Harry Connolly

When Annalise Power, a sorcerer who hunts down and executes rogue magicians, is unable to complete a mission, her driver, Ray Lilly, must take over and stop a sorcerer who is sacrificing innocent lives in exchange for power.

Child of Fire

"The city of Peradain is the heart of an empire built with steel, spears, and a monpoly on magic... until, in a single day, it falls, overthrown by a swarm of supernatural creatures of incredible power and ferocity. Neither solder nor spell caster can stand against them. Can the last Peradaini prince, pursued by the beasts that killed his parents, cross battle-torn lands to retrieve a spell that might - just might - turn the battle against this new enemy?"-- back cover

The Way Into Chaos

Jason M. Hough

Mary Robinette Kowal

Terry Brooks

Brian McClellan

Seanan McGuire

Mark Lawrence

Anthony Ryan

Brian Staveley

Jim Butcher

Michael J. Sullivan

Kristen Britain

Rachel Caine

Joe Abercrombie

John Marco

Kat Richardson

Mazarkis Williams

Delilah S. Dawson

Sam Sykes

David Anthony Durham

Peter Orullian

Tim Marquitz

Not bound, as a book. Free. The new anthology from Shawn Speakman embodies that magical idea.

Tales by Masters of Fantasy

Unbound

The expendable assistant of a powerful sorcerer, ex-car thief Ray Lilly is sent to a small town in the North Cascades to stop the wealthy from bidding on a predator capable of destroying all life on earth, but when the predator escapes, all hell breaks loose. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Game of Cages

One Cursed City. Two Dead Gods. Ten Thousand Murderers and Thieves. One Orphaned Girl. As a child, Kyrioc was groomed to be the head of one of the most powerful noble families in Koh-Salash, a city built inside the skeletons of two murdered gods. Kyrioc himself dreamed of becoming head of the High Watch, the highest political position in the land. Those dreams have turned to dust. Presumed dead after a disastrous overseas quest, Kyrioc now lives in a downcity slum under a false name, hiding behind the bars of a pawnshop window. Riliska, a nine-year-old pickpocket who sells stolen trinkets to his shop, is the closest thing he has to a friend. When a criminal gang kills Riliska's mother and kidnaps the little girl, Kyrioc goes hunting for her. He doesn't care about the forbidden magic the gangs are fighting over--the severed ear of a glitterkind, a creature whose flesh contains astonishing healing powers. He doesn't care about the bloody, escalating gang violence. He doesn't care about the schemes of power-hungry nobles. In a raging city on the verge of civil war, Kyrioc only wants to save his friend. He will risk anything for her, even awakening the powers that murdered the gods so long ago.

A City of Fallen Gods Novel

One Man

BOOK THREE OF THE GREAT WAY: What was once the Peradaini Empire is now a wasted landscape of burned, empty cities and abandoned farmlands. The Blessing, now more numerous than ever, continues to spread across the continent, driving refugees to the dubious safety of the city walls. Unharvested crops mean that few strongholds have enough provisions to last the winter, although most know the grunts will take them before starvation will.But hope survives. A piece of stolen magic just might halt the spread of The Blessing if Tejohn and Cazia can find a scholar with the skill to recreate the spell. If such a person still lives.Unfortunately, they are nearly out of time. The few remaining human enclaves are isolated and under siege. Worse, The Blessing has spread to other sentient creatures. If Cazia and Tejohn are going to strike back at their monstrous enemy, they can not delay.And there's another, deeper question left unaddressed: where did The Blessing come from, and why have they invaded Kal-Maddum?The Way Into Darkness is the final book in The Great Way, wrapping up the story begun in The Way Into Chaos and continued in The Way Into Magic.

The Way Into Darkness

Called back to his old stomping grounds in Los Angeles, former car thief Ray Lilly, who is now the grunt of a sorcerer responsible for destroying extradimensional predators, finds himself in way over his head as his former associates fall victim to a mysterious spell. Original.

A Twenty Palaces Novel

Circle of Enemies

Chuck Wendig

Laura Anne Gilman

Matt Forbeck

Monica Valentinelli

Stephen Blackmoore

Rich Dansky

Down a lonely alleyway, under a starless sky, lies a city that never was, yet is: the Mad City, where nightmares walk the streets, and a good night's sleep can get you killed. Here, then, is a book from that place.Within these recovered pages are the tales of the Awake, insomniacs who've walked those perilous streets, bringing a bit of the power of dream with them to fight back the night - always at a terrible cost. For many, it will not end well. For a few, they might just become heroes - or at least find their way back home. For you, a choice. Turn away. Don't read this book. And maybe you'll continue to rest easy. Or open the cover and enter a world unlike any you've ever dared to imagine! Don't Read This Book introduces 13 forbidden tales from the Mad City and the world of the Don't Rest Your Head RPG.

13 Forbidden Tales from the Mad City

Don't Read This Book

CHILD OF FIRE : GAME OF CHANGES : CIRCLE OF ENEMIES.

The wooden man

Lucy A. Snyder

Lara Adrian

Stacia Kane

Kelly Meding

Glimpse of Darkness (Short Story)

A Key, An Egg, An Unfortunate Remark

Shawn Speakman

Not bound, as a book. Free.Like Unfettered before it, the contributing writers of Unbound were allowed to submit the tales they wished fans of genre to read--without the constraints of a shackling theme. The result is magical. Twenty-three all-original stories are sure to captivate you--some will move you to tears while others will keep you turning the pages long into the night. The power of Unbound lies in its variety of tales and the voices behind them. If you are a fan of discovering new writers or reading the works of beloved authors, Unbound is for you.Return to Landover with Terry Brooks. Go to trial with Harry Dresden and Jim Butcher. Enter the Citadel and become remade with Rachel Caine. Survive a plague with John Marco and his robot companion Echo. Be painted among the stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. These tales and the others that comprise the anthology are only bound by how enchanting and enthralling they are.Unbound is filled with spectacularly wonderful stories, each one as diverse as its creator. You will be changed upon finishing it.And that is the point.

Sie kämpfen für ihre Heimat – doch es geht längst um das Überleben der Menschheit Die magischen Bestien, die das Imperium von Peredain überrennen, scheinen unaufhaltbar. Und nun ist auch noch Prinz Lar dem Fluch erlegen und hat sich ebenfalls in eine Bestie verwandelt wie schon so viele andere vor ihm. Nur Tejohn und Cazia wissen von seinem Plan, eine uralte Magie wiederzuerwecken und so das Blatt im Krieg gegen die Untiere zu wenden. Tejohn ist schwer verletzt, und Cazia wurde ihre Magie entrissen. Doch beide setzen alles daran, den Kampf um das Bestehen des Imperiums voranzutreiben – und verlieren dabei ihr eigentliches Ziel aus den Augen ...

Roman

Die Saat der Schatten

A MYSTERIOUS KILLING After years of waging a secret war against the supernatural, Marley Jacobs put away her wooden stakes and silver bullets, then turned her back on violence. She declared Seattle, her city, a safe zone for everyone, living and undead. There would be no more preternatural murder under her watch. But waging peace can make as many enemies as waging war, and when Marley's nephew turns up dead in circumstances suspiciously like a vampire feeding, she must look into it. Is there a new arrival in town? Is someone trying to destroy her fragile truce? Or was her nephew murdered because he was, quite frankly, a complete tool? As Marley investigates her nephew's death, she discovers he had been secretly dabbling in the supernatural himself. What, exactly, had he been up to, and who had he been doing it with? More importantly, does it threaten the peace she has worked so hard to create? (Spoiler: yeah, it absolutely does.)

A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark

Ray Lilly has been summoned to the headquarters of the Twenty Palace Society to answer one question: How has he managed to survive mission after mission fighting alongside his boss, Annalise? He doesn't have the power of a full peer of the society. He's a wooden man. An assistant. A diversion. The other peers want to know what's going on, so it's off to Europe for a trip to the First Palace. And no place in the world is safer than inside the headquarters of the Twenty Palace Society, right?Right?

The Twisted Path, a Twenty Palaces Novella

When Ray Lilly was 13 years old, a handgun accident landed his best friend, Jon Burrows, in a wheelchair and turned Ray into a runaway and petty criminal. Fifteen years later, Ray returns home after a stint in prison; he’s determined to go straight, but he knows he can’t do that without making peace with his old friend. What Ray doesn’t expect is to discover that Jon has just received a mysterious cure–not only is he out of his wheelchair, he seems stronger and faster than… well, pretty much anyone. Worse, his cure has drawn the attention of all sorts of powerful people: the media are camped out on his block, the police are investigating him for insurance fraud, and weird shadowy figures have begun to draw closer, figures who clearly do not mean to do Jon any good. Can Ray atone for the biggest mistake of his life by protecting his oldest friend? And what terrible price will the world have to pay if he succeeds?

A Prequel

Twenty Palaces

Das Imperium von Peredain besteht nicht mehr. Was rasende Bestien nicht vernichtet haben, ist durch den Verrat und die Intrigen der Fürsten und benachbarten Reiche zerfallen. Doch Prinz Lar, gefangen im Körper eines Monsters, hat das eigentliche Ziel seines Kampfes nicht aus den Augen verloren: die Rettung der Menschheit. Doch dafür muss er den Strahlenden Weg beschreiten und so dem sicheren Tod gegenübertreten. All seine Hoffnung ruht nun auf seinen Freunden ...

Die Quelle der Schatten

This short fiction collection from PW Best of the Year author Harry Connolly combines reprints from magazines and anthologies along with new, previously unpublished fiction, including the TWENTY PALACES novelette “The Hand Made Mask.”

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