Will Shetterly: 20 books

"An Act of Mercy" by Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb) and Steven Brust ''The World in the Rock" by Kara Dalkey "Baker's Dozen" by Bradley Denton "Green Is the Color" by John M. Ford Bonus! Four songs: "City of Luck" by Jane Yolen "The Ballad of the...

"Cenedwine Brocade" by Caroline Stevermer "A Hypothetical Lizard" by Alan Moore "Training Ground" by Nancy Kress "Riding the Hammer" by John M. Ford "Liavek is a place worth visiting. Get there before another volume comes out." —VOYA

From the edge of the Elflands to the top of World's Peak, drawn together on a quest whether they like it or not.... "The first-rate world building, the unique cast of characters, and the author's clever whimsey make it absorbing reading. Recommended." —Booklist

These beings are human, for all practical purposes. They think, they feel, they love, and they dream. But they still have some of the qualities of the animals that they are bred from. Most importantly, they are not granted the rights of humans. They are property. Slavery has been revived in...

The story of Rifkin Outcast, Last Master of Castle Gromandiel: When I was a boy in the western fishing village of Loh, I was chosen by the wandering priests of the Warrior Saint to master her Art. Though no one would think me a priest or a saint, I learned my lessons well. I've had half the...

Kevin Fikkan is a reckless computer game test runner whose history is a series of betrayals. Janny Laias is a game designer determined to create a realistic fantasy world and rule over it as a god. But Janny's world has a treacherous programming bug that can only be solved by running the game without a safety system—through the demon-infested Tangled Lands.