Geralt the Witcher - revered and hated - holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the hit Witcher Netflix show and video games. Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, a man whose magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth. Translated by David French. Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. In this second collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection The Last Wish, join Geralt as he battles monsters, demons and prejudices alike . . .

When master warrior Shulien learns of the death of her family's patron, she abandons retirement and returns to the capital to protect Green Legend, a sword renowned for its historic triumphs. But much has happened in the years she has been in seclusion, and she finds herself beset on all sides with hidden enemies, and the tragic past which she had hoped to forget returns to haunts her. In her hour of need arrives a beautiful young warrior, Snow Vase, who is seeking a master. But the new apprentice is not all that she seems. When she falls in love with the bandit Wei-fang, a secret is revealed that makes all of them question who is friend and who is foe. In an age of thwarted love, can these two youths find happiness? Based on the original novels by Wang Du Lu, this is a beautiful love story set in the fading years of nineteenth century Imperial China.

It is the Sixth Age, Year Nineteen-Hundred and Seventy-Six. It is a time of brooding Shadows and Restless Empires. Two Brothers destined as avatars of fate. One brother, bound by honour and duty to an ancient holy empire, seeks to regain lost glory in a time of Total World War. He is tasked to bring about the brutal birth pains of a New World Order, as many nations drown in fire and blood, all for the holy relic of a dead god in ages past. The second brother, raised in humble beginnings. Who dreamt of seeing the world on his own terms. Fate reveals his future, that of which the hope of the world rests ultimately upon his shoulders. His destiny takes him over distant mountains and vast oceans where he is witness to the atrocities of the Empire of Madness. Theirs is a tragic tale, foretold by ancient prophecy, and their fates intertwined in the turbulent tides of destiny. -Should one succeed and the other fails in his quest. Then, Anew Dark Age shall consume the World of Erthos.

Peggy Goody and the Magic Triangle is a book about a twelve-year-old girl,who is innocently drawn into a world of fairy and wizard magic. She is given fairy magic for helping a fairy who was badly injured and trapped high up in a tree in the forest. The fairy was about to be captured by a band of Demodoms, red hairy creatures that roam the forest. After a massive struggle, Peggy manages to get the fairy down from the tree and safely home. The Silver Fairy thanks Peggy and rewards her with fairy magic. Peggy puts her magic to good use and gets involved in many daring and dangerous adventures and saves many lives. The book has has seventeen chapters, each on a new adventure. By chapter 17, Peggy is fifteen years old and has been given much more magic by the fairies, and her adventures take on a more sinister and dangerous tone, when she meets Savajic Menglor.

The bold hero Heimdall returns to battle the undead and his own divided loyalties, in this rip-roaring fantasy adventure set in Marvel’s Legends of Asgard The dead have returned. Odin, All-Father of Asgard, dispatches the heroic warrior Heimdall and the Valkyrie Uschi to eliminate a mysterious infestation of draugr – the living dead – in the proud realm of Vanaheim. Yet his home is not as Heimdall remembers it. Anti- Asgardian sentiment is rife, and the arrival of just two warriors from Asgard to deal with the draugr threat only incenses its people further. With rebellion growing in Vanaheim, Heimdall must investigate this conspiracy and the undead, even if it pits him against his own kin, to preserve the peace of the Realm Eternal.

At last Peggy is on her way to The Black Eagle School For Wizards, but she is about to find out that this is no ordinary school; her life is about to be turned upside down and inside out. Find out how she finds love, death and murder the hard way; her powers are about to increase to a level that will challenge the very best of wizards and make her the number one target of the Death Riders.

After suffering heavy losses at the hands of the Sadist, Patrick Stetson goes home to properly tend to his wounds. Three years later, Patrick is up for promotion and his life has almost returned to normal. But he learns the danger he fought once before is back, and this time it's hunting him. Paige Stetson left New York and moved to Boston leaving the past behind her. But her new found freedom is short lived once she receives the message encapsulated in a dream. Donald Jones found peace and happiness with his new family. Donald felt the call but ignored it until destiny showed up at his doorstep. Maria Fletcher withdrew from everyone after losing all she loved and cherished. Patrick was the last of her family, so she reached out to him and learned that Cal Johnson was still alive. It wasn't long before her help was sought by Norton Wyle, an ambitious federal agent who wants to harness the Sadist's power. The final judgment has begun, and in the eyes of the Sadist, all are guilty.

A young man is transformed into a barbarian fighter in this adventurous series from “one of the leading masters of epic fantasy” (Publishers Weekly). In this complete collection of the high fantasy Seventh Sword series by Aurora Award–winning author Dave Duncan, Wallie Smith must face a new destiny and save an unfamiliar world from evil forces. The Reluctant Swordsman: Wallie goes to the hospital and wakes up in the body of a barbarian swordsman, accompanied by a voluptuous slave girl and an eccentric priest babbling about the Goddess. When he learns the Goddess needs a swordsman, he reluctantly agrees to set off on her quest. The Coming of Wisdom: Wallie is staring death in the face when the Goddess gives him a new body and the fabled Sapphire Sword in return for being her champion. But Wallie and his weapon quickly find themselves outmatched in a world of high-stakes magic. The Destiny of the Sword: Wallie is entrusted by the presiding goddess with a mission to bring together all the swordsmen to finally defeat the sorcerers and their terrible technology. And while he’s not quite convinced he should oblige, goddesses can be very persuasive . . . The Death of Nnanji: For fifteen years the truce has held, but now sorcerers have started killing swordsmen again and swordsmen traitors are aiding them. Wallie, known now as Shonshu, must ride out to fight the war he hoped would never come, and his failure or success will determine the fate of the world for the next thousand years.

After crossing over to become a good-for-nothing Miss, she was not only designed, but was also kicked out of her home by her stepmother! Did he really think that she was a sick cat? Five years later, she joined hands with her genius son and powerfully returned. His fiance was arrogant? Break your face! Her stepmother's calculations? Tear off your disguise! To call her a good-for-nothing cultivator? Then the genius will appear and blow your eyeballs apart! As for who the baby's father is? What did it have to do with her!? Her only goal was to enter the Immortal Pavilion Academy to cultivate and become an immortal. What? The first round of the entrance exam was the innate talent test? Only with five awakened chakras can he pass? She smiled and saw that she didn't know anything at all. How could she be so breathtaking? How could she be so skillful in suppressing everyone present! However, she was only admitted to a school, why would peach blossoms come at her?