Collects some of the writer's early work, including The Skin Trade, The Hedge Knight, and From the Journal of Xavier Desmond.

An anthology of original science fiction and fantasy stories.

"In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes--ordinary people who do the right thing--bravely step forward. But running toward danger might cost them everything. . . . In Jim Butcher's "Little Things," the pixie Toot-Toot discovers an invader unbeknownst to the wizard Harry Dresden . . . and in order to defeat it, he'll have to team up with the dread cat Mister. In Patricia Briggs's "Dating Terrors," the werewolf Asil finds...

Imagine a world of gods and demons, where men are warriors, women are beautiful, life is a fantastic adventure, and the fate of kingdoms balances on the bloody blade of a fabulous hero: Conan of the iron thews, the blue-eyed barbarian giant who towers above the savage Hyborian world. This is the work that relaunched Conan in both the 1970s and 80s, back in print after more than a decade. Come live the adventure again. At the Publisher's request,...

Provides an A-to-Z almanac and encyclopedia of Christopher Paolini's world of Alagas͡ia, the magical land of the Inheritance cycle, discussing mysterious people, objects, and places.