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Kesira Minette's world has shattered amid a terrible rain of jade. The magical jade has killed the patron demon of her order and turned ordinary humans into strange werecreatures. Worse, the demons who were not killed have become...insane. She leaves the safety of her cloistered existence, accompanied by a sentient green bird and a tongueless shapeshifter, Molimo.

Together they fight the growing powers of the Jade Demons, who have plunged the world into chaos. Eternal winter, earthquakes of impossible magnitude, clouds that cut human flesh and worst of all, the white fire that burns both body and soul are the obstacles they must overcome. But what fate lies in store of Kesira, even if she is successful in saving the world. In her lies the destruction--and birth of a new world.

Contents:

• The Quaking Lands - [Jade Demons - 1] - (1985)
• The Frozen Waves - [Jade Demons - 2] - (1985)
• The Crystal Clouds - [Jade Demons - 3] - (1985)
• The White Fire - [Jade Demons - 4] - (1986)

The war of demons against mortals begins! Lovely Kesira, cloistered and naive in the ways of the world, is thrust into violence, forced on a sacred quest to avenge her patron, Gelya. Her magical talking bird companion Zoltan is, at times, more of a hindrance than a help. Following her is the shape-changer Molimo as they enter the lair of the loathsome Jade Demons. Kesira's weapons are few, but her resolve is great. Her destiny, that of her companions--and the world--depend on her faith never flagging.

So begins a war of magic and wonder.

WINTER WORLD

It was the Time of Chaos, and a deadly blanket of white enshrouded the world. This was the vengeance of the implacable Jade Demon Ayondela, whose half-human son was killed... struck down by Kesira Minette, the fiercely courageous she-warrior of a religious order, and by Molimo, the man-wolf whose savage strength was devoted to Kesira.

Now they must journey to the Isle of Eternal Winter, Ayondela's stronghold, through a land of killing cold, filled with demon spawn, human mercenaries, magicks, monks, and fearsome beasts. And unless they can force Ayondela to renounce the power of the jade and her icy fury... their planet is doomed.

Kesira Minette, proud she-warrior and last flame of a fallen creed, now faces a challenge greater than ever before. Together with her proud companions-the fierce man-wolf Molimo, and the wise magical bird Zolkan-she has journeyed to the fabled mountains of Sarn, realm of the wrathful Jade Demon Ayondela. There she will seek a confrontation with evil... and discover the fearful answer to the buring question that haunts her. For Kesira bears with her a magical child, a babe who never cries but whose eyes shine with a mysterious light. Against mercenaries armed with axe and spear, against demons bent on Kesira's destruction, the child acts as a talisman against the forces of night. what is the small one's special destiny? Will he be Kesira's salvation.... or a demon spawn who will unleash untold horror?

With the aid of the powerful changeling Molimo and her wondrous magical bird Zolkan, Kesira Minette, a beautiful warrior-maiden, battles to free her people from the tyranny of the Jade Demons.