New Releases by MARIA V. SNYDER

A collection of thirteen short stories about the paranormal.

Let fantasy star Maria V. Snyder steal you away to a darkly enchanting world of powerful magic and dangerous deeds....

Avryś power to heal the sick should earn her respect in the plague-torn land of Kazan. Instead she is feared. Her kind are blamed for the horrifying disease that has taken hold of the nation.

Same War, Different Perspective! With a clap of thunder from above, the Aerospace fighters tear through the sky, while below, our women warriors cross the hell of No Man''s Land, to close with the enemy; in fourteen all-new military science fiction stories; with an introduction by David Weber, bestselling author of the Honor Harrington novels. Contains stories by: Brenda Cooper, Nancy Jane Moore, Maria V. Snyder, Danielle Ackley-Mcphail, Kimberley Long-Ewing, Ann Wilkes, Laurie Gailunas, S.A. Bolich, Lee C. Hillman, Deborah Teramis Christian, Lisanne Norman, Judi Fleming, Jennifer Brozek, Phoebe Wray. "There''s not a single piece here that isn''t well worth reading." David Weber, bestselling author of the Honorverse series.

Kurz vor ihrer Hinrichtung wird Yelena ein außergewöhnliches Angebot gemacht: Sie bekommt das beste Essen, eigene Gemächer im Schloß - und riskiert ihr Leben, falls jemand versucht, den Kommandanten von Ixia zu töten. Und so entscheidet sich Yelena, unter Anleitung des Sicherheitschefs Valek Vorkosterin des Kommandanten zu werden. Aber Valek überlässt nichts dem Zufall: Damit sie nicht flieht, gibt er ihr regelmäßig Schmetterlingsstaub ins Essen. Und nur, wenn sie täglich das Antiserum von ihm erhält, kann sie ihren langsamen und qualvollen Tod verhindern. Als Rebellen planen, Ixia in ihre Gewalt zu bringen, entwickelt Yelena magische Kräfte, die sie nicht kontrollieren kann. Doch Magie ist in Ixia unter Todesstrafe verboten. Einzig Irys, die Magierin des Südens, kann ihr jetzt noch helfen. Doch wenn Yelena versucht zu fliehen, wird der Schmetterlingsstaub sie langsam aber sicher vergiften.

Cuando estaban a punto de ejecutarla por asesinato, Yelena recibió una oferta extraordinaria. Comería los manjares más deliciosos, viviría en un palacio… y se arriesgaría a morir asesinada por cualquiera que intentara matar al Comandante de Ixia. Así fue como Yelena eligió convertirse en catadora. Pero el jefe de seguridad no quería dejar nada al azar y decidió darle a comer Polvo de Mariposa… sólo tomando el antídoto todos los días, conseguiría Yelena retrasar la agonía de morir por culpa del veneno. Mientras Yelena intentaba escapar de aquel dilema seguían sucediéndose los desastres. Los rebeldes planeaban hacerse con Ixia, y Yelena había adquirido unos poderes mágicos que no sabía controlar. Su vida volvía a correr peligro, por lo que debía tomar de nuevo una decisión, pero en esta ocasión de insospechadas consecuencias…

Yelena is a survivor. Kidnapped as a child, held prisoner as a teen, then released to act as a poison taster, she is now a student of magic. But these magic skills place her in imminent danger, and with an execution order on her head, she has no choice but to escape to Sitia, the land of her birth.

With her greatest enemy dead, and on her way to be reunited with the family she''d been stolen from long ago, Yelena should be pleased. But though she has gained her freedom, she can''t help feeling isolated in Sitia. Her Ixian background has changed her in many ways—and her newfound friends and relatives don''t think it''s for the better…. Despite the turmoil, she''s eager to start her magic training—especially as she''s been given one year to harness her power or be put to death. But her plans take a radical turn when she becomes involved with a plot to reclaim Ixia''s throne for a lost prince—and gets entangled in powerful rivalries with her fellow magicians. If that wasn''t bad enough, it appears her brother would love to see her dead. Luckily, Yelena has some old friends to help her with all her new enemies….