Hidden pasts. Secrets untold. Legends half-remembered. Fifteen fantasy writers gather to bring fifteen tales to life, each one a unique glimpse into a wholly original world.On the Emerald Road, a dead Sage triggers a brutal trial beneath the forest floor. There, a young man must fight—and kill—both friends and enemies to become the next wielder of the fabled Emerald Blade.In Midgard, a priestess of humble birth forges a strange bond with an ancient being as...

"Love the writing, characters and story." --Kevin AndersonThe complete series.Deep under the City of Glass in the frozen southern land, an age-old machine called the Heart radiates a power which locals call icefire. Most citizens are immune to it, but a few, always born with physical disabilities, can bend it to their will.For fifty years, the ruling Eagle Knights, who fly on the back of giant birds, have killed these Imperfects, fearing the return ...

Combined for the first time in one volume are the first three books of the internationally bestselling FROSTBORN saga - FROSTBORN: THE GRAY KNIGHT, FROSTBORN: THE EIGHTFOLD KNIFE, FROSTBORN: THE UNDYING WIZARD, and the prequel novel FROSTBORN: THE FIRST QUEST.RIDMARK ARBAN was once a Swordbearer, a knight of renown. Now he is a branded outcast, stripped of his sword, and despised as a traitor.But he alone sees the danger to come, and undertakes the dangerous quest to stop t...

Ridmark Arban is the Gray Knight, leading the war against the malevolent Frostborn.After a year of battle, the war has ground to a bloody stalemate. Unless Ridmark can find new allies, the Frostborn will win through slow attrition.But the shadow of the Frostborn has fallen over all lands, and Ridmark might not live long enough to find new allies...

Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, the defender of the realm of Andomhaim.The realm is at peace after a long and terrible war, but dark powers threaten other lands.And when a mad elven wizard comes to the High King's court, Ridmark finds himself fighting not only for his own life, but for the lives of his family.For the quest of the Seven Swords has begun...

The end of the quest is at hand.RIDMARK ARBAN has sought to stop the return of the evil Frostborn. Now the malignant wizard Shadowbearer is ready to summon the Frostborn once more. Unless Ridmark stops him, Shadowbearer shall cover the world in killing ice.SHADOWBEARER has spent a hundred thousand years preparing for the end of the world, and his victory is at hand.No mere mortal shall stop him.

RIDMARK ARBAN is the Gray Knight, exiled and outcast, seeking to stop the return of the dreaded Frostborn. At last he has come to the perilous ruins of Khald Azalar, where the answer to his quest awaits.Assuming the master of Khald Azalar does not kill him first.MORIGNA was the Witch of the Hills. Now the dark magic within Morigna threatens to devour her. Unless Morigna can tame the power, it will transform her into everything she has always hated.MARA's father was ...

RIDMARK ARBAN is the Gray Knight. Outcast and exile, he seeks to stop the return of the terrible Frostborn to the realm of Andomhaim.At last he knows how the Frostborn shall return. A weapon of great magical power waits in a ruined dwarven city, a weapon with the power to stop the return of the Frostborn.Assuming the ruined city's guardians do not kill Ridmark first...

Caina Amalas has found the lost relics of Iramis, but with the relics comes deadly peril.For Grand Master Callatas is ready to work his terrible Apotheosis, and all he needs to unleash the dark power of the nagataaru is the Staff and the Seal of Iramis…once he takes them from Caina’s dead hands.Yet if Caina and Callatas do not work together, they are doomed.For the last of the fearsome Great Necromancers, Kharnaces the Heretic, laid his sinister trap long ago, and i...

Combined for the first time in one volume, here are the first three books in the internationally bestselling CLOAK GAMES series - CLOAK GAMES: THIEF TRAP, CLOAK GAMES: FROST FEVER, and CLOAK GAMES: REBEL FIST, and the bonus short story WRAITH WOLF.The High Queen of the Elves has conquered Earth, but I don't care about that.I don't care about the High Queen, or the Rebels seeking to overthrow her. All I care about is getting my baby brother the treatments he needs to recover...

The Apotheosis has come at last, and it will shatter the world.CAINA is trapped in the ruins of an ancient necromancer's tomb. Unless she escapes the lethal trap, there will be no one to stop Grand Master Callatas from unleashing the Apotheosis.KYLON is desperate to save Caina's life. The deadly Red Huntress is coming for Caina, and only by the sacrifice of his own life can Kylon save Caina from the Huntress's blade.Or the Red Huntress might simply kill them both.

I'm an illegal wizard, an expert thief, and an occasional killer.So robbing the mansion of the Elven noble Lord Castomyr should prove no challenge at all.Except another thief has an eye on Lord Castomyr's treasures, a thief with magical abilities I don't understand.And unless I outwit this master thief, I'll be the one left holding the bag...and among the Elves, the punishment for theft is death.