He will be hunted by enemies and former allies alike, and it will take all his knowledge and resourcefulness to survive as magical war threatens to spread across the globe. With his loyal fire-spider Smudge, dryad warrior Lena Greenwood, and psychiatrist Nidhi Shah, Isaac races to unravel a mystery more than a thousand years old as competing magical powers battle to shape the future of the world. With no magic of his own, Isaac must delve into the darker side of black-market magic, where he will confront beings better left undisturbed, including the sorcerer Juan Ponce de Leon. But Isaac is determined to regain his magic and to rescue his former student Jeneta.

Michigan librarian Isaac Vainio is powerless to stop her, having been stripped of his power and his place among the Porters by Johannes Gutenberg himself. She seeks an artifact created by Pope Sylvester II, a bronze prison that would grant her the power to command an army of the dead. The would-be queen Meridiana, banished for a thousand years, has returned in the body of a girl named Jeneta Aboderin. Now, old enemies have revealed the Porters’ secrets, and an even greater threat lurks in the shadows. Read onlineįor five hundred years, the Porters have concealed the existence of magic from the world. He promises that no chickens were harmed in the making of this book. He’s written ten books, including Libriomancer, The Stepsister Scheme, and the humorous Goblin Quest series.

Since then, his short fiction has been featured in more than fifty magazines and anthologies. Hines made his professional debut in 1998 with “Blade of the Bunny,” an award-winning story that appeared in Writers of the Future XV. As the beginnings of a deadly plot are revealed, it becomes clear that Heroes have truly arrived-and so have villains.What connects the recent events in Brightlodge to rumors about a malicious ghost and a spate of unsolved deaths in the nearby mining town of Grayrock? Unless Albion’s bravest Heroes can find the answer, the dawn of a new age could be extinguished before it even begins.From the Trade Paperback edition.About the AuthorJim C. When someone tries to burn down the Cock and Bard inn, four Heroes find themselves hastily thrown together, chasing outlaws through sewers, storming a riverboat full of smugglers, and placing their trust in a most unlikely ally. So why have the bards begun singing of them once more? For Fable newcomers and dedicated fans alike, Blood of Heroes delves into a never-before-glimpsed era, telling the tale of a band of adventurers who come together to defend a kingdom in desperate need.The city of Brightlodge is awash with Heroes from every corner of Albion, all eager for their next quest. Heroes are thought to be gone from the land. The official companion novel to the videogame Fable® LegendsDeep in Albion’s darkest age, long before once upon a time.

Terminal Peace by Jim C. Hines