In this exciting collection of noblebright fantasy, fresh new fantasy voices and award-winning authors explore grief and hope, sacrifice and heroism. Rediscover the best aspect of classic fantasy - the noblebright ideals that made heroes heroic, even when the world grew dark around them.Thieves, dragons, nightmares, fairy warriors, pookas, enchanted bear-men, and other magical creatures will delight you in these unique tales of possibility, courage, and hope.This anthology ...

What's a computer geek to do? This ain't no MMORPG!Arthur Bible, computer programmer and routine geek, had a normal life. But when his best pal Galen's ex-girlfriend drops in from another dimension and shatters a simple after-work dinner with bullets, fists, and bodies flying in epic Hollywood proportions . . . well, life stopped being quite so normal.It turns out that his pal has a past undreamed of. He has the ability to 'fold' physical laws from one dimension to the next...

Drill Sergeant Rachel Doss thought her army life and career was pretty exciting, but the excitement had barely begun. One of her soldiers—Mark Windle—turns out to have an extraordinary past involving a parallel dimension. After a freak accident, he draws thirteen Texan citizens—including Rachel—into an alien wilderness with no way home.The thirteen refugees include Cindy, a teenage girl with an abusive past and her young sister Charlie; Jamal, a quiet nerd with a streak of genius, ...

An exclusive Nora Roberts short story.Allena has always struggled to get her life on track. And, true to form, on a trip to Ireland she is distracted by a beautiful ancient pendant and a strange storm leaves her stranded on a distant island.Allena is forced to take shelter with her rescuer: the rugged and surly Conal. But Conal is horrified to see Allena wearing the pendant - a sign that fate is catching up with him. He fights it at every turn, but the enchanting Allena alt...

After a brief interlude in the afterlife, Harry Dresden’s new job makes him wonder if death was really all that bad in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Harry Dresden is no longer Chicago’s only professional wizard. Now, he’s Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. Her word is his command. And her first command is the seemingly impossible: kill an immortal. Worse still, there is a growing threat to an unfathomable source o...

A new novella from New York Times**,** USA TODAY **and internationally bestselling author Julie Kagawa in the Iron Fey series.A Midsummer’s Nightmare?**Robin Goodfellow. Puck. Summer Court prankster, King Oberon’s right hand, bane of many a faery queen’s existence, and secret friend to Prince Ash of the Winter Court. Until one girl’s death came between them, and another girl stole both their hearts.

You can't keep a good wizard down - even when he wants to stay that way.For years, Harry Dresden has been Chicago's only professional wizard, but a bargain made in desperation with the Queen of Air and Darkness has forced him into a new job: professional killer.Mab, the mother of wicked faeries, has restored the mostly-dead wizard to health, and dispatches him upon his first mission - to bring death to an immortal. Even as he grapples with the impossible task, Dresden learns...

In an underground club, a high-ranking public official spends his secret nights indulging in fantasies as exciting as they are depraved. For a seductive employee of the Dungeon, it's her job to fulfill them. But she's playing a far more dangerous game - one of blackmail, politics and murder that reaches into the shadow world of the GhostWalkers, and the creation of a spectacular, one-of-a-kind new weapon of defense.But when a dictator makes his own catastrophic moves, the GhostWalk...

The end is over. The beginning is near. A civilized woman is about to meet a tribe who see her as food. In this battle for survival, will she be the winner or the dinner?A hundred years after radiation spewed across the planet, the life on Earth is heading for extinction. And one woman is determined to stop it. This prodigal daughter leaves the safety of her home to unite the tribes of man. But the allies she finds will use her for their own selfish desires:A raider will figh...

View our feature on Kasey Mackenzie’s Red Hot Fury.Introducing a sizzling new urban fantasy series featuring Marissa Holloway, an immortal Fury who doesn't just get mad...she gets even.As a Fury, Marissa Holloway belongs to an Arcane race that has avenged wrongdoing since time immemorial. As Boston's chief magical investigator for the past five years, she's doing what she was born to do: solve supernatural crimes.But Riss's...

"The Desecrator" is an original short story from the Draegaran Empire, by bestselling author Stephen Brust. This is a tale of the Hawklord Daymar, and of a particular Morganti blade. Vlad Taltos fans will enjoy new insight into Stephen Brust's fantasy series.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

An eBook exclusive novella from Julie Kagawa's amazing Iron Fey series!A Midsummer's Nightmare…?Robin Goodfellow.Puck.Summer Court prankster, King Oberon's right hand, bane of many a faery queen's existence – and secret friend to Prince Ash of the Winter Court.Until one girl's death came between them, and another girl stole both their hearts…Now Ash has granted one favor too many and someone's come to collect, forcing the pri...