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  • Book II of the Tamuli.  Before Queen Ehlana took a hand in his education, the Tamul Emperor Sarabian was a mere puppet ruler. His territories were prey to insurrection; Sparhawk and the giant Atans crushed one such rebellion within the gates of the Tamul capital Matherion. But greater turmoil threatens: Trolls, Cyrgai, vampires, ghouls, zombies and Ogres form a conspiracy to take over the Empire.  Most disturbing of all, reports of Shining Ones amongst the hordes.   The luminous beings inspire more fear than the rest combined. There are divine masterminds involved in the conspiracy against Sarabian and he must emulate Ehlana's ruthless statesmanship if he is to hold the centre of his Empire together as Sparhawk defends the far flung Tamul Empire. Cover art by Geoff Taylor.
  • Book II of The Song Of Albion. Before Albion is one, the hero feat must be performed and Silver Hand must reign. The great king, Meldryn Mawr, is dead, and his kingdom lies in ruins. Treachery and brutality rule the land. Prince Meldron, urged by the cunning and grasping Siawn Hy, now claims the throne.  But the bard, Tegid Tathal, alone holds the kingship - it is his to give where he pleases. His choice falls on another and the Day of Strife begins...the fate of Albion lies in the destiny of the long-awaited Champion: Silver Hand. Cover art by Rodney Matthews.
  • Book IV of The Power of Five. Finally, Matt Freeman has found the fifth Gatekeeper: The last of the Five who must stand together against the dark powers of the Old Ones.  But the forces of evil are one step ahead, luring Scarlett to Hong Kong and trapping her in a dying city where the air is poisonous and from which there is no escape. The Old Ones have been tricked and defeated before. But this time they have a plan.  This time they are in complete control.
  • Book II of A Handful Of Men.  The protocol that kept tenuous peace among Pandemia's sorcerers has been overturned and the Impire should have been in turmoil. Shandie, the rightful Imperor, has escaped the clutches of his enemies but the power-mad dwarf sorcerer Zinixio has placed a magical substitute on the throne and life in the Impire seems to run smoothly. Once Zinixio gets his hands on Shandie and his heir, the Impire will be his alone to rule. Then he will reap revenge on King Rap of Krasnegar, a sorcerer whose skills are only a shadow of their former strength. Meanwhile, Shandie cannot hope to raise an army when everyone knows he sits securely on the throne...and with every free sorcerer in hiding, it seems one heck of a time to start a revolution. Cover art by Terry Oakes.
  • Book 1 of The Door Within trilogy. Aidan Thomas is miserable. Within two weeks, his life is completely uprooted as his parents move the family across the country to care for his ailing grandfather. The quiet but imaginative Aidan is struggling with attending a new school and fitting in with a new group of friends. But when he begins having nightmares and eerie events occur around his neighborhood, Aidan finds himself drawn to his grandfather's basement—where he discovers three ancient scrolls and a mysterious invitation to another world. No longer confined to the realm of his own imagination, Aidan embarks on an adventure where he discovers a long-fought war between good and evil. With the fate of two worlds hanging in the balance, Aidan faces Paragory, the eternal enemy with unfathomable power. Will Aidan be willing to risk everything and trust the unseen hand of the one true King? For young adult readers.

  • Book IV of The View From The Mirror. There is a dark full moon on Mid-Winter's Day. The foretelling has come to pass. Rulke the Charon is unstoppable now.  Karan is held captive in desolate Carcharon Tower. Rulke plans to use her to find the Way Between The Worlds. On the mountainside below, the allies await their fate Karan's lover, Llian, is in chains, falsely accused of betraying her to the enemy. As the dark moon rises, Rulke begins to open the Way. If he succeeds, the world will be overwhelmed by the dread armies of the void. There is only one solution - Karan must be the sacrifice. Cover art by Mark Sofilas.

  • Tales of Ghrymatti I. Legends warned that Ghrymatti's third moon never brought good fortune, so with Veena about to reveal her mystic face for the first time in twenty cycles, many of the land's people were on edge. But no one could have suspected the invasion of Vindessa. Able to control the forces of nature with the power of her Crystal Element, Vindessa subjugates the people of Ghrymatti with the help of her sorcerer son G'Briel and her 'Black Cats' Army. In her lust for the throne, however, Vindessa makes many promises, some of which she did not keep. Will the deposed Queen Yehelyah and her family overcome Vindessa with the unlikely assistance of the mysterious Dragon Rider Nea'ss? Illustrations by Chris Froggatt.
  • Irissa was the last of the sorcerous Torlocs, untutored in magic and abandoned upon this decaying world by her people. Kendric was one of the Six of Swords, gifted with a legendary weapon to guard the Realms from harm. But now he was an outcast and his death was sought without reason by the other Five. Sorceress and swordsman, thrown together, each filled with ancient prejudices against the other. But only by combining her uncertain power with his remaining skills could they hope to survive. Rule was a world formed upon magic, but now the magic was failing and there would soon be no place for it. And destiny had chosen them to make one last stand against the dark forces that were waiting at the Gate of Valna, seeking to destroy their world. Cover art by Steve Crisp.

  • Book II of The Demon Child. On the brink of death, R'shiel is taken to the Harshini haven of Sanctuary where crucuial decisions are being made. Can the Demon Child's life be saved? On Medalon's northern  borders, Tarja Tenragen and the Defenders are helpless as Karien threatens war. An alliance with the Hythrun could be Medalon's only hope but should Tarja trust Damin Wolfblade, warlord and heir to the throne of Hythria? King Hablet of Fardohnya will ally with whoever seems to offer the most reward.  His eldest daughter, Princess Adrina could prove to be his greatest asset, however, she is wayward and rebellious, and has her own plans - which do not include obedience to her father or her new husband. Cover art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.

  • Book I of Everien. Quintar was once the greatest of the Clan warriors, leading his notorious Company against the ethereal, deadly Sekk. The Sekk are only one of the mysteries left of the vanished Everien civilisation. The Everien Knowledge is another.  And it seems that only knowledge will defeat the Sekk.But when Quintar tried to capture an Everien Artifact from the floating city of Jai Pendu, he lost all his Company in a battle beyond the worlds - and almost lost his mind as well. Broken and shamed, he changed his name to Tarquin the Free and fled Everien. Eighteen years later he returns with the news of a massive foreign army that threatens Everien with destruction and worse, his best friend's daughter is hell-bent on the same quest that killed her father. Unless Tarquin can face his past and assail the lost city of Jai Pendu once again, all of Everien may pay the price. Cover art by Geoff Taylor.

  • Book III of The Wheel Of Time. The Land is One with the Dragon - and the Dragon is One with the Land. The shadow lies across the Pattern of the Age and the Dark One has turned all his power against the prison that binds him. If it fails he will escape and nothing will stand in the resultant storm - save the man that was born to battle the darkness, Rand of Thor, the Dragon Reborn. But to wage his war Rand must find Callendor, ancient Sward of the Dragon - and the Forsaken will shatter the world to thwart him. Cover art by Lee Gibbons.
  • The year is 1602 and strange things are stirring in England. Court Magician to Queen Elizabeth, Dr. Stephen Strange, senses that the bizarre weather plaguing the skies is not of natural origin. Sir Nicholas Fury, Her Majesty's premier spy, fends off an assassination attempt on the Queen made by winged warriors rumoured to be in the service of a mad despot called Doom. There are witchbreed sightings - young men with fantastic superhuman powers and abilities. And the midst of this rising chaos is Virginia Dare. a young girl newly arrived from the New World, accompanied by a towering Indian warrior. Can Fury and his allies find a connection to these unusual events before the whole world ends?? Graphic Novel with artwork by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove.
  • Dragonlance - The New Adventures - Book VI. Shocked by the tragic outcome of the battle with Asvoria, the companions go their separate ways. Sindri enrolls in a legendary school of magic while Catriona meets a dashing young cleric who helps her make peace with her failures. But as Dragon Day draws near, peace gives way to the new conflict. And this time, the two friends stand as enemies in a feud between the most powerful wizards and clerics in Solamnia. Spells fly. Loyalties shatter. All the while, someone is watching, preparing for the final battle that could bring doom to them all.  Cover art by Vinod Rams.
  • Volume I of the Sunwell trilogy. The  race is on to save the world of Azeroth from the forces of the Undead Scourge. This is the chronicle of the adventures of Kalec, a blue dragon who has taken human form to investigate a mysterious power and Anveena, a beautiful maiden with an enchanting secret. Illustrated by Jae-Hwan Kim.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Book 0.5 of The Witcher.  Geralt the Witcher - revered and hated - is a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good... and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.
  • Book I of The Sarantine Mosaic. Valerius II of Sarantium and his brilliant Empress find themselves contending with pagan Bassanids to the east, barbarian tribes in the west and south and  plots of their own dazzling court. The Emperor intends extending his empire and building the largest holy Sanctuary the world has even known as a monument to his reign - even though his soldiers would rather he paid them. Meanwhile, illegal pagan rites are being conducted in the provinces  policed by the restive unpaid soldiers. Crispin, a master mosaicist from the west makes the long perilous journey to Sarantium, under a false name and carrying a secret message. Cover art by Geoff Taylor.