Fantasy 2006
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Gwyneth Jones Band of Gypsys Pbk published June 2006 by Gollancz at £6.99 ISBN: 0 575 07645 3

Winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award
Hard times and sweet music: scandal and betrayal for Ax as England embraces the fearsome new world order; the Rock and Roll Reich goes Country.
Ax Preston, former dictator, returns to England to take up the Green President job. At close quarters he finds some outrageous details in the contract, so the Triumvirate decamps for Paris to sit out the first hard winter after the A-team destroyed crude oil in ostentatious poverty. Ax is quite certain he can negotiate a better deal. But while Ax and Sage and Fiorinda are embarrassing the English government over conditions in the new-slavery labour camps, bad things are happening for the President of the USA. Fred Eiffrich’s enemies in Washington are about to drop a bombshell that will shatter any hope of a return to former realities, former certainties. What happened at Lavoisier is not over. It’s coming back, it’s never going to end ...
... not while Fiorinda lives - or her child.
'Never has the nature of Englishness been as sweet, or more bitter' Jon Courtenay Grimwood in the Guardian
‘This is fantasy of the order of Neil Gaiman and Clive Barker’ Enigma
‘lain Banks on acid … mesmerising’ Guardian
‘A writer of visionary skills, with a striking and poetic narrative style’ Independent
‘Fiorinda is a passionately loveable heroine’ Amazon.co.uk
‘Jones melds modern and ancient: computer technology meets dark age religion. Sitting somewhere on the borders of dark fantasy, literary fiction and SF’ Guardian
About The Author

Gwyneth Jones was born in Manchester. She now lives in Brighton with her husband and son, but lived and worked for some time in Singapore. She spent the summer of 1992 in Southern India on the trail of the Hindu dynasts who colonized Malaysia, Java and Sumatra one thousand years ago and created the distinctive cultural blend borrowed by Divine Endurance.
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Katharine Kerr The Gold Falcon Pbk published May 2006 by Harpercollins at £11.99 ISBN: 0-00-712870 3

Book Four of The Dragon Mage
The powerful dweomermaster Nevyn has been reincarnated, but young Neb knows nothing of his previous life. Orphaned following a cholera epidemic, Neb and his younger brother arrive at the desolate farm of their last living relative and soon learn that a worse plague lurks beyond the western border of Deverry.
The savage Horsekin tribes are raiding the villages and taking slaves as the first step in their plans to destroy both the nomadic Westfolk and the Deverrian farmers. Neb and his soulmate Branna are drawn inexorably into a war for the survival of the kingdom itself.
Although they have powerful allies in the Westfolk dweomermasters, they are also facing mighty enemies, enemies that they have fought before in the past lives that they no longer remember...
Intricately interweaving human and elven history over several hundred years, Katharine Kerr’s enthralling tale of extraordinary characters living their many lives through exceptional times is epic fantasy on a truly grand scale.
‘Kerr is a master of her trade’ Vector
‘A lyrically written and enchanting tale of love, politics and magic’ SFX
About The Author
Katharine Kerr was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1944 to a family which considered itself British-in-exile far more than American. In 1962, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, and has lived there ever since. After leaving Stanford University she worked in a number of low-paying jobs while she read extensively in the fields of classical archaeology and literature, medieval and Dark Ages history, and modern fiction Eventually she met up with an old friend from school, Howard Kerr, who loved cats, books and baseball as much as she did, they were married in 1973. In 1979 a friend gave Katharine her first fantasy role-playing game. She became so intrigued with gaming and with the fantasy field that she began writing articles for gaming magazines, and for some time was a contributing editor to Dragon magazine, as well as devising gaming modules. Now, however, she is devoting herself exclusively to fiction, for the simple reason that there are only twenty-four hours in a day.
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Margo Lanagan Black Juice Published February 2006 by Gollancz at £8.99 ISBN: 0 575 07 781 6
`And through the silence comes something immense and leisurely, that, sheds the filth of heavens from its dusty wings ...
Whatever it, is, it comes for all of us, ant or angel, lost child in the forest or lady and lord of manners. Tonight it’s come for my nan, and it gathers her up out of the thing that was her self, up out of her own bones into its dark, dirty, soft, soft breast, unfisting her hands from the front of her nightshirt, laying down her remains, moving her on from us like a storm cloud dragging its rain’
` Margo Lanagan’s stories will delight, shock, intrigue, amuse and move you to tears with their dazzling imaginative reach, their dark humour, their subtlety, their humanity and depth of feeling.
After all BLACK JUICE runs through us all. BLACK JUICE is a book of extraordinary stories - breathtakingly fierce and surprisingly tender, they explore the dark and the light, and pit the frailty of humans against implacable forces. This is landmark fiction.
Black Juice is a book of breathtaking stories that defy boundaries. They are dazzling, ruthless, tender, fierce, unique – eleven deeply moving stories form an exceptional author. This edition contains The Point of Roses, a new, previously unpublished story.
‘Words are a weapon Margo Lanagan wields so lightly that readers barely notice when she cuts them to the heart’ Jon Courtney Grimwood
‘Rich, strange, wonderful and compelling… Margo Lanagan is an enormously talented and skilful writer, with a powerful and original imagination’ Garth Nix
‘Margo Lanagan’s stories shock, scare, and reassure – though not necessarily in that order! She brings fantasy to life and drops it on your front porch, like a memory of the real’ Greg Bear
Nothing short of brilliant’ Gary K. Wolfe, Locus
Every story in this book is a wonder… This is one of the most imaginative and attractive collections of short stories to appear in more than a decade. Lanagan is in a class of her own’ The Weekend Australian
‘Always moody, evocative and original, Black Juice is an intensely imaginative collection from an accomplished and distinctive author’ The Age
I want to go hire a plane and write BLACK JUICE across the sky so people will read these intense, rich, disturbing stories’ John Marsden
`Thought provoking and evocative, these stories are for the discriminating reader’ Voya
`Every selection is strange and startling, a glimpse into weird, wondrous, and sometimes terrifying worlds’ School Library Journal
`From the stunning first, story, these stories are mesmerizing’ Horn Book Magazine

About The Author
Margo Lanagan was born in 1960 and grew up in the Hunter Valley (NSW) and Melbourne. She travelled a bit, studied history at university in Perth and Sydney and has worked as a kitchen-hand and encyclopedia seller, as well as spending ten years as a freelance book editor. She is now a technical writer as well as a creative one. She lives in Sydney with her partner and their two sons.
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New" Margo Lanagan Black Juice Pbk published February 2006 by Gollancz at £7.99 ISBN: 0 575 07

`And through the silence comes something immense and leisurely, that, sheds the filth of heavens from its dusty wings ...
Whatever it, is, it comes for all of us, ant or angel, lost child in the forest or lady and lord of manners. Tonight it’s come for my nan, and it gathers her up out of the thing that was her self, up out of her own bones into its dark, dirty, soft, soft breast, unfisting her hands from the front of her nightshirt, laying down her remains, moving her on from us like a storm cloud dragging its rain’
` Margo Lanagan’s stories will delight, shock, intrigue, amuse and move you to tears with their dazzling imaginative reach, their dark humour, their subtlety, their humanity and depth of feeling.
After all BLACK JUICE runs through us all. BLACK JUICE is a book of extraordinary stories - breathtakingly fierce and surprisingly tender, they explore the dark and the light, and pit the frailty of humans against implacable forces. This is landmark fiction.
Black Juice is a book of breathtaking stories that defy boundaries. They are dazzling, ruthless, tender, fierce, unique – eleven deeply moving stories form an exceptional author. This edition contains The Point of Roses, a new, previously unpublished story.
‘Words are a weapon Margo Lanagan wields so lightly that readers barely notice when she cuts them to the heart’ Jon Courtney Grimwood
‘Rich, strange, wonderful and compelling… Margo Lanagan is an enormously talented and skilful writer, with a powerful and original imagination’ Garth Nix
‘Margo Lanagan’s stories shock, scare, and reassure – though not necessarily in that order! She brings fantasy to life and drops it on your front porch, like a memory of the real’ Greg Bear
Nothing short of brilliant’ Gary K. Wolfe, Locus
Every story in this book is a wonder… This is one of the most imaginative and attractive collections of short stories to appear in more than a decade. Lanagan is in a class of her own’ The Weekend Australian
‘Always moody, evocative and original, Black Juice is an intensely imaginative collection from an accomplished and distinctive author’ The Age
I want to go hire a plane and write BLACK JUICE across the sky so people will read these intense, rich, disturbing stories’ John Marsden
`Thought provoking and evocative, these stories are for the discriminating reader’ Voya
`Every selection is strange and startling, a glimpse into weird, wondrous, and sometimes terrifying worlds’ School Library Journal
`From the stunning first, story, these stories are mesmerizing’ Horn Book Magazine
About The Author
Margo Lanagan was born in 1960 and grew up in the Hunter Valley (NSW) and Melbourne. She travelled a bit, studied history at university in Perth and Sydney and has worked as a kitchen-hand and encyclopedia seller, as well as spending ten years as a freelance book editor. She is now a technical writer as well as a creative one. She lives in Sydney with her partner and their two sons.
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Tom Lloyd The Stormcaller Pbk published March 2006 by Gollancz at £12.99 ISBN: 0 575 07 727 1

In a land ruled by prophecy and the whims of Gods, a young man finds himself at the heart of a war he barely understands, wielding powers he may never be able to control.
Isak is a white-eye, born bigger, more charismatic and more powerful than normal men ... but with that power comes an unpredictable temper, and an inner rage he cannot always hide. Brought up as a wagon-brat, feared and despised by those around him, he dreams of a place in the army and a chance to live his own life. But when the call comes, it isn’t to be a soldier, for the Gods have other plans for the intemperate teenager: Isak has been Chosen as heir-elect to the brooding Lord Bahl, the white-eye Lord of the Farlan.
The white-eyes were created by the Land’s Gods to bring order out of chaos, for their magnetic charm and formidable strength makes them natural leaders of men. Lord Bahl is typical of the breed: he inspires and oppresses those around him in equal measure. He can be brusque and impatient, a difficult mentor for a boy every bit as volatile as he is.
But now is the time for revenge, and for the forging of empires. With mounting envy and malice the men who would themselves be kings watch Isak, Chosen by Gods as flawed as the humans who serve them, as he is shaped and moulded to fulfil the prophecies that circle him like scavenger birds. Divine fury and mortal strife is about to spill over and paint the world with blood.
The Stormicaller is the first book in a powerful new series that combines inspired world-building, epoch-shattering battles and high emotion to dazzling effect.
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Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora Published June 2006 by Gollancz at £18.99 ISBN: 0 575 07802 2
Book One o f The Gentleman Bastard Sequence
The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a ghost that walks through walls. Half the city believes him to be a legendary champion of the poor. The other half believe him to be a foolish myth. Nobody has it quite right.
Slightly built and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. He certainly didn’t invite the rumours that swirl around his exploits, which are actually confidencegames of the most intricate sort. And while Locke does indeed steal from the rich (who else would be worth stealing from?). the poor never see a penny. All of Locke’s gains are strictly for himself and his tight-knit band of thieves: The Gentlemen Bastards.
The capricious, colorful underworld of the ancient city of Camorr is the only home they’ve ever known. But now a deadly mystery has begun to haunt the city, and a clandestine war is threatening to tear the underworld apart. Caught up in a murderous game, Locke and his friends will find both their loyalty and their ingenuity tested to the breaking point as they struggle to stay alive ...
'A remarkably stylish debut' The Times
'A fresh, original, and engrossing tale by a bright new voice' George R.R.Martin
‘High octane fantasy. A great swashbuckling yarn of a novel’ Richard Morgan
‘Hugely enjoyable, a rollicking blast of solid fun; Locke Lamora cuts a roguish dash - with all the swagger and the spark of Errol Flynn in his heyday - and the twists and turns of the plot make for compulsive reading’ Hal Duncan
‘Scott Lynch is a con man, a conjuror, a wickedly entertaining juggler of words with knives up his sleeves and hatchets down his back’ Matthew Woodring Stover
‘Wickedly enjoyable, outrageously ingenious. Dark, complex and utterly compelling’ Sarah Ash
‘Tough, funny, and inventive. You WILL be entertained’ Kate Elliot
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New" Scott Lynch The Lies of Locke Lamora Pbk published February 2006 by Gollancz at £7.99 ISBN: 0575079754

Book One o f The Gentleman Bastard Sequence
The Thorn of Camorr is said to be an unbeatable swordsman, a master thief, a ghost that walks through walls. Half the city believes him to be a legendary champion of the poor. The other half believe him to be a foolish myth. Nobody has it quite right.
Slightly built and barely competent with a sword, Locke Lamora is, much to his annoyance, the fabled Thorn. He certainly didn’t invite the rumours that swirl around his exploits, which are actually confidencegames of the most intricate sort. And while Locke does indeed steal from the rich (who else would be worth stealing from?). the poor never see a penny. All of Locke’s gains are strictly for himself and his tight-knit band of thieves: The Gentlemen Bastards.
The capricious, colorful underworld of the ancient city of Camorr is the only home they’ve ever known. But now a deadly mystery has begun to haunt the city, and a clandestine war is threatening to tear the underworld apart. Caught up in a murderous game, Locke and his friends will find both their loyalty and their ingenuity tested to the breaking point as they struggle to stay alive ...
'A remarkably stylish debut' The Times
'A fresh, original, and engrossing tale by a bright new voice' George R.R.Martin
‘High octane fantasy. A great swashbuckling yarn of a novel’ Richard Morgan
‘Hugely enjoyable, a rollicking blast of solid fun; Locke Lamora cuts a roguish dash - with all the swagger and the spark of Errol Flynn in his heyday - and the twists and turns of the plot make for compulsive reading’ Hal Duncan
‘Scott Lynch is a con man, a conjuror, a wickedly entertaining juggler of words with knives up his sleeves and hatchets down his back’ Matthew Woodring Stover
‘Wickedly enjoyable, outrageously ingenious. Dark, complex and utterly compelling’ Sarah Ash
‘Tough, funny, and inventive. You WILL be entertained’ Kate Elliot
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Ian R. Macleod
Ian R. Macleod The House of Storms Pbk published February 2006 by Simon & Schuster at £6.99 ISBN: 0 7434 6247 5

From prize-winning author Ian R. MacLeod comes his enthralling tale of love and power. Set amongst the familiar hills and cities of an England that is strangely recognizable, yet utterly new and suffused with the power of magic, The House of Storms explores all the beauty and horror of a universe which readers of his previous novel The Light Ages will recognize, but takes it to a yet more astonishing level.
When Great Grandmistress Alice Meynell, ruthless matriarch of the Great Guild of Telegraphers, brings her son to Invercombe, west of Bristol, she expects him to die there. Though her power and grace are legendary, not even she can halt her son’s disease. Now ensconced in the magnificent old house, forgotten outpost of the Guild, with its disused weathertop, its formal gardens, its long tradition, at least there might come some tranquility to his death.
The age of aether still reigns; its pale glow illuminating the land. All bear the mark of aether’s strange influence, except the changelings, banished to Einfell, that strange land untouched by the Ages of Industry, that lies uneasy at England’s troubled heart. And it is to Einfell that Alice turns in desperation, to plead for her son’s life to one who once trusted her, and suffered the consequences.
Ralph is cured. Far away from the filth of industrial London, he is drawn away from his family responsibilities to the world of nature and to a fisherman’s daughter, Marion Price. Together they plan to run away, to defy the rule of Guilds, even to change the world and how it understands itself.
But his mother will not let love stand in the way of her lust for power, nor the very land she professes to love - even if it means plunging England into a long and bloody civil war.
In this unique work of imagination, Ian R. MacLeod has created a dazzling and truly original world.
‘Outstanding. To rival Pullman’s Northern Lights trilogy and Mieville’s Perdido Street Station’ Michael Moorcock
'The House os Storms is that uncommon thing, a sequel to be treasured as much as its precursor' Locus
‘MacLeod’s prose is as rich as treacle and equally black. A quiet, understated monster of a novel’ Guardian
'Wonderful… Dickens with a touch of Alan Garner and a glimpse of Ghormenghast' Christopher Fowler
About The Author
Ian R. MacLeod was born in, and has lived most of his forty years, around Birmingham. He is the author of The Great Wheel and a short story collection Voyages by Starlight, and his short fiction has appeared in Interzone, Asimov’s, and Fantasy and Science Fiction, and has been widely translated and anthologized. He is twice winner of the World Fantasy Award for his alternate history novella The Summer Isles and his short story The Chop Girl, and has been shortlisted for almost every major science fiction and fantasy award including the Hugo and the Nebula.
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John Marco The Sword of Angels Pbk published November 2005 by Gollancz at £14.99 ISBN: 0575077794

Lukien, the Bronze Knight of Liiria, was once the kingdom’s greatest champion - and then he betrayed his king. Consumed by guilt, he now lives in self imposed exile, devoting himself to the protection of the mountain fortress of Grimhold and wearing on of the magical amulets known as the Eyes of God. But Grimhold is threatened by a murderous magic secret, the Devil’s Armour, which has at last found a wearer. Only the hidden Sword of Angels can defeat the Devil’s Armour.
If Lukien can find it before it is too late.
Following on from The Eyes Of God and The Devil’s Armour, The Sword Of Angels carries John Marco’s trademark combination of morally ambiguous and complex action, tight plotting and vivid characterisation. This is action-driven fantasy, packed with magic, betrayal and battle, from one of the most exciting authors in world fantasy.
Set in a richly built world, detailed in its dissection of motive, and compelling in its characters, The Sword Of Angels is the latest work from a natural and mature storyteller revelling in his ability.
Building on the success of the acclaimed ‘Tyrants and Kings’ trilogy, and his growing fan base in the UK and US, this is a perfect novel for new readers and old fans of John Marco’s work alike.
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Anne McCaffrey Dragon's Fire Published August 2006 by Bantam at £17.99 ISBN: 0-593-05498 9
With Todd McCaffrey
A New Adventure of Pern
When Masterharper Zist takes over as Harper for Natalon’s coal-mining camp, he takes with him his apprentice, the orphaned, mute Pellar, and Pellar’s fire-lizard Chitter. Pellar has become a gifted tracker and Zist gives him his own mission - to find out if the recent thefts of coal are the work of the Shunned, criminals condemned to a life of wandering and hardship.
Halla is one of the children of the Shunned. Though innocent of their parents’ crimes, these children have inherited their cruel punishment. With no shelter, when the lethal Thread falls again they will have no protection against it. Life is even tougher for Halla: all her family are dead and she must fend for herself. Yet Halla is kind and gentle, devoted to helping those more helpless than she - unlike Tenim, a fellow child of the Shunned. Tenim is in league with Tarik, a crooked miner from Camp Natalon, who helps him steal coal in exchange for a cut of the profit. But Tenim soon realizes there is a lot more to be made from firestone, the volatile mineral that enables the dragons of Pern to burn Thread out of the sky. Tenim doesn’t care what he has to do, or whom he has to kill, in order to corner the market.
Cristov is Tarik’s son. Dishonoured by his father’s greed and treachery, he decides he must make amends somehow … even if it means risking his life by mining the volatile firestone, which blows up on contact with the slightest drop of moisture.
When the last remaining firestone mine explodes in flames, a desperate race begins to find a new deposit of the deadly but essential mineral, for without it there can be no defence against Thread. But Tenim has a murderous plan to turn the tragedy to his own advantage, and only Pellar, Halla and Cristov can stop him - and ensure that there will be a future for all in the world of the Dragonriders
Anne McCaffrey has created a complex, endlessly fascinating world uniting humans and great telepathic dragons. Millions of readers have followed book by hook the evolution of one of science fiction's most popular series.
Todd McCaffrey, Anne's son, is the approved heir to Pern and has now joined his mother in creating new adventures about the dragons and dragonriders of Pern.
`Anne McCaffrey, one of the Queens of science fiction, knows exactly how to give her public what it wants’ Walter Ellis, The Times
`A proper Pern novel ... bodes well for future volumes.' SFX on Dragonsblood

About The Author
Anne McCaffrey was born on April 1st in the year of the fire tiger and has been writing about Pernese dragons for thirty years. This does not necessarily make her an expert on other dragons but she has diligently exposed herself to the 'lesser breeds without the law.' She lives in County Wicklow, Ireland and has replaced travelling the World with surfing the Internet and the web.
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Anne McCaffrey Changelings Published September 2006 by Bantam at £17.99 ISBN: 0-593-05612 4
With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Book One of The Twins of Petaybee
With three acclaimed novels - Powers That Be, Power Lines and Power Play - bestselling authors Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough launched a thought-provoking science fiction saga that told the story of a sentient planet, Petaybee. The planet and its inhabitants, led by Yana Maddock and Sean Shongili, fought off the mercenary designs of a powerful interstellar corporation determined to exploit the icy world’s natural resources.
In Changelings, the first of a new series of novels, Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough return to Petaybee. Yana and Sean are now the parents of twins, Ronan Born for Water Shongili and Murel Monster Slayer Shongili. Born on Petaybee, their destiny is deeply intertwined with the sentient planet that is their home. For Ronan and Murel are more than human. Like their father, each can transform into a seal and converse telepathically with the planet’s creatures - such as the friendly otter whose life they save one day from a pack of ravenous wolves.
But the twins’ bravery has unforeseen results when a visiting scientist witnesses their startling metamorphosis and becomes obsessed with their capture. To protect their children, Sean and Yana send them to stay with a powerful family friend on an orbiting space station. But no one realizes how curious Ronan and Murel are to discover the origins of their shape-shifting talent - and that their search for knowledge will place them squarely in the path of peril.
Meanwhile Petaybee is changing - and much faster than an ordinary planet’s natural evolution. It appears that portions of the sea are heating up and a landmass is suddenly rising from the depths. To investigate the startling occurrence, Sean heads out to the open water in his seal form. But the newly unstable region holds untold mysteries - and the potential for disaster.
`Those familiar with McCaffrey and Scarborough’s first SF trilogy about life on the sentient planet Petaybee will best appreciate this solid start of a new series, which picks up where Power Play (1995) left off... Fast-paced adventure.’ Publishers Weekly
`The story is exciting and generously laced with humor, but besides those qualities, the characters - planet, humans, and animals, including the playful river and sea otters who befriend the twins - and their interactions are so well realized as to utterly charm readers. Furthermore, to the Celtic and Inuit lore that informed the first trilogy, McCaffrey and Scarborough now add elements of the mythology and lore of Earth’s South Sea Islanders.’ Book list

About The Author
Anne McCaffrey was born on April 1st in the year of the fire tiger and has been writing about Pernese dragons for thirty years. This does not necessarily make her an expert on other dragons but she has diligently exposed herself to the 'lesser breeds without the law.' She lives in County Wicklow, Ireland and has replaced travelling the World with surfing the Internet and the web.
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Anne McCaffrey Acorna's Children: First Warning Pbk published March 2006 by Corgi at £6.99 ISBN: 0 552 15291 9

With Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough are two of science fiction’s favourite authors. Together they have created the world of Acorna, the unicorn girl. Now Acorna‘s children start to have their own adventures.
First Warning
Acorna’s daughter, Khorii, must contend with an overwhelming legacy to forge a path of her own.
A simple journey to visit her relatives turns into a race against time when Khorii comes across a derelict spacecraft drifting in space, its crew dead in their seats. But this gruesome discovery is only a dread harbinger - a deadly plague is spreading across the universe and not even the healing powers of the Linyaari can slow its horrific advance. Khorii, one of the few unaffected by the outbreak, must find a cure before the disease consumes all in its path - including her beloved parents.
Praise for the Acorna series
‘Demonstrates the storytelling expertise of co-authors McCaffrey and Scarborough. Old and new characters, exotic alien races, and unique methods of problem-solving make this a good choice’ Library Journal
About The Author
Anne McCaffrey was born on April 1st in the year of the fire tiger and has been writing about Pernese dragons for thirty years. This does not necessarily make her an expert on other dragons but she has diligently exposed herself to the 'lesser breeds without the law.' She lives in County Wicklow, Ireland and has replaced travelling the World with surfing the Internet and the web.
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Robert Scott Lessek's Key Published August 2006 by Gollancz at £18.99 ISBN: 0 575 07810 3
With Jay Gordon
The Eldarn Sequence Book 2
The Larion spell table lies dormant in a forgotten chamber in Sandcliff Palace, the abandoned Larion Senate stronghold on Warns North Sea coast. Without Lessek’s key, the nondescript stone Steven Taylor and Mark Jenkins overlooked on the night they fell through the far portal into Eldarn, the table is nothing more than a slab of granite.
Its up to Steven Taylor to retrieve the key - but he has more to worry about than that; as he races across America, Nerak, the fallen Larion dictator, is following close behind.
In Warn, the Falkan Resistance forces are massing outside Travers Notch, preparing for an assault. Mark, Garec and the Larion Senator known as Gilmour are hurrying north to Sandcliff Palace - but without Lessek’s key to work the spell table, there will be little to stop Nerak from destroying Eldarn.
'Classical portal fantasy' Guardian
Praise for The Hickory Staff, The Eldarn Sequence Book 1
‘It’s not that they’ve discovered something new under the sun, it’s the fact that they’ve been able to take a familiar theme and give it new life and depth that makes this book, and hopefully the series, such a good read’ Blogcritics.org
‘Just read the first three pages and you’ll be hooked. A series that could easily become as legendary as Stephen Donaldson’s’ Outland
‘Combine the storytelling of Goodkind, the world-building of Donaldson, a dash of black humour, an unhealthy dose of dark magic and plenty of action, and you get a confection as irresistible and entertaining as this brilliant debut.’ Book Club Associates
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Dan Simmons Hyperion Pbk published December 2005 by Gollancz at £6.99 ISBN: 0 575 07 637 2

The book that reinvented epic Science Fiction
It is the 29th century and the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat. Invasion by the warlike Ousters looms, and the mysterious schemes of the secessionist Al TechnoCore bring chaos ever closer.
On the eve of disaster, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set out on an epic journey. Their goal, the legendary Time Tombs on Hyperion, home to the Shrike, a lethal creature, part god and part killing machine, whose powers transcend the limits of time and space. The pilgrims have resolved to die before discovering anything less than the secrets of the universe itself.
Praise for the Hyperion Cantos
'Truly astonishing' Iain M Banks
‘Matches and perhaps even surpasses Isaac Asimov and James Blish’ Washington Post
‘Unfailingly inventive ... bears comparison with FOUNDATION and DUNE’ New York Times
About The Author
Dan Simmons, a former teacher and director of programmes for gifted children, now writes full time. He lives with his wife and daughter in Colorado, USA. He has always been interested in writing/composing his first short stories at the age of nine. Since then he has been co- winner of the first Twilight Zone Magazine short story contest, winner of the Rod Serling Memorial Award and the winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel with Song of Kali.
Dan Simmons is also the author of the internationally acclaimed Hyperion, winner of the 1990 Hugo Award and Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, Phases of Gravity and Carrion Comfort, winner of the 1990 Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy Society Award and Locus Award for Best Horror Novel.
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