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August 2001 Catalog - Fantasy
BEHIND TIME by Lynn Abbey - Ace pb. Emma Merrigan was leading the most ordinary of lives, when her long-lost mother suddenly dropped in - looking decades younger than her daughter - and gave Emma access to another world that allowed travel to any place or moment in time - then collapsed in a coma, her soul trapped and tormented. Now its up to Emma to free her mother from her memories, while protecting her from frighteningly powerful enemies. ...$6.50
also available, OUT OF TIME, Ace pb ... $6.00
GUTBUCKET QUEST by Piers Anthony and Ron Fleming - Tor pb. Slim, a down-on-his-luck Texas bluesman, finds himself sucked down into the magical world of Tejas where he joins rhythm guitarist, Progress T. Hornsby, and a blues singer named, Nadine. Their quest - find the Gutbucket, a magical pearl gray Stratocaster that's fallen into the hands of T-Bone Pickens and his Vipers, who will use its power for evil. ... $7.00
MYTH ADVENTURES ONE by Robert Aspirin - Meisha Merlin HC. Skeeve, a magician's apprentice, teams up with the demon (as they call dimension travellers), Aahz, and experiences a variety of adventures with many strange, other-worldly characters. This omnibus edition of ANOTHER FINE MYTH and MYTH CONCEPTIONS brings this whimsical series back into print with all new art and illustrations. ... $30.00
MYTH ADVENTURES ONE by Robert Aspirin - Meisha Merlin Tpb. Also available as a trade paperback... $16.00
SWORD AND SORCERESS 18 edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley - Daw pb. This ever-popular yearly anthology of women of power includes new stories from Lawrence Watt-Evans, Rosemary Edghill, Diana L. Paxson, Dorothy J. Heydt and 16 others. ... $7.00
FALL OF NESKAYA by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross - Daw HC. A Darkover novel. A great fire rages throughout Verdanta and Lord Leynier sends a plea for help. But because of an ancient feud, his neighbors will not come and Verdanta seems doomed to be consumed by flames. Unexpected help comes from Rumail of Neskaya Tower in the form of fire-fighting chemicals. Its not mercy that prompts this, however. Rumail wishes to test the Leynier children for 'laran' and gain command over a great army of 'laran' enabled men to conquer all of Darkover. ... $24.95
LADY PAIN by Rebecca Bradley - Ace pb. A thousand years ago, Oballef called it the Lady in Gil. Today, Tigrallef calls it the Pain-when he's being polite. For more than 20 years he has carried it inside him, a private demon dutifully bent on bringing down the world and everything in it. And while the Pain protects Tig against sickness, danger, and the ravages of time, it wages a constant war of attrition against his mind and soul. Now, with his family and friends, Tig roams the known and unknown oceans, hoping to defeat, once and for all, the power within him before it destroys everything he holds dear. ... $6.50
WAR FOR THE OAKS by Emma Bull - Orb Tpb. First printed in 1987, War for the Oaks is one of the novels that has defined modern urban fantasy. Eddie McCandry sings rock and roll. But her boyfriend just dumped her, her band just broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Then, walking home through downtown Minneapolis on a dark night, she finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk, with more than her own survival now at risk--and her own preferences, musical and personal, are beside the point. Its about real love and loyalty, real music and musicians, false glamour and true art, and may well change the way you hear and see your own life. ... $13.95
THE FARSEEKERS by Isobelle Carmody - Tor HC. Obernewtyn #2. Since their takeover of Obernewtyn, the secret community of outcast children has flourished, protected by remoteness. Believing they have time to marshal new forces before the inevitable confrontation with the Council, they work hard to develop their forbidden mental abilities. ... $7.00
DAEMONOMANIA by John Crowley - Bantam Tpb. A great cycle of time is ending, as it did once before. The lives of renaissance wizard, John Dee, and rogue philosopher, Giordano Bruno, who was burned at the stake, haunt the present: their stories, true and false, are being reenacted by the people in peaceful Faraway Hills, threatening the future. ... $13.95
SONG OF THE AXE by John R. Dan - Forge HC. At the end of the ice age, thirty thousand years ago, Axe Man and Spear Woman live together with their tribe by the banks of an uncrossable, icy, glacier-fed river. But when an ice dam upstream allows an invading tribe, led by its chieftan Ka, to cross the river, Spear Woman is kidnapped.This begins Axe Man's quest to rescue Spear Woman and then, together, struggle to survive alone in this harsh, cold, prehistoric world. ...$25.95
THE ILL-MADE MUTE by Cecelia Dart-Thornton - Aspect HC. First book of Butterbyne. 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. ...$24.95
SIR APROPOS OF NOTHING by Peter David - Pocket HC. Apropos is the result of some unseemly knights and a helpless wench, a quick-witted child in a world of chivalry and honor. Neither of which he considers dead, but only because he isn't through with them yet. Apropos travels to the court of King Runcible to find his father and fill his pockets. But when he finds he may be the child of legends, the savior of the land, he grows uneasy. Because being the savior of the land would require effort and sticking his neck out, two things Apropos isn't excited about. Suddenly he is thrust into a muddle of murderous unicorns, mutated harpies, homicidal warrior kings, and a princess who may, or may not, be a psychotic arsonist. ...$23.95
MAGICKERS by Emily Drake - Daw HC. When two bullies gave Jason Adrian a bad sprain, soccer camp became another unfulfilled dream. And when his step-parents went on vacation, leaving him with Grandma McIntire, all he could do was watch. But then things began to look up. Jason found that his English teacher had sent in an essay of his and he had won a free trip to Camp Ravenwyng, a small place for kids with creativity and imagination. It was weird, but far better than staying all summer with Grandma. The trip to camp only showed how weird things were. When the bus jumped from place to place and time seemed to be sidestepped, it was only the beginning. At camp, Jason would make friends, enemies, and some out of this world memories. Because at a camp run by the Magickers, 'normal' takes the back seat and 'adventure' is the norm. ... $19.95
QUEEN'S NECKLACE by Teresa Edgerton - Eos Tpb. Once ensorceled gems held humanity in its power, but the jewel encrusted machine that sustained the realm has vanished and has left chaos. Wilrowan Blackheart, Captain of the Queen's Guard has been entrusted with finding the machine. While partaking in this quest he reveals a horrific plan being hatched by the Maglore; A plot that will end with the human civilization in flames. ... $15.00
FORBIDDEN LAND by Kate Forsyth - Roc pb. Fourth book in the Witches of Eileanan. Finn the Cat finds Castle Rurach boring. Snowbound for the winter, faced with the becomming "Lady Fionnghal" at her mothers hand, and bored beyong belief, she longs to fight with her father against the sea deamons. But Finn is needed elsewhere. Summoned by Righ, Lachlan of the Winged, she must go to the Forbidden Land to rescue a rebellious prophet from the Black Tower. For he may be the only one who can free the world from darkness. ... $7.00
ANIMIST by Eve Forward - Tor pb. Alex is a recent graduate of the College of Animism. Talented, but naive, he embarks on a quest to aquire his Anim, an animal with which he will bond for life and will allow him to detect and resist the use of magic. His search takes him through war and destruction and sets him against a powerful mage. ... $7.00
INTERLOPERS by Alan Dean Foster - Ace pb. Why bad things *really* happen to good people. Archaeologist,Cody Westcott, is onto something causing random acts of badness. Something ancient, evil and hungry. We are not alone, but we're about to wish we were. ... $7.00
ASSASSIN FANTASTIC edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Alexander Potter - Daw pb. 15 all-original tales of the most daring death masters in the annals of fantasy. With stories by Tanya Huff, Stephen Leigh, Kristine Katheryn Rusch, Fiona Patton, Anna Oster, Josepha Sherman, Theresa Edgerton, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Lynn Flewelling, P. N. Elrod, Leyte Jeffereson, Rosemary Edghill, Bernie Arntzen, Jane Lindskold and Michelle West. ... $7.00
GATE OF FIRE by Thomas Harlan - Tor pb. Sequel to The Shadow of Ararat. Three powers strive for control over the Earth. The Persian sorcerer has withdrawn to a hidden citadel and he vows to regain the Peacock Throne. Prince Maxian has raised both Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great from the dead and he will risk all to free Rome from the curse that protects the empire, but dooms it to stagnation. And in the East, Dwyrin's thaumaturgic unit is shattered when Zo discovers the destruction of Palmyra. ... $8.00
STORM OF HEAVEN by Thomas Harlan - Tor HC. The great three-sided war, Rome against Persia against Mohammed of Mekka, continues to rage across the desert. And the tide seems to be turning against the Eastern Empire, with Emperor Heraclius bed-ridden in Constantinople and his brother, Theodore, loosing battles. Add the Persian sorcerer, Dahak, who is plotting revenge and a broken Rome is still hurting from the eruption of Vesuvius. And in Judea, young Dwyrin is gaining his powers leading the armies of Palmyra. At the same time the Goths of the north are forging a new legend of strength and power. ... $27.95
THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY edited by David G. Hartwell - Eos pb. The first in a series intended to be a companion to the excellent Year's Best SF, with stories by George R. R. Martin and Terry Goodkind. Editor David G. Hartwell is well known not only as a senior editor at Tor Books, but as the editor-in-chief of the well-respected, New York Review of Science Fiction. ... $7.00
SHADOW ON THE GLASS by Ian Irvine - Warner Books pb. View From the Mirror #1. In ancient times the Way Between the Worlds was shattered, leaving bands of Aachim, Faellem and Charon trapped with the old humans of Santhenar. Now Llian, a Chronicler of the Great Tales, uncovers a secret too deadly to be revealed-while Karan, a young sensitive, is compelled by honor to undertake a perilous mission. Neither can imagine they will soon meet as hunted fugitives, snared in the machinations of immortals, the vengeance of warlords and powerful magics. ... $7.00
LAST STAR AT DAWN by Oliver Johnson - Roc pb. Third book in the Lightbringer series. The city of Thrull is destroyed. For years it lay in the shadow of Faran's servants of the Eternal Night, while overhead the sun slowly fades. To save the dying star, the worshippers of the God of Light have recovered two of three artifacts necessary to prevent darkness. But the quest for the third is in jeopardy and without it the prophecy of the Lightbringer cannot be fulfilled. ...$7.50
also available FORGING OF THE SHADOWS, Roc pb. ... $7.50
NATIONS OF THE NIGHT, Roc pb. ... $7.00
MASK AND THE SORCERESS by Dennis Jones - EOS HC. The Deep Magic of the past is unchained and the royal houses are poised on the brink of war. Mandine's exiled sister, treacherous and insane Theatana, has escaped her prison and possesses a dark sorcery, which could be used to raise her to the throne. An attack is prepared upon her own homeland, her own kin. Not all, however, are ready to be swept aside. Ilarion goes to pursue his mad aunt through perils untold and dangers unknown, to confront her at the ends of the earth. And, here where the battle is most bitter, the Deep Magic begins to awaken... ... $25.00
SHADOWS OF GOD by J. Gregory Keyes - Del Rey Tpb. The fourth and final book in the Age of Unreason. As the armies of the Malakim advance, Benjamin Franklin must summon all his ingenuity to preserve not just the freedom of his country, but its very existence. The Malakim may be angels - or demons. All that's certain is that when the war in heaven is over, there won't be much of anything left of Earth. ... $15.00
KING KELSON'S BRIDE by Katherine Kurtz - Ace pb. King Kelson, denied one wife by death and another by duplicity must find another bride so that the kingdom of Gwynedd may prosper. Now the King must make the decision that Kelson the man cannot. ... $7.50
BLACK ROOD by Stephen R. Lawhead - EOS pb. Celtic Crusaders #2. Duncan, son of Murdo, believes that the Great Crusade is over and forgotten with the holy relic, the Iron Lance, left in the Emperor's care. His uncle returns from the Holy Land embittered and ready to die and tells him of an even holier relic, the Black Rood. ... $7.50
ECCENTRIC CIRCLES by Rebecca Lickiss - Ace pb. Piper Dickinson's grandmother had passed away, leaving her Victorian cottage and acre of land as inheritance. Piper and her grandmother had shared a passion for words and the house full of books and manuscripts is the perfect place to pursue her writing ambitions. But what the will didn't specify is that the back door leads to an endless forest and among the fantastical creatures that live there is something darker. As Piper discovers the truth to her grandmother's death and the evil she must face to save two worlds, she also finds the deep connection between magic and the fiction that spawns it. ... $6.00
TIME FUTURE by Maxine McArthur - Aspect pb. The deep space station Jocasta, commanded by Halley, is blockaded by hostile creatures. Communications and vital systems are failing and rations are low. Then, a foreign trader is killed by what seems to be an extinct monster. The murder is impossible, the clues are sensless, and Halley must solve the mystery of a locked room in a closed space station, before the entire system explodes into violence and terror. ... $7.00
TOWER AT STONY WOOD by Patricia A. McKillip - Ace Tpb. During the wedding festivities of the king, Cyan Dag, a knight of Gloinmere, is sought out by a mysterious bard and is told a terrifying tale: that the king has married a false queen - a lie cloaked in ancient and powerful sorcery. Spurred on by his steadfast honor, Cyan departs on a dangerous quest to rescue the real queen from her tower prison, to prevent war and to awaken magic in a land that has lost its way. ... $14.95
SPINDLE'S END by Robin McKinley - Ace pb. A beautiful retelling of the "Sleeping Beauty" fairy tale, with two brave village fairies and all the animals in the realm working to protect young Rosie from the revengeful Pernicia. ... $6.50
THIRTEENTH SCROLL by Rebecca Neason - Aspect pb. Nine barons vie for the throne, but the sorceress Aurya believes that encoded within an ancient text is the secret to make her lover, Giraldus, the next High King. The prophecies in the Thirteenth Scroll of Tambryn the Heretic say that whoever wishes to ascend to the throne must first dispose of the child it names, the Font of Wisdom. Meanwhile, a blind healer, Lysandra, is troubled by dark and forboding dreams. Guided by the scroll, Lysandra and her companions must save an unknown child before Aurya can plunge the world into darkness. ... $7.00
TO THE KING A DAUGHTER: OAK YEW ASH AND ROWAN #1 by Andre Norton & Sasha Miller - Tor pb. The Four Great Powers of the World, now withering under the effects of centuries of war, have fallen entirely under the control of the power-hungry Queen Ysa. While an ancient prophecy tells of a Daughter of Ash that will rise to reclaim the throne, Queen Ysa's shrewd machinations have seen to it that none of the House of Ash remain alive. But then there's the young girl in the care of the witch-healer in the swamps. ... $7.00
GOLDEN SWORD by Fiona Patton - Daw pb. Camden DeKatherine had been destined by birth and tradition to serve the Flame, the supreme power in the kingdom of Branion. But it was not the Flame that calls to him, it was the Wind. Alienated from his family because he must hide his talent, Cam finds refuge with his uncle and cousins, who feel the calls of the Sea, the Oaks, and even the Flame. But what his uncle plans is the ultimate heresy. ... $7.00
GUARDIAN OF THE VISION by Irene Radford - Daw HC. Third book of Merlin's Decendants. Heirs to a legacy of ancient magic, the twins, Griffin and Donovan Kirkwood, have become embroiled in the political and religious conflicts of Elizabethan England. But there are darker forces threatening not only the Kirkwoods, but the Queen as well. For a witch descended from Nimue has unleashed a terrifying force: the Demon of Chaos. ... $23.95
KING OF DREAMS by Robert Silverberg - Eos HC. A new Prestimion book! Majipoor is finally in peace and it is time for Lord Prestimion to name Prince Dekkeret to be his successor. But a power from a dark past is stirring once again--an evil more potent and devastating than either leader cares to remember. Dantirya Sambail, the old enemy, is dead, but the seeds of rebellion have borne frightening fruit. Sambail's former henchman, Mandralisca, has somehow unleashed a plague of the mind on Prestimion's subjects. Dark visions invade their sleep--soul-shattering scenes of madness, driving those inflicted to commit destructive acts. And the dark wave is flowing ever closer to the throne, into the sacrosanct depths of the Labyrinth itself. ... $25.00
SEA OF SORROWS by Michelle West - Daw pb. Sun Sword #4. Ancient powers have awakened and new allegiances are forged. As the rightful ruler of the Dominion seeks to overthrow the man who killed his entire family, the Voyani embark upon the Sea of Sorrows to find the lost Cities of Man - a journey that seems certain to lead to a deadly confrontation with the Lord of Night. ... $7.00
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