More tolerated than respected the girl Arri lives with her mother Lea in a small village where they have taken refuge over ten years ago. However, with increasing age Arri is increasingly aware of how much they differ from the other villagers in appearance, but also their habits and customs. Your mother seems reluctant to talk about their past. One day, however, opened Arri that they are the last survivors of a mysterious island kingdom, which has gone down in a terrible natural disaster...

To Theophile Escargot, it did not seem right to be run out of Twombly Town for stealing his own pie. And so he began his journey to fabled Balumnia, where he would discover magical powers that could make him a hero--and unearth legendary secrets!

Plague is creeping up on the medieval town of Aurillac. Two witches call upon the powers of Hecate, Queen of the Night, in an attempt to avert disaster; but she calls for the blood sacrifice of two children. Saved by a miracle, the children are nevertheless cursed by the witch-queen for eternity.

An astonishing epic that takes readers into the heart of the exotic Tsurani empire, where formal courts mask deadly intrigues. Murder and magic encircle the mysterious world of Kelewan, where a valiant girl leads her followers through terror and peril - and discovers her own womanhood. She is Mara, Ruling Lady of the Acoma, who in her heroic struggles for survival must contend with powerful rival houses, strike deals with sinister rebel warriors, and forge a treaty with the enigmatic Cho-ja - a...

Ryshad had no choice but to kill his long-time friend and ally Aiten. Aiten's mind had been corrupted by the mysterious Elietimm and he was a danger to himself and a deadly threat to others. But that is no consolation to the grieving Ryshad and certainly will be of no help when he tries to explain it to Aiten's family. To distract him from his troubles and from the strange dreams he has been having, Ryshad's patron, Messire D'Olbriot, sends him to Caladhria to assist the...