Beyond the Twilight Mountains begins when Arachlin Irilliartha, elven thief and assassin, arrives home to pay a rare visit to his elder brother. There he discovers that Telgin is making plans to embark on his betrothal errand, the completion of which will finalize marriage arrangements begun more than three decades before. The betrothal errand is a traditional part of elvish courtship rituals, but the objective of Telgin's is not: to win his bride he must bring home the Paralin, a gem of n...

Nobody makes it out of their teenage years without scars. We are all plagued with self-doubt, angst and general teenage discomfort. We have all experienced first loves and unbreakable friendships. We have all been betrayed, and we have all had our hearts broken. On top of the emotional turmoil of normal teenage life, many of us are faced with another darker challenge. My teenage years were plagued in depression, consumed by thoughts of self-loathing, paranoia, and self-harm that festered s...

The Pride of Tirillae is the companion volume to Beyond the Twilight Mountains.Legally pardoned, Tamalaine is ready to return home to Tirillae with Arachlin when they learn that Queen Kaeolinu is dead. In a risky bid for power Princess Sybrielle has poisoned herself and two Minstrels as well as her mother, framing her sister for regicide and declaring herself queen. Though Laine's reinstatement was officially recorded into the continental archives, there is no proof of it in Tirilla...

The Outstretched Shadow, the first book in The Obsidian Trilogy from Mercedes Lackey and James MalloryKellen Tavadon, son of the Arch-Mage Lycaelon, thought he knew the way the world worked. His father, leading the wise and benevolent Council of Mages, protected and guided the citizens of the Golden City of the Bells. Young Mages in training--all men, for women were unfit to practice magic--memorized the intricate details of High Magic and aspired to seats on the council.

He couldn't help his past any more than he could help the way those intense, deep blue eyes pierced me and held me captive.An eighteen-year-old queen in love with the enemy as their countries pass the point of no return…Bound to a man she cannot love, Queen Alera of Hytanica must forget Narian, the young man who holds her heart. For Narian is destined to conquer Hytanica at the behest of his master, the powerful magic-user known as the Overlord. Alera doesn't truly...

After a hundred years, Jack Ravenwild—thief, sorcerer, scoundrel, and accidental hero—is released from a magical confinement, only to fall into the hands of the marquise Dresimil Chûmavh, ruler of an exiled drow clan who sees an opportunity in Jack.Through guile and subterfuge, the wily Jack escapes the drow to discover a new world waiting in his old stomping grounds, Raven's Bluff, a city equally abounding in fortune and danger. Unfortunately for Jack, he is best at stirring up th...

Ed Greenwood’s novel featuring some of the most popular characters in the Forgotten Realms setting.This title, now in mass market edition for the first time, features the Seven Sisters, key characters in many different Forgotten Realms stories. The Seven Sisters are especially associated with Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms and one of its best-known authors.

Mayhem erupts in Ravens Bluff—and it’s up to one rogue to stop it—in this first of four standalone novels, each set in a mighty city of FaerûnJack Ravenwild is a charming ne'er-do-well with as much ambition as he has skill. But for the first time ever, his designs have far exceeded his talents—plunging him into a dangerous and complex web of intrigue that may put an end to his days of skulduggery and adventure.When a beautiful woman named Alana commissions ...

A desperate man in a dying kingdom is awarded the most coveted—and most deadly—choice of allThe once mighty kingdom of Jorsk is in decline, its borders beset by enemies, both worldly and otherworldly. The king has retreated to the capital, abandoning the far-flung provinces. The only hope of the people lies in their Chosen One, blessed by the gods as defender of the realm. But of late every Chosen One has died, targeted by the harshest of the enemy attacks....

Sentinel Marshal Sabira d'Deneith has spent the last eight years trying to drown the memories of the mission that cost her partner his life and gave her the nickname "The Shard axe." Until she's recalled from the city of Stormreach to carry out a mission on House Deneith's behalf--protect and defend the heir of the dwarven city of Frostmantle during his murder trial. The same heir she and her partner guarded eight years ago in the same city--from the same style of murders. Is the dreaded N...

To save his people, he may have to destroy the one thing that protects them . . . his own magic.Devlin of Duncaer has retrieved the Sword of Light—the legendary weapon of the Chosen One. But while Devlin was fulfilling his sacred quest, dark forces have swarmed the royal court. To defend his country’s borders, the ambitious Jorskain king, Olafur, strikes a demon’s bargain with an ancient adversary. Now, with the Sword of Light in enemy hands, and betrayed by those ...

When the Lord of Tarsis finds himself with a politically volatile murder on his hands, he turns to the three most expendable inhabitants of the city for a solution.