Patricia A. McKillip Books

Sybel, an heiress to a lineage of powerful wizards, lives in isolation within her enchanting mansion, surrounded by magical beasts. Each creature serves a unique role, from the treasure-seeking dragon to the vengeful falcon. Her quest for the elusive Liralen leads her to a soldier who brings an infant, awakening her to the complexities of love, betrayal, and untapped power in a world where magic and humanity intertwine. This journey challenges her solitude and reveals the deeper connections between her enchanted existence and the human realm.

In this fantasy set in the sleepy town of Sealy Head, an invisible mystery bell rings but is not seen, and the doors of Aislinn House open to show a castle full of knights and princesses, not its own rooms. Reprint.

THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD is a spellbinding tale of chilling sorcery, human complexities, and dynastic war. Sybel is just sixteen when she is given a baby to raise. Born and brought up on Eld Mountain, with only the fantastic creatures called there by wizardry as playmates, she knows nothing of humankind . . . until the baby awakens emotions she never knew she had. And when Coren, the man who brought the baby to Sybel, returns to Eld, her serenity is shattered once again.

For over twenty years, World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip has captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of readers. Now at last her renowned Riddle-Master trilogy– The Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, and Harpist in the Wind –long out of print, is collected in one volume.It is considered her most enduring and beloved work. Now it is collected in one volume for the first time–the epic journeys of a young prince in a strange land, where wizards have long since vanished...but where magic is waiting to be reborn.

The latest "rich, resonant" (Publishers Weekly) fantasy from the World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Bell at Sealey Head. Eager to graduate from the school on the hill, Phelan Cle chose Bone Plain for his final paper because he thought it would be an easy topic. Immortalized by poets and debated by scholars, it was commonly accepted-even at a school steeped in bardic tradition-that Bone Plain, with its three trials, three terrors, and three treasures, was nothing more than a legend, a metaphor. But as his research leads him to the life of Nairn, the Wandering Bard, the Unforgiven, Phelan starts to wonder if there are any easy answers...

Brenden Vetch possesses a unique gift that allows him to connect with and nurture plants, but this talent has left him isolated from others. His life changes when he is invited by the wizard Od to be a gardener at a prestigious school in Kelior, where wizards are trained to serve the Kingdom of Numis. As he begins this new role, Brenden's hidden powers come to light, posing a challenge to the monarchy that seeks to control the school's magic and punish those who defy its laws.

Returning from war, Prince Ronan of Serre accidentally tramples a white hen in the road— and earns a witch’s curse. Her words are meaningless to a man mourning his dead wife and child, but they come to pass all the same; Ronan has not been home a day before his father insists on an arranged marriage. As he gazes into the forest, desperate for a way out, Ronan glimpses a wonderful firebird perched on a nearby branch. He follows where it leads him—into a sideways world where his father’s palace no longer exists. But his intended, the beautiful Princess Sidonie, is on her way to the palace. And her fate depends on Ronan wanting to find his way home. . . .

A knight named Cyan Dag embarks on a perilous quest after learning from a mysterious bard that his king has married a false queen, hidden by ancient sorcery. Driven by honor and loyalty, he aims to rescue the true queen from her tower prison, thwart impending war, and restore magic to a land in decline. This adventure intertwines themes of loyalty, bravery, and the struggle against dark forces, as Cyan confronts challenges that test his resolve and the fate of his kingdom.

A collection of short stories, within whose pages we find a youthful artist possessed by both his painting and his muse and seductive travelers from the sea enrapturing distant lovers. The statue of a mermaid comes suddenly to life, and two friends are transfixed by a haunted estate--Amazon.com.

Corleu, one of the Wayfolk, must find the Heart of the Cygnet, a long-lost treasure that is his only hope for freeing his friends from an unearthly swamp