Keys to Paradise Series by Robert E. Vardeman, Daniel Moran, Daniel Moran

The Trans War is over and Giles Grimsgate has lost everything. In his grief he wanders, aimlessly searching for a reason to go on. His search ends and begins in Klepht...with a golden key; the key to the legendary Gates of Paradise and the promise of total fulfillment.There is another key and Giles must join forces with the thief Kaja and Petia, a beautiful Trans cat-woman to search for the mythical Gates... moreThe Trans War is over and Giles Grimsgate has lost everything. In his grief he wanders, aimlessly searching for a reason to go on. His search ends and begins in Klepht...with a golden key; the key to the legendary Gates of Paradise and the promise of total fulfillment.There is another key and Giles must join forces with the thief Kaja and Petia, a beautiful Trans cat-woman to search for the mythical Gates. With the keys the Gates are simple to find, but five keys are needed to gain the treasure beyond.Giles and his questionable company set off on a quest to find the third key...somewhere on the southern continent a mad sorceress plots to conquer the world and plunge it into flaming madness...there they must seek The Flame Key. less

Hidden somewhere in the dreary Adversary Mountains is the fifth and final key to Paradise. For two years, Giles Grimsmate, Keja Tchurak and Petia Darya have scoured the world and pitted their mortal strength against impossible odds. They now possess four of the keys needed to unlock the legendary Gates of Paradise. But this time, their combined strength and skill may fall short. A fallen god, demons of ice and unstoppable men of steel all stand between them and the Key of Ice and Steel.

The golden key glowed darkly, the inset gem flashing green fire. Inscribed runes spelled out a promise beyond belief. The Key To Paradise. A promise and a quest. Giles Grimsmate, world-wandering survivor of the Trans wars, had won it fairly in a game of chance. The second key - along with a goodly haul of coin - had been stolen from a rich merchant by Keja Tchurak, master thief... moreThe golden key glowed darkly, the inset gem flashing green fire. Inscribed runes spelled out a promise beyond belief. The Key To Paradise. A promise and a quest. Giles Grimsmate, world-wandering survivor of the Trans wars, had won it fairly in a game of chance. The second key - along with a goodly haul of coin - had been stolen from a rich merchant by Keja Tchurak, master thief. And when they set out for the invisible Gates of Paradise, Petia, half-cat, half-woman, tracked them with silent night-skills. Yet to enter Paradise, three keys more were needed: The Flame Key, watched over by a cave-dwelling fire sorceress. The Key of the Skeleton Lord, devil-guarded in a desert place of scorpions and snakes. The Key of Ice and Steel, fast-locked in an underground smithy, protected by a frozen demon-prowled maze. Five keys, scattered throughout a realm of supernatural happenings, strange creatures and otherworldly powers: less