In the lands of the True Game, your lifelong identity will emerge as you play. Prince or Sorcerer, Armiger or Tragamor, Demon or Doyen... Which will it be?

Some will be kings, some will be sorcerers, and some pawns in the real lives of those who live the magical chess game on True Life. But one child is wreaking havoc; he can be any player he likes and threatens to destroy the game forever.

The son of Mavin Manyshaped is back. Let the Players of the True Game beware. A giant stalks the mountains. The Shadowpeople gather by the light of the moon. The Bonedancers raise up armies of the dead. And the Wizard's Eleven sleep, trapped in their dreams. Players, take your places. The final Game begins.

When recklessly headstrong Mavin Manyshaped learns to control her Talent for changing into any shape, she begins to fulfill her destiny as the most notorious shape-shifter in all the lands of the True Game

There were seven cities in the Chasm. built to cling to the great cliff wall, woven into the massive roots of the flattrees! Once there had been eight cities - but the eighth had disappeared one night, fallen into the chaem's mysterious depths. No one hadever ventured to the bottom of the chasm. No one had dared, in spite of tales of the lost city's treasure. Until the bird-woman Mavin came like a messenger of heaven to lead the people of the chasm on a fabolous, dangerous quest.

Mavin the shape-shifter and Himaggery the wizard made a vow. When twenty years had come and gone in the lands of the True Game, they would meet again. But Himaggery has vanished into the wilds, chasing fairy tales and dreams, leaving only a letter of love behind for Mavin to find. If he were dead, she would know it. If he were simply dead, sorcerers could trace the scent of his trail, necromancers could raise his bones from the dust. But he has disappeared without a trace, beyond the power of wizardry. And so the search of Mavin Manyshaped begins...

Jinian's love for Peter, the son of wizards, leads her to share his life of danger and adventure

Jinian journeys with her forbidden love Peter to the location of the deadly crystals—and into a terrifying secret

When the world of Lom seems mysteriously bent on its own destruction, Jinian and Peter enter the Great Maze, which holds all the memories of the world, in hopes of saving their home world

Grass, has helped redefine speculative fiction. Award winner, national bestseller, and one of the genre's most respected and acclaimed talents, she has transcended the boundaries of science fiction and fantasy with her widespread success. Available for the first time in one volume, this is the long out-of-print trilogy that launched her remarkable career: King's Blood Four, Necromancer Nine, and Wizard's Eleven. In the lands of the True Game, your lifelong identity emerges as you play-Prince or Sorcerer, Demon or Doyen. Raising the dead is the least of the Necromancer's Talents-he is a wild card who threatens the True Game itself. A giant stalks the mountains. Shadowpeople gather by the light of the moon. Bonedancers raise up armies of the dead. And the Wizard's Eleven sleep trapped in their dreams. Players, take your places. The final Game begins now...