Megan Lindholm

The fifth book in the Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb) backlist.

A magical, classic tale of the transformative power of love from Megan Lindholm, who also writes as Robin Hobb.

"One of the most important writers in 21st-Century fantasy."--Contra Costa Times"Robin Hobb is one of our very best fantasy writers...always fresh, entertaining, and completely engrossing."--New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. AndersonThe Inheritance & Other Stories is a marvelous new collection of short fiction from New York Times bestselling master storyteller Robin Hobb--including tales written under the pseudonym Megan Lindholm, by which the acclaimed fantasist first began her illustrious writing career. Included in this essential volume are Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated short masterworks, as well as brand new tales and the never before published in the U.S. title story--a unique compendium of wonders displaying the breathtaking skill, imagination, and remarkably varied styles of both alter egos.

A voyage of discovery into the life of a remote aboriginal community in the Siberian Arctic, where the reindeer has been a part of daily life since Palaeolithic times.

The compelling sequel to The Reindeer People , a saga of magic and triumph in an ancient world.

Set in contemporary Seattle, among the down and outers, the misfits, the loonies, magic maintains a secret existence. Wizard of the Pigeons brings magic into the real world, as a Vietnam veteran, now apparently down on his luck, dispenses birdfood, wisdom and magic in downtown Seattle.

Ki and Vandien should've known the money was too good just to transport a human boy to Villena! It smelled like trouble. And it was. Not to mention a few other problems they never imagined - like a lovesick stowaway, an army of rebels and road bandits and a magical detour with death itself.

This is the second novel of gypsy characters Ki and Vandien. When Ki first encountered Vandien she very nearly slit his throat, yet it was he who saved her when terror fell from the skies. The cycle continues as Ki rescues Vandien from the windsingers despite wizard troubles of her own.

Over successive generations the Conservancy has re-adjusted man to make him so environmentally-friendly that he no longer breeds or leaves any trace of his existence. However a depleted gene-pool now means that a dying Earth has to be repopulated, quickly.