Presents a sampler of fantasy and science fiction adventure tales.

For many years, "Dragon" magazine has published genre-defining fantasy masterpieces. This work features pieces by masters such as Larry Elmore, Keith Parkinson, Jeff Easley, Wayne Reynolds, Brom, Todd Lockwood, Tony DiTerlizzi, Tim Hildebrandt, Daniel Horne, Denis Beauvais, Clyde Caldwell and more.

On his 16th birthday, churlish Drake Douay finds himself exiled from his homeland amid a treacherous crew of pirates on the open sea. Through battles with sea monsters, mysterious cults, weird technology of a bygone age, and the warring gangs of two pirate lords, Drake explores a world of dark fantasy and betrayal with his keen wit and a sharp sword his only protection from an early death Never ..

Pulled back to earth on the eve of his marriage to Princess Shizala, brilliant physicist, Michael Kane must once again journey to the Red Planet to reclaim a life of swordplay. Kane finds himself on a different Mars, a place of blue giants and red revolution that ultimately leads to a ruined obsidian city inhabited by savage spider-men.