Bøker av Cynthia Joyce Clay

"I am Princess Royal Burta, and I call out your challenger!" In a time when dragons and gods seduced mortals, greedy kings plot to overthrow the tiny, impoverished kingdom of Allsongs, tempted by the promise of its future. It is said the hope and best defense of Allsongs lies in the person of a small child, Tristabé-airta, the Princess Royal, whose magic always works. Yet, it is the king and sword souled dragon born children whom the enemy kings fear will usurp their kingdoms. An assassin is sent to kill them. One of these children is surely a threat, Princess Burta who trains in arms for the day she can snatch the Allsongs kingdom from Tristabé-airta. While Tristabé-airta knows Burta hates her, Tristabe-airta must do what she can to save her or Allsongs will fall when they come of age. "Foreshadow is a beautifully written fantasy tale that wraps readers in poetry, new mythology and magic. ...If this is the precursor for things to come in the series, we are in for quite an adventure." -Compulsion Reads

In this fourth and last book of The Saga of the Dragon Born, banished Tristabé-airta must face the curse that was set upon her in her infancy-she must offer herself to a dragon's fire. Before she faces the dragon she must finish her training in magic and arms to fight the monsters escaping The Direlands and the dragon which is preying on dragon eggs and human families. Even if she accomplishes all this, Prince Mickrsoss, Heir of Allsongs, her former lover, has dreamed Tristabé-airta will return to wrest Allsongs from him for his choosing another for his bride. If Tristabé-airta dares challenge him in battle for Allsongs, he will fight her to the death. Although Tristabé-airta is prophesized to be Allsongs best defense, Mickross has dreamed true...

In this collection of sf, fantasy, and myth, the Three Fates are down to only One Fate, and does She need some help! A man-eating ogress wins her prince through her fine culinary skills. A theater professor travels back in time to find Shakespeare was just a "spear-carrier." A singer curses a city of fairies for their murderous xenophobia and geneticists and shamans pool their talents to make a demi-goddess to save the dying environment.

Something in Elayne's refrigerator turned her pedigree Siamese cat into a troll. Find ing entry to a magical world, Elayne found its king mad, its queen imprisoned, and its city suffering from the Plague.To set things right, Elayne must find the talisman of the Royal House of Faye.

In this third book of The Saga of the Dragon Born, Tristabé-airta, banished from her father's kingdom of Allsongs, must find a mentor so that she can advance in her training in magic. But no one wants to teach a miscreant, especially one who pulled from the ocean ten waterspouts and destroyed a village with them. On the road alone and prey to griffons, ruffians, and a frightening god who lusts for her, Tristabé-airta must find a way to improve her control over her magic. And Allsongs? Allsongs must prepare for a truly terrible winter, having banished the one person with the magical ability to right the weather-Tristabé-airta. The poets have always said Tristabé-airta is Allsongs's best defense, so having her driven her out, the new heirs of Allsongs must protect Allsongs from enemy kings and their own dragon natures on their own. Despite the king's decree, Tristabé-airta's milk sister Em keeps in touch with Tristabé-airta and gives her what help her magic can provide.

Royal swords possess the unhuman strength and temperament of their ancestors, dragons. Burta, a young royal sword, resents that she must always defer to Tristabé-airta, Princess Royal of Allsongs, a poet. But Burta is so skilled in arms she expects to win the Allsongs' Contending and that will make her Tristabé-airta's liege. The problem is that she is trapped between the monster that hunts her and the deadly drop down the cliff to the turbulent sea. In Book Two of the Saga of the Dragon Born, all the poets of Allsongs, including Tristabé-airta, must unite their power to rescue Burta. Once rescued, will she unwisely keep a secret close to her heart that will be a rending betrayal to Allsongs' best hope and defense, Tristabé-airta?