R. A Salvatore

"Salvatore's strongest fantasy to date . . . [His] potent mixture of detailed historical context, wellrounded characters, brisk pacing, and exciting battle scenes make for a consuming read."—Publishers Weekly

With the demon dactyl and its foul minions defeated, the war-weary citizens of the kingdom of Honce-the-Bear wish only to begin rebuilding their broken lives. Yet the specter of civil war haunts the ravaged land—and...

Years have passed since the great miracle atop Mount Aida--a miracle known as the Covenant of Avelyn. Corona is a different place. Avelyn is about to be elevated to sainthood by the very church that once proclaimed him a heretic. And King Danube has asked Jilseponie Wyndon--the outlaw hero of the Demon War--to become his queen.

Jilseponie is torn. She can never love any man as completely as she did the Ranger Elbryan, the father of the child

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After the defeat of the Empire, Princess Leia is now a noted diplomat and her brother Luke hopes to reestablish a Jedi Council. The three teenage Solo children are Jedi-in-training. Meanwhile in an outer sector of the star system, a dark threat is gathering. The Yuuzhan Vong, an extragalactic warrior race that despises technology, have trained living organisms to serve them in highly sophisticated ways.