Five brothers. One throne. And a humble boatman.The unexpected death of Prince Mukkuen’s eldest brother, the king of Sra, sends the entire country into tumult when Mukkuen’s vicious second brother kills the young heir and seizes the throne for himself. Mukkuen and third brother Pieh flee, fearing for their lives; youngest brother Khesjit stays behind, pretending to swear loyalty to the usurper.As the fourth son, Mukkuen has never been a particularly ambitious man, and soon ...

In snowbound Ruxalia, northern kingdom of ravens and pegasi, a cult seeks to beget the Eternal Winter of prophecy.Neris, a resistance leader from the south, ventures into the frozen wastelands to recruit an old friend to her cause. But when neither idealism nor sentiment prove enough to persuade the remorseless killer-for-hire he has since become, she must resort to more drastic methods — methods that inadvertently entangle her in the affairs of a land not her own.Meanwhile...

As a child, Ashne swore two oaths. With her adopted sister Zsaran she made a pact: one would never die without the other. To their mistress, the queen, who plucked them both out of the inhospitable marshlands, she vowed eternal loyalty.When a tiger spirit from a rival kingdom kidnaps the queen's only daughter, Ashne, now a trusted bodyguard, follows in pursuit despite knowing that her sword will be of little use against the ancient magic steadily reawakening across the land. But it...

A well-respected witch investigates the death of her former apprentice and lover, by now a famous warlock in his own right... And in the process, rediscovers her own humanity. A short novella/long short story.

Once upon a time, a cat fell in love with an ambitious man. A short story.

A Tor.Com Original short story set in the world of Peter Orullian's Vault of Heaven seriesLayosah has lost five sons and her husband to her kingdom's endless wars; all she has left is an infant daughter and a dangerous idea.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

War threatens the peaceful land of Chiril… can one painter-turned-reluctant-swordsman really help?With an invasion of her country imminent, Tipper Schope is drawn into a mission to keep three important statues from falling into the enemy’s clutches. Her friend, the artist Bealomondore, helps her execute the plan, and along the way he learns to brandish a sword rather than a paintbrush.As odd disappearances and a rash of volatile behavior sweep Chiril, no on...

If death is the only true peace, then there can be only one true peacemaker… the Terror.In the land of Imphallion, one legend is remembered with horror—the Terror of the East. Twice his shadow has fallen across the land. First to conquer it. Then to save it. Both times he brought blood and death as his companions. And both times, he faded into bleak memory…Years later, memories are all Corvis Rebaine has left. The most painful of which is the memory of his beloved wife and ...

Ethshar and the Northern Empire have been at war for hundreds of years. No one remembers why anymore, or over what. No one dreams it could ever end until a wizard creates a sword that makes its user unbeatable...The Misenchanted Sword is the first novel in the Ethshar series, and remains the most popular.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance, Book Two of the Stormlight Archive, continues the immersive fantasy epic that The Way of Kings began.Expected by his enemies to die the miserable death of a military slave, Kaladin survived to be given command of the royal bodyguards, a controversial first for a low-status "darkeyes." Now he must protect the king and Dalinar from every common peril as well as ...

Weredragons, men call them. Monsters. Cursed ones. People who can turn into beastly reptiles.In an ancient world just rising from darkness, they are everywhere. Some wander the plains with clans of mammoth hunters. Others are born in riverside huts. Some live across the ocean where seafaring tribes are discovering the secrets of bronze and writing in clay. Everywhere their curse is the same--people who can grow wings, breathe fire, and take flight as dragons.And everywhere,...

A Jayne Ann Krentz Classic.Legends can be dangerous, just ask Sariana Dayne. She sets out to hire one and wakes up married to him. It’s a marriage of infuriating inconvenience as far as Sariana is concerned.Gryph Chassyn stirs all her senses but he’s one of the mysterious mercenaries known as Shields. Sensible women do not marry such men. But for Gryph, marrying Sariana is a matter of honor, passion and survival. He needs her in ways she cannot even imagine.Before S...