First in the series from a New York Times–bestselling author and “fabulously talented writer” featuring a brilliant mercenary and his fierce female partner (Charlaine Harris). Gifted with courage, strength, and the intelligence to know when to fight, Sun Wolf is the greatest mercenary in a land overrun by war. With his first lieutenant, Starhawk—a woman more deadly than any man—at his side, he has laid waste to countless cities, taking the best of their treasures for himself, and distributing the rest among his bloodthirsty crew. Then a woman comes to him, an emissary from the town of Mandrigyn, a lush port city recently sacked by a powerful, mad wizard of unmatched abilities. She offers Sun Wolf untold riches for the use of his army, but the captain is not fool enough to wage war against a magician. He refuses her offer, but that is not the end of it. The women of Mandrigyn can be very persuasive. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Barbara Hambly, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

In the second novel of the Gaean trilogy, human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful . . . and definitely insane.

Exploring the lore, the myths, and the legends of all things wizard, this book takes readers on an incredible journey deep into the world of the ultimate sorcerers. Full-color computer images.

Although the Masquerade itself, as a necessary protection against non-telepaths, was not fully formulated until the late years of the Seventeenth Century, groups of telepaths-in-hiding existed long before that date. Whether such groups were the results of natural mutations, or whether they came into being due to some other cause, has not yet been fully determined, but that a group did exist in the district of Offenburg, in what is now Prussia, we are quite sure. The activities of the group appear to have begun, approximately, in the year 1594, but it was not until eleven years after that date that they achieved a signal triumph, the first and perhaps the last of its kind until the dissolution of the Masquerade in 2103.

A mysterious library book opens the door to a world of magic and danger in the first book in the beloved Young Wizards series. Bullied by her classmates, Nita Callahan is miserable at school. So when she finds a mysterious book in the library that promises her the chance to become a wizard, she jumps at the opportunity to escape her unhappy reality. But taking the Wizard's Oath is no easy thing, and Nita soon finds herself paired with fellow wizard-in-training Kit Rodriguez on a dangerous mission. The only way to become a full wizard is to face the Lone Power, the being that created death and is the mortal enemy of all wizards. As Nita and Kit battle their way through a deadly alternate version of New York controlled by the Lone Power, they must rely on each other and their newfound wizarding skills to survive--and save the world from the Lone One's grasp.

Fifteen year-old Thomas Wisby was enjoying summer vacation on a ranch where he lived alone with his mother. He was looking forward to the start of soccer practice a few weeks away, but, he didnt know that his life was about to change, as he embarks on a magical adventure that takes him where only dreams were thought to go. He didnt know what happened to his father, who went missing five years ago, but he was going to find out, and have to come to grips with many things he didnt know, including who he really was and where he truly belonged. To Thomas, magic was only illusions performed by magicians. He was about to discover how wrong he was. There was a place waiting for him, so far removed from his world, that it would be challenging for any normal person to comprehend. But Thomas wasnt normal.

Although originally published (Ace, 1986) as a stand-alone novel, this fantastic adventure actually fits as the second novel in the Rogue Wizard series, focusing on a crafty high-tech magician and his missions to save particular planets from despotism and tyranny--and his resulting adventures and mishaps.