The Sapphire Rose. Aided by the goddess Aphrael, Sparhawk and his band of companions have recovered the magical jewel Bhelliom – the Sapphire Rose – from the cave of the troll-dwarf Ghwerig. Now they have the power to wake and cure Ehlana, the young Queen of Elenia. But while they were seeking Bhelliom, great forces of evil moved into the power vacuum left behind. The unholy triple alliance between Otha, degenerate sorcerer-king of the Zemochs, the renegade Pandion Knight Martel, and Annias,...

Michael Peinkofer brought the orcs to live and Middle-earth describes wildest creatures more vivid and alive than JRR Tolkien himself that Orcs are indeed ugly and cruel, but also inventive, witty, and sometimes even higher calling - as demonstrated by the young bestselling author with this novel. It draws upon not only to the overwhelming success of his model, but weaves the history of the burly monster continued also. A secret mission Balbok and Rammar break, two very different brothers, to...

Men have been at war for centuries with the reptilian race called "Basics." As conquerors always have, the winners of each bloody encounter have made slaves of the losers-but in this far-future war, each side has improved upon its slaves with genetic engineering. And so at last there came to be two neighboring worlds: Aerlith, where men have raised a race of fearsome dragons to be their servants, and nearby Coralyne, where the descendants of those very dragons are served by strong,...

Sparhawk, Pandion Knight and Queen's Champion returns from a long spell of exile to find his native land overrun with evil, intrigue and his young queen grievously ill. Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within the year