"A fast start to what promises to be an exciting, innovative fantasy series" from the World Fantasy Award–winning author of Night's Master ( Publishers Weekly ).In the hedonistic atmosphere of an eighteenth-century Venice Carnival, gaiety turns deadly when Furian Furiano happens upon a mask of Apollo floating in the murky waters of the canals. The mask hides a sinister art, and Furian finds himse...

A haunted house and a ghostly woman are the instruments that release an ancient curse upon the forgotten city of Paradys. As a savage, unholy beast prowls the city’s streets, a young student seeks to uncover the secrets that will lead to his salvation. Lee infuses this dark tale, the second volume in the series, with a dreamlike quality that hovers, like the world in The Book of the Damned, on the border of reality.

A shapeshifter prowls England's countryside, driven by its primal killing instincts and desire for a woman, in this dark fantasy horror.World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning authorAfter committing a crime of passion, Daniel Vehmund fled his English family farm to disappear into the Far East, wracked with guilt for abandoning his mother in the wake of his violence. Then, one day in a marketplace, Daniel is mesmeriz...

In Victorian England, a servant is exposed to the sins of colonialism that haunt a wealthy family in this dark Gothic fantasyfrom an award-winning author.World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning authorIn a curio shop located in one of the darkest corners of Victorian London, young Annie Ember is gifted an ivory charm in the shape of an elephant. Its presence becomes the catalyst for the tragic events that alter her l...

In The Book of the Mad, a seductive nightmare unfolds in three parallel versions of the city—Paradis, Paradys and Paradise. Connected by a labyrinth of ice whose dangers are amplified by the will and emotion of its lunatic travelers, these cities provide the stage for a drama of mythical proportions, setting up a darkly dazzling finish to The Secret Books of Paradys.

THE WEIRD TALES OF TANITH LEE - Tanith Lee"A story by Tanith Lee unveils a voice alone, a true Scheherazade, someone with a distinctive vision of the world and who explored that world, or those worlds to be accurate, with a highly perceptive and mindful set of eyes."From the introduction, 'An Awareness of Worlds', by Mike AshleyThis anthology of twenty-eight tales comprises all the short stories by Tanith Lee that were published in the semi...

In this first volume of The Secret Books of Paradys, Lee begins the search for a demonic creature seemingly impervious to sword, conjuring, or prayer. Readers won’t want to miss number two in the series, The Book of the Beast.

'Storytelling at its best and fantasy in its purest and strongest essence ... an artistic masterpiece' SF SiteHere is a world where demons and gods grant wonders and wreak havoc.The Upperearth, where the gods live; the Underearth, the realm of nightmarish demons; the Innerearth, the domain of the dead; and the Flat Earth itself, home of mortals.Supreme amongst all is the demon god Azhrarn, Night's Master, whose deadly whims could change the...

Tanith Lee is one of the most thought-provoking and imaginative authors of our time. In this unforgettably poignant novel, Lee has created a classic tale—a beautiful, tragic, sensual, and ultimately triumphant love story of the future.Love is made of more than mere flesh and blood. . . .For sixteen-year-old Jane, life is a mystery she despairs of ever mastering. She and her friends are the idle, pampered children of the privileged class, living in ...

This "wondrous" collection of fantasy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia A. McKillip, and others "is a treasure chest. Open it and revel in its riches" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).For this enchanting anthology—a World Fantasy Award finalist—editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling "asked their contributors to reimagine Fäerie" in the present day, or "search its more dimly lit pathways," and the authors have responded with bountiful imagination. The titl...

Bound to a near-immortal family, a woman struggles to live among them while her estranged daughter violently rejects them in this dark vampire fantasy.World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning author"We draw our personal darkness round us to keep us safe from the sun."The Scarabae family has existed for centuries. Wealthy beyond measure, they have no obligation or allegiance to anyone but themselves. ...

Reborn from her previous tragic life, an extraordinary girl is the key to the future of her family's vampiric bloodline in this Gothic dark fantasy.World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning author"The Scarabae . . . We are history. We are the truth."Ancient and near-immortal, the Scarabae have lived among humanity for centuries if not millennia. Hunted like animals, driven from their homeland, the fam...