After a year of magical combat, the world is in ruins, and the few surviving wizards, including two stranded Californians, must take to the offensive Since the Dark Ones returned, the world has been laid to waste. The land\'s wizards have been slaughtered, its cities destroyed, and its people scattered in terror, and few have witnessed more of the destruction than Rudy and Gil-two ordinary Californians who found their way across the Void, and took up arms in defense of a strange and magical world. She learned the ways of war, while he found within himself the powers of a great wizard. Both of them will need all their strength to survive this final challenge. Ingold, the master wizard, has devised a spell to hide the user from the deathly stare of the Dark, and he intends to use it to strike at their very heart. Finally, Rudy, Gil, and the rest of mankind\'s survivors will take the offensive, bringing an end to this terrible war, for better or for worse.

Ballantine/Del Rey #36259, 1992. Stated First Edition in fine condition.

When Rhion the banker\'s son met the Master Wizard Jaldis, Jaldis said, "Come." Rhion came, leaving everything behind to answer the call in his blood. And through long years of drudgery and persecution, he had no regrets. Thus he became a wizard. A noble burned out Jaldis\' eyes to please some god; Rhion made magic glasses so he could see. Together, they opened the dark well to the Abyss between universes, and a cry for help came from a world that had lost all magic. Could that happen to their world? Though forced to flee again, Jaldis was determined to reach that world through the Abyss, to help and to find how the magic was lost. Rhion had nightmares over that. Jaldis was blind without magic. Rhion could not let him go alone. Yet the Abyss terrorized Rhion. Guided only by a voice without magic, they might land on the wrong world or drift forever in the hell of the void. And how could they ever return? The idea made Rhion shudder to the depths of his soul. Yet he was sure that someday the nightmare must come true!

"McMaster\'s characters are beautifully drawn and the tension between them is completely smoking... [a] dark, menacing and strangely beautiful world." - RT Book Reviews Determined to destroy the Echelon she despises, Rosalind Fairchild is on seemingly easy mission. Get in. Uncover the secrets of her brother\'s disappearance. And get out. In order to infiltrate the Nighthawks and find their leader, Blue Blooded Sir Jasper Lynch, Rosalind will pose as their secretary. A dangerous mission, but Rosalind is also the elusive Mercury, a leader in the humanist movement. But she doesn\'t count on Lynch being such a dangerously charismatic man, challenging her at every turn, forcing her to re-evaluate everything she knows about the enemy. He could be her most dangerous nemesis-or the ally she never dreamed existed.A stunning, action-filled paranormal romance, Bec McMaster\'s London Steampunk novels will appeal to fans of Gail Carriger, Kristen Callihan\'s Darkest London series, and the Blud series by Delilah Dawson.RITA finalist Bec McMaster\'s London Steampunk series:Kiss of Steel, Book 1 Honoria\'s last hope is the most dangerous man in London\'s underworld, and she may be his last hope as well Heart of Iron, Book 2 Will would do anything to protect Lena, including fighting his love for her, but seducing her may be the only way to save herMy Lady Quicksilver, Book 3 Rosalind risks her life, and her heart, to get close to the one man who could find and free her brother. But will he?Forged by Desire, Book 4 RITA finalist, When Perry fled her thrall contract and joined the Nighthawks, she thought she would be safe, but danger is stalking her againOf Silk and Steam, Book 5 Mina has sworn revenge for her father\'s death, but the man she plans to destroy could be her own undoing, or the salvation of all LondonWhat readers are saying about My Lady Quicksilver:"twists and turns, vampires, revenge, passion, suspense and romance""If you enjoy Steampunk, romance and paranormal romance than you are in for a real treat.""absolutely stunning""Full of action and intrigue, this story is perfect!""humor and red hot romance"What reviewers are saying about My Lady Quicksilver: "Rich, dramatic, romantic, and dangerous..." - Publishers Weekly"wildly imaginative, richly textured world building... the perfect choice for readers who like their historical romances sexy, action-packed, and just a tad different." - Booklist"The blend of steampunk, paranormal, suspense and romance is so well crafted into a riveting story" - Delighted Reader"a taste of paranormal, shifter, steampunk and romance all stewed in a recipe to be savored and not rushed through. " - Coffee Time Romance"beautifully crafted and immerses the reader in a fantastic story." - Worlds of Words What everyone is saying about Bec McMaster: "a must read for paranormal fans and steampunk fans alike. 5/5 Stars, Reviewer Top Pick" - Night Owl Reviews"richly imagined, gritty and dark, and full of hot heroes and hot sex... utterly delicious. " -Smart Bitches, Trashy Books"Action, adventure, steampunk, and blazing hot seduction...Bec McMaster offers it all."-Eve Silver, author of Sins of the Flesh

"Heart of Iron is so impressive, it deserves a seal of excellence! Like moths to a flame, readers will be drawn to the world and characters McMaster has created. Make room on your keeper shelves..."―Fresh FictionSecond in a thrilling steampunk paranormal romance series, Lena Todd is pretty and vivacious, which makes her the perfect spy against the Echelon.  But when she finds herself in too deep, she\'ll find herself at the mercy of Will Carver, the only man she can\'t wrap around her finger and whose kiss she can\'t forget.  Lena Todd makes the perfect spy. Nobody suspects the flirtatious debutante could be a sympathizer for the humanist movement haunting London\'s vicious blue blood elite. Not even the ruthless Will Carver, the one man she can\'t twist around her little finger, and the one man whose kiss she can\'t forget...Stricken with the loupe and considered little more than a slave-without-a-collar to the blue bloods, Will wants nothing to do with the Echelon or the dangerous beauty who drives him to the very edge of control. But when he finds a coded letter on Lena―a code that matches one he saw on a fire-bombing suspect―he realizes she\'s in trouble. To protect her, he must seduce the truth from her.With London on the brink of revolution, Lena and Will must race against time―and an automaton army―to stop the humanist plot before it\'s too late. But as they fight to save a city, the greatest danger might just be to their hearts... A fresh, suspensful paranormal romance, Bec McMaster\'s London Steampunk novels will appeal to fans of Gail Carriger, Kristen Callihan\'s Darkest London series, and the Blud series by Delilah Dawson.London Steampunk Series:Kiss of Steel (Book 1)Heart of Iron (Book 2)My Lady Quicksilver (Book 3)Forged by Desire (Book 4)Of Silk and Steam (Book 5)What readers are saying about Heart of Iron:"A clever and entertaining combination of historical romance, steampunk, paranormal and alternate history.""a vastly unique and utterly vivid world that transports readers into another place.""a perfect mix of action, romance and steampunk!""a little dark and a lot dangerous.""Steampunk, romance, paranormal, suspense this book literally had it all."What reviewers are saying about Heart of Iron:"An engrossing, thrilling sequel." ― Tynga\'s Reviews"Intriguing... [readers will] love the sexy, action-packed narrative. " ― Publishers Weekly"McMaster\'s second London Steampunk Book dazzles and seduces... will leave readers breathless. 4 ½ Stars, Top Pick of the Month! " ― RT Book Reviews What everyone is saying about Bec McMaster: "a must read for paranormal fans and steampunk fans alike. 5/5 Stars, Reviewer Top Pick" ― Night Owl Reviews"richly imagined, gritty and dark, and full of hot heroes and hot sex... utterly delicious. " ―Smart Bitches, Trashy Books"Action, adventure, steampunk, and blazing hot seduction...Bec McMaster offers it all."―Eve Silver, author of Sins of the Flesh

In the steam-fuelled world of Victorian London, vampires, werewolves and slasher gangs stalk the night and a man made partly of metal is about to discover just how far he’ll go to protect the woman he loves…After a vicious vampire attack left him struggling to leash the dark urges of the craving virus, John ‘Rip’ Doolan, thinks he’s finally starting to master the darkness within. The only thing that threatens to shatter his hard-won control is Esme, his closest friend and the only woman he’s ever wanted. If the stubborn beauty ever realised precisely what was going through his mind, their friendship would be ruined…For six months Esme has waited for Rip to recover and take her as his thrall, not daring to hope for more. Too afraid to put her heart on the line, she’s devastated when Rip reveals that he never had any intentions of making her his.But when a savage gang of Slashers start causing havoc in Whitechapel, Rip and Esme have no choice. They must face up to the depth of the passion that burns between them and forge a new relationship… or risk losing each other forever.“Deftly blends elements of steampunk and vampire romance with brilliantly successful results…darkly atmospheric and delectably sexy.” –Booklist, starred review for KISS OF STEEL

Twenty years ago, the horror world was forever altered by the publication of Necroscope. An instant classic, Brian Lumley\'s astonishing feat of imagination spawned a universe which Lumley has explored and expanded through more that a baker\'s dozen of novels and novellas. Millions of copies of Necroscope and its successors are in print in a dozen languages throughout the world. Nominated for the British Fantasy Award, Necroscope has inspired everything from comic books and graphic novels to sculptures and soundtracks. This new edition of Necroscope uses the author\'s preferred text and includes a special introduction by Brian Lumley, telling how the Necroscope saga came to be. It also includes chapter ornaments by Hugo-Award-Winning artist Bob Eggleton, long identified with Lumley\'s blood-sucking monsters.As a classic, Necroscope rightfully claims a place in the Orb trade paperback list, for scholars of the field and the dedicated Lumley collector. And also for all the people who have read more than one mass market copy of the book to tatters.Harry Keogh is the man who can talk to the dead, the man for whom every grave willingly gives up its secrets, the one man who knows how to travel effortlessly through time and space to destroy the vampires that threaten all humanity.In Necroscope, Harry is startled to discover that he is not the only person with unusual mental powers--Britain and the Soviet Union both maintain super-secret, psychically-powered espionage organizations. But Harry is the only person who knows about Thibor Ferenczy, a vampire long buried in the mountains of Romania--still horribly alive, in undeath--and Thibor\'s insane "offspring," Boris Dragosani, who rips information from the souls of the dead in a terrible, ever-lasting form of torture. Somehow, Harry must convince Britain\'s E-Branch that only by working together can they locate and destroy Dragosani and his army of demonic warriors--before the half-vampire succeeds in taking over the world!Necroscope SeriesNecroscopeNecroscope II: Vamphyri!Necroscope III: The SourceNecroscope IV: DeadspeakNecroscope V: Deadspawn

Things in the ground, thinking their thoughts . . .. . . Thoughts they can express only through Harry Keogh, NECROSCOPE. For that\'s Harry\'s talent, and his burden: he reads the thoughts of the dead in their graves - and the thoughts of the UNdead! Except . . . the undead are thinking thoughts that are totally-unthinkable!Yulian Bodescue\'s mother fainted at the tomb of Thibor Ferenczy, vampire. Corrupt from birth, now Yulian feels a strange compulsion: to discover his real father and spread his works abroad. Only Harry Keogh, prisoner of the metaphysical Mobius Continuum, can stop him. Harry\'s other big problem is this:HE DOESN\'T HAVE A BODY!

Now available for the first time in hardcover, the third book in the Necroscope series traces the battle between Harry Keogh and the horrifying Vamphyri on their home ground, an alien landscape of looming towers, impossible cliffs, and ravenous vampire-beasts.Russia\'s Ural Mountains hide a deadly secret: a supernatural portal to the country of the vampires. Soviet scientists and ESP-powered spies, in a secret military base, study the portal--and the powerfully evil creatures that emerge from it, intent on ravaging mankind.When Jazz Simmons, a British agent sent to infiltrate the base, is captured by the KGB espionage squad and forced through the portal, his last message tells Harry Keogh, the Necroscope, that the vampires are preparing for a mass invasion.Harry has only one option--to strike first. He must carry the human-vampire war to the vampire\'s own lands. But his strongest psychic power will be useless there. What good is the power to summon the dead in a country where nothing ever dies, where every man, woman, and child become half-dead servants of the Vamphyri?At the Publisher\'s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

When vampires stalk among us . . . Robbed of his supernatural powers, Harry Keogh is back from Starside, the vampire sourceworld. A mere man again - denied access to the metaphysical Möbius Continuum, no longer able to communicate with the dead - now he must rebuild his life in a world made safe only through his efforts. But safe for how long? E-Branch, Britain\'s mindspy organisation, wants Harry back with his invaluable talents intact. Likewise the Great Majority, his countless dead friends across the world, who know that he\'s needed as never before. For the old thread has risen anew! Crumbling in their graves, the teeming dead fear for Harry. If the ex-Necroscope can\'t find and destroy the last of the Ferenczys, that nightmare vampire dynasty, they know that the vampire will find him. He must regain his powers - or risk becoming a vampire himself, undead for ever . . .

There\'s a maniacal murderer on the loose, brutally slaughtering young women with a ferocity that rivals that of vampires Harry Koegh has spent his life combatting. The Necroscope\'s been asked to solve the crimes...asked by the dead spirits of the madman\'s victims. Harry cannot turn down a request from the dead...even if it costs him his soul. In the climactic battle with the vampires, mankind prevailed and purged the vampires from earth--thanks to Harry, his team of psychically-gifted spies, and Faethor Ferenczy, long-dead \'father\' of the world\'s vampires, who betrayed his own kind. But Harry\'s alliance with Faethor has a terrible cost--Harry\'s very humanity is under attack from the vampire evil coiled in his mind!

The vampires have been vanquished! Harry Keogh and the armies of the dead have destroyed the evil that once plagued the world. Nathan and Nestor, secret twin sons of the Necroscope and a proud gypsy woman, were children when their father, his humanity poisoned by his fearsome struggles, sacrificed himself to save mankind. Yet there are vampires still, vampires crueler and stranger than any the Necroscope had faced. When these new, merciless killers swoop out of the sky, Nathan and Nestor are men--but they have few of Harry Keogh\'s miraculous powers. Torn from each other by battle, the sons of the Necroscope journey across the vampire world, exploring its mysteries, each seeking the powerful, terrible vampires, his missing brother...and the woman they both love!

The first book in Brian Lumley\'s bestselling Necroscope series, Necroscope: The Lost Years Vampires never rest, and neither does Harry Keogh, the world\'s greatest vampire hunter, the Necroscope, the man who can talk to the dead. Right now, he\'s desperately searching for his wife and son, who disappeared in the midst of Harry\'s war against the undead monsters that plague mankind. Others will to carry on that fight until the Necroscope has been reunited with his beloved family.But it\'s not that easy to leave the vampire war behind. The bloodsuckers know that the Necroscope is their deadliest enemy and will do anything to destroy him.Harry struggles to locate his missing family, not realizing that he has become a pawn in the battle between two powerful vampires. When one has slain the other, the Necroscope will be the next to die.

Three great vampires--two Lords and a Lady--arrive on an unsuspecting Earth that teems with defenseless humans, easy prey for the marauding vampires. But humanity has defenders. Though the necroscope is gone, the psychically gifted men and women of E-Branch move swiftly against the vampire infestation. Jake Cutter is running for his life through the streets of Turin when he vanishes, appearing moments later inside the triply locked "Harry\'s room" in E-Branch\'s London HQ. Jake\'s dreams are very strange, filled with the voices of the dead--the Great majority, the Necroscope, Harry Keogh, even a dead vampire. He hears them all, but he doesn\'t truly understand. If Jake is the new Necroscope, he has to learn--fast!--how to control his powers and speak to the dead. E-Branch, with the reluctant Jake along for the ride, is about to go head-to-head with Malinari the Mind, a vampire Lord who psychic abilities are second to none. But the dead don\'t trust Jake, not like they trusted Harry. Jake\'s got personal revenge on his mind, and he\'s spending too much time talking that dead vampire. He\'s got to start thinking about the future--or he won\'t have one!

Something vital is missing from David Hero\'s comfortable, ordinary existence. one day is much like the next, simple, predictable...boring.But the nights! Each night David Hero finds himself transported to a marvelous world where brave men and women battle terrible creatures possessed of cruel, dark powers.Despite his fears, the Dreamworlds tempt David, drawing him farther and farther from the waking world. Here he finds noble warriors; beautiful, loving women; and challenges almost greater than he can imagine. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.