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The Dark Tower by Stephen King, Michael Whelan
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsAt the outset of the final installment of our saga, Roland’s ka-tet is scattered across several different wheres and whens. Susannah Dean (still in the clutches of the demon Mia) is in End-World’s Fedic Dogan: a chamber of horrors where magic and technology can be merged and where a monstrous half-human child can be brought forth into the world...Categorized as:
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Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsRoland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Jake’s pet bumbler survive Blaine the Mono’s final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, one that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, they hear the atonal squalling of a thinny, a place where the fabric of existence has almost entirely worn away... -
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Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsRoland and his tet have just returned to the path of the Beam when they discover that they are being followed by a group of inexperienced trackers. The trackers are from the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis, and they desperately need the help of gunslingers... -
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King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsThe second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition.To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake...Categorized as:
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The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsLia has survived Venda—but so has a great evil bent on the destruction of Morrighan. And only Lia can stop it.With war on the horizon, Lia has no choice but to assume her role as First Daughter, as soldier—as leader. While she struggles to reach Morrighan and warn them, she finds herself at cross-purposes with Rafe and suspicious of Kaden, who has hunted her down... -
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Wayfarer's Keep by T.A. White
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBranded a traitor by her people, Shea and her warlord—the fiercely dangerous Fallon—travel to the Pathfinders’ seat of power at her father’s request, hoping to form an alliance despite the distrust between them. It doesn’t take long before Shea and Fallon realize something is dangerously wrong in the place she once called home... -
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Mist's Edge by T.A. White
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe pathfinder, Shea, has chosen to make a place for herself among her former captors, leaving behind her people and the life she once knew. However, not all welcome this outsider in their midst. Shea will find that surviving alone in the wilderness is child’s play next to navigating the politics that come with her new position... -
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The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Children's Book Council of Australia Honor Book In this powerful sequel to Obernewtyn, young Elspeth Gordie-possessed of extraordinary mental powers-has united with others Misfits for refuge on the remote mountain keep of Obernewtyn. Yet the threat from the totalitarian Council to their safety is ever present... -
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Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are way too many ways to get killed--and Giannine seems to be finding them all. Which is a darn shame, because unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen treasure, answer the dwarf's dumb riddles, impress the head-chopping statue, charm the army of ghosts, fend off the barbarians, and defeat the man-eating dragon, she'll never win...Categorized as:
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The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsKelsea Glynn is the Queen of the Tearling. Despite her youth, she has quickly asserted herself as a fair, just and powerful ruler.However, power is a double-edged sword, and small actions can have grave consequences... -
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Finder by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA dead god. A dying world. A girl never meant to be sentient. Siriaa is dying. A poison is spreading throughout the planet and none know how to neutralize it. Finder, working in King Tamblin's castle kitchen most of her life, has never spoken. A child of questionable parentage, Finder is an orphan assigned to perform duties nobody else wants... -
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The Sending by Isobelle Carmody
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt came to me then, like a chilly draught from an unseen gap, that I had always known in my deepest heart that it would be like this, a slipping away from a life full of people I had come to love, in a place I had helped to shape, in a land I had helped to free... -
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Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 85 ratingsThis is a world divided by blood—red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace...Categorized as:
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Morrighan by Mary E. Pearson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBefore borders were drawn, before treaties were signed, before wars were waged anew, before the great kingdoms of the Remnant were even born and the world of old was only a hazy slate of memory told in story and legend, a girl and her family fought to survive. And that girl’s name was Morrighan...Categorized as:
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Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA powerful secret. A dangerous path. Rigg is well trained at keeping secrets. Only his father knows the truth about Rigg's strange talent for seeing the paths of people's pasts. But when his father dies, Rigg is stunned to learn just how many secrets Father had kept from him--secrets about Rigg's own past, his identity, and his destiny... -
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The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsMagic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this epic debut in which a young princess must reclaim her dead mother’s throne, learn to be a ruler—and defeat the Red Queen, a powerful and malevolent sorceress determined to destroy her...Categorized as:
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The Keeper by David Baldacci
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsVega Jane was always told no one could leave the town of Wormwood. She was told there was nothing outside but the Quag, a wilderness filled with danger and death. And she believed it - until the night she stumbled across a secret that proved that everything she knew was a lie. Now just one thing stands between Vega Jane and freedom - the Quag...Categorized as:
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Moon Chosen by P.C. Cast
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsChosen to embrace her true identity. Chosen to follow her destiny. Chosen to change her world.Mari is an Earth Walker, heir to the unique healing powers of her Clan, but she has been forced to turn from her duties, until she is chosen by a special animal ally, altering her destiny forever...Categorized as:
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A Touch of Truth by Nita Round
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree women. One bloody mystery, and a prophesy that transcends time. People have gone missing and no one knows where they've gone. The only clue left behind is blood, lots of blood, and a single silver brooch.Magda Stoner, captain of the airship Verity, has questions, and the Order for which she works has no answers to give... -
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The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks, Scott Brick
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsAncient Evil threatens the Elves: The ancient tree created by long-lost Elven magic, is dying. When Wil Ohmsford is summoned to guard the Amberle on a perilous quest to gather a new seed for a new tree, he is faced with the Reaper, the most fearsome of all Demons. And Wil is without power to control them....Read by Scott Brick.15 audiocassettes (90 min. each) : analog, Dolby processed... -
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Blue Adept by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn Book Two of the epic adventure that began in SPLIT INFINITY, Stile discovers life on Proton and Phaze is getting more difficult. On Proton he's a serf trying to prove his right to exist by competing in the Great Games. And on Phaze, where only magic worked, he was the Blue Adept trying to master the powers of sorcery. On both worlds, someone was trying to assassinate him... -
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Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 91 ratingsThis is a world divided by blood—red or silver. The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change. That is until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace...Categorized as:
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Black Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsOn the distant world of Erna, four people--Priest, Adept, Sorcerer, and Apprentice--are drawn together to battle the forces of evil, led by the demonic fae, a soul-destroying force that preys on the human mind... -
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Deception by C.J. Redwine
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsBaalboden has been ravaged. The brutal Commander's whereabouts are unknown. And Rachel, grief stricken over her father's death, needs Logan more than ever. With their ragged group of survivors struggling to forge a future, it's up to Logan to become the leader they need—with Rachel by his side...Categorized as:
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![Kingdom of Ashes by Elena May]()
Kingdom of Ashes by Elena May
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMyra never witnessed the Nightfall. She has only heard stories from the eldest among them; tales of the Old World and of the scientists who invented the WeatherWizard - a technological innovation that controls the weather... -
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The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsMoon has spent his life hiding what he is — a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the tribes of his river valley, with mixed success. Just as Moon is once again cast out by his adopted tribe, he discovers a shape-shifter like himself..Categorized as:
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Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIn the beginning was the darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and in the girl was a secret...In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city’s vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation...Categorized as:
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Asunder by Jodi Meadows
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsDARKSOULSAna has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls–and the newsouls who may be born in their place.SHADOWSMany are afraid of Ana’s presence, a constant reminder of unstoppable changes and the unknown... -
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The Jewel by Amy Ewing
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 44 ratings"Today is my last day as Violet Lasting. Tomorrow I become Lot 197."The Jewel is a shocking and compelling new YA series from debut author, Amy Ewing.Sold for six million diamantes, Violet is now Surrogate of the House of the Lake in the centre of the Lone City, the Jewel. Her sole purpose is to produce a healthy heir for the Duchess – a woman Violet fears and despises... -
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Queen Song by Victoria Aveyard
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsQueen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary—how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life... -
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Frost by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the icy, monster-plagued world of the Frost, compassion might get a person killed, and Lia Weaver knows this better than anyone. After the monsters kill her parents, she must keep the family farm running or risk losing her siblings to reassignment by the village Elders. With dangers on all sides, she can't afford to let her emotions lead her astray...Categorized as:
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Concubine by Jill Knowles
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsScholar, captain...war prize?Prince Kael of Korai is stunned when his father gives him to an enemy warlord in a desperate attempt to salvage Korai's reputation. With his country's honor at stake, Kael resolves to submit to Warlord Taren's every debauched whim.But life in Zandria isn't anything like what Kael imagined... -
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The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 81 ratingsThe Gunslinger is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series.A #1 national bestseller, The Gunslinger introduces readers to one of Stephen King’s most powerful creations, Roland of Gilead: The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil... -
![The Offering by Kimberly Derting]()
The Offering by Kimberly Derting
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTrue love—and world war—is at stake in the conclusion to The Pledge trilogy, a dark and romantic blend of dystopia and fantasy.Charlie, otherwise known as Queen Charlaina of Ludania, has become comfortable as a leader and a ruler...Categorized as:
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![Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth]()
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 61 ratingsIn a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift.Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power—something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows... -
![The Essence by Kimberly Derting]()
The Essence by Kimberly Derting
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 30 ratings“Danger, dread, mystery, and romance” (Booklist) continue in the second book of The Pledge trilogy, as Charlie’s reign is under siege from the most unusual of enemies.At the luminous conclusion of The Pledge, Charlaina defeated the tyrant Sabara and took her place as Queen of Ludania...Categorized as:
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The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsIn less than a year, Kelsea Glynn has grown from an awkward teenager into a powerful monarch and a visionary leader.And as she has come into her own as the Queen of the Tearling, she has transformed her realm...Categorized as:
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![An Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet]()
An Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSix months ago, the men of the lakelands marched south to fight a dark god. Weeks after the final battle was won, sixteen-year-old Hallie and her sister, Marthe, are still struggling to maintain their family farm—and are waiting for Marthe’s missing husband to return...Categorized as:
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Zodiac by Romina Russell
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAt the dawn of time, there were 13 Houses in the Zodiac Galaxy. Now only 12 remain…. Rhoma Grace is a 16-year-old student from House Cancer with an unusual way of reading the stars. While her classmates use measurements to make accurate astrological predictions, Rho can’t solve for ‘x’ to save her life—so instead, she looks up at the night sky and makes up stories... -
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Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsNew soulAna is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why.No soulEven Ana’s own mother thinks she’s a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society...Categorized as:
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Gates of Thread and Stone by Lori M. Lee
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn the Labyrinth, we had a saying: keep silent, keep still, keep safe.In a city of walls and secrets, where only one man is supposed to possess magic, seventeen-year-old Kai struggles to keep hidden her own secret—she can manipulate the threads of time. When Kai was eight, she was found by Reev on the riverbank, and her “brother” has taken care of her ever since...Categorized as:
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Defiance by C.J. Redwine
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsWhile the other girls in the walled city-state of Baalboden learn to sew and dance, Rachel Adams learns to track and hunt. While they bend like reeds to the will of their male Protectors, she uses hers for sparring practice...Categorized as:
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Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsIncarceron -- a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology -- a living building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and a typical medieval torture chamber -- chains, great halls, dungeons...Categorized as:
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Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen the mysterious fog of the Ruining crept over the world, the living died and the dead rose. Only the walled city of Viyara was left untouched.The heirs of the city’s most powerful—and warring—families, Mahyanai Romeo and Juliet Catresou share a love deeper than duty, honor, even life itself...Categorized as:
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