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  1. Being a Green Mother

    by Piers Anthony
    A young woman must embrace her destiny as the Green Mother, a powerful force for nature, to save the world from destruction.

    It is discovered that young Orb , the Aunt of Luna, has the gift of conjuring natural music that emanates from things in nature. She sets off on a quest for a magical song known as the Llano, a song ... (Wikipedia)

  2. On a Pale Horse

    by Piers Anthony
    A man is granted godlike powers and compelled to become the incarnation of Death.

    In the 1980s, Zane is living a pathetic life without money or employment. When a magic gem merchant cheats Zane out of an opportunity for romance, Zane decides to take his own life. As he starts to ... (Wikipedia)

  3. Bearing an Hourglass

    by Piers Anthony
    A fantasy adventure of a man's quest to reverse the flow of time and save the world.

    Some time in the future (as evidenced by technology in use that is much more advanced than in the first story), Norton —a man of about forty—is living a life of nomadic wandering when a ghost named ... (Wikipedia)

  4. The Sword of Shannara

    by Terry Brooks
    Epic fantasy story about a group of unlikely heroes on a quest to save the Four Lands.

    The Sword of Shannara ' s events take place 2000 years , after the " Great Wars ": a nuclear holocaust that has wiped out most of the planet. These wars rearranged the planet's geography and wiped ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Wizard's First Rule

    by Terry Goodkind
    A magical journey of self-discovery as a young man embarks on a quest to save the world.

    The primary protagonist in Wizard's First Rule is Richard Cypher , a young woods guide. Richard lives in an area of the world known as Westland, which is one of three parts of the known world, ... (Wikipedia)

  6. Blood of Amber

    by Roger Zelazny
    The fifth book in the Chronicles of Amber series, where Merlin must navigate through political intrigue and magical battles to claim his rightful place as ruler of Amber.

    Alternate cover for ISBN 0380896362 / 9780380896363 Pursued by a fiendish enemy, Merle must battle through an intricate web of vengeance and murder that threatens more than the San Francisco Bay ... (Goodreads)

  7. Nine Princes in Amber

    by Roger Zelazny
    A man discovers he is a member of a royal family from another world and embarks on a quest to reclaim his rightful place.

    Carl Corey wakes in a medical clinic, with little to no knowledge of who he is or how he got there. He suspects he is being over-medicated, so he overpowers the nurse and doctor and escapes his room. ... (Wikipedia)

  8. Homeland

    by R.A. Salvatore
    Epic saga of an elf's journey of self-discovery, redemption and revenge.

    Drizzt was born to the tenth noble House of Menzoberranzan , Daermon Na'shezbaernon (more commonly known as House Do'Urden). He was the son of Malice, the Do'Urden Matron Mother and her consort, ... (Wikipedia)

  9. Magician's Gambit

    by David Eddings
    A young man's quest to save his kingdom from a powerful sorcerer and restore peace.

    Ce'Nedra, Imperial Princess of Tolnedra, is confused. Everyone knows the tales of the Orb protecting the West from the evil god Torak are just silly legends. But here she is, forced to join a ... (Goodreads)

  10. Knife of Dreams

    by Robert Jordan
    Epic fantasy adventure as a young man embarks on a quest to save the world from destruction.

    This volume of, The Wheel of Time, depicts several distinct plots. Unusual Trolloc attacks, the dead walking, ripples in the fabric of the world and other events seem to indicate that the Last Battle ... (Wikipedia)

  11. Sojourn

    by R.A. Salvatore
    Epic fantasy story of a young man's journey to save his homeland from evil forces.

    Having lived in the Underdark for over forty years, Drizzt realized that neither he nor anyone around him would be safe, so he decided to travel to the surface. There he met with much adversity ... (Wikipedia)

  12. The Wishsong of Shannara

    by Terry Brooks
    Epic fantasy adventure to save the world from a powerful evil, guided by magical Shannara bloodline.

    Before the dawn of mankind, Demons created a book of dark magic, called the Ildatch. This book was so full of their dark essence that it became a living thing, with a will of its own. When the Druids ... (Wikipedia)

  13. Sign of the Unicorn

    by Roger Zelazny
    A man embarks on a quest to save the kingdom from a mysterious force.

    Corwin returns to Castle Amber bearing the body of one of the spined, bloodshot-eyed humanoid creatures that had pursued Random to Flora's house on Earth—one that had moments earlier killed his ... (Wikipedia)

  14. Dragons of Spring Dawning

    by Margaret Weis
    Epic fantasy adventure of a group of heroes battling an ancient evil.

    The book begins with Tanis Half-Elven in Flotsam. Kitiara has recently left for Solamnia to lead the Dragonarmies in their failed attack against the High Clerist's Tower , which was depicted in the ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Dragons of Winter Night

    by Margaret Weis
    Epic fantasy tale of unlikely heroes who unite to save their world from a mysterious ancient evil.

    The novel begins with the Companions assembled in the major dwarven city of Thorbardin, where the refugees of Pax Tharkas are presenting the dwarves with the Hammer of Kharas, a legendary warhammer ... (Wikipedia)

  16. The Cardinal of the Kremlin

    by Tom Clancy
    US and Soviet forces battle for control of a powerful satellite system.

    For thirty years, Colonel Mikhail Semyonovich "Misha" Filitov, a personal aide to the Soviet Minister of Defense and war hero, has been passing military, technical, and political intelligence to the ... (Wikipedia)

  17. Enchanters' End Game

    by David Eddings
    The final battle between good and evil, as Garion and his companions fight to save the world from destruction.

    THE DRIVE OF PROPHECY The quest was over. The Orb of Aldur was restored. And once again, with the crowning of Garion, there was a descendant of Riva Iron-grip to rule as Overlord of the West. But the ... (Goodreads)

  18. Xenocide

    by Orson Scott Card
    A space-opera style adventure of survival, where a group of humans battle against an extraterrestrial force to save their planet.

    On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together. However, Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but ... (Wikipedia)

  19. Flight of the Old Dog

    by Dale Brown
    A high-tech bomber is sent on a secret mission to destroy a Soviet missile silo. Action-packed military thriller.

    Flight of the Old Dog is the story of a secret highly modified B-52 bomber flying into the Soviet Union on an impromptu strike mission. The book begins with a B-52 crew during a military exercise in ... (Wikipedia)

  20. The Hidden City

    by David Eddings
    A young prince must navigate political intrigue and ancient magic to save his kingdom from a powerful sorcerer.

    Battle had been joined and fought and won. The Pandion Knight Sparhawk had met the forces of the foul God Cyrgon upon the field of valor, and justice and might had carried the day. But even in ... (Goodreads)

  21. Beauty's Release

    by A.N. Roquelaure
    A tale of a young woman's awakening to the power of her own sexuality.

    In the first chapter of the story, Beauty is awakened from her hundred-year sleep by the Prince, not with a kiss, but through copulation, initiating her into a Satyricon -like world of sexual ... (Wikipedia)

  22. The Pillars of Creation

    by Terry Goodkind
    A group of people set out on a dangerous journey to find the legendary Pillars of Creation and save the world from destruction.

    Jennsen Rahl , Richard Rahl 's half sister, has spent the first twenty years of her life running from her father, Darken Rahl . Born without any aspect of the gift of magic, Jennsen has been marked ... (Wikipedia)

  23. The Gathering Storm

    by Robert Jordan
    Epic fantasy adventure featuring battles between the forces of good and evil.

    The series' storyline has been leading up to the "Last Battle" ( Tarmon Gai'don )—a fight between the forces of Light and Shadow. According to prophecy in the series the primary protagonist Rand ... (Wikipedia)

  24. Beauty's Punishment

    by A.N. Roquelaure
    The second book in the Sleeping Beauty trilogy, exploring the erotic and BDSM themes of the fairy tale world.

    The delicious and erotically charged sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty , from the author of Beauty's Kingdom . This sequel to The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty , the first of Anne Rice's ... (Goodreads)

  25. Methuselah's Children

    by Robert A. Heinlein
    An exploration of the implications of living a long life, as a group of people defy aging.

    After the fall of the American Ayatollahs as foretold in Stranger in a Strange Land and chronicled in Revolt in 2100 , the United States of America at last fulfills the promise inherent in its first ... (Goodreads)

  26. War of the Twins

    by Margaret Weis
    Epic fantasy story of a struggle between two estranged siblings to save their world from destruction.

    Upon arrival in the Tower of High Sorcery, Raistlin is tested by the undead guardians to prove that he is really the Master of the Tower. It is revealed that he has beaten Fistandantilus and absorbed ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Necroscope

    by Brian Lumley
    A young man discovers he has the power to communicate with the dead, and is thrust into a centuries-long supernatural war.

    Harry Keogh (born Harry Snaith) is born with the ability to speak to the dead. As he grows up and his power manifests itself, he befriends the dead. From them he learns that death is not the end, ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Shadow Puppets

    by Orson Scott Card
    Rebels attempt to restore peace to a world threatened by alien invasion.

    Peter , Ender 's brother, is now Hegemon of Earth . Accepting a tip from inside China, where Achilles is held prisoner, Peter had planned for Bean to operate the mission, but at the last minute ... (Wikipedia)

  29. The Dragon Reborn

    by Robert Jordan
    A young man's quest to realize his destiny and save the world from destruction.

    Rand al'Thor , having been declared the Dragon Reborn by Moiraine Damodred , secretly goes to Tear to prove himself. Along the way he is hunted by Darkhounds and Darkfriends. After leaving in secret, ... (Wikipedia)

  30. Shadow of the Hegemon

    by Orson Scott Card
    Political intrigue and military strategy in a world of post-apocalyptic chaos.

    In Shadow of the Hegemon , all of the Battle School graduates, except Ender , return to Earth in 2197 A.D., where Ender's brother Peter , using his online pseudonym, Locke, , arranges for Ender to be ... (Wikipedia)