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May 2002 Catalog - Fantasy
* DOOON MODE: MODE #4 by Piers Anthony - Tor pb. The long awaited climax to the Mode series, set in a multiverse of interlocked realities where a deranged Emperor plays a deadly multidimensional game. Fearing the heroine Coleen's dawning power, depraved Emperor Ddwng sends a terrible Mind Monster against her. Coleen must journey back through many worlds to her one home on Earth, and face her deepest and darkest fears. ... $7.00
* BLOOD OF MYSTERY: LAST RUNE #4 by Mark Anthony - Spectra pb. A twist of time has left Runebreaker Travis Wilder and three of his friends are stranded in a Colorado mining town in the1880's. In present day Eldh, Grace Beckett journeys to a frozen kingdom where she learns more of her destiny to oppose the Pale King and his monstrous army. Even if Travis returns to Eldh in time to align his calling as Runebreaker with Grace's destiny as Blademender, can two mere humans hope to defeat an evil more ancient than any world? ... $7.00
* LONGTUSK: MAMMOTH #2 by Stephen Baxter - EOS pb. Watership Down meets Clan of the Cave Bear in this series where Woolly Mammoths are the protagonists in a dawn-of-time struggle against the emerging Firehands. Since a tender age, Longtusk had been a prisoner of the cruel, two-legged beasts that kill for pleasure. But through toil and terror, he never forgot his Clan--and he learned crucial, intimate knowledge of the Firehand's ways. Now the time approachs when he will have to clash with those who seek to destroy every living trace of his breed. ... $6.50
* ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD by Ray Bradbury - Morrow HC. Twenty-five contemporary short stories that probe the depths of human experience and relationships. Hurray! A new Bradbury! From "First Day", where a man contemplates meeting up with his old school chums after 50 years to "The Cricket on the Hearth" where a married couple finds their life and assumptions about each other highlighted by knowing that, for this week at least, their house is being monitored, this was a marvelous read, pulling me eagerly from one story to the next. ... $24.95
* DEVLIN'S LUCK: SWORD OF CHANGE #1 (OF 3) by Patricia Bray - Bantam pb. After being exiled from his beloved homeland, Devlin Stonehand journeys to the land of his enemies, seeking death. In an ironic twist of fate he is named the Chosen One, the symbolic defender of the Kingdom of Jorsk. To everyone's surprise he turns the empty title into reality, proving himself a true hero by defeating both human enemies and sorcerous creatures. But it is the task of uncovering a traitor within the King's court that proves the greatest challenge of all. ... $6.00
* KUSHIEL'S CHOSEN: KUSHIEL'S LEGACY #2 by Jacqueline Carey - Tor HC. Phedre no Delauny has survived much in her short life but her gods have not finished with her, for while she is a queen loved by her people, there are factions that plot against her. Melisande has escaped the royal guard and continued to plot against the royalty. To save herself and fight the conspirators, Phedre is sent on a raucous adventure. Signed by the Author!... $27.95
KUSHIEL'S DART by Jacqueline Carey - Tor pb. Betrayed into captivity in the barbarous northland of Skaldia, Phedre, who was an indentured servant as a child and educated to be a talented spy, makes a harrowing escape and journey to return to her people and save her homeland. A novel of passion, magic, and betrayal, first in a trilogy but stands on its own as well. ...$8.00
* ANGRY LEAD SKIES by Glen Cook - Roc pb. Garret knows that being a bodyguard for an obnoxious kid is just one of the things that comes with being a Private Investigator, but the threats are coming from creatures that can't be described, and according to the kid, they aren't after him, but his two friends Lastyr and Noodiss. Threats become kidnapping and between his partner The Dead Man, a cursing parrot, mobs of pixies, the City Guard, wererats and the frightening powers of the Lords of The Hill, Garrett may well find himself with even more that he can handle. ... $7.00
* LADY OF THE SORROWS: BITTERBYNDE #2 (OF 3) by Ceceilia Dart-Thornton - Aspect HC. Imthien has faced a realm of faery folk and other mystical creatures to get the help of healer, Maeve One-Eye, and journeys back to the king-emperor to share the information gleaned from her. But there are dangerous forces gathered at the court who want the messenger dead. ...$24.95
* ILL-MADE MUTE: BITTERBYNDE #1 by Cecilia Dart-Thornton - Aspect pb. Only one girl, a scarred and despised foundling mute, dares to climb Isse Tower, a place of mystery and superstitions. She then sneaks onto a Windship, and dives from the sky. Saved by a kind adventurer who gives her a name, communication through handspeak, and amazing truths she had never guessed, Imrhien journeys the Caermelor to find the woman who may change her life. She must survive endless dangers, including unhuman wights who threaten all travelers. Saved again, this time by fellow traveler Thorn, Imrhien journeys through the land with her new companion. But unknown to both Imrhien and Thron, a dark force summons its power and unseen things travel in the night. ... $7.00
* ENCHANTER: WAYFARER REDEMPTION #2 by Sara Douglass - Tor pb. Enchanter returns us to a world in the grip of prophecy and war. Axis is the StarMan: a mortal who finds the truth of his parentage and thus is cast into a legend not of his own making. Thrust into this unwelcome role, he has gone off to the Icarri stronghold, Talon Spike, to discover his heritage and learn to wield his Enchanter powers in an effort to fulfill the prophecy and bring peace to the world. ...$8.00
also available: THE WAYFARER REDEMPTION (#1), pb ... $7.00
* DINOTOPIA LOST by Alan Dean Foster - Ace pb. First published in 1996, this is the first mass market paperback. For countless centuries, the Land Apart from Time has been protected from intruders by the treacherous coral reefs surrounding the island. But when a storm-tossed ship finds it's way to the shore, this lost world of humans and dinosaurs will be utterly exposed - to a crew of pirates..... ... $8.00
* ADVENTURES IN THE DREAM TRADE by Neil Gaiman - Nesfa Press HC. Miscellaneous writings from one of the most popular authors of our time - including his day by day online journal depicting the sale, production and the arduous cross-country tour for his novel American Gods, collections of introductions that Gaiman has written for other authors' books, short stories only printed in obscure locations, and further little treasures that we'd probably never be able to see otherwise. Limited to 2000 hardcovers, 286 pages. ... $26.00
* STORMRIDER: RIGANTE #4 by David Gemmell - Del Rey HC. Conclusion of the Rigante saga. The outlaw leader Ravenheart and his son, Stormrider, await the moment to regain the Rigante lands from the usurper, Moidart, unaware that an ancient evil has returned ... $25.00
also available:
MIDNIGHT FALCON (#1), pb ... $7.00
SWORD IN THE STORM (#2), pb ... $7.00
RAVENHEART (#3), pb ... $7.00
* KNIGHT FANTASTIC edited by Martin H. Greeenberg & John Helfers - DAW pb. A all new short story collection of warriors with chivalry and honor, intrepid men and woman who fight for a higher good. Includes stories by Tanya Huff, Andre Norton, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple, Russell Davis, Rosemary & India Edghill, Esther Friesner, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Josepha Sherman, Jean Rabe, Michelle West, Fiona Patton. ... $7.00
* DESTINY: BLENDING ENTHRONED #3 (OF 3) by Sharon Green - Eos pb. Conclusion of the Blending Enthroned trilogy. Naran's remarkable Sight magic completed the Blending and brought solidity to their rule. But that alone will not turn back the horrific army massing at Gandistra's border, lead by a faceless malevolent entity. And fallen nobels closer to home implement dire schemes to unseat the reigning Six, intent on regaining the throne through mass murder. ... $7.00
also available:
DECEPTIONS (#2), pb ... $7.00
INTRIGUES (#1), pb ... $6.50
* CARESS OF TWILIGHT: MEREDITH #2 by Laurell K. Hamilton - Ballantine HC. The Queen of Air and Darkness has declared that either her son Prince Cel or his cousin Meredith will be the next to rule the UnSeelie Court: determined by which is the first to produce a child. Between a suddenly very active love life and the sporadic attempts on her life, Merry is finding it a challenge to keep up with her day job as a private investigator in Los Angeles - especially when people begin dying in mysterious, frightening ways, and she finds the threat affects Faerie as well. ... $23.95
also available: A KISS OF SHADOWS, pb ... $7.00
* LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS by Charlene Harris - Ace pb. Sookie Stackhouse is on a streak of bad luck. First, her coworker is murdered and no one seems to care. Then she's poisoned in an encounter with a maenad, and it's her boyfriend Bill's vampiric friends who save her life. To pay back the favor, she's in Dallas using her telepathic abilities to search for a missing vampire. But these guys aren't the safest dudes to hang around with. ...$6.50
* DESTINY: RHAPSODY #3 (of 3) by Elizabeth Haydon - Tor pb. Conclusion of the Rhapsody trilogy. Singer, Rhapsody, and assassin ,Achmed, seek out the off-spring of the F'dor, hoping to use them to hunt it down, while Grunthor prepares the Bolglands for war. But as they near the completion of their quest, their world crosses the threshold of disaster and faces utter oblivion. ... $8.00
also available:
RHAPSODY (#1), pb ... $8.00
PROPHECY (#2), pb ... $8.00
* PAST THE SIZE OF DREAMING by Nina Kiriki Hoffman - Ace Tpb. A spellbinding tale of two travelling companions - Matilda, who can talk to inanimate objects and see into dreams, and Edmund, who is now only coming to grips with his past and his powers. A darkness is rising, and they must gather Edmund's long scattered friends - to an old house with secrets of lost children... ... $13.95
* SECOND EMPIRE: MONARCHIES OF GOD #4 (OF 5) by Paul Kearney - Ace pb. The Five Kingdoms of Normannia remain divided, even in the face of the invading Merduk hordes. High Pontiff Himerius is willing to work together - provided the regents swear allegiance to him, while Torunnan's Queen Dowager entrusts command of the king's army to commoner, Corfe Cear-Inaf, who the royal officers plot to remove. But it is the legion of lycanthropes, lead by the immortal were-mage Aruan, who prove the greatest threat to the kingdoms. (Puzzled bibliographer's note: there were five books published in this series in the UK, but only four of them appear to be scheduled here. Maybe I'm missing some listing?) ... $6.50
also available:
HAWKWOOD'S VOYAGE (#1), pb ... $6.50
HERETIC KINGS (#2), pb ... $7.00 (and, no, I don't know why this one costs more)
IRON WARS (#3), pb ... $6.50
* THE GATES OF SLEEP by Mercedes Lackey - DAW HC. What starts as a retelling of the Sleeping Beauty myth transforms into a delightful mannered fantasy set in the same Elemental Masters world as SERPENT'S SHADOW. ...$24.95
also available: SERPENT'S SHADOW, pb ... $7.00
' by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. - Tor pb. Life has settled down to the point where Anna and Secca can work on rebuilding the kingdom, a task made more challenging by the politics and ambitions of the non-magical Lords. ... $8.00
* WIND SINGER: WIND ON FIRE #1 (OF 3) by William Nicholson - Hyperion pb. After a schoolroom rebellion against the stifling caste system of Armanth, Kestrel Hath's family is relegated to the lowest caste and ostracized. She and her twin brother, Bowman, do the unthinkable and leave the city. They begin a quest to find the key to the wind singer, a device that brought harmony to Aramanth and its recovery is the only way to make things right again. ... $8.00
* KNIGHT OR KNAVE: OAK YEW ASH & ROWAN #2 by Andre Norton & Sasha Miller - Tor pb. Volume 2 of the Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash and Rowan. Times are changing in Rendelsham. The king is dead and foolish prince, Florian, has assumed the throne. His mother, Queen Ysa, is still in control of the land from behind the scenes - but it's getting more difficult. The Sea-Rover clan presents problems, Ysa's newest magical ally is a traitor, and a threat from the north still looms. Ashen, heir to the near dead house of Ash and the only force for good in the kingdom, would love to leave these nasty politics behind. But duty overwhelms desire - and strength of unity is all that will allow Rendelsham to survive. ...$7.00
also available: TO THE KING A DAUGHTER (#1), pb. ... $7.00
* ARMS OF HERCULES: BOOK OF THE GODS #3 by Fred Saberhagen - Tor pb. Hercules, son of Zeus and a human woman, has crushed monsters, giants and legendary warriors in combat. One challenge remains: the harrowing underworld, where strength of arm does not matter. ... $7.00
* DOGLAND by Will Shetterly - Starscape/ Tor pb. (1998) The Nix family has arrived. And Latchahie County will never be the same. In an effort at improving his family's lot, the Nixes have moved to rural Florida to open Dogland: a combination zoo, restaurant and motel. But it isn't long before Nix and his clan of eccentric supporters run afoul of unsympathetic locals. The problem? Luke Nix has hired Ethorne Hawkins. Hawkins is black. This is 1959. ... $6.00
* BLADE OF TYSHALLE by Mathew Woodring Stover - Del Rey pb. Six years ago, the god Ma'elkoth was betrayed by those she ruled and then saved by Cain. Now he must fight to save Overworld from the corporate masters of earth. A man who has never been given a chance is the Overworld's only chance for survival. ... $8.00
* THROUGH THE DARKNESS: DARKNESS #3 by Harry Turtledove - Tor pb. In a world where magic works and is fueled by blood, the warring kingdoms are slaughtering their own people to weave their spells against one another. But now a revolt is rising from the common follk against the oppression of their aristoctracy. They have little experience and and even less resources but their determination may just be enough to lead them - through the darkness. ... $8.00
also available:
INTO THE DARKNESS (#1), pb ... $8.00
DARKNESS DESCENDING (#2), pb ... $8.00
* RULERS OF THE DARKNESS: DARKNESS #4 by Harry Turtledove - Tor HC. The war for the continent of Derlavi reaches its climax as the mages of Kuusamo and Lagoas race against time to come up with a new magic to stop the Algarve invaders. ... $27.95
* QUEST-LOVERS TREASURY OF THE FANTASTIC edited by Margaret Weis - Aspect Tpb. A collection of classic quest stories, including work from Orson Scott Card, C. J. Cherryh, Neil Gaiman, Mercedes Lackey and Michael Moorcock. ...$13.95
* MAIRELON THE MAGICIAN by Patricia Wrede - Starscape/ Tor pb. (1991) After life as a waif on the streets of London, Kim has no problem breaking into the travelling magician's wagon to find a silver bowl after being offered a small fortune. But this magician seems different, and when Kim is caught she thinks its over. Until he offers her an apprenticeship. ... $6.00
* SORCERER'S TREASON: ISTAVALTA
by Sarah Zettle - Tor HC. Bridget Lederle is transported
from her home on the shores of Lake Superior to the fantastical
world of Isavalta. There she becomes an unwitting player in a
lethal game of magic and politics, and discovers her own unusual
powers - which she must release in order to find salvation. ...
$27.95
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