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Book V of the Xanth series. Smash knew all about ogres. After all, despite his having a human mother, Smash was an Ogre himself. Ogres were not only huge and horribly ugly, as Smash was; they were also so stupid they could hardly speak, and they spent most of their time fighting, destroying, and eating young girls. So what was he doing here with seven assorted females looking to him to guide them and save them? Even in Xanth, where magic made anything possible, why should Tandy the Nymph trust him and seem fond of him? And how could all that high-flown conversation be coming out of his mouth? But that, it seemed, was what he got for going to Good Magician Humphrey for an Answer - before he even knew what the Question was! Cover art by Darrell K. Sweet. -
Omnivore: Piers Anthony
$5.00Book I of Of Man And Manta. Herbivore: one who eats only vegetables; carnivore: one who lives by bloody and flesh; and omnivore: who feeds on all things to sustain life. And so there were three; all human, all held together in an indeterminate love triangle: the man of brawn, the cripple and the woman. They were scientists on a troubleshooting expedition to the planet Nacre, the silent, dusky planet of multiform mushrooms and spore-clouds, where eighteen had died or disappeared before them. They were there to explore, discover, record - not really afraid, but then... not really prepared for the awesome secret of Nacre's mystical third kingdom of fungi. Cover art by Peter Jones. -
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 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/ -
Refugee: Piers Anthony
$9.00Book I of Bio Of A Space Tyrant. Though he was later accused of every crime and sexual perversion in the galaxy, Hope Hubris began as an innocent. Because he defended his older sister against the violent lusts of a wealthy scion, Hope and his peasant family were forced to flee Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. Pursued by the bloodthirsty scions across the airless desert, they barely escaped with their lives. The illegal space bubble was overcrowded with refugees, all hoping to reach Jupiter for asylum. But the space travelers had not reckoned on the terrible threat of high space-the pirates, barbaric men who rape, rob, and murder, with no thought but to satisfy their bestial appetites. It will take all Hope's ingenuity to survive, but the atrocities he witnesses will never die. There is only one way he can be rid of them...Cover art by Alan Craddock. -
Xanth XIX. One year after the events of Geis of the Gargoyle, Demoness Metria, whilst making her husband Veleno deliriously happy, finds that the stork will not acknowledge her summons. Seeking to summon the stork, Metria (and her worse half, D. Mentia) are sent on a quest by the Good Magician Humphrey. Metria is then tasked by the Simurgh to deliver a bag's worth of summons to their respective citizens of Xanth in order to hold a trial for Roxanne Roc. All that remains is to find out why Roxanne Roc is on trial as Metria meets with many old Xanth characters, including Grundy Golem, Sorceress Iris, Magician Trent, Gray Murphy, Jordan the Barbarian and Desiree Dryad. -
Shame Of Man: Piers Anthony
$15.00The 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. -
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.
