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Kassandra, Princess of Troy, High Priestess of Apollo, Amazon warrior - is cursed when she refuses the advances of Apollo - ever will she tell the truth and never will she be believed. This is a grand re-telling of the tragedy of the Trojan War and its characters from the point of view of Kassandra. They are all here - Priam, King of Troy; Hecuba, the Queen, also an Amazon; shallow Paris and the fateful, beautiful Helen; valiant Hector, the mad Achilles, Odysseus the peace-maker. An epic from the author of The Mists of Avalon. Cover art by Wilson McLean. -
Book VI of Darkover. Alastair and Conn, the infant twins of Hammerfell, were separated and cast into the night in the fatal blow of a clan feud which raised Hammerfell against Storn and soaked the land in blood for countless generations. Now the time has come for the banner of Hammerfell to rise once more against the might of Storn. Brother will reunited with brother in a test of buried loyalty that will decide the fate of a dynasty. Cover art by Peter Jones.
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SInce Haramis and her sisters Anigel and Kadiya unified the kingdoms of Ruwenda and Labornok, Haramis has lived several lifetimes as Archmage and Guardian of a land now blooming with the mystical and once-rare black trillium. But high in the Tower of Orogastus, the evil sorcerer of technology she once defeated, Haramis is plagued by dreams that drive her to seek a successor. The Princess Mikayla, still a child, knows nothing of her kinship to Haramis. When she and her cousin, Lord Fiolin, go on an adventure that leads them into peril, it is Haramis who rescues them. Mikayla finds herself a privileged - if reluctant - captive, as she must abandon her dream of marriage to Fiolin and dedicate herself to the magic arts. Haramis finds that training and installing her successor the most difficult challenge of her life. Cover art by Mark Harrison. -
Book II of Avalon. Three remarkable women will alter the fortunes of Roman Britain as they fight to reclaim the magic and traditions of a once glorious past: Caillean, the young priestess fated to become Lady of Avalon, who rescues and raised the orphaned Gawen - heir to a mystic and dangerous royal line... Dierna, who must use all her strength and wisdom to guide Avalon through treacherous political waters and veil the island from a hostile world... and Viviane, the Lady of the Lake and Keeper of the Grail, destined for true greatness as she prepares Avalon for the coming of a legendary king...Cover art by Jude Palencar. -
She had rejected her noble birthright and embraced the freedom only a man could claim. She was Romilly, who spurned humanity for its evils and jealousies and lived among the birds and the beasts of the forests. There was war in the lands of Darkover - but Romilly wanted none of it. Yet, dressed as a man or mindful of the creatures, she was also human. And duty to her own kind pointed her to the ultimate decision. Cover art by Bruce Pennington. -
A collection of stories spanning Darkover history. In this volume: THE SETTLEMENT: Vai Dom, Diana L. Paxson; The Forest, C. McQuillin. THE AGES OF CHAOS: There Is Always An Alternative, Patricia Mathews; The Tale of Durraman's Donkey, Eileen Ledbetter; The Fires Of Her Vengeance, Susan M. Shwartz; Circle Of Light, Kathleen Williams; The Alton Gift, Elisabeth Waters; The Answer, Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah. UNDER THE COMYN: The Rescue, Linda MacKendrick; The Keeper's Price, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Elisabeth Waters; The Hawk-Master's Son, Marion Zimmer Bradley; A Simple Dream, Penny Ziegler, M.D.; Paloma Blanca, Patricia Mathews; Blood Will Tell, Marion Zimmer Bradley. AFTER THE FALL OF THE COMYN: Ambassador to Corresanti, Linda Frankel; A View From The Reconstruction, Paula Crunk. Cover art by Don Maitz. -
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. -
The natives of Darkover were human but hostile to the Earth colonists who had come to their planet. Larry Montray, however, was able to become friendly with the Altons, an important clan, and was one of the few Terrans ever to observe Darkovan life and customs at first hand. But Larry would get much more than he bargained for - he found himself in the middle of a feud older than memory; a feud fought by unknown beings, deadly beasts and alien intelligences - and his actions would determine the fate of every Terran on the planet of the blood-red sun. Cover art by Michael Whelan. -
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.