Piers Anthony

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  • Book VII of Xanth. There was trouble in Xanth again—all kinds of trouble, in fact. The Gap Dragon had escaped from the Gap and was ravaging across the land. The forget-spell that had covered the Gap was breaking up into small forget-whorls that wandered about, giving amnesia to all they touched. Good Magician Humfrey might have had the Answer, but he had overdosed on water from the Fountain of Youth and was only a helpless baby. And Ivy, three-year old daughter of King Dor and Queen Irene, was lost in the jungles south of the Gap. While Irene sought her without much hope, Ivy was wandering further into danger, her memories erased by a passing forget-whorl. Her path was leading her directly to where the Gap Dragon was seeking dinner. Cover art by Darrell K. Sweet.
  • Book VII of Apprentice Adept. The dual worlds of magic and science - Phaze and Proton - are threatened by a terrifying species of beings, more powerful and destructive than any force on the planet. Only Nepe and Flach will dare to fight back - by befirending one of the enemy...Cover art by Darrell K. Sweet.
  • Book V of Bio Of A Space Tyrant. Child of flame and terror, born and bred to violence, Hope Hubris had ruled the solar system's most powerful empire with a fierce, uncompromising passion, His was a white-hot flame of justice that scarred friend and foe alike. Yet now he left Jupiter as an exile, his autocratic rule overthrown by the one person he could not oppose. Deposed, disgraced, but forever unbroken, the tyrant's greatest hour was still to come. For only he couldshoulder the burden of humanity's boldest dream: to leave behind the confines of the solar system and journey outward to the stars.  Cover art by Alan Craddock.
  • Book I of Battle Circle. They were the first who dared to enter the badlands: Sol, many of many weapons; Sola, his wife; and Sos who loved them both. The kill-spirits of the blast were retreating taking with them the evil that the old books called radiation. But still the badlands held their secrets - terrible secrets that lay in wait for those who dared to return. And yet there was no other way, for Sos was pledged to follow Sol - and Sol had been chosen to build a dream, the same dream which had been built so many times, eons before...Cover art by Patrick Woodroffe.
  • A discreet advertisement brings a group of apparently disparate individuals together to a bizarre rendezvous - on the ocean floor. There's Don, an archaeologist and chronically shy; Gaspar, a marine biologist who suffers from terminal directness; middle-aged Pacifica and Melanie, who normal exterior masks a strange genetic imbalance...and they seem on the face of it to have little in common, except their feeling that they are part of a greater plan - a feeling that grows as they embark on their strange odyssey across the bed of the ocean. They mystery of being out of phase with the world above water is heightened by that surrounding the Elaph - a mystery which is ultimately revealed to be more significant and bewildering than they ever could have imagined. Cover art by Steve Crisp.
  • Book III of Tarot. On far Tarot dreams come true--and fanged nightmares stalk the land. Sent to pierce the dread curtain of the Animation that turns fantasy into hideous reality, the wanderer-monk Paul finds himself on a trip to the ultimate and most terrifying fantasy of them all...Hell. Cover art by Rowena Morrill.
  • Earth's invincible space fleet has occupied the monsters' worlds! Earth's mighty space force has seized the aliens' home planet! Earth's triumphant space warriors have captured the enemy system! But then...why is Earth suffering so beneath the tread of those heartless conquerors from the stars? Earth and Kazo have created a unique peace. Kazo administers Earth, and Earth controls Kazo. Nothing is really complicated until both humans and Kazos discover the existence of a third intelligent race in the galaxy and try to bring them into the newly developing peace. Cover art by Jim Burns.
  • Book I of Tarot. On the planet Tarot, the new religions flourish. But all who dwell in that occult world, still worship the timeless Tree of Life as the one supreme god. Now this primitive culture is being haunted by apparitions from the mystery-ridden deck of Tarot - by Animations who destroy minds and take human life. Can this horror be their Deity's ultimate challenge to his people? A young Earthling adventurer is sent to find the answer. Alone he dares to conjure a Tarot Animation, penetrate its awesome domain -- and risk being trapped through all eternity - within the mystic borders of the ancient cards.
  • Book II of Aton. Arlo, son of Aton, sets himself against the mineral intelligence of his own prison-planet, Chthon, a planet of caverns writhing with insect-armadillian creatures ranging from microscopic to great. The Chthon is invaded by an army of perfectly proportioned Amazons and other creatures fighting for Life. But these beautiful warriors bewilder the forthright Arlo, set as he is at the centre of a monumental struggle between the inorganic planet and the life in which it is clad. Arlo must grapple with the massive mineral intellect that is Chthon, the bizarre forms of Life which are its guests, its enemies and its victims - for the destiny of the whole galaxy rests on his shoulders and his alone...Cover art by Alan Morgan.
  • Book II of Bio Of A Space Tyrant. He was driven by violent injustice from his home moon of Callisto - and set forth to claim the epic destiny that would blaze across worlds and time. He saw his family destroyed, his sister carried off into sexual slavery, his beautiful lover killed - and he swore revenge against the murderous pirates who held the Jupiter planetoids in a stranglehold of terror. Fired by raw courage, steeled by young might, he rose in the Navy of Jupiter to command a personal squadron loyal to the death. And it was death they faced - against piratical warlords of the Jupiter Ecliptic who laughed at the young commander's challenge. Until they met the merciless fury of the warrior who would annihilate all obstacles in his path to immortal renown as the Tyrant of Jupiter.Cover art by Alan Craddock.
  • Book I of the Cluster series.  At the farthest reaches of the Milky Way, on the planet of Outworld where  primitive men and nubile women still battle giant dinosaurs, the barbaric genius of Flint is summoned by the Earthborn to fulfil a mission: to save the galaxy's energy source from the marauders of the Andromeda Galaxy by transferring his overpowering Kirlian essence to alien spheres and uniting the galaxy against the invaders. Cover art by Fred Gambino.
  • Book I V of Geodyssey.  A handful of courageous, passionate men and women are reborn again and again in some of the most turbulent ages of history. It is the arts that truly define humanity and set us apart from all other species on earth. In a rousing, passionate story that ranges from the mists of prehistory to a terrifyingly plausible near future, the heart of our deepest fears and highest aspirations are probed, illuminating the spark that makes us what we are: curious, creative, seductive, survivalist, destructive and healing.  Cover art by Tristan Elwell.
  • Book I of Apprentice Adept. On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay in Phaze, a world totally ruled by magic. Soon he learned that his alternate self had already been murdered, and that he was next. On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games. On Phaze, he must master magic to survive. And if he used any magic at all, his friends were determined to kill him at once! Cover art by Rowena Morrill.  https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/unicorn-point-piers-anthony/
  • Book XV of Xanth.  We see England, We See Xanth, We see Mela's Underpanth!  In fact, Gwennie Goblin, Che Centaur and Jenny Elf are about the only creatures on Xanth who have been spared the sight of Mela Merwoman's undergarments - preoccupied as they are with helping Gwennie beat out her awful half-brother Gobble for cheifship of the Goblin horde. But first they must master space and thyme - and find the fabulous egg that sits between the Roc and a hard place. While Mela - who would gladly relinquish her oft-viewed undies for a new husband - joins the Adult Conspiracy - and quickly discovers the power of a perfect pair of panties...Cover art by Darrell K. Sweet.

  • Book II of Mode. Saved from death at the hands of Emperor Ddwng, would-be lovers Colene and Darius and their companions - Provos, a woman who can only remember the future and Seqiro, a telepathic horse - stumble into a dangerous reality where despots rule.  Held captive, the companions must combine their talents in a daring escape that leads them on a perilous adventure.  They will meet Angus, the flying giant, Slick the gangster haunted by his death sentence and the mysterious Megaplayers - musicians of old whose giant stone instruments are scattered around the landscape. Cover art by Steve Crisp.
  • Book XVIII of Xanth: Way down upon the Swan Knee River is the home of a steadfast gargoyle called Gary, who is in for some exciting times when Good Magician Humfrey sends him off on a year of service in exchange for modifying his geis - the duty that only he can perform. Gary's temporary task is that of tutor to a surprising little girl called Surprise, aided by the powerful Sorceress Iris, rejuvenated to a seductive 23...Turned into a human to make his new duties possible, Gary begins to wonder if he may have taken on too much. Quite apart from missing his wings and having to walk on his hind legs (the trick is to trot at all times) he also has to cope with Demoness Mentia and her rather perverse sense of humour - as well as Iris's all-too-alluring habits. But it's his own quest that leads them all into the city they call Stone Hinge in the realm of Madness, a perilous region where everything is its opposite and magic is even stronger than it is in the rest of Xanth. As the citizens of Xanth are transformed and the illusions become first deceptive and then downright dangerous, steadfast Gary Gargoyle is the unexpected hero of the day. Cover art by Mike Posen.
  • Book III of Bio Of A Space Tyrant. He awoke in a tiny lightless cell, groping for memory - memory that had been erased. Hope Hubris, Jupiter governor, progressive populist, warrior hero, and presidential candidate - was a 'mem-washed' tool of the enemy. And if his captors’ plan worked, Hope would destroy his own political career, leaving the fate of his planet in the hands of its corrupt presidential incumbent—Tocsin. But Hope Hubris had a destiny to fulfill. He had the cunning to discover code words that could reactivate his mind; the strength to resist addiction to their drugs; the power to win the support of his countrymen - and he had the courage to make an agonising sacrifice that would ensure his planet's future and his own destiny as the …Tyrant of Jupiter.  Cover art by Alan Craddock. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/refugee-piers-anthony/  https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/mercenary-piers-anthony/
  • The sequel to Isle of Woman. The story follows two lovers, Hugh and Ann, as they struggle to preserve their family and their way of life throughout some of the most turbulent periods of our savage past, The sage takes them from the caves of prehistoric Europe to the Holy Land in the time of King David, through the Imperial Court of 3rd century Japan and Damascus in the early days of Islam, to Genghis Khan's Asia and the fallen paradise of Easter Island, concluding with a horrific glimpse of the future in the wreckage of a world devastated by global eco-disaster. Through the characters' eyes, we see humanity's greatest triumphs and shame and the relentless exploitation of nature, an exploitation that now threatens our survival. Cover art by Brad Schmehl.