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"Held captive by the false King of the Gods, Sera, with the Ascension upon her, is out of time, while Nyktos, who will do anything to protect the woman he loves, risks the utter destruction of the realms as he desperately tries not to Ascend as the Primal of Life."--

"In order to reclaim her throne and save her people, an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in the second book of this must-read epic fantasy series by breakout author Evan Winter. Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan. If Tau succeeds, the Queen will have the time she needs to assemble her forces and launch an all out assault on her own capital...

"After their parents are killed, twins Kael and Brenna Skyborn become Seraphim, aerial soldiers who use ice, fire, stone, and lightning as their weapons, as they prepare to fight in the brutal civil war occuring on the islands floating above the Endless Ocean." --

"It took three days for the Saurons to destroy the great cities fo the world, wrapping the earth in a blanket of fire and ash. More than three billion people perished under the alien assault. But the invaders stopped short of complete annihilation. They needed survivors. They needed slaves."--Jacket.

The known world floats upon the Breath of God, a thick gas similar to Earth's oceans, with land masses accessible by airship. The largest of these land masses are ruled by the rival empires of Freya and Rosia. Magic is intrinsic to the functioning of these societies, and is even incorporated into their technological devices. But now a crucial scientific discovery has occurred that could destroy the balance of power--and change the empires forever....

"Following her record-breaking debut trilogy, Ann Leckie, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards, returns with an enthralling new novel of power, theft, privilege and birthright. A power-driven young woman has just one chance to secure the status she craves and regain priceless lost artifacts prized by her people. She must free their thief from a prison planet from which no one has ever returned. Ingray and her charge will return...

As Kieri Phelan ascends a throne he never sought, he must come to terms with his own half-elven heritage while protecting his new kingdom from his old enemies. Meanwhile, in Tsaia, Prince Mikeli escapes an assassination attempt made by the Verrakaien magelords. As dark forces gather against the two kings and their worlds, even Paks may find her gods-given magic and peerless fighting skills stretched to the limit--and beyond.

After an enforced isolation on earth, Master Sergeant Michael Venn returns to Mars to further investigate the ancient artifacts that have suddenly awakened, but is instead led to Saturn's moon, Titan, where war is brewing between the Drifters and the Gurus.

The fourth and final omnibus of novels from Cook's Black Company series, this collection includes "Water Sleeps" and "Soldiers Live."

Some twenty years have passed since the events narrated in The Prince of Nothing. Anasurimbor Kellhus now rules all the Three Seas, the first true Aspect-Emperor in a thousand years leading a holy war deep into the wastes of the Ancient North, intent on destroying Golgotterath and preventing the Second Apocalypse.