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About Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee (19 September 1947 – 24 May 2015) was a British writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She was the author of over 90 novels and 300 short stories, a children's picture book (Animal Castle), and many poems. She also wrote two episodes of the BBC science fiction series Blake's 7. She was the first woman to win the British Fantasy Award best novel award (also known as the August Derleth Award), for her book Death's Master (1980).
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‘There will be more,’ he said."
Tanith Lee was writing grimdark fantasy even before it was known as a genre. Gritty, savage and darkly erotic, Vivia is one of the author’s darkest - and finest - works. Immanion Press is proud to bring it back into print with this second edition.
Vivia, the neglected daughter of a vicious warlord, discovers strange, lightless caverns deep beneath her father’s castle. Here she finds an entity she believes is a living god and, in her loneliness, seeks its favour.
After war and disease devastate her father’s lands, Vivia is taken captive by the hedonistic Prince Zulgaris. Kept as his concubine, Vivia intrigues the cruel, eccentric prince. He sees in her aloof indifference something to match the darkness of his own soul, unaware of what she once invoked and how it changed her. She drinks blood and feeds without remorse upon the young girls that Zulgaris brings to her.
In the great city of Starzion, Vivia begins to understand her own nature. To Zulgaris she is a plaything, treasured like the bizarre contraptions he keeps in hidden workrooms and the unspeakable mutations of human flesh he conceals beneath his palace.
But in this callous, barbaric land, where life means very little, and the spectre of the plague haunts the alleys and markets of even the greatest city, circumstances can change very quickly. No life is safe, and treachery abounds. Perhaps, in such a brutal world, only remote pitiless creatures like Vivia can survive unscathed. But at what cost?
After her mother’s death, Rachaela realises she is being stalked by agents of the mysterious Scarabae family. They want to meet her. Despite her instincts to keep away from the Scarabae, she ultimately relents and is taken to the rambling, isolated house near the sea, where the Scarabae live in baroque seclusion. The inhabitants of the house are very old, and most are extremely eccentric, if not demented. And how many of them are there, exactly? The fading splendour of the house closes around Rachaela like a stifling womb, and she’s given no explanation for this ménage of bizarre oldsters, who are like creatures from an earlier age, and certainly not normal. Is there something supernatural to the Scarabae, or are they merely lost in delusion?
When Rachaela finally meets Adamus, a beautiful and apparently young man who claims to be her father, events take a darker turn. The Scarabae have a purpose for Rachaela – but this is nothing like she’d imagined. The family has been hounded across centuries and continents, until finally, the last of them, mostly weak and old, have ended up in this hidden corner of England, with only a reluctant, fearful ally to aid them. Rachaela must decide what to do – comply, or run while she still can. Her greatest fear is that she does not have a choice.
First published in 1992, and long out of print, Immanion Press is proud to release this new edition.
In the 1970s and ‘80s, Tanith Lee composed five books’ worth of tales of the Flat Earth, a fantasy series compared to both Clark Ashton Smith’s Zothique and The Arabian Nights. In later years she would return to the setting for five more stories. All five are included here, along with many others that showcase Lee’s talent for crafting spellbinding tales of heroic warriors, enigmatic magicians, and strange deities.
Stories included:
"The Origin of Snow"
"The Man Who Stole the Moon"
"The Snake"
"The Pain of Glass"
"I Bring You Forever"
"Foolish, Clever, Wicked and Kind"
"Blue Vase of Ghosts"
"After I Killed Her"
"Cold Spell"
"Beauty is the Beast"
"Into Gold"
"The Truce"
"The God Orkrem"
"The Kingdoms of the Air"
Er ist Parl Dro, der Exorzist. Mit seinen Liedern und Zaubersprüchen tötet er all jene Kreaturen der Nacht, die aus den Gräbern zurückkehren, um die Menschen heimzusuchen. In den dunklen, halbvergessenen Ländern am Ende der Welt jagt er Geister und Dämonen. Bis er schließlich zwei Schwestern begegnet, die gegen seinen Zauber immun sind...
Der Roman Das Lied des Exorzisten – erstmals im Jahr 1980 veröffentlicht – aus der Feder der englischen Bestseller-Autorin Tanith Lee (* 19. September 1947 in London; † 24. Mai 2015 in East Sussex) gilt als Meisterwerk der Unheimlichen Fantasy.
Cyrion: Poet, Sänger, Söldner und Schwertkämpfer - der ungewöhnlichste Held der Fantasy!
Einige sagen, er sei ein Königsohn aus dem Westen, der von Wüstennomaden entführt und aufgezogen wurde. Andere halten ihn für einen Dämon, der sich als Mensch verkleidet hat. Ein Zauberer, ein Schwertmeister, ein Verwandlungskünstler - honigblond, von bleicher Haut, die Frauen betörend und für die Männer ein tödlicher Gegner.
Für Roilant, dessen Leben sich durch bösen Zauber in einen Alptraum verwandelt hat, ist Cyrion die letzte Hoffnung. Nur der legendäre Fremdling kann ihn vor seinen magischen Verfolgern schützen. Doch selbst in den sonnendurchglühten Oasengärten einer fernen mystischen Welt gibt es viele, die an der Existenz Cyrions zweifeln. Aber es gibt noch mehr, die von ihm Wundersames erzählen können...
Der Roman Cyrion – erstmals im Jahr 1982 veröffentlicht – aus der Feder der englischen Bestseller-Autorin Tanith Lee gilt als einer der großen Klassiker der epischen Fantasy-Literatur.
Der Vampir gehört zu den ältesten Mythen der Menschheit. Was wird geschehen, wenn die Menschen das Geschlecht der blutsaugenden Wiedergänger einst mit zu den Sternen nehmen? Das Mädchen Sabella lebt unter den Kolonisten auf dem erdähnlichen Planeten Nova Mars. Sie hat ein furchtbares Geheimnis, das sie geschickt zu hüten weiß. Denn auf Nova Mars wird sich entscheiden, wem das Universum gehören soll: Menschen oder Vampiren...
Der Roman Sabella - Der letzte Vampir – erstmals im Jahr 1980 veröffentlicht – aus der Feder der englischen Bestseller-Autorin Tanith Lee verbindet auf faszinierende Weise das Unheimlich-Erotische mit dem Phantastischen.
“Tanith Lee: Princess Royal of Heroic Fantasy” –Village Voice
“Tanith Lee truly has become the Scheherazade of our time.” –Arkham House
“From the day that her novel The Birthgrave was first published Tanith Lee has been a blazing gem in the crown of fantasy literature… ‘Princess Royal’… perhaps better the Empress of Dreams.” –Donald A. Wollheim
Throughout her forty-year career, Tanith Lee proved herself adept at numerous genres, including high fantasy, horror, science fiction, and combinations thereof. One of her specialties was the variety of heroic fantasy known as sword-and-sorcery. Novels such as The Birthgrave, Night’s Master, and The Storm Lord are highly regarded by both fans and critics, but she has a wealth of short stories to her credit as well. Sixteen of Tanith’s tales of swords and sorcery appear in this collection. When you read them, you will discover why she deserves such exalted titles as “Princess Royal of Heroic Fantasy” and The Empress of Dreams.
Stories included:
“Odds Against the Gods”
“Sleeping Tiger”
“The Demoness”
“The Sombrus Tower”
“Winter White”
“In the Balance”
“Northern Chess”
“Southern Lights”
“Mirage and Magia”
“The Three Brides of Hamid-Dar”
“The Pain of Glass”
“These Beasts”
“Two Lions, a Witch, and the War-Robe”
“A Tower of Arkrondurl”
“The Woman in Scarlet”
“Evillo the Uncunning”
20 internationale Spitzen-Autoren und -Autorinnen, vereint in einer Horror-Anthologie der Extra-Klasse (zusammengestellt und herausgegeben von Christian Dörge): Ray Bradbury, William F. Nolan, Kathe Koja, Joseph Payne Brennan, Stephen R. Donaldson, Robert E. Howard, Alan Ryan, Stefan Franck, Robert Bloch, Inka Mareila, Ramsey Campbell, John Coyne, Michael Bishop, Lewis Shiner, David Morrell, Thomas Wawerka, Tanith Lee, Robert Grant, Eric van Lustbader und Christian Dörge.
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‘A wolf at the door’ implies hidden threat – until the door is open, we don’t really know what’s out there. It can also refer to misfortune, seen coming from a distance. And now the beast is upon you, scratching at the wood, its hot breath steaming on the step. Will you survive the encounter? Will the dawn save you – that good fortune you’ve longed for? The wolf might also be a metaphor for madness, another kind of predator that may creep towards a person unseen. Perhaps, once the door is opened, what you might have thought to be a threat turns out to be something else entirely. But of course, it can also be a werewolf…
Tanith enjoyed playing with genres and their tropes, and the stories in this collection range in mood and tone, from the light-hearted to the terrifying, the whimsical to the unsettling. A superb introduction to her work for the newcomer and a treasure trove for her enthusiasts.
With an introduction and illustrations by Storm Constantine
Contents:
Huzdra, A Wolf at the Door, Venus Rising on Water, The Puma’s Daughter, The Return of Berenice, Sea Warg, Table Manners, The Werewolf, The Janfia Tree, Tiger I, Pinewood, Nightshade, Why Light?
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