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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.

Dr. Maya Witherspoon flees her home in India following the mysterious deaths of her parents in 1909, setting up practice among the poor of London, but she knows she must find a way to develop the magical powers she inherited from her parents in order to stop the evil that stalks her.

Vetch, a young serf on the land once owned by his family before it was claimed by the Tian empire, finds his situation much improved when he is taken from the fields by the Jouster Ari who needs a boy to care for his dragon, Kashet, but Vetch cannot forget his anger over what the Tians have done to his life and loved ones, and slowly plans to even the score.

The Empire has declared war on the small, were-ruled kingdom of Aydori, capturing five women of the Mage-pack, including the wife of the were pack-leader. With the pack off defending the border, it falls to Mirian Maylin and Tomas Hagen--she a low-level mage, he the younger brother to the pack-leader--to save them.

Colin Harten and his parents flee to escape the family wars in Andover. But the Hartens and others are ill-prepared for the dangers they face in the unexplored plains and coastal cities. Pursued to the very edge of a dark forest--a place to be avoided at all costs--they have no choice but to continue on. Colin survives the forest, and by drinking the Lifeblood from the Well of Sorrows, becomes something not entirely human and someone who will prove to be the only defense against the dark spirits of the forest who are determined to destroy all life.

Lavan, brought to the capital city of Haven against his will, suffers humiliation and beatings at the hands of his classmates until his rage transforms him into something fearsome and powerful--with training, he will become the most notorious Herald in Valdemar's history.

Explores "a world in which cataclysmic events have left the Autarchy of Aygrima--the one land blessed with magical resources--cut off from its former trading partners across the waters, not knowing if any of those distant peoples still live. Yet under the rule of the Autarch, Aygrima survives. And thanks to the creation of the Masks and the vigilance of the Autarch's Watchers, no one can threaten the security of the empire"--Dust jacket flap.

Teacher Renie Sulaweyo and her Bushman friend !Xabbu, force their way into Otherland, an impregnable virtual reality world ruled by the Earth's wealthiest and most ruthless power brokers, to rescue the minds of her brother and other children which are being claimed by the fantasy universe.