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  • Cultivating Chaos: Book 2 by William D. Arand

    Cultivating Chaos: Book 2 by William D. Arand

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ash’s life is anything but normal these days.Having unlocked his Dantian, he’s grown in power. Grown to the point where he has others that depend on him for that power.In this world of martial arts, only the strong and the ruthless survive.Everyone else is merely a stepping stone on their path of Cultivation, or an obstacle to be overcome.Or knocked down...
  • Cultivating Chaos 3 by William D. Arand

    Cultivating Chaos 3 by William D. Arand

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    (Book 3 of 9)Ash’s life is anything but normal these days.Having discovered his Dao, he’s grown in power. Grown to the point that others are now aware of him and that he could be a danger.In this world of martial arts, only the strong and the ruthless survive.Everyone else is merely a stepping stone on their path of Cultivation, or an obstacle to be overcome.Or knocked down...
  • The Swords of Night and Day by David Gemmell

    The Swords of Night and Day by David Gemmell

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Even in death, Skilgannon the Damned's name lives on. Now, as an ancient evil threatens to flood the Drenai heartlands in a tide of blood, he returns...A thousand years after they fell in battle, two heroes - Druss and Skilgannon - are revered throughout the war-torn lands of the Dernai, where men and women live in abject fear of the dark sorceress known as the Eternal..
  • Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

    Nevernight by Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  assassins  dark  dystopia  epic  female-mc  horror  lgbtq
  • Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff

    Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    The epic conclusion to the internationally bestselling Nevernight Chronicle from New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff.The greatest games in Godsgrave’s history have ended with the most audacious murders in the history of the Itreyan Republic.Mia Corvere, gladiatii, escaped slave and infamous assassin, is on the run...
  • Half the World by Joe Abercrombie

    Half the World by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Thorn Bathu was born to fight. But when she kills a boy in the training square she finds herself named a murderer.Fate places her life in the hands of the deep-cunning Father Yarvi as he sets out to cross half the world in search of allies against the ruthless High King. Beside her is Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill...
  • The Gods of Men by Barbara Kloss

    The Gods of Men by Barbara Kloss

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sable hated the gods. She hated what men did in their name.Magic is forbidden throughout the Five Provinces; those born with it are hunted and killed. Sable doesn’t know her music holds power over souls—not until, at age nine, she plays her flute before the desert court and accidentally stops her baby sister’s heart, killing her...
  • Bound by Mark Lawrence

    Bound by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    This is a 16,000 word short story, primarily featuring Nona, Ara, Kettle, Regol. It should be read between Grey Sister and Holy Sister. Again, I stress SHORT STORY...
    Categorized as:
    assassins  dark  dystopia  epic  female-mc  lgbtq  magic  paranormal
  • Skullsworn by Brian Staveley

    Skullsworn by Brian Staveley

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Brian Staveley’s new standalone, Skullsworn, returns to the critically acclaimed Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne universe, following a priestess-assassin for the God of Death.“Brilliant.” ―V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the award-winning epic fantasy world of The Emperor’s Blades…Pyrre Lakatur is not, to her mind, an assassin, not a murderer―she is a priestess...
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    alpha-mc  assassins  dark  epic  female-mc  horror  lgbtq  magic
  • Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop

    Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Librarian's Note: Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.The Dark Kingdom is preparing itself for the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy--the arrival of a new Queen, a Witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. But this new ruler is young, and very susceptible to influence and corruption; whoever controls her controls the Darkness...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  female-mc  horror  magic  paranormal  supernatural  abuse
  • The Dark Defiles by Richard K. Morgan

    The Dark Defiles by Richard K. Morgan

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The final part of Richard Morgan's fast-moving and brutal fantasy brings Ringil to his final reckoning and sees the world tipping into another war with the dragon folk. And, most terrifying of all, the prophecy of a dark lord come to rule may be coming true very close to home ..
    Categorized as:
    anti-hero  dark  epic  horror  lgbtq  magic  mystery  paranormal
  • The Path of Flames by Phil Tucker

    The Path of Flames by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A war fueled by the dark powers of forbidden sorcery is about to engulf the Ascendant Empire. Agerastian heretics, armed with black fire and fueled by bitter hatred, seek to sever the ancient portals that unite the empire - and in so doing destroy it.Asho--a squire with a reviled past--sees his liege, the Lady Kyferin, and her meager forces banished to an infamous ruin...
  • The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan

    The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The otherworldly Kiriath once used their advanced technology to save the world from the dark magic of the Aldrain, only to depart as mysteriously as they arrived. Now one of the Kiriath’s uncanny machines has fallen from orbit, with a message that humanity once more faces a grave danger: the Ilwrack Changeling, a boy raised to manhood in the ghostly realm of the Gray Places...
    Categorized as:
    anti-hero  dark  epic  horror  lgbtq  magic  paranormal  supernatural
  • Prisoner of the Iron Tower by Sarah Ash

    Prisoner of the Iron Tower by Sarah Ash

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A weaver of tales, a caster of spells, and a writer of rare imagination, Sarah Ash lends her unique vision to epic fantasy. In this captivating continuation to her story, the author of Lord of Snow and Shadows revisits a realm filled with spirits and singers, daemons and kings.Gavril Nagarian has finally cast out the dragon-daemon from deep within himself...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  magic  mystery  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  book
  • The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan

    The Steel Remains by Richard K. Morgan

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A dark lord will rise. Such is the prophecy that dogs Ringil Eskiath—Gil, for short—a washed-up mercenary and onetime war hero whose cynicism is surpassed only by the speed of his sword. Gil is estranged from his aristocratic family, but when his mother enlists his help in freeing a cousin sold into slavery, Gil sets out to track her down...
  • The Broken Empire Trilogy: Prince of Thorns / King of Thorns / Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    The Broken Empire Trilogy: Prince of Thorns / King of Thorns / Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him...
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