The Warslayer
by Rosemary Edghill | 
Drinker of Souls
by Jo Clayton | 
Dilvish, the Damned
by Roger Zelazny | 
The Song of Mavin Manyshaped
by Sheri S. Tepper | 
The Healing of Crossroads
by Nick O'Donohoe | 
The Paladin
by C. J. Cherryh | 
Under the Healing Sign
by Nick O'Donohoe | 
Moon Called
by Andre Norton | 
Oath of Swords
by David Weber | 
The War God's Own
by David Weber | 
Serpent's Silver
by Piers Anthony | 
School of Light
by Jody Lynn Nye | 
Shadow Climber
by Mickey Zucker Reichert | 
The Compleat Enchanter
by L. Sprague de Camp | 
The Starfollowers of Coramonde
by Brian Daley |
The Sandman: Endless Nights
by Neil Gaiman | 
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
by Gregory Maguire | 
Warbreaker
by Brandon Sanderson | 
Life Reset: EvP
by Shemer Kuznits | 
Battle Mage
by Peter A. Flannery |
A young warrior woman, Serroi fights to keep dark magic from destroying her world, in the first book of Jo Clayton'??s acclaimed Duel of Sorcery fantasy trilogy. Serroi is unique in her world, and was nearly put to death in infancy as a result. A green-skinned '??misborn,'? small in stature with an unnatural connection to the natural world, she was nonetheless chosen and exceptionally trained as a meie warrior. As such, she fears nothing, except the cold and inscrutable Nor and their dark magic. Something in Serroi'??s childhood awakened her to a shocking and terrible truth about these malevolent wizards, one of whom both saved and cursed her in her earliest years. It is her deep-seated terror that causes her to betray and abandon her shieldmate, Tayyan, during a rooftop battle with a magic-wielder, a craven act that threatens to haunt Serroi to the end of her days. However, it is not cowardice that makes her run, but rather her knowledge of a great evil in the offing. In that instant before flight, Serroi recognizes the coming of something monstrous, though she cannot yet put a name to it. Now it is up to the young warrior to somehow prevent the unthinkable: She must alter a grim destiny that is set to occur on the fateful and fearful night known as Moongather, when demons will be free to enter the world. Richly imaginative and stylistically inventive'??told from the alternate viewpoints of the child Serroi just coming of age and of Serroi as a grown woman'??author Jo Clayton'??s epic fantasy is a magnificent reading experience, evoking wonder and terror in equal measure. Moongather details a complex world of magic and dark political intrigue where divine forces do secret battle, and where the foundations of a matriarchal society and of native life itself are threatened by the twisted desires of a jealous queen and a powerful wizard. Creator of the much loved Diadem Saga and Skeen Trilogy, Clayton'??s engrossing, endlessly exciting Duel of Sorcery Trilogy firmly places her among the ranks of revered fantasists Jane Yolen, Mercedes Lackey, and Marion Zimmer Bradley.