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Gentle, pacifist, saintly Lord Valentine copes with the tasks of government on the planet Majipoor amidst blight and rebellion.

"Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world were magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose, who nonetheless takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. The wizards are at a desperate crossroad, even if they won't admit it. They're searching through the small border towns near Mexico trying to locate a low-level magic practitioner,...

The story of a farm family's Depression-era journey from the Dustbowl of Oklahoma to the California migrant labor camps in search of a better life.

In a world where any act of magic could open a portal to hell, the Order insures that no wizard will live to summon devils, and will kill as many innocent people as they must to prevent that greater horror. After witnessing a horrendous slaughter, the village girl Heloise opposes the Order, and risks bringing their wrath down on herself, her family, and her village.

"U.S. Marshal Will Tanner chases six men across three states with one gun and no backup"--

On a spring day in April--sometime in the waning years of the 14th century--29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them is a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertains each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary...