McKillip, Patricia Rawn, Melanie The Riddle-Master of Hed The Dragon Prince trilogy What is the connection between three stars The Dragon Star trilogy gracing an enchanted harp and sword and a These two trilogies comprise an epic story that similar mark on his forehead? With evil forc- is both a complex political and ethical discus- es on the rise, Morgan, Prince of Hed, must sion, an also a very human tale about personal solve the riddle. YA PB lives and interactions. The focus of the first trilogy is Rohan who is descended from sun McKinley, Robin runners who communicate with light, but is Beauty and Rose Daughter himself ungifted. The second trilogy is about Two very similar but unrelated versions of the Rohan’s son Pol, gifted with every imaginable classic fairy tale “.” In power. SCI FIC RAW Fantasy Beauty, she more closely follows the tradi- tional plot. Rose Daughter has a unique twist Rowling, J.K. is the story’s events but if very much in the The Harry Potter series same style with equal depth of the charac- This famous fantasy series was intended for a Favorites ters. YA PB children’s audience. But as Harry grows up, so do the books, and not just in size. Readers Modesitt, L.E. follow Harry from his twelfth birthday and arri- The Magic of Recluce val at wizard school until (presumably) he grad- Step outside the confines of Told of his potential as a great wizard, bored uates and becomes an adult. Satisfy your curi- young Lerris undertakes a dangergeld—a osity and see what the excitement’s about. reality and into the realm of restrictive quest outside the rule-laden world J FIC ROW of Recluce– to hasten his destiny and learn the imagination, with the value of an ordered world. SCI FIC MOD Tolkien, J.R.R. heroes and heroines who The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Nix, Garth The starting point for any discussion about must journey through Sabriel fantasy. Written like a classic English perilous mythic worlds to Sabriel, a beautiful inexperienced necro- take, it strikes some as old fashioned but mancer, must battle the horrendous minions there’s years of scholarship behind every fight and overcome great of an evil sorcerer as she travels to the realm detail. Find out why the movies were so evil in the classic tradition of of the Old Kingdom in an attempt to free her successful. FIC TOL father from the Dead. YA NIX J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Alexander, Alma Donaldson, Stephen Kerr, Katherine The Secrets of Jin Shei The Runes of the Earth Daggerspell Eight disparate young women take the inviola- Linden Avery sets out on a quest against Rog- Does love hold sway over darkness? Des- ble Jin-Shei oath of sisterhood in a mythical er Covenant and Lord Foul to find the lost Staff tiny dictates the reincarnation of souls as ancient China, vowing to protect and support of Law, save a kidnapped child and deliver the the eternal battle between good and evil each other through treachery, magic and politi- Land from evil, in this first book of the final continues over the centures, and Jill is cal upheaval. FIC ALE Covernant quartet. SCI FIC DON caught in the crossfire. SCI FIC KER

Bakker, Scott R. Eddings, David King, Stephen The Darkness That Comes Before The Pawn of Prophecy The Dark Tower series With holy war threatening, forces of good and In his wildest dreams, Garion never imagined Beginning with The Gunslinger and ending with evil vie with each other, as the sorcerer Drusas that he would play an important role in the The Dark Tower it spans the entire length of Achamain leads his compatriots in a battle magical battles between the ancient gods. The Stephen King’s career. He references not only against the No-God and the imminent destruc- innocent young hero’s prophetic quest begins his own books , but also many of the other re- tion of their world. FIC BAK here. SCI FIC EDD cent great works of fantasy by other authors. FIC KIN Berg Carol Feist, Raymond Son of Avonar Shadow of a Dark Queen Kurtz, Katherine Forced into exile herself as a member of a per- Beginning a new series set in Midkemia, this In the King’s Service dark take of treachery and heroism follows two secuted royal family, Seri shelters a fugitive This new addition to the epic series explains unlikely young men in a rite of passage that warrior who is quite possibly mad: can solving Deryni history prior to the reign of King Kelson pits them against evil serpent aliens bent on the riddles of his identity and purpose save the and reveals hidden agendas that caused a ruling Midkemia. SCI FIC FEI Four Realms? SCI FIC BER massive split between the Camberian Council and the royal family. SCI FIC KUR Goodkind, Terry Bray, Patricia Wizard’s First Rule Devlin’s Luck Lackey, Mercedes When the wall between worlds threatens col- The Outstretched Shadow Saddled with his brother’s widow and children lapse, Richard Cypher’s journey begins. Bored with his routine City life, Kellen, son of after his entire family is killed, Devlin eagerly Wielding the Sword of Truth and carrying ar- Arch_Mage Lycaelon, experiments with the takes on the suicidal post of Chosen One—the cane knowledge concealed for ages, the quest ancient Wild Magic he discovers in a set of for- single handed defender of Jorsk– a kingdom leads him to evil’s source: Darken Rahl. bidden books, and is subsequently cast into on the downslide. SCI FIC BRA SCI FIC GOO exile by his own father. SCI FIC LAC

Britian, Kristen Haydon, Elizabeth Lackey, Mercedes Green Rider Rhapsody: Child of Blood Karigan runs away from school and on the way Fortune’s Fool Rhapsody’s musical magic and her compan- Ekaterina, youngest daughter of the sea king home encounters a dying green rider, one of ions, an assassin and a giant, aid her in a the king’s famous magical messengers. She gets kidnapped by a wicked jinn when she in- quest of mythic proportions through the center vestigates a kingdom that has no problems and agrees to his dying request and begins a peri- of the earth and through time to conquer a de- lous journey alone. SCI FIC BRI no complaints. SCI FIC LAC monic evil. SCI FIC HAY

Bujold, Lois McMaster Maguire, Gregory Jordan, Robert Wicked The Curse of Chalion The Eye of the World In a well-drawn medieval world rife with magic This book is a retelling, almost a prequel, to the Accepting Destiny’s call, Rand, Matt and Perrin Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, and it casts a and political intrique, Cazaril, a former soldier seek to join forces with others against the Dark crippled by his past, now plays the dual role of whole new light on a childhood favorite. Dis- One, after his troll like creatures viciously at- cover the darker, more sophisticated Oz, ideal tutor and protector of royalty against a deadly tack their sleepy village of Emond’s Field. curse. SCI FIC BUJ for the adult palate. FIC MAG SCI FIC JOR