New Ian Cameron Esslemont Q&A

There is a lengthy Q&A with Malazan co-creator Ian Cameron Esslemont, author of Stonewielder (Canada, USA, Europe), at tor.com.

Questions were submitted by Malazan fans, and Esslemont covers a lot of ground with his answers. We find out that the manuscript for the Darujhistan novel is done and will be titled Orb Sceptre, Throne.

Here's an excerpt:

As you know, most of the full arc of our first set of books in the world was worked out together. So, the big picture was set out and known to both of us. It’s in those small details that the terrifying differences and new inventions lay. Those have been my greatest heart-stopping moments. As an example, one of the the biggest problems we had to date was in the conquering of Li Heng. Steve and I remembered it differently. And so, while I was working on Return, Steve let drop a memory from one of his characters regarding the fall of Li Heng—which was completely different from how I’d just portrayed it in Return! The emails flew then, I tell you. Anyway, we managed to square it away. That was one of our most significant close calls out of what actually has been very few—given just how disastrously things might have spun out of control.

Follow this link to read the full Q&A!

This week's New York Times Bestsellers (December 14th)

In hardcover:

Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars is down one spot, finishing the week at number 4. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's Towers of Midnight is down four positions, ending the week at number 14. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

Troy Denning's Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Vortex debuts at number 20. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

Anne Rice's Of Love and Evil debuts at number 22. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

Jim Butcher's Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files is down ten spots, finishing the week at number 35. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

In paperback:

Jim Butcher's First Lord's Fury debuts at number 22.

Max Brooks' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars is down nine positions, ending the week at number 25 (trade paperback).

Stephen King's Under the Dome is up three positions, ending the week at number 28 (trade paperback).

Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's The Gathering Storm is down eleven spots, finishing the week at number 32.

UK cover art for Adrian Tchaikovsky's HEIRS OF THE BLADE

Now that's a striking cover for Adrian Tchaikovsky's Heirs of the Blade by Jon Sullivan.

Teaser excerpt from Dan Abnett's PROSPERO BURNS

Dan Abnett's postponed Propero Burns is about to be released, and the folks at Black Library have provided this teaser extract. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

There is another, longer excerpt on Abnett's official blog. Follow this link if you want to read it. There is also an audio excerpt available here.

Enjoy!
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There are no wolves on Fenris.

When the Upplander had been told this, years before, he’d laughed.

He had heard it from a venerated scholar and conservator, later celebrated iterator, called Kyril Sindermann.

The Upplander, not long graduated with distinction from the Universitariate of Sardis, had won a coveted place on an eight-month field mission to audit and preserve some of the arcane datacores of NeoAleksandrya, before sandstorms and scorching radiation squalls erased the precious ruins into the melancholy emptiness of the Nordafrik zone forever. This was many decades before the Upplander decided to go to Fenris, or call himself Ahmad Ibn Rustah. Back then he was twenty-five years old, and known to his friends as Kasper.

Sindermann learned his name early on. Sindermann wasn’t the project head. He had been sent in for a three week consult, but he was not afraid to get his hands dirty or to mix with the junior team members. He had an easy way with people. Names were important.

One evening, the team had fallen, according to their habit, into discussion over supper in the project’s base, a modular station overlooking the library ruins.

They were all exhausted. Everyone had been working inadvisably long shifts to get the mission accomplished.

No one wanted to see the precious digital memories that lingered in the ruins lost for all time.
So, everybody was sand-burned, and everybody was sleep deprived, and everybody had lost significant body mass to water debt. The nights should have been time for restorative rest, but they had found their dreams populated by the data-ghosts of NeoAleksandrya, talkative phantoms that would not let the living slumber undisturbed. So they stayed up to keep the phantoms out, and the nights became time for tired companionship and reflection as the ablative winds howled in over the radgrave of NeoAleksandrya and assaulted the station’s bolted storm shutters.

They talked about everything, just to stay awake. Sindermann, perhaps the greatest polymath the Upplander would ever have the honour of knowing in his long life, had a tireless tongue.

The older team members talked about the various places they had visited in the courses of their careers, and the younger members talked of places they still wanted or hoped to visit. This led, inevitably, to the concoction of an ultimate wish list, a dream itinerary of the places in creation that any scholar, historian or remembrancer would give great wealth or a body part just to glimpse. It was a list of the universe’s secret places, its remote wonders, its enigmatic corners, its rumoured sites and mythical locales. Fenris was one such. Ironically, given what the Upplander would witness towards the end of one of his lives, Tizca was another.

Sindermann, though even then a man of great age and experience, had not been to Fenris himself. The number of outsiders who had ever gone to Fenris was alarmingly small. But then, as Sindermann put it, Fenris did not welcome visitors, nor was it a gracious host.

Thanks to its extreme conditions, even a well prepared man might be lucky to survive a few hours on its open surface.

‘Still,’ he had said to them, ‘think of all that ice.’

It had sometimes reached forty degrees in the station at night, at least that when the climate control centre packed up. They had all groaned at Sindermann’s tormenting words.

Then, apropos of nothing in particular, Sindermann made the remark about the wolves, a remark that had been passed to him down such a long relay of other travellers and historians, its provenance was obscure.

‘There are no wolves on Fenris,’ he had said.

The Upplander had smiled, expecting some droll witticism to follow. His smile had covered the shiver he had felt.

‘Except, of course… for the wolves, ser?’ he had replied.

‘Exactly, Kasper,’ the old man said.

Shortly afterwards, the subject had changed, and the remark had been forgotten.

SONGS OF LOVE & DEATH contest winner!

This lucky gal will get her hands on my extra copy of Songs of Love & Death, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois! For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

The winner is:

- Elizabeth Miller, from Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Many thanks to all the participants! ;-)

Quote of the Day

There is morality and there is cowardice. The two are not to be confused, even though in appearance and effect they are so often the same.

- R. SCOTT BAKKER, The White-Luck Warrior (Canada, USA, Europe)

Finished the book and it's pretty good! =)

Final cover art for Daniel Abraham's THE DRAGON'S PATH

From Orbitbooks.net:

This is the final cover art for Daniel Abraham's The Dragon's Path (Canada, USA, Europe). I think it's much better than the one which was released a few weeks ago.

Looking forward to this one!

Here's the blurb:

Summer is the season of war in the Free Cities.

Marcus wants to get out before the fighting starts. His hero days are behind him and simple caravan duty is better than getting pressed into service by the local gentry. Even a small war can get you killed. But a captain needs men to lead — and his have been summarily arrested and recruited for their swords.

Cithrin has a job to do — move the wealth of a nation across a war zone. An orphan raised by the bank, she is their last hope of keeping the bank’s wealth out of the hands of the invaders. But she’s just a girl and knows little of caravans, war, and danger. She knows money and she knows secrets, but will that be enough to save her in the coming months?

Geder, the only son of a noble house is more interested in philosophy than swordplay. He is a poor excuse for a soldier and little more than a pawn in these games of war. But not even he knows what he will become of the fires of battle. Hero or villain? Small men have achieved greater things and Geder is no small man.

Falling pebbles can start a landslide. What should have been a small summer spat between gentlemen is spiraling out of control. Dark forces are at work, fanning the flames that will sweep the entire region onto The Dragon’s Path — the path of war.

Kirkus Reviews: Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2010

Kirkus Reviews just unveiled their top SFF picks of 2010.

To say that many of those picks are a bit surprising, not to say mind-boggling, would be an understatement. I'm happy to see Mark Charan Newton's Nights of Villjamur (Canada, USA, Europe) among their picks, but Naomi Novik's Tongues of Serpents was by far the worst installment in the Temeraire series. Oh well. . .

Other SFF picks include titles by Kage Baker, Jennifer Fallon, Jim Butcher, Robin Hobb, Anthony Huso, Mary Robinette Kowal, Charles Yu, Terry Brooks, and more.

Click on the link above for the full list.

Win a year's worth of speculative fiction books!

Yep, it's the house clearance giveaway! I'm moving into a new apartment in a few weeks, so I need to get rid of some books before doing so. So I'll make one of you guys VERY happy!

The Catch: Read this: Before your mouth waters at the thought of winning all those books, please bear in mind that I can't pay for postage. If you don't live in the Greater Montreal Area or if you don't live within driving distance, you'd have to pay for the shipping charges. So do the math, for I can't afford to pay for shipping. If you live in Australia, it will likely cost you a couple of hundreds of dollars. . . Please understand this before registering.

The prize pack includes recent and not-so-recent titles, as well as books that are not even out yet. I tried to come up with a good mix of genres and sub-genres.

ARC: Advance Reading Copy
HC: Hard Cover
TPB: Trade Paperback
PB: Mass Market Paperback

The prize pack:

- Peter F. Hamilton's The Dreaming Void [US HC]
- Peter F. Hamilton's The Temporal Void [US HC]
- Peter F. Hamilton's The Evolutionary Void [US HC]
- Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself [US TPB]
- Joe Abercrombie's Before They Are Hanged [US TPB]
- Joe Abercrombie's Last Argument of Kings [US TPB]
- Sean Williams' Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance [US HC]
- Sean Williams' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II [US HC]
- Karen Miller's Star Wars: Clone Wars Gambit: Siege [US TPB]
- Felix Gilman's The Half-Made World [US HC]
- Steven Erikson's Dust of Dreams [UK PB]
- China Miéville's Kraken [UK PB]
- Cherie Priest's Bloodshot [US ARC]
- Joe Schreiber's Star Wars: Death Troopers [US PB]
- Jasper Kent's Twelve [US TPB]
- Jasper Kent's Thirteen Years Later [US ARC]
- Robert Charles Wilson's Julian Comstock [US ARC]
- Joe Haldeman's The Forever War [US TPB]
- John Scalzi's The God Engines [US ARC]
- John Scalzi's Metatropolis [US ARC]
- Scott Oden's The Lion of Cairo [UK HC]
- Paul Park's Princess of Roumania [US HC]
- Paul Park's The Hidden World [US HC]
- Paul Kearney's Hawkwood and the Kings [UK PB]
- Paul Kearney's Century of the Soldier [UK PB]
- Kim Stanley Robinson's Galileo's Dream [US TPB]
- Robert Silverberg's Times Three [US ARC]
- Joe Schreiber's Star Wars: Red Harvest [US HC]
- Tim Akers' The Horns of Ruin [US ARC]
- Marie Brennan's A Star Shall Fall [US TPB]
- Joe R. Lansdale's Deadman's Road [US ARC]
- Jeff VanderMeer's The Third Bear [US ARC]
- Mark Chadbourn's The Sword of Albion [UK TPB]
- George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois' Songs of the Dying Earth [US ARC]
- Naomi Novik's His Masjesty's Dragon [US ARC]
- Naomi Novik's Victory of Eagles [US ARC]
- Jonathan Maberry's The Dragon Factory [US TPB]
- Sam Sykes' Tome of the Undergates [US TPB]
- Ari Marmell's The Warlord's Legacy [US ARC]
- George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois' Songs of Love & Death [US HC]
- Blake Charlton's Spellwright [US ARC]
- Philip Athans' The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction [US TPB]
- Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death [US HC]
- Col Buchanan's Farlander [US ARC]
- Karen Traviss' Gears of War: Anvil Gate [US TPB]
- P. N. Elrod's Dark and Stormy Knights [US TPB]
- Christie Golden's Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Allies [US ARC]
- Harlan Ellison's Deathbird Stories [US ARC]
- Robert McCammon's The Wolf's Hour [US ARC]
- Mark Charan Newton's Nights of Villjamur [US HC]
- Robert E. Howard's The Horror Stories [US ARC]
- Robert E. Howard's El Borak and Other Desert Adventures [US ARC]
- Robert E. Howard's Kull: Exile of Atlantis [US ARC]
- Philip K. Dick's The King of the Elves [US ARC]
- Adrian Tchaikovsky's Salute the Dark [US TPB]
- Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Scarab Path [UK PB]
- Cherie Priest's Dreadnought [US TPB]
- Cecelia Holland's Kings of the North [US HC]
- James Henge's The Wolf Age [US ARC]
- Mark Hodder's The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack [US ARC]
- George Mann's The Affinity Bridge [US TPB]
- And and Jeff VanderMeer's Steampunk II [US TPB]
- James Barclay's Elfsorrow [US ARC]
- James Barclay's Shadowheart [US ARC]
- James Barclay's Demonstorm [US ARC]
- Troy Denning's Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Vortex [US ARC]
- James Barclay's Cry of the Newborn [UK HC]
- James Barclay's Shout for the Dead [UK HC]
- Justina Robson's Mappa Mundi [US TPB]
- Tim Lebbon's Dusk [US TPB]
- Gordon Dahlquist's The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters [US limited edition HC]
- Sean Williams' The Crooked Letter [US HC]
- Sean Williams' The Blood Debt [US HC]
- Sean Williams' The Hanging Mountains [US HC]
- Neal Asher's Hilldiggers [UK HC]
- Neal Asher's The Gabble [UK HC]
- Neal Asher's Shadow of the Scorpion [UK HC]
- Neal Asher's Orbus [UK HC]
- Neal Asher's The Technician [UK HC]
- Neal Asher's Prador Moon [UK PB]
- Neal Asher's Line War [UK PB]
- Pamela Freeman's The Castings Trilogy [US TPB]
- Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's Catalyst [US PB]
- Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's Catacombs [US HC]
- Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Hellhole [US ARC]

And I'm throwing a copy of the trade hardcover edition of the Speculative Horizons anthology into the mix!

This should keep whoever wins out of trouble for a little while. . .:P As was the case the last time we did this, more surprise titles will be added to the mix as I receive them between now and the random draw which will select the winner.

The rules are the same as usual. You need to send an email at reviews@(no-spam)gryphonwood.net with the header "HOLIDAY JACKPOT." Remember to remove the "no spam" thingy.

Second, your email must contain your full mailing address (that's snail mail!), otherwise your message will be deleted.

Lastly, multiple entries will disqualify whoever sends them. And please include your screen name and the message boards that you frequent using it, if you do hang out on a particular MB.

Good luck to all the participants!

Dragon Haven

This book is the second half of the tale begun in Dragon Keeper (Canada, USA, Europe). Sadly, the original manuscript grew in proportions that were not envisioned, forcing the publishers to split the story into two installments which now comprise The Rain Wild Chronicles.

As was the case with its predecessor, the problem with this novel is that it is essentially the second part of a work that was never meant to be split into two halves. The build-up from Dragon Keeper doesn't necessarily carry over into Dragon Haven, which means that this second volume doesn't have much in the way of momentum for the last two hundred pages or so. It's not due to flat execution or uninteresting plotlines. It's more a question of that chunk of narrative was meant to be the middle part of a single book, not the opening chapters of a new novel. Hence, splitting that work into two separate installments did not work wonders where the rhythm of the book is concerned.

Here's the blurb:

The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River. They are in search of the mythical Elderling city of Kelsingra, and are accompanied by the liveship Tarman, its captain, Leftrin, and a group of hunters who must search the forests for game with which to keep the dragons fed. With them are Alise, who has escaped her cold marriage to the cruel libertine Hest Finbok in order to continue her study of dragons, and Hest's amanuensis, Bingtown dandy, Sedric. Rivalries and romances are already threatening to disrupt the band of explorers: but external forces may prove to be even more dangerous. Chalcedean merchants are keen to lay hands on dragon blood and organs to turn them to medicines and profit. Their traitor has infiltrated the expeditionand will stop at nothing to obtain the coveted body parts. And then there are the Rain Wilds themselves: mysterious, unstable and ever perilous, its mighty river running with acid, its jungle impenetrable and its waterways uncharted. Will the expedition reach their destination unscathed? Does the city of Kelsingra even exist? Only one thing is certain: the journey will leave none of the dragons nor their human companions unchanged by the experience.

The worldbuilding was likely the most fascinating aspect of Dragon Haven. Once again, we get more insight into the lives of dragons and their past, Elderlings and their secrets, and the Rain Wilds in general. Trouble is, Hobb offers us quite a few glimpses, but seldom follows through with more secrets. I for one would love more Rain Wilds adventures in the near future, if only to shine some light on all those tantalizing secrets.

Of course, characterization remains Robin Hobb's strong suit. Yet I felt that she failed to touch me the way she usually does in this book. Once again, the emancipation of women and society's acceptance of gay people and gay couples are themes that lie at the heart of the story, as was the theme explored by the dragon keepers' plotline which focused on how individuals shunned by society strive to find their own place in the world. Hobb laid the groundwork for Thymara, Alise, and Sedric's storylines in Dragon Keeper, but she didn't managed to bring them to as satisfying a close as she habitually does.

Which, overall, is mostly due to the fact that The Rain Wilds Chronicles are the opening chapter of a tale much vaster in scope and details. Dragon Haven offers resolution of a sort, true, but it leaves readers with a panoply of unanswered questions. To be honest, it feels as though you have finished reading the second volume of a trilogy and must now wait for the conclusion. Hobb's next project is a collection of short fiction titled The Inheritance and Other Stories(Canada, USA, Europe). It will be interesting if she'll revisit the Rain Wilds to complete this new tale afterward. . .

As I mentioned, the pace is at times an issue, especially early on. Still, Hobb has a number of tricks up her sleeve that will keep readers interested throughout. Some might find the ending a bit off-putting, but there is no helping that. Dragon Haven was meant to be the final volume of a duology that was supposed to be a single novel, but it feels like a single piece in a multilayered whole. Until we read the entire story, it's hard to judge the inherent quality of this work on its own. Too much remains missing. . .

The final verdict: 7.5/10

For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe

New video interview with Alastair Reynolds

This via SF Signal:

Bestselling science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds, author of Terminal World (Canada, USA, Europe), has been interviewed by ABC Television for their First Tuesday Book Club.

Reynolds talks about his inspirations and much more.

Follow this link to watch the interview.

New podcast interview with Guy Gavriel Kay

There is a new poscast interview with Guy Gavriel Kay, author of Under Heaven (Canada, USA, Europe), probably the speculative fiction book of the year, posted by Moses Siregar of Adventures in SciFi Publishing.

The Q&A was conducted during the 2010 World Fantasy Convention. Topics under discussion include fantasy’s break from Tolkien, critical reviews, the structure of novels, and more.

Follow this link to listen to the podcast.

L. E. Modesitt, jr. contest winners!

Each of our winners will receive a copy of L. E. Modesitt, jr.'s Empress of Eternity, compliments of the nice folks at Tor Books. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

The winners are:

- Jo Ann Hakola, from Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

- Troy Knutson, from Collierville, Tennessee, USA

- John Speelman, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Many thanks to all the participants!

This week's New York Times Bestsellers (December 7th)

In hardcover:

Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars is up two spots, finishing the week at number 3. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's Towers of Midnight maintains its position at number 7. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

Jim Butcher's Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files is down three spots, finishing the week at number 25. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

R. A. Salvatore's Gauntlgrym returns at number 33. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

In paperback:

Max Brooks' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars returns at number 16 (trade paperback).

Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's The Gathering Storm is down one spot, finishing the week at number 21.

Stephen King's Under the Dome returns at number 31 (trade paperback).

Patricia Briggs' Wolfsbane is down sixteen positions, ending the week at number 35.

Win a full set of Glen Cook's The Instrumentalities of the Night

I have a full set of Glen Cook's The Instrumentalities of the Night for you to win, courtesy of the nice folks at Tor Books. The prize pack includes:

- The Tyranny of the Night (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Lord of the Silent Kingdom (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Surrender to the Will of the Night (Canada, USA, Europe)

Here's the blurb from the first volume:

Welcome to the world of the Instrumentalities of the Night, where imps, demons, and dark gods rule in the spaces surrounding upstart humanity. At the edges of the world stand walls of ice which push slowly forward to reclaim the land for the night. And at the world's center, in the Holy Land where two great religions were born, are the Wells of Ihrain, the source of the greatest magics. Over the last century the Patriarchs of the West have demanded crusades to claim the Wells from the Pramans, the followers of the Written. Now an uneasy truce extends between the Pramans and the West, waiting for a spark to start the conflict anew.

Then, on a mission in the Holy Land, the young Praman warrior Else is attacked by a creature of the Dark-in effect, a minor god. Too ignorant to know that he can never prevail over such a thing, he fights it and wins, and in so doing, sets the terrors of the night against him.

As a reward for his success, Else is sent as a spy to the heart of the Patriarchy to direct their attention away from further ventures into the Holy Lands. Dogged by hidden enemies and faithless allies, Else witnesses senseless butchery and surprising acts of faith as he penetrates to the very heart of the Patriarchy and rides alongside their armies in a new crusade against his own people. But the Night rides with him, too, sending two of its once-human agents from the far north to assassinate him.

Submerged in his role, he begins to doubt his faith, his country, even his family. As his mission careens out of control, he faces unanswerable questions about his future. It is said that God will know his own, but can one who has slain gods ever know forgiveness?

The rules are the same as usual. You need to send an email at reviews@(no-spam)gryphonwood.net with the header "TYRANNY." Remember to remove the "no spam" thingy.

Second, your email must contain your full mailing address (that's snail mail!), otherwise your message will be deleted.

Lastly, multiple entries will disqualify whoever sends them. And please include your screen name and the message boards that you frequent using it, if you do hang out on a particular MB.

Good luck to all the participants!

SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH contest winners!

Thanks to the generosity of the folks at Tor Books, our winners will receive a complimentary copy of Songs of the Dying Earth, an anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. For more info about this title: Canada, USA, Europe.

The winners are:

- Jay Catherwood, from Atlanta, Georgia, USA

- Sean Cleveland, from San Jose, California, USA

- Rodrigo Oliva, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Many thanks to all the participants!

Christmas reading list

Every year at this point, I seem to be repeating myself. But you guys keep on asking me for recommendations, so here we go again!

To make sure that no one blows their budget, every suggestion on the list is available as a trade paperback or a mass market paperback. They make for great stocking stuffers!

You can give anything on this list a shot. Chances are you won't be disappointed! And why not try something by lesser known SFF authors such as Hal Duncan, David Louis Edelman, or Joel Shepherd???

- Anything by Guy Gavriel Kay

The Fionavar Tapestry

- The Summer Tree (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Wandering Fire (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Darkest Road (Canada, USA, Europe)

- Tigana (Canada, USA, Europe)

- A Song for Arbonne (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Lions of Al-Rassan (Canada, USA, Europe)

The Sarantine Mosaic

- Sailing to Sarantium (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Lord of Emperors (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Last Light of the Sun (Canada, USA, Europe)

- Beyond this Dark House (Canada, USA, Europe)

- Ysabel (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Book of All Hours by Hal Duncan

- Vellum (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Ink (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Cassandra Kresnov series by Joel Shepherd

- Crossover (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Breakaway (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Killswitch (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Jump 225 Trilogy by David Louis Edelman

- Infoquake (Canada, USA, Europe)
- MultiReal (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Geosynchron (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Black Company by Glen Cook

- Chronicles of the Black Company (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Books of the South (Canada, USA, Europe.)
- The Return of the Black Company (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Many Deaths of the Black Company (Canada, USA, Europe)

- Otherland by Tad Williams

- City of Golden Shadow: Canada, USA, Europe
- River of Blue Fire: Canada, USA, Europe
- Mountain of Black Glass: Canada, USA, Europe
- Sea of Silver Light: Canada, USA, Europe

- The Magisters Trilogy by C. S. Friedman

- Feast of Souls (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Wings of Wrath (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Prince of Nothing by R. Scott Bakker

- The Darkness that Comes Before (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Warrior-Prophet (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Thousandfold Thought (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Judging Eye (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Saga of Recluce by L. E. Modesitt, jr.

- The Magic of Recluce (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Towers of the Sunset (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Magic Engineer (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Order War (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Death of Chaos (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Fall of Angels (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Chaos Balance (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The White Order (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Colors of Chaos (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Magi'i of Cyador (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Scion of Cyador (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Wellspring of Chaos (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Ordermaster (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Natural Ordermage (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Mage-Guard of Hamor (Canada, USA, Europe)

- Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams

- The Dragonbone Chair (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Stone of Farewell (Canada, USA, Europe)
- To Green Angel Tower part 1 (Canada, USA, Europe)
- To Green Angel Tower part 2 (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Gap Saga by Stephen R. Donaldson

- The Real Story (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Forbidden Knowledge (Canada, USA, Europe)
- A Dark and Hungry God Arises (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Chaos and Order (Canada, USA, Europe)
- This Day All Gods Die (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Deryni Saga by Katherine Kurtz

The Chronicles of the Deryni

- Deryni Rising (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Deryni Checkmate (Canada, USA, Europe)
- High Deryni (Canada, USA, Europe)

The Legends of Camber of Culdi

- Camber of Culdi (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Saint Camber (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Camber the Heretic (Canada, USA, Europe)

The Histories of King Kelson

- The Bishop's Heir (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The King's Justice (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Quest for Saint Camber (Canada, USA, Europe)

The Heirs of Saint Camber

- The Harrowing of Gwynedd (Canada, USA, Europe)
- King Javan's Year (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Bastard Prince (Canada, USA, Europe)

King Kelson's Bride (Canada, USA, Europe)

In the King's Service (Canada, USA, Europe)

Childe Morgan (Canada, USA, Europe)

Deryni Anthologies

- The Deryni Archives (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Deryni Magic (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Deryni Tales (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Coldfire Trilogy by C. S. Friedman

- Black Sun Rising: Canada, USA, Europe
- When True Night Falls: Canada, USA, Europe
- Crown of Shadows: Canada, USA, Europe

- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson

- Lord Foul's Bane (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Illearth War (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The Power that Preserves (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Wounded Land (Canada, USA, Europe)
- The One Tree (Canada, USA, Europe)
- White Gold Wielder (Canada, USA, Europe)

- The Godless World by Brian Ruckley

- Winterbirth (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Bloodheir (Canada, USA, Europe)
- Fall of Thanes (Canada, USA, Europe)