Stephen Leigh Boeken

Ace Books, 1989. Mass market paperback original; first in a series of six novels written by various authors and loosely connected to Isaac Asimov's "Robot" series.

The second novel in this gripping historical fantasy series, set in an alternate first-century Britain, follows Orla Paorach, freedom fighter and daughter of a Boudica-like warrior."Orla! Hurry, girl! You must come with me!"Orla Paorach's life was overturned for the first time when her mother Voada was beaten senseless, and Orla was taken by Bakir, a minor Mundoan army officer, as his second wife. Now her world is shattered a second Bakir has died in battle, and so has her mother, now known as the Mad Draoi of the Cateni.Orla flees northward to Onglse, the island home of the draoi that is the center of the Cateni rebellion against the Mundoa. She becomes quickly embroiled in battle as well as deceptions from both sides of the conflict, as everyone expects that she's come to take up her mother's mantle. Those who knew her mother offer their help, but can she trust any of them? Can she avoid becoming the Mad Draoi herself, lost in the magic her mother once tried to wield?An intense, fast-paced novel,  A Rising Moon  explores trust, courage, and the deep seduction of power.

Struggling with rising infertility and infant mortality, repopulation is essential for a group of humans on a distant planet. Anais, a brilliant female doctor with inexplicable physical abnormalities identical to her own in the preserved corpse of a member of the planet's long-extinct race, she must find the link between the mysteries of the planet's past and the plight of the humans in order for her society to survive.

Gemischt und ausgegeben von Martin, George R. R. und anderen, übersetzt aus dem Amerikanischen von Jentzsch, Christian. 365 Seiten.

Eine halbverrückte Hermaphroditin, genannt Joan der Blumenmann, sieht die Straßen New Yorks von Alligatoren bevölkert und bessert ihren Lebensunterhalt auf, indem sie geklaute Friedhofsblumen an Barbesucher verkauft. Eines Tages findet sie auf einer Parkbank ein abgenutztes Notizbuch, in das sie ihre Sträuße einwickelt. Erst als eine Horde Ausgeflippter hinter ihr her ist, wird ihr klar, daß sie den meistgesuchten Schatz dieser Welt besitzt.