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  • Vale of the Gods by A.E. Rayne

    Vale of the Gods by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Vale of the Gods is the explosive conclusion to the epic adventure that has been The Furyck Saga. Draguta Teros wants to crush her enemies.Every last one of them…Her disloyal sister, Dara.Briggit Halvardar and her Followers.Jael Furyck and her Brekkan army.The gods themselves.But Draguta will not be cowed by any of them.She will have her revenge...
  • Wrath by John Gwynne

    Wrath by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Events are coming to a climax in the Banished Lands, as the war reaches new heights. King Nathair has taken control of the fortress at Drassil and three of the Seven Treasures are in his possession. And together with Calidus and his ally Queen Rhin, Nathair will do anything to obtain the remaining Treasures. With all seven under his command, he can open a portal to the Otherworld...
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    dark  epic  friendship  magic  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Ruin by John Gwynne

    Ruin by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    The Banished Lands are engulfed in war and chaos. The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the west and High King Nathair has the cauldron, most powerful of the seven treasures. At his back stands the scheming Calidus and a warband of the Kadoshim, dread demons of the Otherworld. They plan to bring Asroth and his host of the Fallen into the world of flesh, but to do so they need the seven treasures...
  • Hallow Wood by A.E. Rayne

    Hallow Wood by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hallow Wood is the fourth book in The Furyck Saga : an action-packed epic fantasy series that weaves together an intricate web of characters and kingdoms, swords and warriors, dark magic and mystery that will leave you wanting more!As the Arnesson brothers finally reach Oss’ harbour, Ivaar’s discomfort grows...
  • City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

    City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Revenge. It's something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing. So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do — and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara's killers deserve...
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    dark  epic  family  magic  paranormal  religion  spirituality  war
  • Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.This is a collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection THE LAST WISH...
  • Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk

    Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Whyborne, Griffin, and their friends have faced down cultists, monsters, and sorcerers. But their greatest challenge is now upon them.On the return voyage from Balefire Manor, Whyborne receives the worst news possible: Widdershins has fallen before the onslaught of the Fideles and their servants. There’s still time to stop the return of the Masters, but that window grows shorter by the hour...
  • Kingdoms and Chaos by Kel Kade

    Kingdoms and Chaos by Kel Kade

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The future of the Ashaiian haven, the newly founded Kingdom of Cael, is anything but secured. Rezkin must seek recognition from the King of Gendishen if his people are to maintain possession of their island home and the enchanted secret it contains. In an unexpected twist, events overtake Rezkin, and he is thrust into a frustrating adventure to seek a worthless prize...
  • Mark of the Hunter by A.E. Rayne

    Mark of the Hunter by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fate will not be denied.And those FATED TO RISE can’t remain in the shadows forever.‘How do you know so much, Grandfather?’Alys was eleven. They sat at their table, shelling peas.‘Me? Oh, well I’m old, you see. The old know many things, though the young are usually too busy to ask.’‘You’re not that old.’Jonas smiled. ‘I’m old enough to know some things. Your grandmother taught me a lot...
  • Queen of the Shining Sea by Miranda Honfleur

    Queen of the Shining Sea by Miranda Honfleur

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Enemy mages and ships. An all-powerful organization gone rogue. One woman refuses to stand aside. After the Divinity reveals its dark intentions, Rielle and her friends patrol the Shining Sea, doing all they can to stem the tide of gold flowing into Magehold and the dangerous goods flowing out...
  • Chosen for Power by Lindsay Buroker

    Chosen for Power by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Jak and his allies venture through the portal in search of the longevity plant their king demands, but all Jak wants is to find the elder dragons.Some say they’re extinct. Some say they’re in hiding.If he can’t locate them, there won’t be anyone to teach his hatchling how to fly. Or to protect the dragon eggs preserved within a glacier on another world...
  • The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down...
  • Blood Will by Kirill Klevanski

    Blood Will by Kirill Klevanski

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    He made a deal with a dragon, getting its heart in return. He fought monsters to defeat the monster in himself. He won the war, razing one of the most powerful sects to the ground, and received the highest military rank possible.Now his path leads him to the very heart of the country — to the capital — to receive his title and well-deserved honors...
  • Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 71 ratings
    Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.This is a collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection THE LAST WISH...
  • Demon's Throne 2 by K.D. Robertson

    Demon's Throne 2 by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rys is still shaking dust from his hair after a thousand years of sleep, and he already finds himself in a two-front war. The sorcerers of the Malus League are summoning a demon lord, while his northern neighbor marches south. Now that Rys has claimed a kingdom, he needs to keep it.Naturally, he'll expand his territory while crushing his new enemies...
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    dark  epic  magic  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • Court of Shadows by Miranda Honfleur

    Court of Shadows by Miranda Honfleur

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Answers to who killed her family. A trial to death. Is the truth worth the risk?Master Mage Rielle is counting the months to her wedding when an unexpected invitation arrives from Magehold—to compete for magister. The magister’s mantle has been her dream for over a decade, but rumors accuse Magehold of shadowy deeds, among them killing families to collect promising young novices...
  • Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke

    Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Guillermo del Toro, Cornelia Funke

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Fans of dark fairy-tales like The Hazel Wood and The Cruel Prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing book based on Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed movie...
  • Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    King Jorg Ancrath is twenty now—and king of seven nations. His goal—revenge against his father—has not yet been realized, and the demons that haunt him have only grown stronger. Yet no matter how tortured his path, he intends to take the next step in his upward climb. Jorg would be emperor. It is a position not to be gained by the sword but rather by vote...
  • The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart

    The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Arthur Pendragon is King! Unchallenged on the battlefield, he melds the country together in a time of promise. But sinister powers plot to destroy Camelot, and when the witch-queen Morgause -- Arthur's own half sister -- ensnares him in an incestuous liaison, a fatal web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is woven...
  • Deathmarked by David Estes

    Deathmarked by David Estes

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    While the war for the Four Kingdoms drags on, a new threat emerges from across the sea…To the north, Annise Gäric seek to rescue Lady Zelda and retake Castle Hill from the sellswords known as the Brotherhood. In the back of her mind is a growing fear, something she can’t quite explain...
  • The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

    The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 78 ratings
    When Rin aced the Keju — the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies — it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was...
  • Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist

    Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The final volume in the epic Riftwar Cycle.The dragons are calling...Civil war is tearing apart the Kingdom of the Isles, for the throne lies empty and rivals are converging...
  • The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler

    The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    As the “audacious and subversive”* Shadow Campaigns novels continue, the weather is growing warmer, but the frosty threat of Vordan’s enemies is only growing worse..
  • Ghost in the Throne by Jonathan Moeller

    Ghost in the Throne by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Caina Amalas cheated death and escaped certain doom. So did her mortal enemy, the sorcerer Cassander Nilas. Now the city of Istarinmul teeters on the brink of civil war and sorcerous annihilation. Unless Caina summons all her bravery and cunning, Cassander's dark spell will kill millions of people. Starting with the people she loves..
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    dark  epic  magic  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher Geralt is a witcher: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender, in dark times, against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend. His task, now, is to protect Ciri...
  • The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs

    The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The fate of peculiardom hangs in the balance in this epic conclusion to the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop to find themselves in Florida...
  • Winter's Fire by Giles Kristian

    Winter's Fire by Giles Kristian

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Norway, AD 785: a vow of vengeance must be kept . . . Sigurd Haraldarson has proved himself a great warrior . . . and a dangerous enemy. He has gone a long way towards avenging the murder of his family. And yet the oath-breaker King Gorm, who betrayed Sigurd’s father, still lives. And so long as he draws breath, the scales remain unbalanced...
  • By Dark Deeds by Miranda Honfleur

    By Dark Deeds by Miranda Honfleur

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her hands shackled. An assassin hunting the man she loves. Will she save him in time?Elementalist Rielle needs to get to the man she loves before the assassin pursuing him finds her mark. There's only one problem: she's chained aboard a ship bound for a foreign land.And her new life is harsh, with her movements watched, food scarce, and safety even scarcer...
  • Nightblade's Honor by Ryan Kirk

    Nightblade's Honor by Ryan Kirk

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the riveting sequel to Nightblade’s Vengeance, the nightblades must choose a side, and the Kingdom will either rise again… or shatter into pieces.With the realm on the brink of war, the once-celebrated blades have become an easy target for the rage of its devastated citizens...
  • Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honoured for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Territories, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos...
  • Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

    Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Fires of Heaven, we plunge again into Robert Jordan's extraordinarily rich, totally unforgettable world:On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world ..
  • The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

    The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife Bea have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julian, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere bookshop and threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city's dark past...
  • The Infernal Battalion by Django Wexler

    The Infernal Battalion by Django Wexler

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Military might and arcane power clash in Django Wexler’s thrilling new Shadow Campaigns novel. The Beast, the ancient demon imprisoned beneath the fortress-city of Elysium for a thousand years, has been loosed on the world. It absorbs mind after mind, spreading like a plague through the north...
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    dark  epic  magic  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett

    City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birthplace of fearsome supernatural sentinels who killed and subjugated millions. Now, the city’s god is dead. The city itself lies in ruins. And to its new military occupiers, the once-powerful capital is a wasteland of sectarian violence and bloody uprisings...
  • The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

    The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In Berlin in 1941 during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman. In Berlin, at the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her twelve-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime...
  • The Black Song by Anthony Ryan

    The Black Song by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A matchless warrior is pitted against a near-God in the second epic installment of the Raven's Blade series. It has long been our lot in life, brother, to do what others can't.Vaelin Al Sorna was known across the realm as the greatest of warriors, but he thought battles were behind him. He was wrong...
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    dark  epic  magic  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The White Rose by Glen Cook

    The White Rose by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    She is the last hope of good in the war against the evil sorceress known as the Lady. From a secret base on the Plains of Fear, where even the Lady hesitates to go, the Black Company, once in service to the Lady, now fights to bring victory to the White Rose. But now an even greater evil threatens the world...
  • Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In a land threatened by treacherous war and beset by demons, royal dowager Ista, released from the curse of madness and manipulated by an untrustworthy god, is plunged into a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm...
  • Seal of the Worm by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Seal of the Worm by Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Empire stands victorious over its enemies at last. With her chief rival cast into the abyss, Empress Seda now faces the truth of what she has cost the world in order to win the war. The Seal has been shattered, and the Worm stirs towards the light for the first time in a thousand years. Already it is striking at the surface, voraciously consuming everything its questing tendrils touch...
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    epic  magic  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  female-mc
  • Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 74 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher.For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf...
  • Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    The Witcher returns in this action-packed sequel to The Tower of Swallows, in the New York Times bestselling series that inspired The Witcher video games. After walking through the portal in the Tower of Swallows while narrowly escaping death, Ciri finds herself in a completely different world... an Elven world. She is trapped with no way out...
  • Blood of a Fallen God by Joshua C. Cook

    Blood of a Fallen God by Joshua C. Cook

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Generations 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 Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army...
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    dark  epic  magic  religion  spirituality  war  action-adventure  adult
  • The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett

    The Skull Throne by Peter V. Brett

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    The Skull Throne of Krasia stands empty. Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honor and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all...
  • Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

    Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom.The adventure that began with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and continued in Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls...
  • The Spirit Stone by Katharine Kerr

    The Spirit Stone by Katharine Kerr

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Prince Dar of the Westlands calls the new fortress of Zakh Gral "a dagger laid against our throat." It was built by the Horsekin, ancient enemies of his people. To destroy the threat, the elven prince has called upon his dwarven and human allies. Their leaders know that if the Westlands fall, their own throats will feel the dagger next...
  • When Darkness Falls by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory

    When Darkness Falls by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When Darkness Falls, the third book in The Obsidian Trilogy from Mercedes Lackey and James MalloryA great working of Wild Magic and High Magic strikes at the heart of the Demon Queen's plots, but the human city, the Golden City of the Bells, falls farther under her sway with each day that passes...
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    dark  epic  magic  paranormal  war  action-adventure  audiobook  book
  • The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling

    The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Under the rule of a usurper king, the realm of Skala has suffered famine, plague, and invasion. But now the time for the rightful heir has come, a return to the tradition of warrior queens. And the Lightbearer's prophecy is to be upheld at last: so long as a daughter of the royal line defends and rules, Skala will never be subjugated...
  • The Empire of Ashes by Anthony Ryan

    The Empire of Ashes by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    For hundreds of years, the Ironship Trading Syndicate was fuelled by drake blood–and protected by the Blood-blessed, those few who could drink it and wield fearsome powers. But now the very thing that sustained the corporate world threatens to destroy it.A drake of unimaginable power has risen, and it commands an army of both beasts and men...
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    dark  epic  magic  paranormal  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • Dissolution by Richard Lee Byers

    Dissolution by Richard Lee Byers

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    While their whole world is changing around them, four dark elves struggle against different enemies. Yet their paths will lead them all to the most terrifying discovery in the long history of the drow, and set them on a quest to save not only Menzoberranzan but the entire dark elf race from Dissolution.The War of the Spider Queen begins here...
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