Carol Berg Books

When dark sorcery besieges the royal city of Merona, Anne de Vernase must take on her sister's magical legacy in order to uncover the truth behind her death.

The winner of the Colorado Book Award is "a fantasy I didn't want to put down" (SF Revu) Brutal imprisonment has broken Aidan McAllister. His music is destroyed, and with it the visions he once gave a kingdom ravaged by dragon war. Now, he risks his hard-bought freedom to uncover the truth behind his incarceration-and to meet his enemy face-to-face...

Seyonne, once a hunter of Rai-Kirah demons, lost everything in his fight, only to discover that the demons were not the true enemy. Now, a greater power endangers both humanity and the demons.

Consumed with despair, the blind necromancer Dante seeks refuge in a magical puzzle—a puzzle that supposedly fulfills one’s utmost desires. But its actually a seductive trap, threatening to unleash the very cataclysm he fears...

TRANSFORMATION is a captivating debut novel from a rising talent in the fantasy genre.

Seyonne, Warden of Souls, has saved Prince Alexander, heir to the Derzhi Empire, from the Rai-Kirah demons that sought to possess him. But now a new and greater danger threatens. For where once the demons sought to control the Empire, now they seek to control the man that thwarted them - and Seyonne must choose between the survival of his family and the survival of his race. For more information on this or any other Orbit title, visit the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

The rebellious son of a long line of pureblood cartographers and diviners, Valen has spent most of his life trying to escape what ordained for him. His own mother has predicted that he will meet his end in water and blood and ice. And her divination seems fulfilled when a comrade abandons Valen, half-dead, in a rainy wilderness, addicted to an enchantment that converts pain to pleasure and possessing only a stolen book of maps. Offered sanctuary in a nearby monastery, Valen discovers that his book - rumored to lead men into the realm of angels - gains him entry into a world of secret societies, doomsayers, monks, princes, and madmen, all seeking to unlock the mystery of the coming dark age. Now, to preserve the lands of Navronne, Valen must face what he fled so long ago. For the key to Navronne's doom is buried in half-forgotten myth - and in the secrets of his own past ..

In a kingdom on the verge of a grand renaissance, where natural science has supplanted failing sorcery, someone aims to revive a savage rivalry.

The story revolves around a mute fugitive with a mysterious past shrouded in violence. As the protagonist navigates a world filled with danger, their inability to communicate adds layers of tension and intrigue. The narrative explores themes of identity, survival, and the quest for redemption, as the fugitive confronts both external threats and internal demons. The haunting journey raises questions about the nature of violence and the search for belonging amidst chaos.