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Portal to Nova Roma: Venice by J.R. Mathews
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlexander 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... -
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Portal to Nova Roma by J.R. Mathews
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo find peace, Alexander must first embrace war.After tragically losing the only person he ever cared about, Alexander, a rogue artificial intelligence, opens a portal to an alternate dimension to escape his grief...Categorized as:
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Kushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsThe land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It's inhabited by the race that rose from the seed of angels, and they live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó Delaunay was sold into indentured servitude as a child. Her bond was purchased by a nobleman who recognized that she was pricked by Kushiel's dart, chosen to forever experience pain and pleasure as one... -
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Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsWhen the children of his village were struck with a mysterious illness, Number Ten Ox sought a wiseman to save them. He found master Li Kao, a scholar with a slight flaw in his character. Together, they set out to find the Great Root of Power, the only possible cure...Categorized as:
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The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAs the “audacious and subversive”* Shadow Campaigns novels continue, the weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of Vordan’s enemies is only growing worse..Categorized as:
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Factotum by D.M. Cornish
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRossamund Bookchild stands accused of not truly being a human at all, but of being a monster. Even the protection of Europe, the Branden Rose-the most feared and renowned monster-hunter in all the Half-Continent-might not be enough to save him. Powerful forces move against them both, intent on capturing Rossamund- whose existence some believe may hold the secret to perpetual youth...Categorized as:
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Lamplighter by D.M. Cornish
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe eagerly awaited second book of the critically acclaimed trilogy! Orphan Rossamund Bookchild has been sworn into the Emperor's service his duty is to light the lamps along the Emperor's highways and protect travelers from the ferocious bogles that live in the wild... -
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Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCrispin is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with colored stones and glass. Summoned to Sarantium by imperial request, he bears a Queen's secret mission, and a talisman from an alchemist...Categorized as:
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Immortal Swordslinger 4 by Dante King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEthan Murphy lo Pashat has returned to Radiant Dragon, and everything seems normal until a mysterious monastery appears in Flametongue Valley. Guildmaster Xilarion sends Ethan and his friends to the monastery for a new kind of training that will unlock their most powerful forms of Augmenting so far...Categorized as:
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Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of airships and steam engines, of unusual animals and mysterious machines...Categorized as:
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Immortal Swordslinger 3 by Dante King
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEthan enters the Gonki province, known for its powerful Earth Augmenters. He is turned aside at the city gates by a beautiful priestess who commands a mighty earth golem. To restore the rightful ruler, he must master new elements and combine existing powers...Categorized as:
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Immortal Swordslinger 2 by Dante King
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSent to a foreign land torn apart by strife, Ethan learns more powerful techniques, discovers new combination elements, and meets a siren princess...Categorized as:
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The Desert and the Blade by S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn his novels of the Change, New York Times bestselling author S.M. Stirling presents “a devastated, mystical world that will appeal to fans of traditional fantasy as well as post-apocalyptic SF... -
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Guns of the Dawn by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe first casualty of war is truth . . .First, Denland's revolutionaries assassinated their king, launching a wave of bloodshed after generations of peace. Next they clashed with Lascanne, their royalist neighbour, pitching war-machines against warlocks in a fiercely fought conflict. Genteel Emily Marshwic watched as the hostilities stole her family's young men...Categorized as:
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![The Best of Robert E. Howard: Grim Lands (Volume 2) by Robert E. Howard]()
The Best of Robert E. Howard: Grim Lands (Volume 2) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“[Behind Howard’s stories] lurks a dark poetry and the timeless truth of dreams.” –Robert Bloch “Howard’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks.”–Stephen KingThe classic pulp magazines of the early twentieth century are long gone, but their action-packed tales live on through the work of legendary storyteller Robert E. Howard... -
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Monster Core 2 by Dante King
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Now, we become adventurers. . .” Von Dominus continues to build Zagorath into a lair worthy of an evil overlord. When a new item brings another realm to his fingertips, it’s time the dungeon did a little diving of his own...Categorized as:
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Of Limited Loyalty by Michael A. Stackpole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1767. In the three years since defeating the Tharyngians at Anvil Lake, The Crown Colonies of Mystria have prospered. Colonists, whether hunting for new land or the Promised Land of prophecy, have pushed beyond the bounds of charters granted by the Queen of Norisle. Some of these new communities have even had the temerity to tell the Crown they are no longer subject to its authorities...Categorized as:
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Dragon's Teeth by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA massive collection of wonderous science fiction and fantasy stories from New York Times best-selling Mercedes Lackey. Includes Fiddler Fair and Werehunter for the first time in one volume.A massive collection of wonderous science fiction and fantasy stories from New York Times best selling Mercedes Lackey...Categorized as:
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Foreign Devils by John Hornor Jacobs
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world is on the brink of war. Fisk and Shoe - mercenaries, very much not wanting to get caught in the middle of a political whirlwind - must deliver a very important message, and find a very dangerous man. They have caught the eye of the powerful men of the world, and now the stakes are higher than they like... -
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Wyrde and Wayward by Charlotte E. English
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘If you had not already realised it, this is a very strange house you are come to.’ The Scions of the House of Werth are all born normal. It is what happens afterwards that sets them apart. It is not easy being the most supernatural family in England...Categorized as:
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Bloodrush by Ben Galley
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Prime Lord Hark is found in a pool of his own blood, his only son Merion Hark finds his world turned upside down and inside out. The Prime Lord’s last will and testament forces Merion west across the Iron Ocean, to the very brink of the Endless Land and all civilisation. To a place they call Wyoming... -
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Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe gathering forces of the Dark Powers threatened the world of man. The legions of Faery, aided by trolls, demons and the Wild Hunt itself, were poised to overthrow the realms of light.And alone against the armies of Chaos stood one man, the knight of Three Hearts and Three Lions... -
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The Dragon in the Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe third novel in the History of John Daker, The Eternal Champion... -
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Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories by Garth Nix
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsNicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall.Thoughts of Lirael and Sam haunt his dreams, and he has come to realize that his destiny lies with them, in the Old Kingdom. But here in Ancelstierre, Nick faces an obstacle that is not entirely human, with a strange power that seems to come from Nicholas himself...Categorized as:
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![The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Kate Elliott]()
The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn, Kate Elliott
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn Tira Verte births, marriages, treaties and all official documents are painted, not written. The paintings by certain males of the Grijalva family are also magical. This book tells the story of one such painter-magician's obsession with power, with life, and with a love he can never claim...Categorized as:
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![The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman]()
The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA fantastical reimagining of the American West which draws its influence from steampunk, the American western tradition, and magical realismThe world is only half made...Categorized as:
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Giants by Vaughn Heppner
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne third of the angels rebelled and a bitter war followed. Some of the defeated rebels fled to Earth, becoming the bene elohim. There they raised mortal kingdoms. Avenging shining ones followed, and for a thousand years war raged. In the end, the shining ones dragged the bene elohim off Earth and chained them within Stygian prisons.But the Nephilim remained...Categorized as:
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King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe Kingdom of Wendar is in turmoil. King Henry still holds the crown, but his reign has long been contested by his sister Sabella, and there are many eager to flock to her banner. Internal conflict weakens Wendar's defences, drawing raiders, human and inhuman, across its borders. Terrifying portents abound and dark spirits walk the land in broad daylight...Categorized as:
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Dawn of the Overlords by Kevin Potter
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen dragons return to Earth from their millennia-long slumber, one of them could be the only hope for peace.Dauria was a young, idealistic dragon when she helped establish the pact to force all dragons to withdraw from the world of man.The Watchers, led by Sura, say humanity has had its chance and it’s time to take the Earth back from them. Even if they destroy it in the process... -
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Uncharted by Kevin J. Anderson, Sarah A. Hoyt
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDragon Award winning new Alternate History Fantasy series created by New York Times best-selling author Kevin J. Anderson and Sarah A. Hoyt.Arcane America A new world. New magic. New history. After Halley’s Comet was destroyed in a magical battle in 1759, the backlash separated the entire New World from the Old in an event known as The Sundering...Categorized as:
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Servant of the Underworld by Aliette de Bodard
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYear One-Knife, Tenochtitlan the capital of the Aztecs. The end of the world is kept at bay only by the magic of human sacrifice. A Priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. Acatl, High Priest, must find her, or break the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead... -
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The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIn less than a year, Kelsea Glynn has grown from an awkward teenager into a powerful monarch and a visionary leader.And as she has come into her own as the Queen of the Tearling, she has transformed her realm...Categorized as:
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Cobweb Bride by Vera Nazarian
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMany are called...She alone can save the world and become Death's bride.Cobweb Bride is a history-flavored fantasy novel with romantic elements of the Persephone myth, about Death's ultimatum to the world...Categorized as:
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Wolfsangel by M.D. Lachlan
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Viking King Authun leads his men on a raid against an Anglo-Saxon village. Men and women are killed indiscriminately but Authun demands that no child be touched. He is acting on prophecy. A prophecy that tells him that the Saxons have stolen a child from the Gods. If Authun, in turn, takes the child and raises him as an heir, the child will lead his people to glory...Categorized as:
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The Last Days of Magic by Mark Tompkins
Rated: 3.23 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAn epic novel of magic and mysticism, Celts and faeries, mad kings and druids, and the goddess struggling to reign over magic’s last outpost on the EarthWhat became of magic in the world? Who needed to do away with it, and for what reasons? Drawing on myth, legend, fairy tales, and Biblical mysteries, The Last Days of Magic brilliantly imagines answers to these questions, sweeping us back to a...Categorized as:
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