From "one of the greatest writers of this century," a fantasy masterpiece about the aftermath of a marriage between a mortal prince and an elfin princess. -Arthur C. Clarke Before the fellowships and wardrobes and dire wolves . . . . . . there was the village of Erl and the Kingdom of Elfland. Considered formative to the development of the fairy tale and high fantasy subgenres, The King of Elfland's Daughter follows Alveric, who...

First published in 1485, during England's War of the Roses, "Le Morte d'Arthur" or "The Death of Arthur" combines all of the known legends of King Arthur into one creative text. Beginning with the birth of Arthur and telling the tale of his rise to become the head of the Knights of the Round Table and the husband of Guinevere, we also learn of Lancelot, Arthur's most venerated knight. Many of the other knights' stories are told with varying degrees...

In a future world heavily contaminated by nuclear radiation, survival has become unprecedentedly difficult. The nuclear radiation has created a more distinct gap between humans than between humans and animals! Yet, it shaped him-Super Agent Liu Feng is a lucky survivor who gradually grows stronger at the gathering point of wild wolves in the town of Wanuka in the wilderness. Equipped with a double-barreled shotgun and various magical abilities, he...

First told orally by unknown generations of Welsh storytellers, "The Mabinogion" was subsequently written down in the 13th century in the form of a collection of prose tales. These stories draw on pre-Christian Celtic myth, folklore, and Welsh history and tradition to tell a magical set of stories that reach back to the Iron Age and Arthurian romance. These eleven tales are set in both the land of Wales and a dim otherworld, with a wide cast of vibrant...

In a world where the strong prey on the weak, Li Fan, who has traveled to a different world, finds himself in a body that is the most useless and incapable of cultivation. Although this body once had a powerful family background, its inability to cultivate led to a violent temper, frequently bullying others until it met an untimely death in an accident, at which point Li Fan took over by a twist of fate.However, fortune favors the bold, and Li Fan...

"Yan Li was once a genius disciple of the Great Wilderness Palace, but due to a mysterious person sabotaging his foundation, his cultivation continuously deteriorated, eventually rendering him a cripple. Ten years later, his lover Long Ziyue was abducted by the mysterious person, leaving Yan Li disheartened and retreating to the wilderness.In his despair, Yan Li chose to end his life by jumping off a cliff, only to be reborn in the body of Li Li,...

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrún, and the Fall of the Niflungs.

“Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiquity, in two closely related poems to which he gave the titles The New Lay of the Völsungs

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An elaborate parody written by the French Renaissance humanist, writer, Greek scholar, and physician Francois Rabelais, "Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a comic blend of energetic realism and carnival fantasy. First published in1532, "Gargantua and Pantagruel" relates the fantastical tales of its titular characters, Gargantua, a giant who becomes a sophisticated and cultured Christian knight, and his son Pantagruel, also a giant, who grows into a learned...

The day before the aurora event, Ye Feng was just an ordinary resident of a small third-tier city, living a mundane life. When the aurora descended, his body underwent inexplicable changes, and his brain was flooded with countless pieces of information, creating unimaginable pressure. Ye Feng gradually realized he had gained a supernatural ability to deduce everything in the universe. As long as he had enough energy and a strong body, he could unravel...

Fairy tales are alive with the supernatural - elves, dwarfs, fairies, giants, and trolls, as well as witches with magic wands and sorcerers who cast spells and enchantments. Children into Swans examines these motifs in a range of ancient stories. Moving from the rich period of nineteenth-century fairy tales back as far as the earliest folk literature of northern Europe, Jan Beveridge shows how long these supernatural features have been a part of storytelling,...