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Thieves' World sequence. A Pilgrim Adept of the Blue Star, Lythande had mastered all the true magics of the world. But the power of an Adept was always bound to a Secret, and whoever discovered this sorcerer's Secret could steal away the Blue Star power, leaving the Adept defenseless, fit only for death. And Lythande's secret was perhaps the most dangerous of all, setting the mage apart from all humanity, forcing Lythande to war against spell beast, sorcerer, thief, swordsman, and the magic of the gods themselves... Other Lythande stories in this volume: The Incompetent Magician; Somebody Else's Magic; Sea Wrack; The Wandering Lute; Looking for Satan by Vonda McIntyre. Cover art by Stephen Bradbury. -
Book II of Avalon. Eilan, daughter of the Druids, is destined to serve the Great Goddess as a virgin priestess. Gaius, son of a Roman father and British mother, serves with the legions. Trapped between a love that can never be permitted and duty to their irreconcilable cultures, their hearts and minds are in turmoil as the waning power of Rome and the rising rebellion of the tribes clash in the bitter struggle for Britain. Yet it is foretold that from their tragic union of Eagle and Dragon will one day come a defender of the land...Cover art by John Jude Palencar. -
Book XVIII of Darkover. For Jeff Kerwin, Darkover meant home, the home he had left as a child, the home he had longed for through the many years. When he finally returned, it was to mystery. There were no records of any kind of either his birth or childhood.Then after he renounced his Terran allegiance and joined the natives attempting to free Darkover from Earth's control, the Darkovans accused him of being a spy. Had Jeff been conditioned on Earth to betray Darkover? He was no longer sure of who - or what - he really was. Cover art by Melvyn Grant. -
Zadieyek of Gyre - a dangerous fighter, a star gladiator who is greatly feared - has been captured and sold as a slave. Suffering from amnesia, she remembers nothing of her life before the trip across the desert with the slavers - and, due to a head injury, remembers mercifully little of that. But she does know that she would rather fight in the arena than be a harlot for the men who do...Cover art by Peter Jones. N.B. This is NOT a typical MZB - legend tells that she wrote it as a result of a bet with her son and in response to the Gor novels. -
Barry Cowan woke up screaming in a hospital room with a nightmare where his memory should have been. There was also a curious brass figurine in his pocket that made the nightmare seem likely to be true. Yet for all the emptiness there was a familiarity about the stranger who appeared, claiming to be his father - a horrific familiarity, somehow linked to the dreams of another world that invaded his sleep. Where had he been? What had shocked his mind so deeply that it refused to remember? Cover art by Ken Barr. -
Book I of The Fall Of Atlantis. Domaris, disciple of the Temple of Light, was wrenched from her peaceful life by the arrival of the Atlantean prince Micon, whose powers over wind and sun, earth and fire are coveted by the sorcerers of the dark who would harness his gifts for their own evil ends. Soon, out of a tender, earthly passion, would rise forces that might decide the final victory. Soon, Domaris would bear Micon a son - but Deoris, her sister, would be enthralled by the forces of darkness.
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Book II of The Hunters; the sequel to Hunters of the Red Moon. Dane, Rianna and the monster Aratak were the survivors of the terrible hunt of the Red Moon. They had lived to achieve fame and fortune untold. But life in the Starways was rather colourless - until they were asked to investigate a Closed World. What they had not counted on was this world was the only one known where two dominant ruling species lived in precarious harmony - with the dread ghosts which threatened to shatter that peace. Cover art by Peter Jones. -
An interesting re-telling of Homer's epic poem, the Iliad from the point of view of Kassandra, daughter of King Priam of Troy. Trained as an Amazon and a priestess of Apollo, she is doomed to have her visions dismissed as lunatic ravings and she is powerless to avert the fall of Troy. The Trojan War is seen and experienced through the eyes of not only Kassandra, but her mother Hecuba, her sister Andromache, Helen, wife of Paris and Klytemnestra. Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, the classic tale of the Trojan War is larger-than-life, as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished. Cover art by Mel Flatt.
