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LACKEY, MERCEDES  (See collaborations with Piers Anthony, Andre Norton,  and C.J. Cherryh, as well as those which follow.  Note that the Valdemar books are broken up into sub-series which are not noted below since each is part of the sequence.  The Collegium series is also related.)

 

 

SEQUENCE MAY BE INCORRECT FOR VALDEMAR

 

Aerie  (DAW, 2006.)

 

Joust #4.

 

                Exiles from a land ruled secretly by magicians gather their forces and their dragon allies in an effort to free their people.

 

Alta  (DAW, 2004.)

 

Joust #2.

 

                A young man hopes to steal the secrets of dragon riding for his own people, but they distrust him when he shows up with a live dragon.

 

Arrow’s Fall  (DAW, 1988, Legend, 1989.)

 

Valdemar #3.

 

                While in a foreign country to evaluate a marriage proposal sent to her queen, a young Herald discovers that there is a sorcerous plot in the works that could destroy her homeland and the queen whom she serves.

 

Arrow’s Flight  (DAW, 1987, Legend, 1989.)

 

Valdemar #2.

 

                Talia has become a Herald, a sort of roving judge bearing the authority of the queen.  But when she attempts to perform her duties, she discovers that it isn’t quite as easy as she was led to believe, particularly among those who challenge her authority.

 

Arrows of the Queen  (DAW, 1987, Legend, 1988.)

 

Valdemar #1.

 

                A magical horse chooses a young woman to become a Herald of the queen and eventually a member of her personal bodyguard.  Before she reaches this goal, however, she gets caught up in a conspiracy to seize the throne.

 

Black Swan, The  (DAW, 1999, Gollancz, 2000.)

 

                A man with a grudge against women roams about changing them into swans.  Eventually one of his victims manages to turn the tables on him.  A retelling of the story of Swan Lake.

 

Brightly Burning  (DAW, 2000, Gollancz, 2001.)

 

Valdemar #16.

 

                A young, troublesome boy is developing unusually potent magical powers.  Three adults are set to overseeing his training, because his abilities may be needed to avert war with a neighboring state.  The boy, however, proves resistant to discipline and resentful of authority.

 

By the Sword  (DAW, 1991.)

 

Valdemar #9.

 

                When her family is attacked and her prospective sister in law kidnapped, Kerowyn appeals to her warrior grandmother for assistance, and finds herself on a quest that will change forever the future she foresaw for herself.

 

Eagle and the Nightingales, The  (Baen, 1995.)

 

Bardic Voices #3.

 

                A militant church is seizing control of Alanda, and among their policies are opposition to magic, bards, and non-human intelligent beings.  A young bard decides to try her hand at finding out what lies behind the king’s unwillingness to stand up to them.

 

Exile's Honor  (DAW, 2002.)

 

Valdemar #24.

 

                A soldier trained to fight against the witch nation of Valdemar is rescued by his enemies and discovers that he has been misled about their nature.

 

Exile's Valor  (DAW, 2003.)

 

Valdemar #25.

 

                A foreign mercenary becomes the key to the security of the throne.

 

Fairy Godmother, The  (Luna, 2004.)

 

500 Kingdoms #1.

 

                Mild romance about a disgruntled woman who becomes a fairy godmother and turns an obnoxious prince into a donkey.

 

Fiddler Fair  (Baen, 1998.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Firebird  (Tor, 1996.)

 

                A Russian boy is banished after he tries to capture a magical bird.  His subsequent adventures eventually lead to his falling in love with an enchanted princess and rescuing her from an evil magician.  Based on a classic Russian fairy tale.

 

Fire Rose, The  (Baen, 1996.)

 

                A modern variation of the story of beauty and the beast.  A scholarly woman is hired as a governess, but it turns out her only duty is to read to an employer whom she never sees, and who listens over a communications system.

 

Fortune’s Fool  (Luna, 2007.)

 

                A kidnapped princess is rescued by a supposed fool.

 

Foundation  (DAW, 2008.)

 

Collegium #1.

 

A young boy escapes captivity and seeks a better life for himself.

 

Four and Twenty Blackbirds  (Baen, 1997, Harper, 1998.)

 

Bardic Voices #4.

 

                Someone with magical powers is taking possession of clerics and using them to murder lower class women in Jack the Ripper style.  An ordinary police officer takes the latest crime personally and vows to track down the sorcerer responsible.

 

Free Bards, The  (Baen, 1997.)

 

Omnibus of the first three Bardic Voices novels.

 

Gates of Sleep, The  (?)

 

Elemental Masters #2.

 

                ?

 

Joust (DAW, 2003.)

 

Joust #1.

 

                A simple peasant gets a chance to work with dragons and has his life transformed.

 

Lark and the Wren, The  (Baen, 1992.)

 

Bardic Voices #1.

 

                A tavern singer who believes she has the talent to be a bard is frustrated that no one will give her an opportunity to prove herself.  Eventually she challenges a powerful ghost to a test of her skill, for which she hopes to win his assistance.

 

Last Herald Mage, The  (Guild America, 1990.)

 

                Omnibus of Magic’s Pawn, Magic’s Promise, and Magic’s Price.

 

Magic’s Pawn  (DAW, 1989, Roc UK, 1992.)

 

Valdemar #6, Magic #1.

 

                Vanyel has magical talents, but he prefers to live the life of a simple bard.  Unfortunately, that would leave him without the ability to control the forces that work through him, so he is sent to live with an aunt who might have sufficient influence to discipline him.  But before she can succeed, the consequences of his lack of training begin to unfold.

 

Magic’s Price  (DAW, 1990, Roc UK, 1992.)

 

Valdemar #8, Magic #3.

 

                Vanyel is the last surviving magician in Valdemar, which is menaced by supernatural evil, the invading army massing in a neighboring country, and the imminent death of its own king.  And Vanyel’s prescient vision of the future seems to imply the destruction of all Valdemar.

 

Magic’s Promise  (DAW, 1990, Roc UK, 1992.)

 

Valdemar #7, Magic #2.

 

                Vanyel has mastered his magical abilities and has become the strongest sorcerer in a world troubled by evil magic.  He and a friend travel to a neighboring country to help them combat a supernatural manifestation, which might originate from within that land’s young ruler.

 

Oathblood  (DAW, 1998.)

 

Valdemar #?

 

                Collection of sometimes related stories.

 

Oathbound, The  (DAW, 1988.)

 

Valdemar #4, Oath #1.

 

                Two female warriors, one seeking revenge on the bandits who wiped out her family, the other armed with formidable sorcery as well as martial arts, team up for a series of adventures.

 

Oathbreakers   (DAW, 1989.)

 

Valdemar #5, Oath #2.

 

                A woman disappears while on a quest for a magical sword.  In her absence, the throne whose occupant should have been decided by the sword falls to a conniving usurper.  Two warrior women who were friends to the missing one set out to find her, and help restore the true rule of her city.

 

One Good Knight  (Luna, 2006.)

 

500 Kingdoms #2.

 

                A retelling of the story of Perseus and Andromeda.

 

Phoenix and Ashes  (DAW, 2004.)

 

Elemental Masters #3.

 

                A young woman struggles to escape her magical bondage to a home in World War I London.  Loosely based on Cinderella.

 

Reserved for the Cat  (DAW, 2007.)

 

Elemental Masters #5.

 

An out of work ballerina has her life changed by a magical cat.

 

River's Gift, The  (Roc, 1999.)

 

                Short tale of a teenager who takes solace from a magic horse following her father's death.

 

Robin and the Kestrel, The  (Baen, 1993.)

 

Bardic Voices #2.

 

                A singer and a runaway noble team up with a friendly ghost to help foil a plot that would magically drive all music from their world.

 

Sacred Ground  (Tor, 1994.)

 

                A woman who is attempting to learn the magic of her ancestors is troubled when a new shopping mall construction disturbs a hidden burial ground.  Eventually she learns that an ancient evil has been released, one that can only be stopped by equally ancient magic.

 

Sanctuary  (DAW, 2005.)

 

Joust #3.

 

                In his new homeland, Kiron the dragon master discovers a conspiracy against the throne.

 

Serpent's Shadow, The  (DAW, 2001.)

 

Elemental Masters #1.

 

                A female doctor in Victorian London is concealing the fact that she also has a magical healing power.  Then a group of magicians from India come seeking to control her abilities.  Loosely based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

 

Snow Queen, The  (Luna, 2008.)

 

A retelling of the story of the Snow Queen, with romance.

 

Storm Breaking  (DAW, 1996, Orion, 1996.)

 

Valdemar #15, Storm #3.

 

                A desperate search is on for a treasure trove of ancient magical artifacts which might be the only means of stopping a series of supernatural storms which threaten to literally destroy the world.

 

Storm Rising  (DAW, 1996, Millennium, 1996.)

 

Valdemar #14, Storm #2.

 

                Evil magicians are using terrible storms and manifestations of hideous creatures to unsettle the people of both Valdemar and Karse, and the two nations are beginning to distrust one another again as well.  The ruler of Karse attempts to prevent a break by revealing arcane secrets.

 

Storm Warning  (DAW, 1994, Millennium, 1995.)

 

Valdemar #13, Storm #1.

 

                Valdemar and a neighboring country which have long been enemies are forced to forge an uneasy alliance in the face of evil sorcery from the unknown lands surrounding them.

 

Take a Thief  (DAW, 2001.)

 

Valdemar #19.

 

                An orphan discovers that he is better cared for in a gang of juvenile thieves than by working at his uncle's tavern.  But his latest burglary lands him in the middle of trouble.

 

Vows and Honor  (Guild America, 1994.)

 

                Omnibus of The Oathbound and Oathbreakers.

 

Werehunter  (Baen, 1999.)

 

                Collection of mostly unrelated stories.

 

Winds of Change  (DAW, 1992.)

 

Valdemar #11, Winds #2.

 

                Elspeth has found a group of magicians to help her develop her own powers, but before they can do so agents of an evil sorcerous power attack and nearly destroy the colony.  Now the future of Valdemar is more questionable than ever.

 

Winds of Fate  (DAW, 1991.)

 

Valdemar #10, Winds #1.

 

                For generations magic has been gone from Valdemar, but now a fresh evil has arisen from outside that country.  The heir to the throne possesses magical potential, but requires the proper training to make use of it, so she sets out to find the proper instruction.

 

Winds of Fury  (DAW, 1993.)

 

Valdemar #12, Winds #3.

 

                Elspeth is on her way back to Valdemar, now in control of her magic, but before she can arrive and help resist the invasion by armies using dark sorcery, she herself is menaced by a reluctant ally of her enemy.

 

Wizard of London, The  (DAW, 2005.)

 

Elemental Masters #4.

 

                A girl with special magical talents is targeted by dark wizardry while attending school in an alternate London.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & DIXON, LARRY

 

Black Gryphon, The  (DAW, 1994, Millennium, 1995.)

 

Valdemar #16, Gryphon #1.

 

                In the far past of Valdemar, a sorcerer has fashioned magical beasts including gryphons to help him defeat the evil magic of an enemy power.

 

Born to Run  (Baen, 1992.)

 

Serrated Edge #1.

 

                Good and bad elves have entered our world.  The former are interested in stock car racing, the latter in pornography and other nasty things.  Some runaway children get caught up in the battles among these and other mysterious figures.

 

Chrome Borne, The  (Baen, 1999.)

 

                Omnibus of Born to Run and Chrome Circle.

 

Chrome Circle  (Baen, 1994.)

 

Serrated Edge #4.

 

                A mage falls in love with a human looking girl who is actually the daughter of a dragon, and who seems determined to murder her would be suitor.

 

Owlflight  (DAW, 1997, Millennium, 1998.)

 

Owl #1.

 

                Magical wars have left a remote area transformed, its plants and animals altered into unsuspected monstrosities.  A young boy whose parents have disappeared in the area is apprenticed to a wizard, then becomes a refugee when barbarians slaughter everyone in the area.  On his own, he is unprepared to control the magical forces which he possesses.

 

Owlknight  (DAW, 1999, Gollancz, 2000, Millennium, 2001.)

 

Owl #3.

 

                Just as things seem to have settled down into political maneuvering rather than more dangerous contention, a mage and his companions discover raiding parties on the edge of their lands.

 

Owlsight  (DAW, 1998, Millennium, 1999.)

 

Owl #2.

 

                A young magician returns to warn a community that they face an attack by a wandering horde of barbarians, and teams up with a local woman also poorly trained in magic to turn them back.

 

Silver Gryphon, The  (DAW, 1996, Millennium, 1996.)

 

Valdemar #18, Gryphon #3.

 

                Two young warriors are stranded in a hostile jungle, deprived of their magical powers and stalked by an evil unprecedented in their experience.

 

White Gryphon, The  (DAW, 1995, Millennium, 1995.)

 

Valdemar #17, Gryphon #2.

 

                The survivors of a nation devastated by a war against evil attempt to found a new nation, and are forced to enter negotiations with a rival power.  During those negotiations, one of their opponents is murdered, apparently by one of the supplicants.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & EDGHILL, ROSEMARY

 

Beyond World's End  (Baen, 2001.)

 

A Serrated Edge novel.

 

                The gateway between the world of the fairies and our own world has been opened, and the political struggles in that magical land are about to spill over into ours.

 

Mad Maudlin  (Baen, 2003.)

 

Elves #6.

 

                Eric the Bard discovers that he has a brother and goes on a quest across two realities to find him.

 

Music to My Sorrow  (Baen, 2006.)

 

Elves #3.

 

                After dealing with evil elves, the protagonist thinks he deserves a rest.  Unfortunately, a psychic vampire thinks otherwise.

 

Spirits White as Lightning  (Baen, 2001.)

 

Elves #5.

 

                A music student must set aside his career in order to battle villains who have crossed into our world from the Chaos Lands.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & EMERSON, RU

 

Fortress of Frost and Fire  (Baen, 1993.)

 

A Bard’s Tale book.

 

                A human apprenticed to a dark elf who has supposedly given up his evil ways discovers that it isn’t quite as easy a task as either of them expected.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & FLINT, ERIC & FREER, DAVE

 

Shadow of the Lion, The  (Baen, 2002.)

 

Venice #1.

 

                The nobility, merchants, and a bodyguard get caught up in a web of plots and counterplots in an alternate 16th Century Venice where magic is real.

 

This Rough Magic  (Baen, 2003.)

 

Venice #2.

 

                A complex power struggle in an alternate 16th Century Venice.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & GELLIS, ROBERTA

 

And Less Than Kind  (Baen, 2008.)

 

Magic #4.

 

Political intrigue in a magic version of England.

 

By Slanderous Tongues  (Baen, 2007.)

 

Magic #3.

 

                Forces natural and supernatural conspire to keep Elizabeth from assuming the throne of England.

 

Ill Met by Moonlight  (Baen, 2005.)

 

Magic #2.

 

                A young girl is destined to be queen, but supernatural powers are determined that she die.

 

This Scepter'd Isle  (Baen, 2004.)

 

Magic #1.

 

                Elves are living secretly among humans in 16th Century England, taking on human identities and getting involved in court intrigues.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & GUON, ELLEN

 

Bedlam’s Bard  (Baen, 1998.)

 

                Omnibus of Knight of Ghosts and Shadows and Summoned to Tourney.

 

Knight of Ghosts and Shadows  (Baen, 1990.)

 

Elves #1.

 

                Driven from Europe, the elves have been secretly living in Southern California for hundreds of years.  Now their continued existence is threatened again, and an unlikely human hero is the only one who can save them.

 

Summoned to Tourney  (Baen, 1992.)

 

Elves #2.

 

                San Francisco will be wiped off the face of the Earth unless a human and his elvish friends can summon supernatural creatures and convince or compel them to interfere.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & LISLE, HOLLY

 

When the Bough Breaks  (Baen, 1993.)

 

Serrated Edge #3.

 

                A band of good elves have to decide what to do about a human girl who has psi powers of incredible strength, and whose undisciplined use of them may endanger everyone around her.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & MALLORY, JAMES (Note that the Enduring Flame series is a sequel to the Obsidian series.

 

Outstretched Shadow, The  (Tor, 2003.)

 

Obsidian #1.

 

                Standard fantasy trilogy opening with the world on the brink of a magical war.

 

Phoenix Endangered, The  (Tor, 2008.)

 

Enduring Flame #2.

 

The return of magic leads to chaos and a dangerous flight across hostile country.

 

Phoenix Unchained, The  (Tor, 2007.)

 

Enduring Flame #1.

 

In a world that has mostly forgotten magic, it is suddenly and dangerously rediscovered.

 

To Light a Candle (Tor , 2004.)

 

Obsidian #2.

 

                Humans and elves find it difficult to work together against a common enemy.

 

When Darkness Falls  (Tor, 2006.)

 

Obsidian #3.

 

                The final battle against the demons forces humans and elves to forget their old differences.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & SHEPHERD, MARK

 

Prison of Souls  (Baen, 1993.)

 

A Bard’s Tale book.

 

                Two magical bards are sent on a mission to a land where magic is illegal in order to find out why that previously peaceful place is arming itself in anticipation of a war of aggression.

 

LACKEY, MERCEDES & SHERMAN, JOSEPHA

 

Castle of Deception  (Baen, 1992.)

 

A Bard’s Tale book.

 

                A would be hero accepts a challenge to rescue a girl kidnapped by elves, unaware of the fact that they aren’t elves, the girl isn’t who she is supposed to be, and everything else he has seen or been told may be wrong.

 

Cast of Corbies, A  (Baen, 1994.)

 

Bardic Voices #4.

 

                Once more the bards of Alanda must rise to the challenge of an intransigent church which wants to suppress all music in the land.

 

Wheels of Fire  (Baen, 1992.)

 

Serrated Edge #2.

 

                A band of good elves help a human woman to rescue her child, who has been abducted by a brainwashing religious cult.

 

LADD, LOUISE

 

Castle in Time  (Berkley, 1995.)

 

Anywhere Ring #2.

 

The protagonist magically travels to England, then sets off to find a missing girl.  Unfortunately, she ends up back in medieval times instead.  For young adults.

 

Cherry Blossom Moon  (Berkley, 1996.)

 

Anywhere Ring #4.

 

The magical ring allows a teenager to go back through time and prove that the grandfather of her friend was not really a spy working against the US.

 

Lost Valley  (Berkley, 1996.)

 

Anywhere Ring #3.

 

A mystery is solved when a girl travels back to 1906 Colorado.

 

Miracle Island  (Berkley, 1995.)

 

Anywhere Ring #1.

 

A magic amulet transports teens to a mysterious island.

 

LAFFERTY, R.A.  (Note that Archipelago, The Devil is Dead, and the Argo series are all related.)

 

Archipelago  (Manuscript Press, 1979.)

 

                ?

 

Argo  (United Mythologies, 1992.)

 

Argo #3.

 

                ?

 

Devil Is Dead, The  (Avon, 1971, Dobson, 1978, Wildside, 2000.)

 

                A journey through a magical version of our world as a group of adventurers sets off to discover the nature and location of the Devil himself.

 

Sindbad the 13th Voyage  (Broken Mirrors, 1989, Wildside, 2000.)

 

                An offbeat adventure of the Arab hero told in a very unconventional manner.

 

Tales of Chicago  (United Mythologies, 1992.)

 

Argo #1.

 

                Opening volume of an episodic, idiosyncratic sort of contemporary fantasy.

 

Tales of Midnight  (United Mythologies, 1992.)

 

Argo #2.

 

                Episodic adventures in an altered contemporary setting.

 

LAFOREST-DIVONNE, PHILOMENE DE

 

Eastward in Eden  (Creative Age, 1945, Gollancz, 1948, McClelland, 1948.)

 

                Children’s story about a boy kidnapped to a magical realm and his experiences there.

 

LAGERHOF, SELMA

 

Invisible Links  (Little, Brown, 1899.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories not all of which are fantasy.

 

LAHAYE, TIM  (See also collaborations with Jerry B. Jenkins.)

 

LAHAYE, TIM & PHILLIPS ROB

 

Edge of Darkness, The  (Bantam, 2006.)

 

Babylon Rising #4.

 

                An investigator discovers news of the survival of a pre-Christian god.

 

Europa Conspiracy, The  (Bantam, ?)

 

                ?

 

LAHEY, MICHAEL

 

Quest for Apollo  (DAW, 1989.)

 

                A writer is recruited by the goddess Diana, who works as a cocktail waitress, to find her brother Apollo, who has been condemned to a series of incarnations as frustrated heroes.  Time is of the essence, however, because in his current guise, he may inadvertently be responsible for a nuclear war.

 

LAHMAN, DAMON

 

Stories in Fantasia  (Exposition, 1967.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

LAIDLAW, MARC

 

Neon Lotus  (Bantam, 1988.)

 

                The protagonist is the reincarnation of a brilliant scientist who seeks a number of mystical artifacts which she believes will help her to free her native Tibet from the domination of the Communist Chinese armies.

 

LAIN, T.H.  (House pseudonym.)

 

Bloody Eye, The  (Wizards of the Coast, 2003.)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                ?

 

City of Fire  (Wizards of the Coast, 2002.)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                Four unlikely heroes have to stop a renegade and an army of gnolls from securing a magical artifact.

 

Death Ray, The  (Wizards of the Coast, 2003.) (Philip Athans.)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                An honored soldier becomes part of the royal guard and has trouble adjusting to his new life.

 

Living Dead, The  (Wizards of the Coast, 2002.)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                Someone is wiping out hunting parties of two groups in an effort to provoke a war between them.

 

Oath of Nerull  (Wizards of the Coast, 2002.) (Bruce R. Cordrell)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                Wizards and sorcerers contend in an often bloody contest to see which of them will acquire a magical artifact of tremendous power.

 

Plague of Ice  (Wizards of the Coast, 2003.) (Murray J.D. Leeder.)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                A band of explorers finds a frozen city full of monsters.

 

Return of the Damned  (Wizards of the Coast, 2003.) (Jess Lebow)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                A band of mercenaries invades a foreign land to rescue a kidnapped woman.

 

Savage Caves, The  (Wizards of the Coast, 2002.) (Philip Athans.)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                Two travelers rescue a halfling from angry villagers and get involved with goblins and hobgoblins.

 

Sundered Arms, The  (Wizards of the Coast, 2003.)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                A long abandoned fortress comes alive as evil forces plot anew.

 

Treachery's Wake  (Wizards of the Coast, 2003.)

 

A Dungeons & Dragons novel.

 

                A wizard enlists the aid of a group of adventurers in his bid to find a shipwrecked cargo.

 

LAINEZ, MANUEL MUJICA

 

Wandering Unicorn, The  (Taplinger, 1983, Berkley, 1985.)

 

                A half human, half fairy woman with the ability to change her shape has a series of adventures as she travels across historical Europe.

 

LAKE, A.J.  (Pseudonym of Linda Carey.)

 

Book of the Sword, The  (Bloomsbury, 2007.)

 

Darkest Age #2.

 

                A magical sword helps two young boys on their quest.

 

Coming of Dragons, The  (Bloomsbury, 2006.)

 

Darkest Age #1.

 

                Two youngsters protect their kingdom from an evil dragon.

 

LAKE, DAVID J.

 

Changelings of Chaan, The  (Hyland, 1985.)

 

                Young readers’ book about a quest based on Hindu mythology..

 

West of the Moon  (Hyland, 1988.)

 

                Two children are lured to a magical world by a scheming king and his magician.

 

LAKE, JAY

 

Dogs in the Moonlight (Prime, 2004.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Escapement  (Tor, 2008.)

 

Clockwork #2.

 

A woman explores an alternate Earth run by clockwork machinery.

 

Mainspring  (Tor, 2007.)

 

Clockwork #1.

 

                Set in an alternate universe where the solar system is a clockwork device.

 

LAMBSHEAD, JOHN

 

Lucy’s Blade  (Baen, 2007.)

 

               

 

LAMPMAN, CAROLYN  (Pseudonym of Carolyn Brubaker.)

 

Window in Time, A  (Harper, 1995.)

 

                A woman joyriding in a balloon is somehow thrown back in time to 1860 where she finds herself living the life of her own grandmother.

 

LAMPORT, RICHARD

 

Veeni the Master  (Stanley Paul, 1912.)

 

                An occult being offers to save a man’s soul from the destruction of the Earth.

 

LANAGAN, MARGO

 

Black Juice  (Eos, 2005, Gollancz, 2006.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

LANCASTER, ALBERT EDMOND

 

All’s Dross But Love  (Lovell, 1889.)

 

                A story of reincarnation.

 

LANCOUR, GENE  (Pseudonym of Gene Lancour Fisher.)

 

Lerios Mecca, The  (Doubleday, 1973.)

 

Dirshan #1.

 

                A barbarian warrior sets out on a pilgrimage to a holy shrine and has to overcome the usual assortment of monsters and villains before accomplishing his objective.

 

Maneasters of Cascalon, The  (Doubleday, 1979.)

 

Dirshan #4.

 

                Not seen.

 

Sword for the Empire  (Doubleday, 1978.)

 

Dirshan #3.

 

                Not seen.

 

War Machines of Kalinth, The  (Doubleday, 1977.)

 

Dirshan #2.

 

                Dirshan is sent as a spy into the camp of a savage enemy horde, where he learns that they are preparing an attack based around innovative new weapons of destruction created by their reluctant sorcerous ally.

 

LANDALE, ZOE

 

Rain Is Full of Ghosts, The  (Tesseract, 2000.)

 

                A woman takes a job as a deckhand on an ocean voyage, and is visited by the family ghost in the form of goose.

 

LANDIS, ARTHUR H.

 

Camelot in Orbit  (DAW, 1978.)

 

Camelot #2.

 

                The protagonist is given the unenviable job of protecting the only planet in the universe where magic actually works against the scientifically armed alien races that want to conquer it and unravel its secrets.

 

Magick of Camelot, The  (DAW, 1981.)

 

Camelot #3.

 

                The world where magic works becomes the gateway to another universe, from which come invaders armed with a superscience superior to anything known in our universe.  But are they prepared to deal with genuine magic?

 

World Called Camelot, A  (DAW, 1976.  Magazine title Let There Be Magick.)

 

Camelot #1.

 

                On a far planet, magic seems to work, and the forces of evil, using sorcery and monsters, is on the march against the rest of the planet.  So an offworlder comes to Camelot armed with superscience and pits it against magic.

 

LANE, ALLISON   (Pseudonym of Susan Pace.)

 

LANDRY, SANDRA

 

Last Bride, The  (Berkley, 2005.)

 

                Time travel romance.

 

Perfect Love, A  (Jove, 2000.)

 

                A woman falls overboard in the present and is washed up on the shore during the 12th Century.  She eventually finds happiness and true love.

 

Second Lady Emily, The  (Signet, 1998.)

 

                A contemporary woman mentally reverts through time and finds herself in the body of a Regency era debutante.

 

Wishing Chalice, The  (Berkley, 2004.)

 

                A time travel romance.

 

LANG, ANDREW  (See also collaboration with H. Rider Haggard.)

 

Blue Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1880, Airmont, 1969.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Brown Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1904, Dover, 1965.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Crimson Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1903.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Dreams and Ghosts  (Newcastle, 1972.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Gold of Fairnilee, The  (Arrowsmith, 1888.)

 

                A man enters the land of the fairies.

 

Green Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1892, McKay, 1965, Airmont, 1969.  Scholastic, 1972, abridged.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Grey Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1900.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Lilac Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1910.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Olive Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1907.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Orange Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1906, Dover, 1965.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Pink Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, ?)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Rainbow Fairy Book, The  (?, 1993.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Red Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1890.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Violet Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, 1901.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

Yellow Fairy Book, The  (Longmans, ?

 

                Collection of unrelated stories.

 

LANG, ANDREW & KENDALL, MAY

 

That Very Mab  (?, 1885.)

 

                Not seen.  The queen of the fairies returns to modern England.

 

LANGAN, RUTH

 

Betrayal, The  (Harlequin, 2003.)

 

Mystical Highlands #2.

 

                ?

 

Highland Sword  (Harlequin, 2003.)

 

Mystical Highlands #1.

 

                Historical romance with some real magic.

 

Knight and the Seer, The  (Harlequin, 2003.)

 

Mystical Highlands #3.

 

                A witch's spells oft go awry.

 

LANGDON, NORMAN

 

Your Story, Zalea  (Exposition, 1962.)

 

                A story of reincarnation.

 

LANGGUTH, A.J.

 

Jesus Christs  (Harper & Row, 1968, Ballantine, 1969.)

 

                Indescribable fantasy in which Jesus reappears on Earth in a wide variety of unlikely guises with variable consequences.

 

LANGLEY, NOEL

 

Land of Green Ginger, The.  (See The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger.)

 

Tale of the Land of Green Ginger, The  (Morrow, 1937.  Penguin, 1966, as The Land of Green Ginger.)

 

                The continued adventures of Aladdin.

 

Tales of Mystery and Revenge   (Barker, 1950.)

 

                Collection of unrelated stories, not all of which are fantasy.

 

LANGRISH, KATHERINE

 

Troll Fell  (HarperCollins, 2004, Eos, 2005.)

 

Troll #1.

 

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