false 9237 153008 0330493744 9780330493741 525 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172247428m/153008.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172247428s/153008.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153008.Kushiel_s_Dart 4.24 4062
Phedre is trained equally in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber, but, above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Almost as talented a spy as she is courtesan, Phedre stumbles upon a plot that threatens the very foundations of her homeland. Treachery sets her on her path; love and honor goad her further. And in the doing, it will take her to the edge of despair....and beyond.

Hateful friend, loving enemy, beloved assassin; they can all wear the same glittering mask in this world, and Phedre will get but one chance to save all that she holds dear. Set in a world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess, this is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Kushiel's Dart a massive tale about the violent death of an old age, and the birth of a new.]]> 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2001 395962 0765345048 9780765345042 148 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234131121m/395962.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1234131121s/395962.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395962.Kushiel_s_Chosen 4.31 3060 Love as thou wilt.

Phèdre nó Delaunay was sold into indentured servitude as a child. Her bond was purchased by a nobleman, the first to recognize that she is one pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. He trained Phèdre in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber—and, above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze.

When she stumbled upon a plot that threatened the very foundations of her homeland, she gave up almost everything she held dear to save it. She survived, and lived to have others tell her story, and if they embellished the tale with fabric of mythical splendor, they weren't far off the mark.

The hands of the gods weigh heavily upon Phèdre's brow, and they are not finished with her. While the young queen who sits upon the throne is well loved by the people, there are those who believe another should wear the crown...and those who escaped the wrath of the mighty are not yet done with their schemes for power and revenge.]]> 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2002 40223 1405034149 9781405034142 124 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233366080m/40223.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233366080s/40223.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40223.Kushiel_s_Avatar 4.37 2636
Her bond was purchased by a nobleman who recognized that she was pricked by Kushiel's Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one. Phdre's path has been strange and dangerous. She has lain with princes and pirate kings, battled a wicked temptress, and saved two nations. Through it all, the devoted swordsman Joscelin has been at her side, following the central precept of the angel Cassiel: Protect and serve.

But Phdre's plans will put his pledge to the test, for she has never forgotten her childhood friend Hyacinthe. She has spent ten long years searching for the key to free him from his eternal indenture to the Master of Straights, a bargain with the gods to save Phdre and a nation. The search will take Phdre and Joscelin across the world and down a fabled river to a forgotten land . . . and to a power so intense and mysterious, none dare speak its name.]]> 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2000 153007 044661002X 9780446610025 141 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172247428m/153007.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172247428s/153007.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153007.Kushiel_s_Scion 4.11 2200
Stolen, tortured and enslaved as a young boy, Imriel is now a Prince of the Blood; third in line for the throne in a land that revels in art, beauty and desire. It is a court steeped in deeply laid conspiracies...and there are many who would see the young prince dead. Some despise him out of hatred for his mother, Melisande, who nearly destroyed the entire realm in her quest for power. Others because they fear he has inherited his mother's irresistible allure...and her dangerous gifts.

As he comes of age, plagued by unwanted desires, Imriel shares their fears. When a simple act of friendship traps Imriel in a besieged city where the infamous Melisande is worshiped as a goddess and where a dead man leads an army, the Prince must face his greatest test: to find his true self.]]> 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2005 40217 0446500038 9780446500036 146 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169432515m/40217.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169432515s/40217.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40217.Kushiel_s_Justice 4.20 1852
After a year abroad to study at university, Imriel returns from his adventures a little older and somewhat wiser. But perhaps not wise enough. What was once a mere spark of interest between himself and his cousin Sidonie now ignites into a white-hot blaze. But from commoner to peer, the whole realm would recoil from any alliance between Sidonie, heir to the throne, and Imriel, who bears the stigma of his mother's misdeeds and betrayals. Praying that their passion will peak and fade, Imriel and Sidonie embark on an intense, secret affair.

Blessed Elua founded Terre d'Ange and bestowed one simple precept to guide his people, love as thou wilt. When duty calls, Imriel honors his role as a member of the royal family by leaving to marry a lovely, if merely sweet, Alban princess. By choosing duty over love, Imriel and Sidonie may have unwittingly trespassed against Elua's law. But when dark powers in Alba, who fear an invasion by Terre d'Ange, seek to use the lovers' passion to bind Imriel, the gods themselves take notice.

Before the end, Kushiel's justice will be felt in heaven and on earth.]]> 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2007 2152871 0446500046 9780446500043 178 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2152871.Kushiel_s_Mercy 4.29 1365 New York Times bestselling author of Kushiel's Scion and Kushiel's Justice, comes the final adventure in the Imriel Trilogy.
Having paid dearly for ignoring Elua's edict to love as thou wilt, Imriel and Sidonie have finally come forward to publicly confess their love for each other---only to watch the news ignite turmoil throughout the land. Those who are old enough cannot forget the misdeeds of Imriel's mother, Melisande, whose self-serving lies plunged their country into war.
In order to quell the uprising, Queen Ysandre hands down a decree: she will not divide the lovers, but neither will she acknowledge them. And if they decide to marry, Sidonie will be disinherited.
That is, unless Imriel can find his mother and bring her back to Terre D'Ange to be executed for treason....]]> 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2004 5659537 044619803X 9780446198035 176 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/56/537/5659537-m-1255658190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/56/537/5659537-s-1255658190.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5659537.Naamah_s_Kiss 4.12 599
Moirin has a secret, too. From childhood onward, she senses the presence of unfamiliar gods in her life; the bright lady, and the man with a seedling cupped in his palm. Raised in the wilderness by her reclusive mother, it isn't until she comes of age that Moirin learns how illustrious, if mixed, her heritage is. The great granddaughter of Alais the Wise, child of the Maghuin Donn, and a cousin of the Cruarch of Alba, Moirin learns her father was a D'Angeline priest dedicated to serving Naamah, goddess of desire.

After Moirin undergoes the rites of adulthood, she finds divine acceptance...on the condition that she fulfill an unknown destiny that lies somewhere beyond the ocean. Or perhaps oceans. Beyond Terre d'Ange where she finds her father, in the far reaches of distant Ch'in, Moirin's skills are a true gift when facing the vengeful plans of an ambitious mage, a noble warrior princess desperate to save her father's throne, and the spirit of a celestial dragon.]]> 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2009 40222 0765344297 9780765344298 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169432548m/40222.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169432548s/40222.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40222.Banewreaker 3.26 643 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2004 5931169 044619817X 9780446198172 160 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/169/5931169-m-1255658195.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/169/5931169-s-1255658195.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5931169.Santa_Olivia 3.83 485
Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico. A fugitive "Wolf-Man" who had a love affair with a local woman, Loup's father was one of a group of men genetically-manipulated and used by the US government as a weapon. The "Wolf-Men" were engineered to have superhuman strength, speed, sensory capability, stamina, and a total lack of fear, and Loup, named for and sharing her father's wolf-like qualities, is marked as an outsider.

After her mother dies, Loup goes to live among the misfit orphans at the parish church, where they seethe from the injustices visited upon the locals by the soldiers. Eventually, the orphans find an outlet for their frustrations: They form a vigilante group to support Loup Garron who, costumed as their patron saint, Santa Olivia, uses her special abilities to avenge the town.

Aware that she could lose her freedom, and possibly her life, Loup is determined to fight to redress the wrongs her community has suffered. And like the reincarnation of their patron saint, she will bring hope to all of Santa Olivia.]]> 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2009 40220 076535098X 9780765350985 30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169432517m/40220.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169432517s/40220.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40220.Godslayer 3.55 440 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2005 40225 0739456903 9780739456903 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169432550m/40225.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169432550s/40225.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40225.The_Sundering 3.56 62 9237 4.18 19025 1874 2005 507502 0765305046 9780765305046 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175356318m/507502.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175356318s/507502.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/507502.Emerald_Magic_Great_Tales_of_Irish_Fantasy 3.47 36
The Little People
* Herself - Diane Duane
* Speir-Bhan - Tanith Lee
* Troubles - Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple
* The Hermit and the Sidhe - Judith Tarr
* The Merrow - Elizabeth Haydon
* The Butter Spirit’s Tithe [Newford] - Charles de Lint
* Banshee - Ray Bradbury
* Peace in Heaven? - Andrew M. Greeley

Literary Fantastics
* The Lady in Grey - Jane Lindskold
* A Drop of Something Special in the Blood - Fred Saberhagen
* For the Blood Is the Life - Peter Tremayne
* Long the Clouds Are Over Me Tonight - Cecilia Dart-Thornton
* The Swan Pilot - L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
* The Isle of Women - Jacqueline Carey
* The Cat with No Name - Morgan Llywelyn]]> 16639 3.72 4933 343 11761 3.88 11157 633 10082 3.68 5287 163 16291 3.83 1741 145 135829 3.66 976 94 1301649 3.76 11447 442 9237 4.18 19025 1874 24183 3.90 3707 270 8694 3.79 10041 861 5989 3.89 18295 2308 58017 3.52 408 107 41194 3.72 2981 176 57461 3.97 5192 331 8456 3.95 21727 1563 1630 3.92 150422 7594 36344 3.75 2855 294 2004 38717 1932100563 9781932100563 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169177839m/38717.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169177839s/38717.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38717.The_Anthology_at_the_End_of_the_Universe_Leading_Science_Fiction_Authors_on_Douglas_Adams_The_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy 3.62 32 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is analyzed in a variety of quirky ways in this collection of essays. Topics include the logistics of the restaurant at the end of the universe, how the Internet is creating the real Hitchhiker's Guide, an assessment of Vogon poetry, and an analysis of computing. The essays are written by both science fiction greats, such as Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Stephen Baxter, Jacqueline Carey, and Alastair Reynolds, and up-and-coming writers.
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Born with a scarlet mote in her left eye, Phédre nó Delaunay is sold into indentured servitude as a child. When her bond is purchased by an enigmatic nobleman, she is trained in history, theology, politics, foreign languages, the arts of pleasure. And above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Exquisite courtesan, talented spy... and unlikely heroine. But when Phédre stumbles upon a plot that threatens her homeland, Terre d'Ange, she has no choice.

Betrayed into captivity in the barbarous northland of Skaldia and accompanied only by a disdainful young warrior-priest, Phédre makes a harrowing escape and an even more harrowing journey to return to her people and deliver a warning of the impending invasion. And that proves only the first step in a quest that will take her to the edge of despair and beyond.

Phédre nó Delaunay is the woman who holds the keys to her realm's deadly secrets, and whose courage will decide the very future of her world.

Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Kushiel's Dart-a massive tale about the violent death of an old age and the birth of a new. It is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. A world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, deposed rulers and a besieged Queen, a warrior-priest, the Prince of Travelers, barbarian warlords, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villainess... all seen through the unflinching eyes of an unforgettable heroine.
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