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  • A never-before-seen glimpse into the world of Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance cycle. Alagaësia comes alive in a lush and detailed look at an unforgettable magical land. From elves, dwarves, Urgals, humans and dragons to the natural landscape and the magic it contains, Eragon himself offers the reader an unsurpassed tour. Fifteen spreads of spectacular artwork, with engaging novelty elements, and fascinating insights into Eragon’s home.  There's mysterious envelopes, gatefolds, samples of dragon skin and more.
  • Book I of Havenfall. Hidden deep in the mountains of Colorado lies the Inn at Havenfall, a sanctuary that connects ancient worlds - each with its own magic. For generations, the inn has protected all who seek refuge within its walls, and any who disrupt the peace can never return. For Maddie Morrow, summers at the inn are more than a chance to experience this magic firsthand. Havenfall is an escape from reality, where her mother sits on death row accused of murdering Maddie's brother. It's where Maddie fell in love with handsome Fiorden soldier Brekken. And it's where one day she hopes to inherit the role of Innkeeper from her beloved uncle. But this summer, the impossible happens - a dead body is found, shattering everything the inn stands for. With Brekken missing, her uncle gravely injured, and a dangerous creature on the loose, Maddie suddenly finds herself responsible for the safety of everyone in Havenfall. She'll do anything to uncover the truth, even if it means working together with an alluring new staffer, Taya, who seems to know more than she's letting on. As dark secrets are revealed about the inn itself, one thing becomes clear to Maddie - no one can be trusted, and no one is safe...Cover art by Peter Strain.
  • A Chronicle of Firstworld. In Ravenscrag, the son of Lord Flarefist and Lady Sheerquin is born.  The birth will set in train a series of bloody and horrific events, culminating in the summoning of a force with the power to destroy Ravenscrag and all in it. The merchant-adventurer, Ronbas Dinbig, sees a way to make money and make love to a beautiful woman.  But he does not expect that he will be forced to use his sorcerous talents to search for the baby when it disappears, leaving a monster in its place. Then Flarefist's only other child, the mysterious teenage girl Moonblood, also vanishes. Dinbig battles for survival as he untangles the age-old prophecy and bane which has manifested to bring disaster. Cover art by Mick Van Housen.
  • Book IV of Wolfking. Nechtan has ruled the House of Amaranth for eons, caring for the precious Sorcery Chambers and tending the looms on which the tenuous spells are woven.  He has been the Guardian of the power wielded by the infamous line of the Wolfking but now his time has come - he must cast off the mortal coil and venture into another life. Sadly there is no-one yet strong enough to take up his mantle and the forces of the Dark Ireland are preparing to take it up on his behalf.  Only young Theo - a mere slip of a girl - has the least inclination for real magic and she has been overlooked.  But not by the Gristlen, evil's first emissary, a monster that every decent man believed had been banished for centuries, for beneath the tanned hide lurks a creature more horrible than the Lord of Chaos himself, or so rumour has it. Rumour herself, a cousin of Theo's, is determined to seek out the kidnapped Theo and put paid to all these ridiculous notions of hostage taking and usurping. She travels to the Dark Ireland with one of the new-fangled monks for company - a strange companion but a surprisingly resourceful one. Cover art by Paul Young.
  • Book I of The Atlan Saga. Cija was princess and prisoner, inarcerated for seventeen years under the threat of an ancient curse.  But release brings little joy - Cija is to be sent by her mother, the High Priestess, as hostage to Zerd, vile half-serpent and general of the Army that threatens Atlan. She is to travel with him - entice him - and destroy him.  Before her journey's end, she will be hostage, camp follower, scullion, slave - and Empress. Cover art by Mick van Houten. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/the-dragon-jane-gaskell/
  • Book I of The Adventures of Oswald Bastable. Suppose that a few of our present inventions had been made earlier and others not discovered at all? How would the last century have evolved differently?  Based on long-missing documents, this is the story of Oswald Bastable, a Victorian captain who found himself in an alternate future - 1973 (from Bastable's point of view, of course) and the airship rules supreme - a future thathas little relationship to his earth or his time. Cover art by Patrick Woodroffe.

  • Xanth Book X. When Esk, a young ogre-nymph-human, began his pilgrimage to the Good Magician Humfrey to rid himself of a seductive demoness, little did he know it would become a mission of mercy. A running river paradise and its harmless inhabitants were perishing in the wrathful wake of a greedy demon horde. Now it is up to Esk and his companions - a beautiful winged centaur named Chex and a brave burrower called Volney - to search Xanth's treacherous reaches, gathering together a mind-boggling company of creatures to defend the precious Vale of the Vole. 
  • A Crossroads Adventure in the World of L. Sprague De Camp and Fletcher Pratt's Incomplete Enchanter.  "We're stuck in the world of Shakespeare's Tempest, "  Harold Shea grumbled. "We have no weapons, we can't go back to Ohio because Ariel's stolen our book of symbols - and Vaclav's turned into a purple Hereford!  What ELSE can go wrong??" Cover art by Douglas Beekman.  Illustrations by Todd Cameron Hamilton. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/enchanter-compleated-l-sprague-de-camp-fletcher-pratt/
  • Book I of the Guenevere series.  Last in a line of proud queens elected to rule the fertile lands of the West, true owner of the legendary Round Table, guardian of the Great Goddess herself...a woman whose story has never been told - until now.  Across the many kingdoms and islands of ancient Britain, Arthur begins his quest to become High King. But even as Arthur battles to reclaim his birthright in the Middle Kingdom, Guenevere - daughter of Queen Maire Macha and King Leodegrance - will soon take the throne in the Summer Country, after the sudden and tragic death of her mother. From the mystical centre of Goddess worship in the West, she will survey the heroic deeds of the new High King - and them summon him to her side...