Fantasy

Ancient Troll writings foretell the emergence of a champion from the West fated to determine the destiny of the Fellow Races. Vying spellcasters contrive to manipulate that ascension for their own ends. Kidnapped as an infant and raised in the East by a retired soldier, a bewildered youth becomes embroiled in the affairs of wizards with the appearance of a strange benefactor after his foster father is brutally murdered. Cajoled by the mysterious Maldoch into accompanying him on a madcap jaunt to... more info>>

One night, Troy spots what looks like a fire from the far side of the campground. But there's no smoke and no advancing flames. Something mysterious seems to be calling him and Troy feels he must investigate?

The story continues... Three manage to escape on the last ship, as the disintegrating islands of Atlantis start to sink. Almost overwhelmed, they must somehow survive to reach the open waters of the Great Ocean. A heartbroken Merlin is surprised as they voyage to a new beginning... in Avalon.

An exuberant and hilarious debut in which an episode of furniture moving gone awry becomes an impromptu quest of self-discovery, secret histories, and unexpected revelations. Thom is a computer geek whose hacking of a certain Washington-based software giant has won him a little fame but few job prospects. Erik is a smalltime con man, a fast-talker who is never quite quick enough on his feet. Their roommate, Tree, is a confused clairvoyant whose dreams and prophecies may not be completely off bas... more info>>

Infinity Annihilator The rogue Kriar Daergon's have the ancient Jyril genemar, a weapon capable of destroying all the magic in Eternity. A device so destructive it can to slay any creature from a universe away. Bannor is just lucky enough to have the weapon aimed at him. Infinity Annihilator is the fifth and final volume in the epic of Reality's Plaything, as the ultimate powers meet head on in devastating battle.

Penance by New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala: After being shot, Nicole Masters's "penance" for cheating death dictates that she must help others--even if it means putting herself in danger. Now she and Detective Dominic Tucci--a neighbor determined to make Nicole accept her new gift--team up to rescue an innocent child before time runs out.... After the Lightning by Janis Reams: Hudson Hailey Cameron fears she's fried more than a few brain cells after she's struck by lightning and be... more info>>

Briar needs just two things: blood and vengeance. The first sustains her immortal life; the second gives it meaning. First on her hit list is Gregor, the renegade vampire who schooled her in brutality, then betrayed and tortured her. To achieve her deadly ends, Briar joins the inscrutable Reaper and his misfit gang of vampires who are also hunting her old mentor. But once she's destroyed Gregor, she'll be gone. The group means nothing to her. Not even Crisa--damaged, defenseless, a liability in ... more info>>

Charley is an athlete. He wants to grow up to be the fastest runner in the world, like his father. He wants to be painted crossing the finishing line, in his racing silks, with a medal around his neck. Charley lives in a stable. He isn't a runner, he's a mount. He belongs to a Hoot: The Hoots are alien invaders. Charley hasn't seen his mother for years, and his father is hiding out in the mountains somewhere, with the other Free Humans. The Hoots own the world, but the humans want it back. Charl... more info>>

At the age of thirteen, half-hobgoblin Bounty Fenetre found herself on her own, which was fine by her. There was a cute chainmail number at the smithy's she had her eye on, once she figured out how to fix it so it bared her midriff. Then Ma Fortuna adopted her and she met Luc, her new foster brother. Four years later, at the age of seventeen, Bounty is older and wiser, and really wants to Seek Her Fortune. She and Luc ambush a hero and steal his armor, because as everyone knows, the first step t... more info>>

Coryn Hastur, Keeper of Hali Tower, loved Arielle and wanted to marry her, but his work in the Tower was important, and the head of his family did not want him to marry at all. So he threw himself into his work, convinced that his circumstances could never change.

The magik war came and the dragons were forced to intervene to prevent the world's destruction. They succeeded, but an emperor died and an empire began to slowly collapse into decay. Rifts in the fabric of reality were formed in the cataclysmic violence of that war, rifts that magik could penetrate, if the wielder were either insane ... or arrogant enough. Adam and Charity have been separated by an unnecessary war. Charity believes her brother slain and has begun to seek her own way. Adam, torn ... more info>>

Nineteen writers dig into the imaginative spaces between conventional genres--realistic and fantastical, scholarly and poetic, personal and political--and bring up gems of a new type of fiction: interstitial fiction. This is the literary mode of the new century, a reflection of the complex, ambiguous, and challenging world we live in. To illustrate the broad range of interest in this style of fiction, the editors gathered stories from new and established authors in the USA, Canada, Australia, an... more info>>

In the beginning, the goddess and the god created the earth as a nursery for the coming birth of their twins, but the goddess died in childbirth. Many years later, she is resurrected only to find that her loved ones have killed each other. In her grief and rage, she blames the earth for her tragedy and is determined to destroy it. Awna, the sorceress, pits herself against the raging goddess to save creation from divine destruction. Can a heart hardened by anger and obsessed with revenge ever be ... more info>>

The Council sent Masterclass mage Martis and her bodyguard Lyran on what was supposed to be a simple mission. Nobody expected things to start with out-of-control--and nearly fatal--weather and then escalate from there.

After saving Lord Dominie Horin from the attentions of the evil and powerful witch, Prioress Lizaveta, Mage Questor Grimm Afelnor finds himself elevated to the Seventh Rank and the head of a secret Quest to eliminate the influence of her pernicious cult. The mission becomes difficult as Grimm finds his magical aides are a sarcastic dandy (who happens to be Lizaveta's resentful grandson) and a cowardly Necromancer (who would prefer to sing than cast magic). The difficulties compound themselves as... more info>>

A young boy goes missing. Taken, in the middle of the night. No clues. Nothing except the remnants of a black cloud, like the one coughed up from inside the Doorway of Darkness. A black cloud that takes Axiom-man to a world not his own. A dead world, where a gray and brown sky shrouds an entire city in a miasma of decay. The streets are empty. The young boy is nowhere to be found. Those he does find ... are dead. And walking.

When Martis first met her new bodyguard, she thought she'd be the one protecting him. He was young, small, and didn't even wear armor. But when they rode out together on a dangerous mission, she discovered that he had skills she never would have suspected.

Arola wakes from another terrible nightmare, the shadows shifting restlessly above her, waiting for their chance to claim a new victim. Iolet, driven by a desperate, yearning need, braves the shadows to climb Widow's Peak, the highest and most perilous cliff she knows. They are sisters who have never met, living half a world apart, about to be drawn into a conflict that will forever alter their lives. Lumina, dark and sultry, is as cold inside as she is exotic without. Escaping from a desperate ... more info>>

He is the last of the wizards. Milward barely survived the Magik Wars. New to life among the magik users, he was fortunate to survive as the others were blasted into nonexistence by Gilgafed the Sorcerer during the fighting. Outliving Labad, the last great Emperor, Milward's duty was to watch over the royal household until Labad's prophecy is fulfilled. Adam and Charity find themselves in the middle of events that will shake the foundations of the empire. Moreover, if Labad's prophesy is right, ... more info>>

A dazzling postmodern debut collection of pulp and surreal fictions spanning the weirdest corners of literature and science fiction. The skill and strangeness on display in The Ant King and Other Stories are comparable to the debuts of Ted Chiang, Kelly Link, and Jonathan Lethem. These are stories that explore family, loyalty, power, and memory: a writer of alternate histories defends his patron's zeppelin against assassins and pirates; a woman transforms into hundreds of gumballs; an emancipate... more info>>

The exiled daughter of a minor noble, Kyrianna Dalynne, finds herself trapped in a temple dedicated to Thynitic, The Lady of Chaos. She and her companions, are charged with finding an ancient artifact before the ones guarding the portals out will allow them to leave. As their search continues, Kyrianna begins to question if there was a specific reason she and the others were brought to this place. After the guardians claim the artifact as been secured, they offer to open the portals to allow the... more info>>

IN a land where magic still exists.... Two charming sisters and two handsome brothers find themselves pulled into trouble by the uncontrolled magic of one sister, who is just too lovable for her own good. An evil wizard is determined to marry her no matter what it takes. Defeating him involves war, diplomacy, and the judicious use of science--oh, yes, and a unicorn. A mouse magician, a battle at sea, a unicorn hunt, whirlwinds ... and magic, await you in 'A Charm for a Unicorn'.

The Sirrus Orb--a mysterious artifact of unsure origin. Some say druids made it. Others claim it was crafted in the Abyss. Eric Carvon is the human warrior commissioned to retrieve the Orb for a powerful wizard. The raid Eric leads to capture the orb goes foul, and he is thrust into a world where he doesn't belong. Searching for the wizard who tricked him into the disastrous raid that killed all his men, Eric learns of the true evil trying to drive the races apart. He must also put his trust in ... more info>>

A centaur who has lost her family and an angel who has lost his wings search for a race of beings from before historical time. A moving, wise story of the relationship between two people who learn to adapt to the unthinkable.

All that Space Service Specialist Carmen Delorien planned was a short sight-seeing trip on her day off. So why was she AWOL, on a part of Darkover forbidden to offworlders, with a weapon forbidden by the Compact?