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  • Requiem by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Requiem by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No matter how fast you are, you can’t outrun your past.When Ramirez receives a call from Shadow Company, he uncovers secrets from Simon’s covert operative days and an instruction: contact Simon. An agent Simon thought dead, has resurfaced, looking for vengeance and his help.Now, together with Monty, Simon must stop this agent from exacting revenge before it’s too late and countless lives are lost...
  • Zero Hour by Will Hill

    Zero Hour by Will Hill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jamie Carpenter and the rest of Department 19 know when the world will end. It ends when Zero Hour comes. And Zero Hour…is here.As Dracula continues his rise, Department 19 is desperately trying to keep the forces of evil at bay. Then, an unexpected source brings a ray of hope, sending Jamie and Larissa on a dangerous mission to find the one thing that could turn back the darkness for good...
  • Druid Apprentice by M.D. Massey

    Druid Apprentice by M.D. Massey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I'm Colin McCool, world-class trouble magnet and druid apprentice extraordinaire. I survived my final confrontation with the Dark Druid by the skin of my teeth...
  • Lies Ripped Open by Steve McHugh

    Lies Ripped Open by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Over a hundred years have passed since a group of violent killers went on the rampage, murdering innocent victims for fun. But even back then, sorcerer Nate Garrett, aka Hellequin, knew there was more to it than simple savage pleasure—souls were being stolen.Nate’s discovery of the souls’ use, and of those supporting the group’s plan, made him question everything he believed...
  • Reaping Wind by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Reaping Wind by Orlando A. Sanchez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You reap what you sow, and when you sow death...vengeance comes to collect. The Dark Council threatens everything Simon holds dear. They want to erase Monty, kill Peaches and remove Simon's immortality—permanently. When Michiko goes missing, Simon realizes there is more at stake than he realizes. When Ken, Michiko's brother asks the Montague & Strong Detective Agency to find her...
  • Fallen by Benedict Jacka

    Fallen by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For Mage Alex Verus, everything is on the line in the tenth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Marked.Once Alex Verus was a diviner trying to live quietly under the radar. Now he's a member of the Light Council who's found success, friends...and love. But it's come with a price--the Council is investigating him, and if they find out the truth, he'll lose everything...
  • Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer

    Only Ashes Remain by Rebecca Schaeffer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After escaping her kidnappers and destroying the black market where she was held captive, all Nita wants is to find a way to live her life without looking over her shoulder. But with a video of her ability to self-heal all over the dark web, Nita knows she’s still a prime target on the black market.There’s only one way to keep herself safe...
  • Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is caught between a rock and a hard place in the eighth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.Right now I wasn’t seeing Richard as the teacher out of my nightmares, he was just another Dark mage, and I looked into the future to see what would happen if I turned that knife on him instead..
  • Prison of Hope by Steve McHugh

    Prison of Hope by Steve McHugh

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Long ago, Olympian gods imprisoned the demon Pandora in a human—Hope—creating a creature whose only purpose was chaos and death. Remorseful, the gods locked Pandora away in Tartarus, ruled by Hades.Now, centuries later, Pandora escapes...
  • Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter

    Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Set in the same world as Faith Hunter’s New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, the second Soulwood novel tells the story of a woman whose power comes from deep within the earth...  Before Nell Ingram met skinwalker Jane Yellowrock, she had no one to rely on, finding strength only in in her arcane connection to the dark woods around her...
  • The 12 Dragons of Albion by Mark Hayden

    The 12 Dragons of Albion by Mark Hayden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name is Conrad Clarke and I claim my reward…You’d think that staying alive and saving the girl would be enough for now.After proving himself in a desperate magickal battle, Conrad is admitted to the King’s Watch.And what does the world of magick do? It laughs in his face.At least Conrad now has a partner with some serious magickal firepower...
  • Nine of Wands by Mark Hayden

    Nine of Wands by Mark Hayden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gold. Beautiful and Deadly. And doubly deadly when you mix it with magick. Conrad and Mina take a time-out from trouble in Spain. It’s their own little Garden of Eden, until a Tarot reader tells him that his troubles have barely begun. Expelled from Paradise, Conrad and the team have to chase the trail of a new source of Alchemical Gold...
  • Tenfold by Mark Hayden

    Tenfold by Mark Hayden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Unto the Tenth Generation…Must we atone for our ancestors’ sins?Conrad’s 11xGreat Grandfather has been haunting his house since 1622, keeping a secret and biding his time. A secret that spells trouble for the world of magick.The King’s Watch want to Summon him. The keepers of the secret don’t want that to happen.They unleash a fire Mage to stop the summoning and don’t care who dies on the way...
  • Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Bound by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is caught between a rock and a hard place in the eighth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.Right now I wasn’t seeing Richard as the teacher out of my nightmares, he was just another Dark mage, and I looked into the future to see what would happen if I turned that knife on him instead..
  • The Rising by Will Hill

    The Rising by Will Hill

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    James Bond meets Dracula in this epic saga of one boy and a ton of weapons versus the world's oldest evil--vampires as you've never seen them before! Sixteen-year-old Jamie Carpenter's life was violently upended when he was brought into Department 19, a classified government agency of vampire hunters that was formed to deal with a little problem . . . known as Dracula...
  • Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint

    Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From World Fantasy Award-winning author Charles de Lint, a tale of love, courage, and the transforming power of imagination Isabelle Copley's visionary art frees ancient spirits. As the young student of the cruel, brilliant artist Vincent Rushkin, she discovered she could paint images so vividly real they brought her wildest fantasies to life...
  • Marked by Benedict Jacka

    Marked by Benedict Jacka

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is hanging on by a thread in the ninth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.When Mage Alex Verus ends up with a position on the Light Council, no one is happy, least of all him. But Alex is starting to realize that if he wants to protect his friends, he'll need to become a power player himself...
  • The Eleventh Hour by Mark Hayden

    The Eleventh Hour by Mark Hayden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Another Day, Another Scar… Conrad needs a rest, and so does Vicky, his partner in fighting magickal crimes. The universe has other ideas. Conrad had planned the perfect weekend in the English Lake District – tie up some loose ends before spending the night with his girlfriend. Simple. What could possibly go wrong? Everything is the answer...
  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman

    American Gods by Neil Gaiman

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 99 ratings
    First published in 2001, here is the New York Times bestselling novel that became an instant classic and was hailed by USA Today as “a powerful, searing force that makes readers confront what is real and what is not…”—now a TV series from FremantleMedia North America is coming to STARZ with Bryan Fuller and Michael Green as showrunners, and starring Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Crispin Glover,...
  • Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews

    Curran POV Collection by Gordon Andrews, Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Not short story, novella, or standalone, but collection of scenes written by Gordon Andrews as a companion to our Kate Daniels series of books. These scenes illustrate the point of view of Curran, the Beast Lord of Atlanta and are provided in gratitude to our readers for all of their support...
  • The Getaway God by Richard Kadrey

    The Getaway God by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Sandman Slim must save himself-and the entire world-from the wrath of some enraged and vengeful ancient gods in this sixth high-octane adventure in the New York Times bestselling seriesBeing a half-human, half-angel nephilim with a bad rep and a worse attitude-not to mention temporarily playing Lucifer-James Stark aka Sandman Slim has made a few enemies...
  • Imajica by Clive Barker

    Imajica by Clive Barker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Imajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. At its heart lies the sensualist and master art forger, Gentle, whose life unravels when he encounters Judith Odell, whose power to influence the destinies of men is vaster than she knows, and Pie 'oh' pah, an alien assassin who comes from a hidden dimension...
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    action-adventure  dark  dystopia  epic  lgbtq  magic  myths  paranormal
  • The Scar by China Miéville

    The Scar by China Miéville

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of Nova Esperium. But the journey is not theirs alone. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city...
  • The Perdition Score by Richard Kadrey

    The Perdition Score by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The request from Thomas Abbot, the Augur of the Sub Rosa council, couldn’t come at a better time for James Stark, aka Sandman Slim. For a man who’s most recently met Death — and death’s killer — a few months of normal life is more than he can handle...
  • Slashback by Rob Thurman

    Slashback by Rob Thurman

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I stopped and let them circle me, first because it was intriguing and, second, because, honestly, what could they do? Only knives, but all armed, and that made them even more interesting. Interesting. Fun.Playtime…Taking on bloodthirsty supernatural monsters is how Caliban and Niko Leandros make a living...
  • The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Matthew Swift, sorcerer, Midnight Mayor, is in charge. Or so he'd like to think. London, being London, is having its issues. Drug use is rampant. Teenage vandalism is driving away business. Violent crimes are on the rise. Once upon a time, Matthew Swift wouldn't have cared. Now it's his mess to clean up...
  • The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

    The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    A missing God.A library with the secrets to the universe. A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away.Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts...
  • Raven Calls by C.E. Murphy

    Raven Calls by C.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Something wicked this way comes…Suddenly, being bitten by a werewolf is the least of Joanne Walker’s problems.Her personal life in turmoil, her job as a cop over, she’s been called to Ireland by the magic within her. And though Joanne’s skills have grown by leaps and bounds, Ireland’s magic is old and very powerful…In fact, this is a case of unfinished business...
    Categorized as:
    action-adventure  dark  demons  dragons  gods  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Shadow Rising by Yasmine Galenorn

    Shadow Rising by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    We’re the D’Artigo sisters: savvy half-human, half-Fae ex-operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. My sister Camille is a wicked-good witch with three sexy husbands. My sister Delilah is a two-faced werecat and Death Maiden. And me? I’m Menolly, a jian-tu turned vampire in love with a wildly hot werepuma...
  • Weaveworld by Clive Barker

    Weaveworld by Clive Barker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    Clive Barker has made his mark on modern fiction by exposing all that is surreal and magical in the ordinary world --- and exploring the profound and overwhelming terror that results...
  • Kill City Blues by Richard Kadrey

    Kill City Blues by Richard Kadrey

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    James Stark, aka Sandman Slim, has managed to get out of Hell, renounce his title as the new Lucifer, and settle back into life in LA. But he's not out of trouble yet. Somewhere along the way he misplaced the Qomrama Om Ya, a weapon from the banished older gods who are also searching for their lost power...
  • Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance

    Curse the Dawn by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Cassandra Palmer may be the all-powerful Pythia now, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped trying to kill her. Most of the supernatural power players don’t want the independent minded Cassie as chief clairvoyant—and they’ll stop at nothing to see her six feet under...
  • The Wonderful Adventures of Geoffrey Scrutinous by Derek Landy

    The Wonderful Adventures of Geoffrey Scrutinous by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A short story written by Derek Landy dedicated to the winner of the character competition, Charlie Smith, containing the winning entry of "Geoffrey Scrutinous"...
  • A Hard Day's Knight by Simon R. Green

    A Hard Day's Knight by Simon R. Green

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    John Taylor is a P.I. with a special talent for finding lost things in the dark and secret center of London known as the Nightside. He's also the reluctant owner of a very special-and dangerous-weapon. Excalibur, the legendary sword...
  • Immune by Shannon Mayer

    Immune by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Alternate Cover Edition: B00BPD5BY6 “My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker.” When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I’m the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. Underestimating demons is a bad idea, and it’s a mistake that may cost me not only my own life, but the life of a missing child...
  • Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks

    Angel Fire East by Terry Brooks

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Angel Fire East marks the close of Terry Brooks's Word and Void trilogy, which began with 1997's Running with the Demon. In this book, the story returns to Nest's native Hopewell, where once again Nest and John must face off against the Void...
  • Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap

    Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Am I dead?”Mebuyen sighs. She was hoping the girl would not ask.Spells and stories, urban legends and immigrant tales: the magic in Isabel Yap’s debut collection jumps right off the page, from the joy in her new novella, 'A Spell for Foolish Hearts' to the terrifying tension of the urban legend 'Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez'...
    Categorized as:
    dark  lgbtq  magic  myths  paranormal  poc-mc  retellings  supernatural
  • End Game by Hailey Edwards

    End Game by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Welcome to the ferocious world of The Foundling, set in an bayou town where men are men - except when they are also dragons, kitties with wings, alligators, and . . . well, Miller.This is the unmissable climax to Hailey Edwards's epic The Foundling series, featuring the fiercest heroine in this world or any other: Luce Boudreau.Orphan. Daughter. Cop. Villain . .
  • Bayou Born by Hailey Edwards

    Bayou Born by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Her beginning may be our end...Deep in the humid swamps of the Mississippi bayou, a mysterious, half-wild child is dragged just in time from the murky waters. She has no memories, no family and is covered in strange markings, the meaning of which no one is able to decipher...
    Categorized as:
    action-adventure  dark  demons  dragons  epic  magic  myths  paranormal
  • A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks

    A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Eight centuries ago the first Knight of the Word was commissioned to combat the demonic evil of the Void. Now that daunting legacy has passed to John Ross - along with powerful magic and the knowledge that his actions are all that stand between a living hell and humanity's future.Then, after decades of service to the Word, an unspeakable act of violence shatters John Ross's weary faith...
  • Hex and the City by Simon R. Green

    Hex and the City by Simon R. Green

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Lady Luck has hired John Taylor to investigate the origins of the Nightside--the dark heart of London where it's always 3 A.M. But when he starts to uncover facts about his long-vanished mother, the Nightside--and all of existence-- could be snuffed out...
  • Reap the Wind by Karen Chance

    Reap the Wind by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The newest book in Karen Chance's New York Times bestselling vampire series!Being a time traveler is a bitch, just ask Cassie Palmer. As the Pythia, or chief seer for the supernatural world, she's got responsibilities and powers — including the ability to travel through time — she still doesn't fully understand...
    Categorized as:
    action-adventure  dark  demons  dragons  gods  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Shadow Walker by Allyson James

    Shadow Walker by Allyson James

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Winter descends on the town of Magellan, and new evil comes to call.Racing her motorcycle down a lonely winter highway, Stormwalker Janet Begay feels the ground collapse beneath her feet. After tumbling two hundred feet into an underground cavern, she manages to escape with help from her sexy dragon-shifter boyfriend, Mick—but not before they disturb some dark forces...
    Categorized as:
    action-adventure  dark  demons  dragons  gods  magic  myths  paranormal
  • Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green

    Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    John Taylor just discovered his long-gone mother created the Nightside—the dark heart of London—and intends to destroy it. To save his birthplace, he will have to travel back through a very distant—and probably deadly—past...
  • Demon Road by Derek Landy

    Demon Road by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The mind-blowing new supernatural thriller from bestselling author DEREK LANDY, creator of international sensation Skulduggery Pleasant.Full of Landy’s trademark wit, action and razor-sharp dialogue, DEMON ROAD kicks off with a shocking opener and never lets up the pace in an epic road-trip across the supernatural landscape of America...
  • Horizon by Alyson Noel

    Horizon by Alyson Noel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Fate has bound them together—and torn them apart. Now Daire and Dace face one final fight that will seal their destiny forever.Daire Santos is the last of the Soul Seekers, and the only thing standing between the Richters and the destruction of everyone she loves...
  • The Book of Secrets by Melissa McShane

    The Book of Secrets by Melissa McShane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Helena Davies just wants a job that will get her out of her parents’ basement. Abernathy’s Bookstore is disorganized, out of the way, and smells funny, but it pays well and promises to at least be interesting. She has no idea how interesting her life will become...
  • The Slightly Ignominious End to the Legend of Black Annis by Derek Landy

    The Slightly Ignominious End to the Legend of Black Annis by Derek Landy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Everville by Clive Barker

    Everville by Clive Barker

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    On the borderland between this world and the world of Quiddity, the sea of our dreams, sits Everville. For years, it has lived in ignorance of the gleaming shore on which it lies. But its ignorance is not bliss...
  • The Neon Graveyard by Vicki Pettersson

    The Neon Graveyard by Vicki Pettersson

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The Final Sign of the ZodiacOnce she was a soldier for the Light, the prophesied savior who would decide the outcome of the eternal conflict raging in the dark corners of her glittering hometown.Now Joanna Archer is just another mortal – still born of an impossible union of Shadow and Light … still hunted by both – and carrying the unborn child of a lover held captive by a depraved demon goddess...
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