Bundles all 5 Episodes of The Amalina Dalca Series: The Secrets of the Wailing Castle, The Palace of Pleasure, The Midnight Gift, A Brocade Army, and The Silver Army. Stand-alone books with a continuing narrative that starts from a small tale of terror, to rise into an epic-scale, continent-spanning, horror."The perfect blend of menace and fun ... darkly humorous ... wildly entertaining series." -- Five-Star Review Nicky Flowers, Indies Today."Evoki...

Amalina, once an unwilling servant to a monster, now finds reasons to stay in his service: to protect the lives of seven innocent young princesses while they visit the castle; to discover the identity of a vicious murderer and put him out of action before he can strike again; but even more compelling, to hide from a terrifying entity, much more powerful than her master, who seems to be hunting her down. All in a day's work for our clever Amalina? Or, in the end, will it be too much for her...

In the concluding episode to Amalina's dark adventure: Among the many forces vying for supremacy in Ardeel, a revolutionary army must root out a traitor in their midst before they can launch their attack on Amalina's master's castle - attack it as the indestructible Silver Army. All the while, Amalina, after so many years, hatches a plot to finally escape the monster she's been working for ... only, he is already putting the finishing touches on a fiendish plan of his own. The race is on! ...

Amalina's dark adventure continues. Now helplessly folded into the creature's plans, Amalina struggles to remain above suspicion as she works against him, serving as an agent for the commander of a growing counterforce intent on bringing him down. All while trying to keep her friend, a guileless princess from the west, entertained, unaware of her peril, and out of harm's way." ... Building on all the suspense from the first book ... C.L. Holmes writes in so many textures, c...

Change is coming. As much as Amalina enjoys her new noble life in the western kingdoms, the old one pulls her back home. Must Amalina always return to her master and his castle? Weaving through a gauntlet of family, friends, and guests (common and royal), barely a step ahead of the law, new revolutionaries, and a deadly conspiracy against her, Amalina begins the difficult steps to free herself from the powerful creature she works for. As always, surprises abound, which threaten her plans-a...

*** WINNER of the 2021 INDIES TODAY BEST HORROR BOOK AWARD ***Amalina breaks one simple rule in her village ... and is swept up into the mysterious plans of an ancient, evil entity. She must keep her wits to survive while she plots a way out of his lonely castle in the mountains ... But what if her only escape means his -- or her -- death? The darkest, most dangerous time in Amalina's life begins!" ... A sharp horror novel that is a brillia...

Amalina breaks one simple rule in her superstition-bound village ... and is swept away by an ancient, evil entity. To survive she must keep her wits about her while she plots a way out of his lonely castle in the mountains, and out of a mysterious plot he is hatching ... But what if her only chance to escape means his -- or her -- death? The darkest, most dangerous time in Amalina's life begins!

Now helplessly folded into her monstrous master's plans, Amalina struggles to remain above suspicion as she serves as a secret agent for the commander of a growing counterforce intent on bringing her master down. All the while, Amalina must try to keep her friend, a guileless princess from the west, entertained, unaware of her peril, and out of harm's way.

Amalina, once an unwilling servant to a monster, now finds reasons to stay in his service:to protect the lives of seven young princesses visiting the castleto discover the identity of a vicious murderer and put him out of action before he can strike againand -- even more compelling -- to hide from an entity much more powerful than her master, who seems to be hunting her down.All in a day's work for our clever Amalina? Or in...

In March 1987, Mercedes Lackey, a young author from Oklahoma, published her first novel, Arrows of the Queen. No one could have envisioned that this modest book would be the beginning of a fantasy career that would span decades and more than a hundred novels, with no signs of slowing yet.And among Ms. Lackey's many novels, few are as critically-acclaimed and beloved as those of the Elemental Masters. The novels in this series are loosely based on classic fairy tales, and t...

Return to the world of the truth-discerning Seekers and their catlike companions, the Ghatti, in the thrilling second installment in The Ghatti's Tale seriesMindstealers—that is what the Gleaners—a mutant strain of humans able to destroy the minds and souls of their fellows—are known throughout Canderis. it is a reputation that has been only too well-earned by such Gleaners as Seeker Doyce Marbon's stepson Vesey, who nearly succeeded in bringing down both the Seeke...

In Gayle Greeno's highly anticipated return to her most successful and beloved series, a new generation of human Seekers and their catlike ghatti companions journey to a dangerous wilderness-- while in the tunnels beneath Marchmont's Capital a deadly piece of long-forgotten technology is about to be rediscovered....Praise for the GHATTI novels:"A brilliant fantasy series... No one will be able to resist the Ghatti."--Rave Reviews"A ...