The world of Santhenar has fallen Most of the old allies are dead or captured, and the conquering Merdrun are carving Skyrock into a gigantic tower, with a sapphire-clad tunnel at its base. Is it a horrific new weapon to cleanse the world, so they can take it for their own? Only their arch-sorcerer, the sickening, life-drinking magiz, Dagog, knows. Karan, Flydd and their broken allies have only thirty days to find the answer. Thirty days to unlock nine-year-old Sulien's hidden memory and reveal the Merdrun's one fatal weakness. But Sulien has been abducted by the magiz, who needs her talent of far-seeing for his monstrous conspiracy. To save her daughter's life, Karan will have to break into a compound guarded by 150,000 enemy troops and every magical device known to the enemy. Assuming she can get past the traitor in the allies' ranks. You won't want to miss this truly epic fantasy series by a million-selling author What reviewers say about the Three Worlds books "A compelling adventure in a landscape full of wonders." - Locus "A page-turner of the highest order ... Formidable!" - SFX on Geomancer "It is the most engrossing book I've read in years." - Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald "Readers of Eddings, Goodkind and Jordan will lap this one up." - Starlog "Utterly absorbing." Stephen Davenport, Independent Weekly "For sheer excitement, there's just no one like Irvine." SFX on The Destiny of the Dead "As good as anything I have read in the fantasy genre." - Adelaide Advertiser

The Sapphire Portal (The Gates of Good and Evil)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Irvine, Ian

Fantasy

Santhenar Press

A haunted thief-girl. A vengeful sorcerer. If she fails, she dies. 
Karan, a sensitive whose family is cursed by madness, is compelled by honour to steal an ancient magical device and take it to the Magister. But it’s the treacherous Mirror of Aachan, and hidden within it is a deadly secret. 
Llian, a brilliant but naïve Tale-spinner, uncovers a 3,000-year-old mystery too dangerous to be revealed and is expelled from his college. 
Thrown together by fate as they struggle to get to safety, Karan and Llian are ensnared in the machinations of immortals, the vengeance of feuding warlords and the magic of all-powerful wizards. Magic that could break Karan’s fragile mind, and corrupt Llian as he pries into the riddles of the mirror. 
And if they fail the two-faced mirror will spark a millennial war, terrible as a tsunami, that will deluge the land in forbidden magic, tear nations apart, and threaten the very survival of humanity. 
You won’t want to miss this truly epic fantasy series by a million-selling author. More than 2,850 five-star ratings on Goodreads. 
What reviewers say about the Three Worlds books 
“A compelling adventure in a landscape full of wonders.” – Locus 
“A page-turner of the highest order … Formidable!” – SFX on Geomancer 
“It is the most engrossing book I’ve read in years.” – Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald 
“Readers of Eddings, Goodkind and Jordan will lap this one up.” – Starlog 
“Utterly absorbing.” Stephen Davenport, Independent Weekly 
“For sheer excitement, there’s just no one like Irvine.” SFX on The Destiny of the Dead 
“As good as anything I have read in the fantasy genre.” – Adelaide Advertiser 
Reviews and Honours for A Shadow on the Glass 
Shortlisted for the 1998 Aurealis Award, Best Fantasy Novel. 
US edition listed in Sciencefiction.com’s Best of 2001. 
"In a world full of epic fantasy clones, this stands out as a world-building labour of love with some truly original touches." – Locus. 
“A grand-scale epic fantasy that features a pair of unusual heroes and a complex world rich in history and variety.” Library Journal 
“Those who like quests will enjoy A Shadow on the Glass. A recurring theme of betrayal - of people, places, and ideas - heightens the tension and increases the plot's emotional grip.” Starburst, UK 
“Ian Irvine is a great find! He writes beautifully about a vast and intricate world that seems utterly real. His characters are as well drawn as any I’ve come across in fantasy.” – Kate Elliott, author of King’s Dragon 
“Irvine has built a history and wonderful culture for his vivid world. His first novel vibrates with originality.” – The West Australian

A Shadow on the Glass (The View from the Mirror)

WAR RAGES ACROSS SANTHENAR as Aachim, Faellem and old humans pursue the Mirror of Aachan. A desperate Tensor, leader of the Aachim people, flees with it into the wilderness, taking the brilliant young chronicler Llian with him. Only Karan can save him, though she's not sure that she can help herself. Tensor wants her dead, the other powers are hunting her for her sensitive talents, and Rulke the Charon broods over them all from his Nightland prison. The Twisted Mirror holds knowledge that the world can only dream about. How will Tensor use it in the final confrontation? Will Llian be seduced by it too? Or will the Mirror betray them all, in the end?

The Tower on the Rift (The View from the Mirror)

RULKE THE GREAT BETRAYER is free at last, to use the deadly construct he has spent a thousand years perfecting. To succeed he needs just one thing – Karan’s sensitive talent. Karan and her lover Llian are lost in the Nightland, in an alien palace that is collapsing around them. Only Rulke can open the gate and send them home to Santhenar, but Karan is terrified that he will corrupt Llian first. Yggur and Mendark, sworn enemies, struggle to tame the power of the rift. They must seal the gate before Rulke brings forth his construct. If they fail he will ravage the world. And if they succeed, Karan and Llian will be trapped in the Nightland for eternity. REVIEWS “In a world full of epic fantasy clones, this stands out as a world-building labour of love with some truly original touches.” – Locus. ‘Dark is the Moon pulled me along like a tidal wave to its powerful ending.’ Hilary Williamson, Bookloons.com (US).

Dark is the Moon (The View from the Mirror)

THERE IS A DARK FULL MOON on midwinter's day. The foretelling has come to pass. Rulke the Charon is unstoppable now. Karan is held captive in desolate Carcharon tower. Rulke plans to use her to find the Way between the Worlds. On the mountainside below, the allies await their fate. Karan's lover, Llian, is in chains, falsely accused of betraying her to the enemy. As the dark moon rises, Rulke begins to open the Way. If he succeeds, the world will be overwhelmed by the dread armies of the void. There is only one solution. Karan must be the sacrifice.

The Way Between the Worlds (The View from the Mirror)

Geomancer (The Well of Echoes)

Tetrarch (The Well of Echoes)

The node has failed, rendering humanity’s battle clankers and the Aachim’s constructs useless. The battle has been lost. Now hordes of alien lyrinx are swarming out of the tar pits of Snizort, intending to fall upon the survivors and destroy them to the last man. Tiaan is held prisoner by a vengeful Vithis, who is determined to extract her geomantic secrets at any cost. For his failings, Nish has been cast out and branded a traitor while Irisis, accused of high treason, has been forced to flee for her life. The fate of humanity is dependent on the survival of one wily old man, Scrutator Xervish Flydd. But Flydd has been blamed for the defeat at Snizort. His enemy, the vicious Chief Scrutator Ghorr, has expelled Flydd from the Council and stripped him of all rights. Now Flydd is condemned to die a brutish death as a slave, hauling ironclad clankers out of the battlefield mire until his heart bursts under the strain. The third book of the bestselling epic fantasy quartet. REVIEWS “A stunning landscape teeming with mages and monsters. Superb!” Tim Cadman, SMH BEST BOOKS OF 2003. ‘It is the most engrossing book I’ve read in years, the lucid prose unfolding an action-and-suspense storyline featuring wonderfully credible characters.’ Van Ikin, Sydney Morning Herald. Honourable mention, 2003 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel.

Scrutator (The Well of Echoes)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

All resistance has been crushed. In a few minutes of overwhelming violence the Council’s air-dreadnought fleet has destroyed Fiz Gorgo’s defences. Xervish Flydd, Irisis and their allies have been condemned to die in a brutal aerial spectacle designed to reinforce Chief Scrutator Ghorr’s power and majesty. Nish is their one remaining hope. But Nish is trapped in a burning watchtower, and hunted by both the scrutators and his former lover, Ullii, whose twin brother he accidentally killed. Before Nish can hope to rescue his friends, he must convince Ullii to spare him, then overcome the most powerful cabal of mancers in the world as well as the Council’s four hundred crack guards. And even if he succeeds, to win the war the allies still have to defeat the scrutators and overthrow Nennifer, the corrupt Council’s dread bastion, before the rampaging lyrinx overwhelm all Santhenar. The towering final book of the bestselling epic fantasy quartet. PRAISE FOR THE THREE WORLDS BOOKS “… brings his Well of Echoes saga to a spectacular and satisfying conclusion, confirming his reputation for first-rate fantasy page turners.” Van Ikin, SMH BEST BOOKS OF 2004. “A story that is begging to be filmed. Very enjoyable. The action doesn’t flag.” Sue Davies, SF Crowsnest. “A page-turner of the highest order … Arguably the most inventive fantasy author to emerge in recent years, Irvine can now consider himself comfortably ranked next to the works of Robert Jordan and David Eddings and, more appropriately, the mighty Anne McCaffrey. Formidable!” SFX.

Chimaera (The Well of Echoes)

Over a million copies of Ian Irvine's fantasy novels sold. It's not easy to be a hero when your bum is the size of an airship and you're bobbing around the ceiling, mocked by angry dwarves. The Fey Queen, Emajicka, is stealing the children of Grimmery for her Collection. She bathes in their nightmares to relieve her own. There is one nightmare she wants most of all. If Ike had stayed home that Tuesday, he would not have been expelled from school, betrayed a princess or robbed a murderous queen. He would not have been tied to an insane imp desperate to eat his liver. He certainly would not have floated across a strange land on an impossible rescue mission, powered by exploding manure. Nor would he have tried to escape via that disastrous troll-bum door. But can he ever escape the Nightmare Queen? Reviews of Grim and Grimmer "The funniest horror story you'll read in a long while - Ian Irvine is a master of fantasy and this is the best yet." Good Reading "An extraordinary fantasy world. Fast and furious and very funny." Reading Time "A fun adventure for upper-primary readers. Recommended." Bookseller and Publisher "The Grasping Goblin takes the two reluctant heroes on a very wild ride. A grand adventure." Aussiereviews.com "I gasped and laughed my way through these three books." Dee White, Kid's Book Capers. "A wonderful tale. Delightfully dark and delicious." Jacq Ellem, hittheroadjacq.com "The fun explodes off every page." Richard Harland, multi-award winning author of Worldshaker. "Fantasy genius Ian Irvine manages to create a world which is believable, thrilling and funny all rolled into one." Aussiereviews.com on The Headless Highwayman

The Grim and Grimmer Omnibus

Children's Books

Action & Adventure

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