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The Rivan Codex

Before David Eddings wrote "The Belgariad" he spent a year working on the design and mythology of the fantasy world in which it is set. This "Codex" comprises the material which is taken for granted but not spelled out, history, geography, myths and folktales, peoples, customs, gods and more.

The Elder Gods

They are called the Dreamers. They look like sleeping children. They are, in fact, Gods. There are eight elder Gods, four awake, four asleep, by turns. When they sleep, they sleep for eons. The only time the Gods are vulnerable is when the sleepers awake. Knowing this, the Ruler of the Wasteland, ambitious to become a God by destroying Gods, watches and waits, marshalling troops for war. So it is that the coming of the Dreamers passes unnoticed in the Wasteland. But the world is soon out of...

Hidden Echoes

Three strangers are pulled into a parallel world, where they encounter menacing obstacles as they try to prevent the impending destruction of Earth as predicted by Nostradamus.

Keeper of the Keys

Ivainson Jaric, Keeper of the Keys, heir of the Firelord, is being hunted down by the Accursed. His blood gifts him with raw power but not enough to overcome the evil forces.

The Sea and Summer

The Sea and Summer. Francis Conway is Swill - one of the 90% in the year 2041 who must subsist on the inadequate charities of the state. A young boy growing up life, already difficult, is rapidly becoming impossible for Francis and others like him, as government corruption, official blindness and nature have conspired to turn Swill homes into watery tombs. And now the young boy must find a way to escape the approaching tide of disaster. An exploration of the effects of climate change in the not...

The Forging of the Sword

The art of the magician has been banned in Thrandor for 200 years, and has become a byword for myth and legend, or so a young teenager called Calvyn thinks. Unbeknown to him, a magical talisman has been recovered, and the whole of Thrandor stands blissfully unaware that disaster is poised to strike.

Swords of Lankhmar

Fafhrd was a huge, full-bearded barbarian from the Northlands. His weapon--a broadsword. The Gray Mouser was a small, nimble man dressed all in gray. He carried both rapier and dirk. In Lankhmar they were considered brawlers, cutpurses, rogues..and the best fighting-men in all of Nehwon. For which reason Overlord Glipkerio Kistomerces hired them to guard an important shipment to a neighboring monarch. For once, in their lifetimes of adventuring, our heroes looked forward to an easy time--until...

Firelord

A unique perspective of the Arthurian legend, narrated in the first person by the great king himself. In Godwin's story, set in the 5th century amid the collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain, we discover a painfully mortal Arthur, flawed and fallible with a sympathetic distaste for the necessary cruelties of war.

Shadows in the Watchgate

When American model Tuppence Trilby takes up residence in the quaint quarter of Norwich, she catches the eye of a crazed taxidermist, intent on using his skills to preserve her beauty for eternity.

Warrior's Bond

Einarinn's greatest warrior, the swordsman Ryshad, has sworn to protect his lord, Messire D'Olbriot, even if it means watching his love, the beautiful thief Livak, embark on a dangerous quest to find the lost aetheric magic on her own. But shadow and intrigue lie over the land, and a journey to recover magical artifacts leads the swordsman back to the lost colony of Kellarin, whose settlers have only recently been awoken from centuries of enchanted sleep. Amidst the intricate halls...