from the back cover~

It began with the discovery of the Star Scroll–

the last repository of forgotten spells of sorcery, the only surviving record of the ancient foe who in times past had nearly destroyed the Sunrunners and their magic. Now, as Andry, the new Sunrunner Lord of Goddess Keep, begins to master this potentially deadly knowledge, while Pol, son of High Prince Rohan, seeks to touch the minds of dragons, the long-vanquished enemy is mobilizing to strike again, drawing on forbidden lore to play an ever-shifting game of treachery and betrayal–and secretly infiltrating even the most strongly protected of citadels.

And soon, Pol, Andry, Rohan, his Sunrunner wife Sioned, and all whom they hold dear will find it hard to tell friend from foe as spell wars threaten to devastate the land–and dragons soar the skies, inexorably lured by magic’s fiery call…

First printing: 1990

Cover art by Michael Whelan

Tags: Dragon Prince, Melanie Rawn, Sunrunner's Fire

from the back cover ~

THE SPELL OF WAR

When Rohan was crowned High Prince and his Sunrunner wife Sioned became High Princess, they swore to keep the peace of the lands and preserve the secret of the dragons, and inheritance they would one day pass on to their only child, Pol, heir to both princely and Sunrunner powers.

But the evil influenced by the former High Prince Roelstra had not ended with his death at Rohan’s hands. And even as Pol gew to manhood, other young men were being trained in the ways of war, youths descended from Roelstra and claimed by Rohan’s enemies as willing pawns in what could become a bloody battle for succession.

Yet not all players in these games of power fought merely with words or swords. For now a foe vanquished by the Sunrunners ages ago was once again growing in strength, and enemy determined to destroy Sunrunners and High Prince alike. And the only hope of defeating these masters of dark sorcery lay in reclaiming the knowledge to carefully concealed in the long-lost Star Scroll . . .

First Printing: May 1989

Cover art by Michael Whelan

The Star Scroll held knowledge, a deep, intense, knowledge that stretched back through the generations. Back when sunlight and starlight were first made magic by the Sunrunners, ancestors of Sioned–beautiful, powerful, and in danger.

As she and Prince Rohan guide their people to a future of peace, mysterious forces gather at the margins of the world. Forces old and forgotten. Dark forces that threaten Sunrunner power.

But Sioned knew about the lost scroll. The Star Scroll that could save the world from destruction…

Tags: Dragon Prince, Melanie Rawn, Star Scroll

from the back cover ~

When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity on me.

The land of Terre d’Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good … and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.

Phèdre no Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with a very special mission … and the first one to recognize who and what she is: one pricked by Kushiel’s Dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one.

Phèdre is trained equally in the courtly arts and the talents of the bedchamber, but, above all, the ability to observe, remember, and analyze. Almost as talented a spy as she is courtesan, Phèdre stumbles upon a plot that threatens the very foundation of her homeland. Treachery sets her on her path; love and honor goad her further. And in the doing, it will take her to the edge of despair … and beyond. Hateful friend, loving enemy, beloved assassin; they can all wear the same glittering mask in this world, and Phèdre will get but one chance to save all that she hold dear.

Set in a world of cunning poets, deadly courtiers, heroic traitors, and a truly Machiavellian villianess, this is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, betrayal, and deeply laid conspiracies. Not since Dune has there been an epic on the scale of Kushiel’s Dart–a massive tale about the violent death of an old age, and the birth of a new.

First Printing: 2001

Cover art by John Jude Palencar

Tags: Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Legacy