Fantasy 2000

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New Fantasy Titles 2000

Mark Anthony The Keep of Fire Pbk published December 2000 by Earthlight at Ł5.99 ISBN: 0 671-02884-7

Book Two of The Last Rune
A strange heat rises, burning across two worlds, bringing with it a plague of fire: a scourge that causes not death, but dark transformation.
Travis Wild r has slipped back into his old life in Colorado. But his peace is short-lived as he finds himself hunted by two mysterious organisations, each seeking knowledge of the otherwold, Eldh.
On Eldh, Grace Beckett – modern-day doctor and medieval witch – discovers that Travis has returned, and that he is in peril. Aided by a band of true companions, Grace embarks on an urgent mission to save Travis, only to learn that his fate is caught in a web of greater evil…
‘Offers a diverse cast of characters and a well-realised world in which the expected does not happen’ Robin Hobb
‘Hugely enjoyable’ Starburst

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Steve Aylett Atom Published October 2000 by Phoenix House at Ł9.99 ISBN: 1-861591-24-1
When you need to speak to one of Eddie Thermidor's boys then you better send the right man. Taffy Atom is that man. He's made his luck on the streets of Beerlight, a city that sprawls like roadkill, and he has a truly monstrous goldfish.
Maybe he can get to the bottom of what happened the night the City Brain Facility blew up, taking with it the brain of Tony Curtis ...
Atom confirms Steve Aylett as one of the most exciting and original voices in fiction today, and Beerlight as a city you really don't want to visit on holiday.
'This is toon-noir ... as on the button as tomorrow's news.' Michael Moorcock
Praise for Steve Aylett
'Distressingly brilliant' The Guardian
'Aylett's prose is like poetry' The Independent
'What Tom Wolfe would like to be' Michael Moorcock
‘Riding the shirttails of Burroughs, with a touch of A Clockwork Orange and Irvine Welsh' Edge
'A five-way collaboration between Edward Lear, Ken Kesey, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut and Damon Runyon. All human life is there ... and then some' Interzone

About The Author
Steve Aylett was born in 1967 and is the author of The Crime Studio and Bigot Hall.
If he were any more English he'd be dead.

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Kage Baker At the Edge of the West Pbk published August 2000 by Coronet at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0-340-70828-X

It has been three centuries since Mendoza lost the man she loved: three centuries of lonely, unremitting toil as a field botanist for her 24th-century masters. But at the Company post in the Cahuenga Pass on the road to the frontier settlement called Los Angeles, Mendoza is experiencing something new: disturbing dreams of her beloved Nicholas Harpole.
She is not the only one to feel troubled. One of her immortal colleagues has family trouble; another, an almost comical obsession with selling a brassbound pie safe. And all of them have brushes with the ghosts of the future that haunt the canyons of Hollywood, not just on film but in eerie reality.
But then Nicholas Harpole's ghost is unexpectedly reincarnated in a very large, very suave and very handsome British spy called Edward Alton Bell-Fairfax. For Mendoza it is either a dream come true, or the worst thing that could possibly have happened to her. Again.
'The dialogue hums with a potent blend of bitchy barbs, humorous asides and pop cultural references. Baker mixes engaging and chilling moments in equal share.’ Publishers Weekly
'A magnificent third entry in an intelligent, thoughtful and absorbing series.' Kirkus Reviews
'Witty, world-wise and humane... by turns funny, informed and heart-wrenching... a bitter-sweet story that is a joy to read’ Mary Gentle, author of Ancient Light
About The Author
Kage Baker is the author of In the Garden of Eden and Sky Coyote. At the Edge of the West is her third novel of the Company. She has been an artist, actor and director at the Living History Centre and has taught Elizabethan English as a second language. She lives in her native California

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James Barclay Noonshade Pbk published July 2000 by Gollancz at Ł9.99 ISBN: 0-57506-895-7

Book Two of The Chronicles of the Raven
The enthralling sequel to Dawnthief takes the adventure into a new dimension.
Dnser has cast the apocalyptic spell Dawnthief, the Wytch lords are banished and Balaia can turn to defeating the teeming hordes of Wesmen.
But something has gone horribly wrong. The spell has created a rip between the dimensions, a dirty rolling patch of nothingness in the blue sky. It casts a shadow at noon. And, day by day, the shadow is growing...
As the Wesmen storm through Balaia, The Raven must answer a bizarre call from the awesome dragon Sha-Kaan. The brood Kaan are fighting a losing battle against the other broods of the dragon dimension to prevent them pouring through the ever-widening dimensional rip to lay waste to Balaia.
And somehow the raven must help them ...
James Barclay has created a fantasy epic of rare intensity and blistering pace peopled by characters you can believe in.
Reviews for Dawnthief
‘Action Fantasy at its best’ SFX 'A greathearted book written on a grand scale. An enthralling novel: gritty, down-to earth and delightful' Maggie Furey
'Barclay writes with an assured gusto, has a great eye for action, and imbues his story with a fine imagination and jolts of wit. If ever there was a case of a plot acting like a man-trap, this is it.' Stan Nicholls, Time Out
'A breathless action-crammed fantasy thriller' David Langford

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James Barclay Dawnthief Pbk published July 2000 by Millenium at Ł6.99 ISBN: 1-85798-860-4

The Chronicles of The Raven: Book I
The Raven have fought together for years, six men and an elf carving out a living as swords for hire in the wars that have torn Balaia apart, loyal only to themselves and their code.
But when they agree to escort a Xeteskian mage on a sinister mission they are pulled into a nightmare web of politics and ancient secrets that will change their lives forever. How is it that they are fighting for the Dark College of magic? Searching for the location of Dawnthief; a spell to end the world, a spell that must be cast.
Isolated, betrayed, in a land on the brink of catastrophe, The Raven are given no choice but to believe in a man who, cloaked by deceit and with a demon as a familiar, spins a wild story of a mortal threat so old it has passed into folklore.
'Dawnthief is a greathearted book written on a grand scale, and with The Raven, a close knit fellowship of veteran mercenaries, a new fantasy legend is born. An enthralling novel: gritty, down-to-earth and delightful, invoking tears and laughter by turn. This is the best new fantasy I’ve read in years’ Maggie Furey
'Action fantasy at its best. Dawnthief stays fresh, sparky and intelligent (enough) throughout. A great start to what I'm sure will be a memorable series.’ SFX
'Majors on sheer energy and a fast, often frenetic, pace. Barclay writes with an assured gusto, has a great eye for action, and imbues his story with a fine imagination and jolts of wit. If ever there was a case of a plot acting like a man-trap, this is it. Barclay brings a genuine aesthetic to the fantasy action novel. A scorching debut.' Stan Nicholls, Time Out
'Heralds the arrival of a major new fantasy talent. A fabulously detailed page-turner, full of magic and adventure and immensely enjoyable from start to finish.' John Marco

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Clive Barker Essential Clive Barker Pbk published October 2000 by HarperCollins at Ł5.99 ISBN: 0-00-651468-5

Foreword by Armistead Maupin
In these stories, the real and the miraculous are always found within a breath of one another. Imagined landscapes spring up in inner city London, or the Yorkshire moors; the magical tribes of Barker's creation, the Seerkind and the Nightbreed, rub shoulders with shopgirls and refugees from post-war Warsaw. Life gives way to death, and vice versa; doorways open into other states of existence, and each doorway leads us back into the heart of our own dreams and fears.
The Essential Clive Barker is a treasurehouse of fiction, containing over seventy excerpts from novels, plays, and four full-length short stories, all personally selected by the author and accompanied by a series of fascinating and revealing introductions. It represents a vigorous and flourishing writing career that spans more than twenty years of work, and offers a privileged insight into a remarkable writer and his art.
'A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imagination... An outstanding storyteller' J. G Ballard
'Clive Barker is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the furthest reaches of the imagination' The Washington Times
'Barker's fecundity of imagination is beyond praise' Mail on Sunday
'Clive barker is a magician of the first order' New York Daily News
'Clive barker is so good that I am literally tongue-tied' Stephen King
About The Author
Clive Barker was born in Liverpool in 1952. He is the worldwide bestselling author of numerous novels including Weaveworld, The Great and Secret Show, Sacrament and Galilee. In addition to his work as a novelist and short story writer he also illustrates, writes, directs and produces for stage and screen. Clive Barker lives in Los Angeles.

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Joanne Bertin Dragon and Phoenix Pbk published October 2000 by Earthlight at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0684860511

Sequel to the best-selling The Last Dragonlord
Joanne Bertin returns to the world she created in The Last Dragonlord, reuniting her readers with the Dragonlord Linden Rathan and his new-found love Maurynna Erdon in a tale of sweeping grandeur and awful consequence.
In the far-off land of Jehanglan, a dragon has been captured and put to despicable use - its magic drained from it continuously to hold a phoenix in stasis. But the phoenix needs to burn, and the dragon's cries reach the ears of Linden and Maurynna. They must travel deep into Jehanglan to free the dragon, and the phoenix…
Following the chorus of approval received from all readers of Melanie Rawn and Anne McCaffrey for The Last Dragonlord, the tale continues …
Praise for The Last Dragonlord
'Smoothly and skilfully written' SFX
'Both her plot and characters hook the reader easily... I found myself turning pages rapidly, wanting to know what happened next' Starburst
'A winning fantasy epic' Booklist
'Good descriptions, good characterisation, and really evil people for villains' Anne McCaffrey
'The reader gets a sense of the world's rich history and unique magic' Robin Hobb
About The Author
Joanne Bertin lives in Connecticut, USA

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Alice Borchardt Night of the Wolf Pbk published June 2000 by Voyager at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0-00-648386-0

The fearsome legions of Julius Caesar have crushed all resistance to Roman rule. The power of the druids is broken, the Gallic tribes are in retreat. Watching all this is Maeniel, a grey wolf... who is also a man.
It is Maeniel the man who learns of love in the arms of the beautiful Imona, and when she is taken to be offered for ritual sacrifice he finds himself drawn into the schemes and cruelties of humans.
Following Imona's trail, Maeniel is himself pursued by Dryas, a warrior woman sworn to kill him. But the two adversaries will prove to have much in common. And the hunt upon which they embark will lead them to the most powerful - and dangerous - man in the world...
By turns lyrical, sensuous and violent, this is a masterful weaving of adventure, history and magic which delves deeper into the shapeshifter legend, and brings an earlier, more savage time brilliantly to life.
'A daring and vibrant new voice on the female literary frontier - a writer with the vision and scope to conjure up her own thrilling mythos and the craftsmanship to render it in breathtaking, shimmering prose… The Silver Wolf is a stunning initiation into a dark and dazzling realm' Anne Rice
'By turns a thriller, tragedy, horror and eventually a fairy-tale love story' The Telegraph
'Vivid and enjoyable, Borchardt is in control at all times' Starburst
'Borchardt's wolves have a sensuous intensity that matches the best suspense fantasy being written today' Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Alice Borchardt shared a childhood of storytelling wither sister, Anne Rice, in New Orleans. A professional nurse, she has also nurtured a profound interest in little-known periods of history. She lives in Houston, Texas

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Stephen Bowkett Dreamcatcher Pbk published January 2000 by Dolphin at Ł3.99 ISBN: 1-85881-652-1

Do you dare to close your eyes?
In the world of Dreamtime anything can happen
Be careful what you say.
Be careful what you do.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful…
There is a secret behind the crumbling factory that stands alone in the U.S. city of Kenniston. John Doyle and his streetwise friend Dodger should have found out more before stepping inside. But welcomed by the group of hippies living in the building, given food and shelter, the boys feel safe…
Yet deep beneath the cellar at the dark heart of the world the Shadowman is weaving his dreams, and the powerful ancient forces of the land are flowing strongly.
In Dreamtime, you have to look before you leap…
So, do you dare step over the threshold?

About The Author
Stephen Bowkett was born and brought up in a mining valley in South Wales. He taught English at secondary school in Leicestershire for many years before becoming a full-time writer, and is a qualified hypnotherapist. He has published over fifteen novels, mainly science fiction and fantasy, for both adults and children. He also writes poetry, plays and non-fiction.

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Zimmer Bradley Bradley Priestess of Avalon Published November 2000 by Voyager at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0-00-224709 7

As the Merlin of Britannia keeps his vigil atop the Tor of Avalon, Rian, the High Priestess of Avalon, dies giving birth to her fifth child. The girl, named Eilan with her mother’s dying breath, takes life. From the stars the Merlin draws forth her prophecy: ‘The child that was born at the Turning of Autumn, just as the night gave way to dawn, shall stand at the turning of the Age, the gateway between two worlds’. A prophecy of greatness, but it seems that she is destined to walk a path unlike any trodden by a Priestess of Avalon before...

Eilan is taken to her father King Coel, and raised in the Roman way as Helena, but in the year A.D. 259 the ten-year-old girl is returned to Avalon, the mystical place of her birth, to begin her training as a priestess and learn the ways of the Goddess. Yet her Aunt Ganeda, now High Priestess, is determined that Helena shall fail.
Despite the odds, Helena grows to be a skilled healer and a compassionate and gifted priestess, and on the moonlit night of her initiation she sees the face of the Roman, Constantius, the man she will love for the rest of her life. Her vision also reveals that he will be the father of the one whose light will blaze across the world, the one who will free Britannia from Roman tyranny.
Constantius is lured to Avalon to fulfil his role in this but Helena joins him in a night of illicit passion. When this deceit is discovered they are banished from Avalon forever. Soon Constantius is drawn back to the politics of Rome, the ill fortunes of war and the irresistible rise of a powerful new religion, and as Helena contends with the dangers that surround them, it seems that the Merlin’s prophecy is about to come true...
Published posthumously with the aid of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s lifelong friend and collaborator, Diana Paxson, this spellbinding historical romance is the concluding volume in the Avalon series from the author of the worldwide bestseller, The Mists of Avalon, who died in 1999.
‘A most original interpretation of Britain by way of Celtic religion and the Great Mother… a remarkable feat of imagination’ Mary Renault
‘A pillar of the fantasy field, Bradley combines romance, rich historical detail, magical dazzlements, grand adventure and feminist sentiments into the kind of novel her fans have been yearning for’ Publishers Weekly

About The Author
Marion Zimmer was born in Albany, NY, on June 3, 1930, and married Robert Bradley in 1949. She received her B.A. in 1964, then did graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-67. She was a science fiction/fantasy fan from her middle teens, and made her first sale to an amateur fiction contest in Fantastic/Amazing Stories in 1949. In 1952 she sold her first professional short story to Vortex Science Fiction. She has written everything from science fiction to Gothics, but is probably best known for her Darkover novels.
Over the years she turned more to Fantasy and wrote a novel of the women in the Arthurian legends - Morgan Le Fay, the Lady of the Lake, and others - entitled The Mists of Avalon, which remained for four months on the NY Times bestseller list. This led to her work editing the highly-respected Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine. She continued the Avalon series with Lady of Avalon and The Forest House, the prequel to The Mists of Avalon.
Marion Zimmer Bradley died in September, 1999.

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Terry Brooks Angel Fire East Pbk published October 2000 by Orbit at Ł5.99 ISBN: 1-85723-970-9

Book Three of The Word and the Void
Confront the ultimate magic the final volume of terry brooks' spellbinding fantasy tale
As a Knight of the Word, John Ross has struggled against the dark forces of the Void for twenty-five years. But for all his power, John Ross is only one man, while the demons he battles are legion.
Then Ross learns of the birth of a rare and dangerous creature formed of wild magics. If he can discover its secret, the creature will be an invaluable weapon against the Void. But the 7Void also knows its value, and will not rest until it has been corrupted - or destroyed.
Desperate, Ross returns to the home town of Nest Freemark, a young woman with magical abilities of her own. And there they prepare to face an ancient evil beyond anything they have ever encountered.
'By far the best of Terry Brooks' many wonderful novels: darker, starker, classically written' John Saul
’His fans should embrace it as eagerly as they have The Sword Of Shannara’ Publishers Weekly
About The Author
A writer since high school, Terry Brooks published his first novel, The Sword of Shannara, in 1977. It became the first work of fiction ever to appear on The New York Times Trade Paperback bestseller list, where it remained for more than five months. He has published fifteen consecutive bestselling novels since.
A practising attorney for many years, Terry Brooks now writes full time and lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii.

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Lois McMaster Bujold A Civil Campaign Pbk published June 2000 by Earthlight at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0-7434-0829-2

Emperor Gregor of the Vor Empire is approaching his marriage and - together with biogenetics, lack of money and incompatible sexual mores - love is in the air. Miles Vorkosigan is head-over-heels in love with Ekaterin Vorsoisson, whose first marriage left her violently allergic; Lord Mark Vorkosigan has a cunning plan to solve his own unrequited longing; and Lord Ivan Vorpatril just wants someone to love.
Lois McMaster Bujold mixes her much-loved space adventures with sexual comedy in this, the most polished of all the Miles Vorkosigan novels.
‘Engrossing’ Sunday Express
‘Plunge in and enjoy’ SFX
‘As good a page-turner as you can find’ British Fantasy Society Newsletter
‘Bujold continues to prove what marvels genius can create out of basic space operatics’ Booklist
About The Author
Lois McMaster Bujold has won more Hugo Awards for Best Novel in the 1990s than any other author. Her first novel, Shards of Honor, was published in 1986, since when she has been one of the world's most popular SF writers.
The mother of two, Bujold lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Storm Constantine Sea Dragon Heir Pbk published June 2000 by Millenium at Ł6.99 ISBN: 1-85798-927-9

The Chronicles of Magravandias 1
Where the wild mountains of Caradore, in the northernmost part of Magravandias, reach the ocean, there the sea dragons make their mournful lament…
The emperor, seeking the powers and ancient wisdom granted to the Palindrakes by the sea dragons, forces them to submit to a rite that surrenders their heritage to the fire god Madragore. Though the emperor has succeeded in subjugating the family, a secret female sect keeps the memory of the old magic until the time comes for a new Sea Dragon Heir to reclaim the powers of his ancestors. Now three generations on, the twins Pharinet and Valraven Palindrake are about to discover their secret heritage.
'Magic, sexuality and politics are deeply intertwined ... A welcome new twist to epic fantasy' Locus
'An enthralling read' The Book Review

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Storm Constantine The Crown of Silence Pbk published June 2000 by Gollancz at Ł9.99 ISBN: 0-575-07079-X

The second volume in the Chronicles of Magravandias
The terrible consequences of war have left the boy Shan, raped and wounded by the invading army, an orphan. Rescued by the magus Taropat, he has given Shan a home in his forest hideaway. Taropat teaches the boy both magic and how to form his loathing of the Magravandian empire into a lethal, honed weapon. The magi of the forest seek to make a hero: bent on revenge, Shan willingly accepts the role.
As Shan learns the tragic truth of what befell Khaster Leckery, erstwhile companion to the dark Dragon Heir, Valraven Palindrake, he discovers he himself is soon to become an inextricable part of Khaster's story.
However, Shan is caught up in a far larger destiny: he is thrown into an uneasy alliance with the sworn enemies of the Dragon Heir, whose collective purpose is to find the lost Crown of Silence. Shan travels from the legendary land of Mewt to the neglected reaches of the land of Magravandias itself to find the fabled Seven Lakes, but he is in uneasy company, as each present on the mystical quest plots to harness the power of the Crown for their own purposes.
And soon he will learn who is the true heir to this icon of power, forged by the dragons of old. Will the silence the Crown bestows finally quench the roaring flames of the Empire of fire?
Crown of Silence is the second volume in the Chronicles of Magravandias, Storm Constantine's fantasy masterpiece.
'This highly recommended read is high Gothic fantasy at its best, gripping and enthralling ... The Alien Has Landed
'Magic, sexuality and politics are deeply entwined in Constantine's world, but she emphasises their flawed, human side with dry wit... a welcome new twist to epic fantasy.' Locus

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Peter Crowther Foursight Published March 2000 by Gollancz at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0-57506-870-1
See Review by Jay Russell - one of the greatest talents the horror industry has produced for some time… (Black Tears)
Four Novellas By Four Masters Of The Fantastic
Edited and with an introduction by Peter Crowther
Leningrad, London, New York, Key West and all points in and far between.
With four different visions of the highs and lows of modern life, Foursight will change forever the way you see your world.
Whether describing a desperate fight for survival during the siege of Leningrad, the excesses of a fabulously wealthy business man, a vampire prowling through Warhol's Factory or a surprise for a Key West criminal who thought there were no surprises left in life, Foursight will dazzle with you with a display of storytelling virtuosity.
Here are four varied visions of four corners of the world unified by the skill of four of the UK's internationally successful, critically acclaimed and award-winning authors.
Brought together by leading anthologist and editor Peter Crowther, Foursight is a showcase for new fiction from four of the world's most celebrated genre writers.

Leningrad Nights by Graham Joyce
‘Leningrad Nights is one of those works of fiction that seem to arrive unmediated from a space located at an oblique angle slightly above the earth's surface. Graham Joyce uses the novella's unique mixture of liberating length and liberating brevity to evoke a phantasmal, haunted version of Leningrad’ Peter Straub

How The Other Half Lives by James Lovegrove
'Like Lovegrove's novels The Hope and Days, How the Other Half Lives (and what a cunning title that turns out to be) describes a monstrous edifice founded on injustice. There is a stealth in its calm; there is a courage and anger in there that will make you blink and marvel.’ Colin Greenland

Andy Warhol’s Dracula by Kim Newman
'Moving like a wraith in an ever narrowing gyre around the very solid Andy Warhol is Ion Popescu, a vampire transplant from Romania, reborn here as Johnny Pop. Revelations leap at you from every page. You nod in recognition, you smile in wonder (in envy if you're a writer) at the marvels of interconnectedness and correspondence between Johnny Pop's '70s and the decade the rest of us survived.' F. Paul Wilson

The Vaccinator by Michael Marshall Smith
'Not quite a parody of Men in Black, but a gently sarcastic reminder of how that film could have been if it hadn't gone for the blurry option. By the end of the story, otherness both disguises and signalises identity. As usual, we're the aliens. As usual in Michael Marshall Smith's fiction, it's just not a convenient for us to acknowledge that. At the present time.' M. John Harrison
Graham Joyce is the author of, amongst others, The Tooth Fairy, Dark Sister and Requiem. He has won the British Fantasy Award and been nominated for the World Fantasy Award.
James Lovegrove’s novel Days was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
Kim Newman’s novels, including Jago, The Quorum and Anno Dracula, sell around the world. He also writes extensively for the British film press.
Michael Marshall Smith also sells around the world. His novel Spares is being made into a film by Stephen Spielberg.

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David Eddings The Redemption of Althalus Published July 2000 by Voyager at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0-00-224754-2
David & Leigh Eddings
Here in a single volume is a completely new and self-contained epic from the modern masters of fantasy. The Redemption of Althalus is set on the grandest scale in an entirely new, magical world.
Althalus - burglar, armed robber and occasional murderer - is commissioned to steal a book by a mysterious cloaked stranger named Ghend. Althalus sets off to the House at the End of the World where the book is kept - after stealing Ghend's cloak; after all, winter is coming on.
At the House at the End of the World, in the same room as the book Ghend described, he finds a talking cat. What he can't find once he's in the house is the door by which he entered.
And Deiwos marked that awful edge with fire to warn all men back form Daeva’s abyss, and then he rested there in his keep and communed with his Book while time continued her stately march.
By the time he manages to escape - with the cat, Emerald, in the hood of his (Ghend's) cloak Althalus can read. He's read the Book of Deiwos, and discovered a tool mightier than the blunt instrument he once used to disable his victims. But there is another Book, written by the god Daeva who is the evil brother of Deiwos, and who is trying to unmake the world.
And Ghend lifted his face and looked upon Althalus with his burning eyes. And the eyes of Ghend seared at the soul of Althalus. And Ghend spoke then, saying, ‘It is of little moment, my thief. Run, Althalus, run, and I shall pursue you down the nights and down the years, and the Book shall avail you not, for I shall deliver you up to the throne of Daeva’
Emerald is in fact the sister of the two conflicting gods, and her intention is to use Althalus to stop Daeva returning all of them to primordial chaos. Althalus will teach her what she needs to know, which is how to lie, cheat and steal - 'Whatever works,' Emerald reflects - and in return she, more amazingly, will teach Althalus truth, justice and morality.
‘The forest was dark and tangled, and the sky was steely grey. Althalus had lost his way, though he could not remember exactly where he’d been going before… the hollow sound of wailing blotted out his thought… ‘she comes,’ the trees sang. ‘She comes,’ the vines replied. ‘Fall down before her in abject surrender!’
The existence of the world hangs in the balance in this fabulous and extraordinary story of The Redemption of Althalus... the rogue destined to steal the hearts and minds of readers.
Praise for Eddings
'My ideal summer read' Irish Times
'Rich and inventive fantasy by the supreme masters’ Books Magazine
'Fantasy of the highest order… Pure pleasure’ SFX
‘Nobody writes modern fantasy like Eddings' Vector
‘The best-realised hero in modern fantasy' Daily Telegraph

About The Author
David and Leigh Eddings live in Nevada.
David Eddings was born in Washington State in 1931 and grew up near Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington and went on to serve in the US Army. Subsequently he worked as a buyer for the Boeing Company and taught college level English. High Hunt, his first novel, was a contemporary adventure story, but he soon began a spectacular career as a fantasy writer with his bestselling series The Belgariad. He consolidated his immediate success with two further enormously popular series, The Malloreon and The Elenium.

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Graham Edwards Stone & Sea Pbk published May 2000 by Voyager at Ł5.99 ISBN: 0-00-651071-X

Book Two of The Stone Trilogy
In a world beyond our world ...
dragons and wonders
Stone is a wall the size of a world. Through the cracks in Stone's mighty wall emerge creatures from all the ages of life on Earth. In this strange vertical realm, where the clouds tumble downwards and the greatest peril is to fall, Jonah Lightfoot and Annie West come face to face with dryads and dragons, a forest that talks, a globe-shaped ship. Ancient myth and the magic by which our world was once ruled are alive still on Stone ... and the magic is just beginning. Archan the immortal red dragon - forever evil - is on her way back to Stone from the abyss into which she was cast.
Praise for Stone & Sky
'An imaginative tour de force, quality writing - a superior work of fantasy' SFX
'Polished and inventive' Lineone
'A most enjoyable entertainment' Amazon
About The Author
Graham Edwards was born in Somerset in 1965, and grew up in Bournemouth. He attended art school in London and now works in a special effects design studio. He lives in Nottingham with his wife Helen and their two children.

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Kate Elliott Child of Flame Pbk published November 2000 by Orbit at Ł10.99 ISBN: 1-85723-947-4

Volume Four in the Crown of Stars
King’s Dragon, Prince of Dogs and The Burning Stone launched Kate Elliott’s enthralling tale of the war-torn kingdoms of Wendar and Varre. Now, in Child of Flame, Kate Elliott’s majestic fantasy epic continues.
Lost and alone in an unknown country, Alain struggles to survive as he is unwittingly drawn into an ancient conflict between humankind and their old enemy, the Cursed Ones
Separated from her husband and child, Liath must undergo her greatest test in a land of exile. Only here can she hope to discover the truth of her parentage and learn the extent of her remarkable powers.
Mourning the loss of his wife, the bastard prince Sanglant seeks his father, King Henry, to warn him about the conspiracy of powerful sorcerers who wish to destroy the Aoi, the Lost Ones, once and for all - no matter how much destruction their magic will unleash.
But King Henry’s gaze is fixed on the throne of Aosta and the imperial crown left vacant for two generations. As a Quman army, sweeping in from the eastern steppes, ravages the Wendish countryside, Henry marches south, ignoring the pleas of his beleaguered subjects.
The great cataclysm, foretold in the stars, is approaching.
‘A gripping and enthralling fantasy epic’ The Times
‘What really counts are Kate Elliott’s characters. Well-drawn and vivid, they come alive and draw us into her work ... a grand and powerful piece of writing all in all’ Katharine Kerr

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Mary Gentle Ash: A Secret History Pbk published June 2000 by Gollancz at Ł14.99 ISBN: 0 575 06901 5

Only once or twice a decade does a book come along that is both breathtaking in its ambition and extraordinary in its storytelling. Ash: A Secret History is that rare and wonderful thing: a book which is almost indescribable and totally unputdownable.
Probably the biggest fantasy novel ever published in a single volume, Mary Gentle's magnificent tale of the gutsy and beautiful mercenary leader Ash will take you on an unforgettable ride through mediaeval Europe as it never quite was:
For Ash, life has always been arquebuses and artillery, swords and armour, and the true horrors of hand-to-hand combat. War is her job. But she doesn't realise that the voice in her head is not the Lord and His Saints, but something far, far stranger...
‘She is a writer who knows politics and human nature’ Julian May
‘Ash is an Amazon with Attitude ... A thoughtful swashbuckler in which history and myth and the evidence that divides them constantly melt and crumble under our feet' The Good Book Guide

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Julia Gray The Dark Moon Pbk published September 2000 by Orbit at Ł6.99 ISBN: 1-85723-993-8

Book One of The Guardian Cycle
The birth of the Emperor's son had been prophesied many years before. The child would be the Guardian, saviour of his people. What had not been foreseen was the fact that there would be two imperial children born that night.
Jax, the firstborn, is raised in the Imperial Palace and groomed for his role as the future leader of The Floating Islands. The fate of his twin brother Terrel is sealed at birth. Banished to a distant place, he will be raised in a world filled with pain and suffering.
Both Jax and Terrel have hidden talents, but is either the true Guardian? When the Islands begin to change course, and an ancient prophecy, begins to unfold, it soon becomes clear that the identity of the saviour has to be known.
The Dark Moon is the first volume in a magical new fantasy adventure from the author of Ice Mage, Fire Music and Isle of the Dead.
'One of the best new fantasy writers on the block' SFX

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Simon R. Green Blue Moon Rising Pbk published October 2000 by Millenium at Ł6.99 ISBN: 1-85798-987-2

Once in a blue moon magic is loosed in the world, wild magic, to create or destroy, strong enough to reshape reality itself.
King John's realm has existed peacefully for generations, but now the, kingdom is disintegrating The malign blackness of the Darkwood is encroaching; demons are massing, hunting in packs. King John is out of money, out of men, out of hope. Prince Rupert, the younger son - not so much expendable as surplus to requirements - had been sent out on a Quest. When he returns, much to everyone's surprise, he has not just the princess but the dragon too ... and as the time of the Blue Moon draws near, it seems everyone's looking at Rupert to risk his neck again.
A second son, a tired dragon, a unicorn without a horn and a princess with a wicked left hook: an unlikely company to face a Demon Prince - but face him they must, when the Blue Moon rises ...
'Green writes fluidly and with a wryness that keeps the pages turning rapidly' Starburst
'Rattling good stuff' British Fantasy Newsletter
About The Author
Simon Green is the author of five previous Deahstalker titles, as well as, amongst others, the Hawk and Fisher novels and Blue Moon rising. He lives in Wiltshire.

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Barbara Hambly Knight of the Demon Queen Pbk published May 2000 by HarperCollins at Ł5.99 ISBN: 0-00-648373-9

By the author of the best-selling Dragonsbane and Dragonshadow
John Aversin and Jenny have returned to the Winterlands, where Jenny’s depression has deepened. Unable to help their son, Jan, through his own grief over separation from his demon, she returns alone to Frost Fell. Then, together with the great black Dragon Morkeleb, they journey south to investigate rumours that someone has been raising the dead.
Meanwhile, John is drawn into a dangerous bargain with the Demon Queen, whose formidable powers force John to begin a journey that will take him through a series of magical and terrifying Hells.
On his journeys, John finds himself embroiled in worlds where he is clearly out of his depth, worlds inhabited by malevolent demons whose dark agenda sees them imprisoning the souls of the innocent in a bid for complete domination of both Man and Dragon.
'An enviable and intricate talent' Janny Wurts
'When the author is Barbara Hambly prepare for something special' Locus
Praise for Dragonshadow:
'She handles the action with great skill and charm, and the universe with beautiful imagery' Anne McCaffrey
'An author rapidly coming into her magical prime, recommended for those who like good writing' SFX
'Beautifully concise, inventive and insightful; a wrenching affair that works its barbs ever deeper into the enthralled reader' Kirkus
'Elegant, intelligent and entertaining, this novel excels as a sequel but readers new to the story won't miss a beat' Publishers Weekly
About The Author
At various times in her life, Barbara Hambly has been a high-school teacher, a model, a waitress, a technical editor, a professional graduate student, an all-night clerk at a liquor store and a karate instructor. Born in San Diego, she grew up in southern California, with the exception of one high-school semester spent in New South Wales, Australia. Her interest in fantasy began with reading The Wizard of Oz at an early age and it has continued ever since.
She attended the university of California, Riverside, specializing in medieval history. In connection with this, she spent a year at the University of Bordeaux in southern France and worked as a teaching and research assistant at UC Riverside, eventually earning a master's degree in the subject. While there, she also became involved in karate, making Black Belt in 1978 and competing in several national level tournaments. She now lives in Los Angeles.

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Elizabeth Haydon Rhapsody Pbk published August 2000 by Millenium at Ł6.99 ISBN: 1-85798-990-2

Take a journey into a world full of wonders. A journey that spans a whole land and centuries of time. A journey with three companions who will stay with you forever. A journey into magic and fear. A journey into rhapsody.
'Distinguished by superior wit and intelligence, this opens what looks to be an outstanding saga. This is one of the finest high fantasy debuts in years.' Publishers Weekly
‘A sweeping, atmospheric story ... an action-packed quest. Ends on just the right note to leave rapt readers craving a sequel.' Booklist
'A stunningly told tale by a new fantasy author who is sure to go far.' Anne McCaffrey
'In a genre choking with predictable worlds and characters, Haydon blows in on the fresh air of new insights and talents. She makes the old in fantasy new again.' Jennifer Roberson
'Lucid, interesting, well paced, Well organised, adventurous, magical, and with characters who are original yet consistent to themselves. I see a larger story framework developing, as it were, the foundation of a pyramid we have as yet glimpsed only in part. This author will surely go far.' Piers Anthony

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Robert Holdstock Celtika Published January 2001 by Simon Schuster at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0 684 86036 8
Centuries before he meets Arthur, Merlin wanders the Earth, eternally young, a traveller on the path of magic and learning. During his journeys he encounters Jason, whose search for the Golden Fleece he joins. It is a decision that will cost him dear...
Hundreds of years later, Merlin hears of a screaming ship in a northern lake and divines that it is the Argo, and that Jason still screams out for his sons, stolen by the enchantress Medea, and thought dead. But death is not the end, and Merlin’s trek to the north leads to the revival of both man and ship, and a new quest, with new companions - to find Jason’s sons.
Celtika begins The Merlin Codex, a new series from Robert Holdstock, Britain’s premier author of the fantastical. Roving from the frozen north to the blighted and ghostly island which will become Arthur’s realm, from the deep forests familiar to Holdstock’s readers from his Award-winning Mythago Wood and Lavondyss to the ancient sanctuaries of Greece, Merlin’s journeying is rich with incident, character and history. Celtika mines a deep vein of epic tale, mystery and enchantment.
‘Holdstock has a beautifully subtle imagination that conjures up worlds and events with enviable ease… a writer of both heart and fire’ Peter F. Hamilton
‘Our finest living mythmaker. His narratives – intense, exuberant, earthy, passionate, dense with metaphor – are new trails through the ancient forest of our imaginations. An essential writer’ Stephen Baxter
‘No other author has so successfully captured the magic of the wildwood’ Michael Moorcock
‘Rob Holdstock’s is one of the voices at the very heart of modern fantasy’ Guy Gavriel Kay

About The Author
Robert Holdstock shared his childhood years between the bleak Romney Marsh and the dense woods of the Kentish heartlands. After several years of research in the field of medical zoology, he became a full-time writer of science fiction and fantasy in 1975. He lives in London, but escapes to the forests whenever possible.
Mythago Wood won the World Fantasy Award and was heralded by Alan Garner as ‘A new expression of the British genius for true fantasy’, and by the New York Times as ’beautifully written and conceived ... hard to shake off’. Lavondyss won the BSFA Award and was described by the Independent as ’Magical ... it is rare to find a sequel which measures up to its original; but Lavondyss surpasses it.’ His most recent Mythago novel, Gate of Ivory, received this praise from John Clute in the Washington Post: ‘Holdstock is the finest writer of metamorphic fantasy now working. This is a tale out of his heartwood’. And in Locus as ‘At once comic, tragic, gory, astounding...’

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Ian Irvine The Tower on the Rift Pbk published November 2000 by Orbit at Ł6.99 ISBN: 1-84149-005-9

Volume Two of The View From The Mirror
Once there were three worlds, each with their own people. Then, fleeing out of the void, on the edge of extinction, came the Charon. And the balance changed for ever.
As war rages across the land, Tensor, the desperate leader of the Aachim people, flees into the wilderness taking with him the ancient Mirror of Aachan and the chronicler Llian.
Only Karan can save the chronicler, but her path is fraught with danger. Tensor wants her dead, the other powers are hunting her for her sensitive talents, and Rulke the Charon broods over them all from the Nightland prison.
The Twisted Mirror holds knowledge that the world can only dream about. Yet those who pursue it do so at their own peril.
The Tower of the Rift continues Ian Irvine’s sweeping tale of magic and adventure. It is a story destined to become a classic work of fantasy.
‘The complex cultures, detailed geography, and the palpable weight of history provide a solid background to an intense story… this stands out as a worldbuilding labour of love with some truly original touches’ Locus
About The Author
Ian Irvine was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, in 1950, and educated at Chevalier College and the University of Sydney, where he took a PhD in marine sciences in 1981. He has worked in a variety of jobs, including sweeping up in a cement factory, as a research assistant in microbiology and as an environmental project manager.
In the early 1980s Ian led several disastrous expeditions to Sumatra, which gave him many ideas for his books. He has spent too much of his life diving on filthy harbour bottoms investigating pollution.
Ian Irvine set up his own consulting firm in 1986, carrying out environmental studies for clients in Australia and overseas. He has worked in many countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Air expert in marine pollution, he has developed some of Australia’s national environmental guidelines.
Ian is married and lives in the mountains of northern New South Wales.
Ian Irvine can be contacted at ianirvine@ozemail.com.au

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Diana Wynne Jones Year of the Griffin Pbk published October 2000 by Gollancz at Ł9.99 ISBN: 0-57507047-1

The Wizards' University is short of money. Nothing comes in from tourists any more.
Eight years after Mr Chesney's offworld tours have stopped, High Chancellor Querida has left Wizard Derk and his family to run the world and handsome Wizard Corkoran to run the University.
Corkoran is really only interested in being the first man to walk on the moon, but he airily makes a few plans to bring more funds to the University. He sends begging letters to the parents of students and chooses the richest students to teach himself.
He gets a shock. Wizard Derk's daughter Elda turns out to be a large golden griffin, King Luther's son is penniless, the Emperor's sister has been disowned by the Senate and the dwarf, far from owning a hoard of treasure, turns out to be a runaway slave. Felim and Olga, his other two students, refuse to discuss their families at all.
And Corkoran gets another shock when the first reply from a student's family arrives - in the form of assassins.
His students try to help by doing magic of their own. Not much of it goes right. More griffins arrive, and more murderous relatives.
The situation is definitely out of control.
Year of the Griffin is the hilarious sequel to Diana Wynne Jones' award -winning The Dark Lord of Derkholm.
‘I'd vote for Diana Wynne Jones as a British National Treasure’ Locus
‘Most adults with taste have been reading her books for years’ Good Book Guide
About The Author
Diana Wynne Jones is Britain's foremost writer of children's fantasy, including the World Fantasy Award-nominated Archer's Goon, which was made into a six-part BBC TV series, and the Guardian Award-winning Charmed Life. Minor Arcana is her first adult collection, and A Sudden Wild Magic and Deep Secret are adult fantasy novels. Her cult classic The Tough Guide to Fantasyland was nominated for a Hugo Award. Diana lives in Bristol.

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Jenny Jones Shadowsong Pbk published January 2000 by Dolphin at Ł3.99 ISBN: 1-85881-708-0

Do you dare to close your eyes?
In the world of Dreamtime anything can happen
Be careful what you say.
Be careful what you do.
Be careful what you wish for.
Be careful…
Everyone agrees that the new drama teacher at Gilly’s school is a bit strange, but he’s also encouraged Gilly in her singing and painting. So when he demands that she paint a mural in his cottage to make up for losing the mask he lent her for the school play, she puts aside her misgivings and agrees.
But why does the cottage look like it’s been empty for years?
And why does her painting seem to have a life of it’s own? Who is really interested in Gilly’s talents?
In Dreamtime, you have to look before you leap…
So, do you dare step over the threshold?

About The Author
Jenny Jones lived in York for twenty years before moving to Gloucester. She is the author of four previous novels, including the acclaimed Blue Manor.

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Robert Jordan Winter's Heart Published November 2000 by Orbit at Ł17.99 ISBN: 1-85723-984-9
Book Nine of The Wheel of Time
Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time has become an international No.1 bestseller and one of the most popular fantasy epics of all time. Now, the The Wheel of Time turns again, and the remarkable tale that is mesmerising an entire generation of readers continues.
Rand is on the run with Min, but his destination is a mystery to Cadsuane.
Mazrim Taim, leader of the Black Tower, is revealed to be a liar, but his purpose remains shrouded in secrecy.
Perrin is hunting desperately for Faile, now a prisoner of Sevanna’s sept. With Elyas Machera, Berelain, the Prophet, and a very mixed army of disparate forces, he is moving through country rife with bandits and roving Seanchan ... while the man called Slayer is stalking the Wolf Dream and Tel’aran’rhiod.
In Tar Valon, the schemers and counter-schemers in Elaida’s White Tower are shaken to the core when Egwene and the rebels appear suddenly outside the walls.
In Ebou Dar, the Seanchan princess known as Daughter of the Nine Moons arrives - and Mat, who has been recuperating in the Tarasin Palace, is introduced to her. Will the marriage that has been foretold come about?
Winter’s Heart is a triumph of epic storytelling, and a magnificent addition to a landmark series in the fantasy genre.
‘With The Wheel of Time, Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal’ The New York times
‘A powerful vision of good and evil’ Orson Scott Card’
‘Epic in every sense’ Sunday Times

About The Author
Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, where he now lives with his wife, Harriet, in a house built in 1797 He is a graduate of The Citadel (The Military College of South Carolina) with a degree in physics. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star with ‘V’, and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. He enjoys the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. Robert Jordan has been writing since 1977 and intends to continue until they nail shut his coffin.

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The World of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time

Robert Jordan The World of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time Pbk published September 2000 by Orbit at Ł12.99 ISBN: 1841490547

'The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.'

For internationally acclaimed author Robert Jordan and his millions of fans around the globe, those words began one of the most extraordinary works of fantasy ever published - a series that has topped the international bestseller lists and is now appearing in fourteen languages. This epic tale has transported readers to a world so strikingly real, so rich in detail and complexity, it seems to rise from memory rather than the printed page.
With never-before-told legends, fascinating histories of its peoples and lands, portents of what may come to pass and more than 70 full-colour paintings that include stunning new world maps, portraits of the central characters, landscapes, objects of Power and national flags, this comprehensive guide is indispensable to any fan of Robert Jordan. The world of The Wheel of Time can now he enjoyed in all its splendour.
'With The Wheel of Time, Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal' The New York Times
‘Epic in every sense' The Times
About The Author
Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina, where he now lives with his wife, Harriet, in a house built in 1797 He is a graduate of The Citadel (The Military College of South Carolina) with a degree in physics. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and among his decorations are the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star with ‘V’, and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry. He enjoys the outdoor sports of hunting, fishing and sailing, and the indoor sports of poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. Robert Jordan has been writing since 1977 and intends to continue until they nail shut his coffin.

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Guy Gavriel Kay Lord of Emperors Published March 2000 by Earthlight at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0684861569
About The Author
Guy Gavriel Kay was born and raised in Canada, although he does most of his writing in Europe. He worked with Christopher Tolkien on J.R.R. Tolkien's great posthumous work, The Simarillion. Since then he has written seven world-wide best-selling novels. Kay lives in Toronto, Canada where he is a Number One best-seller.

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Daniel Keyes Algernon, Charlie and I: A Writer's Journey Published April 2000 by Challenge Press at Ł16.99 ISBN: 1929519001
About The Author
Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Daniel Keyes has worked as a merchant seaman, editor and university lecturer. He has published two other novels, but Flowers for Algernon, originally a long short story which won a Hugo Award, later expanded into a Nebula Award-winning novel, and adapted as an Oscar-winning film (Charly), is his best known work.

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Valery Leith The Company of Glass Pbk published May 2000 by Millenium at Ł6.99 ISBN: 1-85798-857-4

Everien: Book One
Everien
A high civilisation, long vanished but for the enigmatic Knowledge left sleeping in its very stones.
The Sekk
Beautiful. Terrifying. Enemies to the Clans who settle in Everien. Only the Knowledge can defeat them.
The Company
Queen Ysse's elite warrior cadre, lost on a quest for Knowledge in the floating city of Jai Pendu.
Tarquin the Free
Leader of the Company and its sole survivor. Once he knelt broken-hearted at the feet of Queen Ysse, vowing to leave Everien - forever.
But the Queen is dead, and forever is a long time.
18 years later...
Queen Ysse's successor cannot control the Clans, or the Sekk. The Pharician Empire threatens to invade. The orphan, Istar, is grown and wields her father's sword. And soon the tide will carry Jai Pendu, and the Company, home. Valery Leith is the pseudonym of a critically acclaimed young science fiction writer.
‘Leith writes vividly and lucidly. The Company of Glass is original and brimful of interest’ Starburst
‘An inventiveness that takes no prisoners, dazzling embroidery, and astounding plot wrinkles… utterly fascinating!’ Kirkus
‘Leith exhibits formidable abilities… an original otherworld… well-handled magic and vivid dreams’ Booklist

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Valery Leith The Riddled Night Pbk published December 2000 by Gollancz at Ł10.99 ISBN: 0-575-07075-7

Everien: Book Two
Everien
Winter has come to the land and the Clans are in the chaotic throes of rebellion against the forces of… Tash
< The Pharician warlord who, exploiting the ancient and mysterious Knowledge, has conquered Everien but who cannot conquer the will of the clans.
Istar
< The warrior, facing her greatest challenge: and unearthly Sekk warrior roused by the discovery of an ancient winged skeleton.
The Skyfalcon
< A massive and legendary raptor, bearing a crypt8c message to the city of Jai Khalar, a mystery that binds the fate of Tarquin the Free and his foe, Night
The Riddled Night, sequel to the acclaimed the Company of Glass, takes the reader even further into one of the most original and truly magical realms ever imagined. Everien is a land where time and landscape alike shift and change, a fantasy like no other.
‘Valery Leith writes vividly and lucidly and handles characterisation with assurance. The Company of Glass is original and brimful of interest… Leith has a singular imagination’ Starburst

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Holly Lisle Vengeance of Dragons Pbk published June 2000 by Gollancz at Ł10.99 ISBN: 0-57506-896-8

The Secret Texts Book Two
The young diplomat Kait Galweigh and the megalomaniacal Crispin Sabir are both fugitives, in search of the ancient artefact known as the Mirror of Souls. Kait believes the Mirror's magic will restore to life her lost kin, massacred by Sabir necromancy; Crispin believes the magical object will make him a god.
Both are terribly wrong.
For the Mirror contains the captive spirits of the Dragons, long-dead sorcerers who once conquered the world with their arcane magic. Trapped for a millennium, they await their release, as foretold by the Secret Texts. But their time has not been wasted. The Dragons have studied the Texts carefully, ensuring they can control which prophecies do - and do not - come true.
Vengeance of Dragons is the second volume of The Secret Texts, an epic adventure of ancient curses, dark curses and soul-devouring magic.
'Holly Lisle's characters defy easy classification as 'heroes' or 'villains'. Instead these richly realised people are the complex products of their convoluted environments, and each is true to himself' Robin Hobb
‘Holly Lisle is a powerful fantasy creator’ Julian May
Praise for Diplomacy of Wolves:
'A tough, bold new epic fantasy that you'll never forget' Kate Elliott, author of Kings Dragon
'A well-crafted book Full of well-channelled imagination' Vector
'A grand adventure' Locus
'Full of imagination, subterfuge, terror, and surprise ... Holly Lisle's work has grown beyond my wildest expectations' Mercedes Lackey

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James Lovegrove The Foreigners Published September 2000 by Gollancz at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0-57506894-9
The new novel from the Arthur C. Clarke Award nominated author of Days is an entrancing vision of a dangerously wonderful future.
It was a bizarre and beautiful invasion. Suddenly, from nowhere, the Foreigners were everywhere: walking the streets of 21st century earth as if they had been there all along; their inscrutable golden masks floating above the crowds on top of their seven foot robe-clad bodies. They brought with them the technological marvel of Crystech, at once a power source and a building material of unearthly beauty. They banished all our worries and heralded a new utopia. All they asked of us was that we sing to them. It was surely too good to be true. The only thing that could possibly go wrong was that one day they might leave, as suddenly and mysteriously as they had arrived, throwing us back into the dark ages.
And now, in a room in one of the hotels on the gleaming white streets of New Venice, one of the Foreigners has been found dead, its robes and mask lying empty on the plush carpet next to the body of the Siren it had paid to sing to it. An accident? A bizarre cross species suicide pact? Murder?
Jack Parry, late of the Metropolitan police, now of the Foreign Policy Police is under pressure to find out what happened before news gets out to the public, or before it happens again and the Foreigners go, giving us back disharmony and, perhaps, freedom.
Reviews for Days
'Read Days in conjunction with J. G. Ballard's High Rise; there's the same tight contol over the progression, and the same congruence of manner and matter, but a far greater emotional depth. A novel, of exceptional brilliance' Interzone
'J. G Ballard meets the Argos catalogue ... excellent!' SFX
'Sharply observed . . . intelligent. Lovegrove deftly tightens his choreography of manic shopping into a modern fable of dystopic retailing' Times Literary Supplement
'Much of the wit is murderously wry, and the central conceit is almost brilliant' Time Out
'As Dillons, fiction buyer I have read many wonderful books this year, but Days outshines them all' Jonathan Ruppin, Dillons
'A consistently surprising, entertaining and thought-provoking book. Lovegrove's style is a joy to read. Imaginative flourishes dazzle throughout. It's surreal, it's satirical and it's great mindstretching fun. An excellent vision of a dystopian retail hell. More please!' Dave Kurley, Ottakars
’Days is dystopian fiction at its best, a bleak portrayal on an increasingly believable future. It's a horrifying, disquieting read, yet completely gripping. Days is a beautifully written attack on the consumer society' Angharad Jackson Waterstones

About The Author
James Lovegrove is the Arthur C. Clarke Award nominated author of Days, The Hope and, with Peter Crowther, Escardy Gap. He has also written one children’s novel, part of the Web series, Computopia. He is 34 and lives in Sussex.

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George R.R. Martin A Storm of Swords Published August 2000 by Voyager at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0-00-224586-8
Book Three of A Song Of Ice and Fire
George R.R. Martin’s superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire, the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since The Lord of the Rings, continues with A Storm of Swords. There is passion here, and misery and charm, grandeur and squalor, tragedy, nobility and courage.
The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. Beyond the Northern borders, wildlings leave their villages to gather in the ice and stone wasteland of the Frostfangs. From there, the renegade Brother Mance Rayder will lead them South towards the Wall.
The men of the Night's Watch are ready for the coming of the great cold and the walking corpses that travel with it. But now they face a horde of wildings twenty thousand strong - hungry savage people steeped in the dark magic of the haunted wilderness - poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown. But Robb's defences are ranged against attack from the South, the land of House Stark's enemies the Lannisters. His sisters are trapped there, dead or likely yet to die at the whim of the Lannister boy-king Joffrey or his depraved mother Cersei, regent of the Iron Throne. Cersei's ambition is unfettered while the dwarf Tyrion Lannister fights for his life, a victim of treachery.
And on the other side of the ocean, the last of the Targaryens rears the dragons she hatched from her husband's funeral pyre. Daenerys Stormborn will return to the land of her birth to avenge the murder of her father, the last Dragon King on the Iron Throne.
'Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant' Robert Jordan
'George R.R. Martin subverts the clichés of epic fantasy to give us another superb book' Locus
'Colossal, staggering… Martin captures all the intoxicating complexity of tile Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in his imaginary world ... The writing is always powerful ... this looks set to become one of the greats of fantasy literature' SFX
‘Fantasy literature has never shied away from grandeur, but the sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads ... Its ambition: to construct tile Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias' Guardian
'An extraordinarily rich novel . . . The book stands out from similar work by virtue of its superbly developed characters, accomplished prose and sheer bloody-mindedness’ Publishers Weeky

About The Author
George R.R. Martin is the author of seven novels, several collections of short stories and numerous screenplays for t