Sea Dragon Heir
by Storm Constantine | 
Bronwyn's Bane
by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough | 
Haven
by Joel Shepherd | 
The Inadequate Adept
by Simon Hawke | 
The Left Hand of God
by Paul Hoffman | 
The Face in the Frost
by John Bellairs | 
The Silent Strength of Stones
by Nina Kiriki Hoffman | 
The Rival
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch | 
Not Quite Scaramouche
by Joel Rosenberg | 
The Witch Queen
by Jan Siegel | 
Heart Readers
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch | 
Exile
by Anne Logston | 
Delusion's Master
by Tanith Lee | 
The Fourth Book of Lost Swords: Farslayer's Story
by Fred Saberhagen | 
The Reluctant Sorcerer
by Simon Hawke | 
Walking the Labyrinth
by Lisa Goldstein | 
Dark Cities Underground
by Lisa Goldstein | 
The Red Magician
by Lisa Goldstein | 
The Alchemist's Door
by Lisa Goldstein | 
Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon
by Lisa Goldstein |
As revolution simmers, a poet finds himself with a chance for the crown In Etrara, the winter is bitter and endless, but Valemar does not feel the chill. A loyal courtier, he prefers wine and poetry to palace intrigue and has never let ambition draw him into danger. But when the dire portents of a soothsayer darken a royal feast, all the land learns that the king'??s days are numbered. Revolution is coming, and soon a new head will wear the crown. But whose will it be? While carousing at a gambling den in the lower city, Val'??s cousin kills one of the king'??s favorites in a barroom brawl. Rather than leave his kin to the mercy of the city guards, Val helps him flee and take refuge in a fishing village on the far side of the kingdom. Here Val learns a secret that could change Etrara forever and turn this carefree poet into the savior of a frostbitten land.