Recommendations based on Being a Green Motherby Piers Anthony

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  1. On a Pale Horse

    by Piers Anthony
    A man is granted godlike powers and compelled to become the incarnation of Death.

    In the 1980s, Zane is living a pathetic life without money or employment. When a magic gem merchant cheats Zane out of an opportunity for romance, Zane decides to take his own life. As he starts to ... (Wikipedia)

  2. Wielding a Red Sword

    by Piers Anthony
    A young man must wield a magical red sword to save his world from destruction, but at a great personal cost.

    Mym , an Indian prince, defies his father's plans for an arranged marriage, instead joining a travelling circus . He meets Orb, who teaches him to manage a stutter through song. He is soon ... (Wikipedia)

  3. Bearing an Hourglass

    by Piers Anthony
    A fantasy adventure of a man's quest to reverse the flow of time and save the world.

    Some time in the future (as evidenced by technology in use that is much more advanced than in the first story), Norton —a man of about forty—is living a life of nomadic wandering when a ghost named ... (Wikipedia)

  4. The Sword of Shannara

    by Terry Brooks
    Epic fantasy story about a group of unlikely heroes on a quest to save the Four Lands.

    The Sword of Shannara ' s events take place 2000 years , after the " Great Wars ": a nuclear holocaust that has wiped out most of the planet. These wars rearranged the planet's geography and wiped ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Wizard's First Rule

    by Terry Goodkind
    A magical journey of self-discovery as a young man embarks on a quest to save the world.

    The primary protagonist in Wizard's First Rule is Richard Cypher , a young woods guide. Richard lives in an area of the world known as Westland, which is one of three parts of the known world, ... (Wikipedia)

  6. Dragons of Spring Dawning

    by Margaret Weis
    Epic fantasy adventure of a group of heroes battling an ancient evil.

    The book begins with Tanis Half-Elven in Flotsam. Kitiara has recently left for Solamnia to lead the Dragonarmies in their failed attack against the High Clerist's Tower , which was depicted in the ... (Wikipedia)

  7. Dragons of Winter Night

    by Margaret Weis
    Epic fantasy tale of unlikely heroes who unite to save their world from a mysterious ancient evil.

    The novel begins with the Companions assembled in the major dwarven city of Thorbardin, where the refugees of Pax Tharkas are presenting the dwarves with the Hammer of Kharas, a legendary warhammer ... (Wikipedia)

  8. Enchanters' End Game

    by David Eddings
    The final battle between good and evil, as Garion and his companions fight to save the world from destruction.

    THE DRIVE OF PROPHECY The quest was over. The Orb of Aldur was restored. And once again, with the crowning of Garion, there was a descendant of Riva Iron-grip to rule as Overlord of the West. But the ... (Goodreads)

  9. Homeland

    by R.A. Salvatore
    Epic saga of an elf's journey of self-discovery, redemption and revenge.

    Drizzt was born to the tenth noble House of Menzoberranzan , Daermon Na'shezbaernon (more commonly known as House Do'Urden). He was the son of Malice, the Do'Urden Matron Mother and her consort, ... (Wikipedia)

  10. Magician's Gambit

    by David Eddings
    A young man's quest to save his kingdom from a powerful sorcerer and restore peace.

    Ce'Nedra, Imperial Princess of Tolnedra, is confused. Everyone knows the tales of the Orb protecting the West from the evil god Torak are just silly legends. But here she is, forced to join a ... (Goodreads)

  11. Xenocide

    by Orson Scott Card
    A space-opera style adventure of survival, where a group of humans battle against an extraterrestrial force to save their planet.

    On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together. However, Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but ... (Wikipedia)

  12. Flight of the Old Dog

    by Dale Brown
    A high-tech bomber is sent on a secret mission to destroy a Soviet missile silo. Action-packed military thriller.

    Flight of the Old Dog is the story of a secret highly modified B-52 bomber flying into the Soviet Union on an impromptu strike mission. The book begins with a B-52 crew during a military exercise in ... (Wikipedia)

  13. The Hidden City

    by David Eddings
    A young prince must navigate political intrigue and ancient magic to save his kingdom from a powerful sorcerer.

    Battle had been joined and fought and won. The Pandion Knight Sparhawk had met the forces of the foul God Cyrgon upon the field of valor, and justice and might had carried the day. But even in ... (Goodreads)

  14. Blood of Amber

    by Roger Zelazny
    The fifth book in the Chronicles of Amber series, where Merlin must navigate through political intrigue and magical battles to claim his rightful place as ruler of Amber.

    Alternate cover for ISBN 0380896362 / 9780380896363 Pursued by a fiendish enemy, Merle must battle through an intricate web of vengeance and murder that threatens more than the San Francisco Bay ... (Goodreads)

  15. A Wind in the Door

    by Madeleine L'Engle
    A magical journey exploring the mysteries of the universe and the power of love.

    Main character Meg Murry is worried about her brother Charles Wallace, a 6-year-old genius bullied at school by the other children. The new principal of the elementary school is the former high ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Skin Game

    by Jim Butcher
    A daring heist to steal from a powerful crime lord, with the fate of the city at stake.

    Harry Dresden , still living on the island of Demonreach, is unable to reach his allies and plagued by increasing headaches. Queen Mab demands he undertake a job, but in return offers her aid with ... (Wikipedia)

  17. A Swiftly Tilting Planet

    by Madeleine L'Engle
    A young girl must use the power of her imagination to save the world.

    The book opens on Thanksgiving evening, 10 years after the events of, A Wind in the Door, . Meg is now married to Calvin and is expecting their first child . Calvin has become a scientist and is in ... (Wikipedia)

  18. The Wishsong of Shannara

    by Terry Brooks
    Epic fantasy adventure to save the world from a powerful evil, guided by magical Shannara bloodline.

    Before the dawn of mankind, Demons created a book of dark magic, called the Ildatch. This book was so full of their dark essence that it became a living thing, with a will of its own. When the Druids ... (Wikipedia)

  19. Ozma of Oz

    by L. Frank Baum
    An adventurous young girl embarks on a quest to restore the peace in Oz.

    On an ocean voyage with her uncle Henry to Australia, Dorothy is blown into the sea by a storm. She takes refuge on a floating chicken-coop, which washes ashore, along with the coop and a hen in it. ... (Wikipedia)

  20. Trumps of Doom

    by Roger Zelazny
    Epic fantasy story of a man's fight against a powerful evil, to restore peace and justice.

    Merlin has spent the last several years on Earth learning computer science while building Ghostwheel, a trump- and pattern -based computer, elsewhere in Shadow. Having completed his project, he ... (Wikipedia)

  21. The Andromeda Strain

    by Michael Crichton
    Scientists race against time to contain a deadly virus of extraterrestrial origin.

    A team from an Air Force base is deployed to recover a military satellite that has returned to Earth, but contact is lost abruptly. Aerial surveillance reveals that everyone in Piedmont, Arizona , ... (Wikipedia)

  22. War of the Twins

    by Margaret Weis
    Epic fantasy story of a struggle between two estranged siblings to save their world from destruction.

    Upon arrival in the Tower of High Sorcery, Raistlin is tested by the undead guardians to prove that he is really the Master of the Tower. It is revealed that he has beaten Fistandantilus and absorbed ... (Wikipedia)

  23. Necroscope

    by Brian Lumley
    A young man discovers he has the power to communicate with the dead, and is thrust into a centuries-long supernatural war.

    Harry Keogh (born Harry Snaith) is born with the ability to speak to the dead. As he grows up and his power manifests itself, he befriends the dead. From them he learns that death is not the end, ... (Wikipedia)

  24. The Illearth War

    by Stephen R. Donaldson
    Epic fantasy adventure as a group of unlikely heroes fight against a tyrannical evil.

    Several weeks after returning to his world from The Land , the leper Thomas Covenant is taking a phone call from his ex-wife Joan when he falls and hits his head, waking to find himself back in the ... (Wikipedia)

  25. Confessor

    by Terry Goodkind
    A heroic quest through a world of sorcery and danger, in pursuit of freedom.

    Richard Rahl has been captured by an Imperial Order commander, who spared his life (under the guise of Ruben Rybnik) to be the point man for the commander's Ja'La dh Jin team. Kahlan is also Jagang's ... (Wikipedia)

  26. Sign of the Unicorn

    by Roger Zelazny
    A man embarks on a quest to save the kingdom from a mysterious force.

    Corwin returns to Castle Amber bearing the body of one of the spined, bloodshot-eyed humanoid creatures that had pursued Random to Flora's house on Earth—one that had moments earlier killed his ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Magic Kingdom for Sale/Sold

    by Terry Brooks
    A man purchases a magical kingdom, and must learn how to become its ruler.

    The novel begins with Ben Holiday, a trial lawyer from Chicago , lamenting the loss of his wife and unborn child in a car accident. He finds an advertisement in an upscale Christmas catalog claiming ... (Wikipedia)

  28. The Demolished Man

    by Alfred Bester
    In a world where telepathy is the norm, a wealthy businessman plans a murder, but a telepathic detective is on his trail.

    Ben Reich is the paranoid, impetuous owner of Monarch Utilities & Resources, a commercial cartel that the Reich family has possessed for generations. Monarch Utilities & Resources is in danger of ... (Wikipedia)

  29. Gerald's Game

    by Stephen King
    An innocent game between a married couple turns into a fight for survival.

    Jessie Burlingame and her husband Gerald, a successful and aggressive lawyer, travel to their secluded lakehouse in western Maine for an unplanned romantic getaway. The titular "game" involves ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives

    by Dan Millman
    A young man's spiritual journey of self-discovery, learning to find peace and fulfillment in life.

    Dan is a world-class trampolining gymnast attending college at the University of California, Berkeley. The story begins when Dan experiences a series of nightmares, where he is in a dark lane. In ... (Wikipedia)