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  • Book III of The Spellsong Cycle. When Anna Marshall, singer and music teacher was drawn into the magical world of Erde, she found that her musical talents gave her great powers of sorcery. Now Regent of Defalk, Anna must battle men who would destroy her and claim Defalk for their own. Cover art by Mel Grant.
  • Book II of The Lay Lines trilogy. Marie de France, poet and lover of the famed Richard the Lionheart is determined to free her faithful knight Llew from the spell that has transformed him into a swan. But to do so she must travel from France to St. Non's Well in the magical land of Wales. Frustration mounts as the very heavens themselves seem to conspire against Marie's departure from the court of Richard's father, Henry II, at Anjou. And when she at last embarks for Britain she must interrupt her journey to pay homage to Richard's brilliant, exiled mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, at Salisbury. On reaching Eleanor's court, Marie's strange and vivid dreams of an ethereal lady of the flowers are the first hint of the machinations of the magical Otherworld in Llew's fate. So begins an extraordinary adventure will will change Marie's life for ever. Cover art by Evert Ploeg.
  • In the Middle Ages, the status of a storyteller was such that he could ask for a harp from a King and a ring from a Queen in return for a well-told tale. The role of the storyteller has declined and storytelling no longer holds a place among the living arts. But there are those who still believe there is a need for storytelling. Eileen Colwell has collected twenty tales: funny tales, fairy and folk tales and classic tales. In this volume: Elsie Piddock Skips In Her Sleep, Eleanor Farjeon; The Swallow and the Mole, Geraldine Elliot; A Chinese Fairy Tale, Laurence Housman; The Young Man With Music In His Fingers, Diana Ross; The Jolly Tailor Who Became King, Lucia M. Borski and Kate B. Miller; The Selfish Giant, Oscar Wilde; Suppose You Met A Witch, Ian Serraillier; The Monster Who Grew Small, Joan Grant; The Children of Lir, Traditional; The Magic Tea-Kettle, John Masefield; A Meal With A Magician, J.B.S. Haldane; The White Cat, Countess  D'Aulnoy; The Ballad of Semmerwater, William Watson; The Little Pagan Faun, Patrick Chalmers; The Mousewife, Rumer Godden; The Hurdy-Gurdy Man, Margery Williams Bianco; Lazy Tok, Mervyn Skipper; The Nightingale, Hans Andersen; Where Love Is, God Is, Leo Tolstoy. Cover art by Carol Barker.
  • Book IV of The Perilous Quest For Lyonesse. After many adventures Simon Branthwaite and his companions have reached the wild and  lonely land of the Nine Gods, the find themselves at the mercy of its fierce and xenophobic people. Their fate seems certain until they are saved by an amazing revelation - but at a cost, for their lives now depend on keeping the truth behind that revelation from becoming known. They pass a wild winter among the worshippers of the Nine Gods, gaining new knowledge that will aid their quest for the lost realm of Lyonesse. Yet it is pure chance that carries them  onward to the land of their searching - a land beleagured by its enemies. Simon is drawn into this deadly battle with the forces of evil; a battle, it seems, that cannot be won...Cover art by Geoff Taylor.
  • Warhammer 40,000: Book IV of Soul Drinkers. The Soul Drinkers Space Marines are outcasts from the Imperium, hunted down due to the physical mutation of their gene-seed. But in reality, none are more loyal to the Emperor of Mankind than the Soul Drinkers. Having stabilised their gene-seed, and brought a halt to their mutation, the Soul Drinkers start to rebuild their Chapter with new recruits. But the recruits have their own ideas - rather than, protect the Imperium, they wish to wage war against it. With the Imperial forces and the Inquisition closing in on the renegade Chapter, can their commander Sarpedon rally his troops to face the true enemy? Cover art by Leonid Kozienko.
  • Book II of The Obernewtyn Chronicles. In the two years since its takeover of Obernewtyn, the secret community of Misfits has flourished. Protected by their remoteness, Elspeth Gordie and her allies have worked hard to develop their forbidden mental abilities - all in preparation for their inevitable confrontation with the totalitarian Council...because the Council has become suspicious and discovery of Obernewtyn and its inhabitants means death. And though their training is far from complete, the Misfits can no longer stay hidden when they learn of the existence of a new Talent - one whose power may eclipse anything they have seen before. Cover art by Connell Lee.
  • Book II of The Wolf Gift Chronicles.  It is the beginning of December. Oak fires are burning in the stately flickering hearths of Nideck Point. It is Yuletide. For Reuben Golding, now infused with the wolf gift and under the loving tutelage of the Morphenkinder, this Christmas promises to be like no other...as he soon becomes aware that the Morphenkinder, steeped in their own rituals, are also celebrating the Midwinter Yuletide festival deep within Nideck forest. From out of the shadows of the exquisite mansion comes a ghost - tormented, imploring, unable to speak yet able to embrace and desire with desperate affection...As Reuben finds himself caught up with the passions and yearnings of this spectral presence and the preparations for the Nideck town Christmas reach a fever pitch, astonishing secrets are revealed, secrets that tell of a strange netherworld, of spirits - centuries old - who possess their own fantastical ancient histories and taunt with their dark, magical powers...
  • Book V of The Dancers At The End Of Time. At last!  A self-proclaimed saviour has arrived at the End Of Time, home of the deliciously decadent and frightfully bored. Unfortunately, the last thing they need is a messiah. Especially one like the Fireclown - who offers such unlikely gifts as Madness, Pain and Doom. Still, he does provide a welcome touch of amusement and - dare we say? - conflict to the final days of Man.  Indeed, that impregnable spinster, Miss Mavis Ming, is more than a little charmed by his attention - despite the destruction he might wreak on one and all. Such is the way of love...Cover art by Robert Gould. Published in Britain under the title of The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming.
  • Book III of The Artefacts of Power. Though Aurian and her fellow Mage Anvar have escaped the clutches of the Archmage, they have yet to life the curse on Aurian's only child and put an end to Miathan's evil.  Only the Sword of Flame, the last and greatest of the Artefacts of Power, an help them.  And Death is awaiting his third and final meeting with them both. Cover art by Mick Van Houten.