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A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold by George R.R. Martin
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 38 ratings'There are two sorts of people. The players and the pieces... Every man's a piece to start with, and every maid as well. Even some who think they are players'The Starks are scattered. Robb Stark may be King in the North, but he must bend to the will of an old tyrant if he is to hold his crown... -
Iron Flame (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros, Khaya Fraites
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEveryone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through... -
Retribution by TurtleMe
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI didn’t want to be worshiped like some deity, an instant replacement for the asuras who kept trying to kill these people despite having for so long been looked up to as gods.“I’m not your savior.”Arthur Leywin has finally returned to the continent of Dicathen, but his home is still firmly in the hands of the enemy... -
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja by John Flanagan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsWhen Horace travels to the exotic land of Nihon- Ja, it isn't long before he finds himself pulled into a battle that is not his - but one he knows in his heart he must wage. A kingdom teeters on the edge of chaos when the Nihon-Ja emperor, a defender of the common man, is forcibly overthrown, and only Horace, Will, and his Araluen companions can restore the emperor to the throne... -
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Iron Flame (Part 2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEveryone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through... -
The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren, Jens Wawrczeck
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a children's fantasy novel written by Astrid Lindgren. It was published in the autumn of 1973 and has been translated into 46 languages. Many of its themes are unusually dark and heavy for the children's book genre. Disease, death, tyranny, betrayal and rebellion are some of the dark themes that permeate the story... -
A Dance with Dragons 1: Dreams and Dust by George R.R. Martin, Jorge Candeias
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the aftermath of a colossal battle, new threats are emerging from every direction.Tyrion Lannister, having killed his father, and wrongfully accused of killing his nephew, King Joffrey, has escaped from King’s Landing with a price on his head.To the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone – a structure only as strong as those guarding it... -
The Sixth Realm, Part 2 by Michael Chatfield
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFighting in the shadows.Enemy at their backs.Will Alva's Secret be revealed?As Erik and Rugrat return to Alva they find that things have only heated up in their time away. The Adventurer's Guild moves in the shadows with Alva's support... -
Dreams of Kell by Christopher Mitchell
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBack where it all began.Living quietly with her young children in Colsbury Castle, Karalyn Holdfast has found peace at last. With the Sextant of the Gods under her control, she is making up for lost time, while keeping a wary eye on events sweeping across the other worlds where members of the Holdfast family live... -
Of Sand and Snow by Bryce O'Connor
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith 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...Categorized as:
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Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsRich in magic and adventure, Michael J. Sullivan’s soaring fantasy novels are masterworks of heroism, love, and sacrifice. Now, in Age of War, the epic battle between humankind and the cruel godlike beings who once ruled them finally ignites in all its fury.The alliance of humans and renegade Fhrey is fragile—and about to be tested as never before... -
Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsSent to Carthak as part of the Tortallan peace delegation, Daine finds herself in the middle of a sticky political situation. She doesn't like the Carthaki practice of keeping slaves, but it's not her place to say anything -- she's just there to heal the emperor's birds. It's extremely frustrating! What's more, her power has grown in a mysterious way... -
The Bone Ship's Wake by R.J. Barker
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe sea dragons are returning, and Joron Twiner's dreams of freedom lie shattered. His Shipwife is gone and all he has left is revenge.Leading the black fleet from the deck of Tide Child Joron takes every opportunity to strike at his enemies, but he knows his time is limited. His fleet is shrinking and the Keyshan's Rot is running through his body... -
One True King by Soman Chainani
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsBeyond Good and Evil. Beyond Ever Afters.The fairy tale of Sophie and Agatha comes to a dramatic conclusion in this sixth and final book of Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling fantasy seriesWho will sit on Camelot's throne and rule the Endless Woods? Who will be the One True King? Prepare yourself for the End of Ends . . -
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Age of Empyre by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA DOOR OPENS. AN ARMY OF DRAGONS ADVANCES. AND THE FATE OF THE LIVING RESTS WITH THE DEAD.After obtaining the secret to creating dragons, the leader of the Fhrey has turned the tide of war once more—but gaining the advantage has come at a terrible price. While Imaly plots to overthrow the fane for transgressions against his people, a mystic and a Keeper are the only hope for the Rhunes... -
The Sixth Realm, Part 1 by Michael Chatfield
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAs the fighting competition grips Vuzgal, the city-state declares its independence and strength.Alva prepares to retake the lost floor of Water.The Adventurer Guild hones their blades, training and cultivating. They prepare for war, for the Willful Institute to reap what they have sown.Erik and Rugrat’s travels take them to the sixth realm, a realm with cities under the sun and dungeons beneath... -
Path of a Novice: The Silvan Book I by R.K. Lander
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA land at war, a failing king, a light in the forest ... Centuries ago, the powerful Alpine lords colonised the Great Forest. The native Silvan elves were accepting at first, but one elf's lust for power is threatening peace and driving a wedge between the two, immortal races. Leaders against followers, commanders against warriors... -
Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsEach culture has its own myths and legends, but only one is shared, and it is feared by all. With Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and Age of War, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan riveted readers with a tale of unlikely heroes locked in a desperate battle to save mankind... -
Coliseum Arcanist by Shami Stovall
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAdventure. Competition. A duel to the death.While on a journey to the famous city of Thronehold, Volke Savan learns of the Sovereign Dragon Tournament. The massive celebration involves hundreds of arcanists competing for fame and glory, and Volke is determined to win.Dark forces dwell in the city, however, and rumors of the legendary world serpent spread amongst the shadows... -
Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAt the end of Dark Tide, Book 3 in the Waterfire Saga, Astrid leaves her mermaid friends to confront her ancestor, Orfeo, the evil force behind the rise of the monster Abbadon. Orfeo possesses one of the six talismans that the merls need in order to keep the monster locked up forever... -
Seeds of Rebellion by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe second epic installment of Brandon Mull’s #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy series! After the cliffhanger ending of A World Without Heroes, Jason is back in the world he’s always known—yet for all his efforts to get home, he finds himself itching to return to Lyrian... -
The High King by Lloyd Alexander
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsWhen the sword of Dyrnwyn, the most powerful weapon inthe kingdom of Prydain, falls into the hands of Arawn-Death-Lord, Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, and Prince Gwydion raise an army to march against Arawn's terrible cohorts. After a winter expedition filled with danger, Taran's army arrives at Mount Dragon, Arawn's stronghold... -
Assassin’s Price by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe latest fantasy novel in the New York Times bestselling Imager Portfolio and the third book in the new story arc that began with Madness in SolidarFans of L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s, bestselling fantasy series the Imager Portfolio will be pleased with the latest novel in his new story arc.Six years have passed since the failed uprising of the High Holders against Rex Lorien... -
To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 by Tad Williams
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King are beginning their final preparations for the kingdom-shattering culmination of their dark sorceries, drawing King Elias ever deeper into their nightmarish, spell-spun world. As the Storm King’s power grows and the boundaries of time begin to blur, the loyal allies of Prince Josua struggle to rally their forces at the Stone of Farewell... -
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Imager's Battalion by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsQuaeryt, now holding the rank of subcommander in the Telaryn army of Lord Bhayar, leads history's first imager fighting force into a retaliatory war against the hostile nation of Bovaria, which recently attempted the annexation of Telaryn. But Court intrigues pursue Quaeryt to the front lines of the conflict as the imager's enemies continue to plot against him... -
Heart of Flames by Nicki Pau Preto
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsVeronyka, Tristan, and Sev must stop the advancing empire from destroying the Phoenix Riders in this fiery sequel to Crown of Feathers, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake calls “absolutely unforgettable!”You are a daughter of queens.The world is balanced on the edge of a knife, and war is almost certain between the empire and the Phoenix Riders... -
The Immortal Words by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo defeat an immortal evil, a young warrior must enter the land of the dead in the spellbinding conclusion to Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler’s epic Grave Kingdom trilogy.As kingdoms fall, brave young warrior Bingmei fights to fulfill a prophecy and save what’s left of the world from the coming darkness... -
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsPoor Creel. She can't believe her aunt wants to sacrifice her to the local dragon. It's a ploy to lure a heroic knight so that he will fight the dragon, marry Creel out of chivalrous obligation, and lift the entire family out of poverty. Creel isn't worried. After all, nobody has seen a dragon in centuries... -
To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 by Tad Williams
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsA novel of vast scope, detail, and complexity, To Green Angel Tower is the momentous tour-de-force finale of a ground-breaking series... -
Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn this stand-alone fantasy, Durst introduces an imaginative new world in which a pair of strong and determined women risk their lives battling injustice, corruption, and deadly enemies in their quest to become monster-racing champions.Life, death, and rebirth - in Becar, who you are in this life will determine your next life... -
The Buried World by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe young warrior Bingmei pits her courage, combat skills, and very life against a brutal tyrant’s dark magic in the follow-up to Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler’s The Killing Fog. The orphaned Bingmei didn’t choose to be a hero. She has no wish to cross the Death Wall to save the world... -
Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWinter blankets the land, and more than just hope has died. Prevented from invading the Fhrey homeland by the tower of Avempartha, the western army seeks a way across the Nidwalden River before the fane obtains the secret of dragons. As time runs out for both humanity and the mystic Suri, the only chance for the living rests with the dead... -
A Plague of Swords by Miles Cameron
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOne enemy has fallen ... a greater one remains ... now it's war The Red Knight withstood the full might of his enemy and won the day. In a victory which will be remembered through the ages, he brought disparate factions together and turned them into allies against a more powerful foe than they had ever seen. Now, he will need his allies more than ever... -
The Buried Goddess Saga: The Complete Series: by Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet the Buried Goddess Saga Boxset, featuring all six action-packed books in the bestselling series. Over 3,000 pages of adventure, magic, war, and a diverse cast of characters you won’t soon forget.★★★★★ "Compelling characters, spectacular world-building, jaw-dropping twists...Categorized as:
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Copper Chain by James Maxwell
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen a desperate king threatens Dion and everything he loves, only dangerous magic can keep him safe.Dion, now king of Xanthos, is finally in command of the naval fleet he’s always dreamed of. But his hopes for peace are jeopardized when King Palemon, in dire need of ships to rescue his starving people from the frozen wastelands of the north, invades the Salesian city of Malakai... -
The Warrior Princess of Pennyroyal Academy by M.A. Larson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFor fans ofShannon Hale s Princess Academyand Soman Chainani sThe School for Good and Evil, comes the thrilling finale to the "breathtakingly exciting" Pennyroyal Academy trilogy.Evie and Maggie are still enjoying the glow of their victory as they travel into the forest on their coach. But the happiest day of Evie's life is suddenly turned upside-down when they're ambushed by witches... -
Dragon Bonds by Ava Richardson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Darkening has risen... Agathea Flamma and Sebastian Smith now face an overwhelming enemy. The rapid spread of the Darkening, a threat arising from the mists of legend, looms over the entire land. With both their families torn apart by the conflict and betrayal lurking around every corner, one mistake could doom the kingdom... -
The Guild Secret by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo longer forced to hide his ability, Rsiran now Slides openly throughout the city as he helps it recover from the recent attack. Requirements of his time continue to mount, not only as he tries to help his friends, but new responsibilities to the guild force him to interact with the Elvraeth, where he discovers the uneasy alliance that exists between the guilds and the council... -
Jinx's Fire by Sage Blackwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes you have to step off the path to get where you’re going. In the Urwald, that could lead to being eaten. But Jinx has to do something, and fast: the forest is under attack, and its magic is fading.Jinx must travel to the corners of the Urwald to convince all its inhabitants—people, trees, and monsters—to work together to defend their homeland... -
Madness in Solidar by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFour centuries after its founding, Solidar’s Collegium of Imagers is in decline, the exploits of its founder, the legendary Quaeryt, largely forgotten. The Collegium is so lacking in leadership that the dying Maitre must summon Alastar, an obscure but talented senior imager from Westisle far to the south who has little knowledge of politics in the capital, as his successor... -
Princeps by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe thrilling follow-up to Scholar—in which, after discovering a coup attempt and preventing a bloody civil war, Quaeryt was appointed princeps of Tilbor—begins a new episode in the young Imager's life... -
Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsWith the Dragon Wars over, Creel finds herself bored with life as a seamstress. Then word comes that a bordering country has been breeding dragons in preparation for an invasion... -
Silver Road by James Maxwell
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsChloe’s quest to escape the Oracle’s prophecy leads her to a magus with a secret: the eldren are not the only race to use magic in warfare. An ancient power is rediscovered, and a forgotten people will return.Meanwhile, cursed by his birth, Dion tries to forge a new life at sea, away from both the eldren and his former life in Xanthos, but the one thing he can’t leave behind is his heritage... -
Dragon Storm by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBorn 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... -
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The Hidden Relic by James Maxwell, Simon Vance
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe second book in the action-packed Evermen Saga.With the fate of their homeland still in jeopardy, siblings Ella and Miro must face the Primate's evil as he discovers a new technique--a way to extract essence from human blood.The Primate has been temporarily defeated, but his home was once inhabited by the Evermen, and their ancient secrets still remain... -
Endless Night by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCiara has traveled to the barracks but the promised teaching has not come to pass, leaving her worse off than before, and her people without the nya'shin for protection. If she can't master the summoning, she fears the darkness will claim her. But now that the darkness has revealed itself, Jasn must find a way to save Alena from her connection to the draasin before that connection kills her... -
Blood of a Fallen God by Joshua C. Cook
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGenerations ago, the Godsfall devastated the land of Palnor. The two Gods of Humanity, Amder and Valnijz, perished in battle with each other. When William Reis breaks an ancient taboo to fulfill a dream of generations, he shatters the peace that the land enjoys... -
The Beasts Who Fought for Fairyland Until the Very End and Further Still by Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Catherynne M. Valente's blog:"Ever since the election, people have been telling me to shut up and go back to Fairyland. Be silent. Be good. Accept. Submit. Stop talking about politics. Stick to fairy tales. (As if fairy tales have ever not been about politics.) Go back to Fairyland. Go back to Fairyland.So I did... -
A Kingdom of Nomads by S.B. Nova
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the darkness grows, so must the light…Branded as enemies of the fae kingdom, Serena and her friends are on the run from the witch queen, Morgan. They reach sanctuary, only to discover shocking secrets that separate them.Serena’s newfound destiny takes her to a land plagued by endless war. To survive there, she is forced to bloody her sword, escape an evil king, and confront a god... -
Shadow of the Crown by Paul J. Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTreachery! Treason! Trolls!Fooled into thinking they are returning heroes, the entourage's royal welcome is cut short when they mysteriously collapse; all but Nikki, the one nobody trusted.Lady Nicole Arendale's past is shrouded in mystery, but it's slowly unravelling as secrets long buried are exposed, threatening everyone's future...Categorized as:
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