A warrior woman embarks on a sword-and-sorcery adventure in the first novel in the Saga of Frost trilogy from the renowned fantasy author.How do you fight a supernatural battle without the most secret and ancient of powers? This is precisely the question that Frost must answer when she is given the awesome task of delivering the Book of the Last Battle to those who have work in good magic. Frost must rely solely on the physical strength of her sword and the magic co...

This original fantasy ""splendidly capture[s] the quintessential spirit of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser" (Dennis L. McKiernan, national bestselling author).Swords Against the Shadowland , authorized by series creator, Hugo and Nebula award–winning Grand Master of Science Fiction Fritz Leiber, is a direct sequel to Leiber's famous story, "Ill-Met in Lankhmar!"Named One of the Best Fantasy Novels by the

A dark fantasy of witchcraft and curses from the renowned author of the Saga of Frost trilogy.Paralyzed since birth, a young man named Innowen happens upon a sorceress along the road. She grants him the ability to walk, but there are two conditions—he can only walk between dusk and dawn and, to keep this ability to walk, he must perform a dance in the witch's honor each night.What at first seems harmless comes with a sinister price. Anyone who witnesses Innow...

From the acclaimed fantasy author: The Saga of Frost trilogy continues with the sword-wielding heroine taking on the creatures of the underworld.The fierce swordfighter Frost has lost her supernatural powers and must travel to the pit of hell and back in order to save herself and the kingdom. Doing battle with all the forces of Hades: demons, sorcerers, vicious spiders, and the most vile of all beasts, Frost must quest to save the princess and the world to which bot...

A warrior-turned-mother sets out on a quest for vengeance after reclaiming her sword-fighting past in this third Saga of Frost novel.Everyone, even Frost, thought that she was an ordinary mother and wife. But she begins a quest to find out who she is after the unforgiving grip of death snatches her husband and two sons from her loving arms. Her identity found, this mother and wife turned witch and swordswoman vows to travel the world fighting the very source of evil...

The struggle to rebuild Sanctuary continues in the eleventh entry in this shared-world fantasy series.The storms of war have passed Sanctuary by, and ordinary folk are confident the worst is behind them. Citizens work to restore their lives as the reconstruction brings new life to the city in more ways than one. However, it's not sunny skies for everyone. Some residents are opting to settle old debts by the sword, and others are still vanishing off the streets. Mean...

The twelfth entry in the shared-world fantasy series finds wrongs righted, debts paid, and the city swathed in a mysterious dust storm.With the completion of its new wall, Sanctuary seems peaceful and prosperous. The Beysib and Rankan invaders now favor diplomacy over military action. The wharves that once hosted only fishermen are now full of trade ships carrying merchandise to the city, and the streets, once full of warring factions, are calm. But soon warriors ar...

From Hugo-nominated editor Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Nebula nominated author Robin Wayne Bailey, here are nineteen top-notch science fiction stories guaranteed to make you think and- laugh, featuring such major writers as Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Allen M. Steele, Esther Friesner, Elizabeth Moon, Seanan McGuire, Jody Lynn Nye, James Gunn, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and many more.When Little Green Men Attack, It’s All-out Laugh WarfareFrom the far reaches of outer space th...

The dead rise in the seventh volume of the shared-world fantasy, co-edited by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Myth Adventures series.As winter descends on the fractured city of Sanctuary, it's expected that the rainy season will cool the air. But tensions are simmering. The Emperor is dead, and the rightful heir to the throne is in town. The city is a battlefield, and armed factions war for control of the streets. While the Rankan Empire faces ...

A ruined city rebuilds in the ninth entry of this shared-world fantasy series.Hakiem, storyteller and adviser, surveys the city of Sanctuary from a palace window and is heartbroken by what he sees. The city of outlaws and adventurers now lies in shambles, ravaged by war, plague, riots, and magical destruction, and many citizens are dead or wounded. Hakiem is not the only one thinking of leaving . . .Now, without gods or magic, the people of Sanctuary face the...

The award-winning sword and sorcery classic that introduced Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, from a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy.First in the influential fan-favorite series, Swords and Deviltry collects four fantastical adventure stories from Fritz Leiber, the author who coined the phrase "sword and sorcery" and helped birth an entire genre.In "Induction," in the realm of Nehwon, fate brings young prince Fafhrd and apprentice magician th...

Join the renowned barbarian and thief in this sword-and-sorcery collection from a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy.Swords Against Death finds Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser beginning their real journey. Their hearts altered by the loss of first true love, they embark on a long and winding path of drunken debauchery and womanizing until crossing paths with two cross wizards, Sheelba of the Eyeless Face and Ningauble of t...