The golden key glowed darkly, the inset gem flashing green fire. Inscribed runes spelled out a promise beyond belief. The Key to Paradise. A promise and a quest.Giles Grimsmate, world-wandering survivor of the Trans wars, had won it fairly in a game of chance. The second key -- along with a goodly haul of coin -- had been stolen from a rich merchang by Keja Tchurak, master thief.And when they set out for the invisible Gates of Paradise, Petia, half-cat, half-woman, tracked them with silent night-skills.Yet to enter Paradise, three keys more were needed: The Flame Key, The Key of the Skeleton Lord, and The Key of Ice and Steel.Five keys, scattered throughout a realm of supernatural happenings, strange creatures and otherworldly powers.

Fost Longstrider's mission seemed ordinary. He'd been hired to deliver a jug to a wizard on the far side of the forest. Unfortunately the jug contained a sex-starved genie, the wizard was dead by foul means, and Fost was probably the next to die. Then the genie was stolen and spirited away to the City in the Sky. It was up to Fost to steal it back from two beautiful sisters. They were fighting to become queen and, using dark powers, one had called forth a demon. Now Fost's foray was suddenly a terrible war

It carries on the tale of Princess Moriana's quest to battle the evil that has claimed her city, and in carrying on a difficult plot (which could so easily have been written badly) Vardeman and Milan have successfully wrapped up the adventures of Moriana and Fost along with the style and flair of the first book. The characterisations are excellently done, even down to the annoyingly unearthly Erimenes ( who else could write a book about a man in a jug! )

This fifth book of a six-part series tying in with the VOR adventure game is set on a future Earth trapped in another universe. A meteor has crashed into the Central American jungle, radiating intense and deadly energy. Two deadly aliens are hurtling toward Earth to suck up the meteor's powers and kill any humans who stand in their way.

All the majesty and mayhem of Greek mythology springs to life once more in the powerful second novel based on the bestselling and critically acclaimed God of War® franchise. Once the mighty warrior Kratos was a slave to the gods, bound to do their savage bidding. After destroying Ares, the God of War, Kratos was granted his freedom by Zeus--and even given the ousted god's throne on Olympus. But the other gods of the pantheon didn't take kindly to Kratos's ascension and, in turn, conspired against him. Banished, Kratos must ally himself with the despised Titans, ancient enemies of the Olympians, in order to take revenge and silence the nightmares that haunt him. God of War II takes the videogame's action to electrifying new heights, and adds ever more fascinating layers to the larger-than-life tale of Kratos.