The Case Files of Gwen Conner


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Gwen Conner’s world isn’t your typical fantasy setting. She solves mysteries in a land where magic is used to create telephones, dictation machines, and streetcars. It’s also a world of scheming criminals, cheating spouses, and charming con artists. This collection contains fourteen Gwen Conner stories. This collection combines the previous two volumes of collected short stories into one single volume. It includes the stories “Spook Wagon,” “The “Affair” of the Love Letters,” and “The Plum Grove Robbery Case,” among others.




Captain Conner on the Magical Frontier


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Conner, a soldier in the Army of the Seven Kingdoms, solves a tricky matter and earns a promotion. He’s sent beyond the Seven Kingdoms to the frontier to deal with miners, outlaws, and the lizard men. This collection contains several stories of Conner’s deeds on a frontier of magic and mystery.




Lisa's Way


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Lisa Herbert lives in on the planet Fairfield. The “Savage Rain” decades earlier isolated her world. A remark from her sister gets Lisa to ask, “If life was better before the ‘Savage Rain,’ why couldn’t it be better again?” Lisa travels to three planets, using wits, compassion, and a little sneakiness to rebuild civilization. The "Lisa Herbert" series, #1




The Duchess of Culway


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Long before Maisy became the Witch Queen of Hatham, another young woman came to power, but under very different circumstances. Meredith, a merchant’s daughter, falls in love with Gordon, the Duke of Culway. Gordon is near in age to her father, but Meredith gives him joy and love. Meredith weds, certain that she will have nothing to do as Duchess of Culway but spend time with the man she loves. However, the feud between Culway and Vinway will disrupt Meredith’s happiness, and disrupt the world around her. From a cauldron of pain a legend will be born...




Black Hans


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It starts with a toolmaker named Hans, a trading journey, and the taking of a horse. One high-handed act by a nobleman’s servant will lead to crime, corruption, and the direct intervention of the Witch Princess Mileta. The tale of “Black Hans” will start small but engulf a kingdom.




Balia


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Balia is born with a mighty talent for magic and a destiny not in the land of her birth. Naturally that leads to travel and adventure. Is she going to spend her whole life looking for her place? Or will she find her destiny sooner rather than later?




Problem on Polonius


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Ensign Mateo Hobson is an Alliance Patrol officer with no career direction. He’s given a chance to find it in the Intelligence Directorate. His mission is to go to the planet Polonius, which wants to join the Alliance, and find out why no one’s been arrested for a crime spree on that world. He’ll also learn why some names of Hamlet characters are used for town names and some aren’t, and why some cop-donut jokes cannot be killed.




The Behemoth of Brittigord


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An old wizard of Brittigord has a notion to use magic to create a monster to defend his kingdom. The King supports the idea but his son does not. Meanwhile, the witch lover of a Princess in a rival kingdom has made a dark discovery about magic. Are these two notions doomed to clash tragically? What suffering will result from “the Behemoth of Brittigord?”




The Island in the Lake


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A strange thing has happened in the eastern part of the kingdom of Hedfestyr. Three lizard-kin have built an island in the middle of a lake. Is this good for the kingdom or dire news? Queen Godwa dispatches her cousin Lefwin to meet the lizard-kin and determine their intentions. What he learns about them, about the distant past of the land, and about knowledge is general opens his eyes. Yet Hedfestyr has troublesome rivals. Will the impact of the island in the lake give the kingdom power or hope?




Queen of Night and Day


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Domenza moves from her land to another kingdom to marry a King. She’s of noble birth, and the marriage will benefit both lands. Domenza wants to be both useful and helpful to her new husband. This sets her on the path of being an influence in the land of Atrebor. Her dark hair and tanned skin mark her as “the Queen of Night.” She will try to bring reason and justice to the land. Will doing so make her a “Queen of Night and Day?”