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Being a Green Mother
by Piers Anthony
A young woman must embrace her destiny as the Green Mother, a powerful force for nature, to save the world from destruction.
It is discovered that young Orb , the Aunt of Luna, has the gift of conjuring natural music that emanates from things in nature. She sets off on a quest for a magical song known as the Llano, a song ... (Wikipedia)
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)
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)
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)
Fool Moon
by Jim Butcher
A wizard detective must solve a supernatural mystery with intrigue and danger.
After the events in, Storm Front, , Kim Delaney, whom Dresden helped to control her magical talents, asks Dresden how to create a set of three magical circles, which could be used to contain powerful ... (Wikipedia)
Storm Front
by Jim Butcher
A wizard detective investigates a mysterious magical murder in modern Chicago.
Dresden is hired by a Monica Sells to find her husband Victor Sells, an amateur magician who has been acting oddly. Later that day, he gets a call from Lieutenant Karrin Murphy, director of the ... (Wikipedia)
Myth Directions
by Robert Lynn Asprin
A humorous fantasy novel about a magician and his apprentice on a quest to retrieve a stolen magical artifact.
The beautiful Tanda wants the Trophy–and it's up to Skeeve to get it for her. The problem is, getting it will take more than luck. It will take all Skeeve's unproven magical talents, a scaly but ... (Goodreads)
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)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Douglas Adams
Quirky sci-fi adventure following a group of time travelers seeking to save the future.
Arthur Dent , Ford Prefect , Trillian , and Zaphod Beeblebrox leave the planet Magrathea on the Heart of Gold . A Vogon ship attacks them, and Arthur's attempt to have the ship's computer make him a ... (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)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
by Frank Miller
An aging Batman returns to Gotham City to combat a new breed of criminal.
The Dark Knight Returns is set in a dystopian version of Gotham City in 1986. Bruce Wayne, aged 55, has given up the mantle of Batman after the death of Jason Todd 10 years prior, and now lives as a ... (Wikipedia)
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)
Grave Peril
by Jim Butcher
Wizard Harry Dresden must protect Chicago from a powerful and malevolent supernatural force.
Dresden and Michael Carpenter , a Knight of the Cross , try to track down a bewildered but dangerous ghost in Cook County Hospital, are nearly ensnared by Dresden's faerie godmother the Leanansidhe , ... (Wikipedia)
Small Gods
by Terry Pratchett
A humorous fantasy tale of a god struggling with his dwindling power and followers.
The Great God Om tries to manifest himself once more in the world, as the time of his eighth prophet is nigh. He is surprised, however, when he finds himself in the body of a tortoise, stripped of ... (Wikipedia)
Another Fine Myth
by Robert Lynn Asprin
A comedic fantasy adventure of a young mage and his quest to save the world.
Skeeve was a magician's apprentice–until an assassin struck and his master was killed. Now, with a purple-tongued demon named Aahz as a companion, he's on a quest to get even. ... (Goodreads)
Shadow Puppets
by Orson Scott Card
Rebels attempt to restore peace to a world threatened by alien invasion.
Peter , Ender 's brother, is now Hegemon of Earth . Accepting a tip from inside China, where Achilles is held prisoner, Peter had planned for Bean to operate the mission, but at the last minute ... (Wikipedia)
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
A tale of a dystopian future where the strongest minds take control of society.
This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a destroyer or the greatest of liberators? Why did he have to fight his battle, not against his enemies, ... (Goodreads)
Shadow of the Hegemon
by Orson Scott Card
Political intrigue and military strategy in a world of post-apocalyptic chaos.
In Shadow of the Hegemon , all of the Battle School graduates, except Ender , return to Earth in 2197 A.D., where Ender's brother Peter , using his online pseudonym, Locke, , arranges for Ender to be ... (Wikipedia)
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
A hacker's quest in a futuristic America dealing with a mysterious computer virus.
Hiro Protagonist is a hacker and pizza delivery driver for the Mafia. He meets Y.T. (short for Yours Truly), a young skateboard Kourier ( courier ) who refers to herself in the third person , during ... (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)
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)
Lucifer's Hammer
by Larry Niven
A cataclysmic comet strikes Earth, leading to a fight for survival.
When wealthy soap company heir and amateur astronomer Tim Hamner co-discovers a new comet , dubbed Hamner-Brown, the documentary producer Harvey Randall persuades Hamner to have his family's company ... (Wikipedia)
The Hunt for Red October
by Tom Clancy
A thrilling adventure of a submarine captain's race against the clock in a thrilling game of cat and mouse.
During the Cold War ,(the story must be set in 1982, according to the days assigned to the dates in the novel, e.g. Dec. 17 was a Friday only in 1982,1976 and 1971 ) Marko Ramius, a Soviet Navy ... (Wikipedia)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
An eccentric detective's surreal journey through time and space to solve a mysterious case.
Richard MacDuff attends the Coleridge dinner at his old college St Cedd's , where he witnesses his former tutor, Professor Urban "Reg" Chronotis , perform an inexplicable magic trick in which he ... (Wikipedia)
Carpe Jugulum
by Terry Pratchett
A vampire family moves to a small town, where a priest and his family must defend against them.
Count Magpyr and family, vampires from Überwald , are invited to the naming of Magrat and King Verence 's daughter, to be conducted by the Omnian priest, Mightily Oats. During the party after the ... (Wikipedia)
Ender's Shadow
by Orson Scott Card
A boy competes in a battle school to save humanity from a deadly alien race.
Welcome to Battleschool. Growing up is never easy. But try living on the mean streets as a child begging for food and fighting like a dog with ruthless gangs of starving kids who wouldn't hesitate to ... (Goodreads)
Faerie Tale
by Raymond E. Feist
A family moves to a secluded house in upstate New York, only to find themselves caught up in a world of ancient magic and dark faerie tales.
Phil Hastings was a lucky man—he had money, a growing reputation as a screenwriter, a happy, loving family with three kids, and he'd just moved into the house of his dreams in rural of magic-and ... (Goodreads)
The Color of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
A comedic fantasy adventure full of humor, absurdities, and unexpected turns.
The story takes place on the Discworld, a planet-sized flat disc carried through space on the backs of four gargantuan elephants – Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon and Jerakeen – who themselves stand on ... (Wikipedia)
The Dragon Reborn
by Robert Jordan
A young man's quest to realize his destiny and save the world from destruction.
Rand al'Thor , having been declared the Dragon Reborn by Moiraine Damodred , secretly goes to Tear to prove himself. Along the way he is hunted by Darkhounds and Darkfriends. After leaving in secret, ... (Wikipedia)
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
Exploring the possibilities of a galactic empire in a future driven by science and technology.
For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future – to a dark age ... (Goodreads)
