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After the events chronicled in Bedlam's Bard, world-saving bard and magician Eric hopes to settle down to the quiet life. No such luck: his apartment building is a safe-house for a group of occult Guardians protecting New York from supernatural evil. And there's a new evil for them to guard against... Unethical researchers are planning to raise a psychotropic drug-enslaved army of mercenaries. But this gets the attention of Aerune mac Audelaine, lord of the dark Unseleighe Sidhe, who hopes show more to use the drugs to break through to the human world. Both plans will bring terror to the world-and both are threatened by the very existence of Eric Banyon. With his possibly loyal companions-a beautiful elven half-breed and a gargoyle-Eric heads for a three-way battle of wizardry that will determine Gotham's fate-and his own. show lessTags
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Fantasy fiction author Mercedes Richie Lackey was born in Chicago on June 24, 1950, and she received a B.S. from Purdue University in 1972. She is also a professional lyricist and has rehabilitated raptors. Lackey started writing her own short stories when her favorite science fiction and fantasy authors weren't producing new books fast enough for show more her. She began writing professionally with the encouragement of author C. J. Cherryh, whom Lackey had met at a science fiction convention. Many of Lackey's books, including the Queen's Own trilogy, the Vows and Honor series, Valdemar: family Spies, and the Last Herald-Mage and Mage Winds trilogies, take place in the imaginary world of Valdemar. She has authored numerous series, including the Bardic Voices series and a series of occult mysteries featuring Diana Tregarde, a modern-day witch. Lackey enjoys collaborating and has co-written books with authors such as C.J. Cherryh, Anne McCaffrey, Piers Anthony, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mark Shepherd, and Ru Emerson. Her title Redoubt made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Rosemary Edghill was born long enough ago to have seen Classic Trek on its first outing and to remember that she once thought Spock Must Die! to be great literature. As she aged, she put aside her fond dreams of taking over for Batman when he retired, and returned to her first love, writing. Her first SF sale (as eluki bes shahar) was the show more Hellflower series, in which Damon Runyon meets Doc Smith over at the old Bester place. Between books and short stories in every genre but the Western (several dozen so far), she's held the usual selection of odd and part-time writer jobs, including bookstore clerk, secretary, beta tester for computer software, graphic designer, book illustrator, library clerk, and administrative assistant for a non-profit arts organization. She can truthfully state that she once killed vampires for a living, and that without any knowledge of medicine has illustrated half-a-dozen medical textbooks show less
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- Canonical title
- Beyond World's End
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Eric Banyon; Beth Kentraine; Korendil; Dharinel; Greystone; Toni Hernandez (show all 18); Jimmie Youngblood; Paul Kern; Jose Ramirez; Ria Llewellyn; Jonathan Sterling; Jeanette Campbell; Robert Lintel; Aerune mac Audelaine; Urla; Jeremy; Elkanah; Lady Day
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
- Epigraph
- "By a knight of ghosts and shadows
I summoned am to tourney
Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end
Methings it is no journey."
--Tom O' Bedlam (traditional) - Dedication
- To all the folks at the Arlington Pak-Mail, John Giardi, Amy Bombardieri, Stephanie Cole, and the divine Murphy (woof!), for last-minute copies, shipping, and cold wet noses far beyond the call of duty. And to my esteemed co-... (show all)authoress, who is as fond of elves as I am. --Rosemary Edghill
- First words
- "Are you sure you really want to do this?" Beth asked Eric for roughly the five hundredth time in the past month.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Louis, something tells me this is the start of a beautiful friendship...
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- King, Stephen; Bradley, Marion Zimmer
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