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The world died during the Fall. Abandoned by the mighty Avatars and their Virtues, the people who remained were left defenseless in an untamed land. That was until the Obsidians came. Through dark sorcery and overwhelming force, the Obsidian Empire brought order to chaos, no matter the cost. Aren Bendis is a Captain in the Obsidian Army who has seen enough of what a world without Virtue looks like and is willing to do whatever it takes to establish a lasting peace.

In Bones of the Dragon, Skylan Ivorson is a sea-raider of the Vindras, an undefeated champion of the Torgun clan, and eventually the Chief of Chiefs of all Vindras clans, an honor he truly feels he deserves as one who has been blessed by Skoval, the god of war. But sometimes a blessing is a curse in disguise. Skoval and the other ancient gods are under siege from a new generation of gods who are challenging them for the powers of creation...and the only way to stop these brash interlopers lies within the mysterious and hidden Five Bones of the Vektan Dragons.

e legendary times of the Kingpriest, the Reign of Istar, and the War of the Lance. Tales of the wrath of gods, the clash of dragons, the emergence of foul villains and shining heroes. Here are collected the best short stories of the Dragonlance Tales II series. For new readers, this is your invitation to a world of wondrous adventure and fantasy, while for longtime followers of the Dragonlance saga, this is a collector's edition of indispensable stories.This volume includes an exciting fast-play adventure by Tracy Hickman set in the world of Dragonlance.

For fans of Dragons of Summer Flame, this is a new short-story collection, featuring the brave heroes, dark villains, differing races, and all varieties of dragons of one of the most popular fantasy worlds - Krynn. Edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, this volume highlights familiar and beloved characters (and creatures), filling in some intriguing gaps of lost Dragonlance history.

Across the ages roams an immortal troupe of actors, gifted with fantastical powers and led by a mysterious artiste with a penchant for meddling. Wherever they roam, they encounter magic and monsters and evil that requires taming.This is the first anthology based on characters from the extraordinary novella The Travelling Players of Gilean, by Margaret Weis and Aron Eisenberg, which was featured in The Best of Tales, Volume One.

Die Rückkehr einer Legende! Der Fantasy-Klassiker Die Chronik der Drachenlanze überarbeitet und endlich wieder lieferbar. In der Festung Pax Tarkas konnten die Helden der Drachenlanze einen ersten Sieg feiern. Doch die geflügelten Armeen der dunklen Göttin Takhisis sind übermächtig. Da erfahren die Gefährten von der Kugel der Drachen, mit der es vielleicht möglich ist, die Kontrolle der Göttin über die Drachen zu brechen. Doch die Helden treffen auch alte Freunde wieder – die inzwischen zu mächtigen Feinden geworden sind.

My Peculiar Family is an anthology of Gothic horror and unusual stories like none ever published before! Combining New York Times best-selling authors (Christopher Golden, Tracy Hickman), Amazon best-selling authors (William Meikle, Derrick Belanger, Rob Watts), award-winning authors (James A. Moore, Stacey Longo), and emerging talents, this anthology unites these authors, who have sold millions and million books between them, to come together for a common cause.

Determined to seek his fortune, Percival Taylor leaves behind his sleepy hometown and sets out to become a legendary pirate - only no one at the roguish seaport of Blackshore will allow him anywhere near a ship! Percival must find other means to win the heart of the beautiful Tuppence Magrathia-Paddock, who has mistaken him for a pirate rogue out of one of her romantic tales. She is entirely willing to swoon into his arms if he can prove his buccaneer soul - and she is willing to arrange her own kidnapping to prove it.

When a traveling bard stumbles into a dragon's den, he is forced to tell stories or end up being eaten. Eventually running out of tales to share, he makes a deal: for his freedom, he will return with new sagas of adventure, romance, and bravery. Tales of the Dragon's Bard is the story of one man's quest to collect the most exciting stories he possibly can, and Eventide is the first town he encounters. With wish-women, gnomes, a centaur farmer, a resident Gossip Fairy, and a blacksmith dwarf, those living in Eventide have enough going on to keep the Dragon's Bard busy .

Podiobooks.com in association with Dragonhearth Productions, presents New York Times Best Selling Author Tracy Hickman's cautionary tale... The Immortals.The future story of United States Internment Camps ... of the dreams of the pre-deceased ... and of triumph beyond oblivion.It's 2020, and an attempted cure for AIDS has mutated into a deadlier disease, V-CIDS. The U.S., under martial law, has set up "quarantine centers" in the Southwest. Searching for his gay son, Jon, media mogul Michael Barris smuggles himself into one of centers only to discover that it and the other centers are actually ...

Die Rückkehr einer Legende! Der Fantasy-Klassiker Die Chronik der Drachenlanze überarbeitet und endlich wieder lieferbar. Die Drachenarmeen der dunklen Göttin Takhisis schreiten unaufhaltsam voran, während das Bündnis der Verteidiger aus Elfen, Zwergen und Menschen an ihren eigenen Streitigkeiten zerbricht. Kurz bevor die Könige trotz der Bedrohung durch die Drachen einander den Krieg erklären können, betritt der Schmied Theros Eisenfeld die Ratshalle. In seinen Händen hält er die Waffe, die ihnen doch noch den Sieg über Takhisis bringen könnte: die wiedergeschmiedete Drachenlanze!

"Die Chronik der Drachenlanze" gehört ohne Zweifel zu den größten Klassikern der Fantasy-Literatur. Der Halbelf Tanis, der die Elfenprinzessin Laurana liebt, und sein Freund, der bärbeißige Zwerg Flint Feuerstein; Tolpan, der Kender, der ständig Dinge findet, die eigentlich anderen gehören; der so auf die Ehre bedachte Ritter Sturm Feuerklinge; der Krieger Caramon und Raistlin, der Zauberer – Brüder, wie sie unterschiedlicher kaum sein können; und die Barbarin Goldmond, die das Mittel zur Rettung der Welt besitzt, sowie ihr Gefährte Flußwind. Sie sind die Helden der Drachenlanze!