This novel of Ben Franklin, Isaac Newton, and a demonic Louis XIV is "e;eminently worthwhile reading for both fantasy and alternate-history lovers"e; (Booklist).
Angels and demons alike watch and wait as the last warriors of old Europe invade the New World in this magnificent conclusion to the Age of Unreason alternate history seriesThe alchemical catastrophe that Sir Isaac Newton inadvertently unleashed late in the seventeenth century has transformed Europe into a cold, dead wasteland in the eighteenth much to the delight of the otherworldly malakim, who have set humanity at war with itself for the sin of dabbling in the arcane.
A strange assortment of humans and otherworldly beings joins a young soldier of God on his perilous quest through an alternate, technology-free reality ruled by an all-powerful EvilIn an alternate world where the Dark Ages never ended, "e;the Evil"e; that arises every five hundred years has prevented all manner of technological advancement, even well into the twentieth century.
An archaeology student is transported back to an ancient Ethiopian kingdom where, reborn as a warrior priestess, she must save their civilization from an evil as old as time Archaeology student and expert in African history Tallahassee Mitford has been asked to authenticate some ancient artifacts.
A nineteenth-century Irish convict is jolted forward in time while a man from the future takes his place, in this novel by a World Fantasy Award finalist.
In a grand medieval city where all change has been outlawed, a roguish young actor tempts fate and dinosaurs, all in the name of loveBy law, nothing can change in Malacia a teeming, eternal city of dukes, players, wizards, merchants, beggars, ape-men, lizard-boys, and courtesans but that is of no great consequence to Perian de Chirolo.
Swords and sorcery fill this fantasy about an outcast girl who teams up with a prince to break a supernatural curse that could destroy their warring kingdoms In the kingdom of Vashti, a shuntali is an outcast an unperson.
Fantasy at its most enchanting: An original and absorbing tale from a master storyteller about the profound effects of a single life on the battle against ultimate evilIt is Midsummer Day, the beginning of the year 700, in the city of Benign.
Fantasy at its most enchanting: An original and absorbing tale from a master storyteller about the profound effects of a single life on the battle against ultimate evilIt is Midsummer Day, the beginning of the year 700, in the city of Benign.
In book three of the King of Ys series, Gratillonius's reign faces a deadly new threat from across the seaFor sixteen years Gratillonius has been the king of Ys, a position he has used to bring the once-teetering city-state back to stability as the Roman Empire continues to collapse around it.
Nebula and World Fantasy Award Finalist: A fantastic tale of intrigue, love, war, magic, and swashbuckling adventure set in an alternate universe where fairies mingle freely with Englishmen and all of Shakespeare's fictional characters are realWelcome to an alternate civil-war-torn seventeenth-century England a world where Hamlet once brooded and Othello jealously raged.
A courtesan for hire, a brainless hunk, and alien invaders combine to bring about ancient history's most momentous catastrophe in John Jakes's hilarious take on the fall of AtlantisFor centuries the mystery of the lost continent of Atlantis has intrigued mortals everywhere.
Torn between love and duty, a reluctant young acolyte will be called on to magically save her imperiled world in this enthralling chapter of the Saga of the TrilliumOf the three royal siblings who made up the Petals of the Living Trillium, only Lady Haramis survives nine hundred years after the events that nearly devastated their realm.
"e;[Lisa Goldstein's] magnificent book functions as both an eerie fantasy and an evocative period piece, overlaid with all the thrills of a convoluted conspiracy novel .
Winner of the National Book Award: In the shadow of the Holocaust, a young girl discovers the power of magicIn the schoolroom of a simple European village, Kicsi spends her days dreaming of the lands beyond the mountains: Paris and New York, Arabia and Shanghai.
The warrior queen Ylia returns in the fantasy series filled with "e;sorcery, bravery, evil, love and hatred"e; from the author of To the Haunted Mountains (Rave Reviews).
