Countles emigrants who've hit the shores of New York have long since Americanized their names and bought into their new culture. That's just what half-breed djinn, Rabriel, does when he suddenly finds himself in Manhattan. He changes his name to John Denny and sets up shop, selling wishes to those who can afford them. Only when the gods come calling does he learn that he's violated some core rules of the universe. Now he's face with becoming indentured to one of them, and who it will be depends on how he performs on a test they've created just for him.

The magnificent title story of this collection of fairy tales for adults describes the strange and uncanny relationship between its extravagantly intelligent heroine--a world renowned scholar of the art of story-telling--and the marvelous being that lives in a mysterious bottle, found in a dusty shop in an Istanbul bazaar. As A.S. Byatt renders this relationship with a powerful combination of erudition and passion, she makes the interaction of the natural and the supernatural seem not only convincing, but inevitable. The companion stories in this collection each display different facets of Byatt's remarkable gift for enchantment. They range from fables of sexual obsession to allegories of political tragedy; they draw us into narratives that are as mesmerizing as dreams and as bracing as philosophical meditations; and they all us to inhabit an imaginative universe astonishing in the precision of its detail, its intellectual consistency, and its splendor. "A dreamy treat.... It is not merely strange, it is wondrous." --Boston Globe "Alternatingly erudite and earthy, direct and playful.... If Scheherazade ever needs a break, Byatt can step in, indefinitely." --Chicago Tribune "Byatt's writing is crystalline and splendidly imaginative.... These [are] perfectly formed tales." --Washington Post Book World

Quantum Hughes' life is stuck on repeat. While trapped in The LOOP, he struggles to free himself from a glitch that forces him to re-live the same day over and over.

Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. He roams the country seeking assignments, but gradually comes to realise that while some of his quarry are unremittingly vile, vicious grotesques, others are the victims of sin, evil or simple naivety. One reviewer said: 'This book is a sheer delight. It is beautifully written, full of vitality and endlessly inventive: its format, with half a dozen episodes and intervening rest periods for both the hero and the reader, allows for a huge range of characters, scenarios and action. It's thought-provoking without being in the least dogmatic, witty without descending to farce and packed with sword fights without being derivative. The dialogue sparkles; characters morph almost imperceptibly from semi-cliche to completely original; nothing is as it first seems. Sapkowski succeeds in seamlessly welding familiar ideas, unique settings and delicious twists of originality: his Beauty wants to rip the throat out of a sensitive Beast; his Snow White seeks vengeance on all and sundry, his elves are embittered and vindictive. It's easily one of the best things I've read in ages.'

Magic and divination in early Islam encompassed a wide range of practices, including belief in jinn, warding off the evil eye, the production of amulets and other magical equipment, conjuring, wonder-working, dream interpretation, predicting the weather, casting lots, astrology, and physiognomy. The ten studies here are concerned with the pre-Islamic antecedents of such practices, and with the theory of magic in healing, the nature and use of amulets and their decipherment, the arts of astrometeorology and geomancy, the refutation of astrology, and the role of the astrologer in society. Some of the studies are highly illustrated, some long out of print, some revised or composed for this volume, and one translated into English for the first time. These fundamental investigations, together with the introductory bibliographic essay, are intended as a guide to the concepts, terminology, and basic scholarly literature of an important, but often overlooked, aspect of classical Islamic culture.

Classical Science Fiction awaits the reader with stories to excite and inspire your Imagination! 1.....Mistress of the Djinn-----When the third crusade smashed into the Holy Land, the real enemy was not the Infidel, the real enemy was the weird magic of the Djinn. 2.....The Golden Amazon Returns-----The best weapons against the Amazon were her own children, reasoned Welgand, so he kidnaped them, and led her into a trap! 3.....Onslaught of the Druid Girls-----When Lee Blaine reached Earth's second moon, he found a tangle of mystery. Who were the Nonites? What danger menaced Aurita and her Druid girls?. Classical Science Fiction from some of the earliest and best writers of the gen

All three novels in The Age of Magic story arc - Alterverse; Warriors & Wizards; and Return of the Djinn are collected in one huge omnibus edition. A perfect companion to the Halos & Horns Omnibus and the Fangs & Fur Omnibus, this volume is 7x10 like its predecessors and features brand new cover artwork and an interview with the author. Clocking in at 586 pages, The Age of Magic Omnibus contains the complete third story arc in the Halo & Horns fantasy saga.

Dishonesty and deceit: consorting with djinn corrupts the truest of hearts. The Three Realms are in turmoil. Amid the chaos of war, the indigo djinn is scheming to raise the dark god. Humanity’s one hope is to find the Eye of Mahktos, an broken relic lost in the mists of time. It alone can suppress the djinn before he unleashes Sothmak’s devastating power on the world. But the royals act alone and unless they unite, the Eye of Mahktos will remain strewn across the land, powerless to do good, a weapon for harm. In Terlaan, Prince Vinsant fights to prevent Majoria Levi usurping the crown. In Myklaan, Lady Jordayne dabbles in black magic to keep the mahktashaan from seizing control. In Verdaan, Princess Kordahla struggles to protect her unborn child from a shah with ambitions to all three thrones. Steeped in magic and mystery, Eternal Eye concludes The Three Realm’s heroic battle against the armies of darkness.

This discounted ebundle includes: The Librarians and the Lost Lamp, The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase, The Librarians and the Pot of Gold From New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox comes The Librarians Trilogy, three original fantasy-adventure novels based on the hit TNT television show The Librarians. For millennia, the Librarians have secretly protected the world by keeping watch over dangerous magical relics. Cataloging and safeguarding everything from Excalibur to Pandora’s Box, they stand between humanity and those who would use the relics for evil. The Librarians and the Lost Lamp: Ten years ago, only Flynn Carsen, the last of the Librarians, stood against an ancient criminal organization known as The Forty. Flynn fears they intend to steal Aladdin’s fabled lamp, so alongside a new team of inexperienced Librarians led by their tough-as-nails Guardian Eve Baird, Flynn must race to find it first before they can unleash the trapped, malevolent djinn upon the world. The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase: In 1719, Elizabeth Goose published a collection of rhyming spells as a children's book, creating a spellbook of terrifying power. Baird and her team of Librarians suspect that the magic of Mother Goose is again loose in the world, and with Flynn AWOL—again—it is up to Cassandra, Ezekiel, and Stone to track down the missing spellbook before the true power of the rhymes can be unleashed. The Librarians and the Pot of Gold: The adventures of the Librarians continue in Ireland in this third stand-alone adventure. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A comprehensive guide to cryptozoology—the quest to identify animals that have not been officially catalogued by science and to place these unknown animals into their proper zoological categories. In this fascinating two-volume encyclopedia, author George M. Eberhart provides a comprehensive catalog of nearly 1,000 cryptids—unknown animals usually reported through eyewitness accounts and not yet described by science. Cryptids are the stuff of folklore, hoaxes, and genuine scientific breakthroughs. There are 400 now-classified cryptids once considered either extinct or pure fantasy. The cryptozoologist's job is to strip away the myth, misidentification, and mystery—and separate fact from fiction. Mysterious Creatures covers everything from dinosaurs and the emala-ntouka, an elephant-killing dinosaur-like animal of central Africa, to searches for the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, and other cryptozoological hoaxes. Entries about specific animals include the derivation or meaning of each cryptid's name, its scientific name, variant names, a physical description, behavior, description of tracks, habitat, significant sightings, present status, and possible explanations. Illustrations and photographs accompany many entries. The book also includes resources and references for further information.