The Karavans universe offers a huge cast of characters including humans, demons, gods and demi-gods, wizards, warlocks, diviners, sorcerers--and Things Unknown. In the aftermath of a bitter, brutal war waged by a neighboring warlord, refugees are seeking a new home in another province. Safety lies in numbers, and these refugees join various karavans to travel from one province to another, hoping to avoid enemy patrols. But also threatening their safety is something wholly unattached to the whims of humans: the land known as Alisanos, a sentient hell-on-earth that changes locale at will. Home to a a magic wholly poisonous to humans and to creatures out of nightmares, Alisanos wreaks havoc on entire villages or single individuals by literally swallowing them up. Few humans ever find their way out again . . . those who do, altered by the magic of Alisanos, are no longer what they were in mind or body. The first KARAVANS novel will appear in hardcover in April 2006. The second volume will be published in 2007, and at the same time the paperback edition of #1 will be released. The third volume will be published in 2008 in hardcover, with the paperback version of #2. The paperback edition of #3 will appear in 2009.   A short story set in the Karavans universe appeared in DAW's 30th Anniversary Fantasy Anthology. To meet several of the characters from the first novel, click on the link below. 
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