Lackey, Mercedes

A collection of essays in which various science fiction and fantasy writers explore aspects of the bestselling "Harry Potter" series.

Vetch, an Altan serf who was saved by a dragon-rider and trained to be a dragon-boy, cannot forget the family he lost during the war, and steals a dragon egg in the hopes of raising the dragon as his own and using it to help find his family.

After the Tedrel War, the kingdom of Valdemar tries to recover from the loss of their king, and accept his daughter as their new leader, despite their doubts about her abilities as Queen.

Contains two stories in which elves are called upon to intervene when a boy is kidnapped by his father, a member of a radical cult, and a young girl is abused to the point of awakening her dangerous psychic powers.

While greedy drug researchers develop psychotropic drugs to build an army of drugged mercenaries, Aerune mac Audelaine, evil lord of the Unseleighe Sidhe, wants to use these drugs to feed on the suffering of the human world--and only magician/bard Eric Banyon, who has recently relocated to New York City in search of an ordinary life, can stop both plans from becoming reality.

Flautist Eric Banyon, lamenting the loss of his lady through his music, unwittingly frees the young elven noble Korendil from the magical prison in which he had been held for centuries, and is enlisted to help his new friend in a fight against an evil elf lord who is out to conquer California.

Darian, having begun training with the mysterious Tayledras Hawkbrothers as a Healing Adept, puts his life in danger when he joins with Keisha Alder, a young woman with an inborn Healing Gift, to stand against an invading force of barbarians.

Alberich, having risen quickly through the ranks of the Karse military, has hidden the sixth sense that would mark him as a witch, but the truth is discovered when he is gifted with a handsome white stallion that becomes not only Alberich's savior, but his companion, leading him to his true calling in the enemy nation of Valdemar.

An alternative history in which half-brothers Marco and Benito Valdosta, posing as street urchins in order to hide from the enemies of their grandfather, the Duke of Ferrara, find themselves in the center of a multi-faceted battle to claim the city of Venice in the sixteenth century.

Eric Banyon finds himself settling nicely into the hustle of life in New York, until he is called upon by the Guardians to defeat the lord of the Unseleighe Sidhe before he destroys the world.