Laura Resnick

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

While playing a scantily-clad victim in an off-Broadway cult hit in Manhattan, struggling actress Esther Diamond comes to the aid of her co-star, Daemon Ravel, when he is accused of murdering one of his fans before the curtain closes on all of them for good. Original. 22,500 first printing.

Vamparazzi

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Unsympathetic Magic

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Some shelf wear on the cover and spine 
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Arizona

When off-Broadway performer Golly Gee vanishes into thin air, Esther Diamond is approached by the producers to take Golly's place--even as other female performers start to disappear all over the city. Original.

Disappearing Nightly

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Pennsylvania

After her boyfriend falls victim to cursed fortune cookie in New York's Chinatown, Esther Diamond will do whatever it takes to save him and stop other people meeting the same fate. Original. 20,000 first printing.

The Misfortune Cookie

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Virginia

In Fire Forged

An epic saga of such grand scale it must be told in two books Laura Resnick, author of In Legend Born, has created a novel so epic in power and scope that it could only be told in two parts. In The White Dragon, part one of In Fire Forged, the island nation of Sileria had finally been freed from the tyranny of foreign Valdani rule by Josarian, the rebel leader who became the Firebringer foretold in prophecy. But Josarian was slain by the White Dragon, a creation of Kiloran, the most ruthless of the powerful mages called waterlords, who terrorize those who depend on their mercy for the water that all life must have. Now that mercy is denied. As the waterlords begin a reign more terrible than that of the Valdani, Tansen, Josarian's second-in-command, joins forces with Mirabar, a Guardian who is feared and admired for her fire magic, and Zarien, a mysterious sea-born boy. Mirabar and her bitter enemy, Torena Elelar, the faithless wife of a Valdani aristocrat, contend with prophecies both vague and daunting, each destined to serve the destroyer goddess in her own way as they try to discover the meaning of Mirabar's visions. The fragile alliances forged by Tansen between the peasant shallaheen and the Guardian resistance begin to crumble as he tries desperately to save Sileria. Zarien, however, is determined to bring Tansen to the sea goddess Sharifar to be her consort. But no goddess is as easy to placate as mortals may think . . . . And Kiloran will stop at nothing to trap Tansen and crush the resistance in order to maintain his tyrannical reign. As the power struggle among Sileria's warring factions intensifies to a fevered pitch, the tremors of Mount Darshon increase, threatening to engulf them all in molten death. Kiloran and Tansen prepare for a final confrontation that will change Sileria forever. But no one may triumph unless the destroyer goddess wills it . . . . With masterful storytelling, Laura Resnick brings this great epic tale to a conclusion that readers will find riveting and enthralling.

The Destroyer Goddess

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Texas

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

Oregon

For a thousand years, Sileria has toiled under the yoke of foreign conquerors, Savage Moorlanders, sorcerous Kints, and now the hedonistic Valdani have forced the Silerian mountain clans into harsh slavery. Villages have been razed, and the innocent populace dragged to the mines, there to toil until death with no hope of escape. But there is hope. Five disparate people have been brought reluctantly together by the prophesy of a young Guardian--a prophesy that promises the coming of a savior. These five must put aside ages-old blood feuds before the conquerors force all to bend to their vicious will...

In Legend Born

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Oklahoma

Out-of-work actress Esther Diamond, while waiting tables, stumbles upon mystical mayhem and must once again call on Max the magician and Detective Connor Lopez for help when a gangster meets his demise at the hands of his doppelganger. Original.

Doppelgangster 1201

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1st edition August 1998, hardcover.  The only thing I note is some edge dust staing to outter book page edges and 1st page well intact but you can see where it attaches.
No writing or tears noted.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Tennessee

When innocent villagers are forced into the mines by the evil Valdani, five people of Sileria are brought together by fate and prophecy to begin work on a plan that will set them and all their people free from the grasp of their foreign conquerors. 15,000 first printing.

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Nice clean 1st edition, Jine 2003. h
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Free of tears or writing, binding tight.

By the author of In Legend Born It is a time of vast changes in the island nation of Sileria. Oppressed for centuries by one conqueror after another, this land of fierce pride and ancient rivalries awaited the prophesied Firebringer, who would free them. Josarian, a mountain peasant, survived his leap into the volcano to become the Firebringer. He united the impoverished shallaheen, the magical fire-wielding Guardians, and the vastly powerful mages known as Waterlords in an unprecedented alliance that defeated the foreign Valdani who had ruled Sileria for too long. But now Josarian is dead, betrayed by the alliance and slain by the ice-dragon of Kiloran, the most powerful Waterlord in Sileria. Tansen, Josarian’s second-in-command, has taken up the banner of independence, and leads the shallaheen and the Guardians against the Waterlords so that Sileria can be free of a tyranny far worse than Valdani rule. As the volcano goddess Dar rumbles her displeasure in earthquakes and lava flows, the forces of fate, prophecy, and magic combine to create new heroes--from the desolate mountains, from the water-starved cities, from the sea, and even from beneath the earth. Ancient forces join with unlikely allies to fulfill the prophecies that inspire revolt and excite religious fervor. But in Sileria, betrayal has long been a way of life, and it wears many faces as the ambitions of the high and the low ensnare the fates of people across the land, wreaking havoc among the faithful. With consummate narrative skill, Laura Resnick brings to life the excitement and adventure of this magical land in its epic struggle to find its true leaders, heal ancient wounds, and chart a path out of chaos to a new day of peace.

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