"A Journey Without Departure" is the traditional term for a telepathic sending. It is a talent few can perform yet this is the strategy the City of the Magicians—non-violent pacifists, without army or weapons—hopes will mitigate the barbarian invasion coming in six months. The plan could work, but then maybe not. Sas, the young man chosen to "educate the barbarian," can only think, Me? Sendings? They've made a mistake! Lalya, a City librarian searching for her dead lover's vanished manuscr...

Purdu, the barbarian invader, has arrived! How can the pacifist, nonviolent City of the Magicians contain him when one faction appeals to his heart, the other to his ambitions?Sas and Lalya are envoys of opposing camps, but Purdu throws them together to isolate them from their enclaves and assert his own authority. Yet two others decide to oppose him their way. Hyur, foremost metallurgist, secretly forges a magical weapon to tempt and subvert him. Gleswea, an astronomer, flees sout...

How could the City of the Magicians, avowed pacifists, embroil themselves in a warriors' battle to the south? For the nefarious 5th School it's the lure of becoming an imperial capital; for Purdu, the Barbarian leader, it's proof of his divinity; for others, it's an exciting adventure.Back in the City, Shoan, Council Strategist, urges Lalya to make a public repudiation of the 5th School. She would love to, but Sas warns it is premature.Hyur, suffering from a curse sickness,...

Zagan is feared by the masses as an evil sorcerer. Both socially awkward and foulmouthed, he spends his days studying sorcery while beating down any trespassers within his domain. One day he's invited to a dark auction, and what he finds there is an elven slave girl of peerless beauty, Nephy. Having fallen in love at first sight, Zagan uses up his entire fortune to purchase her, but being a poor conversationalist, he has no idea how to properly interact with her. Thus, the awkward cohabita...

The day is finally here!For as long as he could remember, Vasiht'h planned on starting a family, a plan that surviving the war only made more urgent. The temple on Anseahla has summoned him at last to pick up his new kits, an errand he decides will be an excellent opportunity to have some alone-time with his partner, Jahir. But his partner is now an imperial prince-consort, and Vasiht'h himself has more responsibilities than he anticipated, and it isn't long before...

Nephy learns of Zagan’s impending birthday from Alshiera, which is information that Zagan himself doesn’t even know. Seeing this as an opportunity, Nephy leads the charge in putting together a surprise party for him, but with her past experiences being what they are, she has no idea how birthdays are celebrated.Meanwhile, Zagan also learns from Orias that Nephy’s birthday is coming within the month, and the two Archdemons decide to mark that day as Nephteros’s birthday as well. Muc...

The enigmatic Society returns in a riotously funny new adventure from the author of Wyrde and Wayward.Things have been quiet at the Society lately. Too quiet. It couldn’t possibly last.When a griffin appeared in the Yorkshire skies, it could only mean bad news. There’s only one place in Britain it could have come from and that’s the lost kingdom of Farringale.It’s a dire warning, and there’s worse to come. Turns out we aren’t the only people with an...

With Chastille’s birthday quickly approaching, Barbatos is at his wits’ end and goes to his friend for advice. However, at the exact moment, the bewitching Archdemon Eligor appears to recruit him. Shortly thereafter, Chastille witnesses Barbatos spending time with a gorgeous woman and decides to secretly tail them. Tremendously misunderstanding what she sees, she can no longer suppress her own feelings.“That man is mine! Get your hands off him!”It’s finally time for Chastil...

Northwest Smith embarks on a dangerous trip to learn the secrets of the moon and a lost civilization.

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps_______________Ideal for readers aged 7+Mesopotamia, 2500 years agoEveryone in the tribe must work; all the men go hunting for bulls and mountain lions - apart from Sin-leqi, that is. Sin-leqi stays home and reads tablets in the great...

You've heard folks call to Sylphs, Salamanders, Undines, and Gnomes. Perhaps you've also heard folks call to the archangels of the four quarters, guardians or watchers. But have you every wondered what these entities are, how to interact to them, and why they might wish to attend your ritual? Have you ever wondered what other energies might be attracted to a ritual without an official invitation?Learn about many of these energies and how to interact with them in this fun and inform...

Before he was known as Mehmet... he was called Lucifer. Here's the story of how he fell.When angels appear in Celestia's groves as malformed and without wings, they're cast out of paradise and into the darkness below. Lucifer has been charged to roam the Birthing Forests and find a child of his own, only to watch the wingless angel be discarded. There's only one way he can save them...Lucifer's Fall is a short story written in the same world as the Celestial Downfall trilog...