Duncan, Dave 1933-

The cutting edge by Dave Duncan( Book )
13 editions published between 1992 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 469 libraries worldwide
The great adventure had ended happily. The good folk of Krasnegar discovered that a beautiful princess could, indeed, succeed her royal father and rule in her own right--and rule very well, too. And when Queen Inos married Rap, the former stable boy, he turned out to be a very good king. He never admitted that he was a sorcerer, and everyone knew that Rap was a man of his word, so that was all right. The years passed. Rap and Inos raised a family, prospering in their remote little kingdom. But trouble was brewing in the great world outside. The aged imperor grew ever more erratic, more tyrannical. His grandson Shandie, the boy Rap had befriended, was now a great soldier, struggling to suppress ever{u2011}growing upheaval in the borderlands while he waited to inherit the throne. Strange prophecies of upheaval and disaster spread. When the rumors reached even to Krasnegar, Rap scoffed at them as superstition--until one night a god appeared and confirmed that the truth was likely to be far worse. On his travels long ago, Rap himself had made a terrible blunder. Because of that, the world of Pandemia was now poised on the brink of utter disaster. The last thing Rap wanted was another adventure, but it might be the last thing he ever gets

When the saints by Dave Duncan( Book )
5 editions published between 2011 and 2013 in English and held by 459 libraries worldwide
After the Brothers Magnus assemble in Cardice to defend a castle from attack, Wulfgang Magnus finds himself falling in love with a woman already betrothed to someone else, as well as being confounded with strange rules of magic that command the battlefield

The Jaguar Knights : a chronicle of the King's blades by Dave Duncan( Book )
7 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 436 libraries worldwide
Sir Wolf, the infamous King's Killer, is dispatched to rescue an abducted lady, a former royal mistress

Ill met in the arena by Dave Duncan( Book )
10 editions published between 2008 and 2014 in English and held by 394 libraries worldwide
When a young man is bested in a gladiatorial contest by an older Quirt, he insists on finding out where Quirt came from--a quest that will lead him into a familial scandal generations deep

Upland outlaws by Dave Duncan( Book )
11 editions published between 1993 and 2014 in English and Russian and held by 372 libraries worldwide
The deposed Imperor has somehow escaped the power-mad sorcerer who has siezed his throne. However, with few allies, and few free sorcerers left in the world, the problem will be remaining free himself

The cursed by Dave Duncan( Book )
10 editions published between 1995 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 339 libraries worldwide
The story of a people who suffer from star-sickness, an illness which gives them magical powers for both good and evil. Outcasts like our lepers were, they too get their Doctor Schweitzer in the person of Gwin Nien Solith, but unlike him her mission is in constant danger

The living god by Dave Duncan( Book )
13 editions published between 1994 and 2014 in English and Dutch and held by 312 libraries worldwide
A wicked dwarf-sorcerer has taken control of the world and only Rap, a stableboy turned king, stands in his way, but Rap's army is outnumbered

The stricken field by Dave Duncan( Book )
12 editions published between 1993 and 2014 in English and Dutch and held by 306 libraries worldwide
Paranoid but almighty, the sorcerer Xinixo had seized control of the Impire. But ruling the imps and most of the world was not enough. He would never feel safe until he was universally loved, so he would smash everything and then rebuild the whole world in his own insane image. Who could resist him? King Rap of Krasnegar and Shandie, the rightful imperor, were still at large and determined to resist the evil, however slender their chances. Their one, faint hope was to enlist the help of the remaining free sorcerers of the world, those not already spellbound by Xinixo. Their quest soon ran into disaster. Their messengers were betrayed or ensnared. A rampaging goblin army had captured Shandie and was about to torture him to death. Rap was mired in a tropical jungle, hoping his wife and children were safe back home in Krasnegar. They were not in Krasnegar and certainly not safe. As the flames of war raged across Pandemia, news of the disasters penetrated even into Thume, the Accursed Land. Outsiders believed that the pixies had been extinct for a thousand years, but they still lived there, hoarding their magic. Their ruler, the Keeper, adamantly refused to meddle in events outside her borders, but one young pixie girl was prepared to rebel against the ancient order