Author: Jo Clayton
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504038398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Abandoned on an alien planet, a young woman gains remarkable powers from a mysterious artifact, in the first installment of a sprawling, unforgettable science fiction saga. A magnificent combination of space opera and epic fantasy quest in the beloved science fantasy tradition of Andre Norton and C. J. Cherryh, author Jo Clayton’s masterful Diadem Saga begins with an unforgettable tale of destiny, self-discovery, survival, and an extraordinary young woman’s coming of age in a world that is not her own. Raised, but never loved, by the barbarian valley people of Jaydugar, a planet of two suns, young Aleytys has always known she did not belong. Abandoned by her space-traveling mother and barely tolerated by a superstitious primitive tribe fearful of divine reprisals, Aleytys is forced to flee for her life following the catastrophic appearance of a fireball in the sky. Guided by her absent mother’s journals, the young outcast must now journey alone across an unfamiliar world of perils in search of an escape from this planet that holds no hope for her future. But her pursuit of a spacecraft and the parent who inexplicably left her behind leads young Aleytys instead to the miraculous device that will determine her destiny. An object of unimaginable power—a magical technology stolen from a vengeful alien arachnid race determined to recover it at any cost—the Diadem instantly becomes an integral part of who and what Aleytys is and will be. Once its great energy is transferred to her she will never be free of it, and mastering the Diadem’s wonders is Aleytys’s only hope for survival now that she has become the most wanted woman in a dangerous universe. In an astonishing feat of science fiction world-building and quest fantasy storytelling that rivals the classic works of Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, Clayton opens wide the portals into a magnificent galaxy of marvels and terrors with Diadem from the Stars, ushering speculative fiction fans into an unforgettable universe and series.
Diadem from the Stars
Author: Jo Clayton
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504038398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Abandoned on an alien planet, a young woman gains remarkable powers from a mysterious artifact, in the first installment of a sprawling, unforgettable science fiction saga. A magnificent combination of space opera and epic fantasy quest in the beloved science fantasy tradition of Andre Norton and C. J. Cherryh, author Jo Clayton’s masterful Diadem Saga begins with an unforgettable tale of destiny, self-discovery, survival, and an extraordinary young woman’s coming of age in a world that is not her own. Raised, but never loved, by the barbarian valley people of Jaydugar, a planet of two suns, young Aleytys has always known she did not belong. Abandoned by her space-traveling mother and barely tolerated by a superstitious primitive tribe fearful of divine reprisals, Aleytys is forced to flee for her life following the catastrophic appearance of a fireball in the sky. Guided by her absent mother’s journals, the young outcast must now journey alone across an unfamiliar world of perils in search of an escape from this planet that holds no hope for her future. But her pursuit of a spacecraft and the parent who inexplicably left her behind leads young Aleytys instead to the miraculous device that will determine her destiny. An object of unimaginable power—a magical technology stolen from a vengeful alien arachnid race determined to recover it at any cost—the Diadem instantly becomes an integral part of who and what Aleytys is and will be. Once its great energy is transferred to her she will never be free of it, and mastering the Diadem’s wonders is Aleytys’s only hope for survival now that she has become the most wanted woman in a dangerous universe. In an astonishing feat of science fiction world-building and quest fantasy storytelling that rivals the classic works of Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, Clayton opens wide the portals into a magnificent galaxy of marvels and terrors with Diadem from the Stars, ushering speculative fiction fans into an unforgettable universe and series.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504038398
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Abandoned on an alien planet, a young woman gains remarkable powers from a mysterious artifact, in the first installment of a sprawling, unforgettable science fiction saga. A magnificent combination of space opera and epic fantasy quest in the beloved science fantasy tradition of Andre Norton and C. J. Cherryh, author Jo Clayton’s masterful Diadem Saga begins with an unforgettable tale of destiny, self-discovery, survival, and an extraordinary young woman’s coming of age in a world that is not her own. Raised, but never loved, by the barbarian valley people of Jaydugar, a planet of two suns, young Aleytys has always known she did not belong. Abandoned by her space-traveling mother and barely tolerated by a superstitious primitive tribe fearful of divine reprisals, Aleytys is forced to flee for her life following the catastrophic appearance of a fireball in the sky. Guided by her absent mother’s journals, the young outcast must now journey alone across an unfamiliar world of perils in search of an escape from this planet that holds no hope for her future. But her pursuit of a spacecraft and the parent who inexplicably left her behind leads young Aleytys instead to the miraculous device that will determine her destiny. An object of unimaginable power—a magical technology stolen from a vengeful alien arachnid race determined to recover it at any cost—the Diadem instantly becomes an integral part of who and what Aleytys is and will be. Once its great energy is transferred to her she will never be free of it, and mastering the Diadem’s wonders is Aleytys’s only hope for survival now that she has become the most wanted woman in a dangerous universe. In an astonishing feat of science fiction world-building and quest fantasy storytelling that rivals the classic works of Mercedes Lackey, Anne McCaffrey, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, Clayton opens wide the portals into a magnificent galaxy of marvels and terrors with Diadem from the Stars, ushering speculative fiction fans into an unforgettable universe and series.
Lamarchos
Author: Jo Clayton
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504038401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Savage barbarians enslave Aleytys, the wearer of the Diadem, as she sails the stars in her quest to find her truth and her history in this science fiction adventure. The second book in author Jo Clayton’s phenomenal Diadem science fiction space opera series continues the adventures of Aleytys, blessed and cursed by an alien power that has both marked and altered her, as she crosses the galaxy on an epic fantasy quest that rivals anything imagined by Andre Norton or C. J. Cherryh. When she donned the Diadem, Aleytys was changed forever. An artifact of tremendous power, it has given her psychic abilities beyond her comprehension or complete control, while making her a target of the distant, dangerous alien race that created it. However, survival for herself and her infant son is Aleytys’s first priority as she searches for a home and a history. Her quest has brought her to the barbarous planet Lamarchos, where she intends to aid her companions—the thief Miks Stavver, the native Kale, and the psychotic criminal mastermind Maissa—in the theft of a valuable cache of powerful poaku stones. Moving across the perilous alien landscape in the guise of a mystical healer, Aleytys cannot help but attract the attention of the local gods, who expect her to do their bidding. But neither godly intervention nor the Diadem’s awesome power can prevent the treacherous betrayal that will leave Aleytys stranded on this wild and dangerous planet—or save her from capture by the terrible zombie-like horde bringing chaos and horror to their world. Ingeniously melding science fiction space opera with fantastic invention, alien worlds and technologies with epic quest adventure, Clayton has created a unique universe of wonders and terrors. With her extraordinary Diadem Saga, she joins such acclaimed masters as Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, and Marion Zimmer Bradley in the pantheon of speculative fiction’s most revered science fantasists.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504038401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Savage barbarians enslave Aleytys, the wearer of the Diadem, as she sails the stars in her quest to find her truth and her history in this science fiction adventure. The second book in author Jo Clayton’s phenomenal Diadem science fiction space opera series continues the adventures of Aleytys, blessed and cursed by an alien power that has both marked and altered her, as she crosses the galaxy on an epic fantasy quest that rivals anything imagined by Andre Norton or C. J. Cherryh. When she donned the Diadem, Aleytys was changed forever. An artifact of tremendous power, it has given her psychic abilities beyond her comprehension or complete control, while making her a target of the distant, dangerous alien race that created it. However, survival for herself and her infant son is Aleytys’s first priority as she searches for a home and a history. Her quest has brought her to the barbarous planet Lamarchos, where she intends to aid her companions—the thief Miks Stavver, the native Kale, and the psychotic criminal mastermind Maissa—in the theft of a valuable cache of powerful poaku stones. Moving across the perilous alien landscape in the guise of a mystical healer, Aleytys cannot help but attract the attention of the local gods, who expect her to do their bidding. But neither godly intervention nor the Diadem’s awesome power can prevent the treacherous betrayal that will leave Aleytys stranded on this wild and dangerous planet—or save her from capture by the terrible zombie-like horde bringing chaos and horror to their world. Ingeniously melding science fiction space opera with fantastic invention, alien worlds and technologies with epic quest adventure, Clayton has created a unique universe of wonders and terrors. With her extraordinary Diadem Saga, she joins such acclaimed masters as Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, and Marion Zimmer Bradley in the pantheon of speculative fiction’s most revered science fantasists.
Book of Nightmares
Author: John Peel
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738706122
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
When the evil wizard Destiny kidnaps Pixel, Score and Helaine must rescue him from the planet Zarathan, where nightmares come true and those who fall asleep die.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738706122
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
When the evil wizard Destiny kidnaps Pixel, Score and Helaine must rescue him from the planet Zarathan, where nightmares come true and those who fall asleep die.
Book of Thunder
Author: John Peel
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738706146
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Score, Pixel, and Helaine return to Dondar to help their unicorn friends find the former leader of their herd and to fend off a dangerous wizard.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738706146
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Score, Pixel, and Helaine return to Dondar to help their unicorn friends find the former leader of their herd and to fend off a dangerous wizard.
Quester's Endgame
Author: Jo Clayton
Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780886771386
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780886771386
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Book of Names
Author: John Peel
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738706177
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Score, Renald, and Pixel are snatched from different worlds and taken by Bestials to the planet Treen, where they are to be offered as a sacrifice.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 9780738706177
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Score, Renald, and Pixel are snatched from different worlds and taken by Bestials to the planet Treen, where they are to be offered as a sacrifice.
The Art of Michael Whelan
Author: Michael Whelan
Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780553074475
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Award-winning artist Whelan has illustrated the work of almost every major author in speculative fiction. Here are featured all the artist's major recent paintings, as well as a series of 25 never-before-seen works produced especially for this book. Over 100 full-color reproductions.
Publisher: Bantam Dell Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780553074475
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Award-winning artist Whelan has illustrated the work of almost every major author in speculative fiction. Here are featured all the artist's major recent paintings, as well as a series of 25 never-before-seen works produced especially for this book. Over 100 full-color reproductions.
Book of Oceans
Author: John Peel
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738707481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
When Oracle suggests a comforting vacation through a portal to a world of water, he fails to mention that it is also a world inhabited by pirates.
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738707481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
When Oracle suggests a comforting vacation through a portal to a world of water, he fails to mention that it is also a world inhabited by pirates.
Diadem - Book of Time
Author: John Peel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615726007
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"Shanara decides to reveal her history to Score, Helaine, Pixel and Jenna in her own unique way -- by creating a realistic illusion from her memories. But a powerful sorcerer hijacks her spell and transports the five of them back into the past instead. Now instead of seeing Shanara's troubled story, they are forced to live it. But if they change anything -- anything at all -- they might wipe out the future ... including themselves"--Page 3 of cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615726007
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"Shanara decides to reveal her history to Score, Helaine, Pixel and Jenna in her own unique way -- by creating a realistic illusion from her memories. But a powerful sorcerer hijacks her spell and transports the five of them back into the past instead. Now instead of seeing Shanara's troubled story, they are forced to live it. But if they change anything -- anything at all -- they might wipe out the future ... including themselves"--Page 3 of cover.
Ghosthunt
Author: Jo Clayton
Publisher: New York : Daw Books ; [Scarborough, Ont.] : New American Library of Canada
ISBN: 9780879978235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Aleytys, wearer/symbiote of the powerful Diadem, is asked to help find a ghost that is haunting Cazarit, a vacation spot for wealthy clientelle.
Publisher: New York : Daw Books ; [Scarborough, Ont.] : New American Library of Canada
ISBN: 9780879978235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Aleytys, wearer/symbiote of the powerful Diadem, is asked to help find a ghost that is haunting Cazarit, a vacation spot for wealthy clientelle.