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Way of the Wolf by Tom Elliot
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew Powers and Old. A conflict millennia in the brewing. And at the center of it: one man.Michael has escaped the clutches of the Dark, if only temporarily. Surfacing in the world above, he finds matters no less complex than down below and survival as challenging as it had been in the dungeon.Is the harder path the one you must forge on your own?Many want Michael as their ally...Categorized as:
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![This Guild is Batty! by J.P. Valentine]()
This Guild is Batty! by J.P. Valentine
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsInvitation in hand, it’s time for Eve and friends to travel north in search of the legendary Dragonwrought. With a single-minded focus, they’ll trek deep into the mountains, willfully ignoring the onslaught of side quests threatening to derail their journey... -
![Ultimate Level 1: Shattered Dreams by Shawn Wilson]()
Ultimate Level 1: Shattered Dreams by Shawn Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMax wanted to be a [Baker].Settle down, bake stuff, and enjoy life.The gods, however, ruined that dream.Given [Baker] and a rare black skill, he is now running for his life, trying to grow strong enough to return home. Now Max must find a way to grow strong enough to survive the people and the god hunting him...Categorized as:
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![The Accidental Minecraft Family: The Super Six by Pixel Ate]()
The Accidental Minecraft Family: The Super Six by Pixel Ate
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnbeknownst to the entire Kingdom Village, an abandoned city lives far beneath their mines.But it isn't just any city. And it isn't completely abandoned.When The Accidental Minecraft Family happens to stumble across it—er, fall into it—they'll have an opportunity to do what they do help those trapped within it's evil clutches...Categorized as:
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![Raze by Dakota Krout, Luke Daniels]()
Raze by Dakota Krout, Luke Daniels
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHumanity on the run. Desperate base building. Dark deeds done during daylight.Joe has started to draw attention to himself and his abilities. While some of the attention is good and allows for personal growth, most of it is from various organizations that feel threatened by the sudden upswing of power that Joe’s guild—The Wanderers—are attaining... -
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Rune Seeker 3 by J.M. Clarke, C.J. Thompson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 3 of a Progression Fantasy series from J.M Clarke, Bestselling Author of Mark of the Fool, written with C.J. Thompson.Unlock a weak-to-strong progression into power and a detailed LitRPG system with unique classes, skills, dungeons, achievements, survival and evolution. Explore a mysterious world of fallen civilizations, strange monsters and deadly secrets... -
![Ultimate Level 1: Shattered Limits by Shawn Wilson]()
Ultimate Level 1: Shattered Limits by Shawn Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConsume.A rare Black skill, one decreed by the gods to never be seen again.Max is finally getting a handle on the skill, finding enjoyment in battling and striving to grow his skills and stats. His new friends don't know the whole truth, but they flee trouble together, arriving at the human capital of Peltagow... -
![Dungeon Master's Guide by E. Gary Gygax]()
Dungeon Master's Guide by E. Gary Gygax
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhether you're running a single adventure or masterminding a complete campaign, the Dungeon Masters Guide is the absolute best source for information. There'r nop need to guess the rules. You'll learn spells, monsters, travel, magic lists, and combat rules...Categorized as:
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![Rune Seeker by J.M. Clarke, Carter J. Thompson]()
Rune Seeker by J.M. Clarke, Carter J. Thompson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHiral is the Everfail, the weakest person on the flying island of Fallen Reach. He trains harder than any warrior. Studies longer than any scholar.But all his people are born with magic powered by the sun, flowing through tattoos on their bodies. Despite having enormous energy within, Hiral is the only one who can’t channel it; his hard work is worth nothing.Until it isn’t...Categorized as:
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![Legends Of The Ancients: Age Of Magic - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Candy Crum, Michael Anderle]()
Legends Of The Ancients: Age Of Magic - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Candy Crum, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArryn has been through more in her short life than most, and it's finally caught up to her. She has been through hell and came through victorious every time - but there was a cost. One she never saw coming.When she and Corrine go into battle together, and Arryn nearly loses the person who means the most to her, she realizes just how foolish and cocky she's been...Categorized as:
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![The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull]()
The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond, Christina Scull
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion internationally acclaimed scholars Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull examine Tolkien's masterpiece chapter by chapter, offering expert insights into its evolution, structure, and meaning...Categorized as:
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![The Right to Arm Bears by Andrew Seiple]()
The Right to Arm Bears by Andrew Seiple
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThreadbare has reunited with his little girl, even if it didn't go exactly like he'd hoped it would. But war still rages through the kingdom, and the fluffy heroes must stop the tyrant king and restore peace to their home. Celia, Threadbare, and the rest of their allies must join the final resistance, to fight for the fate of everyone within Cylvania. It's a daunting task... -
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Skyclad by Scott Browder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMorgan Mackenzie had a very bad day. First at work, then at home, and then her bathtub fell through a portal to another world, with her in it. Now she's stuck thousands of miles from any sort of civilization with nothing but the bathtub and a lace puffball scrubby. But she learned magic, so that's sorta nice. Now if only she could find some clothes.. -
![Stuff and Nonsense by Andrew Seiple]()
Stuff and Nonsense by Andrew Seiple
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratings"It's a wonderful book and made me so happy when I started to read it." --Whoopi Goldberg, the View Meet Threadbare. He is twelve inches tall, full of fluff, and really, really bad at being a hero. Magically animated and discarded by his maker as a failed experiment, he is saved by a little girl. But she's got problems of her own, and he might not be able to help her... -
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![Rise of the Grandmaster by Bradford Bates, Michael Anderle]()
Rise of the Grandmaster by Bradford Bates, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome people just knew how to go out in style. Tim had never been one of those guys. Tim was always a planner. The plan was to get into college, graduate, and find a well-paying job.That plan was coming together nicely until he saw a presentation to get paid to play 'The Etheric Coast' At his graduation ceremony...Categorized as:
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![The Immortal Continent by Virlyce]()
The Immortal Continent by Virlyce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucia's the strongest person in the world, and she's perfectly content with living out the remainder of her life gorging herself on acorn stew and hot chocolate. Unfortunately for her, her sadistic sword spirit, Durandal, has different plans. The is the sequel to The Godking's Legacy. Content Warning: Sexual themes. Profanity. Gore... -
![A Stone's Throw by Frank Morin]()
A Stone's Throw by Frank Morin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsConnor's supposed to be dead.He's not very good at it.He did save his village . . . by destroying it. And the armies vying to control his powerful curse think he died. But he needs patronage from a high lord or his curse will transform him into a raging monster... -
![Hyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith]()
Hyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScience Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy...Categorized as:
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![Tolkien: A Dictionary by David Day]()
Tolkien: A Dictionary by David Day
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArranged in a handy A-Z format, this book explores and explains the creatures, plats, events and places that make up these strange and wonderful lands...Categorized as:
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![Amelia The Level Zero Hero Book 1 by V.A. Lewis, Melas Delta]()
Amelia The Level Zero Hero Book 1 by V.A. Lewis, Melas Delta
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWho needs a Class when you're already the strongest anyways? Ten years ago, Amelia woke up alone and lost in a broken world where she had to fight for her survival. Now, after reaching the pinnacle of power, defeating the Void itself, and escaping the abyss, she has finally found her way back into the real world. But instead of returning to Earth, she arrives in the land of Vacuos...Categorized as:
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![The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance]()
The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsScoundrel Cugel is sent far away, by a magician he has wronged, to retrieve magical lenses that reveal the Overworld. Goaded by a homesick monster magically attached to his liver, he journeys across wastelands home to Almery. With a cult group on a pilgrimage, he crosses the Silver Desert, and meets more danger and betrayal as he betrays others...Categorized as:
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![The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard]()
The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWritten in the 1930s as a serial for Weird Tales, the famous pulp magazine, Hour of the Dragon is the only novel by Howard featuring his greatest creation, Conan the barbarian. This powerful novel of violent adventure has spawned many imitations in the genre over the years, including a series of best-selling paperbacks which, in imitation of Howard, continued the adventures of Conan... -
![The Arch-Wizard's Little Sister by Natsume Akatsuki, 暁 なつめ]()
The Arch-Wizard's Little Sister by Natsume Akatsuki, 暁 なつめ
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLittle sisters really are the best!With the Iris escort mission behind them, Kazuma and the gang lounge in the lap of luxury at the royal palace. But, to no one's surprise, Kazuma overstays his welcome, and the Royal Army has to get creative in their efforts to oust him.. -
![The Tree that Sat Down by Beverley Nichols]()
The Tree that Sat Down by Beverley Nichols
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCollins Modern Classics are relaunched in gorgeous new covers bringing these timeless story to a new generation.Deep in the enchanted forest Judy helps her granny run The Shop Under the Willow Tree. They sell all sorts of wonderful things, such as boxes of beautiful dreams carefully tied up with green ribbon.But then Sam and the charming Miss Smith, a witch in disguise, open a rival business... -
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![Conan the Destroyer by Robert E. Howard]()
Conan the Destroyer by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first in a new series of Conan reprints! Conan the Barbarian is one of the most famed figures in fantasy fiction. With the success of the new film starring Jason Momoa and Ron Perlman, the time is right to revisit Robert E. Howard's classic stories... -
![The Tower of the Elephant (Conan, #3) (Weird Tales) by Robert E. Howard]()
The Tower of the Elephant (Conan, #3) (Weird Tales) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConan infiltrates a perilous tower in the City of Thieves in order to steal a fabled gem from an evil sorcerer. A classic of Conan lore, often cited as one of Howard's best tales...Categorized as:
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![In the Stacks by Scott Lynch]()
In the Stacks by Scott Lynch
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife is always complicated for students of magic at the High University of Hazar, but the fifth-year exam is a particular challenge: Each student must return one library book. Of course, they must return it to the Living Library, a haunted collection of ten million magical tomes, a collection where the rules of time, space, weather, and reality itself are subject to sudden change... -
![Conan of Cimmeria by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp]()
Conan of Cimmeria by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsContents:9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in 15 · The Curse of the Monolith [“Conan and the Cenotaph”] · L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter · ss Worlds of Fantasy #1 ’68 33 · The Bloodstained God · L. Sprague de Camp & Robert E. Howard · nv Tales of Conan, Gnome, 1955 53 · The Frost-Giant’s Daughter [revised from “Gods of the North”, The Fantasy Fan, Mar ’34] · Robert E...Categorized as:
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![Five Hundred Years After by Steven Brust]()
Five Hundred Years After by Steven Brust
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn which our Heroes--Khaavren, Pel, Aerich and Tazendra--are reunited again a mere five centuries later.. -
![Elric: Song of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock]()
Elric: Song of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe founders of modern literary fancy deserve their own place in the light. The Borealis Legends line is a tribute to the creators of the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres as we know them today... -
![Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber]()
Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFahrd and the Gray Mouser, master swordsmen, are determined to climb to the summit of Stardock, a dangerously steep mountain, in search of treasure...Categorized as:
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![Conan the Warrior by Robert E. Howard]()
Conan the Warrior by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsContents:9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in 11 · Red Nails · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales Jul ’36 (+2) 105 · Jewels of Gwahlur · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales Mar ’35 157 · Beyond the Black River · Robert E...Categorized as:
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![The Best of Robert E. Howard: Crimson Shadows (Volume 1) by Robert E. Howard]()
The Best of Robert E. Howard: Crimson Shadows (Volume 1) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRobert E. Howard is one of the most famous and influential pulp authors of the twentieth century. Though largely known as the man who invented the sword-and-sorcery genre-and for his iconic hero Conan the Cimmerian-Howard also wrote horror tales, desert adventures, detective yarns, epic poetry, and more... -
![The Dame by R.A. Salvatore]()
The Dame by R.A. Salvatore
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe vast road network of Honce, completed a decade before, had brought great optimism to the people of the land. Commerce could travel more freely and so could armies, and those armies, it was hoped, would rid the land at long last of the vicious, bloody cap dwarfs and goblins... -
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![The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber]()
The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne of them was a huge, brawny, full-bearded barbarian from the northlands of Nehwon. His name was Fafhrd, his weapon a broadsword. The other was a small, nimble man dressed all in gray. Men called him the Gray Mouser, and he carried both rapier and dirk. They were known throughout the city of Lankhmar as brawlers, cutpurses, and rogues...Categorized as:
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![Conan the Adventurer by Robert E. Howard]()
Conan the Adventurer by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIntroducing Conan - heroic fantasy's mightiest adventurer from the wilds of CimmeriaThief, pirate, mercenary, warrior and general, he stands invincible - even when the full forces of the supernatural are unleashed against him... -
![Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber]()
Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn Swords in the Mist, lean times in Lankhmar force brothers-in-arms Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser to part ways. Only after a joust of wits and swords do the friends join together again, stealing the ship the Black Treasurer and sailing round and through The Claws. Fighting sea kings, curses and seven-eyed wizards, the pair set out on their heroic wanderings through the wilds of Nehwon... -
![The Hawk Eternal by David Gemmell]()
The Hawk Eternal by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhile the warlike and merciless Aenir wreak havoc upon the territory outside the mountain stronghold of the clans, Sigarni, the Hawk Queen, arrives in a parallel version of her own universe through a gate in space and time. Taliesen, last of the gatekeepers, has no idea why she has come. But he knows that heroes are needed and grants her passage into the ravaged land... -
![Conan The Freebooter by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp]()
Conan The Freebooter by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsContents:9 · Introduction · L. Sprague de Camp · in 15 · Hawks Over Shem [revised by de Camp from “Hawks Over Egypt” by R.E.H. Howard’s original version was eventually published in The Road to Azrael, Bantam 1980] · nv Fantastic Universe Oct ’55 54 · Black Colossus · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales Jun ’33 99 · Shadows in the Moonlight · Robert E...Categorized as:
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![Elric: Tales of the White Wolf by Richard Gilliam, Michael Moorcock]()
Elric: Tales of the White Wolf by Richard Gilliam, Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsElric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock's doomed anithrero, has become a pivotal figure in fantasy literature since his first appearance more than thirty years ago... -
![The Black Star by Edward W. Robertson]()
The Black Star by Edward W. Robertson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Chainbreakers' War freed the norren. Won independence for Narashtovik. And drove a rift between Dante and Blays that may never be mended. After three years of wandering, Blays has returned to Gask. Blaming its king for the loss of his love, Lira, he poses as a merchant and infiltrates the enemy nobility. His goal is to bankrupt the kingdom and force its ruler from the throne...Categorized as:
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![The Unwilling Warlord by Lawrence Watt-Evans]()
The Unwilling Warlord by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the foreigners confronted Sterren in Ethshar of the Spices he was uneasy; when they all but abducted him, taking him to an obscure kingdom in the south, he knew he was in a terrible predicament... -
![Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard]()
Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsConan the Barbarian is a name known throughout Cimmeria, Brythinia, Turan, and all the territories bordering the Vilayet Sea—as well as most countries more familiar to us in the real world. The character has become a multifaceted industry, as famous in our world today as he was in his own world during the Hyborian Age...Categorized as:
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![Worms of the Earth by Robert E. Howard]()
Worms of the Earth by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContents:"Foreward" by Robert E. Howard "The Lost Race""Men of the Shadows""Kings of the Night""A Song of the Race" (poem) "Worms of the Earth"Untitled ("A gray sky arched.. -
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![Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard]()
Beyond the Black River by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsConan the Barbarian is employed by one of the civilized countries to help in it's push to claim lands from the primitive Picts. The Picts are not excited about the idea however...Categorized as:
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![Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories by Leigh Brackett]()
Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories by Leigh Brackett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of the best stories by one of fantasy and science fiction's most evocative writers, including Sea-Kings of Mars, which combines high adventure with a strongly romantic vision of an ancient, sea-girt Martian civilisation... -
![Moon of Skulls by Robert E. Howard, Mark Finn]()
Moon of Skulls by Robert E. Howard, Mark Finn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Moon of Skulls collects Robert E. Howard's fiction and prose published in Weird Tales Magazine from October 1929 to November 1930, plus one from Oriental Stories...Categorized as:
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![The Bane of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock]()
The Bane of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsStormbringer is brought Home! Elric returns to Yishana, and finds peace at last. Meanwhile, at the world's rim, dragging red horror in its wake, a horde unimaginable moves on the fabled, gentle, impossible city, Tanelorn... -
![Conan the Wanderer by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp]()
Conan the Wanderer by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsContents:9 • Introduction (Conan the Wanderer) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp13 • Black Tears • [Conan Universe] • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter46 • Shadows in Zamboula • [Conan Universe] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard85 • The Devil in Iron • [Conan Universe] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard124 • The Flame Knife • [Conan Universe] • (1955) • novella by L...Categorized as:
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![Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock]()
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsContaining Elric of Melnibone, The Fortress of the Pearl, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, The Dreaming City, While the Gods Laugh and The Singing Citadel this is one of the Millennium Uniform Editions of Moorcock's work, omnibus volumes with revised texts and new introductions...Categorized as:
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