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We seek the islands of our dreams, whether upon the sea or along the empty streets of cities. We seek love. We seek our way, our way to far lands, our way to home. Through the pages of 'Islanders,' poet Stephen Brooke voyages far and returns, bearing a cargo of dream and poetry.

Caring for her estate and her two-year-old son was quite enough for Qala, once Queen of Pirates. Gladly had she left the excitement of her former life behind. So what if she had never found the love she had once been promised? Now the boy was beginning to show his heritage as child of the Crocodile God, disappearing to visit other worlds and bringing home little monster playmates. There were important political negotiations going on practically on her doorstep, negotiations involving kings and empires, pirates and wizards, and try though she might, Qala was going to be swept up in them. Then Zedos's father shows up and the gods get involved. Would Qala ever be able to live the simple life she desired and maybe, just maybe, find love? Join her as she searches in The Crocodile God, a fantasy adventure by Stephen Brooke.

Nineteen Thirty-Five, Soviet Russia. Josef Dobrov is only a soldier and wants it to stay that way, to be someone nobody notices. Some of his friends have been noticed and it did not end well for them. One of them is on the train of gulag-bound prisoners he is guarding. Not his affair, says Josef. He has no intention of getting into trouble. But high in the Urals, fate throws the young soldier into not only trouble but an whole new world, a world of savagery and beauty, danger and wonder. A world he adopts as his own, only to find it besieged by forces from without, and the woman he loves endangered and ensorcelled by those forces. Can he and the ancient and powerful sorcerer, Hurasu, stop them? Jokingly named 'Tsar' by his fellows, Josef becomes a man willing to step forward at last, to be seen as leader, as hero, in Tsar of the Empty Lands, a fantasy novel by Stephen Brooke.

A long journey it had been for Rahiniti. Born a Kohari peasant, trained from childhood as a dancer in the great Temple of Mihasa, she had followed the Mora warrior Hito over the mountains to a new life, a life as a noblewoman, adopted by the powerful Lord Temani'itu.A life that turns to a new journey when her friend Demba passes, leaving a grieving husband and a young daughter with hidden powers. There are those who mean harm to Lord Gordie, who hope to manipulate him to further their own ambitions. How can one small 'woman of the sky' oppose them?The journey that began in 'God of Rain' and continued through 'Arrows of Heaven' comes at last to a conclusion here, as Rahiniti finds her true place in the realm of the Mora, in the third and final novel of the Mora Trilogy, 'Woman of the Sky,' by Stephen Brooke.

'The end of every epic is the beginning of another.' Who was Teme? A noble girl, sister to the High King of all the Mora, and of an age to marry appropriately? Yes, she was this, but also a renowned archer, acclaimed by her people as a hero of the recent civil war, named in the epics bards sang across the land. Warrior or woman? Was it possible to be both? Through intrigues and adventures in the realm of the Mora and beyond, Teme has one quest above all others - to learn who she truly is.

The wind on the prairie, the wind on the sea... These are poems and songs of sea and of land, of yearning for distant horizons and the welcoming hearths of home. Voyage with poet Stephen Brooke across the known and unknown. Visit the fog-shrouded ports, the wide plains rising to vast sky-touching mountains. Glimpse uncharted jungle coasts and those once familiar in the days of youth. Life is made of such VOYAGES. A collection of poems from Stephen Brooke. Illustrated.

Visit the fields we remember, the fields we walked in summers past. We knew joy there, we knew regret, and both have faded now into the golden hazes of memory. The Fields of Summer wait for our return. A collection of poems by Stephen Brooke.

Young Saj only wanted to deliver his wagon-load of goods and be on his way to a new life in the South. How did he end up kidnapping a willful young noblewoman? Or was it she who kidnapped him? He wasn't quite sure.Facing pirates, bandits, and sorcerers, Saj finds himself seeking the four mystic gems known as the Eyes of the Wind for a mysterious priestly order. Accompanied by Marana, who may or may not love him, and the wily wizard Xit, who may or may not be a god, his quest takes him from the sea to the mountains and into his own soul. For Saj has powers that lie within him, powers of which he is only now becoming aware. A fantasy novel by Stephen Brooke, set in the world of Donzalo's Destiny.

Qala, once Queen of the Pirates, had retired, hoping only for a comfortable and peaceful country life for herself and her little demigod son. Any of us might wish for such things. But others had their own plans. The boy's relatives, an unruly family of deities, felt called upon to meddle in his upbringing - and one might just want him dead. Add to this the politics and intrigues of mortal men and women, and their penchant for falling in love, as well as her old crew who think Qala has hidden treasure somewhere about her estate. Kidnappings and quests, an adventure through the worlds of gods and of mortals, await Qala in Book One of The Crocodile Chronicles, THE CROCODILE'S SON.

Hito had tired of war, of knowing he would never be more than the second to the hero Aranu. It was time he sought his own destiny, to leave fighting behind and seek more. Peace, he desired, and a wife and home. If a bit of wealth came his way, too, that was to the better. But was that what he truly sought? Should there not be more? From the Mora homeland to the jungled valley of the Gurang, from a new life as a trader to that of a Kohari prisoner, condemned to be sacrificed to the Sun Bird, his quest carries him. And does he find love, as well? Perhaps. In Teva, the God of Rain, must he seek who he is truly meant to be. In the end, it will be Hito himself he finds, in the first novel of a new Mora Trilogy, GOD OF RAIN.

Surf shop owner Ted Carrol was happy, perhaps for the first time in his life. It was time for him to settle back into a quiet existence in Cully Beach, now with the woman he loved beside him. It was not going to happen. Someone had framed his friend, Chief of Police Bill Cotton. There were rumors of corruption in city hall. A mysterious developer had plans for his sleepy neighborhood.And an old flame chose just that time to come back into his life. Once again, surf, suspense, and self-doubt combine as Ted solves the riddles of the present and of his own dark past, in the follow-up to 'Shaper.'

Intrigue and assassination have followed Donzalo to his ancestral home. Dark magic is at play, and merciless enemies. Three young women, as competent as they are desirable, vie with the memory of his lost love for the heart of the knight, who once again finds himself seeking his path, in the Third Book of Donzalo's Destiny, The Sign of the Arrow.

Young Donazalo has left his home and his familiar life in Lama, fleeing assassins and dark magic. In the rugged hills of the Cuddon he finds love. In the hidden land of the Fay he finds new purpose. And on the road home, new dangers and new allies await him, in the Second Book of Donzalo's Destiny, The Shadow of Asak. Fantasy and adventure from the pen of Stephen Brooke

What final destiny awaits the young knight Donzalo and his friends? Swordplay and sorcery, love and hate, all take the stage and play their roles in the Fourth Book of Donzalo's Destiny, The Hand of the Sorcerer.

"For I dream, and dream again." A quest. A distant tower, a distant dream. Journey with these poems across star-lit plains and sky-kissed mountains, to the furthest marches of reality. Seek into the dawn and over the sea for oracles and signs, for meanings and symbols. Seek THE TOWER. A collection of poetry from Stephen Brooke

A collection of Stephen Brooke's poetry, with an emphasis on romantic and fantasy-oriented work.

In Lama, times are changing. The younger son of Count Borrago, a scholar and a tinkerer, thinks he knows where he fits into this new world. Destiny has another role for Donzalo. The king's sorcerer is trying to kill him. A mysterious minstrel has made himself his protector. And Donzalo himself is turning into a man of action, a man of Destiny who marches to the Song of the Sword. Magic, music, and mayhem mingle in Book One of Donzalo's Destiny by Stephen Brooke, The Song of the Sword.

Some children are as good as gold, As sweet as sugar, I am told; Like little angels, some will say, But Alvin never was that way. So begins Stephen Brooke's collection of poems for young readers, fully illustrated with the author's pen and ink art. Join Alvin in discovering the friend he needed, help Lynn and Pete decide what might be found down a really deep hole, or teach the Frog King how to sing.