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  • The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

    The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 87 ratings
    Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war...
  • Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

    Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It’s enough to make a torturer want to run – if he could even walk without a stick.Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country...
  • The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan

    The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    The hounds at our heels will soon know we are lionsTamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies, and no hope of reinforcements...
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    dark  epic  magic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan

    The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The capital has fallen...Field Marshal Tamas returns to his beloved country to find that for the first time in history, the capital city of Adro lies in the hands of a foreign invader. His son is missing, his allies are indistinguishable from his foes, and reinforcements are several weeks away.An army divided..
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    dark  epic  magic  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 62 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times...
  • The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett

    The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way...
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    dark  dystopia  epic  magic  war  action-adventure  audiobook  book
  • The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett

    The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 61 ratings
    The sun is setting on humanity. The night now belongs to voracious demons that prey upon a dwindling population forced to cower behind half-forgotten symbols of power. Legends tell of a Deliverer: a general who once bound all mankind into a single force that defeated the demons. But is the return of the Deliverer just another myth? Perhaps not...
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    dark  dystopia  epic  magic  war  action-adventure  audiobook  book
  • The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett

    The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all...
  • The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin

    The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. A mysterious and deadly plague now haunts the citizens of Gujaareh, dooming the infected to die screaming in their sleep. Someone must show them the way...
  • The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson

    The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The war is over, but something is rotten in the state of Eidyn.With a ragged peace in place, demons burn farmlands, violent Reivers roam the wilds and plague has spread beyond the Black Meadows. The country is on its knees.In a society that fears and shuns him, Aranok is the first magically-skilled draoidh to be named King’s Envoy...
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    dark  epic  magic  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

    The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A group of three young thieves are pulled into a centuries old magical war between ancient beings, mages, and humanity in this wildly original debut epic fantasy.The city has always been. The city must finally end...
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    dark  epic  magic  war  action-adventure  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Grim Company by Luke Scull

    The Grim Company by Luke Scull

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The difference between a hero and a killer lies in the ability to justify dark deeds. But this is the Age of Ruin. And there are no heroes...Five hundred years ago, the world was destroyed in the celestial Godswar. Seeking to throw off the shackles of the deities who created them, a cabal of mages rose up and made war upon the Gods...
  • A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

    A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    For the first time, all five novels in the epic fantasy series that inspired HBO's "Game of Thrones "are together in one boxed set. An immersive entertainment experience unlike any other, A Song of Ice and Fire has earned George R. R. Martin--dubbed "the American Tolkien" by "Time" magazine--international acclaim and millions of loyal readers...
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    dark  epic  magic  war  action-adventure  audiobook  book  box-set
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