The Destruction violently tore the very fabric of nature itself--thousands perished, hot smoke blotted out the sun, and the world was drained of magic. Now, fourteen years later, the royal, scarlet-haired beauty Gemma is driven by a strange compulsion to sail to the Southern Continent. There, she unites with a mysterious young traveler known as Arden to save the Valley of Knowing from an evil genius whose center of power lies far to the south. In a world where alternate realities abound, where...

Forbidden Magic. Rebellious Prince Callandryll secretly accepts a charge from a foreign ambassador to embark on a quest for an ancient book of magic. Callandryll's employer intends to conquer the world or destroy it.

This is a collection of some of my favorite detective stories. In it we shall peer over the shoulders of many of fiction's finest detectives, to track down the malefactor and set wrong to right. We will pick up clues, solve tantalizing mysteries and unravel riddles that seem impenetrable

Ivarr had been sold to the witch Birna. But now Birna was dead, slain by the evil sorcerer Lorimer. Ivarr was stranded in the land of the elves. His only chance to return to his own realm was to become a hero for group of outcast, incompetent elves and a wizard of doubtful qualifications. As he discovered, being a hero was a little difficult. First he had to seek out a magic sword concealed somewhere in the land of the fire giants. Then, to seize a horde of gold, he must somehow find and...