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EAGER, EDWARD

 

Half Magic  (Harcourt, Brace, World, 1954,  Macmillan, 1954, Odyssey, 1999, Voyager, ?.)

 

Half Magic #1.

 

                Children find a magical coin that will grant half a wish, and visit a variety of different worlds as a consequence.

 

Knight’s Castle  (Harcourt, Brace, World, 1956,  Macmillan, 1956, Puffin, 1973, Odyssey, 1999, Voyager, ?)

 

Half Magic #2.

 

                Several children are transported back through time to the days of Robin Hood.

 

Magic by the Lake  (Harcourt Brace, 1957, Odyssey, 1999.  Macmillan, 1957, as Magic or Not?)

 

Half Magic #3.

 

                Children capture a turtle that grants wishes.

 

Magic or Not  (See Magic by the Lake.)

 

Seven Day Magic  (Harcourt Brace, 1962, Macmillan, 1963, Odyssey, 1999.)

 

                A talisman grants wishes.

 

Time Garden, The  (Harcourt Brace, 1958, Macmillan, 1959, Odyssey, 1999.)

 

Half Magic #4.

 

                Magical time travel.

 

Well-Wishers, The  (Harcourt Brace, 1960, Macmillan, 1961, Odyssey, 1999.)

 

Half Magic #5.

 

                A group of children discover a wishing well that works.

 

EAKIN, WILLIAM R.

 

Redgunk Tales  (Invisible Cities Press, 2001.)

 

                Collection of related stories.

 

EARL, ROBERT

 

Ancient Blood (Black Library, 2008.)

 

A Warhammer novel.

 

A tribe of vampires fight for survival.

 

Burning Shore, The  (Black Library, 2004.)

 

A Warhammer novel.

 

                A nobleman recruits a group of mercenaries and sails to a jungle continent.

 

Corrupted, The  (Black Library, 2006.)

 

A Warhammer novel.

 

                ?

 

Wild Kingdoms  (Black Library, 2004.)

 

A Warhammer novel.

 

                Episodic adventures while searching a magical land for a missing woman.

 

EARLEY, PETE

 

Apocalypse Stone, The  (Forge, 2006.)

 

                A stone touched by Christ has mystical powers in the present.

 

EASTON, EDWARD  (See also Ralph Bundy.)

 

Miscast Gentleman, The  (Manor, 1978.)

 

                A modern day man finds himself transported back through time to 1595 Puerto Rico, where he is arrested as an English spy. 

 

Pirate of Hitchfield, The  (Manor, 1978.)

 

                Not seen.  Time travel.

 

EASTON, KELLY

 

White Magic  (Wendy Lamb, 2007.)

 

                Two young girls discover they can work magic.

 

EASTON, M. COLEMAN  (Also writes Science Fiction.)

 

Vigen #2.

 

Fisherman’s Curse, The  (Popular Library/Questar, 1987.)

 

                A magical glassmaker matches wits with a sea serpent sent by an angry god to destroy several coastal communities.

 

Iskiir  (Popular Library/Questar, 1986.)

 

                An Arabian style fantasy adventure in which the protagonist and his people are menaced by supernatural monoliths that crush all resistance.

 

Masters of Glass  (Popular Library/Questar, 1985.)

 

Vigen #1.

 

                A wizard and his female apprentice travel to a remote village to use their magical glassmaking talent to protect the local residents from a horde of monsters.

 

Spirits of Cavern and Hearth  (St Martins, 1988.)

 

                A strange disease makes the protagonist an outcast from his tribe just as he was about to help lead them across a volcanic wasteland.  Exiled, he solves the mystery of the strange creatures who rule that land.

 

EBERS, GEORG MORITZ

 

Elixir and Other Tales, The  (Gottsberger, 1890.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

ECKERT, ALLAN W.  (Also writes Science Fiction.)

 

Dark Green Tunnel, The  (Little, Brown, 1984.)

 

Mesmerian #1.

 

                ?

 

Wand, The  (Little, Brown, 1985.)

 

Mesmerian #2.

 

                ?

 

ECO, UMBERTO

 

Foucault’s Pendulum  (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989, translated from the Italian by William Weaver.)

 

                A practical joke involving the creation of an elaborate fictional conspiracy with occult overtones has startling consequences when some of the creators disappear and it appears that they have accidentally stumbled onto a hidden truth.

 

ECORDIAN, G.

 

Eye of Argon, The  (Hypatia, 1987.)

 

                Not seen.

 

EDDINGS, DAVID  (See also collaborations which follow.   Note that Leigh Eddings was probably involved in the writing of all of the novels published as by David alone. The Malloreon series directly follows the Belgariad series.  The Tamuli series follows the Elenium series.)

 

Belgariad Part 1, The  (Doubleday, 1985.)

 

                Omnibus of the first three books of the Belgariad.

 

Belgariad Part II, The  (Doubleday, 1985.)

 

                Omnibus of the last two books of the Belgariad.

 

Castle of Wizardry  (Del Rey, 1984, Century, 1984.)

 

Belgariad #4.

 

                A band of adventurers recovers a magical object, but must return it to its place in their homeland or it might open the gate and allow an evil god to return to the world of the living.

 

Demon Lord of Karanda  (Del Rey, 1988, Bantam Press, 1988.)

 

Malloreon #3.

 

                Life gets really complicated for a band of would be rescuers when they are pleasantly but firmly imprisoned by a local ruler while time is running out on their quest.  Add to that a legion of monsters and a mysterious plague, and it looks like the evil times are finally going to triumph.

 

Diamond Throne, The  (Del Rey, 1989, HarperCollins, ?, Grafton, 1989.)

 

Elenium #1.

 

                An exiled warrior returns to discover the princess he serves has been magically held in status and can only live another year if she is not freed.  Opposing his efforts to find a solution are agents of the local priesthood, who have ambitions of their own.

 

Domes of Fire  (HarperCollins, 1992, Del Rey, 1993.)

 

Tamuli #1.

 

                Ancient monsters and warriors are walking the world once again, and two beleaguered kingdoms must pool their resources to defeat the attackers, and discover what force is responsible for awakening these long forgotten creatures..

 

Elenium, The  (?, 1993.)

 

                Omnibus of The Diamond Throne, The Ruby Knight, and The Sapphire Rose.

 

Enchanter’s End Game  (Del Rey, 1984, Century, 1985.)

 

Belgariad #5.

 

                The evil god has wakened and an army of his followers threatens the peaceful people to their west, so a reluctant sorcerer sets out for the final battle.

 

Guardians of the West  (Del Rey, 1987, Bantam Press, 1987.)

 

Malloreon #1.

 

                Ten years after saving his people from invaders from the east, a peasant turned king learns of a new prophecy of supernatural danger, and prepares to use his own magical powers to protect his people once again.

 

Hidden City, The  (Del Rey, 1994, HarperCollins, 1994.)

 

Tamuli #3.

 

                The protagonist leads a successful battle against the army of an evil god, only to discover that while that was happening, the god engineered the kidnapping of his wife.

 

King of the Murgos  (Del Rey, 1988, Bantam Press, 1988.)

 

Malloreon #2.

 

                A king and his companions are on a quest to rescue his kidnapped son, who is intended to be a human sacrifice in the service of an evil man’s occult ambitions.

 

Losers, The  (Del Rey, 1992, Grafton, 1993.)

 

                The story of a rivalry between two talented young men with magical powers, one committed to good, the other to evil, in a contemporary setting.

 

Magician’s Gambit  (Del Rey, 1983, Century, 1984.)

 

Belgariad #3.

 

                A princess falls in love with a peasant who is engaged on a quest to recover a magical object before it can be used to awaken a sleeping god of evil.

 

Mallorean Volume One  (Del Rey, 2005.)

 

                Omnibus of Guardians of the West, King of the Murgos, and Demon Lord of Karanda.

 

Mallorean Volume Two  (Del Rey, 2005.)

 

                Omnibus of Sorceress of Darshiva and The Seeress of Kell.

 

Pawn of Prophecy  (Del Rey, 1982, Century, 1983.)

 

Belgariad #1.

 

                A magical orb prevents an evil god from interfering in the affairs of men.  Or so it is until unwise and ambitious conspirators decide to bring an end to the peace that has prevailed for generations, and a young, unsophisticated man discovers that his destiny is to oppose them.

 

Queen of Sorcery  (Del Rey, 1982, Century, 1983.)

 

Belgariad #2.

 

                The orb that controls an evil god has been stolen, and two sorcerers and a young farmhand set out to recover it before it can be used to waken an ancient danger.

 

Ruby Knight, The  (Del Rey, 1990, HarperCollins, ?, Grafton, 1990.)

 

Ellenium #2.

 

                A band of knights, accompanied by ghosts, set out to find a magical object which is the only way of curing the princess they serve.  They are opposed by dangers human and otherwise, including a kind of super insect.

 

Sapphire Rose, The  (Del Rey, 1991, HarperCollins, 1991.)

 

Elenium #3.

 

                A noble knight finds the cure for his ruler’s illness, thwarts an angry god’s living servants, and uncovers a plot within the local priesthood.

 

Seeress of Kell, The  (Del Rey, 1991, Bantam Press, 1991.)

 

Malloreon #5.

 

                The final confrontation between a good king and an evil magician who has kidnapped the former’s child, played out in a mystical location not known to ordinary mortals.

 

Shining Ones, The  (Del Rey, 1993, Harper Collins, 1993.)

 

Tamuli #2.

 

                A knight sets out to recover and safeguard a magical jewel, in a desperate race against a race of shining creatures whose very touch can kill human beings.

 

Sorceress of Darshiva  (Del Rey, 1989, Bantam Press, 1989.)

 

Malloreon #4.

 

                Pursued by a rival king’s army, Garion and his companions seek to catch up to the kidnapper of his infant child before the boy can be sacrificed to an evil god.

 

EDDINGS, DAVID & EDDINGS, LEIGH  (Note the Belgarath series is the prequel to the Belgariad series by David Eddings alone. Also writes Horror.)

 

Belgarath the Sorcerer  (Del Rey, 1995, HarperCollins, 1996.)

 

Belgarath #1.

 

                The story of a young magician who is fated to battle and defeat an evil god, and become immortal in the process.

 

Crystal Gorge  (Warner, 2005.)

 

Dreamers #3.

 

                A group of warriors hopes to restore order as the gods grow old and demented and the mortal enemies of humanity contrive new ways to threaten the peace.

 

Elder Gods, The  (Warner, 2004.)

 

Dreamers #1.

 

                A group is chosen by the gods to fight a monstrous evil.

 

Polgara the Sorceress  (Del Rey, 1996, HarperCollins, 1998.)

 

Belgarath #2.

 

                The epic biography of a sorceress with the ability to change shapes, perform a variety of magical miracles, and who experiences a number of dangerous adventures in the world of the Belgariad.

 

Redemption of Althalus, The  (Del Rey, 2000.)

 

                A thief is recruited by a goddess to help her in her battle against one of her brothers, who wants to end the world.  They recruit a group of unlikely heroes and set out to battle a band of equally disparate villains recruited by the other side in a series of wars and more subtle maneuvers.

 

Treasured One, The  (Warner, 2004.)

 

Dreamers #2.

 

                Just as they defeat one evil army, our heroes find themselves faced with a larger and more grotesque one.

 

EDDINGS, LEIGH  (See collaborations above with David Eddings.)

 

EDDISON, E.R.

 

Fish Dinner in Memison, A  (Dutton, 1941,  Ballantine, 1968, Pan, 1972.)

 

Ouroboros #3.

 

                More magical adventures in the world of Zimiamvia.

 

Mezentian Gate, The  (Curwen, 1958, Ballantine, 1969. )

 

Ouroboros #4.

 

                The uncompleted final adventure set in the magical land of Zimiamvia.

 

Mistress of Mistresses  (Dutton, 1935, Faber, 1935, Ballantine, 1967, Gollancz, 2001.)

 

Ouroboros #2.

 

                A man from our world finds himself in Zimiamvia, a marvelous fantasy world, where he has various adventures.

 

Worm Ouroboros, The  (Jonathan Cape, 1922, Clark, 1922, Dutton, 1926, Boni, 1926, Xanadu, 1952, Ballantine, 1967, Dell, 1991, Buccaneer, 1993, Millennium, 2000.)

 

Ouroboros #1.

 

                A magnificent epic fantasy adventure about the war between various kingdoms in an enormous and intricate magical landscape.  Alliances shift back and forth, and sometimes it’s hard to tell the heroes from the villains.  When the latter are finally defeated, the heroes are so bored that they cycle back through time to do the whole thing over again.

 

Zimiamvia: A Trilogy  (Dell, 1992.)

 

                Omnibus of The Mezentian Gate, A Fish Dinner In Memison, and Mistress of Mistresses.

 

EDGERTON, TERESA  (Note that the Celydonn series is a sequel to the Green Lion series.)

 

Castle of the Silver Wheel, The  (Ace, 1993.)

 

Celydonn #1.

 

                A young bride travels to her new home, where much to her surprise she discovers that she needs to use her latent magical abilities to lift the blight on the local crops and protect herself from evil.

 

Child of Saturn  (Ace, 1989.)

 

Green Lion #1.

 

                A peaceful kingdom is threatened by dark sorcery through the sister of its ruler, the monsters in its forests, and from the failure of its crops.  When the chief sorcerer goes wizard, his half trained apprentice has to take on the task of repelling the evil aided only by a secret alliance with a warrior.

 

Gnomes’ Engine, The  (Ace, 1991.)

 

Goblin Moon #2.

 

                Further strange goings on in a magical alternate Earth where elves and humans team up to investigate both science and magic.

 

Goblin Moon  (Ace, 1991.)

 

Goblin Moon #1.

 

                There are mysterious things happening in a magical alternate Earth.  There are earthquakes and flooding, mysterious religious ceremonies, masked avengers, and an uneasy truce between humans and the non-human creatures with whom they share the world.

 

Grail and the Ring, The  (Ace, 1994.)

 

Celydonn #2.

 

                A new mother and her infant son are whisked away into the mysterious Shadow Realm where she is forced to call upon her magical talents to save herself and her child from an evil force.

 

Moon and the Thorn, The  (Ace, 1995.)

 

Celydonn #3.

 

                A woman with the ability to change her shape sets out to track down the magically talented villain who has vowed vengeance against her family.

 

Moon in Hiding, The  (Ace, 1989.)

 

Green Lion #2.

 

                Ancient bones are stolen from their tomb and the young sorceress who stands between her people and evil is suspected as being responsible.

 

Queen's Necklace, The  (Avon Eos, 2001.)

 

                Humans believe that their goblin masters are extinct, but they live on secretly, gathering magical artifacts in preparation for their return to power.  A young soldier discovers the truth, and has to convince others to act before it's too late.

 

Work of the Sun, The  (Ace, 1990.)

 

Green Lion #3.

 

                A rival for the throne has gained control of a magical artifact that she can use to twist a good sorceress’ own powers to evil purposes.

 

EDGHILL, ROSEMARY  (Writes Science Fiction as Eluki Bes Shahar.  See also collaboration with Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey. Also writes Horror.)

 

Cloak of Night and Daggers, The  (DAW, 1997.)

 

Twelve Treasures #3.

 

                A medievalist encounters a real elf in our world and agrees to help him on his quest to return home and gain possession of a collection of magical treasures.

 

Cup of Morning Shadows, The  (DAW, 1995.)

 

Twelve Treasures #2.

 

                A librarian discovers a magical door to the world of fairy just in time to get involved in a battle for the throne of that world which results from the inability of the heir apparent to collect the twelve treasures necessary to confirm his rule.

 

Empty Crown, The  (Doubleday, 1997.)

 

                Omnibus of The Sword of Maiden's Tears, The Cup of Morning Shadows, and The Cloak of Night and Daggers.

 

Met by Moonlight  (Pinnacle, 1998.)

 

                A contemporary Wiccan is transported back to the time of Cromwell and finds herself pursued by witch hunters.  Fortunately, she falls in love with the right man to save the day.

 

Paying the Piper at the Gates of Dawn  (Five Star, 2003.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Sword of Maiden’s Tears, The  (DAW, 1995.)

 

Twelve Treasures #1.

 

                The protagonist and friends are off to recover a stolen magic sword.

 

Vengeance of Masks  (Betancourt, 2003.)

 

Childeric #1.

 

                A fantasy empire is endangered when an imprisoned demon finally escapes to wreak his vengeance.

 

Warslayer, The  (Baen, 2002.)

 

                An actress in a television fantasy series is abducted into a fantasy world where she is supposed to defend the local people from a mysterious monster.

 

EDWARDS, CLAUDIA  (All but Eldrie the Healer are loosely related.)

 

Bright and Shining Tiger  (Popular Library/Questar, 1988, Headline, 1988.)

 

                An exiled witch comes across an abandoned castle where she may be able to make a new life for herself, or may instead meet her doom.

 

Eldrie the Healer  (Pageant, 1989.)

 

                This was supposed to be the opening volume of the Bastard Princess series, but no further volumes ever appeared.  A female warrior and her companion have a variety of standard adventures before he persuades her to return to her homeland and reclaim her birthright.

 

Horsewoman in Godsland, A  (Popular Library/Questar, 1987, Headline, 1988.)

 

                A resourceful young woman finds herself opposed to the hierarchy of a dominant, repressive church that can command monsters to shore up its domination of the populace.

 

Taming the Forest King  (Popular Library/Questar, 1986, Headline, 1987.)

 

                A female cavalry officer is one of the leading lights in an army striving to keep chaos from creeping over their world, but their martial ability is of little use against the magical powers of the Forest King himself.

 

EDWARDS, GENE

 

Return, The  (Tyndale, 1996.)

 

                Metaphysical Christian sermon disguised as a narrative about astronauts discovering heaven.

 

EDWARDS, GRAHAM

 

Dragoncharm  (HarperCollins, 1996.)

 

Dragon #1.

 

                An immortal creature seeks to rejuvenate his race in a magical world threatened with chaos.  Natural dragons and magical dragons engage in a war to the finish.

 

Dragonflame  (HarperCollins, 1997.)

 

Dragon #3.

 

                Now mortal, a basilisk becomes involved with an evil cult seeking a magical artifact.

 

Dragonstorm  (HarperCollins, 1996.)

 

Dragon #2.

 

                Not seen.

 

EDWARDS, NICHOLAS

 

Kazaam  (Scholastic, 1996, from the screenplay by Paul Michael Glaser, Christian Ford, and Roger Soffer, )

 

                A genie.

 

EELLS, ELSIE SPENCER

 

Magic Tooth and Other Tales from the Amazon, The  (Little, Brown, 1927.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

EFFINGER, GEORGE ALEC  (Also writes Science Fiction.)

 

Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordperson  (Swan Press, 1993.)

 

                Collection of related stories.

 

Zork Chronicles, The  (Avon, 1990.)

 

                An adventurer descends into an underground world for a series of episodic adventures in this novel derived from the Zork computer game.

 

EGAN, GREG  (Also writes Science Fiction.)

 

Unusual Angle, An  (Norstrilia, 1983.)

 

                A young boy makes a film of his life inside his head.

 

EGBERT, H.M.  (Also writes Science Fiction.)

 

Mrs. Aladdin  (Long, 1925.)

 

                Adventure involving a beautiful genie.

 

EICKHOFF, RANDY LEE

 

Destruction of the Inn, The  (Forge, 2002.)

 

                An ancient Irish myth retold.

 

Feast, The  (Forge, 1999.)

 

                A retelling of the story of Cuchulainn, an ancient Irish hero.

 

He Stands Alone  (Forge, 2002.)

 

                A story of ancient Ireland and magic.

 

Red Branch Tales, The  (Forge, 2003.)

 

                Collection of stories based on Irish legends.

 

Sorrows,Tthe  (Forge, 2001.)

 

                Collection of loosely related stories.

 

EINHORN, EDWARD

 

Paradox in Oz  (Hungry Tiger, 2000.)

 

An Oz book.

 

                Ozma, the ruler of Oz, must travel back in time when the magic spell that keeps her people from aging ceases to work.  There she is caught in an alternate time stream where the people she knew in her own era exist, but have different personalities from those she previously knew.

 

EISENSTEIN, PHYLLIS  (Also writes Science Fiction.)

 

Born to Exile  (Arkham House, 1978, Dell, 1980, New American Library, 1989, Grafton, 1992, HarperCollins, 1992.)

 

Alaric #1.

 

                Episodic novel about a wandering minstrel and his adventures with nobles and outlaws, magicians and murderers.

 

Crystal Palace, The  (Signet, 1988, Grafton, 1991.)

 

Cray Ormeru #2.

 

                A sorcerer creates a magic mirror in which he sees a beautiful woman.  Fascinated, he investigates until he finds out where she lives, then travels to that land to discover that she is a prisoner of magic.  Eventually he discovers a way to free her and wins her love.

 

In the Red Lord’s Reach  (Signet, 1989, HarperCollins, 1992.)

 

Alaric #2

 

                A minstrel with the ability to think himself from one place to another is feared as a witch.  Eventually he finds a home with a band of nomads when he helps them defeat a supernatural menace that is draining the very life from the land they inhabit.

 

Night Lives  (Five Star, 2003.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Sorcerer’s Son  (Del Rey, 1979, Grafton, 1990.)

 

Cray Ormeru #1.

 

                A demon is sent to impregnate a woman in the guise of a wounded knight.  But he falls in love with her, and after he is ordered to leave, he watches in dismay as she sets out to find her missing lover.

 

ELDRIDGE, PAUL  (See collaborations with George Sylvester Viereck.)

 

ELFLANDSSON, GALAD

 

Black Wolf, The  (Centaur, 1979.)

 

                A dark, Lovecraftian style fantasy set in the early days of colonial America.

 

ELGIN, SUZETTE HADEN  (Also writes Science Fiction.)

 

And Then There’ll Be Fireworks  (Doubleday, 1981, Berkley, 1983.)

 

Ozark #3.

 

                The final battle between a young woman’s magic and the inhuman invaders from another realm.

 

Grand Jubilee, The  (Doubleday, 1981, Berkley, 1983.)

 

Ozark #2.

 

                The threat of a darkly sinister force shadows the land of Ozark, but a young girl whose magical powers are stronger than she believes may yet save the day.

 

Twelve Fair Kingdoms  (Doubleday, 1981, Berkley, 1983.)

 

Ozark #1.

 

                An unusual fantasy using the Ozark country as its model.  Wry humor and likable characters combine in a story of mild magic and great menace.  The opening volume establishes the characters and the nature of their enemy.

 

ELIAS, HORACE J.  (Also writes Science Fiction and Horror.)

 

Wizard of Oz, The  (Price Stern Sloan, 1976.)

 

                A retelling of the famous story by L. Frank Baum.  I can’t imagine why anyone thought this was necessary.

 

ELIZABETH, SUZANNE  (Pseudonym of Suzanne Witter.)

 

Destined to Love  (Harper, 1994.)

 

Time travel novel set in the Old West.  A romance.

 

Destiny in Disguise  (Harper, 1997.)

 

A woman's spirit travels to the Old West after she dies.  A romance.

 

Destiny's Embrace  (Harper, 1996.)

 

A woman escapes the law by going back in time to the Old West, where she falls in love with the local marshal and helps him clean up a band of outlaws.  A romance.

 

Till the End of Time  (Harper, 1995.)

 

A test pilot goes back through time and falls in love with a woman working as a spy during the Civil War.  A romance.

 

ELKIN, STANLEY

 

Living End, The  (Dutton, 1979, Avon, 1996.)

 

                A story of the afterlife when a holdup victim gets a brief tour of heaven and hell.

 

ELLIOTT, FRANCIS PERRY

 

Gift of Abou Hassan, The  (Little, Brown, 1912.)

 

                Story of a magic carpet.

 

Haunted Pajamas, The  (Bobbs-Merrill, 1911.)

 

                Magic pajamas transformed the wearer.

 

ELLIOTT, JANICE  (Also writes Science Fiction.)

 

City of Gates  (Hodder, 1992.)

 

                Not seen.

 

Empty Throne, The  (Walker, 1988.)

 

Arthur #2.

 

                ?

 

King Awakes, The  (Walker, 1987.)

 

Arthur #1.

 

                ?

 

Magic  (?, 1983.)

 

                Not seen.

 

ELLIOTT, KATE  (Pseudonym of Alis Rasmussen, whom see.  See also collaborations with Jennifer Roberson and Melanie Rawn.)

 

Burning Stone, The  (DAW, 1999, Orbit, 1999.)

 

Crown of Stars #3.

 

                Two kingdoms continue to be torn by strife and politics.  Against that backdrop, a pair of lovers seek happiness, menaced as they are by outside forces and also by the woman’s temptation to explore the sorcerous power that links her to an ancient people.

 

Child of Flame  (Orbit, 2000.)

 

Crown of Stars #4.

 

                The protagonists are scattered in this volume, one caught in the war between human and inhuman races, another seeking the truth about her own origins, and the third seeking to warn the king that there is a plot against him.

 

Crown of Stars  (DAW, 2006.)

 

Crown of Stars #7.

 

                Although the world has survived a cataclysmic change, the survivors seem intent on splitting up into rival factions once again.

 

Gathering Storm, The  (Orbit, 2003.)

 

Crown of Stars #5.

 

                A combination of natural and supernatural disasters and the king's occasional poor judgment leave the future of the kingdom in doubt.

 

In the Ruins  (DAW, 2005.)

 

Crown of Stars #6.

 

                Two magical worlds collide, followed by multiple natural disasters and the predictable battle for power as the chaos continues.

 

King’s Dragon  (DAW, 1997, Legend, 1997.)

 

Crown of Stars #1.

 

                The rule of the King of Wendar is menaced not only by his ambitious sister, who is gathering a rival army to her banner, but by the inhuman creatures in the lands to the north and east, who are striking across the border.  Two unlikely young people are forced to risk all to save their people.

 

Prince of Dogs  (DAW, 1998, Orbit, 1998.)

 

Crown of Stars #2.

 

                Further complications and intrigue in the troubled kingdoms where civil unrest, outside invasion by monsters, a missing heir to the throne, and other difficulties prevent the sitting rulers from restoring tranquility to their people.

 

Shadow Gate  (Tor, 2008.)

 

Crossroads #2.

 

The gods return, and they have an altered agenda.

 

Spirit Gate  (Tor, 2006.)

 

Crossroads #1.

 

                A magical realm is troubled when the gods abdicate their former role as rulers and authority begins to disintegrate.

 

ELLIOTT, PATRICIA

 

Ambergate  (Little, Brown, 2006.)

 

Murkmere #2.

 

                A mysterious orphan with a magic amulet tries to make a new life for herself.

 

Murkmere  (Little, Brown, 2005.)

 

Murkmere #1.

 

                Young adult novel in which a young companion to a teenaged girl discovers supernatural secrets and completely natural villainy.

 

ELLIOTT, WILLIAM J.

 

Tomorrow’s Spectacles  (Swan, 1946.)

 

                Precognition.

 

ELMORE, ERNEST

 

Lumpton Gobbelings, The  (Putnam, 1954.)

 

                Leprechauns invade a village.

 

ELMORE, LARRY  (See collaboration which follows.)

 

ELMORE, LARRY & ELMORE, ROBERT

 

Runes of Autumn   (TSR, 1996.)

 

                The murder of two youngsters leads to suspicion that an old enemy has returned to the area, but some suspect that the killer is one of the local villagers.

 

ELMORE, ROBERT  (See collaboration above with Larry Elmore.)

 

ELROD, P.N.  (Also writes Horror.)

 

Adventures of Myhr, The  (Baen, 2003.)

 

                Adventures of a hero half human, half cat, as he travels through a variety of magical alternate worlds.

 

ELWOOD, ROGER  (Also writes Science Fiction.)

 

Angelwalk  (Crossway, 1988.)

 

                An angel is sent to Earth to see at first hand why Lucifer was thrown out of Heaven.  A didactic Christian novel.

 

Darien  (Word Publishing, 1994.)

 

                The story of an angel who accompanied Jesus on Earth but who failed to save him.

 

Sorcerers of Sodom  (Revell, 1991.)

 

                Offensive novel about a minister who precipitates divine judgment against homosexuals and other people the author doesn’t like.

 

ELYOT, AMANDA  (Pseudonym of Leslie Carroll.)

 

By a Lady  (Three Rivers, 2006.)

 

                An actress finds herself back in the time of Jane Austen.

 

ELZE, WINIFRED

 

Changeling Garden, The  (St Martins, 1995.)

 

                A woman enjoys a psychic communication with the plants and animals surrounding her home, and prevents her husband from exploiting the land.

 

EMBRY, MARGARET

 

Blue-Nosed Witch, The  (Holiday House, 1956, Young Readers Press, 1969, Bantam Skylark, 1984.)

 

                Young reader’s book about a modern day witch.

 

EMERSON, CAROLINE D.

 

Magic Tunnel, The  (Stokes, 1940, Four Winds, 1968, Scholastic, 1969.)

 

                Two children take the subway and are carried back three hundred years to New Amsterdam.

 

EMERSON, RU  (See also Roberta Cray and collaborations with Mercedes Lackey.)

 

Against the Giants  (TSR, 1999.)

 

                A young boy survives when his village is wiped out by giants, but when he tries to warn the king, no one believes him except one soldier.  With that man's help, he proves his case and discovers the reason why the giants have returned.

 

Art of the Sword, The  (Ace, 1994.)

 

Night-Threads #5.

 

                A dangerous new drug is spreading through Rhadaz.  The protagonist is searching for its source when he discovers that he has been lethally poisoned with that very drug, that he cannot be cured either by medicine or conventional magic.  His only hope is a young woman who might possess a different kind of power.

 

Calling of the Three, The  (Ace, 1990.)

 

Night-Threads #1.

 

                Three people from our world are magically whisked to a world to help a brother and sister resist the seizure of their throne by their evil uncle.  But the uncle is allied with the same sorcerous powers that caused the death of the previous ruler.

 

Craft of Light, The  (Ace, 1993.)

 

Night-Threads #4.

 

                Involuntary recruits from our world have helped to oust a usurper from the throne, but even after peace is restored, there is unrest and fresh dangers.

 

Empty Throne, The  (Boulevard, 1996.)

 

A Xena novel.

 

Xena finds herself in a village from which all the men have disappeared as if by magic.

 

Go Quest, Young Man  (Ace, 1999.)

 

A Xena novel.

 

                One of Xena's friends answers a call for heroes.  She discovers that it originates from two of their old enemies and that her friend may have walked into a trap.

 

How the Quest Was Won  (Ace, 2000.)

 

A Xena novel.

 

                A group of adventurers are tricked into revealing the hiding play of Helen of Troy, and then have to protect her from her angry husband.

 

Huntress and the Sphinx, The  (Boulevard, 1997.)

 

A Xena novel.

 

Xena and friends set out to rescue a group of kidnapped children who have fallen into the hands of an animate sphinx.

 

In the Caves of Exile  (Ace, 1988, Headline, 1988.)

 

Tale of Nedao #2.

 

                Nedao has fallen to its enemies, and the woman who once ruled it leads the survivors on a trek cross country to a place of refuge.

 

Keep on the Borderlands  (Wizards of the Coast, 2001.)

 

A Greyhawk novel.

 

                A small group of heroes are beset by villains and monsters, so they venture into a haunted cave seeking relief.

 

Masques  (Avon, 1990.)

 

A Beauty and the Beast novel.

 

                ?

 

One Land, One Duke  (Ace, 1992.)

 

Night-Threads #3.

 

                After hiding from their usurping uncle, a young prince, his sister, and their allies return to their homeland to challenge his army and his magical allies.

 

On the Seas of Destiny  (Ace, 1989, Headline, 1989.)

 

Tale of Nedao #3.

 

                The final triumph of the exiled queen and her people and their return to freedom.

 

Princess of Flames, The  (Ace, 1986, Unwin, 1987.)

 

                A young woman unjustly deprived of her throne marshals her mastery of both magic and swordplay and bides her time before returning to oust the usurper.

 

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