Holly Lisle

Two shapeshifters clash in this fantasy mixing politics and romance. One of them is the heroine, Kait Galweigh, a noblewoman serving as a diplomat who can change into a wolf.

In the conclusion to this highly praised series, the Final Battle ensues between the Falcons, a band of fugitive wizards committed to peace, and the Dragons, the soul-devouring necromancers wielding the enormous power of black magic. Aided by the long-banished Scarred, the unstoppable army is bent on conquest. Meanwhile, heroes Kait Galweigh and Ry Sabir struggle to destroy the sorcerer Luercas in a new Mirror of the Dead, before he destroys them...

Stolen away from their families, they are slaves, women with no names and no futures. Every moment of their days controlled by the avatars of the stone Eyes--Obsidian, Emerald, Raxinan, Ruby, Windcrystal, Sapphire, Sunspar, Tigereye ... And the most powerful of them all, Hawkspar, the eyes of time. Kings and despots come to her to know their futures, and she wades in the river of time, pulls apart its sticky threads, to arrange the world to her satisfaction....

When freedom is silenced, who speaks for it? Ex-PHTF slave WE-39R (This Criminal, from Episode 1), renamed Jex, is part of a team the Longview's Owner has tasked with finding the meaning behind Bashtyk Nokyd's enigmatic final diagram. Drawing the most undesirable assignment, Jex and an unlikely ally fight their way to pieces of the truth. Meet The Longview - An Ancient Spaceship Resurrected To Transport Conspiracy Inhabited by a crew of misfits...

Ahead of a coming storm, Minerva Kiakra is fighting her way through crowded grocery aisles, when the last box of cereal is yanked from her grasp...by the impossible. She does not see a dragon. Does not. Does NOT. And when the same dragon cuts her off in traffic? No, no, no. But the thing she doesn't want to see is running one step ahead of the thing she doesn't want to have happen. And she can't stop either one. Once upon a time, Minerva made a...

When the truth comes out, who is left standing?In this final episode of the series. the Longview reveals its secrets, Herog finds the path to protecting the City of Furies, and Melie discovers the truth about the ship she captains and the owner she serves.

Mistakes were made. Hindsight is 20/20, but when bloodsuckers attacking your spaceship's hull, that's not helpful. You can tell yourself, "Next time, accept the lap dance, and turn down the "easy" job. Cady did it the other way round, thinking that rescuing her client's several vacationing wives from a fancy resort would be simple and quick, and would pay her enough to keep her spaceship flying at least long enough to get another job. But no. She's...

When slavery is virtue, who will fight for vice? When Suzee Delight, famous Cheegoth courtesan, murders the five most powerful Pact Worlds' Administrators during a private summit, the owner of The Longview Death Circus struggles against conspiracy to win the bidding for her execution. Meanwhile, Suzee's powerless supporters race to save her, while the leaders of worlds pull strings to guarantee her death. The TALES FROM THE LONGVIEW Series. Inhabited...