Merry is kidnapped by Trolls and held for ransom. Karl must rescue her before she is killed and eaten as the ransom demands are too bizarrely hideous to contemplate.
When a meteor strikes the planet of Arcturus II, home to Rae and her team of bounty hunters, the Planetary Coordinator's office asks her to survey the strike area for damage. What she and cousin Jan discover will require the combined might of the entire team to prevent the subjugation of their planet and the galaxy as well.
A story on the Planet of Cin
Vasha the Red is a lazy man. He likes his job as a murderer, but he prefers whoring and drinking to working. The problem is, living in the city of Karanas is not cheap. The rents are always rising and good ale is hard to find.
A Tale from the Western Continent
Before coming to the Surface, Tear and Arach were both priestesses of the Chaos Queen, mad goddess of the dark elven people. They gladly renounced their evil ways and live a happy life under the sun and moon, but sometimes, dark desires stir. When Tear finds a means to satisfy these urges, she indulges, oblivious to the consequences a single night of passion might have.
What is a man supposed to do, when he comes to believe that his marriage of convenience to a women he knows can't stand the sight of him, is no longer convenient.