Night Of The Eye

The first book in an exciting Dragonlance trilogy that explores the many secrets of sorcery in the world of Krynn It will soon be the Night of the Eye, a rare time when all three moons align in high sanction over the lands of Krynn. On the eve of Guerrand DiThon's political marriage to a rival family, the young noble is visited by a strange, powerful mage who knows more about him than he does himself. Seduced by promises of wizardly might, Guerrand slips away beneath the triple moons and journeys for the Tower of Wayreth. No one thinks he will survive the deadly trek to the tower, but he does. It's only then that Guerrand realizes that he has made many enemies in his journey. One of these foes would not only see Guerrand dead, but the three orders of sorcery destroyed with him.

Fantasy roman.

Magic at its peak! It will soon be the Night of the Eye, a rare time when all three moons align in high sanction over the lands of Krynn. On the eve of Guerrand DiThon's political marriage to a rival family, the young noble is visited by a strange, powerful mage who knows more about him than he does himself. Seduced by promises of wizardly might, Guerrand slips away beneath the triple moons and journeys for the Tower of Wayreth. No one thinks he will survive the deadly trek to the tower, but he does. It's only then that Guerrand realizes that he has made many enemies in his journey. One of these foes would not only see Guerrand dead, but the three orders of sorcery destroyed with him.

From Pauline J. Alama comes a stirring fantasy tale of three vagabonds in a dying world and their terrifying quest into the heart of darkness... The Eye Of Night It is a magical world on the verge of collapse. In the North the Troubles rage. Cities and kings are being annihilated; the very earth is in upheaval, waking even the dead from their graves. All notions of time and space, of day and night, of seasonal change seem fractured beyond repair. But as the chaos moves slowly south, engulfing land after land, three unlikely heroes--an ex-priest, a battered serving girl, and an exquisitely beautiful, refined lady--journey bravely to the dying regions, their only weapon an enchanted stone of enigmatic power and ancient origin. Jereth, disillusioned with his faith in the Rising God and robbed of his family after a deadly shipwreck, struggles to find meaning in his blighted life, searching the devastated land without direction--until he meets two extraordinary women. Each has her own secrets to keep; both are on a quest to save the world. But they must first save themselves, conquering their demons and rousing their well-disguised strengths. Only then will it be revealed how three penniless, unarmed wanderers can light a darkening world. For one is a prophet, one is a fool, and one’s life is now in their hands.

What is it that causes someone to become a sniper? Greed, hate, love, maybe an unfaithful spouse? Too much alcohol, not enough alcohol, drugs, money, power, what? Inadequacies in dealing with humanity or with life itself? A mind that has turned psychotic, or maybe just a whimsical indiscriminate killer playing god all mighty? They say a crime is committed every four seconds in Manhattan, New York. All kinds of crimes, including bank robberies, carjackings, rapes, and even murder. Petty theft, prostitution, drugs, and even purse snatching. Crimes that undoubtedly keep the citys police departments crime units on their toes. But every now and then, someone comes along. The ultimate criminal that even stumps New Yorks finest. A sniper terrorizing the Big Apple is unthinkable, randomly killing people from the tops of buildings. Undetected and unseen in his many nightly killing sprees. An individual holding eight and a half million people hostages, a man who has becomes the main focus of Kurt Brandon and his new female partner, Joyce Campbell. Comb New York City with two of their finest detectives as they search for the unseen eyes of night.

Jereth, a former monk, struggles to find meaning in his blighted life and leaves everything to wander the devastated land, searching without direction. When Jereth meets the Lady Trenara and her maidservant, Hwyn, he discovers each has secrets of her own, and both are on a quest to save the world. But they must first save themselves, conquering their demons and rousing their strengths. (July)

Illustrations with die-cut holes introduce such opposites as hot and cold, inside and outside, and full and empty.

A S Byatt's fairy tales and fables are among the best-loved features of her fiction. Innumerable readers have asked for the two marvellous fairy tales in POSSESSION - 'The Glass Coffin' and 'Gode's Tale' of the Breton Naie des Trepasses - to be published seperately. Here they take their place with three other stories with medieval and oriental settings. The title story, 'The Djinn and the Nightingale's Eye', a long story about an Englishwoman in Turkey who unwittingly releases a genie from his bottle, is a reflection on women's lives, on magic and on the power of storytelling itself.