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  • The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie

    The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Conspiracy. Betrayal. Rebellion.Peace is just another kind of battlefield...Savine dan Glokta, once Adua’s most powerful investor, finds her judgement, fortune and reputation in tatters. But she still has all her ambitions, and no scruple will be permitted to stand in her way...
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    dark  magic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Crippled God by Steven Erikson

    The Crippled God by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The Bonehunters march for Kolanse, led by Adjunct Tavore. This woman with no gifts of magic, deemed plain, unprepossessing, displaying nothing to instill loyalty or confidence, will challenge the gods - if her own mutinous troops don't kill her first.Her enemy, the Forkrul Assail, seek to cleanse the world, to annihilate everything...
  • Hallow Wood by A.E. Rayne

    Hallow Wood by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hallow Wood is the fourth book in The Furyck Saga : an action-packed epic fantasy series that weaves together an intricate web of characters and kingdoms, swords and warriors, dark magic and mystery that will leave you wanting more!As the Arnesson brothers finally reach Oss’ harbour, Ivaar’s discomfort grows...
  • Portal to Nova Roma: Venice by J.R. Mathews

    Portal to Nova Roma: Venice by J.R. Mathews

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Alexander and his growing legion have managed to escape Nova Roma and, more importantly, learned that the rest of the world may not be as ravaged and destroyed as they had all thought!Join them as they set sail for ancient Venice, the Queen of the Adriatic, to try to learn more about the wider world outside Nova Roma...
  • Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson

    Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    All is not well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor, while the Letherii secret police conduct a campaign of terror against its own people. The Errant, once a farseeing god, is suddenly blind to the future...
  • Of Sand and Snow by Bryce O'Connor

    Of Sand and Snow by Bryce O'Connor

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    With fifty thousand freed slaves at their back, Raz i'Syul Arro and Syrah Brahnt leave the savannahs of Perce behind. Karesh Syl is no more. Karesh Nan burns at their backs. Beyond the border before them the South looms, ready and waiting, and together Raz and Syrah pray they are prepared for the great offense they must now undertake against the fringe cities...
  • Queen of the Darkness by Anne Bishop

    Queen of the Darkness by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0451456734 here.Jaenelle Angelline now reigns as Queen-protector of the Shadow Realm. No longer will the corrupt Blood slaughter her people and defile her lands. But where one chapter ends, a final, unseen battle remains to be written, and Jaenelle must unleash the terrible power that is Witch to destroy her enemies once and for all...
  • Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.This is a collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection THE LAST WISH...
  • Kingdoms and Chaos by Kel Kade

    Kingdoms and Chaos by Kel Kade

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The future of the Ashaiian haven, the newly founded Kingdom of Cael, is anything but secured. Rezkin must seek recognition from the King of Gendishen if his people are to maintain possession of their island home and the enchanted secret it contains. In an unexpected twist, events overtake Rezkin, and he is thrust into a frustrating adventure to seek a worthless prize...
  • Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson

    Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In Darujhistan, the city of blue fire, it is said that love and death shall arrive dancing. It is summer and the heat is oppressive, but for the small round man in the faded red waistcoat, discomfiture is not just because of the sun. All is not well. Dire portents plague his nights and haunt the city streets like fiends of shadow...
  • A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie

    A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever.On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments...
  • Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 62 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times...
  • Death Unleashed by Steve McHugh

    Death Unleashed by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A DEADLY VENOM. A LOOMING REBELLION. A VICIOUS SIEGE. AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING.For sorcerer Nate Garrett, the stakes have risen. If Asgard falls, he may lose much more than his home - he may lose the thing dearest to him. To stand a fighting chance against Avalon, he must be ready to go to war...
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    dark  fae  magic  military  paranormal  vampires  war  action-adventure
  • Queen of the Shining Sea by Miranda Honfleur

    Queen of the Shining Sea by Miranda Honfleur

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enemy mages and ships. An all-powerful organization gone rogue. One woman refuses to stand aside. After the Divinity reveals its dark intentions, Rielle and her friends patrol the Shining Sea, doing all they can to stem the tide of gold flowing into Magehold and the dangerous goods flowing out...
  • Wrack & Ruin by Dave Willmarth

    Wrack & Ruin by Dave Willmarth

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Maximilian Storm has embraced his new life as a Battleborne. Reincarnated on a strange world in a powerful chimera body, he has gathered friends, made enemies, and developed wondrous new magical and physical abilities. He’s even discovered that a couple of his men, Smitty and Dylan, have chosen to join him on this world...
  • Dancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont

    Dancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Taking Malazan fans back to that troubled continent's turbulent early history. The opening chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's epic new fantasy sequence, the Path to Ascendancy trilogy.For ages warfare has crippled the continent as minor city states, baronies, and principalities fought in an endless round of hostilities...
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    dark  magic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down...
  • Eye for an Eye by Michael Anderle

    Eye for an Eye by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Harriken have decided James Brownstone needs to die. So, they put out a hit on him valued at $500,000.Shay is working her way back to California from a raid on artifacts in Asia, but she could be too late to help. With all of Los Angeles and Southern California's hitmen trying to take out Brownstone, even the cops are sitting this one out...
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    dark  fae  magic  military  paranormal  war  action-adventure  aliens
  • Hail to the King by Michael Anderle

    Hail to the King by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Men Will Be Men. Unfortunately, the women are in no position to stop nature's course.Tyler has figured out an additional way to make money off Brownstone. But Brownstone has to agree, first. Brownstone gets a request from his hacker support after doing a job for the Professor.It seems she might have upset someone close to home...
  • Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.This is a collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection THE LAST WISH...
  • Battleborne by Dave Willmarth

    Battleborne by Dave Willmarth

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Max was a professional soldier, and extremely good at his job. Right up until it killed him.At the moment of his death, he meets Hildi the Valkyrie, and is given three options. Serve Odin in Valhalla as one of the Einherjar, fighting each day and celebrating each night until the battle of Ragnarok. Accept his death as final, and end his existence...
  • Dark Wolf's Awakening by Ryan Evans

    Dark Wolf's Awakening by Ryan Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It has been thousands of years since Beast-Kind were united under one banner. The empire encompasses most of the known world, driving out or enslaving the lesser races without mercy. In a state of constant war and conquest, they have perfected the art of battle.For commoner wolf-kind, Valian, being accepted and trained in a noble house's army was a dream come true...
  • Wild Wastes 5 by Randi Darren

    Wild Wastes 5 by Randi Darren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before world war two could reach its conclusion, the world suffered what could only be defined as a cataclysm.Legend has it that an experiment failed. Catastrophically so. And when it failed, the center of the United States, from the Sierra Nevada to the Mississippi river became "The Waste", where everything changed.Except it didn't only happen in North America...
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    war  military  magic  fae  apocalyptic  dark  paranormal  romance
  • The Desert Prince by Peter V. Brett

    The Desert Prince by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A brand-new epic fantasy adventure set in the beloved world of the Demon Cycle, following a new generation of heroes, from New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett Fifteen years have passed since the end of the war with demons, creatures of darkness who have hunted the night and plagued humanity since time out of mind...
  • Dark Memory by Christine Feehan

    Dark Memory by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Safia Meziane has trained since birth to protect her tribe, the family she holds so dear. All along she told herself the legends she was raised with were simply that. But now, she must call upon all of her skills to fight what lies ahead. Evil has come to their small town on the cost of Algeria, evil that Safia can feel but cannot see...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  vampires  magic  dark  war  romance  fantasy  demons
  • Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist

    Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The final volume in the epic Riftwar Cycle.The dragons are calling...Civil war is tearing apart the Kingdom of the Isles, for the throne lies empty and rivals are converging...
  • A Thunder of War by Steve McHugh

    A Thunder of War by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    There’s thunder on the horizon, and the lightning of war is about to strike. After years of struggle, Layla Cassidy has finally mastered the dark powers that threatened to control her and turned them to good. She’s ready to fight, but the next battle will be her greatest test yet.The forces of Avalon are growing ever stronger, reinforcing their dominance with almighty displays of brutality...
    Categorized as:
    dark  dragons  fae  magic  paranormal  vampires  war  action-adventure
  • Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

    Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing hostilities, Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, joins the White Council's security team to make sure the talks stay civil...
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    dragons  fae  magic  paranormal  vampires  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Blue Blood by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Blood by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WHERE THE DEAD WON’T DIEDays from a cure for his lupine curse, Jason takes an urgent mission. A medieval invader has returned to a remote corner of Eastern Europe. Backed by seven undead knights and a zombie horde, Lord Drago threatens the region’s oldest province with ghastly force...
  • Shadows of Betrayal by Brenda K. Davies

    Shadows of Betrayal by Brenda K. Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As Cole plunges into war against the rebellion in the Gloaming, his enemies aren’t the only things to fear on the battlefield. The Shadow Realms hold more monstrous secrets than Cole or Lexi ever knew, and some of them are about to break free. When allies become enemies and betrayals unfold, Lexi and Cole will learn who they can trust and who wants them dead...
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    apocalyptic  dark  dragons  fae  magic  paranormal  vampires  war
  • Control, Book Seven in the Fated Saga Fantasy Series by Rachel M. Humphrey-D'aigle

    Control, Book Seven in the Fated Saga Fantasy Series by Rachel M. Humphrey-D'aigle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A prophecy made long ago, claiming that three immortal offspring will bring balance to the world of magic.But no one can tell them how..
  • Sons of Destiny by Darren Shan

    Sons of Destiny by Darren Shan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The stunning finale to the "New York Times" bestselling series brings Darren face-to-face with his archenemy, Steve Leopard. One of them will die. The other will become the Lord of the Shadows and destroy the world...
  • Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts

    Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The battleground has been chosen for the final showdown between those selected by the gods and the minions of the vampire Lilith. But there is one vampire who dares stand against her. And his love for the scholarly queen of Geall will complete the circle of six - and change the face of eternity...
  • Stay of Execution by Glynn Stewart

    Stay of Execution by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Vampire War is over. The United States is reeling. The Masquerade is fragmenting. The Apocalypse is here… The long and bloody war with the vampires in the United States has finally ended, thanks to the efforts of the vampire Arbiter and ONSET Commander David White—and a nuclear explosion on American soil...
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    apocalyptic  dark  dragons  magic  military  paranormal  vampires  war
  • The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher Geralt is a witcher: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender, in dark times, against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend. His task, now, is to protect Ciri...
  • Blue Shadow by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Shadow by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B07B7LF8PPThe price of normalcy In the hopes of curing his curse and returning to his fiancé, Jason Wolfe agrees to command a corporate monster-hunting unit. But the team isn’t exactly what he had in mind… A priest, a ninja, a zombie, and a guy who looks like he should be working crew on the carny circuit...
  • Queen of Storms by Raymond E. Feist

    Queen of Storms by Raymond E. Feist

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Dark and powerful forces threaten the world of Garn once more in this second novel in legendary New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist’s epic fantasy series, the Firemane Saga.Hatushaly and his young wife Hava have arrived in the prosperous trading town of Beran’s Hill to restore and reopen the fire-damaged Inn of the Three Stars...
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    dark  magic  military  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  epic
  • A Mark of Kings by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko

    A Mark of Kings by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Despite his youth, Declan Idrys knows of the evils of the world. He knows of the bastards and brigands who plague the King’s lands, of the monsters skulking in the wooded depths of the realm...
  • Soldiers Live by Glen Cook

    Soldiers Live by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When sorcerers and demigods go to war, those wars are fought by mercenaries, "dog soldiers," grunts in the trenches. And the stories of those soldiers are the stories of Glen Cook's hugely popular "Black Company" novels. If the Joseph Heller of Catch-22 were to tell the story of The Lord of the Rings, it might read like the Black Company books. There is nothing else in fantasy like them...
  • Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop

    Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    For centuries, the Others and humans have lived side by side in uneasy peace. But when humankind oversteps its bounds, the Others will have to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and within their community..
  • Forgotten Ruin by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Forgotten Ruin by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Tolkien meets Shock and AweOrcs. Trolls. Wraith riders. Dark wizards. Together, they form an unstoppable force. Or so they thought.Dark Army… meet the U.S. Army Rangers...
  • Timeless by R.A. Salvatore, Victor Bevine

    Timeless by R.A. Salvatore, Victor Bevine

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    12 Hours and 30 MinutesAt long last, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns with one of fantasy's most beloved and enduring icons, the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden, in an all-new trilogy full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills...
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    dark  magic  military  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  epic
  • Crimson Alliance by James A. Hunter

    Crimson Alliance by James A. Hunter

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    October, 2042Three days ago, Jack Mitchel saved his life. By dying.He dodged a world-ending bullet-in the form of an extinction-level asteroid cannonballing toward Earth-by successfully uploading his mind into the brand-new, ultra-immersive, fantasy-based VRMMORPG, Viridian Gate Online. Unfortunately, he's also stumbled headlong into a secret conspiracy that will transform V.G.O...
  • The Black Song by Anthony Ryan

    The Black Song by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A matchless warrior is pitted against a near-God in the second epic installment of the Raven's Blade series. It has long been our lot in life, brother, to do what others can't.Vaelin Al Sorna was known across the realm as the greatest of warriors, but he thought battles were behind him. He was wrong...
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    dark  magic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Blood of the Innocent by Glynn Stewart

    Blood of the Innocent by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A war older than the nation An enemy with agents at every turn An ancient foe with an offer of peace The alliance with the Elfin Warriors has allowed the United States Government’s supernatural forces, the Omicron Branch, to hold the line against the demons and take the war to the Vampire Familias, defeating them in battle and reclaiming their resources...
  • The Core by Peter V. Brett

    The Core by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    For time out of mind, bloodthirsty demons have stalked the night, culling the human race to scattered remnants dependent on half-forgotten magics to protect them. Then two heroes arose—men as close as brothers, yet divided by bitter betrayal...
  • Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 74 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher.For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf...
  • Son of No One by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Son of No One by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    It’s not easy being life’s own personal joke, but Josette Landry has made an unstable peace with the beast. Life will continue to throw every bad thing it has at her, and she will continue to not put her head in an oven. But that’s okay. That which doesn’t kill her will just require a few hours of mental insanity...
    Categorized as:
    dark  dragons  fae  magic  paranormal  vampires  war  action-adventure
  • Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    The Witcher returns in this action-packed sequel to The Tower of Swallows, in the New York Times bestselling series that inspired The Witcher video games. After walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows while narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world... an Elven world. She is trapped with no way out...
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    dark  fae  magic  paranormal  time-travel  vampires  war  20th-century
  • War by Michelle West

    War by Michelle West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The eighth and final book in the epic fantasy House War series closes this chapter in a beloved world of magic and political intrigue, where new threats are stirring.When the Sleepers wake. Once, that phrase meant: never. The Sleepers were a myth, part of a story told to children...
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