New Releases by Janny Wurts

Following the mysterious disappearance of Princess Anja, two warriors deadlock over cultural mores in their desperate bid to recover the princess alive, and defend the kingdom of Sessalie.

Arithon, Master of Shadow, has defeated Lysaer''s Alliance of Light against immense odds. But the corrupted core of the Alliance''s preisthood is plotting to enslave Lysaer and use the Mistwraith''s curse to break the world''s order.

Barely escaping with his life from the evil machinations of his half-brother, Arithon flees into the winter wilds where he must learn to survive the violent storms, but soon discovers he is not alone.

Her magnificent high fantasy trilogy--Stormwarden, Keeper of the Keys and Shadowfane complete in one volume. Sorcerery and Destiny For centuries, the elusive Vaere have trained sorcerers to stand against Shadowfane''s demons, who seek nothing less than mankind''s destruction and the world''s total conquest. Now,the demons have won corrupt human allies, and the last, great defenders have fallen--the Firelord died mad, and the Stormwarden languishes, imprisoned and disgraced. New champions will arise from unlikely beginnings--an orphan and an apprentice, a fisher girl and her disaffected brother--each with a power, a secret, and a flaw that willshape their destinies. The demons awaken. The champions choose sides. And it begins again: The Cycle of Fire, Janny Wurts''s magnificent high fantasy trilogy, complete in one volume for the first time.

It is a time of intrigue, fanaticism and rampaging armies. Through clever manipulation of events at the hands of Lysaer, Arithon''s very name has become anathema. Now the volatile hatreds that spearheaded the campaign have overtaken all reason.

A collection of stories mixing fantasy and hard science fiction. They include Silverdown''s Gold, on a land populated by exotic animals, and No Quarter, on a space age general who, instead of punishing an officer who killed his men to hide an error, admires him as a ruthless man of action. By the author of Curse of the Mistwraith.

Arithon, the Master of Shadow, is forced out of hiding and flees the forces of his half-brother, Lysaer, the Master of Light, across the seas, but a drunken prophet could bring about his utter ruin

Janny Wurts''s epic tale of two half-brothers cursed to life-long enmity reaches new heights in the third volume, now re-released with a striking new cover.