Great Fantasy

Ever since Unicorn moved into the neighborhood, Goat has been feeling out of sorts. Goat thought his bike was cool--until he saw that Unicorn could "fly" to school! Goat made marshmallow squares that almost came out right, but Unicorn made it rain cupcakes! Unicorn is such a show-off, how can Goat compete? When Goat and Unicorn share a piece of pizza, Goat learns that being a unicorn might not be all it's cracked up to be. And when Unicorn shows his admiration for Goat, it looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

the end of The Winter King Arthur fought the battle that forces unity on the warring British kingdoms and now he sets out to face the real enemy—the English (it is one of the great ironies of the Arthur stories that he should have become an English hero when, if he existed at all, he was a great war-leader who opposed the invading Sais). First, though, Merlin leads a perilous expedition into the mysterious west to retrieve a cauldron, one of the treasures of Britain.

A quiet flame can hold back the dark. In the gentle land of Eldertide, where hobbit-like halflings till gardens and sing songs by firelight, evil has begun to stir once more. But salvation won’t come from kings or wizards… It begins with Thistle of Willowdale, a humble halfling girl who’s never strayed beyond her garden gate. When a wandering mage arrives bearing a secret relic and a warning of a forgotten Shadow, Thistle is chosen not for might—but for the quiet courage in her heart. Joined by her loyal friend Rory, she must carry a powerful token through the haunted Wilderwood, ...

Calidan Darkheart is an Imperator. The voice of the Emperor in the wild. A secretive and dangerous job, hunting down those deemed a threat to the Emperor's rule...whether monster or man. Twisted and bitter, he heads down a dark path to hunt a nightmare from his youth. This is his story.

Book synopsis You died, they had your funeral, you were buried, and now, after countless years in the grave...Yow!...you find yourself alive again!...scruffy and disoriented but alive! Where are you? Well, you're not sure but as you look around, you are among an endless line of humanity--people who have been dead for thousands of years, from prehistoric times to the modern era--all resurrected from their graves. You weren't that religious but now you are beginning to realize that Biblical Prophesy is indeed true. You are at the "final judgment"--the Great White Throne of Judgment--waiting ...

The 5th volume of Great Sci-Fi Stories includes stories by Lester Del Ray, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison, and others.

What starts with young Jim Hawkins meeting a beggar and ends in a climactic battle between him and one of the most infamous villains in literature — Long John Silver — has long been revered as the ultimate pirate adventure story. This non - dramatized classic will sweep you off to a world of sly and savvy seafarers as the young Hawkins navigates treachery, assassination and the ominous prophecy of the black spot in the greatest treasure hunt known to literature.

Through bravery, daring, and more than a little bluffing, ex-pharmaceutical salesman James Christianson has managed to make it so far as a hero in his adopted land. However, he now finds himself facing worse odds than he has in the past. Leading a small band of followers, he desperately wants to recover the Persona stones and his beloved queen. However, he has no idea how he will find either. He soon learns that his answer resides in the Great Plateau, an epic mesa that is so high it is nearly impossible to scale. Finding a way there is a great challenge. But, in comparison, it is minor to ...

It's 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma's reception there is a chilly one.

In the early years of the 20th century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey, slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time, an Indian elephant was deliberately put to death by electricity in Coney Island. These are the facts. Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and injustice crying out to be righted. Prepare yourself for a wrenching journey that crosses eras, chronicling histories of cruelty both grand and petty in search of meaning and justice.

The ancient gates of myth and legend have opened, pouring forth all manner of strange and evil creatures upon an unsuspecting earth. The kingdom of men is in for desperate times. But there is one creature more, the most mysterious of all, who was once a friend to humanity. Will the dragon come forth from wherever he now dwells and save the world yet again?

Exiled paladin Kyne and chaos-weaving healer Eileen face their deadliest challenge yet. A warning of doom leads them to the Holy Empire, where betrayal runs deep, and an invasion of goblins and other foes shatters the city’s fragile peace. Hunted by the ruthless Paladins of the Suns, they uncover a conspiracy that threatens all of Gilia. With enemies closing in and secrets unraveling, Kyne and Eileen must risk everything to stop the nightmare before it consumes them. Courage will be tested. Loyalties will break. The fight for Gilia begins.

“Brilliant, engrossing…in the vein of Indiana Jones.” Matt McAvoy, British thriller novelist “Readers of action, thrills, twists - don't miss out!” 5-Stars by Briana Miceli, Top US blogger “…like Game of Thrones turned modern day!” 5-Stars by Jodi V, Top US blogger For 6000 years, they’ve protected Eden’s mysteries. Now someone is about to commit history’s most daring theft… Queen Azura would sacrifice her life to fulfill her ancestors’ sacred mission. For thousands of years the Sentinels have safeguarded Eden and the Tree of Immortality. But one fateful night she ...

From Publishers Weekly Fans of the late Roger Zelazny's popular Amber series should flock to this workmanlike, authorized prequel, the first of a projected trilogy, by Betancourt (Infection and three other Star Trek novels). Readers familiar with the heroes Corwin and Merlin from the earlier books will soon catch on that Betancourt's protagonist, the Conan-like Oberon (aka Obere), will one day be their father. In the realm of Chaos, Obere is as handy with his sword as with his sweethearts, serving the king of an outlying world. He is innocent of the magic that rules in his universe until he...

The Great Gate Kelvin Faroe was trapped on a small farm in the town of Knob Oak, in the land of Asgard, on the planet Eden. As perilous times overtakes them, Kelvin and his girlfriend, Cody Moyer, would be thrust into an adventure of a lifetime, and they might just survive it, if their luck holds out. Join these survivors, and the Elven Maige warrior, Sabrina, as they battle the dark force, face terrifying creatures, and struggle to save two worlds. The fate of Earth and Eden hangs in the balance. He who controls the “Great Gate” controls the fate of all.

Even before Lightson could begin to understand how he mysteriously woke up in the strange land of Shreik-Daila, he finds that his life is at risk. As he runs into stranger and more dangerous places by the day, he is also supported by new and unusual friends: a dwarf, a lion-bear, a scholarly worm, and a 150-year-old teenage girl. Together they brave the deadly woods of Zakhirkoot, the one place where the writ of the tyrannical king of this realm, doesn't hold. Scuffling with death itself, the five companions seek an old merchant who might have some answers.

This audio set contains the first three thrillers in The Great Dying Series: The Last Five Days: Two fishermen caught something they weren’t expecting on Black Dog Lake. A mysterious virus with an almost supernatural way of evolving is spreading. Am I Dead?: The virus is spreading throughout the United States. It hits fast, and the effects are deadly. The survival of Judas means the end of mankind. The only people who knew the inner workings of the virus are missing and presumed dead. A Violent World: The sick wander aimlessly with a hunger that is never satisfied.

It’s 1915, twenty years after the Martian invasion chronicled in the War of the Worlds failed. The aliens left behind advanced technology and weapons, and now humanity is on the brink of a catastrophic war. Caught in the middle of the chaos are two unlikely heroes: Emil Zimmerman, a young German soldier, and James Brogan, an introverted radio engineer. Emil dreamed of escaping his small village and making his way to the big city but finds himself in the trenches fighting for an army that indiscriminately wields deadly Martian weapons.

While President Roosevelt defends the US, the British Empire rallies to repel their alien foe again, and a young Winston Churchill helps to rally international forces. Not all the world sees the Martians as a threat, though; some see them as leverage against Britain. As the military tries to come up with solutions, the international arena takes the stage.

As any fan of Jo Walton's Among Others might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic rereader of books. In 2008, then-new science fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her rereading—about all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. These posts have consistently been among the most popular features of Tor. Now this volume presents a selection of the best of them, ranging from short essays to long reassessments of some of the field's most ambitious series.