Book I of The Last Rune. On Eldh, an ancient gate of iron weakens. A darkness that has slept for a thousand years - the Pale King - stirs once more. On Earth, a preacher of the Apocalypse blows into a Colorado town with a message: darkness is coming. Travis Wilder, bar-owner and drifter, is given a mysterious stone by a friend. Grace Beckett, an ER doctor, finds a gunshot victim with an iron heart. Both Travis and Grace must step beyond the pale, beyond the boundaries of the world they knew. As doors are opened for each of them, they enter Eldh, a world where they are caught against their wills in an ancient struggle between good and evil, a world of magic, runes - and death. Cover art by Steve Youll. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/the-dark-remains-mark-anthony/
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Book III of The Night Angel. A new queen has usurped the throne and is leading Cenaria into disaster. The country has become a broken realm with a threadbare army, little food and no hope. So Kylar Stern plans to reinstate his closest friend Logan as King, but can he really get away with murder? In the north, the Godking's death has thrown Khalidor into civil war. To gain the upper hand, one faction attempts to raise the goddess Khali herself. But they are playing with volatile powers, and trigger conflict on a vast scale. Seven armies will converge to save - or destroy - an entire continent. Kylar has finally learnt the bitter cost of immortality, and is faced with a task only he can complete. To save his friends, and perhaps his enemies, he must assassinate a goddess. Failure will doom the south. Success will cost him everything he's ever loved. Cover art by Calvin Chu. -
Birds Of Prey: David Drake
$20.00Rome, 262 A.D. It has been the capital of the greatest civilization on Earth. Now both city and civilization are dying. Germans flood across the borders from Britain to the Bosporus, leaving a trail of rape, carnage, and ashes. In the cities, mobs riot; in the countryside, cults seek salvation in dark rituals. Imperial unity has shattered into a mosaic of separatists and usurpers, squabbling among themselves as greater enemies gather to swallow them all. One man stands between humanity and the Long Night, matching savage determination against a hopeless future. He is Aulus Prennius, an Imperial secret agent as tough and ruthless as the age in which he lives. Until now, though, his enemies have all been human...Cover art by Michael Whelan. -
Book IV of The Ea Cycle. Valashu Elahad had rescued the Lightstone from the dark hell of the enemy's own city only to have his triumph overturned. Once more the Lord of Lies has the sacred gem in his possession and its power is invincible. Val burns with shame; treachery surrounds him. He must seek to understand the darkness inside himself and risk everything - even his own soul. Cover art by Geoff Taylor. -
Late one stormy night, in the pleasant and peaceful land of Ruwenda, three princesses are born. As each baby is placed in her mother's arms, the Archimage Binah bestows on her a powerful gift: a pendant containing a bud of the long-extinct Black Trillium: the badge of the royal house, a symbol of an ancient magic. While the sisters blossom into beautiful young women, neighboring Labornok use a dark magician to sunder Binah's protection. As invaders pour into Ruwenda, the Archimage orders the princesses to flee-and changes them to search for three magical talismans which when brought together will be their only chance to regain their kingdom and free its people. Each must accomplish her task separately-and to succeed, each must also confront and conquer the limits of her own soul. Cover art by Geoff Taylor.
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Forgotten Realms, Book II of the Moonshae trilogy. Again the Moonshae Isles come under a threat of dark, sinister forces. A council of dark sorcerers has usurped the will of the High King. An army of ogres and zombies guided by Bhaal, the super-deity of death and destruction, threatens the gentle Ffolk while the puppet king acquiesces. Meanwhile, the young druid Robyn grapples with her new powers and Prince Tristan Kendrick struggles to earn his birthright. They must join forces with the children of the Goddess for a showdown with the dreaded Black Wizards. Cover art by Keith Parkinson. -
Balde XVII. Blade soon learned that Brega was ruled by women who raised men in pens then hunted them for sport... and he wanted no part of them. Leaving Brega, headed for the Mountains of the Sun, Blade is challenged by another formidable tribe - men who love killing women. There must be a compromise between the two extremes and his attempts at a resolution will nearly cost him his life. Cover art by Tran Mawicke. -
Blind Faith: Ben Elton
$9.00Here is Ben Elton's dark vision of a post-apocalyptic society - where religious intolerance combines with a confessional, sex-obsessed, egocentric culture to create a world where nakedness is modesty and everyone knows everything about everybody. A world where every moment of intimacy is streamed onto a community website and what a person truly feels or believes is protected under law, while what is rational, even provable, is condemned as heresy...A world where to question ignorance and intolerance is to commit a crime against faith. Published in 2007 and with shades of Orwell's 1984 , it would seem that society has already arrived at this point. -
Book II of Forest Kingdom. In Castle Midnight, where the Real and Unreal meet, the King lies murdered. His three sons get ready to do battle for the throne. One prince is ill - possibly the victim of poison - so his followers, determined to keep his illness a secret, hire an impersonator. The Great Jordan had been a great actor, but currently down on his luck, and more than willing to take on a royal role. Then the Unreal gets the upper hand and large sections of the castle become supernatural no-go zones, with hallucinations and spectres as thick on the ground as spies and traitors - and just as deadly. Soon the Great Jordan begins to wonder if this is his final curtain call. Cover art by David Farren. -
Book II of The Quickening. Wyl Thirsk has witnessed his best friend horrifically murdered by his King. All those close to Wyl have been traumatised in some way, and now Wyl's sister is being ruthlessly hunted down. Celimus will stop at nothing, it seems, to destroy the Thirsk dynasty. The king has also turned his attention to the neighbouring realm of Briavel - and the woman Wyl loves. Wyl is desperate to return to Valentyna and prevent her marriage to Celimus, but fate has other plans. Trapped by Myrren's sinister goft of magic, Wyl must first track down the elusive Manwitch - the only person who can help him solve the Quickening. Cover art by Mike Golding and Les Peterson. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/bridge-of-souls-fiona-mcintosh/ -
Blood Song: Anthony Ryan
$15.00Book I of Raven’s Shadow. The Sixth Order wields the sword of justice and smites the enemies of the Faith and the Realm...Vaelin Al Sorna was only a child of ten when his father left him at the iron gate of the Sixth Order. The Brothers of the Sixth Order are devoted to battle, and Vaelin will be trained and hardened to the austere, celibate, and dangerous life of a Warrior of the Faith. He has no family now save the Order. Vaelin’s father was Battle Lord to King Janus, ruler of the unified realm. Vaelin’s rage at being deprived of his birthright and dropped at the doorstep of the Sixth Order like a foundling knows no bounds. He cherishes the memory of his mother, and what he will come to learn of her at the Order will confound him. His father, too, has motives that Vaelin will come to understand. But one truth overpowers all the rest: Vaelin Al Sorna is destined for a future he has yet to comprehend. A future that will alter not only the realm, but the world. -
Book IX of Thieves' City. Sanctuary...A lawless city governed by evil forces and powerful magic, where survival is an unexpected bonus - to be fought for, stolen or snatched; where human life is short and never taken for granted. A city beyond your wildest dreams and darkest nightmares...Now the ravaged city of Sanctuary faces the awesome task of reconstruction. Deserted by gods and bereft of magic, the shattered city ad its citizens struggle fiercely for survival. Contributors in this volume: Diana L. Paxson; Janet E. Morris; Chris Morris; Robin Wayne Bailey; C.J. Cherryh; Diane Duane; Andrew J. Offutt and Jodie Offutt. Cover art by Gary Ruddell. -
Book II of The Saga Of The Trillium. Three princesses are endowed with the awesome powers of the Trillium Talismans: Haramis is devoted to the study of magic and science; Anigel and her husband King Atar govern their provinces with love; Kadiya is still wild, impetuous and careless. Then Kadiya loses her Talisman in the deep waters off the Windlorn Isles and Anigel's husband and children are kidnapped by the mysterious sorcerer Portolanus, who demands Anigel's Talisman as ransom. The world begins to lose balance. Storms rage and war looms. Cover art by Geoff Taylor.
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King John's realm has existed peacefully for generations but now the kingdom is disintegrating. The malign blackness of the Darkwood is encroaching; demons are massing, hunting in packs. King John is out of money, out of men, out of hope. Prince Rupert, his younger son - not so much expendable as surplus to requirements - has been sent out on a Quest. When he returns, much to everyone's surprise, he's not only got the Princess but the dragon too...and as the time of the Blue Moon approaches, it seems everyone's looking at Rupert to risk his neck - again. A second son, a tired dragon, a unicorn without a horn and a princess with a wicked left hook are an unlikely company to face a demon - but face him they must when the Blue Moon rises. Cover art by Jon Sullivan. -
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned - a razor-edged fairy tale for adults that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh. DVD: George Orwell's classic fable brought to life by the magic of Jim Henson's Creature Shop and featuring the voices of Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Schofield, Patrick Stewart, Julia Ormond and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. All regions; preloved; very good condition -
Book/DVD: Prince Caspian: C.S. Lewis
$5.00–$6.00Something is very wrong. Civil war is destroying Narnia and Prince Caspian, seeing the evil done by his Uncle Miraz, wants to regain the kingdom and bring peace back to the land. But Caspian needs help - Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan must come to his aid, but first, he must summon them by blowing on a magic horn. The battle for good and evil is about to be fought in the magical world of Narnia. Cover art and illustrations by Pauline Baynes. DVD: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell: preloved; region 4; very good condition. -
Book/DVD: Rise Of The Horde: Christie Golden
$5.00–$8.00Book II of World Of Warcraft. Though the young Warchief Thrall ended the demon curse that had plagued his people for generations, the orcs still wrestle with the sins of their bloody past. As the rampaging Horde, they waged a number of devastating wars against their perennial enemy - the Alliance. Yet the rage and bloodlust that drove the orcs to destroy everything in their path nearly consumed them as well. Long ago, on the idyllic world of Draenor, the noble orc clans lived in relative peace with their enigmatic neighbors, the Draenei. But the nefarious agents of the Burning Legion had other plans for both of the unsuspecting races. The demon-lord Kil'jaeden set in motion a dark chain of events that would succeed not only in eradicating the Draenei, but forging the orc clans into an single, unstoppable juggernaut of hatred and destruction. Cover art by Glenn Rane. DVD: Travis Fimmel; Paula Patton; Ben Foster: preloved; very good condition; regions 2,4 and 5 -
Book/DVD: The Gunslinger: Stephen King
$6.00–$7.00Book I of The Dark Tower. Roland of Gilead is the Last Gunslinger, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil in a desolate world that frighteningly echos our own. He encounters an alluring woman named Alice, begins a friendship with Jake, a kid from New York and faces an agonising choice between damnation and salvation as he pursues the Man in Black. Revised and expanded edition with a special foreword and introduction by Stephen King. Cover art by Larry Rostant. DVD: Idris Elba; Matthew McConaughey; Tom Taylor: preloved; regions 2 4 and 5; very good condition -
Book I of The Chronicles Of Narnia. Narnia… the land beyond the wardrobe door, a secret place frozen in eternal winter, a magical country waiting to be set free...Lucy is the first to find the secret of the wardrobe in the professor's mysterious old house. At first her brothers and sister don't believe her when she tells of her visit to the land of Narnia. But soon Edmund, then Peter and Susan step through the wardrobe themselves. In Narnia they find a country buried under the evil enchantment of the White Witch. When they meet the Lion Aslan, they realise they've been called to a great adventure and bravely join the battle to free Narnia from the Witch's sinister spell. This is the original novel; this edition contains photographs from the film. DVD: William Moseley, Anna Popplewell: preloved; region 1; good condition; 2 souviner post cards with slight indents from disc box; 3rd postcard missing -
For Lucy and Edmund, having to spend the summer holidays with their odious cousin Eustace was the pits. They were gazing dejectedly at the picture of the ship with the dragon prow when - the ship began to gently rock and the wind began to blow. The frame disappeared and the three children were hurled into the waves. Grasping the ropes thrown to them, they climbed aboard to safety. They were sure they were going to have a wonderful time - they had joined Prince Caspian in his search for seven friends of his father long since lost on a dangerous voyage to the Eastern Islands. Cover art by Stephen Lavis. DVD: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Tilda Swinton: preloved; region 4; very good condition -
Alaric, a young minstrel with a talent for magic, roamed the lands, searching for his fortune. In Castle Royale, it seemed he'd found both his fortune and his true love, the beautiful Princess Solinde. But could a penniless orphan hope to claim such a royal treasure? And in a land where witches were burned and the Court Magician looked on Alaric with suspicion? Did he dare remain for long? For Alaric's magical power was that which, in the blink of an eye, could transport him to any place his mind could recall - a power that revealed itself at the first sign of danger. And for Alaric, Castle Royale held more danger than he could imagine. Cover art by Peter Elson.
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The sequel to Behold The Man. The new divine tragedy of Karl Glogauer - surrogate-Christ - begins in the unlikely locale of Derry and Toms' roof garden. He continues his quest through time and space, searching for Harmony and (if the two are not the same) Freedom From Fear. Cover art by Peter Goodfellow. -
In a mad frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce. Vonnegut attacks the entire spectrum of American society via aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. It's murderously funny satire to the max as Vonnegut covers war, sex, racism, success, politics and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth. -
Briar Rose: Jane Yolen
$5.00Ever since she was a child, Rebecca has been enchanted by her grandmother Gemma’s stories of Briar Rose. Becca would have sworn the stories were made up, but on her deathbed Gemma extracts from Becca a promise to fulfill three impossible requests: find the castle, find the prince, and find the spell-maker. Her vow sends Becca on a remarkable journey to uncover the truth...in the forests of Germany patrolled by the German army in World War II. It is a tale of castles, of mists, of thorns; of a beautiful sleeping princess and an astonishing revelation of death and rebirth. -
Book III of The Quickening. Struggling against time and repulsed by his latest guise, everything Wyl Thirsk has strived to prevent is happening - including the marriage of his beloved Queen Valentyna of Briavel to the reviled King Celimus. The final curse of the Quickening demands that Wyl becomes the sovereign of Morgravia. But the chaos created by the Gift turns Wyl's life into an endless struggle and it is not certain that he can survive - or even that he wants to. To save Valentyna he would give everything he has - including his life. Cover art by Mike Golding and Les Petersen. -
Book III of Tales Of The Otori. Peace comes at the price of bloodshed; Five battles will buy you peace; Four to win and one to lose. The words of the prophecy continue to haunt Takeo as he readies his armies for battle, determined to seek vengeance and claim his rightful inheritance. To win he must defeat the ruthless warlord Arai Daiichi and the enraged nobleman Lord Fujiwara but every step forward is a daunting battle for Takeo and his great love Kaede. And neither realise there is another, more dangerous enemy who could destroy them forever. -
Book I of Camber of Culdi trilogy. At the beginning of the 10th century the crown of Gwynedd sits on the head of young Imre, who proves himself both tyrant and murderer. The great Camber of Culdi knows this is a king that he cannot serve. But in a cloistered monk's cell, under a twelve-year vow of silence, lives Prince Cinhil - the last Haldane and rightful human heir to the throne. Thu Camber MacRorie, the greatest among the Deryni sorcerers will lead a revolt to restore the rightful - if reluctant - heir to the throne. But is this venture doomed from the start? Cover art by Darrell K. Sweet.
