Guy Gavriel Kay
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"On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast, a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small. One of those arriving at that beach is a woman abducted by corsairs as a child and sold into years of servitude. Having escaped,...
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A two-time winner of the Aurora Award, best-selling author Guy Gavriel Kay crafts fantastic tales relished by fans worldwide. Here, the lands of Arbonne and Gorhaut are on the verge of an all-consuming conflict. When a devious high priest of Gorhaut seizes the opportunity to wage a holy war against residents of Arbonne, an epic clash between the two cultures ensues.
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"International bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offers an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition. A Brightness Long Ago offers both compelling drama and deeply moving reflections on the nature of memory, the choices we make in life, and the role played by the turning of Fortune's wheel"--
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"The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new novel, Children of Earth and Sky, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands--where empires and faiths collide. From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance...
6) Tigana
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Acclaimed author Guy Gavriel Kay has been honored with the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (Ysabel) and the International Goliardos Award for his work in fantasy. Eight of the nine Palm provinces of the Peninsula have been overcome by warrior sorcerers Brandin and Alberico. But the sorcerers don't know that a small band of survivors is plotting their removal. With tensions mounting, the sorcerers become increasingly at odds as each decides where...
7) Under heaven
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The award-winning historical fantasies of Guy Gavriel Kay have earned him international best-seller status and placed his books atop his fans' must-read lists. Under Heaven takes listeners to Tang dynasty China, where the son of an honored general has received an unheard of gift: 250 Sardian horses. But this is a prize men would, and will, kill for.
8) Ysabel
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Ysabel is a contemporary fantasy that centers on the Saint-Sauveur Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence, where a 15-year-old boy accompanies his father on a photoshoot. Befriending a whip-smart American girl and confronting a knife-wielding maniac, the boy finds that the ancient site shimmers with mysteries of fantastical design.
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The ruling Asharites of Al-Rassan have come from the desert sands, but over centuries, seduced by the sensuous pleasures of their new land, their stern piety has eroded. The Asharite empire has splintered into decadent city-states led by warring petty kings. King Almalik of Cartada is on the ascendancy, aided always by his friend and advisor, the notorious Ammar ibn Khairan poet, diplomat, soldier until a summer afternoon of savage brutality changes...
10) River of stars
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a setting inspired by the real-world Song Dynasty of China, River of Stars takes place four centuries after the events of Under Heaven. As war approaches from the north, Ren Daiyan leaves the safety of the forest and makes his way toward the palace. Meanwhile, the highly educated and musically talented Lin Shan captivates the emperor even as she alienates the women at court. And the emperor himself must be cautious in the days ahead, for his actions...
11) The summer tree
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Fionavar tapestry volume 1
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Two-time Aurora Award-winning author Guy Gavriel Kay has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award three times. In the first book of his Fionavar Tapestry series, five college students meet a wizard who takes them to the heart of the first of all worlds-a place called Fionavar. The students soon discover that they have been pre-ordained as part of the pattern called the Fionavar Tapestry-and if they don't fulfill their destinies, the world will suffer...
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Fionavar tapestry volume 2
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Guy Gavriel Kay has earned three nominations for the World Fantasy Award. In The Wandering Fire, college students Dave, Paul, Kim, Kevin, and Jennifer return to the magical land of Fionavar to battle the minions of Rakoth Maugrim. But this time, Jennifer is pregnant with a god's baby-one destined to "take the longest road" of any child ever born.
13) The darkest road
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Fionavar tapestry volume 3
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A two-time Aurora Award winner, best-selling author Guy Gavriel Kay has garnered the International Goliardos Prize and World Fantasy Award nominations for his brilliant fiction. The Darkest Road-the gripping conclusion to Kay's critically acclaimed Fionavar Tapestry fantasy trilogy-finds five university students from our world preparing to sacrifice themselves as they enter into final battle against a power of unimaginable proportions.
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Sarantine Mosaic volume 1
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After being given a talisman and tasked with carrying out a mission for the queen in the city of Sarantium, Crispin's talent for making mosaics leads him to discover a source of great power that may be his only hope of survival.
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