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  • Book III of The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Thomas Covenant knew that despite his failure on the Isle of The One Tree, he had to return to the Land and fight. After a long and arduous journey, fighting all the way, he readies himself for the final showdown with Lord Foul, the Despiser, and begins to understand things he had only just wondered about before....Cover art by Peter Goodfellow.
  • The final volume in The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. From bitter defeat on the Isle of One Tree, Thomas, Linden Avery and the Giants of the Search take ship again.  But the Starfare's Gem is crippled and, captured by the Dolewind, sets course for the perilous shifting seas of Giantish legend. The Search is led back to Land, now dangerously close to destruction from the ravages of the Sunbane. And in the fastness of Revelstone, the Clave feed the growing power of the Banefire with the blood of the Land's people. As they are drawn to the cavern below Mount Thunder, even the white gold Covenent and Avery carry may not serve against Lord Foul's powers - for once the wild magic is unleashed, the Arch of Time will crack and Lord Foul's conquest of the Land is assured. Cover art by Darrell K. Sweet.
  • Book III in The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. From bitter defeat  on the Isle of One Tree, Thomas Covenant, Linden Avery and the Giants of the Search take ship again.  But the Starfare's Gem is crippled and, captured by the Dolewind, sets course for the perils of the shifting sea of Giantish legend. The Search is led back to Land, now dangerously close to destructuion from the ravages of Sunbane, and in the fastness of Revelstone, the Clave feed the growing power of the Banefire with the blood of the Land's people. As Covenant and Avery are drawn into the caverns beneath Mount Thunder, even the white gold they carry may  not serve against Lord Foul's powers. For once the wild magic is unleashed, the Arch of Time will crack and Lord Foul's conquest of the Land is assured. Cover art by Peter Goodfellow.
  • Book I of The Damned; Book X of The Drenai Saga. Skilgannon the Damned had vanished from the pages of history. Following the terrible triumph at Perapolis, the General had taken the legendary Swords of Night and Day and ridden from the lands of Naashan. No-one knew where he had gone, and the assassins sent by the Witch Queen could find no trace of his passing. Three years later, as a mob intent on murder gathers outside a distant monastery, they are faced by a single unarmed priest. In a few terrifying seconds their world is changed for ever, and word spreads across the lands of the East. Skilgannon is back. Now he must travel across a perilous, demon-haunted realm seeking a mysterious temple, and the ageless goddess who rules it. With assassins on his trail, and an army of murderous foes ahead, the Damned sets off on a quest to bring the dead to life. But he does not travel alone...The man beside him is Druss the Legend.  Cover art by John Bolton.
  • Book III of Language of Stones. Civil war tears the Realm apart and the sorcerer Maskull’s plans to bring about a catastrophe that will rob the world of magic are coming to fruition. The wizard Gwydion knows that the only hope for the future lies with Willand, the young man he believes to be the reincarnation of King Arthur. But Will is beset with doubts. He is being stalked by the Dark Child, the twin from whom he was separated at birth and who now serves Maskull. And as the magic gradually begins to fade from the world, the powers of Gwydion, his mentor and friend seem to be fading too, leading Will to despair that the destruction of the war will ever be halted, or Maskull ever defeated. Will’s task seems impossible, but he is not ready to give up yet. With the help of his strong-minded wife, Willow, and friends as wise and generous as the loremasters Morann and Gort, Will journeys the Realm seeking his destiny. And soon it becomes clear that only by solving the riddle of his own destiny can he save the world he loves so deeply.
  • Book IV of Incarnations of Immortality. This was a world where both science and magic worked and where magic carpets competed in the market with shiny new cars. The Incarnations of Death, Fate, Time, War, and Nature were real beings caught up in a continuing effort to defeat the wiles of Satan. Mym was prince of a province in still-divided India - a dutiful son, but when the Rajah interfered in his love life for the third time, it was just too much. Rather than give in to the Rajah's wedding plans, he agreed to assume the office of War and wield the Red Sword. For a time he was quite happy, believing that his efforts in the constant petty Earth wars could ameliorate some of the injustice and suffering.  But he soon became aware that behind all his involvement were the traps of Satan, designed to lead him astray. Working in secret, he organised a great rebellion among the Damned, and Satan seemed to capitulate. But he soon learned that the episode was just another snare of Satan...Cover art by Michael Whelan.
  • Book IV of Incarnations of Immortality. Mym was a dutiful son, but his father the Rajah interfered in his love life just once too often. Rather than wed without love, he took up the Red Sword symbol of office of the Incarnation of War. At first he thought his efforts would ameliorate some of the suffering caused by Earth's petty and constant wars. But he found that behind all his involvement were the clever traps of Satan.  When seeming mischance placed him in hell, Mym organised a great rebellion among the Damned. Satan seemed to capitulate - but once free, Mym learned that Satan had been busy stirring up riots and war.  It seemed that things had gone to far and Satan would win.  But there is still one desperate chance...  Books in this series are 'stand alone' reads.
  • Book II of Fool's Gold. Magic has returned to Elda, creating all manner of wonders and terrors. No-one knows yet that the source is the legendary Rosa Eldi, restored to the world but not yet aware of her true nature. Her marriage to King Ravn has destabilised the North and assassins and usurpers now lurk in every corner. In the South, the fire of holy war is smouldering and there is violence everywhere, fuelled by fundamentalist hatred and bigotry. All over Elda, forces are aligning themselves for good or evil. The magic is wild and unpredictable and few count it as a blessing. Cover art by Larry Rostant.

  • Book II of Wild Magic. Forever separated from the only home she has ever known, Faan embarks on a  search to find her true mother - a powerful sorceress who lies enspelled in a magical sleep, far away on the isle of Faan's birth. But distance and old sorceries are not the only obstacles - a sybil has decreed that her fate is entwined with two others, both pawns in the power struggles between gods and power-hungry magicians. Faan, not yet fully trained in her own ever-growing magical talents , is once again embroiled in the deadly sorcerous battles of those who seek to control her world. Cover art by Jody Lee.

  • She had been a God, lord of all forests and the creatures that dwell within, until a thoughtless act of cruelty brought heavenly justice - sentenced to the worst punishment of all...to become human. Cover art by Wendy Adrian Shultz.
  • The Child: She was born with the mark on her arm. The mark of the one who would cause the downfall of Queen Bavmorda, and end her evil reign. If she survived... The Prophecy: The legend told the Queen that a child would be born who would destroy her. That prophecy was the Queen's greatest fear...and now it was about to come true. Unless she could stop it... The Power of Magic: Willow Ufgood had always wanted to be a magician, to be wise and respected in the community. His dreams were about to come true...but in ways he could have never imagined. Cover art by John Alvin. Film novelisation; illustrated with colour stills from the film.
  • The Four Winds Saga: Scroll I. The Steel Throne, seat of imperial power in Rokugan, is empty. Ambition wars with justice and deception with truth as the emperor's heirs see to gain the favour of the Clans.  The fate of the Empire walks the edge of a blade and before all is lost, the Lady of the Sword must step forward to restore honour to a land in need. Cover art by Stephen Daniele.
  • Book III of Nomes. 'It wasn't a thing, it was a bit of shaped sky ...' Somewhere in a place so far up there is no down, a ship is waiting to take the nomes home - back to wherever they came from. And one nome, Masklin, knows that they've got to try and contact this ship. It means getting to Florida (wherever that is), then getting to the launch of a communications satellite (whatever that is). A ridiculous plan. Impossible. But Masklin doesn't know this so he tries to do it anyway. And the first step is to try and hitch a ride on a new kind of truck, a truck with wings - Concorde ... Covert Art by Josh Kirby.
  • Book VIII of The Drenai. Two of the kings are already dead. For the prophesy to be fulfilled, spreading carnage across the world, the Demon Lord must sacrifice the third Queen Axiana's unborn child. When Emperor Skanda disbands his army, the pregnant queen takes flight, pursued by the Lords of the Undead. All hope lies with three ancient heroes, though discarded by the emperor, they are still Drenai Bison the giant, Kebra the bowman, and the great swordsman Nogusta - the Demon Lord's greatest foe. But will these warriors - once the best in the land - be enough to stem the tide of gruesome horror that threatens to envelop the world? Cover art by John Howe.
  • Book IX of The Wheel Of Time. Rand is on the run with Min, and in Cairhein, Cadsuane is trying to figure out where he is headed. Rand's destination is, in fact, one she has never considered. Mazrim Taim, leader of the Black Tower, is revealed to be a liar. But what is he up to? Faile, with the Aiel Maidens, Bain and Chiad, and her companions, Queen Alliandre and Morgase, is prisoner of Savanna's sept. Perrin is desperately searching for Faile. With Elyas Machera, Berelain, the Prophet and a very mixed "army" of disparate forces, he is moving through country rife with bandits and roving Seanchan. The Forsaken are ever more present, and united, and the man called Slayer stalks Tel'aran'rhiod and the wolfdream. In Ebou Dar, the Seanchan princess known as Daughter of the Nine Moons arrives--and Mat, who had been recuperating in the Tarasin Palace, is introduced to her. Will the marriage that has been foretold come about? Cover art by Darrell Sweet.
  • The Godless World 1. An uneasy truce exists between the thanes of the True Bloods. Now; as another winter approaches, the armies of the Black Road march south from their exile beyond the Vale of Stones. For some, war will bring a swift and violent death. Others will not hear the clash of swords or see the corpses strewn over the fields. They instead will see an opportunity to advance their own ambitions. But soon, all will fall under the shadow that is descending. For, while the storm of battle rages, one man is following a path that will awaken a terrible power in him - and his legacy will be written in blood.
  • Book I of The Banned And The Banished. On a fateful night five centuries ago, the Mages of Alasea made a desperate last stand, sacrificing everything to preserve the only hope of goodness in the beautiful, doomed land of Alasea. Now, on the anniversary of that ominous night, a girl-child ripens into the heritage of lost power. But before she can even comprehend her terrible new gift, the Dark Lord dispatches his winged monsters to capture her and bring him the embryonic magic she embodies. Fleeing the minions of darkness, Elena is swept toward certain doom-and into the company of unexpected allies. Aided by a one-armed warrior and a strange seer, she forms a band of the hunted and the cursed, the outcasts and the outlaws, to battle the unstoppable forces of evil and rescue a once-glorious empire...
  • Book II of  The Banned And The Banished. Five centuries after the destruction of the Mages of Alasea, Elena, a young girl, inherits the powers that the Mages had so carefully hidden from their terrible enemy. Elena bears the mark of the wit'ch upon her pal, a crimson stain that belies the wild power it may yield. Only a mistress of blood magick can stand against the Dark Lord - but Elena is not yet mistress of her magick. To discover the key to the Dark Lord's defeat, Elena must travel to Aloa Glen - a perilous journey; for if the Dark Lord discovers her first, she will become his most fearsome weapon.
  • Book I of Witch World. Simon Tregarth, a man on the run, escapes from our world into another, where magic still has power - the Witch World. He finds new purpose in the service of Estcarp, whose witches use their ancient knowledge of magic to protect their home. But a new threat is rising: the mysterious Kolder, who possess powers and technology unlike anything known in the Witch World. It will take Simon and the forces of Estcarp all their might, their courage, and their magic to drive back the insurmountable enemy. Cover art by Mark Harrison.
  • The Dark Legacy Of Shannara III. For centuries the Four Lands enjoyed freedom from its demon-haunted past, protected by magic-enhanced borders from the dark dimension known as the Forbidding and the profound evil imprisoned there. But now the unthinkable is happening: The ancient wards securing the barrier between order and mayhem have begun to erode - and generations of bloodthirsty, monstrous creatures, fueled by a rage thousands of years in the making, are poised to spill forth, seeking revenge for what was done to them. Young Elf Arling Elessedil possesses the enchanted means to close the breach and once more seal the denizens of the Forbidding in their prison. But when she falls into the hands of the powerful Federation’s diabolical Prime Minister, her efforts may be doomed. Only her determined sister, Aphen, who bears the Elfstones and commands their magic, has any hope of saving Arling from the hideous fate her captor has in store. Meanwhile, Railing Ohmsford - desperate to save his imprisoned brother - seeks to discover if his famed but ill-fated ancestor Grianne is still alive and willing to help him save the world...no matter the odds or the consequences. Cover art by Stephen Youll.
  • Book XII of Discworld; Book III of Witches. Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who had a good heart, a wise head and poor planning skills - which unfortunately left the Princess Emberella in the care of her other (not quite so good and wise) godmothers when DEATH came for Desiderata. So now it's up to Magrat Garlick, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg to hop on broomsticks and make for far-distant Genua to ensure the servant girl doesn't marry the Prince. But the road to Genua is bumpy, and along the way the trio encounter the occasional vampire, werewolf and falling house (this is a fairy tale, after all...) The trouble really begins once the reluctant foster-godmothers arrive in Genua and must outwit their power-hungry counterpart who not only insists that the servant girl has to marry the prince but who will stop at nothing to achieve a proper "happy ending"...because that's what life is all about...even if it means destroying a kingdom.  Cover art by Josh Kirby.
  • Book V of Landover. With peace reigning in the Magic Kingdom at last, Ben Holiday was finally free to lie back and watch his daughter grow. Which she did - by leaps and bounds. Born a seedling and nourished by soil from Landover, Earth and the fairy mists, Mistaya was a unique child, as dazzling as her mother, the sylph Willow, and fiery and impatient with those who couldn't keep up with her lightning- fast development. But Ben's idyll was not to last. The dark and pitiless Rydall, king of lands beyond the fairy mists, was at the gates of Sterling Silver. His armies ready to invade if Ben would not accept his challenge: to face and defeat seven different champions of Rydall's choice. And accept he must, for Mistaya had been snatched from her guardians by foul magic and only Rydall had the key to her fate ...Cover art by Steve Stone.
  • When his father was killed at sea, Tobas has been lucky to find a wizard to take him on as an apprentice.But now the wizard had died of old age, after teaching Tobas the elementary spell for starting a fire. When he tried to open the wizard's Book Of Spells, he succeeded in triggering a blaze that consumed the hit and its contents. Already too old to seek another apprenticeship, Tobas was left with nothing. Across the sea, in faraway Old Ethshar, there were dragons to be slain, princesses and gold to be won, magic castles and witches who knew the secret of immortality.  But these were prizes beyond the reach of a wizard whose only talent was arson. With a heavy heart and empty stomach, Tobas resolves to travel to Ethshar anyway. Somehow his burning ambition would be realised...Cover art by Geoff Taylor

  • Book III of Incarnations of Immortality. When the man Niobe loved was shot, she learned that she had been the target, in a devious plot of the Devil's. Hoping for revenge, Niobe accepted a position as one of the three Aspects of Fate, only to find that Satan's plots were tangled into the very Tapestry of Fate. Now the Evil One was laying a trap to ruin Niobe's granddaughter Luna, who threatened his plans - and he had tricked her son into Hell. Niobe's only chance to save her son and Luna was to accept a challenge by the Prince of Deceit -a challenge to be decided in Hell and in a maze of Satan's devising. Cover art by Steve Crisp.
  • Book IV of The Dark Tower. The dark tower beckons Roland, the gunslinger. Roland is determined to make the journey with the companions he has gathered: Susannah Holmes, wheel-chair bound; Eddie Dean, a narcotic prisoner, a boy named Jake and his pet creature Oy. Through the devastated  urban wasteland to the Mid-World where cavernous black holes threaten the structure of the tower, time grows thin and the past becomes a riddle. The malevolent monorail hurtles ever on,  threatening destruction as the pilgrims bargain desperately. There is hidden danger on all sides: from the terror of Roland's relentless cunning enemy to the temptation of the wizard's glass. Cover art by Bob Warner.

  • Book IV of The Dark Tower. The dark tower beckons Roland, the gunslinger. Roland is determined to make the journey with the companions he has gathered: Susannah Holmes, wheel-chair bound; Eddie Dean, a narcotic prisoner, a boy named Jake and his pet creature Oy. Through the devastated  urban wasteland to the Mid-World where cavernous black holes threaten the structure of the tower, time grows thin and the past becomes a riddle. The malevolent monorail hurtles ever on,  threatening destruction as the pilgrims bargain desperately. There is hidden danger on all sides: from the terror of Roland's relentless cunning enemy to the temptation of the wizard's glass. Cover art by Bob Warner.
  • Book III of  Landover. Ben Holiday, High Lord of Landover, is back in his rightful place. The evil wizard Meeks has been dealt with and all seems at peace. But even in a Magic Kingdom, peace doesn't last long. It was all Questor Thews' fault, whether or not the inept Court Wizard wanted to admit it. His bumbling attempt to return Abernathy, the Court Scribe, from a dog back to his human form resulted in the Scribe vanishing from a magic circle to be replaced by a multi-coloured bottle. The bottle looked familiar to Thews, but he couldn't quite remember why. And Abernathy had been wearing the High Lord's medallion, the loss of which curtailed Ben's powers drastically. Abernathy had shown up in a castle on Earth belonging to Michel Ard Rhi, the Scribe's sworn enemy. So when Ben and Willow follow Abernathy to Earth, Questor was left in charge but in both worlds, things go rapidly from bad to worse...Cover art by Rowena Morrill.