought....By the Eye of the Star, Where Old Gods Are! Cover art by Steve Bradbury.
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Book II of The Chaoswar Saga. War rages in Midkemia but behind the chaos there is disquieting evidence of dark forces at work. Jim Dasher's usually infallible intelligence network has been cleverly dismantled; nowhere is safe. He feels that the world is coming apart at the seams and is helpless to protect his nation. Quiet palace coups are underway in Roldem and Rillanon; and King Gregory of the Isles has yet to produce an heir. In each kingdom a single petty noble has risen from obscurity to threaten the throne. Lord Hal of Crydee and his great friend Ty Hawkins, champion swordsman of the Masters' Court, are entrusted with the task of smuggling Princess Stephané and her lady-in-waiting, the lovely but mysterious Lady Gabriella, out of Roldem to a place of greater safety. But is there any safe haven to be found? Meanwhile, Hal's younger brothers Martin and Brendan are attempting to hold the strategic city of Ylith against an onslaught of Keshian Dog Soldiers, and a mysterious force from beneath the sea. The Kingdom might lose Crydee and recover; but if Ylith falls, all is lost. An unknown player appears to be orchestrating these conflicts. Can Pug and the Conclave of Shadows track down this source before Midkemia is destroyed? Cover art by Nik Keevil. -
Book I Blood And Gold. Lying in a magic-induced coma, the King of Thyrsland is on the brink of death: if his enemies knew, chaos would reign. In fear for his life and kingdom, his five daughters set out on a perilous journey to try to save him. Their only hope is an aunt they have yet to meet, s shadowy practitioner of undermagic who lives on the wild northern borders. No can stand before the eldest daughter: Bluebell, a firece tattooed army commander who is rumoured to be unkillable. But her sisters - the loyal and mystical Ash, the beautiful but unhappily married Rose, the pious Willow and the uncertain Ivy - all have their own secrets to keep from her - the kind of secrets that if revealed could bring disaster down not only on them, but on the entire kingdom. Waiting in the wings is their stepbrother Wylm, whose dealings with Bluebell's greatest enemy, Hakon the Raven King, could end Bluebell's dreams of revenge on his mother and propel his own desperate grasp for power. Cover art by David et Myrtille.
