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Cobweb Forest by Vera Nazarian
(Cobweb Bride Trilogy, Book Three)
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The world is broken... A dark Goddess rises. A mortal maiden must stop her.
COBWEB FOREST (Cobweb Bride Trilogy, Book Three) is the third and final book of the intricate epic fantasy flavored by Renaissance history and the romantic myth of Persephone, about death's ultimatum to the world.
Percy Ayren, ordinary girl from the small village of Oarclaven, and now Death's Champion, has delivered the Cobweb Bride to Lord Death--or so she thinks!
But nothing is ever as easy as it seems. Percy and Beltain Chidair, the valiant and honorable Black Knight, discover that even more is at stake than anyone could have imagined, when ancient gods enter the fray.
It is now a season of winter darkness. Gods rise and walk the earth in unrelieved desire, and the Longest Night is without end...
Meanwhile, landmarks continue to disappear throughout the realm. The cruel Sovereign's dead armies of the Trovadii clad in the colors of pomegranate and blood march north... As the mad Duke Hoarfrost continues to lay siege to the city of Letheburg, it is up to Claere Liguon, the Emperor's dead daughter and the passionate Vlau Fiomarre who killed her, to take a stand against the enemy.
But Percy still has a difficult task to do, the greatest task of all... For in the end the Cobweb Bride awaits, together with the final answer.
At last all the occult mysteries are revealed in this stunning conclusion to the Cobweb Bride trilogy.
"... Nazarian writes clean and true prose ..." —Publishers Weekly
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Cobweb Empire by Vera Nazarian
(Cobweb Bride Trilogy, Book Two)
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In a world where no one can die, she alone can kill...
COBWEB EMPIRE (Cobweb Bride Trilogy, Book Two) is the second book of the intricate epic fantasy flavored by Renaissance history and the romantic myth of Persephone, about death's ultimatum to the world.
Now that she's Death's Champion, what will Percy do?
In a world where all death and dying has ceased, and only one person can kill, everyone can only expect a miracle. But what if it's just the tip of the iceberg?
Percy Ayren must make her way south, despite all odds, to the place where the death shadow of the Cobweb Bride calls her. With the help of her companions and the invincible black knight, Lord Beltain Chidair whose enigmatic presence disturbs her in a way she cannot explain, Percy must continue her quest, while the mortal world falls apart around them....
Meanwhile, the Marquis Vlau Fiomarre faces the truth of his impossible feelings for Claere Liguon, the Emperor's daughter. He had cruelly taken her life, and now he must serve her until his last dying breath -- it is no longer a matter of honor but secret passion.
And now, the world itself is changing.... A new dark witch rises, and she will make your heart freeze with her beauty and power....
Empires clash, kings and emperors and gods vie for supremacy, the living and the dead are at war, while love stories play out in amazing directions, and new mind-blowing mysteries are born.
Experience the stunning continuation of the epic story in Cobweb Empire.
"... Nazarian writes clean and true prose ..." —Publishers Weekly
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Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian
(Cobweb Bride Trilogy, Book One)
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Many are called... She alone can save the world and become Death's bride.
COBWEB BRIDE (Cobweb Bride Trilogy, Book One) is a history-flavored fantasy novel with romantic elements of the Persephone myth, about Death's ultimatum to the world.
What if you killed someone and then fell in love with them?
In an alternate Renaissance world, somewhere in an imaginary "pocket" of Europe called the Kingdom of Lethe, Death comes, in the form of a grim Spaniard, to claim his Bride. Until she is found, in a single time-stopping moment all dying stops. There is no relief for the mortally wounded and the terminally ill....
Covered in white cobwebs of a thousand snow spiders she lies in the darkness... Her skin is cold as snow... Her eyes, frozen... Her gaze, fiercely alive...
While kings and emperors send expeditions to search for a suitable Bride for Death, armies of the undead wage an endless war... A black knight roams the forest at the command of his undead father... Spies and political treacheries abound at the imperial Silver Court.... Murdered lovers find themselves locked in the realm of the living...
Look closer—through the cobweb filaments of her hair and along each strand shine stars...
And one small village girl, Percy—an unwanted, ungainly middle daughter—is faced with the responsibility of granting her dying grandmother the desperate release she needs.
As a result, Percy joins the crowds of other young women of the land in a desperate quest to Death's own mysterious holding in the deepest forests of the North...
And everyone is trying to stop her.
"... Nazarian writes clean and true prose ..." —Publishers Weekly
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Lace and Blade 2 edited by Deborah J. Ross
Lace and Blade, an original anthology of elegant romantic fantasy, edited by Deborah J. Ross, appears every Valentine's Day...
In the spirit of classic period swashbucklers, Zorro, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and D'Artagnan, brimming with romantic courtly intrigue and dangerous liaisons, with cloak and dagger and perfumed handkerchiefs, the language of the fan and stolen glances, with the manners of Jane Austen and the sparkling rapier wit of Oscar Wilde, here are nine fantastic stories of adventure, derring-do, love, and glamorous yet subtle magic.
Don't hesitate another moment... step into a sophisticated other world where passion is a courtly mistress, mystery is moonlight on steel, and magic is the god of love.
En garde, mon amour!
"Just in time for Valentine's Day... a charming second anthology brimming with romantic fantasy tales of swashbuckling ladies and daring gentlemen.... Readers will be left starry-eyed and hoping for the series to continue."
—Publishers Weekly
Table of Contents
Introduction, by Deborah J. Ross
"More in Sorrow" by Rosemary Hawley Jarman
"Dragon Wind" by Mary Rosenblum
"The Crow" by Diana L. Paxson
"The Biwa and the Water Koto" by Francesca Forrest
"Trial by Moonlight" by Robin Wayne Bailey
"The Pillow Boy of General Chu" by Daniel Fox
"Miss Austen's Castle Tour" by Sherwood Smith
"Rent Girl" by Traci N. Castleberry
"The Baroness' Ball" by Pauline Zed
"The Sixth String" by Elisabeth Waters
"Comfort and Despair" by Tanith Lee
"Writ of Exception" by Madeleine E. Robins
Submission Guidelines
(Guidelines will be updated once the reading period for the new volume begins.)
Lace and Blade edited by Deborah J. Ross
Norilana Books proudly presents the debut title of our new romantic fantasy imprint Leda...
Introducing Lace and Blade—an original new anthology series of elegant romantic fantasy, edited by Deborah J. Ross, premiering on Valentine's Day 2008.
In the spirit of classic period swashbucklers, Zorro, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and D'Artagnan, brimming with romantic courtly intrigue and dangerous liaisons, with cloak and dagger and perfumed handkerchiefs, the language of the fan and stolen glances, with the manners of Jane Austen and the sparkling rapier wit of Oscar Wilde, here are nine fantastic stories of adventure, derring-do, love, and glamorous yet subtle magic, by such stellar authors as Tanith Lee, Catherine Asaro, Diana L. Paxson, Madeleine E. Robins, Robin Wayne Bailey, Dave Smeds, Mary Rosenblum, Chaz Brenchley, and Sherwood Smith.
Don't hesitate another moment... step into a sophisticated other world where passion is a courtly mistress, mystery is moonlight on steel, and magic is the god of love.
En garde, mon amour!
And now, we have a 2008 Nebula Award Finalist—congratulations to Mary Rosenblum's "Night Wind," nominated in the novelette category.
"Lace and Blade offers a banquet of adventure, intrigue and romance. There's something here to delight the palate of every reader's inner swashbuckler!"
— Jacqueline Carey
"A fun ride from beginning to end, with engaging characters and an interesting setting."
— S. M. Stirling
"Packed with compelling, entertaining, and engaging stories! Outstanding anthology with an intriguing theme."
— Jennifer Roberson, author of the Karavans and Sword-Dancer series
Table of Contents
Introduction, by Deborah J. Ross
"Virtue and the Archangel," by Madeleine E. Robins
"The Crossroads," by Diana L. Paxson
"Touch of Moonlight," by Robin Wayne Bailey
"Lace-Maker, Blade-Taker, Grave-Breaker, Priest," by Tanith Lee
"The Beheaded Queen," by Dave Smeds
"The Topaz Desert," by Catherine Asaro
"Night Wind," by Mary Rosenblum
"In the Night Street Baths," by Chaz Brenchley
"Rule of Engagement," by Sherwood Smith
Editor's Note, by Deborah J. Ross
Publisher's Note, by Vera Nazarian
Original Press Release (8-1-07)
