Secret of the Sixth Magic

Author	Stephen R. Donaldson
ISBN	0345348656

He called himself Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever because he dared not believe in the strange alternate world in which he suddenly found himself.

Yet the Land tempted him. He had been sick; now he seemed better than ever before. Through no fault of his own, he had been outcast, unclean, a pariah....

Author	Elizabeth Haydon
ISBN	0812570812

The brilliant new saga is born ...

Rhapsody is a woman, a Singer of some talent, who is swept up into events of world-shattering import. On the run from an old romantic interest who won't take no for an answer, Rhapsody literally bumps into a couple of shady characters: half-breeds who come to...

Author	Donna Gillespie
ISBN	0515119660

It took me a long time to read this book, because it is a long book. It is way, way, way, way, WAY too long!

The story is great, but there were many times when I found myself wanting to shout a the words in front of my eyes, for page after page, "Just get on with it!" There was a long period during which reading...

Author	Barbara Hambly
ISBN	0345409957

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths Reviews.

Once, long ago, I recall walking through the Waldenbooks bookstore at my local mall, trying to find something new to read. After having crammed everything Middle-Earth related into my brain, I needed a new fix of epic fantasy adventure. Sure,...

Author

Michael G. Manning

The ancient magic of wizards was anything but dark. It was the enlightenment that lifted humanity from the squalor of superstition, and the worship of fell spirits and capricious gods, but those days are gone. The shining glory of the sorcerers burned away the subtlety of wisdom, replacing it with easy...

Author	Barbara Hambly
ISBN	0345349393

When the Black Dragon seized the Deep of Ylferdun, young Gareth braved the far Winterlands to find John Aversin, Dragonsbane -- the only living man ever to slay a dragon. In return for the promise of the King to send help to the Winterlands, Aversin agreed to attempt the nearly impossible feat again.
With...

Author

Michael G. Manning

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B005A1JBB8

Mordecai's simple life as the son of a blacksmith is transformed by the discovery of his magical birthright. As he journeys to understand the power within him he is drawn into a dangerous plot to destroy the Duke of Lancaster and undermine the Kingdom...

Author	Piers Anthony
ISBN	0380017792

Alternate cover edition can be found here

Melody, old Mintakan musical alien, keeps Tarot cards while saving universe. First willing transfer volunteer is busty human Solarian Yael. Enemy galaxy Andromeda forces transfers, damages hosts, Officers in Milky Way spaceship fleet. Bird of...

Author	Ian Graham
ISBN	0441012639

First published in 2002, so a bit after George R R Martin started his 'Song of Ice and Fire' but before grimdark fantasy became a bandwagon, "Monument" holds a special place in my remembrance as one of the first modern fantasies that made me such a huge fan of the genre. Re-reading it though is a bittersweet...

Author	Piers Anthony
ISBN	0345418530

I first read this book when I was in 3rd grade, on loan from my neighbor Rolf Mueller. I remember thinking it a hoot, and though many years have passed since 3rd grade, I remembered the book fondly.
A few years back, while looking through a closing used book store, I found a paperback copy for $.50. I bought...

Author	Fred Saberhagen
ISBN	0441342450

1887 London, Queen Victoria's Jubilee approaches, a mad man of science prepares to unleash thousands of plague infected rats, a bizarre killer is leaving a trail of bloodless corpses. The Count joins the World's Greatest Detective in an effort to avert public disaster and avenge an enemy. The events...

Author	Barbara Hambly
ISBN	0345911709

Three thousand years before, the monstrous Dark had sprung from loathsome underground lairs to destroy most of humanity. Now they were again ravening and ruining in their blood-hunger. Only a few thousand people had managed to find refuge in the ancient fortress Keep of Renweth.
There, even the...

Author	Dashiell Hammett
ISBN	0679722599

Short, thick-bodied, mulishly stubborn, and indifferent to physical pain, Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op was the prototype for generations of tough-guy detectives. He is also the hero of most of the nine stories in this volume. The Op's one enthusiasm is doing his job, and in The Big Knockover...

Author	Barbara Hambly
ISBN	0345420616

In Book I of this trilogy, The Ladies of Mandrigyn, it starts out with the action "over"-the mercenary troup is celebrating a victory. In Book 2 of this trilogy, The Witches of Wenshar, it begins with an argument between Sun Wolf and a witch.

So Barbara Hambly starts the concluding book of this...

Author

Michael G. Manning

Now a student at Wurthaven, Will is confronted with the truth of the present. The powerful magic embodied by wizards like his grandfather is but a distant memory, while the practice of the current day is timid and uninspired, and yet he needs the knowledge still preserved and managed by the college. At...

Author	Barbara Hambly
ISBN	0345296710

After a year of magical combat, the world is in ruins, and the few surviving wizards, including two stranded Californians, must take to the offensive Since the Dark Ones returned, the world has been laid to waste. The land’s wizards have been slaughtered, its cities destroyed, and its people scattered...

Author	Gardner Dozois
ISBN	0441004911

We know Christmas present. We know Christmas past. But what about Christmas future? Now, in extraordinary stories culled from the pages of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, today's acclaimed masters hurtle the holiday centuries forward.

Contents
1 • Promises to Keep •...

Author	Isaac Asimov
ISBN	0451143957

This anthology contains: Into the Shop by Ron Goulart; Cloak of Anarchy by Larry Niven; The King's Legions by Christopher Anvil; Finger of Fate; and Voiceover by Edward Wellen; Arm of the Law; and The Powers of Observation by Harry Harrison; The Fastest Draw by Larry Eisenberg; Brillo by Harlan Ellison...