Yelena, able to capture and release souls, is awaiting word of her fate from the Council when she learns of a planned uprising against her homeland by a past enemy, and sets out--with hopes of reuniting her beloved--to prove herself and save the land she loves.

A young apprentice wizard saves the wizard's training hall by trusting and believing in himself.

While visiting relatives in Scotland, three children come to the aid of a refugee from the distant past, a young Pict girl escaping a massacre of her people.

When Gavin Guile--high priest and emperor, the most powerful man in the world known to all as the Prism--discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser go on a witch's quest for a dubious treasure in the icy northern regions and fight various foes before returning to Nehwon, where their friendship is tested and they become overlords of Quarmall.

Tris and her mage-student, a young man whose glassmaking magic has been amplified and mixed with lightning, team up to track a killer who may be nearer than they suspect.

Princess Mikayla finds that she must give up her dreams because she has been chosen successor to Haramas as Archimage and Guardian of the land.

Once again the Aurelian Empire is in danger, and once again Valeria must risk more than her life to save it. With threats from without, including sorcerous attacks against the soon-to-be empress, and pressures from within-the need to continue the dynasty and Kerrec, the father of Valeria's child, the first choice to do so-Valeria must overcome plots and perils as she struggles to find a place in this world she's helped to heal. But her greatest foes...

Pursued by the demon who cursed him, Nicodemus must try to avoid spinning the world into chaos with his unique disability, the nasty inclination to misspell magical texts.

A lesson in loyalty-a master class in intrigue. So far, I've managed to survive. You would think after being kidnapped as a child, imprisoned in my teens and released to become a poison taster, I would have endured enough. But no. The discovery of my magical abilities-powers forbidden in Ixia-has resulted in an execution order. My only chance is to flee to Sitia, my long-lost birthplace. But Sitia is unfamiliar. I'm treated like an enemy-even by my...