She is the tormented ghost of a murdered girl, pitiless spirit of the wilderness, who prevails only upon living souls. And her name is the most dreaded in Russian folklore: Rusalka. Impetuous Pyetr Kochevikov, a fugitive from Vojvoda with a price on his head, has none of the superstitions of his fearful young companion, Sasha, as they flee through the vastness of the forest. But when they arrive exhausted at the cottage of the wizard Uulamets, Pyetr is dismayed to learn that he can mock the spirits no longer.

The lordly Stormriders land their winged stallions on the airy battlements of the Isse Tower, while in the fortress' depths servants sit by the hearth and tell ghastly tales of a world most of them have only glimpsed. Yet it is the least of the lowly - a mute, scarred and utterly despised foundling - who dares to scale the tower, sneak aboard a Windship and then dive from the sky........

In the kingdom of Crotheny, two young girls are playing in the tangles gardens of the scared city of the dead when they stumble upon the unknown crypt of a legendary ancestral queen. In the wilds of the forest, investigating the slaughter of an innocent family, the king's holter, Aspar White, weaves his way through a maze of ancient willows - and comes face to face with a monstrous beast out of folktales and nightmares. Meanwhile, travelling the same road, a scholarly young priest begins his education in the nature of an evil festering just beneath the surface of a seemingly peaceful land.

The Red King controls his forest kingdom not just by force of arms, but by spreading disease. All who question his authority are infected with the deadly red fever. Who would dare oppose such a man? Only a tiny band of entertainers - a magician, an acrobat, a monkey and a bear...... How could so unlikely a group possibly challenge the Red King in his stronghold? How could they hope to survive, let alone win?

Together, the four Keys of Power give the ruler of Grenda Lear absolute authority. But Queen Usharna divides the keys amongst her four children....and tensions within the royal family and within Usharna's kingdom are set to explode into violence and betrayal

As Tory awaits Maelgwn's return, she endeavours to find out the truth behind her ancestry and is shocked to discover that her clan is not the only tribe of immortals the Gods have nurtured. One by one, allies from Tory's past re-emerge to help her through a time of tribulation when her clan is made outcast from mainstream society......an old enemy, incarnate, is seeking revenge on the Dragon's kin.

The earth of our distant future has become a strange and frightening place. Now, thousands of years later, two off-worlder humans, Anna and Joe, are sent back to the wild and unpopulated planet to try to begin human life all over again. But what they discover is a world far more confusing, far more powerful, than they'd ever imagined. Rats that seem to reason for themselves? Creatures that communicate in ancient human codes? What is going on?

Eagerly awaited for a decade, here at last is the full epic story of Belgarath, the great sorcerer learned in the Will and the Word on whom the fate of the world depends. Only Belgarath can tell of those near forgotten times when Gods still walked the land: he is the Ancient One, the Old Wolf, his God Aldur's first and most-favoured disciple.

As Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must....and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split, and there is treachery at court. Worse, a vengeance-mad boy has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities beyond the sea. Heir of the mad Dragon King, deposed by Robert, he claims the Iron throne.

Once a Soviet rocket scientist, Elena Irinovna now cleans office buildings - until she crosses paths with Ilya Muromyets. An eight-hundred year old remnant of Russia's glorious and fabled past, Ilya is now a heroin addict dreaming of a death that will never come. The two are brought together by a strange artefact Elena has found, which offers a glimpse into another dimension - creating a dangerous breach in a world Elena had thought she knew.....