Search Worlds Without End

Three novellas of elven magic return to the world of the Strands of Starlight series and place the fate of humankind in the hands of Varden the Elf, while in another three stories, an ancient spirit stirs in contemporary Colorado.

Table of Contents:

• xi - Introduction (Spires of Spirit) - essay
• 17 - Charity - novella
• 66 - Lady of Light - novella
• 107 - A Touch of Distant Hands - novella
• 155 - Elvenhome - novelette
• 197 - Please Come to Denver (in the Spring) - novelette
• 239 - The Shadow of the Starlight - (1985) - novelette

Miriam is a frail young outcase whose healing powers have branded her a witch in the Inquisition of fourteenth-century Europe. Fleeing her city in search of the Free Towns and acceptance, she is brutally violated by a man she heals from the brink of death. Saved by the intervention of the elves, Miriam swears to exact revenge on her assailant. But first she must learn the art of swordsmanship and train to be a warrior with her newfound power of elfin sorcery.

When the Free Towns come under siege by the Inquisition -- led by Miriam's attacker -- the safety and very existence of her people is threatened. Miriam knows her strength will be tested in a face-to-face confrontation with her enemy, but how can she battle for the freedom of others when her own revenge is a mere sword's lengeth away...?

In the sequel to Strands of Starlight, Christopher, Baron of Aurverelle, rescues Vanessa, a young peasant girl with extraordinary powers, from the persecution of the Inquisition, and the two join forces with Elvenkind to save the world from murderous rebels.

The lone elf survivor in the repressive age of The Inquisition, Natil encounters three things that keep her from departing this world--a young woman hearing voices, a vision of the future, and an Inquisitor.

Natil, the last survivor of the ancient Elven race, journeys across time to the twentieth century to find a new breed of Elves, humans who had unlocked the path to magic and immortality, but their new world is threatened with perils that not even Elven magic may defeat.