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Split Infinity
by Piers Anthony
A young man's quest to save the universe from a dangerous cult, with magical help from an alien race.
On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay in Phaze, a world totally ruled by magic. Soon he learned that his ... (Goodreads)
Centaur Aisle
by Piers Anthony
A young apprentice must navigate a magical world filled with centaurs, demons, and other fantastical creatures to save his mentor.
Xanth's King Trent has left for dreary Mundania, leaving Dor to practice governing the magical kingdom. Dor's magical talent is communication with the inanimate which for information gathering is ... (Wikipedia)
Castle Roogna
by Piers Anthony
A young prince must solve a magical mystery to save his kingdom and win the heart of his true love.
Dor , son of Bink , is a 12-year-old magician and next in line to inherit the throne of Xanth. To teach him the skills he will need to rule the kingdom, King Trent sends him through the tapestry on a ... (Wikipedia)
Death Masks
by Jim Butcher
A magical detective's mission to protect an ancient artifact from a powerful necromancer.
Harry shares a TV panel with a Vatican priest, Father Vincent, and São Paulo University Professor Don Paolo Ortega , a disguised Red Court Vampire noble. Father Vincent hires Dresden to recover the ... (Wikipedia)
Magician: Apprentice
by Raymond E. Feist
A young boy's journey to becoming a master sorcerer, encountering magical creatures and powerful forces along the way.
In the twelfth year of the reign of Rodric the Fourth, an orphaned kitchen boy named Pug is made an apprentice magician to the magician Kulgan in Crydee . A struggling student of magic , he rises to ... (Wikipedia)
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey
Epic science-fiction story of a fatal plague and a brave heroine's quest to save her world.
The story begins with Moreta, the senior Weyrworman of Fort Weyr, traveling with her queen dragon Orlith (who is near the end of her pregnancy) to the Gather at Ruatha Hold. At the Gather there is ... (Wikipedia)
Queen of Sorcery
by David Eddings
The second book in the Belgariad series follows Garion and his companions as they continue their quest to defeat the evil god Torak.
The Trail of Prophecy... Legends told of how the evil God Torak had coveted the power of the Orb of Aldur, until defeated in a final battle. But prophecy spoke of a time when he would awake and again ... (Goodreads)
The Elf Queen of Shannara
by Terry Brooks
Epic fantasy adventure, as a young elven princess fights to save her kingdom from a powerful evil.
Wren Ohmsford , a descendant of the legendary Jerle Shannara , was charged by the shade of the Druid Allanon to travel to the distant island of Morrowindl and find the Elves to return them to the ... (Wikipedia)
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious journey through a hidden realm of London, filled with danger and unexpected allies.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew and his trials and tribulations in London. At the start of the story, he is a young businessman, recently moved from Scotland and with a normal life ahead. ... (Wikipedia)
The Green Mile
by Stephen King
A prison guard discovers the power of redemption, and miracles, when he meets a mysterious inmate.
Featuring a first-person narrative told by Paul Edgecombe, the novel switches between Paul as an old man in the Georgia Pines nursing home writing down his story in 1996, and his time in 1932 as the ... (Wikipedia)
By the Sword
by Mercedes Lackey
A young woman joins a mercenary company to escape an arranged marriage and becomes embroiled in a dangerous plot.
Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother’s untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed, ... (Goodreads)
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)
Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
A young boy embarks on an adventure with his beloved hunting dogs, learning valuable life lessons.
An old man named Billy Colman rescues a redbone hound under attack by neighborhood dogs. He takes it home with him so that its wounds can heal. In light of this event, he has a flashback to when he ... (Wikipedia)
Time of the Twins
by Margaret Weis
Epic fantasy adventure of two siblings to save their kingdom from the forces of evil.
After detailing the meeting between Crysania, Raistlin, and Astinus, the book shifts to Riverwind arriving at the Inn of the Last Home in Solace. He meets Tika Waylan there, and later he asks about ... (Wikipedia)
Arrow's Flight
by Mercedes Lackey
An epic fantasy tale of a young archer and a magical kingdom in danger.
Set in the medieval fantasy kingdom of Valdemar, this unique and exciting novel continues the story of Talia. Having mastered the powers necessary to a guardian of the kingdom, she faces the final ... (Goodreads)
Firestarter
by Stephen King
A young girl with pyrokinetic powers is pursued by a mysterious government agency.
Andy and Charlene "Charlie" McGee are a father/daughter pair on the run from a government agency known as The Shop. During his college years, Andy had participated in a Shop experiment dealing with ... (Wikipedia)
The Oathbound
by Mercedes Lackey
A story of courage and redemption, as a young woman embarks on a quest to break an ancient curse.
Tarma witnessed her clan's murder and, swearing vengeance, became a master warrior. Kethry fled her forced "marriage" and became an adept–pledging her power to the greatest good. When Kethry obtains ... (Goodreads)
Dragonlance Chronicles
by Margaret Weis
Epic fantasy adventure of a group of adventurers on a quest to save the world from a dark force.
More than three million readers have witnessed the return of the dragons...And now the books that began the best-selling 'dragonlance' saga are collected in their entirety in this special edition, ... (Goodreads)
The Crystal Shard
by R.A. Salvatore
Epic fantasy adventure, as a group of unlikely heroes join forces to save their kingdom from an evil wizard.
Even in the remote far northern region of Icewind Dale , the renegade dark elf ranger Drizzt Do'Urden is not fully accepted, except by the dwarves whom he had eventually befriended. He roams the ... (Wikipedia)
Sojourn
by R.A. Salvatore
Epic fantasy story of a young man's journey to save his homeland from evil forces.
Having lived in the Underdark for over forty years, Drizzt realized that neither he nor anyone around him would be safe, so he decided to travel to the surface. There he met with much adversity ... (Wikipedia)
Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1
by Brynne Stephens
A young girl must find a way to tame a wild dragon and unite a divided kingdom.
Anne McCaffrey's beloved science fantasy epic becomes a fully-painted graphic novel. Join Lessa, sole remnant of a noble house, as she comes of age and dares to reclaim her birthright–and battles to ... (Goodreads)
Tunnel in the Sky
by Robert A. Heinlein
A group of students are stranded on a distant planet during a survival test, facing challenges and forming their own society.
A classic novel from the mind of the storyteller who captures the imagination of readers from around the world, and across two generations. The final exam for Dr. Matson's Advanced Survival class was ... (Goodreads)
Taran Wanderer
by Lloyd Alexander
Taran sets out on a journey of self-discovery, seeking to learn his true identity and purpose in life.
Taran and Gurgi have returned to Caer Dallben after leaving Princess Eilonwy at the royal court of Dinas Rhydnant for education in the ways of a princess . Taran has come to realize that he loves ... (Wikipedia)
Exile
by R.A. Salvatore
Epic fantasy adventure of a lone warrior determined to restore justice and peace.
Drizzt spent some years in the Underdark, during which he was enslaved by mind flayers and then had to fight Zaknafein again, who had been made undead by Malice, thanks to Lolth's "greatest gift" ... (Wikipedia)
The Great Book of Amber
by Roger Zelazny
A magical and thrilling journey through magical planes of existence.
Alternate cover edition can be found , here , Roger Zelazny's chronicles of Amber have earned their place as all-time classics of imaginative literature. Now, here are all ten novels, together in one ... (Goodreads)
Thief of Time
by Terry Pratchett
A humorous fantasy adventure to save time from being stolen.
The Auditors hire young clockmaker Jeremy Clockson to build a perfect glass clock, without telling him that this will stop time and thereby eliminate human unpredictability from the universe. Death ... (Wikipedia)
Myth Conceptions
by Robert Lynn Asprin
A humorous fantasy novel about a magician's apprentice who gets caught up in a world of gods, demons, and mythical creatures.
After mistakenly being appointed court magician by a regent who should have known better, apprentice mage Skeeve must defend a kingdom from the mightiest invading army in the world. ... (Goodreads)
It's a Magical World
by Bill Watterson
A collection of philosophical comic strips featuring the adventures of Calvin and Hobbes.
When cartoonist Bill Watterson announced that his phenomenally popular cartoon strip would be discontinued, Calvin and Hobbes fans throughout the world went into mourning. Fans have learned to ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Renegades of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey
A group of rebels must protect their planet from a deadly plague and a powerful enemy.
As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky and ravaged the land. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge ... (Goodreads)
Life, the Universe and Everything
by Douglas Adams
An intergalactic quest to find the answer to the ultimate question of life.
After being stranded on pre-historic Earth after the events in, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, , Arthur Dent is met by his old friend Ford Prefect , who drags him into a space-time eddy , ... (Wikipedia)
