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  • The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud

    The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Five months after the events in THE CREEPING SHADOW, we join Lockwood, Lucy, George, Holly, and their associate Quill Kipps on a perilous night mission: they have broken into the booby-trapped Fittes Mausoleum, where the body of the legendary psychic heroine Marissa Fittes lies. Or does it? This is just one of the many questions to be answered in Book 5 of the Lockwood & Co. series...
  • The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

    The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 56 ratings
    More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as Chalklings. Rithmatists are humanity’s only defense against the Wild Chalklings. Having nearly overrun the territory of Nebrask, the Wild Chalklings now threaten all of the American Isles...
  • War of the Dragon by Jessica Drake

    War of the Dragon by Jessica Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zara and Lessie's adventure continues in Book 4 of the Dragon Riders of Elantia series, perfect for fans of Eragon, Pern, and Temeraire! When Zara and Lessie finally make it back to Elantia, the last thing they expect is to find that nearly all the dragons have gone missing...
  • Soulbrand by Andrew Rowe

    Soulbrand by Andrew Rowe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Tournament of the Sacred Sword sounded like exactly the type of thing Keras would enjoy: a series of challenges for thousands of contestants seeking a chance to fight for the Sacred Sword of Earth. He knew there would be challenges. It wouldn’t be a high-stakes tournament without a few high-profile assassinations and mysterious murders, after all...
  • The Omen by Edward Brody

    The Omen by Edward Brody

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Book 5 of the bestselling Eden's Gate series! After the turmoil in the Arena, Gunnar retreats from Highcastle and attempts to maintain a low profile while the heat regarding Reborns subsides. Avoiding the human cities, he sets out to unexplored lands with guild mates and a potential new recruit...
  • House of Cards by R.L. King

    House of Cards by R.L. King

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHERJust when Kira Talon is sure her life couldn’t go better, the unthinkable she’s found out her beloved brother is alive.But when she chooses to remain behind in one of the nonmagical cities to find him, she has no idea how much everything is about to change...
  • The Mechanic by R.L. King

    The Mechanic by R.L. King

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Danger Is In The CardsKira Talon’s future has never looked brighter.She’s got a new home in New Argana. Its brilliant and enigmatic leader Trevor Harrison has agreed to train her in magic. And as she settles into the next stage of her life, she’s finally beginning to get over her grief at the loss of her old friends...
  • Revelations by Lindsay Buroker

    Revelations by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Power that’s growing ever more impossible to hide… Captain Telryn “Trip” Yert is on the most important mission of his life. Accompanied by Captain Kaika, the sentient soulblade Jaxi, and Rysha Ravenwood—the noble-born scholar and officer he definitely shouldn’t be developing feelings for—he must find a way to close a portal that’s allowing more and more dragons into the world...
  • Origins by Lindsay Buroker

    Origins by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Are you still human if your father was a dragon? Even though Captain Trip always knew he was a little odd, he’s still shocked by the revelation that the elder gold dragon, Agarrenon Shivar, sired him. It’s time, however, to accept reality and learn to use his power, even if it alienates him from his magic-fearing friends—and the woman he’s come to care about...
  • Oaths by Lindsay Buroker

    Oaths by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    General Ridgewalker Zirkander is getting married. Sardelle—the woman who’s battled dragons, shamans, and countless enemy soldiers at his side—has accepted his proposal, and it’s the perfect time for a wedding...
  • A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard

    A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    You may have heard of Johannes Cabal; he is a necromancer and a little infamous. He is also very sensitive to attempts on his life. When a murder of crows tries to... well, murder him, and the contents of his bath are transmuted into hot nitric acid, he suspects someone may mean him harm. The trail leads to one of the less travelled parts of Hell itself, and there Cabal will need a guide...
  • Republic by Lindsay Buroker

    Republic by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    After the notorious outlaws Amaranthe and Sicarius helped overthrow the corrupt faction controlling the empire and brought in a great war hero to lead the nation to prosperity, they finally earned their pardons--and some time off. A tropical vacation cruising around in a private submarine? Perfect. But their trip is interrupted by a summons from the new president: they're needed back at home...
  • Love and Sacrifice by Tove Foss Ford

    Love and Sacrifice by Tove Foss Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Epic, Genre-Bending Science-Fantasy Sixteen-year-old Princess Katrin is leaving Mordania for the first time, on her way to take the Grand Tour of the Middle Continent. For the first time in her life, she will leave her title and ties to the Royal Family of Mordania behind and travel incognito with her family...
  • Secret of the Dragon: a Dragon Riders of Elantia novel by Jessica Drake, Jasmine Walt

    Secret of the Dragon: a Dragon Riders of Elantia novel by Jessica Drake, Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Zara and Lessie finally escape the Hellmouth, the last thing they expect is to wake up in Muza's hidden lair. There, they stumble into an impossible secret that just might be the key to defeating their enemies, reclaiming their home, and freeing the dragons from the dragon-rider slavery bond once and for all. But the Dragon God, thwarted from regaining his true form, is out for revenge...
  • War of the Networks by Katie Cross

    War of the Networks by Katie Cross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never Underestimate the Power of a Desperate WitchWith the Central Network entrenched in war and teetering on the brink of destruction, eighteen-year-old Bianca Monroe is determined to defeat Mabel’s powerful Almorran magic by finding the Book of Light.During an attempt to save a burning orphanage, Bianca finds herself caught in a trap...
    Categorized as:
    dragons  epic  magic  paranormal  audiobook  book  fae  fiction
  • Great Chief by Lindsay Buroker

    Great Chief by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Yanko White Fox is used to expectations. Since he was a small boy, his father has expected him to become a powerful mage and redeem his family’s honor. Even if his heart was elsewhere, Yanko always accepted his responsibility. He’s learned all he can about magic, practiced to become powerful, and fought great evil to free thousands of imprisoned people. But it’s not enough...
  • Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur

    Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three modus operandi to die. Four employees, six house guests, and not a single witness.Confusing clues and no helpful leads cloud the death of Countess Giada Barese, who washed up on shore two weeks after her mysterious disappearance. Henri and Jamie have no idea if her death is a homicide, suicide, or accidental death, for nothing adds up...
  • Assassin's Bond by Lindsay Buroker

    Assassin's Bond by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Yanko and his friends must escape a Turgonian prison and find passage back home before their enemies claim an advantage that could change the world. And not for the good of the Nurian people. But even more trouble awaits at home. Civil war has broken out, Yanko’s family is in danger, and the man who sent him on his mission has disappeared...
  • Unraveled by Lindsay Buroker

    Unraveled by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A mission to a foreign land has left Captain Trip Yert with a responsibility he never anticipated: watching over two dozen magical stasis chambers containing half-dragon young, including eight that are half-human. As bewildering as he finds it, all of them are related to him...
  • Dragon Mediated by Viola Grace

    Dragon Mediated by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Training to follow in her father’s footsteps goes well until she gets to the training center. Then, it all hits the fan.Kabyl has wanted to take peacekeeper training since she was six. Her dad had always tried to temper her expectations. Women didn’t usually have the physical skills required for the job. She worked hard, got strong, fast, and resilient and then…she turned into a dragon...
  • Any House in a Storm by Jenny Schwartz

    Any House in a Storm by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No one suspects Zelia is a sorcerer, and that's exactly how she likes it. Even better, no one suspects she's human. Masquerading as a goblin Traveler, she roams Reality in her glittering van pulled by her two trusty world-walking birds, Warp and Weft.But when a storm of cosmic chaos strands her in an outer thread, the only refuge in sight is the legendary Darkhouse of Doom...
  • A Dangerous Ruse by Tilly Wallace

    A Dangerous Ruse by Tilly Wallace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Her opponents have her cornered, unless Sera makes an unexpected move… Seraphina continues to pick at the secrets entangling her. Then, during a ball, she spots a piece of enchanted jewellery eerily similar to the bracelet she once wore. But before she can find out about its origins, its owner is murdered. At least this time no one is blaming Sera...
  • Dragon Blessed by D.K. Holmberg

    Dragon Blessed by D.K. Holmberg

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The magic of the ancient dragons cannot be ignored. Learning he’s descended from the ancient Deshazl, those once known as the Dragonwalkers, has changed nothing for Fes. He continues to serve Azithan and the empire, even after deceiving them. The ancient Deshazl magic lives within him, but Fes doesn’t know how to control it or even if he should try...
  • The Water Ruptures by D.K. Holmberg

    The Water Ruptures by D.K. Holmberg

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Disciples of the Draasin Lord have again been defeated, yet a traitor remains within Terndahl. The Inquisitors have come, and their presence has everyone on edge.With the help of the Keystone, Tolan has discovered the ability to shape each of the element bonds. Now that he’s passed testing to the second level at the Academy, he finally feels as if he belongs...
  • The High Priest's Daughter by Katie Cross

    The High Priest's Daughter by Katie Cross

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never Underestimate the Power of a Liberated Witch. Despite swirling rumors of war, seventeen-year-old Bianca Monroe is living without restraint for the first time. With no curse to hinder her and her enemy, Miss Mabel, imprisoned in an impervious dungeon, she’s finally free. Nothing lasts forever...
    Categorized as:
    dragons  epic  magic  paranormal  audiobook  book  fiction  historical
  • What the Lady's Maid Knew by E.E. Holmes

    What the Lady's Maid Knew by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    London is a powder keg… and Eliza Braxton is the match.Imagine a London where magic is real… real, but feared. This is Eliza Braxton’s London, and she has always accepted her place in it gladly. As one of the Riftborn, her magic has relegated her to the servant class, where she dutifully serves as the lady’s maid in one of the most powerful households in the country...
  • The White Song by Phil Tucker

    The White Song by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The White Song is the final installment in a gripping new epic fantasy series.The hour of reckoning is at hand. The skies darken with the forces of the enemy while the hopes of the armies of the light dwindle to but a candle flame. Morals, compunctions, oaths - all must be set aside, every sacrifice made, every advantage and ally sought if there is to be any chance for survival...
    Categorized as:
    coming-of-age  dragons  epic  magic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

    The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 89 ratings
    Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will—a boy on the run, a murderer—a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels.Each is searching—Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father—but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power...
  • DragonLight by Donita K. Paul

    DragonLight by Donita K. Paul

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The fantastic land of Amara is recovering from years of war inflicted on its citizens by outside forces-as well as from the spiritual apathy corroding the Amarans' hearts. With Kale and her father serving as dragon keepers for Paladin, the dragon populace has exploded. It's a peaceful, exciting time of rebuilding...
  • Dragon Storm by Lindsay Buroker

    Dragon Storm by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Born with a secret power he must hide… Telryn “Trip” Yert has always been a little odd, with hunches that are too accurate to explain. Magic is feared and forbidden in Iskandia, so he’s struggled his whole life to hide his eccentricities. As a boy, he was forced to watch his mother’s execution. Her crime? Witchcraft...
  • Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur

    Tomes Apprentice by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s like the start of a bad joke: a Master of Tomes, his apprentice, and ninety world-saving records get lost at sea. Mei Li really wishes the joke wasn’t her life. For two years she’s been stranded in a remote village with no knowledge of where her master is or what’s going on in the world...
  • Dragon Denied by Viola Grace

    Dragon Denied by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thrown from the life she thought she knew, Zzara has to restart her existence with no mother, no father, as a dragon denied. Zzara was excited and happy on the day it all fell apart. Her father had married another dragon and the new lady of the house had no interest in his mistress living on her new property...
  • Dragon Designed by Viola Grace

    Dragon Designed by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Working out tension during some light espionage seems like the thing to do while pondering her future. Eltrinia has been progressing. She is the master of the on-loan gallery, she takes tours of all ages around, and she has been recruited for operative training at the capital. Learning combat tactics in sparring matches with Trin is bizarrely fun. It is like looking into a tinted mirror...
  • Pixies in the Park by Viola Grace

    Pixies in the Park by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Back at home, Abby is inundated by gifts and cards from the Magical community at large. When one gift is more of a surprise than anticipated, the occupants of Oak Point are going to have their hands full finding the first kidnapped Nexus in history. Abby fights for freedom in her own small way, while Xander goes out of his mind to find her...
    Categorized as:
    humor  industrial-era  magic  paranormal  adult  book  fae  fiction
  • Tested by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Tested by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first in a series of novellas offering a deeper look at the world of the Baine Chronicles. Life as a shifter-mage hybrid has always been tough for Sunaya Baine. Ostracized from her clan and forced to hide her forbidden abilities, she's never fit in. So when she's offered a position at the Enforcers Guild, Solantha's crime-fighting organization, she jumps at the chance to prove her worth...
  • A Necessary Heresy by Davis Ashura

    A Necessary Heresy by Davis Ashura

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Prophesized heroes are reborn. The burden they bear is as terrible as it is necessary.The dead city of Mahadev. In three thousand years, none who have entered those ageless walls have returned to bear word of what evil lurks within. And yet it is there that Cinder and Anya must journey. A hard road with mysteries and dangers abounding...
  • Elevation of the Marked by March McCarron

    Elevation of the Marked by March McCarron

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.When an enemy can alter your thoughts, you can trust nothing—not even your own mind. Bray and Yarrow escaped with their lives, believing that Quade Asher and his Elevated planned to start a war. Soon they will learn the truth: Quade need not fight a single battle; he has already won...
  • The Jewel of the Kalderash by Marie Rutkoski

    The Jewel of the Kalderash by Marie Rutkoski

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Upon arriving in the Romany homeland to deliver the Mercator Globes, Petra Kronos, Tomik, and Neel formulate a plan to save Petra’s father, who has been transformed into a Gray Man. But when a long-held secret is revealed, Neel finds himself bound to his country.The friends are quickly swept up in an epic battle for power. Thrones are at stake. Spies are afoot. Murder is common...
  • Awakened by Casey Odell

    Awakened by Casey Odell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After escaping from the elves and the General, Claire is on the run again with the last person she’d thought she’d end up with— Farron. Shadowy forces are nipping at their heels, and soon they are attacked. But they have bigger worries. An old friend of Farron’s shows up: a beautiful woman with a mark shockingly similar to her own.As it turns out, she is not alone...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  epic  magic  paranormal  book  fae  fiction  high-fantasy
  • Division of the Marked by March McCarron

    Division of the Marked by March McCarron

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alternative cover editions for this ASIN can be found here, here & here.As children, they meet.Bray and Yarrow have little in common. She’s all fire. He’s all heart. But the same ancient symbol brands their skin, marking them as members of the Chisanta—a superhuman society of scholars and warriors...
  • The Assassin's Curse by Lindsay Buroker

    The Assassin's Curse by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    When outlaws Amaranthe and Sicarius chance upon spies stealing military prototypes, they immediately give chase. Well, immediately after Amaranthe talks Sicarius, former assassin and all-around non-altruistic type, into the mission...
  • The Curse of the Gloamglozer by Paul Stewart

    The Curse of the Gloamglozer by Paul Stewart

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fourteen-year-old Quint Verginix is the only remaining son of famous sky-pirate Wind Jackal. He and his father have journeyed to the city of Sanctaphrax – a great floating rock, bound to the ground below by a chain, its inhabitants living with their heads literally in the clouds.But the city hides a dangerous secret: deep inside the great rock, something horrible lurks...
  • The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

    The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 81 ratings
    Will is the bearer of the knife. Now, accompanied by angels, his task is to deliver that powerful, dangerous weapon to Lord Asriel - by the command of his dying father.But how can he go looking for Lord Asriel when Lyra is gone? Only with her help can he fathom the myriad plots and intrigues that beset him...
  • The Pirates of Pacta Servanda by Jack Campbell

    The Pirates of Pacta Servanda by Jack Campbell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain have survived every attempt to stop them, but their enemies are determined to kill Mari, the only one who can save her world from a storm of destruction. As armies begin to gather and cities seethe with tension, Mari, Alain, and their friends must prepare to confront the storm in the place it first appeared: the broken kingdom of Tiae...
  • Alkarra Awakening by Katie Cross

    Alkarra Awakening by Katie Cross

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Never underestimate the power of a volatile witch.Still reeling in the wake of her mother’s death, sixteen-year-old Bianca Monroe is forced to move to Chatham Castle. Not even the sudden appearance of ancient dragons in haunted Letum Wood nor her two best friends can distract her from the strength of her deep, dark rage...
  • Vankara by S.J. West

    Vankara by S.J. West

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vankara, an island nation founded by runaway mages, finds itself besieged by a series of mysterious plagues which decimate half the world’s population. When the Queen of Vankara falls ill from one of the plagues, she calls upon the talents of Sarah Harker...
    Categorized as:
    dragons  industrial-era  magic  paranormal  steampunk  adult  book  fae
  • Winged Pursuit by Lucía Ashta

    Winged Pursuit by Lucía Ashta

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Magical Arts Academy is anything but ordinary.It’s the one place Isadora can learn the forbidden craft. With mythical beasts, animals with unusual gifts, and a team of peculiar magicians, Isadora finally has the chance to embrace an extraordinary future...
  • William Wilde and the Unusual Suspects by Davis Ashura

    William Wilde and the Unusual Suspects by Davis Ashura

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    William survived Sinskrill, but he's unable and unwilling to forget what he suffered there. Some hardships endure. And despite his wonderful, new life on the lush paradise of Arylyn, nightmares continue to haunt him. But closure will only come if he finds a means to reconcile himself to that terrible chapter of his life...
  • Labyrinths of the Heart by Lindsay Buroker

    Labyrinths of the Heart by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    After months of working in his uncle’s mine, Yanko longs to see his family and friends again, especially Arayevo, the woman he has adored from afar since he was a boy. When she travels two days and asks to see him, his mind dances at the possibilities.But the mines are busy: there’s a political delegate to humor, a maiden in distress to help, and a wedding that must go perfectly—or else...
  • The House of Diamond by Ursula Vernon

    The House of Diamond by Ursula Vernon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Black Dogs: The House of Diamond is the first of two volumes chronicling the adventures of young Lyra, sole survivor of the massacre of her family's estate. Along with a wandering dog-soldier, she is swept up on a mission for the elven nation of Anu'tintavel in its war against a powerful sorcerer...
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