Mercedes Lackey
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The eldest daughter is often doomed in fairy tales. But Bella--Isabella Beauchamps, daughter of a wealthy merchant--vows to escape the usual pitfalls.
Anxious to avoid the traditional path, Bella dons a red cloak and ventures into the forbidden forest to consult with "Granny," the local wisewoman. But on the way home she's attacked by a wolf--who turns out to be a cursed nobleman. Secluded in his castle, Bella is torn between...
2) Joust
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Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Vetch, an Altan serf, must learn the secret of the Tian jousters and their dragons in order to save his people.
3) Sanctuary
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In gaining entry to Altan noble society, Kiron had come to learn many distressing things about who really controlled Alta. The Magi were plotting to replace the royal Great Ones and rule Alta, and had built a terrible weapon, the Eye of Light, which could kill from afar.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Acting as the "son" her father never had, Gwenhwyfar, when called upon to serve another purpose by the Ladies of the Well, bows to circumstances to become Arthur's queen--only to find herself facing temptation and treachery, intrigue and betrayal, but also love and redemption.
5) Briarheart
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Miriam's younger sister, Princess Aurora, is born, she must learn to harness her new magical powers to protect her sister and the kingdom" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
LUNA
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey
In an isolated land where the lure of the "Moontide" leads to shipwrecks, a woman is torn between obeying her father or her king. When she chooses to follow a Fool, she discovers magic she'd never expected... at a price that might be too high....
World Fantasy award winner Tanith Lee
Struggling under the curse of a dead comrade, Clirando, a warrior priestess...
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Heralds Mags and Amily must continue to protect the realm of Valdemar while raising their children and preparing them to follow in their footsteps...The oldest, Justyn, has the Gift of animal Mindspeech--he can talk to animals and persuade them to act as he wishes. Justyn's dream is to follow in his father's footsteps as a Herald Spy, but has yet to be Chosen by his horse companion... Mags proposes that Justyn join a group of traveling players and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen year old Prince Kyril and Mags and Amily's fourteen-year-old son Tory 'share' the Gift of Farsight--although neither of them are Chosen. They are self-trained, though currently, their shared Gift only allows them to see what is happening with their immediate family members. After much debate, the Herald's Collegium has decided to test and train them anyway. That's when the surprises start. They do not share a single Gift; they have two complementary...
9) Eye spy
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Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and his wife, Amily, the King's Own Herald, are happily married with three kids. Their daughter, Abidela, dreams of building on her parents' legacy by joining her father's network of spies, hoping to offset her seeming lack of a Gift. But when Abi senses the imminent collapse of a bridge only moments before it happens, she saves countless lives, including that of her best friend, Princess Katiana. The experience, though...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
417 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In the land of Five Hundred Kingdoms, Elena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella until an accident of fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince. Determined not to remain with her stepfamily, Elena gets a new job as the Fairy Godmother for the land. But breaking from tradition is no fairy tale life.
12) Into the west
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Series
Publisher
DAW Books
Language
English
Description
Baron Valdemar and his people have found a temporary haven, but it cannot hold all of them, or for long. Trouble could follow on their heels at any moment, and there are too many people for Crescent Lake to support. Those who are willing to make a further trek by barge on into the West will follow him into a wilderness depopulated by war and scarred by the terrible magics of a thousand years ago and the Mage Wars. But the wilderness is not as empty...
13) Closer to home
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Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Language
English
Description
Trained as a spy by the King's Own Herald, an orphan named Mags rises through the ranks of the Heralds' Collegium and uses his powerful Mindspeech gift to outmaneuver a royal court plot that risks his mentor and family.
14) A study in sable
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Language
English
Description
Sent by Lord Alderscroft to the bachelor's flat of a certain famous, and rather rude, detective, psychics Sarah and Nan are compelled to prove their powers to him before being asked to consult on behalf of his Elemental Masters associates, John and Mary Watson.
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Series
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English
Description
"The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince's future is assured, his twelve sisters must find their own fortunes. Disguising herself as Clarence, a sailor, Princess Clarice intends to work her way to the New World. When the crew rebels, Clarice/Clarence, an expert with rapier and dagger, sides with the handsome navigator, Dominick, and kills the cruel captain. Dominick leads the now-outlawed crew...
16) Blade of empire
Author
Series
Dragon prophecy volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
Description
They thought the war was over. They were wrong. Runacarendalur Caerthalien has been a master of battle for hundreds of years, but he found himself on the wrong side--the losing side--in the last war. Betrayed by his brother, trapped in a prophecy he does not understand, Runacar flees the battlefield.Yet Runacar is no coward. In a twist he could never have imagined, the Elven War-Prince finds himself leading a new army into battle--a force of centaurs,...
17) Intrigues
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Series
Language
English
Description
When Mags (Magpie), a thirteen-year-old orphan chosen by one of the magical Companion horses of Valdemar and taken to the capital city, she is "recognized" by foreign secret operatives whose purpose is unknown, and then comes under suspicion.
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Language
English
Description
Christmas is special for psychic Nan Killian, medium Sarah Lyon-White and their ward Suki. It is special for their friends, Doctor John Watson, and his wife Mary, both Elemental Masters, who have found great delight in the season seeing it through young Suki's eyes. But Christmas Eve is also hallowed to dark forces, powers older than mankind, powers that come awake on this, the Longest Night. Women disappear in the dark of night, women only missed...
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Series
Language
English
Description
Set in Victorian London-where magic is real and Elemental Masters control the powers of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth-the fourth novel in this best-selling series tells the story of Lord Alderscroft, Master of the British Elemental Masters Council-the most powerful Fire Master ever to lead the Council. Loosely based on The Snow Queen, The Wizard of London delves into Lord Alderscroft's youth, when he was bespelled by an evil Elemental Master who hoped...
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Language
English
Description
Herald Mags, the King of Valdemar's Herald-Spy, has been developing a network of young informants who operate on the streets and also in the halls and kitchens of the wealthy and highborn. His wife Amily is the King's Own Herald and finds it useful to be underestimated, for there are dark things stirring in the shadows of Haven. Someone has discovered many secrets of the women of the Court and the Collegia and is using those secrets to terrorize and...