New Releases by Lisa Tuttle

Award-winning author Lisa Tuttle delivers a riveting novel combining one man’s search for a missing woman with history’s most enduring legends of the disappeared. “A thriller, detective story, and fantasy all in one . . . Unique, a winner!”—Dean Koontz What happens when someone vanishes without a trace? Ian Kennedy always had a penchant for stories about missing people—and a knack for finding them. Now a sought-after private investigator, Ian faces a case he fears he cannot solve . . . and one he knows he must. Laura Lensky’s stunning twenty-one-year-old daughter, Peri, has been missing for over two years. But when Ian learns the details of her disappearance, he discovers eerie parallels to an obscure Celtic myth and the haunting case that launched his career—a success he’s never fully been able to explain. Though Ian suspects that Peri chose to vanish, he takes on the search. What follows leads him and those who care for Peri into the Highlands of Scotland, as the unknowns of the past and present merge in the case—and in their lives. Praise for The Mysteries “Lisa Tuttle never disappoints. . . . Richly imagined and beautifully written, The Mysteries lingers in the mind long after the last page is turned.”—George R. R. Martin “A remarkable piece of work . . . Successfully balancing the miraculous and the mundane, The Mysteries offers a variety of unexpected pleasures and marks the overdue return of a stylish, distinctive storyteller.”—Washington Post Book World “Superlative dark fantasy . . . Tuttle has total command of setting, style and her folklore sources.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Lisa Tuttle begins by looking at the different kinds of novels in the science and fantasy fiction genres. She then moves on to look at ideas, word-building, language, structure, writing for children, co-authoring, short stories, and finding an agent. This edition advises on self-publishing and on-line publishing.

So schön das blaugrüne Cover mit den schwerelos dahingleitenden Flugmenschen anzusehen ist, so träumerisch leicht liest sich dieser FantasyRoman über das in 3 Novellen erzählte Leben der Fliegerin Maris. Auf Windhaven, einem Wasserplaneten mit vielen Inseln, leben die Landgebundenen und die Flieger. Aufgrund alter Traditionen wird Maris der Traum vom Fliegen verwehrt. Doch sie kämpft um ihre Flügel. Durch die Gründung von FlugAkademien will sie den nichtprivilegierten Landgebundenen den Aufstieg in die Fliegergilde ermöglichen. Nach weiteren Auseinandersetzungen gelingt der alternden Maris, die nach einer erfüllten Flugkarriere nicht mehr fliegen kann, im gemeinsamen Kampf gegen einen Inseltyrannen die Annäherung der verfeindeten Gruppen. Dass Fantasyromane sich nicht immer über mehrere Bände erstrecken und mit Magiern, Elfen und Gnomen aufwarten müssen, beweist Martins lesenswertes Buch. Allen Bibliotheken empfohlen.

Collaborative response in an artists'' book format to the letters of Anna Matilda Page King to her family (written between 1817 to 1859) from "Retreat", her St. Simons Island, Georgia plantation.

When her brother dies tragically, Clare suddenly finds herself living several different lives--in a mental ward in one, doomed to a failed relationship in another, and with her dead brother in a third. Original.

A compilation of fantasy landscapes by Mark Harrison. These include his book jackets for Sherri Tepper''s The Gate to Woman''s Country and Barry Hughart''s The Story of the Stone. Also included are his creations for writers as diverse as PD James and Isabel Allende.

Identifies leaders of the Women''s movement, discusses slogans, issues, events, organizations, and books, and defines words associated with feminism

Describes and provides illustrations, maps, and plans of eight famous fictional houses featured in "David Copperfield," "Little Women," "Robinson Crusoe," "Alice in Wonderland," "Charlotte''s Web" and other classic stories.