Fantasy

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  • Book I of The Tales of Arthur. Arthur faces his arch enemy Edeyrn, who has sworn to destroy the House of Don.  Greatest of all the Druids, he has used his grotesque power to all but fulfil his vow.  In seizing control of the land, he has cut the people off from their greatest strength - the ancient lore and training of warriors, bards and druids.  But there are those who have kept the secret knowledge alive, awaiting the time when the house of Don will strike back.  Arthur will do everything in his power to help them. Cover art by Thomas Canty.
  • Book I of The Hawk Queen. The armies of the Outlanders crushed the highlanders at the battle of Colden Moor - killing their finest warriors and breaking their freeborn spirit. The highlanders are now a conquered people, ruled by the brutal Baron Gottasson. Prophecies speak of the coming of a new leader, a descendant of Ironhand, mightiest of the highland kings. A leader who will throw off the Outlander yoke. But only one highlander carries the blood of Ironhand: Sigarni, a wild and wilful teenage girl who cares for nothing save her own concerns. Until a fateful encounter thrusts her onto a path of rebellion. Now, hunted by the baron’s soldiers and stalked by an evil sorcerer, Sigarni will be forced to fulfill her destiny... or perish. Cover art by Ciruelo Cabral.https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/hawk-eternal-david-gemmell/
  • Book III of Terra Incognita.  After long voyages, encountering hurricanes and sea monsters, Criston Vora and Saan race to Terravitae, the legendary promised land. Saan's quest is to find the Key to Creation, a weapon that may defeat Uraba's enemies, and Criston wants vengeance against the monstrous Leviathan that ruined his life long ago. Back home, two opposing continents and religions clash for the remnants of a sacred city, unleashing their hatred in a war that could end both civilizations. Queen Anjine and Soldan-Shah Omra are driven by mutual hatred, heaping atrocity upon atrocity in an escalating conflict that only their gods can end. Amidst all the carnage, the secretive Saedrans, manipulating both sides, come ever closer to their ultimate goal: to complete the Map of All Things and bring about the return of the world's Creator. Cover art by Lee Gibbons.
  • Forgotten Realms, Book III of The Moonshae Trilogy. Tristan Kendrick, newly crowned High King of the Ffolk, must forge a lasting alliance between the diverse people of the Isles. The druid Robyn must confront and evil that has infested the land itself and together they must decide if they will face the future as king and queen - or as enemies, forever separated by failure and mistrust. Cover art by Jeff Easley.

  • Book I of Pendragon. Fourteen year old Bobby Pendragon is going to save the world - and not just the Earth as we know it. Bobby is swept from his home to an alternate dimension called Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant and plagued by dangerous revolution. If Bobby wants to see his family again, he must accept his role and fight the evil that threatens the destruction of humanity. Because he is about to discover Denduron is only the beginning...Cover art by Paul Young.

  • Book I of The Shadowfae Chronicles. Imagine a secret world veiled in fairy glamour and brimming with unearthly delights. A city swarming with half-mad fairies, where thieving spriggans rob you blind, beautiful banshees mesmerise you with their song, and big green trolls bust heads at nightclubs. And once you’re in, there’s no escape… Enslaved by a demon lord, Jade is forced to spend her nights seducing vampire gangsters and shapeshifting thugs.  After two hundred years as a succubus, she burns for freedom and longs to escape her brutal life as a trophy girl for hell’s minions.  Then she meets Rajah, an incubus who touches her heart and intoxicates her senses. Rajah shares the same bleak fate as she, and yearns just as desperately for freedom.  But the only way for Jade to break her bonds is to betray Rajah - and doom the only man she’s ever loved to a lifetime in hell.
  • Book II of Earthsea. When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away - home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain. Cover art by David Smee.
  • In a land where women cannot rule, Lady Javere has been named sole heir and son to the Third Province of Monserria.  This unprecedented act causes uproar, but her dying father's wishes cannot be ignored - but they can be tested.  Javere must first complete a task set by the shrewd and treacherous Lord Yassal - to bring back a dragon's egg from beyond the far mountains.  She must also remain a virgin, against all temptation.  Described by Raymond E. Feist as, 'Fantasy for adults and not for the prudish'. Cover art by Chris Baker.
  • Book VI of Dragonlance Chronicles. With the dragon orbs and the newly-forged dragonlances, the forces of good finally stand a chance against the minions of the Queen of Darkness. Then a new darkness - one from within - threatens the companions. Old loves and new treacheries will shake the Companions' faith in one another. All they have fought for is about to fall into endless night and it may be too late to save one Companion from his doom. Cover art by Glen Angus; interior art by Vinod Rames.