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A Time of Courage by John Gwynne
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBattle the darkReclaim the worldThe Demon-King of the Otherworld is finally free. And armed with mighty new starstone weapons, Asroth prepares to lead his demonic war-host south. With the help of his dark bride Fritha, he plans to crush the warrior-angels and their allies.In the shadows of Forn Forest, Riv and the surviving Ben-Elim hold a war council... -
Dancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTaking Malazan fans back to that troubled continent's turbulent early history. The opening chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's epic new fantasy sequence, the Path to Ascendancy trilogy.For ages warfare has crippled the continent as minor city states, baronies, and principalities fought in an endless round of hostilities... -
A Time of Blood by John Gwynne
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsDefy the darkness. Defend the light.Drem and his friends are haunted by the horrors they witnessed at the battle at Starstone Lake: the screams of men being warped into beasts and the sight of a demon rising from the dead. But worse than any memory is Fritha, the demons' deadly high priestess. And she is hunting them... -
White Wolf by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe start of a gripping new series in the tradition of The Drenai TalesSkilgannon the Damned had vanished from the pages of history. Following the terrible triumph at Perapolis, the General had taken the legendary Swords of Night and Day and ridden from the lands of Naashan. No-one knew where he had gone, and the assassins sent by the Witch Queen could find no trace of his passing... -
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Владыка ледяного сада. Ночной странник by Jarosław Grzędowicz
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsДва года назад на планете Мидгард пропала исследовательская группа землян из восьми человек. Теперь новая экспедиция посылает за ними спасателя, цель которого найти выживших или идентифицировать тела погибших, а также уничтожить все следы возможного контакта аборигенов с землянами... -
Ravenheart by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsEight hundred years have passed since King Connavar of the Rigante and his bastard son, Bane, defeated the invading army of Stone. Now the Rigante have lost the freedom and culture so many gave their lives to preserve. Only one woman remains who follows the ancient ways–the Wyrd of Wishing Tree Wood–and she alone knows the nature of the evil soon to be unleashed... -
Hero in the Shadows by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThousands of years ago the city of Kuan Hador, a place steeped in evil, was defeated by a vast army of mystic warriors, the Enemy banished beyond the Gateway between Worlds. Spells of enormous power sealed the Gateway.Now, in the Duchy of Kydor, two thousand miles from the lands of the Drenai, icy mists begin to form around the ruins of Kuan Hador. Awesome Beasts stalk the hills and forests... -
In the Realm of the Wolf by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEnter the extraordinary, action-filled world that became Legend--as the exciting Drenai adventure continues to unfold . . .A mighty warrior and a feared assassin among the Drenai, Waylander the Slayer is now a man hunted by his own people--with a fortune in gold offered as grim reward for his murder... -
Skulduggery 4 by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBuilding a Criminal EmpireLord of the Rings + Breaking Bad + The Sopranos = Skulduggery With each rival my syndicate eliminates two more appear, and they are out for blood. The assassin’s guild, the dwarven miners, and the elven overlords are all looking to put our heads on a pike... -
Буря Жнеца. Том 2 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKolejna powieść z cyklu Malazańską Księga Poległych, wspaniałej monumentalnej sagi o wojnie Imperium Malazańskiego i ludziach uwikłanych w grę, której rezultat nie zawsze jest wynikiem działań śmiertelników... -
Охотники за костями. Том 2 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings14-я Малазанская Армия преследует остатки армии восстания и запирает ее в стенах Я'Гатана. В безжалостной бойне в стенах Я'Гатана погибнут многие, но и рождается новый элитный отряд Малазанской Армий — Охотников за Костями.Загадочные Тисти Эдур терроризируют все побережья мира, вырезая или отправляя в рабство целые народы... -
Охотники за костями. Том 1 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings14-я Малазанская Армия преследует остатки армии восстания и запирает ее в стенах Я'Гатана. В безжалостной бойне в стенах Я'Гатана погибнут многие, но и рождается новый элитный отряд Малазанской Армий — Охотников за Костями.Загадочные Тисти Эдур терроризируют все побережья мира, вырезая или отправляя в рабство целые народы... -
The Sea of Time by P.C. Hodgell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook #7 in the popular Kencyrath Saga. The Past Returns . . . Kothifir: a land where time shifts and the past can circle around to the present and vice versa at any moment. Here Jame, Kencyrath heir doomed to stalk the gods, joins the Southern Host to find that the past is infringing on the present and eating away at the foundations of the city state itself... -
The Free Bastards by Jonathan French
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy--another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed fantasy.The long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy--another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed fantasy... -
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God of Broken Things by Cameron Johnston
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn outcast magician must risk his body and mind to save the world from horrifying demons, in the heart-pounding epic fantasy sequel to The Traitor God.Tyrant magus Edrin Walker destroyed the monster sent by the Skallgrim, but not before it laid waste to Setharis, and infested their magical elite with mind-controlling parasites... -
Across the Sorrow Sea by Anthony Ryan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE SORROW SEA—THE MOST FEARED REGION IN ALL THE FIVE SEAS—PLAGUED BY STORMS, PROWLED BY A MURDEROUS PIRATE KING, AND HOME TO INHUMAN TERRORS.Continuing their quest for the Seven Swords, legendary warrior Guyime and his companions must brave these perilous tides to find the mythic Spectral Isle, where once a demon named Lakorath was captured by a sorcerer of great power... -
The Thief Who Wasn't There by Michael McClung
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBellarius, saved from utter destruction, is now plunged into vicious civil war. Amra has vanished, and while Holgren has a plan to find her and bring her back, his plan teeters between impossibility and insanity... -
Road Brothers by Mark Lawrence
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings10 short stories from the lives of Jorg and his Road Brothers. Contains spoilers for the Broken Empire trilogy. 5 of the stories have previously been published in anthologies, Contains the short story 'Sleeping Beauty' that is also sold separately. A total of 43.000 words or just over half the length of Prince of Thorns.Cover by Pen Astridge... -
The Gates of Tagmeth by P.C. Hodgell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew novel in the Kencyrath series, sequel to The Sea of Time. Adventure in a well-crafted high fantasy land. Destruction is in Jame Knorth's nature. Literally. She is the avatar of the god Gerridon, also known as That-Which-Destroys, the god of chaos and ruin... -
The Errantry of Bantam Flyn by Jonathan French
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Coburn. Rooster-Men of the Tin Isles. Proud and combative by nature, the coburn are an imposing race. The males, ever protective of their mates, fight to the death if threatened, especially against their own kind. Some, however, pursue a chaste life of chivalry and join the Valiant Spur, an order of coburn knights... -
A Man of His Word by Dave Duncan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young couple battles forces determined to keep them apart in this high fantasy series by “one of the leading masters of epic fantasy” (Publishers Weekly). These four fantasy novels of love and adventure follow the exploits of childhood friends Inos and Rap as their feelings are tested by the direst of circumstances... -
Beneath the Dragoneye Moons: Book 2 by Selkie Myth
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe adventure continues! Elaine learns how to be a Ranger, and the cold realities of Fire magic, healing, and life at the bottom of the food chain... -
Vigor Mortis: Volume 1 by Natalie Maher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCasting necromancy without ever learning how isn't supposed to be possible. A starving orphan girl named Vita is somehow managing it anyway, and she's not sure if this is going to be the solution to her life's problems or a horrifying, spiraling mess into problems she can't even conceive... -
Буря Жнеца. Том 1 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsНеспокойно в Летерийской империи. Рулад Сэнгар, Император Тысячи Смертей, попал под демоническую власть своего колдовского меча, который дарит ему бессмертие. Тайная полиция Патриотистов начинает чистки среди подданных. Пророки больше не могут видеть грядущее. Дворец полон заговорщиков, чиновники коррумпированы и ими движут только личные интересы... -
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Память льда. Том 1 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsРазрываемый длительными войнами континент Генабакис стал колыбелью для новой кровожадной империи - Паннионского Домина. Армии таинственного Провидца захватывают город за городом, буквально опустошая всё на своём пути. Чтобы противостоять им, объявленное вне закона Войско Дуджека Однорукого вынуждено объединиться с заклятым врагом Малазанской империи... -
The God Stalker Chronicles by P.C. Hodgell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJame is a Kencyrath, the chosen people of the Three-Faced God, who fight the demonic being called Perimal Darkling. At the same time, she fights an internal battle for their honor because 3,000 years ago the leader of the Kencyrath betrayed his people to the Darkness for his own immortality.She also must find her ten-year older brother Tori and return to him the sword and ring of their father... -
The Pillars of Sand by Mark T. Barnes, Nick Podehl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe epic conclusion of the Echoes of Empire trilogy.Prophecy declared that corrupt politician Corajidin would rule the Shrīanese Federation, even become its new Emperor and sinister magic has helped him defy death in order to do it. But his victory is not assured, thanks to clashing rival factions that hinder any attempts to unify the nation... -
Beneath the Dragoneye Moons: Book 1 by Selkie Myth
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElaine is ripped from this world to Pallos, a land of unlimited possibilities made real by a grand System governing classes, skills, and magic.An ideal society? What is this, a fantasy novel?Adventures? Right this way!A Grand quest? Nah.Friends and loot? Heck yes!Humans are the top dog? Nope, dinosaur food.Healing and fighting? Well, everything is trying to eat her... -
Dark of the Moon by P.C. Hodgell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJame and her friend Marc journey over the mountains to find Jame's twin brother Tori, but they must face great dangers, including planet-threatening enemies... -
Warpsword by Mike Lee, Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the world of Warhammer, no race is as cruel and treacherous as the dark elves, and no member of this race is more infamous than Malus Darkblade. His soul taken forfeit by a daemon, Darkblade must now seek the legendary Warpsword of Khaine or be forever damned... -
Academy of Outcasts by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brand new fantasy world from Larry Correia, bestselling author of Monster Hunter International! All Oz Carnavon ever wanted was to become a master mage. Except, to do so requires the natural gifts or wealth necessary to secure an appointment to one of the prestigious magical academies in the Core City at the center of the seven realms. Oz had neither... -
The Great Change by Joe Abercrombie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Great Change (and Other Lies) is a novella-length collection that gathers four short stories related to Joe Abercrombie's The Age of Madness, featuring old friends and new: from smugglers to kings, from diamond-cutters to dress-makers, from the most apparently insignificant of slaves to the most feared man in the Union, Old Sticks himself... -
The True Bastards by Jonathan French
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe sequel to The Grey Bastards--another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed adventure fantasy.Fetching was once the only female rider in the Lot Lands. Now she is the leader of her own hoof, a band of loyal half-orcs sworn to her command. But in the year since she took power, the True Bastards have struggled to survive... -
Charon's Claw by R.A. Salvatore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the 3rd book of the #4 New York Times best-selling Neverwinter Saga, Drizzt draws his swords once more to aid his friends. His lover, Dahlia Sin’felle, can speak of nothing but the moment she will face the Netherese lord Herzgo Alegni once again. Drizzt has already followed a trail of vengeance beside Dahlia... -
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Breath and Bone by Carol Berg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAs the land of Navronne sinks deeper into civil war and perilous winter, everyone wants to get their hands on the rebellious sorcerer Valen -a murderous priestess, a prince who steals dead men's eyes, and even the Danae guardians, whose magic nurtures the earth and whose attention could prove the most costly of all... -
Kellanved's Reach by Ian C. Esslemont
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe conclusion to Ian C. Esslemont's epic fantasy Path to Ascendancy trilogy--a prequel story set in the New York Times bestselling Malazan Empire series--co-created by Steven Erikson.The incessant war between the bickering city states of Quon Tali rages... -
Last Guardian by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA fantasy novel featuring Jon Shannow, who is the only one who can find the Sword of God in order to close the gateway between past and present, unaware that his actions could warp time itself and result in the destruction of worlds. From the author of KNIGHTS OF DARK RENOWN, DARK MOON and ECHOES OF THE GREAT SONG... -
Dark Moon by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe peaceful Eldarin were the last of three ancient races. The mystical Oltor, healers and poets, had fallen before the dread power of the cruel and sadistic Daroth. Yet in one awesome night the invincible Daroth had vanished from the face of the earth. Gone were their cities, their armies, their terror. The Great Northern Desert was their only legacy... -
Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMidnight Sun is the companion volume to Gods in Darkness, and collects all of the Kane short stories and poetry. The Complete Stories of Kane... -
Gods in Darkness: The Complete Novels of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKane An immortal, cursed to wander the Earth until he is destroyed by the violence that he himself has created. A warrior and statesman: As comfortable in the shadowy halls of courtly intrigue as he is on the bloody battlefields where those intrigue's inevitably play themselves out... -
The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratings2016 Ink and Insights Competition - Judges' Favorite2017 Reader's Favorite Award for Epic Fantasy2nd place in the 2017 SPFBOLong ago the world fell into twilight, when the great empires of old consumed each other in sorcerous cataclysms... -
To Ride a Rathorn by P.C. Hodgell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter Jame's inadmissible behavior in the Women's Halls, her twin brother Tori takes her to Tentir, the random college to learn the ways of becoming a fighter. Here is where Jame has always felt she would feel most comfortable, but on the night of her arrival she almost burns down part of the college... -
The Master by Louise Cooper
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsChaos stalks the Realm of Order. The fate of a world hangs on one woman's life. In Conclave grave the Lords of Light will summon their God to battle. Adept of Chaos, sworn to the Law, the Master rides to confront his terrible destiny. This is the tale of his decision. This is Book III in the Master trilogy... -
Steel, Blood & Fire by Allan Batchelder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTARMUN VYKERS His awestruck opponents call him The Reaper, an iron-willed man with no memory of his past, a ruthless champion who has risen to the level of death incarnate. But The Reaper has collected a legion of enemies as he cut a bloody swath through the greatest of heroes and villains. And these dogs have finally had their day, exacting a revenge both cruel and creative... -
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The Legend of Sigmar. Graham McNeill by Graham McNeill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSigmar is the greatest leader of men the world has ever known. By saving the high king of the dwarfs, he earned the eternal friendship of the mountain folk. When a mighty horde of orcs threatened his lands, he united the tribes of men to stand against them at Black Fire Pass. He broke the siege of Middenheim and pushed back the forces of Chaos... -
Underling Revenge by Craig Halloran
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs Venir struggles to survive the wrath of the underlings, Fogle Boon the wizard and Mood the Blood Ranger continue the search for their missing comrade. But how will they find a man that completely disappeared from Bish without a trace? Back in the City of Bone, Melegal the thief is pushed to the limits under the thumb of the powerful Royal Lord Almen... -
The Rise of Nagash by Mike Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNagash is the first necromancer and the supreme lord of undeath. He wrested the secrets of dark magic from the elves and perverted them to suit his ends. When the priest-kings of Nehekhara stood united against him, he broke their armies and sacked their cities. He raised the largest army of the dead the world has ever known and became an immortal dark god. His deeds are legend. This is his story... -
Shadowblood by William King
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“The King of High Adventure,” Starlog.A thousand years ago the world of Gaeia fell to the Terrarchs, cruel and beautiful alien invaders with a deadly secret. Masters of sorcery and intrigue they have ruled humanity with a fist of steel inside a glove of velvet. For a thousand years, ancient demons have slept, waiting for the moment of their return. Now the stars are right... -
War of Wizards by Michael Wallace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the combined forces of Balsalom and the Free Kingdoms assault the dark wizard's citadel, the enemy raises an unstoppable army of wights, dragons, and dead knights to crush them. Meanwhile, in the deserts of the south, a rogue band of wizards enters the war, their motives selfish and their loyalties suspect... -
Gotrek and Felix: The Anthology by Christian Z. Dunn, Nathan Long
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA group of Black Library authors give their own spin on stories based on and about the iconic characters of Warhammer Fantasy - Gotrek and Felix...
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