An intense, personal story of survival, a departure from the more sweeping "battle against great evil" tales that characterize the rest of the Harpers books. Journeying far north in defiance of her Harper superiors, Martine of Sembia finds herself trapped in the lonely, snowbound valley of Samek.

Having robbed a temple, Pinch must hide his theft from the temple's priestess, his traveling companion, Lissa, who holds the secret that could make him the next king of Ankhapur.

It's not so much a novel as a series of vignettes about the lives of Morris, a 12 year old boy sent to an assessment centre after "interfering with" a 5 year old girl, and Stephen, a 33 year old schoolteacher who is attracted to teenage girls. The pieces are well written, as one would expect from this talented author, and are in turn amusing, disturbing and downright sordid. Happy Endings is fascinating and engaging. The sheer chutzpah of this man to have tackled such issues of child abuse and the path from victim to victimiser in the '70s (he was little short of a prophet in that respect) and the novel itself being a testament from a gifted author struggling to find his creative feet. To anyone who has read and enjoyed Cook sublime later work, particularly Second Best (for which he also wrote the screenplay of the film) this book is heartily recommended. With David Cook's death last year and Happy Endings having been out of print for many years so this could become a highly collectable book. But caveat emptor: Cook's almost sympathetic portrayal of an ephebophile schoolmaster is apt to shock far more that it did at the time of publication.

Between the valiant kingdoms of the western Realms and the exotic eastern lands of Kara-Tur lies a vast, unexplored kingdom. For centuries, the "civilized" peoples of the Forgotten Realms have given little notice to these barbarians. Now, a powerful leader has united the wild horsemen into a mighty force--an army powerful enough to challenge the world. The Empires Trilogy: Book One.

Little did Teldin Moore know there was life beyond Krynn's moons--until a crashed spelljamming ship demolished his farm and changed his life. With a dying alien's magical cloak and cryptic words, Teldin quickly discovers that he's a popular fellow with killers and cutthroats.