The First Stone

Author	Fiona Patton
ISBN	0886777356

he "The Stone Prince" by Fiona Patton is THE gay fantasy book, really. Not even Lynn Flewellyn's "Nightrunner Series" is so good (and I have a soft spot for these books). I mean, Patton pushes all my buttons here:

- Prince Demnor and his male Companion Kelahnus are so incredibly devoted to each...

Author	Melissa Scott
ISBN	0312875894

The city of Astreiant has gone crazy with enthusiasm for a new play, The Drowned Island, a lurid farrago of melodrama and innuendo. Pointsman Nicolas Rathe is not amused, however, at a real dead body on stage and must investigate. A string of murders follow, perhaps related to the politically important...

Author	Lynn Flewelling
ISBN	0553577255

Master spies Seregil and Alec are no strangers to peril. Their assignments, nightrunning for wizards and nobles, have led them into many deadly situations. But sometimes the greatest danger can lurk beneath a Traitor's Moon. . . .

Wounded heroes of a cataclysmic battle, Seregil and Alec have...

Author

Ann Somerville

Darshian is a vast land, inhabited by a peaceful, rational society where people with extraordinary Gifts are common, and life is lived according to strong ethical principles. Kuprij is made up of a thousand crowded islands – thrusting, ambitious, war-like, driven by a booming population and a desire...

Author	Sarah Monette
ISBN	0441014046

Felix Harrowgate was a dashing and powerful wizard until his former master wrenched Felix’s magic from him and used it to shatter the Virtu—the orb that is the keystone for the protection and magic of the wizards of the city. Felix has painfully clawed his way back to sanity, and his only chance to...

Author	Delia Sherman
ISBN	1885865244

In a medieval kingdom both like and unlike 13th C. England, a mysterious young man appears at the door of the palace kitchen, seeing to serve the king. In a lonely stone tower, a woman watches the world through her mirror of bronze. The young king mourns the death of his friend in battle and and puts off choosing...

Author	Storm Constantine
ISBN	0765303485

Darquiel har Aralis lives among the hidden tribe of Olopade, in ignorance of his identity, and as he grows up, Darq realizes he is different from any other har. After a disastrous attempt to incept his closest friend, he attracts the attention of the mysterious Thiede, and learns that his origins are...

Author	Naomi Kritzer
ISBN	0553585509

A powerful new voice in fantasy fiction, the acclaimed author of Fires of the Faithful continues her enthralling epic of persecution and war, passion and triumph, and of the brave young woman who must succeed in...

Turning the Storm

She is called musician, rebel, soldier, legend....

Author	Judith Tarr
ISBN	0312863888

The classic series now in one volume for the first time!

He appeared out of the northern mountain fastness, wielding powerful magics and claiming to be the Sun God's own child. His burning desire was to rule the entire world, and he inspired the loyalty of men who would fight for it with him. But...

Author	David Feintuch
ISBN	0446605514

Compelling...charged with plenty of action. -- Publishers Weekly

"A complex, unconventional fantasy from a writer who isn't afraid to take risks". -- Peter Heck, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine

Young Prince Rodrigo is the heir to the throne of Caledon -- and the powerful magic...

Author	Gael Baudino
ISBN	0451454081

I've just completed a decades long journey. Doesn't quite compare to billions of years, but I haven't found the stars yet.

I was introduced to the Strands series more than half my life ago through the short story, "Shadow of the Starlight", which I greatly enjoyed. Then I eventually found the...

Author	Elizabeth A. Lynn
ISBN	0441012590

Karadur Atani, the Dragon of Chingura, has survived his father's madness and his brother's treachery. Firmly ensconced in the castle at Dragon Keep, he has won the loyalty of his people and the respect of the other lords. Yet legends never die. He is of dragon blood. And when stoked, his fury burns without...

Author	Pamela Freeman
ISBN	0316035629

Saker's ghost army is slaughtering those of the new blood, fueled by an ancient wrong. But while he'd thought revenge would be simple, he's now plagued by voices foreshadowing a calamity beyond his comprehension.

Ash and Bramble raise the warrior spirit of Acton, mighty in life and powerful...

Author	Ricardo Pinto
ISBN	0312872097

The acclaimed sequel to The Chosen. In desperation, the Ruling Lord Suth searches within the sacred walls of Osrakum for Carnelian, his son, and Osidian, the God Emperor elect. He suspects the Empress Ykoriana is behind their disappearance and knows that if they are not found soon it is her other son,...

Author	Marion Zimmer Bradley
ISBN	0312862938

From New York Times bestselling fantasy and science fiction author comes Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Inheritor.

Leslie Barnes has just bought her first home, overlooking San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. It seems the perfect place for Leslie and her sister, a brilliant young musician...but...