Sunstone

It was a simple arrangement. Two friends would partake in BDSM sessions together. They had all they needed: the will, the toys, and the safe word. Sunstone. It means stop. But now as both taste the bitterness of unrequited love, they will need to find the words to say go.

Nobel laureate Octavio Paz's premier long poem "Sunstone" is now a handsome illustrated paperbook. Presented here in a new translation with the Spanish texts en face, this is the 1957 poem that helped established Paz as a major international figure. Includes beautiful illustrations from an 18th-century treatise on the Mexican calendar.

STJEPAN SEJIC continues the critically-acclaimed SUNSTONE series. A classy, sexy, fun, and emotional look at two women and the alternative lifestyle they live.

The Incendi elementals that dwell beneath the mountains have found a way to tap into the Arbor’s roots, which stretch not only across the land but also through time, and King Pyra is determined to crush the ancient tree. Twenty-two years after the defeat of the Darkwater Lords, Chonrad’s widow Procella and their three children are drawn back to Heartwood to investigate the rumour of strange fires springing up across the land. Across three separate timelines, the heroes must battle to join together their ancient sunstones, to overcome the Incendi threat, and to protect the Arbor and make earth victorious once more. File Under: Fantasy [ Under Siege | The Generation Game | Incendiary | Heartwood Revisited ] From the Trade Paperback edition.

A fantasy reality The steam-powered civilization of Myrn is a thriving adolescent culture. But the rapid industrial development has given rise to greed, and the triumvirate of government, banks and industry leaders has lost sight of those it swore to serve and protect. A mysterious incurable illness sweeps through the impoverished masses. It increases the suffering to the breaking point. Rebellion boils under the surface. Society is on the brink of revolution, marking the planet for destruction. M’nacht, his son Kes, and his team of researchers investigate a legend of three sacred fossils which could save the people and rebalance Myrn. But they are not the only ones looking. Where they glimpse salvation, others see power, wealth and control. Will they find the gifts of the goddess Navora in time to save their world, or will the sacrifice of innocents vanish under the weight of human depravity and corruption?

Once a galaxy cop who believed in the black and white of the law, Rita King finds herself on a mission that straddles the line. As the Junkyard Dog carries Rita and her crew to the only known source for a powerful crystal known as the Rose Sunstone, she wonders if the end justifies the means. They soon learn that not only galaxy law protects the rare crystal. Should Rita risk everything–including the freedom of her crew—for a friend? A science fiction adventure

"MERCY," Part One How can you teach a broken heart to trust again? How can you embrace each other with hands still clinging to your past? Why do you always need to pee after I tie you up? Anne and Alan have more than a few questions to answer as the world of SUNSTONE deepens with this new story arc.

Far, far away, at the end of the earth, there were two very different islands. One island was quite big and the other very small. The people on the islands were also different. While the people who lived on the big island were always working, the people on the small island were living in the daytime. On the big island there was a king who ruled the whole day. But on the small island there was no government. The people solved their problems together. Everything changed when a big sailing ship came to the two islands. It was commanded by a general who persuaded the king of the big island to build a new palace. Since there were soon not enough stones and earth on the big island, the king had them brought here from the small island. Finally a golden stone was washed up on the beach of the big island. According to an old legend, the stone appeared when people had broken the laws of the sea. Soon after, a great storm gathered over the islands...