Fred Saberhagen

There had been a battle. The berserker had met some terrible opponent, and had taken a terrible wound.

For a game, the gods have given the world 12 Swords of Power so that they might be amused as the nations battle for their possession....

In the distant future, society has crumbled. Dark forces now rule the land, keeping all humans under their oppressive thumbs....

Magistrate Wen Chang, famed for his investigative powers, and his young physician assistant, Kasimir, set out to recover Stonecutter and return the stolen Sword to its rightful owner, Prince Mark....

Returning to the milieu of his Swords trilogy, Saberhagen offers a new scenario....

Lightening and thunder flashed over Bavaria as, in his private laboratory, Victor Frankenstein struggled to bring to life a creature constructed from pieces of the dead - only to find himself confronted by an inhuman monster....

Mark and Ben travel deep into the Blue Temple's hidden horde of treasures in an attempt to recover gold and Swords for Sir Andrew....

Long, long ago, the Gods forged Twelve Swords of Power, each with a unique and deadly quality....

Tom Scheffler knew that this great-uncle, Montgomery Chapel, had made his fortune by selling ancient Egyptian artifacts....

Wayfinder, the Sword of Wisdom, finds its way into the hands of a simple vine-grower in search of the perfect wife. Mark searches desperately for Woundhealer, the Sword that will cure his Princess....

Long ago, the gods forged 12 Swords of Power and threw them on the gameboard of life for greedy mortals to scramble over....

Prince Murat of Culm possesses Coinspinner, the Sword of Chance which brings untold good fortune to its owner....

Now the great Mindsword is in play. Murat of Culm with the help of Coinspinner has located the Blade....

The never-before-told story behind the legend of Count Dracula....

The gods forged the Twelve Swords of Power; now the gods have been destroyed by their own handiwork....

Five hundred years have passed since the combined fleets of humanity met and broke the berserker armada at Stone Place.

The Empress of the Eight Worlds has been assassinated during the Holiday of Life festivities on the planet Salutai.

The Southerland family left the old world to start anew in America, but little did they know that a blood-feud, older than history itself, would follow them through the generations to come....

Long ago, the gods forged Twelve Swords of Power and threw them on the gameboard of life to watch men scramble. But they had forged too well: The Swords could kill the gods themselves....

Long, long ago, two alien races fought a war of extinction. All that is left of either of them are the berserkers: vast, thinking, spacefaring, killer machines whose sole purpose is to destroy all living things....