Moonhawk is a priestess of the Goddess, traveling on quest. Lute is an itinerant magician, specializing in sleight-of-hand and ventriloquism. The two of them meet on the road, and continue on together, down the road, and across lifetimes."Where the Goddess Sends," is the story of Moonhawk and Lute's first meeting. "A Spell for the Lost" sees them working, each in their different ways, to solve the mystery of their host's missing daughter. "Moonphase"...

Kareen yos'Phelium Clan Korval has always done everything that was proper, rising by study and by example to become the foremost scholar of the Liaden Code of Proper Conduct on Liad and perhaps in the galaxy. Indeed, it seems that the only people she cannot influence to seemly action are the members of her own Clan. Now, with Plan B in effect Kareen must act. Is she merely an expert of the Code, or is she a DAUGHTER OF DRAGONS?* * *Trees, propose,...

When Clan Korval knows your name...Abandoned on a strange port by a scam gone bad, his license to pilot rescinded, and his pockets very much to let, Fer Gun pen'Uldra was teetering between trouble, more trouble, and bad trouble. Cornered in a cheap bar by a too-knowledgeable stranger with an unlikely offer, Fer Gun realized having no money and no license might be the least of his troubles. Clan Korval knew his name and that proposal was hard to refuse......

Before Miri Robertson met Val Con yos'Phelium she was an acclaimed mercenary soldier. Before she was an acclaimed mercenary soldier with the Gyrfalks, she was "Redhead," a young recruit in Lizardi's Lunatics. On Klamath it was Miri's job to carry Lizardi's Lunatics' special meteorological and comm equipment. That was her duty. Meanwhile, there was a weatherman, a Liaden, known as Ichliad Brunner. A weatherman's job is to observe and predict, and...

A faction of renegade priestesses is seeking to circumvent the Dyan City High Priestess to outlaw "hedge magicians." Their reason is that such "bogus magic" confuses the simple, and diverts awe and respect that ought to be reserved for the true magic worked by priestesses in the name of the Goddess. Meanwhile, Master Magician Lute arrives in Dyan City on Beltane Eve, driven there by the will of the Goddess. Is he a sacrifice? Or is he the Hammer...

Included in this volume is "Veil of the Dancer," in which a scholar with three daughters properly marries off the two eldest, while teaching the youngest, Inas, how to read and thereby endangering them all. Also included is "Quiet Knives," which finds Captain Rolanni with time on her hands time to fulfill a promise she made years ago to a man who may no longer be a friend."Put plainly and simply, I like the Liaden books. . .for a whole slew of reasons....

You've heard of Neverland and its inhabitants. Fairies, pirates, mermaids, and a boy who didn't want to grow up. But you can't always believe the stories.

Pilot of Korval finds Er Thom yos'Galan and Daav yos'Phelium, raised together as brothers, separated and beginning to learn their adult roles of trader and scout. In "Breath's Duty," a grown-up Daav must undertake a painful duty of friendship find his best friend's ship, which was lost in the aftermath of a space battle, and return it, if he can, to Scout Headquarters.

Two new Liaden Universe® adventures! Novelette "Kin Ties" explores the ties that bind beloved kin and desperate enemies. Short story "Guaranteed Delivery" is a tale of love, leadership, and insurance fraud. Both stories appeared in slightly altered form on the authors' Splinter Universe website

Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number One. Originally published by SRM Publisher in 1995. Includes the two classic Liaden stories, "To Cut an Edge," and "A Day at the Races." "To Cut an Edge" details a Scout trainee's meeting with an alien; and "A Day at the Races," pits two young gentlemen of fashion against their very proper aunt.