Jean Rabe Ordre des livres

The narrative challenges the notion of heroism through the lens of dragon capturing. It explores the complexities of morality and duty, questioning whether such actions can be deemed heroic. The protagonist grapples with their role in a world where dragons are both feared and revered, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of bravery and sacrifice. Themes of conflict between personal values and societal expectations are woven throughout, creating a rich tapestry of adventure and introspection.

Sixteen original stories about taking your dream vacation-in any era you desire.Take a vacation through time with the help of a Time Travel Agency offering excursions into the past and future. Readers will find themselves in exotic, adventurous locales-and in all manner of trouble and mysteries. And figures from the past will be able to squeak by the other way.Picture Cleopatra in modern-day New York City, or Hannibal searching for elephants at Wisconsin's Circus World. And that's just the beginning of the thrills and danger...

Venture into Spells of the City , where a troll may be your toll collector on the George Washington Bridge…Harry the Book will be happy to place your bets in a spellbinding alternative New York…a gargoyle finds himself left to a lonely rooftop existence when he’s forced to live by his creator’s rules…and leprechauns must become bank robbers to keep up with the demand for their gold.

Eighteen original stories that take familiar fairy tales and shift them around to give an entirely new slant.Fairy tales are among the earliest fantasies we are exposed to when young and impressionable. They stay with us throughout our lives, whether in their original versions or filtered thorugh cartoon retellings.What more fun could a fantasy writer have than to take up the challenge of drawing up on this rich material and transforming it into something new? The eighteen stories in Terribly Twisted Tales do exactly that.From the adventure of the witch in the gingerbread house and her close encounter with an oven...To Golda Lockes, who has a special arrangement with those well-known bears...To a murderous attack with a glass slipper...To Jack, a successful theorectical geneticist, who discovers just how perilous research can be...To a wolf detective who sets out to solve "Grandma's" murder...  This volume highlights inventive stories that give a new perspective on classic tales! Includes stories   Dennis L. McKiernan — Annie Jones — Chris PiersonMickey Zucker Reichert — Mary Louise Eklund — Robert E. VardemanKathleen Watness — Jody Lynn Nye — Jim C. HinesSteven D. Sullivan — Brendan DuBois — Paul GenesseRamsey "Tome Wyrm" Lundock — Skip & Penny Williams — Elizabeth A. VaughanJanet Deaver-Pack — Kelly Swails — Michael A. Stackpole

The climactic conclusion to the Stonetellers saga!Goblin Nation concludes The Stonetellers trilogy, finding Direfang and his army of goblins and hobgoblins deep in the Qualinesti Forest. Although they are far from the Dark Knights' mining camp they escaped from, they are also far from safe. The forest is fraught with its own deadly dangers--with the entire world seemingly bent on keeping the goblins from founding their new homeland. But Direfang is resolute and will risk all their lives in a final bid for freedom.

Jean Rabe's long-anticipated return to Krynn continues!Escaping from the slave pens of a Dark Knight mining camp was no easy feat, but what awaits Direfang, a former hobgoblin slave who has become the reluctant general of a growing goblin army is every bit as perilous. From the cruel ogre mountains to the shores of Newsea, Direfang, Mudwort the shaman, and the Dark Knight wizard Grallik fight the natural and unnatural forces that seek to destroy them. Direfang is tested to his limits by once-friends and powerful foes as he undertakes a death march to the Qualinesti Forest. His eyes on independence, Direfang refuses to surrender, and pledges his life for a chance to be free, even as he learns that freedom is a deadly prize.

Jean Rabe returns to the world of Dragonlance with a tale of slavery, rebellion, and the struggle for freedom! When a series of earthquakes strike a Dark Knight mining camp, goblin and hobgoblin slaves take advantage of the bedlam and revolt. A fast and deadly rebellion erupts, pitting the Dark Knights against their slaves... and against the still-rumbling ground. Casualties on both sides climb as a leader emerges among the slave force --Direfang, a hobgoblin foreman with deep scars and a long, brutal history of servitude. He must rally the surviving goblins and hobgoblins and lead them out of Neraka, turning his rag-tag force into an army that will not allow itself to be enslaved again.

A new anthology by some of the top names in the genre.Time travel and the dangers of altering the time stream continue to fascinate readers. This book offers 17 new stories of daring adventurers who meddle with time a science fiction fan who warded off an alien invasion of Earth through contemporary culture...Joan of Arc's training in future history...and an FBI hunt for a Mafia don who found his way back to the age of knighthood.

The year is 2063. Earth has been reborn, unleashing long-dormant magical forces across the globe. Megacorporations rule from on high, while organized crime syndicates rule the underworld. Sliding through the cracks are the shadowrunners - professionals who will do anything for a profit... and anything it takes to get the job done.Breaking into a greenhouse to snatch a bunch of plants sounds like a milk run - and the troll known as Hood and his fellow shadowrunners have no problem taking on such an easy, lucrative assignment. Unfortunately for the runners, the greenhouse in question is owned by the Plantech Corporation - biotechnology specialists - and they're extremely protective of their unique agriculture.After escaping by the skin of their teeth, the members of Hood's team feel justified in forcing their mysterious client to renegotiate their fee before delivering the goods. But when the shadowrunners arrive at the meeting, they find a dead body and a cadre of cops waiting to take them in. Someone has set them up - and Hood is determined to weed out what kinds of plants they really stole...