The Iliad is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the Odyssey, the poem is divided into 24 books and was written in dactylic hexameter. It contains 15,693 lines in its most widely accepted version. Set towards the end of the Trojan War, a ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Mycenaean Greek states, the poem depicts...

Made of Stars is an epic poem in prose, a modern ode to the traditions of Homer and Dante, Spenser and Milton. At its core is an ancient tale of love and loss, dark nights and redemption, and, as with those that came before, it is also an attempt to evolve-to dance on furthest edge of all we might experience.

With the evil empire under siege, Athuro Nava calls the Assembly of the Confederation to gather in the newly liberated city of Gemeno. There, he races against time to align the political interests of the nobles and clerics who have gathered, struggling to balance ideals with compromises to prevent his objectives from unraveling. Meanwhile, the Sarmissan Great Lords fight to reclaim the lost empire while hidden elements threaten to defeat all the work...

Starman is the third title in Sara Douglass's epic fantasy Wayfarer Redemption series. A sprawling tale of love and magic, enormous battles and true monsters Axis is the StarMan of prophecy and legend, destined to lead the three races of his world to unite as one people. The people of his world all know the Prophecy of the Destroyer, despite the failed attempts of the Seneschal to suppress it in the name of the god Artor the Ploughman, and it predicts...

Half warrior, half wizard, all adventure.In a world where elves build on the bones of lost civilizations, Cavan Oltblood carves out a path to adventure. Not quite a warrior and not quite a wizard, this king's bastard rides with Ehren the smiling priest, and Amra, the deadliest swordswoman alive.Killers burst through the door at the worst time. So much for Cavan's bath, much less his date.Someone wants Cavan dead. Someone willing to kill everyone Cavan...

Prince Callus was born with a mortal curse that marks him as a Taboo Being. His days are numbered, and he's been told the last six months of his life will be nothing but bedridden suffering. This grim future haunts him...until he meets Gourley, who can wield light magic. Callus becomes the magician's apprentice in hopes that this legendary power might dispel his curse if he can manage to master it in the time he has left. He has immense magical energy...

Newly crowned Queen Margaret struggles with the loss of her father as the Kingdom of Shad's army marches for her border. But when the Boahim Senate refuses to step in, civil war threatens to break out across the Little Dozen Kingdoms. A harrowing journey reveals her greatest fears and unearths the Boahim Senate's darkest secret, leaving Margaret sure of one thing—neither she, nor the Little Dozen Kingdoms will ever be the same again. Now to secure...

Fresh from their victory over the evil Ja'al cult in Whitehorse Peak, Dar Cabot and his friends set out to unravel the meaning of the mysterious prophecy of the Song of the Grey Riders, a poem that predicts heroism, calamity, and a clash of Darkness and Light - One Dark Rider fighting Seven of Grey. However, their efforts are interrupted by new dangers linked to events from their pasts: Andyn's husband's murder and the betrayal of Buck Bydecy by an...

The final novel of the acclaimed fantasy series continues the adventures of Titus, Earl of Groan, completed by the author's widow based on his fragments. Mervyn Peake's series of novels featuring the inhabitants of Gormenghast castle are "a work of extraordinary imagination." After Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone, Peake was working on a fourth chapter in the series before his death. Maeve Gilmore, Mervyn Peake's widow, wrote Titus Awakes...