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September 2002 Catalog - Fantasy
* FOR KING AND COUNTRY by Robert Asprin & Linda Evans - Baen HC. Captain Stirling thinks his mission is simple: follow a terrorist from 21st Century England to 500 AD and stop a Northern Irish fanatic from killing off Arrtorius, the Briton Lord of Battle, before his key military victory. But if he fails at his mission, the time-space continuum itself will fracture! ... $24.00
* M.Y.T.H. INC. LINK / MYTH- NOMERS & IM-PERVECTIONS by Robert Asprin - Ace pb. Omnibus reprint #4. In M.Y.T.H. INC. LINK (1986) being President of M.Y.T.H. Inc. doesn't keep Skeeve from sleuthing around some very out-of-the-way-and dangerous-dimensions, while in MYTH-NOMERS AND IM-PERVECTIONS Aahz has left in a huff, and Skeeve finds himself in the Pervect home dimension-the worst neighborhood in the galaxy. ... $8.00
also available:
ANOTHER FINE MYTH/ MYTH CONCEPTIONS, pb ... $8.00
MYTH DIRECTIONS / HIT OR MYTH, pb ... $8.00
MYTH-ING PERSONS / LITTLE MYTH MARKER, pb ... $8.00
RESTORATION: EZZARIA #3 by Carol Berg - Roc pb. Seyonne, exiled from his homeland, is left to face the demons inside his soul, while the Hamraschi have sworn to destroy Prince Aleksander and anyone who shelters him. When Seyonne journeys across the borders of the world to finally confront his own haunted dreams, he discovers something terrifying and thrilling - and will soon become all that he ever feared. ... $7.00
also available:
TRANSFORMATION, pb ... $7.00
REVELATION, pb ... $7.00
* PRIESTESS OF AVALON by Marion Zimmer Bradley & Diana L. Paxson - Roc Tpb. The timeless story of Eilan, known to the Romas as Helena, a British princess raised on the holy isle of Avalon as she grows from maiden to mother to wise woman. It is Helena's destiny to bridge the pagan world of the goddess and the new Christian empire founded by her own son, Constantine. When Helena embarks on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land she will find the intrinsic truth that transcends both the old religion and the new. ... $14.00
also available: PRIESTESS OF AVALON, HC. Only one left. ... $24.95
* SUMMER KNIGHT: DRESDEN #4 by Jim Butcher - Roc pb. Harry Dresden, the only professional wizard in the phone book, is down and out in Chicago. So when the Winter Queen of Faerie saunters in, she has a offer he can't refuse if he wants to free himself of the supernatural hold his faerie godmother has over him-and hopefully end his run of bad luck. All he has to do is find out who murdered the Summer Queen's right-hand man, and clear the Winter Queen's name. Harry should have known better than to get involved in faerie politics. ... $7.00
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STORM FRONT, pb ... $7.00
FOOL MOON, pb ... $7.00
GRAVE PERIL, pb ... $7.00
* HOPE'S WAR: HOPE #2 by Stephen Chambers - Tor HC. For the city of Hope, stability is a memory. Vel, the new and very reluctant king, has unintentionally prompted a bloody civil war. Pounded by an unrelenting winter and faced with diminishing food supplies, the only chance lies in a cache of food reportedly stockpiled by the mysterious Frill in the abandoned ruins south of the city. Vel must make the dangerous journey, make contact--and come to terms with--the Frill in order to save his people from starvation. But what he finds instead is a computer-based portal into the future. A brilliant terrorist known only as Blakes controls it, but what is the link between Blakes and the conflict devastating Hope? Vel must find the answers, and face the horror not only of Hope's past, but of its future. ... $24.95
also available: HOPE'S END, HC ... $23.95
HOPE'S END by Stephen Chambers - Tor pb. On the planet Hera, the city of Hope was bustling and prosperous until a deadly plague devastated the population. Almost all traces of technology have vanished. Anarchy erupted as political minorities rip apart the tottering government. Worse yet, a vicious colony of alien predators have secretly established themselves on the planet. But for 16 year old con man Vel, his only concern is his continued survival on the streets of the city. When a death close to home forces him into conflict with the ruling elite, Vel is targeted as an outlaw and must go underground to escape capture. There he meets a soldier from a separatist movement. ... $7.00
* THE WOAD TO WUIN: SIR APROPOS #2 by Peter David - Pocket HC. Apropos' peaceful career as a tavern owner is turned upside down by the arrival of the sorceress Sharee, with the forces of the war-mongering Lord Bellicose at her heels, who drags him into the middle of another dangerous adventure. ... $24.00
SIR APROPOS OF NOTHING by Peter David - Pocket pb. 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. He travels to the court of King Runcible to find his father and fill his pockets. But when he finds out 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. Suddeny he is thrust into the middle of murderous unicorns, mutated harpies, homicidal warrior kings, and a princess who may, or may not, be a psychotic arsonist. ... $7.00
* ONION GIRL by Charles de Lint - Forge/ Tor Tpb. Charles de Lint has delighted us for years now with tales of the city of Newford - gritty streets with sparks of magic, where myths walk clothed in modern shapes. We've met extraordinary characters, witnessed impossible sights Now one of the most engaging people, always at the borders of the stories, is pulled into the center of the tale. And her story is a powerful one indeed - for behind the painter's fey charm there's a dark secret and a past she's labored to forget. "I'm the onion girl," Jilly Coppercorn says, "Pull back the layers of my life, and you won't find anything at the core. Just a broken child. A hollow girl." She's run from the past and the truth for so long. She's very good at running. But life has just forced Jilly to stop. ... $14.95
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FORESTS OF THE HEART, Tpb ... $14.95
GREENMANTLE, Tpb ... $14.95
INTO THE GREEN, Tpb ... $14.95
JACK OF KINROWAN, Tpb ... $14.95
THE LITTLE COUNTRY, Tpb ... $15.95
MOONHEART, Tpb ... $13.95
SVAHA, Tpb ... $14.95
YARROW, Tpb ... $12.95
* BIRDS OF PREY by David Drake - Baen pb. (1984) Rome, 262 A.D. Germans flood across the borders leaving a trail of carnage. Imperial unity has shattered into a mosaic of separatists, fighting among themselves as greater enemies gather to swallow them all. Aulus Perennius is an Imperial secret agent who, until now, has only had to fight human enemies.... ...$7.00
* THE KING by David Feintuch - Ace HC. Can the King of Caledon use the magic of the Still to keep his position and defend his land from the Norland hordes? King Rodrigo and his only friend, Rustin, must make it so. ... $24.95
* PORTRAIT OF MRS. CHARBUQUE by Jeffery Ford - Morrow HC. A successul but disillusioned society portrait painter is contacted by his weirdest client yet, Mrs. Charbuque. She wants her portrait painted, but he isn't allowed to look at her. She will sit behind a screen, and answer his questions about everything but her appearance, and from this information and "relationship," he will create the portrait. ... $24.95
CORALINE by Neil Gaiman - Harper HC. Coraline and her parents live in a rambling old apartment with fourteen doors. One of them leads to the bricked-up opening that used to connect with the rest of the big house. One day that door open instead to a dark corridor - and leads to a mirror image of her apartment, complete with new parents who have time to spend with her, and make sure she will stay with them. ... $16.00
also available: CORALINE, Ltd Ed. HC (very few left) ... $25.00
* ALCHEMIST'S DOOR by Lisa Goldstein - Forge/ Tor HC. The famed alchemist John Dee must flee to Prague in the late 1500s after he unwittingly invoked a fearsome demon. There he must battle the forces of darkness and evil in their undying quest to overthrough light and good. ... $23.95
* TAGGERUNG by Brian Jacques - Ace pb. A young otter has been raised by a vermin clan to fill the warrior leader role of Taggerung, but finds that he can't, in honor, fight beside them. He embarks on a journey to find his true home and family. ... $8.00
* ELVENBORN: HALFBLOOD #3 by Andre Norton & Mercedes Lackey - Tor HC. Reclusive elvenlord Kyrtian emerges as a hero in a world torn by politics and war. Already holding more power than he ever wanted after his cousin Aelmarkin's plan to prove him unfit to run his estate backfires, his father's legacy leads him to learn ancient military skills, and Kyrtian's rediscovered knowledge piques the interest of the current elvenlords. Now the new commander of the army and at war with the rebellious Young Lords, Kyrtian finally has the resources to embark on his own personal quest--resuming his father's search for the Great Portal, the magical doorway through which the original elvenlords entered this world. He hopes to discover not only the mystery of his father's diappearance, but the secret behind the origin of elvenkind. ... $24.95
also available:
ELVENBANE, pb ... $7.00
ELVENBLOOD, pb ... $7.00
* THE MERCHANT PRINCE by Armin Shimerman & Michael Scott - Pocket pb. Despite his lack of physical stature, the five-foot-tall John Dee was a towering figure in Renaissance Europe: alchemist, necromancer, scientist, philosopher, adviser to royalty, enemy to the vicious de Medici clan - and confidant of Dyckon, a member of the alien race known as Roc. Ancient and wise, the Roc have come to earth to observe, not to interfere. But Dyckon has come to call Dee a friend, and when the de Medicis arrest Dee, Dyckon chooses to save his friend and leave him in suspended animation until the year 2099. The "philosopher of Albion" awakens in a confusing future where humanity is on the brink of developing the ultimate weapon - a weapon that will destroy the human race! Can even the great John Dee, genius from the past, save humanity from itself? ... $7.00
* WORLDS THAT WEREN'T edited by Harry Turtledove, Laura Ann Gilman - Roc HC. "History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there." -Anonymous. This all new collection of four original novellas of alternate history by Harry Turtledove, S. M. Stirling, Mary Gentle, and Walter Jon Williams. The past isn't what it used to be... ... $21.95
ALTERNATE GENERALS #2 edited by Harry Turtledove - Baen HC. What if history's greatest generals had more (or fewer) forces, better (or worse) weather, quicker (or slower) communications, better supplies (or none at all)? In this second volume of short stories, some of the genres greatest authors take a stab at rewriting history, turning it upside down and inside out. ... $24.00
GODS IN DARKNESS by Karl Edward Wagner - Night Shade Books HC. Firs time in one volume, this hardcover contains the three complete Kane novels, "Bloodstone," "Dark Crusade," and "Darkness Weaves." Kane, an immortal cursed to wander a mythical world torn by war and violence, must search for peace in a life he cannot escape. ... $35.00
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