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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 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. -
Narabedla...where the Rainbow Cities gleam in every colour imaginable under the light of twin suns; where lush flowers croon a song of death in the gardens of Karamy the Golden, where their victims are never found; where falcons with human intelligence hunt in the forests, but seek no ordinary prey; where the mutant Dreamers sleep fitfully in their dark keep, dreaming of power lost long ago, and soon to be reclaimed...Cover art by Melvyn Grant. -
The timeless story of Camelot, Arthur, Guinevere, Launcelot and the Knights is told through the eyes of the women of Arthur's life from their childhoods through the ultimate fulfillment of their destinies. His mother, Igraine; Viviane, High Priestess of Avalon and Lady of the Lake who helps Arthur to the throne; Guinevere, his wife, who marries Arthur yet who is in love with Launcelot; and Morgaine, his half-sister, separated from Arthur while both were still children, only to meet again at Arthur's king-making without recognising each other. Morgaine, small, dark, intense, who has the Sight and loves Launcelot passionately. The Knights of the Round Table take on their infamous quest, as the Merlin and Viviane wield their magics for the future of Old Britain and the Isle of Avalon slips further into the impenetrable mists of memory...Cover art by Braldt Bralds.
