I'll review each of the 15 stories separately (quickly) then my overall impression.The Gift of Rain Mountain (Bruce Holland Rogers)-- This story started off a little too slow for me. I wanted to punch the Main Character (Mactun) a few times because he irked me. The ending twist on what Mactun fin...
Filled with magic, intrigue, romance and adventure, Mercedes Lackey's world of Valdemar is one of the most popular domains in fantasy literature. Home to the Heralds and their mysterious horselike Companions, the magical Tayledras Hawk-people, and of course, the powerful gryphons, Valdemar has ga...
In 1997, Star Trek: New Frontier® debuted and became an instant sensation, chronicling the exciting adventures of Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the U.S.S. Excalibur, as told by New York Times bestselling author Peter David. Now, over a dozen books later, Peter David has gathered some of the fine...
I originally reviewed this book on my blog - The Cosy Dragon. For more recent reviews by me, please hop over there.Another collection of short stories set in Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar universe. There are 12 new stories, as well as a novella by Lackey. Another good collection of tales, the majori...
Tales of mystery and the supernatural have long stirred the human imagination. Here are twenty original stories of diabolical crimes and magical solutions featuring some of today's top science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writers. From the Elizabethan era to the far-flung future, from the inters...
DISCOVER THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN QUEEN When her eccentric friend Dr. Reit invents an amazing transport into other worlds, Sheila McCarthy accidentally falls through the portal into the kingdom of Arren. There, Sheila finds herself part of a band of warrior-women. Astride unicorns, they gallop ...
The fixed stare he gave the prince was decidedly icy. Is it that he doesn’t want me in his chapel, Hauberin wondered. Or doesn’t he approve of me being alone with his wife? The baroness seemed not to notice any coldness on her husband’s part. Greeting him with a charming smile, she took his arm a...
What was he doing here? The last time they had met, he was still in the pay of Emperor Ankzar. Well, nobody ever said sorcerers couldn't quit their jobs, Sheila thought, just like ordinary folk. Oh, but this was too much. One enemy was bad enough. But Mardock and Kumuru-w...
Luckily, since the moment of magical recognition had been on the psychic level and taken almost no time at all, neither king nor court had been aware of it. Egbert, Ardagh realized, was making some polite conversation about, fortunately, nothing much. The prince answered with similar trivialities...