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Louisa The Poisoner

Novelette. 22,000 words.

'There are three things that grow in March Mire,' said the aunt, in a silly sing-song voice, her eyes half closed, 'and that grow nowhere else together, and seldom anywhere. Find them in one spot, take them and make them up. From them comes this dew. Oh Louisa. Listen carefully. This stuff grants the gift of death.'
Louisa widened her eyes but she was not actually impressed. Death was everywhere in the mire and especially often in her aunt's nasty bottles.
'Listen,' said the aunt again, 'the poison in this bottle leaves no trace as it kills. In the world beyond the mire this can mean much. I've told you, there are towns along the moors, and great houses piled up with money and jewels. If every cobweb on that ceiling was changed to bank notes it would be nothing to them ... We'll seek for just such a rich place. Then I'll know how to go on. You shall pretend to be a lost lady, as I've trained you. You'll do as I say, and our fortunes will be made.'
'But how, Aunt?'
'They'll fall in love, and make over their goods through wills, which I've told you of. And then I'll see them off ...'
Thus begins Louisa's strange journey into the world beyond the mire, armed only with her striking beauty, her perfect manners, and her aunt's deadly poison. A thrilling historical fantasy! (dustwrapper copy)
  1. Berkeley Heights, NJ: The Wildside Press, [1995 i.e., 1996]. ISBN 1-880448-50-5. Two issues, no priority. Copyright page: FIRST EDITION. Pagination: [1-6] 7-77 [78-80]. Dustjacket and interior illustrations by George Barr. Cover design by John Betancourt. All copies signed by Tanith Lee.
    1. Lettered issue. 26 lettered copies. [$75.00]. White leather-covered boards with red ribbon bookmark bound in. Issued with pictorial dustwrapper.*
    2. Numbered issue. 300 numbered copies. [$35.00]. Cloth-covered boards. Issued with pictorial dustwrapper.
  2. Berkeley Heights, NJ: The Wildside Press, [1995 i.e., 1996]. ISBN: 1-880448050-5, [$2.98], pictorial dustwrapper over paper covered boards. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. Pagination: [1-6] 7-77 [78-80]. Dustjacket and interior illustrations by George Barr. Cover design by John Betancourt. (Note: the dustwrapper of this book club edition contains the ISBN of the Wildside Press edition, printed in the lower left-hand corner of the back panel. The only difference between the two dustwrappers is the statement "A new historical fantasy presented in a special signed and numbered hardcover edition!" which appears at the top of the front flap of the Wildside Press edition only.)
  3. Berkeley Heights, NJ: The Wildside Press, [2005]. ISBN: 1-59224-600-1, $12.50, trade paperback. Copyright Page: [1995 i.e., 1996]. ISBN 1-880448-50-5. Pagination: [1-6], 7-77, [78-80]. Note: Copyright page is identical to the hardcover edition of 1996 and original ISBN has been reprinted. The correct ISBN for the 2005 edition is: 1-59224-600-1. Cover and interior illustrations by George Barr. Cover design by John Betancourt.
Lycanthia, Or, The Children Of Wolves

Novel. 80,000 words.
Nominated as no. 10 in the Best Fantasy Novel category in the 1982 Locus Poll.

Even in today's world there are corners where past evils still cast their terror-haunted shadows. When the young man, Christian, came to his inheritance - a once grand mansion in just such a remote corner of France, he knew only that there was some sort of alternate claim to that ancient building and it lands. Even as the villagers acknowledged him as lord of the manor, there came two from the forest to stake out their interest. And with them came fear and desire, terror and love ... a combination which could be irresistible-and also fatal.
Tanith Lee, who won the August Derleth Fantasy Award for her marvelous novel DEATH'S MASTER, now spins a modern werewolf novel from threads of legend, forgotten sin, and dark romance. (back cover copy)
  1. New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1981]. Mass-market paperback. Publisher's number: 429 (UE1610). ISBN 0 87997 610 1. Price: $2.25. Copyright page: First Printing, April 1981 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Pagination: [1-8] 9-220 [221-224]. Cover art and frontispiece by Paul Chadwick.
  2. London: Legend, [1990]. ISBN 0 09 966350 3, £3.50, mass-market paperback. Pagination: 220. Note: Published as Lycanthia. The subtitle The Children of the Wolves appears only on the cover.

    Spanish Translations:

  1. Barcelona: Ediciones Martínez Roca, S.A., 1987. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 84-270-1154-7. Pagination: [1-8] 9-223 [224]. As "Hijos De Lobos", translated by Albert Solé. Cover illustration by Salinas Blanch.
  2. Barcelona: Ediciones Martínez Roca, S.A., 1994. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 84-270-1898-3. Pagination: [1-8] 9-223 [224]. As "Hijos De Lobos", translated by Albert Solé. Cover illustration by Maren/Publiderec.
Madame Two Swords

Novella. 21,000 words.
Nominated as no. 15 in the Best Novelette category in the 1989 Locus Poll.

Through the writings and a painting she finds in a book at the age of fourteen, the narrator feels a strange bond to the life and thoughts of Lucien de Ceppays, a revolutionary who lived and died in the city two centuries before. In a time of desperation, she comes to Madame Two Swords, an old woman with her own bonds to Lucien, and to the book and its present owner.
  1. West Kingston [dagger] Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Incorporated, [1988]. Limited edition of 600 numbered copies, signed by Tanith Lee and Thomas Canty. Cloth covered boards stamped in gold, issued without dustwrapper. ISBN 0 937986 79 8. Price: [$35.00]. Copyright page: First Edition. Pagination: [1-6] 7-128. Illustrated by Thomas Canty.
Metallic Love

Novel. 66,000 words.
The second volume in the The S.I.L.V.E.R. Series.
Nominated for a Romantic Times Readers' Award, March 2006

Nominated for a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, June 2006

In her now-classic tale The Silver Metal Lover, award-winning author Tanith Lee told the spellbinding story of Jane and her forbidden love for a robot named Silver. In this stunning follow-up, the legend of their tragic romance lives on. But nothing is as it was -- or as it seems ... As an orphan growing up the slums, Loren read her clandestine copy of Jane's Story over and over, relishing every word. But Loren is no Jane. Savvy and street-smart, Loren could never be stirred by a man of metal, her passion never ignited by an almost-human -- even one designed for pleasure. Still, when the META corporation does the unthinkable and brings back updated versions of robots past -- Loren knows she must see Silver. And just like Jane, it is love at first sight. But Silver is now Verlis. If he was perfection before, he is now like a god. Yet he is more human than his creators think -- or fear. While Loren doesn't quite trust him, she will follow her twice-born lover into a battle to control his own destiny -- one that will reveal to her the most astonishing illusion of all. back cover copy.
  1. New York: Bantam Dell, 2005. ISBN 0-553-58471-5. Copyright page: A Bantam Spectra Book / March 2005. Published by Bantam Dell, a division of Random House, Inc.| OPM 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Price: $6.99. Pagination: [i-xii 1-3], 4-301, [302-323]. NOTE: Pages [303-323] consits of a brief author biography and an exerpt of the first chapter of The Silver Metal Lover, as published by Bantam Dell. Cover illustration by Kinuko Y. Craft. Cover design by Jamie S. Youll. Book design by Rachel Reiss.
  2. Pymble, New South Wales [Australia]: Voyager (HarperCollins Publishers), 2005. ISBN 0 7322 7056 7, mass-market paperback. Copyright page: Voyager: an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, Australia. First published in the US in 2005 by Bantam Dell, a division of Random House, Inc. First published in Australia in 2005 by HarperCollinsPublishers Pty Limited | 5 4 3 2 1 | 05 06 07 08. Pagination: [i-xii 1-3] 4-332 [333-340]. Cover illustration by Kinuko Y. Craft.
Mortal Suns

Novel. 101,000 words.
Nominated as no. 17 in the Best Fantasy Novel category in the 2004 Locus Poll.

Horrible screams pierce the night air as the Daystar, Queen Hesta of Akhemony, wrestles with the delivery of the King's child, beautifully formed except for one heartbreaking deformity -- she is born without feet. Consigned immediately to the world of death, the lame infant is dispatched to Thon, the underworld temple, and baptized Cemira -- "snake" -- the name she will bear throughout a lifetime of darkness. It is only at the behest of Urdombris, the Sun Consort, that Cemire is wrested from te temple of death, renamed Callistra, and restored to her rightful place in the kingdom. Copy from dustjacket.
  1. Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 2003. ISBN 1585672076. Copyright page: First Edition | 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Price: $26.95. Pagination: [1-9], 10-335, [336]. Jacket illustration a detail from Minerva or Pallas Athena by Gustav Klimt.
Night Visions 1

Shared short story collection.
Also contains stories by Charles L. Grant and Steve Rasnic Tem. Edited, with an introduction, by Alan Ryan.
Nominated for the 1985 World Fantasy Award for best anthology/collection.
Contents: Introduction, by Alan Ryan; seven stories by Charles L. Grant; seven stories by Steve Rasnic Tem; The Tree: A Winter's Tale; Simon's Wife; The Vampire Lover; The Hunting Of Death: The Unicorn.

A group of good Samaritans who realize too late that no good deed goes unpunished. A Vietnam veteran who returns home to find the madness of war just the beginning of his own private hell. A man who is literally torn to pieces by his fear of automobiles. A young woman haunted by desire and guilt. These are only a few of the people you are about to meet. Night Visions 1 features the all new horror and dark fantasy stories of Charles L. Grant, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Tanith Lee. Sit back and let them take you on journies to the dark comers of the mind; where nightmares become reality. (dustwrapper copy)
  1. Niles, Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1984. Cloth covered boards, issued with a pictorial dustwrapper. Copyright page: FIRST EDITION. Pagination: limitation leaf, [2-10] 11-296 [297-298]. Dustjacket art by Gregory Manchess. Two issues, priority not established, but probably simultaneous.
    1. Limited issue. 300 numbered copies, signed by Charles L. Grant, Steve Rasnic Tem, Tanith Lee, Alan Ryan and Gregory Manchess. Issued in a paper covered slipcase. ISBN 0 913165 04 2. Price: $45.00.
    2. Trade issue. 1000 copies. ISBN 0 913165 05 0. Price: $18.00.
  2. New York: Berkley Books, [1988]. ISBN 0 425 10753 1, $3.95, mass-market paperback. Note: published as Night Visions: In The Blood.
Night's Master

Novel. 75,000 words.
The first volume in the Tales From The Flat Earth series.
Collected in Tales From The Flat Earth: The Lords Of Darkness.
Nominated for the 1979 World Fantasy Award for best novel.
Winner of the 1987 Gilgamés Award for best fantasy novel published in Spain (under the title El Señor de la Noche).

In those days the Earth was not a sphere and the demons dwelled in vast magical caverns beneath its surface. Wondrous cities dotted the land and strange peoples and fabulous beasts prowled the deserts and jungles of the world.
Supreme among those mighty demons was Azhrarn, NIGHT'S MASTER. He it was whose pranks made nightmares on Earth, who brought desire and danger to those it amused him to visit, and who could grant wonders and create horrors unspeakable.
Tanith Lee, author of THE BIRTHGRAVE and VOLKHAVAAR, has created in this new novel a fascinating version of the world as it might have been, a world reminiscent of the Arabian Nights and yet utterly unique.
"Lee is one of the most powerful and intelligent writers to work in heroic fantasy," wrote Publishers Weekly. And Station KCHU, Dallas, said, "Of Tanith Lee's novels, not one has failed to maintain high standards of originality, subtlety, imagination, intuition, and linguistic skill." NIGHT'S MASTER proves this again! (back cover copy)
  1. New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1978]. Mass-market paperback. Publisher's number: 313 (UE1414). ISBN 0 87997 414 1. Price: $1.75. Copyright page: First Printing, November 1978 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Pagination: [1-8] 9-188 [189-192]. Cover illustration and illustrations by George Barr.
  2. New York: DAW Books, Inc., Published by the New American Library of Canada Limited, [1978]. Mass-market paperback. Publisher's number: 313 (UE1414). ISBN 0 87997 414 1. Price: $1.95 CDN. Copyright page: First Printing, November 1978 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. [Note: this is actually the 2nd printing as issued by Canadain Daw in 1978]. Pagination: [1-8] 9-188 [189-192]. Cover illustration and illustrations by George Barr.
  3. New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1981]. ISBN 0 87997 657 8, $2.25, mass-market paperback. Copyright page: Copyright , 1976, by Tanith Lee. First printing, November 1978 | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. [Note: this is the actually the third printing as issued by DAW Books USA in 1981]. Cover illustration and illustrations by George Barr.
  4. London: Hamlyn Paperbacks, [1981]. ISBN 0 600 20130 9, £1.10, mass-market paperback. Copyright page: First published in Great Britain in 1981 by Hamlyn Paperbacks. Copyright 1978 by Tanith Lee. Pagination: [1-8] 8-188 [189-192]. Cover illustration by Melvyn Grant.
  5. Oak Park, IL: Highland Press, 1984. Limited edition of 526 copies, including 26 lettered and 500 numbered copies, signed by Tanith Lee, Michael Whelan and Randy Broecker.
    1. 26 lettered copies. Cloth-covered boards, issued with pictorial dustwrapper and cloth-covered slipcase. First hardcover edition. ISBN 0 916261 00 X. Price: $35.00. Copyright page: Copyright 1978 Tanith Lee. Cover art copyright 1984 by Barclay Shaw. Interior artwork copyright 1984 by Randy Broecker. This is the first US hardcover edition. Pagination: [i-x] [1-5] 6-166 [166-168]. Dustjacket illustration by Barclay Shaw. Interior illustrations by Randy Broecker. Note: published as Night's Master: A Novel Of The Flat Earth.
    2. 500 numbered copies. Cloth-covered boards, issued with pictorial dustwrapper and cloth-covered slipcase. First hardcover edition. ISBN 0 916261 00 X. Price: $35.00. Copyright page: Copyright 1978 Tanith Lee. Cover art copyright 1984 by Barclay Shaw. Interior artwork copyright 1984 by Randy Broecker. This is the first US hardcover edition. Pagination: [i-x] [1-5] 6-166 [166-168]. Dustjacket illustration by Barclay Shaw. Interior illustrations by Randy Broecker. Note: published as Night's Master: A Novel Of The Flat Earth.
  6. New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1978, i.e. 1986]. ISBN 0 88677 131 5, $3.50, mass-market paperback. Copyright page: Copyright 1978 by Tanith Lee. First printing, November 1978 | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. [Note: This is the June, 1986 reissue, 5th printing of Night's Master, and publishing date comes from Locus Online. Please note that it is actually the 5th printing and not the 3rd as is indicated on the copyright page]. Pagination: [1-8] 9-220 [221-224]. Cover illustration by Edmund Dulac. Interior illustrations by George Barr.
  7. London: Arrow Books, [1987]. ISBN 0 09 951740 X, £2.50, mass-market paperback. Pagination: 188.
    Estonian Translations:

  1. Fedora Project Website. Complete translation of Night's Master. Date of publication and translator unrecorded.

    French Translations:

  1. Paris: OPTA, 1981. Cloth covered boards with pictorial dust jacket. ISBN: 2-7201-0135-4. Pagination: [207-214] 215-502 [503-508]. As "Le Maître des Ténèbres", translated by E.C.L. Meistermann. Cover art, pictorial endpapers and interior illustrations by Claude Fritsch. NOTE: This appeared with Sabella Or The Blood Stone, translated as Sabella Ou La Pierre De Sang also by E.C.L. Meistermann. This is a limited edition of 3,000 numbered copies reserved for members of the Club Du Livre D'Anticipation. Pages 5-6 contain an introduction entitled "Tanith Lee Ou La Pérénité Des Mythes" by Daniel Walther.
  2. Paris: Presses-Pocket, October 1988. ISBN: 2-226-02292-X, mass-market paperback. Pagination: [1-12] 13-241 [242-256]. As "Le Maître des Ténèbres", translated by E.C.L. Meistermann. Cover illustration and interior fontispiece by Wojtek Siudmak.
  3. Paris: Presses-Pocket, April 1989. ISBN: 2-226-02292-X, mass-market paperback. Pagination: [1-12] 13-241 [242-256]. As "Le Maître des Ténèbres", translated by E.C.L. Meistermann. Cover illustration and interior fontispiece by Wojtek Siudmak.

    German Translations:

  1. Munich: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1981. ISBN: 3-453-30704-6, DM 5.80, mass-market paperback. As "Herr Der Nacht", translated by Will Peterstal. Pagination: [1-7]8-234 [235-240]. Cover illustration by Franz Berthold. Interior illustrations by Steve Fabian.

    Italian Translations:

  1. Bologna: Libra Editrice, November 1979. Paper covered boards with pictorial dustjacket, Lit. 12.000. Pagination: [i-4] 1-312 [313-314]. As "Il Signore Della Notte", translated by Roberta Rambelli. Dustjacket illustration by Allison. Note: pages 1-5 contain an introduction by Ugo Malaguti. This edition also contains Death's Master translated as "Il Signore Della Morte", also by Roberta Rambelli.
  2. Rome: Compagnia Del Fantastico, September 1995. ISBN: 88-8183-123-6, trade paperback, Lit. 1.000. Pagination: [1-2] 3-162. As "As "Il Signore Della Notte", translated by Gianni Pilo. Cover illustration uncredited.
  3. Storie Di Diavoli. Rome: Newton and Compton, June 1997. ISBN: 88-8183-697-1, trade paperback, Lit. 19,000. As "Il Signore Della Notte", translated by Gianni Pilo. Pages: 447-571. Note: this anthology includes Death's Master, translated as "Il Signore Della Morte" and Delusion's Master , translated as "Il Signore Delle Illusioni", also translated by Gianni Pilo.

    Polish Translations:

  1. Warszawa: Alfa, 1994. ISBN: 8370826786, format unknown. Pagination: 266. As "Demon Ciemności", translated by Andrzej Polkowski.

    Spanish Translations:

  1. Barcelona: Ediciones Martínez Roca, S.A., 1986. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 84-270-1063-X. Pagination: [1-8] 9-215 [216]. As "El Señor De La Noche", translated by Albert Solé. Cover illustration by Rowena. Cover Design by Llorenç Martí. Note: p. 215-216 contain a short bibliography of the author's work.
Night's Sorceries: A Book Of The Flat Earth

Short story collection.
The fifth volume in the Tales From The Flat Earth series.
Collected in Tales From The Flat Earth: Night's Daughter.
Nominated for the 1988 World Fantasy Award for best collection.
Nominated as no. 9 in the Best Fantasy Novel category in the 1988 Locus Poll.

Contents: Night's Daughter, Day's Desire; Children Of The Night; The Prodigal; Dooniveh, The Moon; Black As A Rose; Game Players; The Daughter Of The Magician.
Note: the stories in this collection are separated by brief pieces of linking material, each no more than one page in length.

In the age of demons, when the Earth was still flat, Prince Chuz, Delusion's Master, stole Azhriaz, daughter of the Demon Lord of Night, from the underworld citadel meant to be her eternal prison. Pursued by the vengeful Lord of Night, Chuz and Azhriaz fled to the world above, to the lands of mortal men, seeking a haven for their love.
Yet when demons dwelt in the realm of men, terror and wonders were bound to result. And so it was for all who came in contact with Chuz, Azhriaz, and their dread pursuer. As all three worked their powerful sorceries, men and women, from the highest lords to the lowest peasants, were led into new kingdoms of enchantment where a man could learn to commune with beasts, where magicians found their spells recast, where a woman's kindness could turn back time, and where a mortal might fulfill a prophecy that would place the very sun and moon within his grasp ... (back cover copy)
  1. New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1987]. Mass-market paperback. Publisher's number: 706 (UE2194). ISBN 0 88677 194 3. Price: $3.50. Copyright page: First Printing, April 1987 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Pagination: [1-10] 11-287 [288]. Cover illustration by Michael Whelan. Frontispiece by Tanith Lee.
  2. [London]: Legend [1988]. ISBN 0 09 958470 0, £2.99, mass-market paperback. Copyright page: A Legend Book. Published by Arrow Books Limited. An imprint of Century Hutchinson Limited. Copyright 1987 by Tanith Lee. Pagination: [1-11] 12-287 [288]. Cover illustration by Mick Posen.

    French Translations:

  1. Paris: Presses-Pocket, February 1989. ISBN 2-266-02928-2, mass-market paperback. Pagination: [i-ii, 1-10] 11-334 [335-360]. As "Les Sortilèges De La Nuit", translated by E.C.L. Meistermann. Cover illustration and frontispiece by Wojtek Siudmak.
Nightshades: Thirteen Journeys Into Shadow

Short story collection.
Nominated as no. 17 in the Best Collection/Anthology category in the 1994 Locus Poll.

Contents: Nightshade; The Mermaid; After The Guillotine; Meow; Il Bacio (Il Chiave); A Room With A Vie; Paper Boat; Blue Vase Of Ghosts; Pinewood; The Janfia Tree; The Devil's Rose; Huzdra; Three Days.
Note: each story in this book is preceded by a brief, introductory note by the author.

NIGHTSHADES - the novel
Finally he was staring up at the facade of the enchanted castle, towering above its prison wall. The shadow of it, the scents of its garden disturbed him, but he had expected nothing else.
Presently all the lights sprang into life along the four tiers of steps. He could see now the chess-piece marble horses snarling on the landings among the vines. A faceless man came down to the oriental gate.
'Madame Sovaz is expecting me,' Adam said.
Arrogant, pale-eyed Kristian is a wealthy aesthete, and the husband of a much younger wife. She, the prize ornament of his collection of treasures, is white-skinned, black-haired Sovaz, wayward and beautiful yet seemingly soulless - as if vampirised by some unknown force. She is currently toying with Adam, a handsome, ingenuous American who is the latest of her youthful lovers. And as the fates of this doomed trio converge, somewhere outside the glowing casements a creature of darkness prepares to feed ...
NIGHTSHADES - the stories
Among this fascinating and disturbing collection, The Mermaid casts a new and chilling light on the allure of an ancient mythical creature; Meow pinpoints the ultimate peril of mankind's fascination with the domestic feline; A Room with a Vie sucks us into the pulsing horror of bricks and mortar imbued with a life of their own. Paper Boat is eerily inspired by the strange death of the poet Shelley, The Janfia Tree by the dark and marvellous legends of tree spirits, while The Devil's Rose stems from more carnal obsessions. (dustwrapper copy)
  1. [London]: Headline, [1993]. Paper-covered boards, issued with pictorial dustwrapper. ISBN 0-7472-0877-8. Price: £16.99. Copyright page: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Pagination: [i-vi, 1-2] 3-311 [312-314]. Dustjacket illustration by Mark Salwowski.
  2. [London]: Headline Feature, [1994]. ISBN 0-7472-4250-X, £4.99, mass-market paperback. Copyright page: Copyright 1993 Tanith Lee. First published in Great Britain in this collection in 1993 by Headline Book Publishing. First published in paperback in 1994 by Headline Book Publishing. A Headline Feature Paperback | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2. Pagination: [i-vi, 1-2] 3-311 [312-314]. Cover illustration by Mark Salwowski.
No Flame But Mine

Novel. 108,000 words.
The third volume in the Lionwolf trilogy.

Searching for the beautiful witch Jemhara, the magician Thryfe at last finds her in the reinvented town of Kandexa, where a strange and passionate wooing begins. From this union a son is born - golden-skinned, red-haired, blue-eyed - and thus the Lionwolf returns to the world of men.
Unaware of his birth, his original mother, the goddess Saftri has begun her own search for her lost love Althluan ... while elsewhere the black and shining ones, the children of Chillel, seek to establish claims on the ice-locked planet. Beyond, over, under all, the evil god Zzth rages and plans the ruin of these separate immortal lives.
Meanwhile, strafed by the tumult of such conflicting powers, the be-wintered Earth of mortals can only wait to learn her destiny.(back cover copy)
  1. London, [Basingstoke and Oxford]: Tor, [2007]. Trade paperback. ISBN 978-1-4050-0636-1. Price: £10.99. Copyright page: First published by Tor an imprint of Pan Macmillan Ltd. Copyright Tanith Lee 2007 | 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Pagination: [i-vi] vii-xiv [1-2] 3-461 [462-466]. Cover illustration by Dominic Harman. Maps by Raymond Turvey.
Personal Darkness

Novel. 125,000 words.
The second volume in the Blood Opera Sequence.
Nominated as no. 8 in the Best Horror Novel category in the 1994 Locus Poll.

The House is destroyed, the Scarabae dead or scattered. And the youngest and most dangerous of them, voracious for destruction, is free.
As Ruth, a mind as old as evil in the body of a teenage girl, unleashes blood and fire across southern England, the other survivors regroup their formidable resources. Scarabae wealth and power can replicate The House and even withstand the sun, while help is summoned from others of their kind.
But when Malach and Althene arrive, ageless and exotic, nothing transpires as Rachaela had supposed. For she and Ruth, the demon bred on her by Adamus - father and lover, now dead - are also Scarabae, and Scarabae cleave to their own. Rachaela, irresistibly drawn to Althene's mysterious web, must accept that her daughter belongs to dark, tormented Malach, and find new reasons for hope ...
Yet it is Camillo - malign, geriatric biker with the strength and soul of a child - and the women unwittingly entangled in his mischief, who will finally dispose Ruth's fate, and play the wild card in the Scarabae's endless game.
Subtly blending the human menaces of London's contemporary underworld with a dark vampiric seduction, PERSONAL DARKNESS enmeshes the reader further in the insidious enchantment of the Scarabae. (dustwrapper copy)
  1. [London]: Little, Brown and Company, [1993]. Paper-covered boards, issued with pictorial dustwrapper. ISBN 0-316-90352-3. Price: £15.99. Copyright page: First published in Great Britain in 1993 | by Little, Brown and Company. Pagination: [i-viii] 1-435 [436-438]. Dustjacket illustration by Adrian Chesterman.
  2. [London]: Warner Books, [1994]. ISBN 0-7515-0808-X, £4.99, mass-market paperback. Copyright page: A Warner Book. First published in Great Britain in 1993 by Little, Brown and Company. This edition published by Warner Books in 1994. Copyright 1993 by Tanith Lee. Pagination: [i-viii] 1-435 [436-440]. Cover photograph by Olive Hunter.
  3. [New York]: Dell, [1994]. ISBN 0-440-21470-X, $4.99, mass-market paperback. Copyright page: First published in Great Britain in 1993 by Little, Brown and Company. Copyright 1993 by Tanith Lee. Reprinted by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company (UK) Limited. July 1994 | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Pagination: [1-8] 1-389 [390]. Cover illustration uncredited. Note: Includes a 14 page preview of Elephantasm.
  4. [New York]: Dell, [1993 i.e., 1994]. Issued by the Science Fiction Book Club. [$8.98]. Hardcover. Copyright page: Published by Dell Publishing, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Copyright 1993 by Tanith Lee. Pagination: [i-viii] [1] 2-389 [390]. Dusjacket Illustration by John Jude Palencar. Dustjacket design by Jeff Brenner.

    French Translations:

  1. Paris: Presses De La Cité, March 1995. ISBN 2-258-03800-6, 120 F., trade paperback. Pagination: [1-8] 11-395 [396-398]. As "Le Festin Des Ténèbres", translated by Thierry Arson. Cover illustration by Pierre-Olivier Templier.
  2. Paris: Presses De La Cité Pocket, 1995. ISBN 2-266-06614-5, mass-market paperback. Pagination: [1-8] 11-395 [396-398]. As "Le Festin Des Ténèbres", translated by Thierry Arson. Cover illustration by Pierre-Olivier Templier.

    German Translations:

  1. Bergisch Gladbach [Germany]: Bastei-Lübbe, [1994]. ISBN: 3-404-13594-6, mass-market paperback, 9.90 DM. Pagination: [1-4] 5-412 [413-416]. As "Unheimliche Ferne", translated by Adelheid Hartmann. Cover illustration by Michael Whelan.

    Polish Translations:

  1. Warszawa: Amber, 1996. Format unknown. ISBN: 8371690630. Pagination: 365, [3]. As "Mroczne Dusze", translated by Monika Zieleniewska.
Piratica

Young Adult Novel. 102,000 words.
Book one in the Piratica Series.

Like Mother...like Daughter...like Pirate.
16-year-old Artemesia Blastside, (Art to her friends), dreams of the seafaring life she once led with her mother, a notorious pirate. Unaware that her memories are not what they seem, she seizes her chance to escape the Angels Academy for Young Maidens. Now she's off in search of her mother's old crew. Careering through the haunts of highwaymen, pirates and smugglers, Art does her best to win her mother's crown as the feared and famous PIRATICA. (dustwrapper copy)
  1. [London]: Hodder Children's Books, [2004]. Paper covered boards, issued with pictorial dustwrapper. ISBN 0340854464. Price: £10.99. Copyright Page: First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Hodder Children's Books | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Pagination: [i-x, 1-2] 3-370 [371-374]. Dustjacket illustration by John Avon. Cover design from an idea by John Kaiine.
  2. New York: Dutton, 2004. ISBN: 0-525-47324-6, $17.99, pictorial dustjacket over paper covered boards. Copyright page: Copyright 2003 by Tanith Lee. Published in the United States 2004 by Dutton Children's Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Originally published in Great Britain 2003 by Hodder Children's Books | 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. Pagination: [i-xiv] [1-2] 3-288. Dustjacket illustration by Glenn Harrington. Maps and book design by Richard Amari.
  3. [London]: Hodder Children's Books, 2004. ISBN 0340854456, £5.99, mass-market paperback. Copyright page: Copyright 2004 Tanith Lee. First published in Great Britain in 2003 by Hodder Children's Books. This paperback edition published in 2004. Pagination: [i-x, 1-2] 3-370 [371-372]. Cover illustration by John Avon. Cover design from an idea by John Kaiine.
  4. New York: Dutton, 2004. ISBN: 0525473246. Mass-market paperback. Pagination: 320.
  5. New York: Firebird, [2006]. ISBN: 0-14-240644-9, $6.99, trade paperback. Copyright page: First published in Great Britain by Hodder Children's Books, 2003. First published in hardcover in the United States of America by Dutton Children's Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2004. Published by Firebird, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2006 | 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Copyright Tanith Lee, 2003. Pagination: [i-xiv 1-2] 3-288. Cover illustration by Glenn Harrington.

    Russian Translations:

  1. Moscow: Egmont Russia Ltd., 2004. ISBN: 5-9539-0338-3, pictorial dustjacket over boards. Pagination: 384. As "Piratika", translated by E. Tokaryeva. Cover illustration by John Avon. Cover design from an idea by John Kaiine.

    Spanish Translations:

  1. Barcelona: Roca Editorial, September 2006. ISBN 84-96544-59-1, €16.00, laminated boards with pictorial dustjacket. Pagination: [1-17] 18-471 [472-478]. As "Pirática", translated by María Angulo. Dustjacket illustration by Imasd Company.

    Swedish Translations:

  1. Malmö: Damm Förlags, 2006. ISBN: 91-7715-903-9, paper covered boards with pictorial dust jacket. Pagination: [1-11] 12-367 [368]. As "Piratika: En Djärv Berättelse Om En Ensam Flickas Äventyr På De Sju Haven", translated by Carina Jansson. Dustjacket illustration by John Avon. Cover design from an idea by John Kaiine.
Piratica II

Young Adult Novel. 102,000 words.
Book Two in the Piratica Series.

Return to Parrot Island
Artemesia Blastside, 17
Position - the Most Admired Pirate in England.
Partner - Handsome Felix Phoenix.
Enemy - Little Goldie Girl, a Monster.
Heart set - on winning back Lost Treasure Beyond the War-Torn Seas. (back cover copy)
  1. [London]: Hodder Children's Books, 2005. ISBN 0-340-89357-5, £5.99, mass-market paperback. Copyright Page: Copyright 2005 Tanith Lee. First published in Great Britain in 2005 by Hodder Children's Books | 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Pagination: [i-xii, 1-2] 3-398 [399-404]. Cover illustration by John Avon. Cover design from an idea by John Kaiine.
  2. [New York]: Dutton Children's Books, 2006. ISBN 0-525-47769-1, $17.99, paper covered boards with pictorial dustjacket. Copyright page: Published in the United States by Dutton Children's Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Originally published in Great Britain 2006 [i.e. 2005] by Hodder Children's Books, London. First edition | 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Pagination: [i-xii 1-2] 3-320 [321-324]. Dustjacket illustration by Wilson Ong.

    Spanish Translations:

  1. Barcelona: Roca Editorial, May 2007. ISBN 84-96544-93-2, €18.00, laminated boards with pictorial dustjacket. Pagination: [1-17] 18-543 [544]. As "Pirática II", translated by María Angulo. Dustjacket illustration by Imasd Company.
Piratica III

Young Adult Novel. 102,000 words.
Book Three in the Piratica Series.

The Family Sea
Artemesia Blastside, 19
Position - Unemployed Pirate Queen
-- and Mother.
Ship - Landlocked in depths of Africay..
Prospects - Unshining.
Heart set - on freedom and the wide world. (back cover copy)
  1. [London]: Hodder Children's Books, 2007. ISBN 0-340-93085-4, £5.99, mass-market paperback. Copyright Page: Text copyright 2007 Tanith Lee. First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Hodder Children's Books | 1. Pagination: [i-xiv] 1-396 [397-402]. Cover illustration by John Avon. Cover design from an idea by John Kaiine.
Prince On A White Horse

Young adult novel. 45,000 words.
Collected in Dark Castle, White Horse.

He was a prince, he knew. And he was riding a white horse. But who he was, and how he had got there, he had no idea. The horse didn't know either - it was good at protecting him from the many monsters that came to attack him, and it could turn into a lion, for difficult jobs like climbing mountains, but although it told the prince many things, it always denied that it could speak.
The prince needed all the help he could get. During a series of adventures in which he encountered two witches (one good and one bad), escaped from Beezles, Oggrings, Skolks and some of the other extremely unpleasant creatures that lived in the world, and acquired a companion, Gemant the Red Knight, the Prince discovered from Vultikan the Hoiler that he was the Looked-for Deliverer. Vultikan gave him a special sword and a suit of armour to equip him for the fray. His foe was Nulgrave, and the very mention of the word terrified everyone.
Suffering from confusion himself, and in a world which operated by no logic he could fathom, the prince's task was monumentally hard. But Nulgrave was horribly serious, so he persevered, and the result was as crazy and funny - and satisfying - as anyone could wish.
This highly original and amusing science fiction story will be enjoyed by readers of 10+. (dustwrapper copy)
  1. [London]: M[acmillan, 1982]. Paper covered boards, issued with pictorial dustwrapper. ISBN 0333329295. Price: £5.50. Copyright page: First published 1982 by | MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Pagination: [1-6] 7-157 [158-160]. Dustjacket art by Nigel McMullen.
  2. [London]: Beaver Books, [1989]. ISBN 0099571501, £1.99, mass-market paperback. Pagination: 157.

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