Fantasy

A triad of female warriors bound together as a family, committed in union to one another and to the two males who are staying at home in their village. This is the tale of their adventures; their training and bonding while becoming the personal staff of the Empress of their Motherland.

Mocking tradition? Or showing the best side of Darkover to the rest of the Empire?

It seemed like a brilliant plan. To entertain her young son on his spring break week, and to get back into the dating world, youthful widow Sally Cartwright advertises on a dating site, requesting that the dates put together an outing entertaining both to her and to Timmy. She never dreams that her ad will look like an invitation to every werewolf, vampire, ancient god or demonic force in England. Unfortunately, because Timmy was saved by his father's sacrifice, the dark forces see in him the po... more info>>

It was bad enough that Darriel had a psychic gift he barely understood, but now he had a fosterling with the same gift. Could he train the boy to fight, or would their shared gift make that impossible?

The long awaited sequel to A Circle of Arcs, this fast-moving historical time travel has been likened to riding a kayak through the rapids. If you were blind and could only see in your dreams, would you ever want to wake up?

There are spirits afoot deep in the Ozark hills of Blackburn County, Arkansas. Things happen. Ghosts walk. Elemental creatures dance to the wild music of the rhythms of Nature. And those who've lived in the hills for generations can see them. But now there's activity of another kind ravaging the hills; bulldozers, chainsaws, and hunters of man and beast. As old-growth trees fall to developers, rivers are dammed, hollows are flooded, and residents are driven from land settled by their many-times-... more info>>

Another classic collection of Dunsany's fantasy stories, including the dreamlike "Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean." "Blagdaross," "The Madness of Andelsprutz," "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow," "Bethmoora," "Idle Days on the Yann," "The Sword and the Idol," "The Idle City," "The Hashish Man," "Poor Old Bill," "The Beggars," "Carcassonne," "In Zaccarath," "The Field," "The Day of the Poll," and "The Unhappy Body."

Lindsay Delaney Series, Vol. 4 In book 4, Shannon Delaney gets caught up in a web of deception, intrigue and a ghostly haunting as she delves into a cold-case mystery from Hollywood's glamorous decade of the 1920s: Good grief, it was as if the sound was immediately behind me. I turned and was shocked to see that what was making the odd noise was all too apparent and far too close for comfort. And it was looking down at me. I looked around for a place to run to. I dashed a few steps to the side... more info>>

When, with just a fluttering of butterflies in your stomach, all your enemies will die; you must be very, very careful how you treat your friends.

The proposal seemed simple to Darriel. Lionora, his wife, would bear no more children. So Robard's daughter would now live with them in order to bear him a laran-gifted child. Darriel's and Robard's men thought it a good plan. Why should Lionora mind?

He knows she is his mate and he's determined to have her. She isn't so sure and is afraid of his power over her. Her heart says yes but her mind says careful. How will she know he's the one for her? She must listen to her heart and let the rest take care of itself.

Take a Kriar princess with time travelling powers, a vicious Myrmigyne queen, a scholar turned tournament champion and adventurer. Combine them with half human half Kriar twins with only one soul between them and add a 40,000 year old technomage dictator. Then stir in a power-mad mage named Meridian and Rakaar the unstoppable Baronian juggernaut and you have the recipe for a fantastic odyssey. The stew boils when the evil magic-user captures the injured princess and forces her to destroy the fab... more info>>

When Rentata's foster son Ari came home from his training in the tower for the coronation of her son Brenton as Lord of Aldaran, he brought a surprise guest: Coryn Hastur, Keeper of Hali Tower, the most powerful laranzu in the Domains. Given her history with Coryn, Renata was ambivalent about his presence. But when the attack that Lord Scathfell had been planning erupted during the coronation ceremony, she had reason to be glad for both Coryn's powers and her own.

There is a power in the land. The mages have long known of it, and drawn on it. But the world is in flux, the gentle ways of the Mother being threatened by the growing influence of Her Brother/Son H'lal, the Warrior God. Hagen Templeborn is a product of both, born to a Priestess of the Mother, and sired by an angry, ambitious Priest of the new god. Along with his foster brother and sisters, he is student to the traveling mage Tanqui de Laqline, devoted to She Who Made All, who now walks the trea... more info>>

It's spring break. Demonology faculty have scattered to the four winds except for Neil Torecki and Teddy Whin, who venture into the alchemists' study garden to rescue a lost colleague. They don't know that the garden opens into an ancient prison for dissident alchemists, or that the world's most dangerous possessing demon has taken refuge there, feeding on the prisoners while it plots to take over leadership of a major religion.

At the age of seven, Grimm Afelnor is sent from his grandfather's forge to learn the craft of magic at Arnor House of the Ancient and Honourable Guild of Magic-users, Sorcerers and Thaumaturges. He soon learns that his beloved grandfather, Loras Afelnor, is not the simple blacksmith he appears. Once a powerful Mage Questor of the Seventh Rank, Loras fell into disgrace and was banished from the Guild, his name and honours stricken from the Guild records. As a charity Student and the grandson of t... more info>>

Dyan Ardais went to Lindirsholme with his young friend Merryl. He didn't expect to find himself dealing with Merryl's twin sister, Marilla. And he never in his wildest dreams expected what would come from their meeting.

Omara's people shun all belief in the power of gods and magic, and the Deliverers, led by Simon Wargallow, pledge to put to death all heretics. When Korbillian flees his magical land of Ternannoc in the midst of a catastrophic destruction, he takes refuge on Omara and begins a quest to save this planet from its inevitable fate--the same as that of Ternannoc. Battles erupt in the clashes between destruction and salvation, from the fishing village of Sundhaven to the plateau of Xennidhum. Death be... more info>>

When MZB was editing the Darkover anthologies, she got a lot of stories on "Subject A: a Free Amazon meets a man she can trust" and "Subject B: Dyan Ardais meets a woman he can trust." After a few years of listening to MZB grumble, Lisa carried out her threat and wrote Subject AB: Dyan Ardais and the Free Amazon.

Even Grim Reapers have bad days on the job. Mal has managed to stay out of the afterlife for 31 years, despite having been dead for the last three. He's a Grim Reaper, and while he may not be the most enthusiastic, he enjoys his "life" too much to give it up to death. But he's got a problem. A troubled young woman's soul becomes bonded to his, and a vicious demon is hired to retrieve it. If Mal can't get her soul free in a hurry, he's doomed to share her destination, whether it be heaven or he... more info>>

Nine sisters have to free their mother from a curse. This might be easier if they were not all rattlesnakes.

Bannor Starfist, a northlands scout, is a man like any other--or is he? It starts with a hanging--his--Sarai, his Elven wife, is kidnapped, and demons hunt him in the night. Those events are only the breeze before the storm! Bannor is a bearer of the tao-force called the Garmtur Shak'Nola, a gift that when mastered, gives the user the ability to alter the threads of existence and make desires into reality. For an uninitiated warrior with no understanding of magic, the Nola is more bane than boon... more info>>

Riven kan Ingan has reached his middle years, settling comfortably into the life of a country giarl, and Life, in general, is good. Oh, there are a few things which could be better--such as his less than congenial relationship with son and heir Val or his discovery that second son Ilke wants to become a priest. At least the other children are still under control, and his beloved Barbara is just as loving and fiesty as ever. A treaty has been made with the Ghermians, and the barbarians are settli... more info>>

A not-ready-for-Disney fairy tale. Princess Susannah's discovery that she can work fairy magic unlocks the door to a delicious secret: Beneath the castle where she and her eleven sisters live, there's an enchanted palace that has an edge over the Middle Kingdoms. It's chock full of princes who just love to dance. In a world where the nobility have been fairy-cursed to bear no more male children, it's a secret they enjoy to the fullest. But without male heirs, the human lands are on the verge o... more info>>

Out if the grey mists of an Irish dawn, a woman of the Sidhe whispered to the champion Cuchulain of a great adventure?of a majestic queen of flaming red-gold hair?of dew-drenched meadows where war chariots prepared for battle?of obscene incantations chanted by the evil druid Calatin to turn the blackest magic against the warriors of Ulster. The wind whispered again and Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster, felt the chill of death. He knew that only he could stop the bloody slaughter. Only he dared to... more info>>