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Women of Sorcery and Conquest!

Norilana Books is proud to present Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXVI edited by Elisabeth Waters, the twenty-sixth volume of the classic fantasy anthology series featuring stories of powerful and remarkable women, who bravely fight to change their worlds with magic or sword or sheer power of personality.

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXVI edited by Elisabeth Waters



For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Laurell K. Hamilton, Charles de Lint, Diana L. Paxson, Emma Bull, Jennifer Roberson, and countless others.

The nineteen original stories featured here include such stellar authors as Deborah J. Ross, Dave Smeds, K.D. Wentworth, Patricia Duffy Novak, and exciting newcomers whose voices are sure to be heard again.


Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXVI edited by Elisabeth Waters
Norilana Books Fantasy
November 15, 2011
Trade Paperback
Retail Price: $13.95 USD - £11.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-096-9
ISBN-10: 1-60762-096-0
318 pages

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Norilana Books is a Vermont-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 290 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 209, Highgate Center, VT 05459
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Norilana Books is proud to present the definitive hardcover and trade paperback reissue of a Tanith Lee classic!

Delusion's Master by Tanith Lee is the third book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, which, in the manner of The One Thousand and One Nights, portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales.

Long before Vera Nazarian's Dreams of the Compass Rose or Catherynne M. Valente's The Orphan's Tales, beloved British author Tanith Lee created the first truly complete, modern and sophisticated fantasy version of the Arabian Nights, and spun wondrous stories within stories, unparalleled profound tales of arcane mystery, dark love, and bright desire.

"Love me and you, even you, will tell no difference between illusion and reality, for in this case they are one."
— from Delusion's Master


At last, these are the definitive editions, revised and formatted as the author originally intended, containing a new original introduction by Tanith Lee, and a unique previously unpublished interior illustration by the author herself. The cover image is a design by Tanith Lee's husband and artist John Kaiine, incorporating more of her own artwork in the center frame, which makes it a fan and collector's delight.


Delusion's Master by Tanith Lee



Long time ago when the Earth was Flat, beautiful indifferent Gods lived in the airy Upperearth realm above, curious passionate demons lived in the exotic Underearth realm below, and mortals were relegated to exist in the middle. Chuz, Prince Madness, third of the Lords of Darkness — beauty on one side, foul corruption on the other — "takes pity" on the world. In his gentle soft embrace mortal minds repose in a tide of illusion and twisted desire. Yet no one is immune from the sweetest madness of all, and even immortals fall at the cast of the bone dice...

Come within this ancient world of brilliant darkness and beauty, of glittering palaces and wondrous elegant beings, of cruel passions and undying love.

Discover the exotic wonder that is the Flat Earth.

Tanith Lee is the author of 77 novels, 14 collections, and over 300 short stories, plus 4 radio plays (broadcast by the BBC) and 2 scripts for the TV cult UK SF series Blake's 7. Her work, which has been translated into over 17 languages, ranges through fantasy, SF, gothic, YA and children's books, contemporary, historical and detective novels, and horror. She was awarded the prestigious title of Grand Master of Horror 2009. Major awards include the August Derleth Award for Death's Master, the second book in the Flat Earth series.

Delusion's Master by Tanith Lee
TaLeKa
Trade Hardcover
October 15, 2011
Retail Price: $24.95 USD - £17.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-094-5
ISBN-10: 1-60762-094-4
238 pages

Trade Paperback
October 15, 2011
Retail Price:
$12.95 USD - £10.00 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-095-2
ISBN-10: 1-60762-095-2
238 pages

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TaLeKa is a new dedicated imprint of Norilana Books, showcasing the works of Tanith Lee and the art of John Kaiine.

Norilana Books is a Vermont-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 290 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 209, Highgate Center, VT 05459-0209
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Catalog of Books in Print: http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Coming October 15, 2011 from TaLeKa...

Delusion's Master
by Tanith Lee

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Coming November 15, 2011 from Norilana Books Fantasy...

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword And Sorceress XXVI
edited by Elisabeth Waters

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Wow... I can't believe it's been this long...

TODAY, August 3, 2011, marks the 5th Anniversary of Norilana Books!

Norilana currently has over 280 titles in print.

Also, today the California business license officially expires, replaced by the shiny new Vermont business license... :-)

Help us stick around for at least another decade and publish more amazing books by awesome authors such as Tanith Lee, Sherwood Smith, Modean Moon, Eugie Foster, Mike Allen, Deborah J. Ross, William Sanders, Roby James, Catherynne M. Valente, John Grant, David Dvorkin, Leonore Dvorkin, Rosemary Hawley Jarman, Adam Campan, Dave Hutchinson, Lee Martindale, Michael M. Jones, JoSelle Vanderhooft, Ken Rand, Val Noirre, and the Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust.

Buy a book today! :-)

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Norilana Books is proud to welcome JoSelle Vanderhooft as the new series editor for our annual elegant romantic fantasy anthology Lace and Blade.

JoSelle Vanderhooft is an author, editor, poet, reviewer, freelance journalist, dramaturg, and something of a lapsed playwright. She has published seven poetry books including the 2008 Bram Stoker Award finalist Ossuary (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2007) and The Memory Palace, an autobiography in verse (Norilana Books, 2009).

In addition to reviewing for several venues, Vanderhooft edits Drollerie Press' LGBTQ imprint Flyleaf Press and has edited several anthologies, including Sleeping Beauty, Indeed (Torquere Press 2006, reissued by Lethe Press in 2009), Hellebore and Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic (Drollerie Press/Lethe Press 2009, with Catherine Lundoff), Bitten by Moonlight (Zumaya Publishing, 2011), and the Steam-Powered series, which collects multicultural steampunk stories featuring lesbian protagonists (Torquere Press).

She currently lives in South Florida with her partner and one gloriously orange tabby cat.

Lace and Blade is an exciting annual anthology series of sexy, elegant, swashbuckling romantic fantasy, where the sparkling wit of Oscar Wilde meets the manners of Jane Austen, the exotic sensual flair of Tanith Lee, and the deadly sharp blade of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Zorro, and D'Artagnan. The author lineup of volumes one and two, edited by acclaimed author and editor Deborah J.Ross, is a stellar example of some of the best talent working in the industry today.

See:

LACE AND BLADE

http://www.norilana.com/norilana-leda.htm#laceandblade

LACE AND BLADE 2

http://www.norilana.com/norilana-leda.htm#lb2





Editor JoSelle Vanderhooft will take up the reins starting with volume three.

The reading period for the third volume of LACE AND BLADE will be announced shortly.  After its hiatus, the anthology will resume its regular annual Valentine's Day publication slot from Leda, an imprint of Norilana Books.

More on this exciting series will be announced soon.


Norilana Books is a Vermont-based independent publisher, originally established in Los Angeles in 2006 and owned and operated by Vera Nazarian. With over 280 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 209, Highgate Center, VT 05459-0209
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print:
http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

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For Norilana Authors ONLY -- FREE Banner Ad Opportunity.

If you are a Norilana Books author or editor, I am giving you an opportunity to run your banner ad for ABSOLUTELY FREE on the main Norilana Books website.

See example here, top of page, center:

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I am going to be putting this rotating banner ad on EVERY page of the website, and your banner will be included in the rotation.

The ad must be related to books and publishing, and it can be either to promote your own Norilana title or another one of your books from another publisher written by you (that includes anthologies form other publishers with your work in it).

The destination link can be to anywhere as long as it a reputable legal site.

Send me your banner ad image file, according to these specs below, or a URL where it is hosted on your own site, plus the link URL to where you want it to go when people click on the ad.


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Coming Very Soon from Norilana Books Science Fiction...

For the first time in Multi-Format Ebook Editions...

The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass

by Vera Nazarian

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Norilana Books is proud to present A Song of Awakening by Roby James, a monumental, richly romantic historical with a subtle touch of fantasy.

"Roby James writes with passion and intelligence."
—Jack McDevitt

"Set against the backdrop of the 13th-century Welsh battle for independence from English domination, this masterly romantic fantasy entwines legend, music and love with the despotic whims of King Edward of England..."
—Miriam Lippel Blum

"A worthy successor to Edith Pargeter's trilogy set over 100 years earlier..."
—Susan Shwartz

A Song of Awakening
by Roby James



Born into the 13th century's turmoil and warfare, Briana of Flint is a lady of legend. Myrrdin, the greatest bard in Wales, prophesied at her birth that she would "rise from fetters and bring freedom with her."

In the struggle of the Welsh against the ruthless King Edward I of England, Briana loses almost everything she loves -- her family, her home, and her liberty. But three extraordinary men offer her ways to discover the ultimate, unanticipated truth of Myrrdin's prophecy.

Ine, a lesser bard, has no idea why he has been chosen to inherit the Welsh bardic tradition...

Rees, the King's nephew, experiences a near death on Crusade, an event that transforms him more than anyone guesses...

Owen Glyn, the last of the Welsh rebels, gathers to himself in the fastness of Snowdonia all that remains of Prince Llewelyn's dream of freedom for Wales...

Ranging from the deep valleys and high mountains of Wales to the English court at Windsor and Westminster, with stops in France and the Holy Land, this intricate story of music, swordplay, loss, and redemption follows exceptional men and women trying to live in an age with values different from their own -- an age of awakening.

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A Song of Awakening
by Roby James
Norilana Books

Trade Hardcover (First Edition)
March 1, 2011
Retail Price: $39.95 USD - £28.75 GBP
ISBN-13: 978-1-60762-085-3
ISBN-10: 1-60762-085-5
586 pages

Trade Paperback
March 15, 2011
Retail Price: $22.95 USD - £18.00 GBP
978-1-60762-086-0
ISBN-10: 1-60762-086-3
586 pages

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Norilana Books is a Los Angeles-based new independent publisher, owned and operated by Vera Nazarian since 2006. With over 280 books in print, Norilana Books specializes in beautifully packaged hardcover and trade paperback classics of world literature, quality fantasy, science fiction, romance and women's fiction, and young adult titles. For more information visit http://www.norilana.com/

Contact:

Vera Nazarian, Publisher
Norilana Books, P.O. Box 2188, Winnetka, CA 91396
service (at) norilana.com - http://www.norilana.com/
Catalog of Books in Print:
http://www.norilana.com/norilana-catalog.htm
Blog: http://norilanabooks.livejournal.com/

Introducing...


Coming Very Soon from Curiosities...

Pride and Platypus:
Mr. Darcy's Dreadful Secret

by by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian

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This is the third book in the Supernatural Jane Austen Series.