Robin McKinley Bücher

Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters verläßt das Mädchen Harry Crewes das Stammland ihrer Vorfahren und reist nach Istan, dem letzten Außenposten der bewohnbaren Welt der Siedler, wo ihr Bruder stationiert ist. Harry fühlt sich magisch angezogen von dem öden Grenzland, das einst zum großen Königreich Damar gehörte, wo die letzten Damarier noch immer in entlegenen Tälern der Kolonisation durch die Siedler trotzen. Eines Tages erscheint Corlath, der König des Bergvolks, um zum gemeinsamen Kampf gegen die grausamen Nordleute aufzurufen. Doch die hochmütigen Siedler lehnen jede Zusammenarbeit ab. Nur das Mädchen Harry glaubt Corlath und spürt, daß ihr Schicksal in den fernen Bergen liegt. Da wird sie eines Nachts von Unbekannten entführt...

Es gibt Orte, wo die Dunkelheit regiert, Orte die jeder Sterbliche meiden sollte. Sunshine wusste, dass es leichtsinnig war, nach Sonnenuntergang an den See zu gehen. Doch es war dort viele Jahre ruhig gewesen, und sie musste einfach für eine Weile allein sein ... Sie hörte sie nicht kommen ═ kein Mensch konnte Vampire hören, wenn sie es nicht wollten.Sie ketteten sie in einem verlassenen Haus an die Wand und ließen sie allein mit der Kreatur, die im Dunkeln kauerte. Sunshine wusste, dass sie keine Chance hatte, sie war Futter für den Vampir, der wie sie ein Gefangener war. Doch als die Sonne aufging, war Sunshine nicht tot, und nun hielt sie sein Leben in der Hand.

"This collection of beautifully crafted tales will find a warm welcome from fans of either author, as well as from fantasy readers in general." - School Library Journal This collection tells five tales of creatures who live and die by fire, tales of the present day and the prehistoric past. There is a confrontation in a haunted graveyard, of the Firespace where only dragons can survive, of a boy who is claimed by Fire, of a young man who chases the fireworm through dark tunnels of dream, and the long history of the Phoenix. With characters and storylines as enigmatic as fire itself, these five enthralling tales by master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson are sure to intrigue and delight.

In Robin McKinley’s Newbery Medal–winning novel, an outcast princess must earn her birthright as a hero of the realm Aerin is an outcast in her own father’s court, daughter of the foreign woman who, it was rumored, was a witch, and enchanted the king to marry her. She makes friends with her father’s lame, retired warhorse, Talat, and discovers an old, overlooked, and dangerously imprecise recipe for dragon-fire-proof ointment in a dusty corner of her father’s library. Two years, many canter circles to the left to strengthen Talat’s weak leg, and many burnt twigs (and a few fingers) secretly experimenting with the ointment recipe later, Aerin is present when someone comes from an outlying village to report a marauding dragon to the king. Aerin slips off alone to fetch her horse, her sword, and her fireproof ointment . . . But modern dragons, while formidable opponents fully capable of killing a human being, are small and accounted vermin. There is no honor in killing dragons. The great dragons are a tale out of ancient history. That is, until the day that the king is riding out at the head of an army. A weary man on an exhausted horse staggers into the courtyard where the king’s troop is assembled: “The Black Dragon has come . . . Maur, who has not been seen for generations, the last of the great dragons, great as a mountain. Maur has awakened.”

A captivating tale, from bestselling and award-winning author, that reveals the healing power of duty and honour, love and honey. Mirasol is a beekeeper, a honey-gatherer, with an ability to speak to the "earthlines"—the sentient parts of Willowlands, where she lives. The concerns of Master, Chalice, and Circle, who govern Willowlands, have nothing to do with her-until the current Master and Chalice die in a fire and leave no heirs to take their places. The Master's closest relative has been a priest of Fire for the past seven years; he is not quite human anymore. And then the Circle comes to Marisol and tells her that she is the new Chalice, and it will be up to her to bind the land and its people with a Master, the touch of whose hand can burn human flesh to the bone. . . .

"Spindle's End" is a retelling of the fairy tale, "The Sleeping Beauty", which takes the reader into a magical world filled with modern characters who encounter adventure, love and loss. The curse placed on Rosie at her christening will hunt her down through the years.

"Magic is illegal in Newworld, so Maggie struggles to explain the strange shadows--that only she can see--that seem to accompany her new stepfather everywhere"--