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Warbound by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author's gritty urban fantasy set in an alternate noir 1930s. A tough P.I. battles an interdimensional monster that wants to suck magic power out of the world. Sequel to Hard Magic and Spellbound. Book Three in the Grimnoir Chronicles...Categorized as:
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Spellbound by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDark fantasy goes hardboiled in #2 of the hard-hitting Grimnoir Chronicles by the New York Times best-selling creator of Monster Hunter International...Categorized as:
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Hard Magic by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsJake Sullivan is a licensed Private Eye—with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someone to go after a suspected killer who's been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree...Categorized as:
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The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSomeone is killing Britain's warlocks.Twenty-two years after the Second World War, a precarious balance of power maintains the peace between Great Britain and the USSR. For decades, the warlocks have been all that stand between the British Empire and the Soviet Union-- a vast domain stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the shores of the English Channel...Categorized as:
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![Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles]()
Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsArchaeologist Saul Lazenby has been all but unemployable since his disgrace during the War. Now he scrapes a living working for a rich eccentric who believes in magic. Saul knows it’s a lot of nonsense...except that he begins to find himself in increasingly strange and frightening situations. And at every turn he runs into the sardonic, mysterious Randolph Glyde... -
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Declare by Tim Powers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs a young double agent infiltrating the Soviet spy network in Nazi-occupied Paris, Andrew Hale finds himself caught up in a secret, even more ruthless war. Two decades later, in 1963, he will be forced to confront again the nightmare that has haunted his adult life: a lethal unfinished operation code-named Declare... -
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Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratings12 May 1940. Westminster, London, England: the early days of World War II.Again.Raybould Marsh, one of "our" Britain's best spies, has travelled to another Earth in a desperate attempt to save at least one timeline from the Cthulhu-like monsters who have been observing our species from space and have already destroyed Marsh's timeline...Categorized as:
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![The Map of the Sky by Félix J. Palma]()
The Map of the Sky by Félix J. Palma
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of The Map of Time returns with a mesmerizing novel casting H.G. Wells in a leading role, as the extraterrestrial invasion featured in The War of the Worlds is turned into a bizarre reality... -
![The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers]()
The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 30 ratings'The Drawing of the Dark is not only one of my favourite Tim Powers novels, it's simply one of my favourite novels. The seamless and seemingly effortless blend of action and humour, the wonderful characters, the rich settings, the brilliant plot - all of it is perfect' James P... -
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The Curse of Jacob Tracy by Holly Messinger
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSt. Louis in 1880 is full of ghosts, and Jacob Tracy can see them all. Ever since he nearly died on the battlefield at Antietam, Trace has been haunted by the country's restless dead. The curse cost him his family, his calling to the church, and damn near his sanity. He stays out of ghost-populated areas as much as possible these days, guiding wagon trains West from St... -
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Fenrir by M.D. Lachlan
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Vikings are laying siege to Paris. They want the Count's sister, in return they will spare the rest of the city... -
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Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGhost Talkers: a new novel from beloved fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War I.Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Hartshorne, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force...Categorized as:
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The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMy name is Jax.That is the name granted to me by my human masters.I am a clakker: a mechanical man, powered by alchemy. Armies of my kind have conquered the world - and made the Brasswork Throne the sole superpower.I am a faithful servant. I am the ultimate fighting machine. I am endowed with great strength and boundless stamina.But I am beholden to the wishes of my human masters.I am a slave... -
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Retromancer by Robert Rankin
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere is big and evil magic abroad upon the face of the Earth. History has been changed. The Germans have won WWII. America is a nuclear wasteland. And worst of all, the breakfast menu at The Wife's Legs Caf?? in Brentford is serving Bratwurst rather than the proper big boys' British banger. Something is Not Right... -
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![Unnatural Issue by Mercedes Lackey]()
Unnatural Issue by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA brand-new Elemental Masters novel from the national bestselling author Mercedes Lackey. Richard Whitestone is an Elemental Earth Master. Blaming himself for the death of his beloved wife in childbirth, he has sworn never to set eyes on his daughter, Suzanne... -
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The Midnight Front by David Mack
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOn the eve of World War Two, Nazi sorcerers come gunning for Cade but kill his family instead. His one path of vengeance is to become an apprentice of The Midnight Front—the Allies’ top-secret magickal warfare program—and become a sorcerer himself... -
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Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt's 1939. The Nazis have supermen, the British have demons, and one perfectly normal man gets caught in betweenRaybould Marsh is a British secret agent in the early days of the Second World War, haunted by something strange he saw on a mission during the Spanish Civil War: a German woman with wires going into her head who looked at him as if she knew him... -
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Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Thieftaker, D. B. Jackson delivers a thrilling debut tale of magic and intrigue that will leave readers breathless and eager for more Ethan Kaille. Boston, 1765: In D.B. Jackson's Thieftaker, revolution is brewing as the British Crown imposes increasingly onerous taxes on the colonies, and intrigue swirls around firebrands like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty... -
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The Dead of Winter by Lee Collins
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCora and her husband hunt things – things that shouldn’t exist.When the marshal of Leadville, Colorado, comes across a pair of mysterious deaths, he turns to Cora to find the creature responsible. But if Cora is to overcome the unnatural tide threatening to consume the small town, she must first confront her own tragic past as well as her present... -
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Twelve by Jasper Kent
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe voordalak--creature of legend, the tales of which have terrified Russian children for generations. But for Captain Aleksei Ivanovich Danilov--a child of more enlightened times--it is a legend that has long been forgotten. Besides, in the autumn of 1812, he faces a more tangible enemy: the Grande Armee of Napoleon Bonaparte... -
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The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 30 ratings"Beauty will be convulsive...."It's 1941. In the chaos of wartime Marseille, American engineer - and occult disciple - Jack Parsons stumbles onto a clandestine anti-Nazi group, including surrealist theorist André Breton. In the strange games of the dissident diplomats, exiled revolutionaries, and avant-garde artists, Parsons finds and channels hope...Categorized as:
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The Furies by Mark Alpert
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor centuries, the Furies have lived among us. Long ago they were called witches and massacred by the thousands. But they're human just like us, except for a rare genetic mutation that they've hidden from the rest of the world for hundreds of years.Now, a chance encounter with a beautiful woman named Ariel has led John Rogers into the middle of a secret war among the Furies...Categorized as:
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American Vampire, Vol. 3 by Scott Snyder
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTwo epic World War II tales in one massive volume!In the Pacific, Pearl's husband Henry joins a clandestine group on a secret mission to Japan to hunt a new breed of bloodsucker. Meanwhile, Skinner Sweet has plans of his own...And in Europe, vampire hunters Felicia Book and Cash McCogan go behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied Romania in search of a rumored vampire cure...Categorized as:
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![East of West, Vol. 3: There Is No Us by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta]()
East of West, Vol. 3: There Is No Us by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt's the third volume of the Eisner-nominated East Of West. There Is No Us sees the breaking apart of the future-scape of America as the world races forward towards the apocalypse... -
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East of West, Vol. 2: We Are All One by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe second volume of the most exciting new book in the industry is here! We Are All One follows our cast around the fractured future-scape of America as we learn more about a world that's rapidly coming to a end... -
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The Unwritten, Vol. 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words by Mike Carey, Peter Gross
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn this volume, Tom Taylor goes to war against the cabal that has tormented, imprisoned and tried to destroy him. To have a hope of winning, Tom must use every weapon he can get hold of, but even storybook magic carries its own risks. Tom's crusade plays out against the backdrop of the cabal's sinister secret history and delves deep into the dark past of some of the series' major players... -
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MJ-12: Inception by Michael J. Martinez
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA team of superhuman covert operatives emerges from the ashes of World War II in a Cold War-era paranormal espionage thriller from acclaimed genre-bender Michael J. Martinez. It is a new world, stunned by the horrors that linger in the aftermath of total war...Categorized as:
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![The Sixth Gun, Vol. 1: Cold Dead Fingers by Cullen Bunn]()
The Sixth Gun, Vol. 1: Cold Dead Fingers by Cullen Bunn
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTHIS IS NOT THE OLD WEST AS WE KNOW IT. In the passing shadow of the Civil War, defiant Confederate General Oleander Hume waits to be let loose, too evil and warped to die, too mad with bloodlust to let go of his black magic. He hungers for his lost and most precious possession, an ancient weapon of foreboding doom...Categorized as:
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![East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta]()
East of West, Vol. 1: The Promise by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis is the world. It is not the one we wanted, but it is the one we deserved. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse roam the Earth, signaling the End Times for humanity, and our best hope for life, lies in Death... -
![The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1: At the Edge of Empire by Daniel Kraus]()
The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Vol. 1: At the Edge of Empire by Daniel Kraus
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMay 7, 1896. Dusk. A swaggering seventeen-year-old gangster named Zebulon Finch is gunned down on the shores of Lake Michigan. But after mere minutes in the void, he is mysteriously resurrected.His second life will be nothing like his first.Zebulon’s new existence begins as a sideshow attraction in a traveling medicine show...
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