Before her adventures begin in the acclaimed Mageworlds series, Beka Rosselin-Metadi was just trying to be a regular spacer, flying under an assumed name so she could experience life out from under the constant shadow of her famous war-hero parents. Her first shore-leave is on the avaricious asteroid of Suivi Point, where she and shipmate Ignaceu LeSoit set out to find themselves a good time. The good time finds them first, though, as Ignac' is kidnapped and Beka is dragged into a murder p...

"On Suivi Point" first appeared in Cosmic Tales: Adventures in the Far Future, T. K. F. Weisskopf, ed. Baen Books, 2005. +++ "A Death in the Working" first appeared in Murder by Magic, Rosemary Edghill, ed., Warner/Aspect, October 2004.

The Prequel to Mageworlds:First their scoutships appeared above the outplanets. Raiding parties followed, then whole armadas bent on loot and conquest. The Mages break the warfleets that oppose them. They take entire planets. Who can stop them?Not Perada Rosselin, Domina of Entibor. She's the absolute ruler of a rich world and all its colonies, but Entibor's space fleet is too small to mount a defense. And Perada herself, just back from school on distant Galcen, is almost an ...

We're part of the cover-up!Did you know that there is a secret government agency dedicated to creating conspiracy theories? It's true! It's on Facebook!But it's not in this book. Our conspiracy theories are all fiction. At least, that's what we want you to think! Certainly, we did invite fiction writers to weigh in on conspiracy theories. The result includes (of course) the Masons and dragons (David Clements), the Bavarian Illuminati (Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald) and t...

"I want you to witness something that the world has never before seen," Professor Haversham said, pouring himself another glass. "A machine like no other!"

A new adventure of Peter Crossman, special agent of the Knights Templar — a man prepared to administer last rites with one hand while wielding a flamethrower with the other. Now an ancient manuscript of peculiar power has surfaced, and Crossman's assignment is simple: Get it for the Temple at all costs. This will lead to conflict with entities secular and otherwise — and to a new encounter with Sister Mary Magdalene of the Special Action Executive of the Poor Clares. From the husband-wife ...

"In the First Year came the Plague, and in the Tenth Year the Burning, and afterwards came the Grooglemen out of the Dead Lands...."—A History of the New World From the Beginning to the Present Day, by Absolom Steerforth, Speaker of the Amity Crossroads Assembly.

Contains:Bad Blood (short story)Nobody Has to KnowUp the Airy MountainEcdysisPhilologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita

"So cool! Sort of like if the Pope and Aleister Crowley had written James Bond."-- Rosemary EdghillContains:"Stealing God"The Holy Grail has vanished and it's up to Peter Crossman to get it back."Selling the Devil"A headless corpse, a holy sword, and a missing girl; Peter Crossman has until dawn to find the common link."Sleeping Kings"The Spear of Destiny was supposed to be safely hidden. Why do a bunch of cultists think they have ...

Hunters' Moon is the second volume in the Val Sherwood/Bad Blood series by best-selling and award-winning authors Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald. Val faces the twin horrors of a master vampire and high-school dating as she explores the world of lycanthropy.

Doyle and Macdonald are the authors of the Mageworlds series, the Circle of Magic series, and the Bad Blood series.Stories in this collection include:"Witch Garden" :: Something odd's in Henry Thatcher's garden."Nobody Has To Know" :: It's easy to be a vampire. And nobody has to know."Now and in the Hour of our Death" :: An alternate Kennedy."Why They Call It That" :: A swashbuckling editor story."Please To See the King" :: True destiny or true d...

The third book in the Bad Blood young-adult horror series by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald. Doyle and Macdonald are winners of the Mythopoeic Society Aslan Award for Young Adult Literature. They have published over thirty fantasy, science fiction, and horror novels for children, teens, and adults.