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Matt didn't know the scrap of parchment was a trap. So he read the runes - and found himself on a world where reciting poetry verses worked magic. His first effort got him locked in a dungeon by the evil sorcerer Malingo. Trying for light, he brought forth a fire-breathing, drunken dragon, who told him Princess Alisande, rightful ruler of Merovence, was also held in the dungeon.
Naturally, he had to free her, himself, and the dragon, using
...THERE'S NO JUSTICE, AND LITTLE FREEDOM, IN A WORLD WHERE MIGHT MAKES RIGHT...
The medieval planet of Maltroit seems to be repeating Earth's bloody history in the worst possible manner: endless feudal warfare, at the expense of peasants just trying to survive. It's up to the Rogue Wizard to give the downtrodden a crash course in revolution, and set in motion a plan for the common soldiers to take back power and end the bloodshed.
...WHEN YOUR FATHER'S A HIGH-TECH WARLOCK, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GROW UP - THE HARD WAY.
Even the son of a warlock gets restless sometimes. And when Magnus sets off to see the world, his father, Rod Gallowglass, and the robot horse, Fess, can't resist trailing behind. Someone's got to protect young Magnus from spellbinding witches, enchanted maidens, and jealous husbands. But despite his dad's best intentions, when Magnus
...NO GOVERNMENT, NO PROBLEM... FOR THE INVADERS.
During his last fight for peace and democracy on a forgotten planet, the interplanetary liberator Gar Pike somehow managed to get himself a new traveling companion: Alea, a young with a certain amount of psychic ability - and a heavy dose of attitude to boot.
Now the ship feels like it's shrinking, and Alea's always around, asking questions, sticking her nose in, and tensions are rising.
...A WORLD OF TROUBLES - TIMES TWO!
Matt Mantrell - Her Majesty's Wizard - conjured himself from magical Merovence to Jersey City for a long-delayed visit to his parents. Back in his hometown vicious, drug-dealing gangs had reduced Matt's old neighborhood to a wasteland, driven his father out of business, and forced his parents to the brink of destitution and homelessness. The only answer was for Matt to transport them - permanently - to Merovence.
...HOW CAN YOU FIGHT YOUR OWN MADNESS?
Rod Gallowglass, Lord High Warlock of Gramarye, has gone mad. Lost in hallucinations, fighting monsters that aren't really there, he's a danger to his family and himself. Has he finally lost his mind? Or have his adversaries found a way to not just destroy him, but discredit him as well? Most of all, how can he find his way back to sanity? With a handful of allies real and imagined, battling enemies part
...THEY ROCK. THEY ROLL. THEY'RE AFTER YOUR SOUL!
A plague of mysterious singing stones have flooded the kingdom, capturing the eyes—and ears—of the good folk of Gramarye, young and old alike. Entertaining, yes. But what exactly are these strange, musical rocks? Where did they come from? Why do they have such influence over the thoughts and feelings of everyone who hears them, and to what purpose? Rod Gallowglass
...Something sinister is creeping over the northern duchy of Gramarye. Fleeing refugees carry rumors of a warlock army conquering barony after barony. The Lord High Warlock of Gramarye, Rod Gallowglass, is sent to investigate, accompanied by his wife and children. But before he can confront the rebel sorcerer, Rod must find a way to reign in his violent, explosive temper. If he loses control at the wrong moment, he'll lose more than his temper, he'll
...LIBERO PIROGIA!
Magnus D'Armand, the renegade son of Rod Gallowglass, Warlock of Gramarye, has set out to prove himself twice the hero and liberator his father ever was. However, Magnus has inherited not only his father's awesome psychic gifts, but his uncanny knack for getting into trouble as well.
Bored and in search of excitement, Magnus D'Armand has asked his sentient starship to find him a world in need of revolution.
...THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER A WITCH - OR WARLOCK - TO LIVE!
Beyond science and sorcery, time and space, the enemies of peace once again come to the planet Gramarye. Their mission: to tempt the clergy with visions of power, and lead them to war against the throne and establish a theocracy. Only warlock Rod Gallowglass can stop it - or burn at the stake for trying...
11) The Witch Doctor
Saul didn't have so many friends that he would give one up without a fight. So when Matt disappeared, Saul started a search that led through Matt's kitchen window — straight into a world of magic and desperate danger!
Saul discovered that in this world, his love of verse made him a wizard. But his newfound magic earned him a dreadful foe: Queen Suettay, a false monarch without peer for wickedness and corruption. A fearsome sorceress
...HOW DO YOU STOP AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE?
When Gar Pike—the Rogue Wizard—and his traveling companion Alea land on a lost colony planet to do some minor ship repairs, they decide to take some time for shore leave and explore. It's not long before they meet one of the planet's local life forms: Fairies.
As they explore the world and meet its inhabitants—colonists long ago transplanted from Scotland
...THE WARLOCK'S SON TAKES OFF, AND A NEW ADVENTURE IS LAUNCHED!
His father's a warlock; his mother, a witch; together, they're the most powerful wizards in the world—or so it seems on the planet Gramarye, where modern technology is the ultimate "magic." Now their son Magnus Gallowglass, tired of standing in his parents' shadow, is leaving home - in a starship driven by the brain of the robo-horse Fess - in search of
...THE FATE OF A KINGDOM RESTS ON FOUR CHILDREN
The Kingdom of Gramarye is spiraling into chaos, and the High Warlock is nowhere to be found. With their parents suddenly and suspiciously vanished, the four Gallowglass siblings - Magnus, Cordelia, Geoffrey, and Gregory - are all that stand between peaceful order and violent anarchy. But how can mere children, even with an elfin babysitter, stand against dragons and giants, witches and sorcerers?
...CAN THE WIZARD OF RHYME SOLVE A ROYAL CRIME?
There's little love lost between the kindly monarchs of Merovence and the scheming sovereigns of Bretanglia. But when the brutish Prince Gaheris - heir apparent to the Bretanglian throne - is murdered during a brawl in a Merovence tavern, any pretense of civility between the two kingdoms flies out the window faster than the mysterious brigand who committed the dastardly deed.
...16) Mind Out of Time
But there's no such thing as a time machine...
Inventor Dr. Angus McAran, born brilliant but deformed, had as little use for other people as they had for him. Until the day he met the Neanderthal - and Angus discovered that he had a destiny, one that he wasn't sure he wanted... or could avoid. This novella is the origin story of Doc Angus and his time traveling organization, GRIPE, from Christopher Stasheff's Warlock of
...LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD
Gregory Gallowglass is the eligible bachelor on the planet of Gramarye. The youngest son of the High Warlock Rod Gallowglass and the witch Gwendolyn, his powers of intellect and magic are without equal.
But he's best known for his heart—one as pure as it is impervious to love. To the femme fatale assassin Finister, it's the ultimate challenge: first to conquer, then drive a knife through.
...18) M'Lady Witch
SINGLE WHITE WITCH SEEKS ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE (BROOMSTICK OPTIONAL)
Cordelia Gallowglass has the planet Gramarye at her feet. Her father is High Warlock, her mother's the powerful witch in the kingdom - and she's inherited awesome talents from both of them. On top of that, Prince Alain, heir apparent to the throne, has come asking for her hand. What more could a young woman - witch or not - want?
Plenty!
The
...IN A SUPERNATURAL WORLD, BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW.
Interplanetary liberators Magnus and Alea land on the lost colony planet of Oldeira, where the peasantry live in fear. Ghosts and dragons fill the woods, mutants and madmen lurk in the ancient abandoned cities, and the local Magician Lords are as likely to abuse their peasants as protect them.
Worse, the common folk have given up all thought of resistance. How can
...THE WANDERING WIZARD
In sunny Latruria, the wicked old king was dead, and the new king spurned the rule of Evil. But turmoil began to spread, even across the border, when the new king also resisted Good! In nearby Merovence, Lord Wizard Matt Mantrell donned a disguise and set off to investigate—never dreaming that Latruria's sinister prime minister was mobilizing his minions...
"Minstrel" Matt sang his way south, dodging deadly
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