On his quest for answers about the death of his parents, the mysterious Amyr, and the Chandrian, Kvothe is forced into the Fae realm by Adem mercenaries, who demand that Kvothe reclaims his family's honor, but in the Fae realm, Kvothe encounters Felurian, a woman no man can resist and none have survived.

Self-taught dragon scholar Alise Kincannon partners with Thymara, a tree-dwelling mutant, to accompany fifteen young, debilitated dragons on their journey to find Kelsingra, their ancient home.

A wizard enters the underground domain of Arha, high priestess of the Powers of the Earth, in an attempt to steal her palace's greatest treasure.

Tavi, the First Lord of Alera, must lead his army back to the Calderon Valley, but it will not be a happy homecoming as he must make his stand against the vord, a dreaded enemy that uses fear to turn the Alerans against one another.

The Cowardly Lion, in search of information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West, arrives at the home of the oracle Yackle, who wants some answers of her own before she dies.

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Now on the cusp of manhood, Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was brutally murdered and replaced by an imposter, reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will leadthem to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne of Lumatere.

A young boy heads out one night on his bike and comes across a mysterious cave where a giant, deadly worm has trapped the librarian.

Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.

After losing Gandalf and being divided from their other companions during an Orc attack, Frodo and Sam continue towards Mordor, Land of the Enemy, to destroy the Ring, accompanied only by a mysterious figure that follows them.