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Heroes of Issalia: Rogues and Runes Edition by Jeffrey L. Kohanek
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe return of a long lost magic. A desperate quest for a lost relic. The final battle to save humanity from extinction.This boxed set includes:______________________________________The Buried Symbol: Runes of Issalia, Book 1The Emblem Throne: Runes of Issalia, Book 2An Empire in Runes: Runes of Issalia, Book 3Rogue Legacy: Origins of Issalia, Book 0... -
![The Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny]()
The Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsAmber, the one real world of which all others – including our own Earth – are but Shadows...For untold millennia, the cosmic Pattern sustained order in Amber and all the known worlds. But now the forces of Chaos have succeeded in disrupting the Pattern, unleashing destructive forces beyond measure... forces meant to reshape the universe... -
![The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny]()
The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe fourth in the Amber series reveals two surprising answers… Family blood has been spilled on the Pattern that created Amber, throwing the entire kingdom in chaos. In a desperate effort to save themselves, the princes and princesses of Amber—led by Lord Corwin—search for answers... -
![Madouc by Jack Vance]()
Madouc by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe World Fantasy Award-winning third volume of the LYONESSE trilogy brings attention to the faerie changeling Madouc. Where princess Suldrun once meekly endured the proprieties of Castle Haidion, Madouc defends herself with rotten fruit... -
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![The Green Pearl by Jack Vance]()
The Green Pearl by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLyonesse is one of the Elder Isles mentioned in Celtic and Breton legends as Ily Brasil and Ys, and as Avalon in Arthurian legends. This is the sequel to "Suldrun's Garden"... -
![All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey]()
All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsFor generations, the dragonriders had dedicated their lives to fighting Thread, the dreaded spores that periodically rained from the sky to ravage the land. On the backs of their magnificent telepathic dragons they flew to flame the deadly stuff out of the air before it could reach the planet's surface... -
![The River Wall by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron]()
The River Wall by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the Valley of the Mists, Rikardon and Tarani have discovered an ancient truth that will alter the destiny of Gandalara forever. But, an evil lord has enslaved the land through the mystic force of the sacred stoned called the Ra'ira. Outlawed and hunted, Rikardon and Tarani stage a daring and desperate raid to shatter his death-grip of fear... -
![Hyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith]()
Hyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScience Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy... -
![Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner]()
Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMidnight Sun is the companion volume to Gods in Darkness, and collects all of the Kane short stories and poetry. The Complete Stories of Kane... -
![Gods in Darkness: The Complete Novels of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner]()
Gods in Darkness: The Complete Novels of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKane An immortal, cursed to wander the Earth until he is destroyed by the violence that he himself has created. A warrior and statesman: As comfortable in the shadowy halls of courtly intrigue as he is on the bloody battlefields where those intrigue's inevitably play themselves out... -
![Cephrael's Hand by Melissa McPhail]()
Cephrael's Hand by Melissa McPhail
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 26 ratings“All things are composed of patterns...” And within the pattern of the realm of Alorin, three strands must cross:In Alorin...three hundred years after the genocidal Adept Wars, the realm is dying, and the blessed Adept race dies with it... -
![The Seventh Gate by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman]()
The Seventh Gate by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe Seventh Gate is the thrilling conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. In this tale of treachery, power, and heroism, Alfred, Haplo, and Marit embark on a journey of death and discovery as they seek to enter the dreaded Seventh Gate... -
![The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard]()
The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWritten in the 1930s as a serial for Weird Tales, the famous pulp magazine, Hour of the Dragon is the only novel by Howard featuring his greatest creation, Conan the barbarian. This powerful novel of violent adventure has spawned many imitations in the genre over the years, including a series of best-selling paperbacks which, in imitation of Howard, continued the adventures of Conan... -
![Conan the Destroyer by Robert E. Howard]()
Conan the Destroyer by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first in a new series of Conan reprints! Conan the Barbarian is one of the most famed figures in fantasy fiction. With the success of the new film starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman, the time is right to revisit Robert E. Howard's classic stories... -
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![The Glass of Dyskornis by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron]()
The Glass of Dyskornis by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe authors of The Steel of Raithskar continue the Gandalara Cycle. “This whole series is a kind of literary comfort food . . . to sink into and enjoy.”—SFF ChroniclesRicardo Carillo wakes after a meteor explosion in a new body—and in a strange land of desert and danger named Gandalara, where a stolen gem holds the power to control or destroy... -
![The Well of Darkness by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron]()
The Well of Darkness by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBearing the Ra'ira, Raithskar's most sacred gem, Rikardon and Tarani flee a ruthless enemy across the burning deserts of Gandalara. Protected by the swordsman's mighty warcat Keeshah, and the mystic bird called Lonna, who obeys the illusionist's commands, the two discover the smoldering passion they have long denied...Categorized as:
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The Steel of Raithskar by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the fireball hit the cruise ship, Richard Carillo was already on his way out - a terminally ill language professor. He regained consciousness as a well man in the desert... only it wasn't a desert on Earth, and he was a man only because he was still male... -
![The Tower of the Elephant (Conan, #3) (Weird Tales) by Robert E. Howard]()
The Tower of the Elephant (Conan, #3) (Weird Tales) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConan infiltrates a perilous tower in the City of Thieves in order to steal a fabled gem from an evil sorcerer. A classic of Conan lore, often cited as one of Howard's best tales... -
![Conan of Cimmeria by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp]()
Conan of Cimmeria by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsContents:9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in 15 · The Curse of the Monolith [“Conan and the Cenotaph”] · L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter · ss Worlds of Fantasy #1 ’68 33 · The Bloodstained God · L. Sprague de Camp & Robert E. Howard · nv Tales of Conan, Gnome, 1955 53 · The Frost-Giant’s Daughter [revised from “Gods of the North”, The Fantasy Fan, Mar ’34] · Robert E... -
![Conan: People of the Black Circle (The People Of the Black Circle; The Devil In Iron; A Witch Shall Be Born; Jewels of Gwahlur) by Robert E. Howard]()
Conan: People of the Black Circle (The People Of the Black Circle; The Devil In Iron; A Witch Shall Be Born; Jewels of Gwahlur) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Phoenix on the Sword is the first volume of stories about Conan The Barbarian, perhaps Robert E. Howard's most famous creation, presenting it as it was originally written and appeared in the pulp magazine Weird Tales meticulously produced to the original magazine texts... -
![Elric: Song of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock]()
Elric: Song of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe founders of modern literary fancy deserve their own place in the light. The Borealis Legends line is a tribute to the creators of the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres as we know them today... -
![Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber]()
Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFahrd and the Gray Mouser, master swordsmen, are determined to climb to the summit of Stardock, a dangerously steep mountain, in search of treasure... -
![Conan the Warrior by Robert E. Howard]()
Conan the Warrior by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsContents:9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in 11 · Red Nails · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales Jul ’36 (+2) 105 · Jewels of Gwahlur · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales Mar ’35 157 · Beyond the Black River · Robert E... -
![The Best of Robert E. Howard: Crimson Shadows (Volume 1) by Robert E. Howard]()
The Best of Robert E. Howard: Crimson Shadows (Volume 1) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRobert E. Howard is one of the most famous and influential pulp authors of the twentieth century. Though largely known as the man who invented the sword-and-sorcery genre-and for his iconic hero Conan the Cimmerian-Howard also wrote horror tales, desert adventures, detective yarns, epic poetry, and more... -
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![The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber]()
The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne of them was a huge, brawny, full-bearded barbarian from the northlands of Nehwon. His name was Fafhrd, his weapon a broadsword. The other was a small, nimble man dressed all in gray. Men called him the Gray Mouser, and he carried both rapier and dirk. They were known throughout the city of Lankhmar as brawlers, cutpurses, and rogues... -
![Knight of Shadows by Roger Zelazny]()
Knight of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAlternate cover for ISBN 0380755017 / 9780380755011Melvin Corey must choose between an alliance with the Pattern of Amber or the Logrus of Chaos, in a tale of a sometimes murderous family of wizards and their alternate worlds... -
![Conan the Adventurer by Robert E. Howard]()
Conan the Adventurer by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIntroducing Conan - heroic fantasy's mightiest adventurer from the wilds of CimmeriaThief, pirate, mercenary, warrior and general, he stands invincible - even when the full forces of the supernatural are unleashed against him... -
![Conan The Freebooter by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp]()
Conan The Freebooter by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsContents:9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in 15 · Hawks Over Shem [revised by de Camp from “Hawks Over Egypt” by R.E.H. Howard’s original version was eventually published in The Road to Azrael, Bantam 1980] · nv Fantastic Universe Oct ’55 54 · Black Colossus · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales Jun ’33 99 · Shadows in the Moonlight · Robert E...Categorized as:
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![Elric: Tales of the White Wolf by Richard Gilliam, Michael Moorcock]()
Elric: Tales of the White Wolf by Richard Gilliam, Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsElric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock's doomed anithrero, has become a pivotal figure in fantasy literature since his first appearance more than thirty years ago... -
![Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard]()
Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConan the Barbarian is a name known throughout Cimmeria, Brythinia, Turan, and all the territories bordering the Vilayet Sea—as well as most countries more familiar to us in the real world. The character has become a multifaceted industry, as famous in our world today as he was in his own world during the Hyborian Age... -
![Dragonseye by Anne McCaffrey]()
Dragonseye by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn Anne McCaffrey's New York Times bestselling DRAGONSEYE, join Weyrleaders, Holders, and Craftmasters in the creation of the legendary Star Stones and the teaching ballads of Pern!It's been two-hundred years since the deadly Thread fell like rain upon Pern, devouring everything in its path... -
![Worms of the Earth by Robert E. Howard]()
Worms of the Earth by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:"Foreward" by Robert E. Howard "The Lost Race""Men of the Shadows""Kings of the Night""A Song of the Race" (poem) "Worms of the Earth"Untitled ("A gray sky arched.. -
![Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard]()
Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsConan the Barbarian is employed by one of the civilized countries to help in it's push to claim lands from the primitive Picts. The Picts are not excited about the idea however... -
![Conan the Usurper by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp]()
Conan the Usurper by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHeroic fantasy's mightiest adventurer storms his way through four thrilling tales:* The Treasure of Tranicos* Wolves Beyond the Border* The Phoenix on the Sword* The Scarlet CitadelConan, the mighty barbarian from the time before the world began, battles deadly magic, murderous demons and incredible monsters as he cuts his bloody swath through the Hyborian age... -
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![The Quest for Cush by Charles R. Saunders]()
The Quest for Cush by Charles R. Saunders
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt begins with the reunion of Imaro and his kidnapped lover Tanisha, who has been taken to the ruined City of Madness. With the help of their new found friend Pomphis, a Pygmay from the eastern forests of Nyumbani, they learn of the sorcerous forces that may have been behind the dark wizard that destroyed Imaro's youth... -
![Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories by Leigh Brackett]()
Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories by Leigh Brackett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of the best stories by one of fantasy and science fiction's most evocative writers, including Sea-Kings of Mars, which combines high adventure with a strongly romantic vision of an ancient, sea-girt Martian civilisation... -
![Moon of Skulls by Robert E. Howard, Mark Finn]()
Moon of Skulls by Robert E. Howard, Mark Finn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Moon of Skulls collects Robert E. Howard's fiction and prose published in Weird Tales Magazine from October 1929 to November 1930, plus one from Oriental Stories... -
![The Clan of the Cats by Robert Adams]()
The Clan of the Cats by Robert Adams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE HUNTERWhen Milo Morai, the Undying High Lord, and his Horseclans warriors found the tower ruins, they welcomed it as the perfect citadel from which to hold off the packs of ravenous wolves eager for their blood... -
![Darkness Weaves by Karl Edward Wagner]()
Darkness Weaves by Karl Edward Wagner
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOnce Efrel was the beautiful consort of a king. Now she is a hideous creature who lives only for revenge. She has allies to aid her, but only Kane, the Mystic Swordsman, can rally her forces for battle. Only he can deliver the vengeance she has devised in her knowledge of black magic... -
![The Bane of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock]()
The Bane of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsStormbringer is brought Home! Elric returns to Yishana, and finds peace at last. Meanwhile, at the world's rim, dragging red horror in its wake, a horde unimaginable moves on the fabled, gentle, impossible city, Tanelorn... -
![Conan the Wanderer by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp]()
Conan the Wanderer by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsContents:9 • Introduction (Conan the Wanderer) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp13 • Black Tears • [Conan Universe] • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter46 • Shadows in Zamboula • [Conan Universe] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard85 • The Devil in Iron • [Conan Universe] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard124 • The Flame Knife • [Conan Universe] • (1955) • novella by L...Categorized as:
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![Conan of Aquilonia by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter]()
Conan of Aquilonia by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMighty Conan in a fight to the death against the most dangerous fiends of the Hyborian age!Hunting the swift stag and the tusked boar in the gloomy forests of the Gunderland Marches, Conan loses his son Conn to Thoth-Amon and the supremely evil wizards of the Black Ring--and is drawn into a deadly pursuit to the very ends of the death, and a battle to the deepest levels of his endurance...Categorized as:
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![Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny]()
Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsMerlin finds himself in a marvelous bar drinking with Luke, the Cheshire Cat, and the Mad Hatter. He can’t help but feel that perhaps this isn’t . . . Normal. When the Jabberwock appears Merlin’s head clears just enough to realize that he’s caught in Luke’s LSD-inspired hallucination... -
![Conan the Avenger (Book 10) by Robert E. Howard, Björn Nyberg]()
Conan the Avenger (Book 10) by Robert E. Howard, Björn Nyberg
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"Peace had reigned in Aquilonia, but when his beloved Queen Zenobia is stolen before his very eyes, Conan, the great barbarian king, cannot rest until he saves her. And so the most stupendous hero of fantasy-adventure returns to the battlefield, matching his savage strength against the most monstrous forces of evil and doom... -
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![Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp]()
Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe hunt for a beautiful princess--and a king's treasure--brings Conan to the edge of the world, and the devil-ridden lands of the Nameless Isle. Awaiting him will be his fiercest battle: the cold steel of his sword against the hell-fed powers of the sorcerer Thoth-Ammon... -
![Shadow Kingdoms (The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard #1) by Robert E. Howard]()
Shadow Kingdoms (The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard #1) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHADOW KINGDOMS is the first volume of the Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, presenting all of Howard's work for the pulp magazine Weird Tales meticulously restored to its original magazine texts. Edited by Paul Herman. Introduction by Mark Finn. Cover by Stephen Fabian. This volume contains: Two-Gun Musketeer: Robert E... -
![Silverlock by John Myers Myers]()
Silverlock by John Myers Myers
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJoin an unlikely hero as he watches Moby-Dick sink the Pequod, dodges cannibals on Robinson Crusoe's island, raises a glass with Beowulf, and literally goes to Hell and back. This rollicking adventure begins with a shipwreck on an island where notable characters of literature, history, and folklore coexist — Hamlet and Oedipus, Don Quixote and Doctor Faustus, Becky Sharp and Daniel Boone... -
![Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures by Robert E. Howard]()
Sword Woman and Other Historical Adventures by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe immortal legacy of Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Cimmerian, continues with this latest compendium of Howard’s fiction and poetry. These adventures, set in medieval-era Europe and the Near East, are among the most gripping Howard ever wrote, full of pageantry, romance, and battle scenes worthy of Tolstoy himself... -
![The Phoenix on the Sword by Robert E. Howard]()
The Phoenix on the Sword by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRobert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond... -
![Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard]()
Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Queen of the Black Coast, Conan joins with Belit, the magnificent pirate queen, whose fathers were the kings of Askalon! There is a frightening conflict with a monster winged ape before the sorrowful passing of the Queen of the Black Coast. She who belonged to the sea; to its everlasting mystery he returned her...
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