An Iguana, a Texas Toad and a Swamp Rat. They laugh, they cry, they sing country songs. Be prepared for a new perspective on the world, one that conquers it from close to the ground. And chuckles while it pokes it with a sharp stick. It's the story of Endraq, a jungle iguana, who's captured and trucked north. Things are bad in the iguana box but they get worse, and Endraq must find a way out.Written by poet and novelist Erik Bundy, who lives in the magical North Carolina woods wher...

24 Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators Accompanied by Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Jerry Pournelle, Ciruelo and Echo Chernik and Edited by David Farland Your search for something new and different in sci-fi and fantasy ends here. Presenting this year's collection of fresh voices, fabulous worlds, and fantastic new characters. Each year, the Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests' blue-ribbon judges search the world to discover and introduce to you the ver...