New Releases by Martha Wells

When they are forced to seek refuge in a territory controlled by pirates, Leia learns that the pirates are survivors from her home planet--which has been recently destroyed by the Death Star--who would gladly ransom her to the Empire.

Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. Together, they travel with their people on a pair of flying ships in hopes of finding a new home for their colony. Moon finally feels like he’s found a tribe where he belongs. But when the travelers reach the ancestral home of Indigo Cloud, shrouded within the trunk of a mountain-sized tree, they discover a blight infecting its core. Nearby they find the remains of the invaders who may be responsible, as well as evidence of a devastating theft. This discovery sends Moon and the hunters of Indigo Cloud on a quest for the heartstone of the tree — a quest that will lead them far away, across the Serpent Sea. In this followup to The Cloud Roads, Martha Wells returns with a world-spanning odyssey, a mystery that only provokes more questions — and the adventure of a lifetime.

Moon has spent his life hiding what he is — a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the tribes of his river valley, with mixed success. Just as Moon is once again cast out by his adopted tribe, he discovers a shape-shifter like himself... someone who seems to know exactly what he is, who promises that Moon will be welcomed into his community. What this stranger doesn''t tell Moon is that his presence will tip the balance of power... that his extraordinary lineage is crucial to the colony''s survival... and that his people face extinction at the hands of the dreaded Fell! Now Moon must overcome a lifetime of conditioning in order to save and himself... and his newfound kin.

Tremaine Valiarde and a small, brave band of heroes ventured into a wondrous new realm on their desperate mission to save Ile-Rien from the conquering Gardier. Now, as a relentless enemy creates chaos and destruction -- with the fate of the magical city of Lodun hanging in the balance -- the last hope of a land besieged may rest on the far side of a secret portal. But the doorway leads to a mysterious ruin hidden behind the awesome Gate of Gods -- and to perils that dwarf anything Tremaine and her allies could have possibly imagined. . . .

L''élégant Nicholas Valiarde, cambrioleur de génie, est sur le point d''assouvir sa vengeance contre le comte Montesq. Mais un étrange spirite se dresse sur sa route. Les événements se précipitent: goules, sortilèges, monstres et nécromancie... L''ombre d''un ennemi terrifiant s''étend peu à peu sur la ville. Situé dans une Vienne imaginaire et gothique où la magie est devenue une science, ce roman d''une profonde originalité, nominé en 1998 pour le Nebula Award, orchestre une fantasy macabre magistralement construite.

Le royaume d''Île-Rien vit des heures tourmentées : un puissant sorcier fait planer d''indicibles menaces. D''obscures intrigues se nouent autour du jeune roi Roland, et Kade, la demi-fée - sœur bâtarde du roi - prépare en secret son retour. Le capitaine Thomas Boniface, pilier de la Cour et soldat émérite, pourra-t-il éviter que le royaume ne sombre dans le chaos ? Empruntant autant à la verve échevelée d''Alexandre Dumas qu''à la noirceur vénéneuse des romans gothiques, Martha Wells tisse un récit terriblement envoûtant.

The team discover a ruined city with a deadly secret.

Known for her lush, intricate worlds and complex characters, acclaimed author Martha Wells has delighted readers with her extraordinary fantasy novels of daring and wit. With The Wizard Hunters she launched her most ambitious undertaking yet -- the return to the beloved world of the Nebula Award-nominated The Death of the Necromancer and The Fall of Ile-Rien. Now the saga continues in a triumph of suspense and imagination. Despite a valiant struggle against superior forces, the country of Ile-Rien has fallen to the onslaught of the relentless Gardier, a faceless army of sorcerers determined to conquer all civilization. To save the remnants of her country, former playwright Tremaine Valiarde undertakes an epic journey to stop the Gardier. Rescuing the proud ship Queen Ravenna from destruction, Tremaine and a resolute band of sorcerers and warriors set sail across magical seas on a voyage of danger and discovery. For the secret to defeating the enemy -- and to rescuing the world from the Gardier''s inimitable hatred -- lies far beyond the walls of the world, and only the tenuous ties of friendship and honor will keep the band together. But the Gardier are not the only evil in this tumultuous world, and an ancient terror stalks the ornate rooms and shadowy decks of the Queen Ravenna -- a force so malevolent and enigmatic that even the growing power of the sorcerer''s sphere may not be enough to save Ile-Rien from utter ruin.

Filled with wonder, adventure, magic, and danger, this is the first volume in an epic fantasy trilogy--the sequel to "The Death of the Necromancer"--from "one of the best new writers the field has to offer" (C. J. Cherryh).

In Duvalpore, where the Wheel of the Infinite must be remade every century or reality will suffer, the Wheel''s guardians cannot cope with the damages that appear, and only the outcast Maskelle and Rian the swordsman can find the source of the problem.