Pati Nagle

"The tale of the aelven's struggle against their kindred foes, the vampiric alben, continues... Eliani and Turisan, mindspeakers separated by duty the day after their handfasting, yearn to be reunited as they aid in the fight to hold onto Fireshore. The capital city of that realm has been captured by the alben leader, Shalar, and along with it, Fireshore's governor and Eliani's beloved cousin! Shalar now has her eye on Woodrun, the center of Fireshore's...

"Midwinter, a time of darkness, a time to release past sorrows...Lord Paethor, young and haunted, accepts a mission from his king: to retrieve the enchanted sword Farslayer - or die in the attempt."Glad Yule," a fantasy novella, first appeared in the anthology An Armory of Swords, edited by Fred Saberhagen and set in his Swords of Power universe."--

"This is a novella (a short novel).In the aftermath of battle, the people of Southfaeld must cope with devastating losses, including their governor...and seven of his successors.The Battle of Skyruach is over. Jharan, a captain of the Southfaeld Guard, grieves for his friend Maronin as he gathers the remnants of their two companies into one. Encamped on the battlefield, the aelven army prepares to mourn the loss of Southfaeld's governor, even as two...

"Felisan, Governor of Alpinon, recalls the battle in which he and Jharan were certain they would be slain. On their way to Glenhallow, Eliani and her kindred must pass the battlefield at Skyruach, site of the greatest aelven conflict centuries before. As she and her kin listen to her father, Felisan, tell of the battle, she ponders the difficult decisions she must make when they reach the city where Turisan awaits her. Must she accept and use the...

"The campus killer is back... ...and this time bright, sensitive Steve Harrison finds the mutilated corpse. When he realizes the cops suspect him of the brutal murders, he calls a friend for support and is drawn into a secret world of magic, wonder, and dread. A circle of impossibly beautiful men guards the campus against vicious, inhuman hunters. Steve's education, his love life, even his survival is at stake once he learns what the police don't...

"This is a novella (a short novel). Fleeing the savages who destroyed his home, an aelven bladesmith must forge a new weapon to destroy the enemies standing between him and freedom. Wounded and grieving the death of his love, Ghalaran helps another survivor escape the raiders who destroyed their village. Enemies pursue them into the heart of the mountains, trapping them in a cavern warmed by fire slumbering deep in the earth. Ghalaran senses he...

"What do you do if the most gorgeous guy you've ever seen walks up and asks for help?Len Whiting is smitten from the minute she sees Caeran's amazing eyes. She agrees to help him with research, and then to help him find a healer in rural New Mexico. Only then does she learn he's immortal - an aelven - locked in an ancient struggle with a vampire who's now got his sights set on Len."--

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