Epic City

What can a phoenix rider do when her phoenix is missing? Alone in Briccatore with an untrustworthy ally and no phoenix available, Sersha is in over her head. The sun is stuck in the sky and until night falls again, she is on her own. Can new friends, new puzzles, and the return of unexpected allies be enough to help her realize the last wish of a dying man?

This story originally appeared in Mindflights Magazine in Sept. 2008.

The City on the Rock is dying. It rests on Salan, Captain of the Tower Guard, to find out why.

Freja Jensen, contemplating retiring from BeeBop Publishing Group in Austin, Texas, received a brown paper parcel in the mail. She opened the package, and saw that it was from Lucas Hansen, or his pen name, Lucas Pedersen. With the letter was a manuscript. Another note received was from a doctor who asked to remain anonymous. Included in a small teakwood box was an ancient sistrum, an Egyptian musical instrument with magical powers, and had the etching of an ankh on top.

Fractured magic. Unraveling threads. The more they fight, the more everything falls apart. Vesper Ainsley's Resonant power has become both her greatest weapon and her most dangerous vulnerability. Now she faces her most impossible challenge yet — shadow magic spreads across Nightreach, the Threads are unraveling, and Lucian D’Arco grows ever closer to harnessing the Echo’s devastating power. Joined by Rafe, whose own magical connection grows deeper with each passing moment, and Detective Blair Calloway, whose street-smart determination matches her investigative skills, Vesper must ...

Тайна зимней ночи - фантастическая повесть Светланы Казаковой, третья книга цикла "Город, где живёт магия", жанр любовное фэнтези, городское фэнтези. От новогодней ночи ждут чудес. Но чего ожидать, если живёшь в мире, где магия является неотъемлемой частью?

Luna est un jeune elfe argenté qui a grandi au sein d'une meute de loups. Lorsque des guerrières drows déciment sa famille adoptive, elle se réfugie chez son mentor, le Marécageux, qui lui révèle les circonstances de sa naissance. Dans le but de retrouver sa mère, Luna entame un long périple qui la mènera à Rhasgarrok, la cité souterraine des elfes noirs.

From tundra to desert, from prairies to rainforests, the trade routes of Ganelerdos converge at Sparrenfor, Enelarmos, Larpektis, and Torg-ra-Honne - the Merchant Cities. Fair exchange offers prosperity to the creative and industrious, whether human or elemental, and unearned riches to the ambitious and greedy.