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Adult Fantasy

Sabriel
Sabriel By Nix, Garth (Book - 1995) All copies in use. Availability details

Annotation:Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.

The Sword of Shannara Trilogy
The Sword of Shannara Trilogy By Brooks, Terry (Book - 2002) FIC Brook Available in some locations

Annotation:As the last heir of Shannara, Shea must save the humans, gnomes, trolls, dwarfs, and elves of the world from the Warlock Lord by reclaiming the sword.

The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure : the "good Parts" Version, Abridged By Goldman, William (Book - 1973) FIC Goldm Available in some locations

Annotation:When a young boy falls ill, his grandfather pops round to visit him. To cheer his grandson up, Grandpa has brought a storybook; The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley, a love cruelly interrupted by Westley's tragic apparent death at sea when seeking his fortune. Heartbroken, Buttercup has sworn never to love again, but accepts the marriage proposal of the rich and handsome Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin; but death is no barrier to true love, and in a story filled with exotically-accented swordsmen, big-hearted giants, genius kidnappers, sadistic torturers, vile swamps, Rodents of Unusual Size, the Dread Pirate Roberts and a somewhat embittered miracle worker.

The Eyre Affair
The Eyre Affair By Fforde, Jasper (Book - 2001) FIC Fford Available in some locations

Annotation:In a world where one can literally get lost in literature, Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection, tries to stop the world's Third Most Wanted criminal from kidnapping characters, including Jane Eyre, from works of literature.

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy A Trilogy in Five Parts By Adams, Douglas (Book - 1996) FIC Adams Available in some locations

Annotation:Galaxy-hopping Arthur Dent and galaxy tour-guide writer Ford Prefect race to save the universe in an antic series that begins with the guide and goes on to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe & Everything, and So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Carpe Jugulum
Carpe Jugulum By Pratchett, Terry (Book - 1998) FIC Pratc Available in some locations

Annotation:Part of the Discworld Series. The king of Lancre celebrates the birth of a daughter to his wife Magrat, a somewhat retired sorceress, leading to a party gate-crashing by vampires from the land of Uberwald.

Dead until Dark
Dead until Dark By Harris, Charlaine (Book - 2001) FIC Harri Available in some locations

Annotation:Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn't date much because of her "disability" to read minds. When she meets Bill, Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's the type of guy she's waited for all of her life, but he has a disability, too--he's a vampire with a bad reputation. When one of Sookie's coworkers is killed, she fears she's next.

New Spring
New Spring The Novel By Jordan, Robert (Book - 2004) FIC Jorda Available in some locations

Annotation:The first book in the Wheel of Time Series. War rages around the city of Tar Valon as the prophesy of a child who will change the world sends Moiraine Damodred and Lan Mandragoran on a race against time to find the child before the forces of the Shadow can destroy him.

Neverwhere
Neverwhere By Gaiman, Neil (Book - 1997) FIC Gaima All copies in use. Availability details Holds: 1 on 1 copy

Annotation:Richard Mayhew's life is forever changed after he rescues a young girl named Door and finds himself living in a city of monsters, saints, murderers, and angels, and he must help Door on her mission to save this strange underworld kingdom from destruction.

Grave Peril
Grave Peril By Butcher, Jim (Book - 2008, c2001) FIC Butch All copies in use. Availability details Holds: 1 on 3 copies

Annotation:Chicago wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden confronts his latest and most dangerous challenge in the person of a ghost of an evil wizard who possesses the power to invade people's nightmares and uses other ghosts to wreak havoc on the living.

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Stories of magic, wizards, vampires, elves, true love and the end of the world.


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