A collection of 14 stories about the lost worlds of Darkover.

While undertaking a sacred coming-of-age ordeal, four friends find themselves embroiled in a true test of courage when they encounter an invading army bent on destroying their homeland

Niobe's only chance of revenging her lover's murder is to solve a maze of riddles devised by Satan. But since her strength is beauty, not intelligence, the question becomes whether her failure has already been woven into the Tapestry of Fate.

A psychic sorceress, a teelpathic adventurer, and deformed ex-slave use their extrrasensory powers to stop an intergalactic organizaiton of thieves from looting the planets.

Polly's visit to her grandparents in Connecticut becomes an extraordinary experience as she encounters old friends and mysterious stangers and finds herself traveling back in time to play a crucial role in a prehistoric confrontation.

In ancient Scotland, a tyrannical new lord of the herd plans complete dominion over the animal world, but deer lore promises a hero, who has a unique bond with all creatures, including man, and who will ignite an epic battle and free the herd forever.

When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.

Deadly spores threaten the human colony of Pern unless the colonists, with help from geneticist Kitti Ping, can develop fire-breathing dragons to combat the menace The beautiful planet Pern seemed a paradise to s new colonists -- until unimaginable terror turned it into hell Suddenly deadly spores were falling like silver threads from the sky, devouring everything -- and everyone -- in their path. It began to look as if the colony, cut off from Earth...

Once, it was said, Wenshar had been a city of witches, summoning and controlling demons for their evil magic. Wenshar had been destroyed, and the witches were supposedly no more. But in nearby Tandieras, Kaletha claimed to have found their lost book of spells.