Circle of Compassion

Circle of Compassion by David D. Levine

by David D. Levine
$0.99 (Short Story) ISBN 978-1-61138-223-5

Circle of Compassion by David D. Levine (short story) is the tale of a young priestess in an ancient China that never was, who must use a tiny magical charm to defeat a great army. It originally appeared in the anthology Gateways.

“Circle of Compassion” is also available as part of Space Magic, an award-winning collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by David D. Levine.

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Remalna’s Children

Remalna's Children by Sherwood Smith

Two Novellas (post Crown Duel)
by Sherwood Smith
$2.00 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-147-4

The Crown Duel generation:

Two novelettes about Mel’s and Vidanric’s older two offspring, Prince Alaraec (“Court Ship”) and Elestra (“Beauty”).

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Fleeing Peace

Fleeing Peace by Sherwood Smith


The Siamis Enchantment
by Sherwood Smith
$3.95 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-054-5

Siamis said, “Your young friend Liere is not going to enjoy the trap she’s walking into, I fear. But you figured that out, did you not? Why didn’t she listen to you?”

“To snap her fingers under your nose,” Senrid retorted.

“Irresistible.” Siamis smiled gently. “But it’s going to cost.”

Fifteen-year-old Senrid is newly king of the difficult warrior kingdom Marloven Hess . . . just in time to lose it, and find himself running for his life with two kids who once were his enemies. When Senrid is captured he overhears a secret—one he can use against the enemy, if he can get to the right place at the right time.

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Over the Sea

Over the Sea by Sherwood Smith


CJ’s First Notebook
by Sherwood Smith
$2.50 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-044-6

When Sherwood Smith was eight years old, a girl named Clair walked into her dreams, bringing hints of a world where girls could adventure, live on their own, and best of all, didn’t have to grow up.

Clair traveled about looking for girls who needed a home. She even came to Earth, where she found CJ, who did not fit. CJ found herself not only taken to another world to live, but she became the princess — Clair’s “left hand splat.” One of her jobs as princess was to write down their records. Another was to serve as leader for the girls when Clair was busy learning to become queen.

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Senrid

Senrid by Sherwood Smith


by Sherwood Smith
$3.50 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-058-3

Senrid is a story of swashbuckling boys and girls, royal stakes, mysterious villains, high adventure and strange magic. Teen-aged king Leander Tlennen-Hess has barely ruled Vasande Leror a year when he and his step-sister Kyale (or Princess Kitty, as she wishes to be known) are surprised by two visitors. The first is an adventure-loving girl, Faline, who helps Leander defend his tiny kingdom from invasion by the menacing warrior kingdom Marloven Hess, using only imagination and a bit of magic. The second visitor is a nice, friendly boy… who asks too many questions about the recent defeat of those evil Marlovens.

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A Stranger to Command

A Stranger to Command by Sherwood Smith

by Sherwood Smith
$3.95 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-072-9

In this prequel to Crown Duel, Vidanric Renselaeus, fifteen-year-old Marquis of Shevraeth, finds himself sent across the continent to a military academy in Marloven Hess, a kingdom known for its violent history.

Vidanric is used to civilized life in pleasant Remalna — except that the evidence is increasingly clear that the civilization is only on the surface. Too many young, smart heirs have suffered accidents of late, and the evidence is beginning to point to the king, Galdran, who has grandiose plans for expansion.

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Hunt across Worlds

Hunt across Worlds by Sherwood Smith



CJ’s Sixth Notebook
by Sherwood Smith
$2.50 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-052-1

First written when Sherwood Smith was a teen, the series called CJ’s Notebooks feature a gang of girls around thirteen-year-old Queen Clair of Mearsies Heili. The M girls, as they come to be known, prefer their villains silly, their throwing pies gloppy, and their adventures fun. But villains don’t ask first if the girls want to be dragged into dangerous escapades, so they’ve had more than their share.

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Mearsies Heili Bounces Back

Mearsies Heili Bounces Back by Sherwood Smith


CJ’s Second Notebook
by Sherwood Smith
$2.50 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-045-3

“I am Princess Cherene Jennet Sherwood of Mearsies Heili, hater of evil, foe to all villains, and wielder of the prune pie of justice!”

That’s how CJ Sherwood introduces herself when she lands into her craziest adventure yet. In this, the second volume of CJ’s records, she and her gang of friends gathered around the thirteen year old queen, Clair Sherwood, find themselves beset by magical spells and various villains. They still manage to have fun in the underground hideout in the middle of Mearsies Heili’s woodland.

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Poor World

Poor World by Sherwood Smith


CJ’s Fourth Notebook
by Sherwood Smith
$2.50 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-046-0

If you have a hankering to experience the prune pie of justice, ask CJ or her gang of girls if they want to Save the World.

The Mearsiean girls around thirteen-year-old Queen Clair prefer their villains silly, their throwing pies gloppy, and their adventures fun. But what happens when you’ve gained a reputation for successfully outwitting villains twice your age and experience?

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Wren’s Quest

Wren's Quest by Sherwood Smith


Wren Series vol. 2
by Sherwood Smith
$3.00 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-104-7

Wren thought she was an orphan. After discovering that she might have family, she spends her first vacation from Cantirmoor’s Magic School trying to find them. But her quest turns into a dangerous adventure, with robbers, guardsmen, and an angry sorcerer after her. And when her friend, young prince Connor Shaltar, begins to meddle with magic as well, things get entirely out of hand.

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Wren Journeymage

Wren Journeymage by Sherwood Smith


Wren Series vol. 4
by Sherwood Smith
$3.00 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-029-3

The first summer of peace brings Wren on her weekly visit to the young Queen Teressa, where she encounters the mocking, sinister Hawk Rhiscarlan riding in! Wren races to  warn Teressa, to discover he was invited. This causes the girls’ first argument.

Tyron gives Wren a chance to leave Meldreth by sending her on a new journeymage project, to find Connor on his wanderings.

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A Posse of Princesses

A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith

by Sherwood Smith
$4.00 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-027-9

Rhis, princess of a small kingdom, is invited along with all the other princesses in her part of the world to the coming of age party of the Crown Prince of Vesarja, which is the central and most important kingdom. When Iardith, the prettiest and most perfect of all the princesses, is abducted, Rhis and her friends go to the rescue.

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Barefoot Pirate

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by Sherwood Smith
$3.00 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-053-8

With two bossy older sisters, Joe doesn’t like girls. Nan doesn’t have any friends.

Joe and Nan would never have spoken if they hadn’t both reached for the same odd little book on a shelf in their favorite part of the library, the adventure stories.

They agree to share it… and discover not just a story, but a promise that magic is real, and that someone from another world is needed to break a spell.

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Wren to the Rescue

Wren to the Rescue by Sherwood Smith


Wren Series vol. 1
by Sherwood Smith
$3.00 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-102-3

 

All her life Wren has hoped for an adventure. Now she has one—with a kidnapped princess, a handsome prince, and a magician. What does it matter if the princess is only Tess, her best friend from the orphanage; if the prince is a youngest son with no chance of becoming king; and the magician is an apprentice?

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Taco Del and the Fabled Tree of Destiny

Taco Del & the Fabled Tree of Destiny, by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff


by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
$4.99 (Novel) 
ISBN 978-0-9828440-6-9

Some wizards have staffs, wands, or mediums. Taco Del has a tree…

The Kingdom of Embarcadero is under siege. King Elvis wants to steal its secrets, mysterious outsiders want to expel its citizens, an ancient and sinister Force threatens to devour their souls. Salvation rests on the slender shoulders of a young wizard named Taco Del and his unlikely allies — a red-haired Chinese girl, a ghosty tribe of Mission Indians and a small fir tree named Doug

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Alamut

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by Judith Tarr
$4.99 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-026-2

A knight from across the sea, a beleaguered kingdom, a spirit of fire.

Judith Tarr’s beloved novel of grand romance and high magic in the age of the Crusades appears for the first time in digital form. Join Prince Aidan, son of a mortal king and an immortal enchantress, and the deathless Assassin Morgiana, in a saga of war and truce, betrayal and honor, hate and love.

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Lyrec

Lyrec by Gregory Frost

by Gregory Frost
$4.99 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-61138-076-7 

Just a man and a cat…from another universe.

Adventurer Lyrec and wise-cracking Borregad have been companions through world after world, adventure after adventure.  They seek Lyrec’s lost love, and vengeance for the obliteration of their homeworld.  But the villain they hunt, Miradomon, is always one step ahead, leaving a dark trail of destruction behind him.

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The Dread Hammer

The Dread Hammer by Linda Nagata

Stories of the Puzzle Lands – Book 1
by Linda Nagata
$4.99 (Novel) ISBN 978-1-937197-08-7

A tale of love, war, murder, marriage, and fate.

He lurks beside the forest road, a charming, well-armed young murderer, not altogether human. She draws near, a contrary shepherdess fleeing an unwanted marriage. When he overhears her prayer for help, whispered to the Dread Hammer, he decides to grant it — and love takes him by surprise. But love soon proves a greater challenge than murder.
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