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Noble Roots by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor generations, nobles have gathered at a scenic estate once per year to compete. What transpires there is spoken of only in rumors, save for the prizes. Potent, powerful, and precious; the winners are said to receive a gift from magic itself.Reeling after their loss to Kalzidar, the adventurers from Maplebark can only press forward, following advice imparted by the gods... -
![Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Talking to Dragons, Patricia Wrede, Calling on Dragons, Dealing With Dragons by Books LLC]()
Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Talking to Dragons, Patricia Wrede, Calling on Dragons, Dealing With Dragons by Books LLC
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChapters: Talking to Dragons, Patricia Wrede, Calling on Dragons, Dealing With Dragons. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge... -
![Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay]()
Hell for the Holidays by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tree is trimmed. The mistletoe is hung. The eggnog is spiked. It’s time to celebrate the merriest, most heart-warming Christmas ever! Or not? No. Definitely, absolutely not. This Christmas won’t be cheerful. It’ll be more like Ash vs Evil Dead meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Because the Wallace family’s annual Christmas Eve party is about to skid off the rails... -
![Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike]()
Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBrimming with swords, sorcery, and wit, Orconomics: A Satire introduces Arth, a world much like our own but with more magic and fewer vowels. For the licensed wizards and warriors of Arth, slaying and looting the forces of evil is just a job. The Heroes' Guild has turned adventuring into a career, selling the rights to monsters’ hoards of treasure as investment opportunities... -
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![Interesting Times: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett]()
Interesting Times: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novelsThe Discworld's most inept wizard has been sent from Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork to the oppressive Agatean Empire to help some well-intentioned rebels overthrow the Emperor... -
![Making Money: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett]()
Making Money: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPlay based on Terry Pratchett's book, Making Money.Lord Vetinari wants to overhaul the banks of Ankh-Morpork so he appoints former con-man Albert Spangler, aka Moist von Lipwig, to the position of Mater of the Royal Mint, attached to a senior post at the Bank of Ankh-Morpork... -
![Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike]()
Son of a Liche by J. Zachary Pike
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA doubly disgraced Dwarven hero. A band of accident-prone adventurers. Giving redemption a second shot may have been a grave mistake... Still bruised and heartbroken from their last calamitous quest, Gorm Ingerson and his band of washed-up heroes try to make amends for the Orcs they accidentally betrayed. But justice is put on hold when an old foe marches to the city gates... -
![Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay]()
Critters from the Poo Lagoon : A 24/7 Demon Mart Creature Feature (24/7 Demon Mart Stories Book 2) by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne loser, one talking cockroach, and one karate-chopping bombshell stand between YOU and the creatures who just crawled out of the toilet at Jennifer Wallace's charity luau. Wait, what? Back up.It's Friday night, and the Wallace family is hosting a charity pool party at Caroline Ford Vanderbilt's super snooty Country Club... -
![Maskerade: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett]()
Maskerade: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsA play based on terry pratchett's novel maskerade.All is not well in Ankh-Morpork Opera House. A ghost stalks the corridors, leaving strange letters for the management and killing people. Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, two Lancre witches, investigate. This is an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel, "Maskerade"... -
![Here Be Dragons by David P. Macpherson]()
Here Be Dragons by David P. Macpherson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mid-life crisis, a castle gardener, an unfaithful steed, a dastardly hero, a merciless king, and a dragon that needs saving. With heroes this bad who needs villains... When Orus graduated from the Cromalot School for Heroes he was ready for a life of glory and adventure... -
![Snowflake by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
Snowflake by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLori Belkin has always been a carefree soul, a millennial snowflake... -
![Terry Pratchett: The BBC Radio Drama Collection by Terry Pratchett, Martin Jarvis]()
Terry Pratchett: The BBC Radio Drama Collection by Terry Pratchett, Martin Jarvis
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different… Collected together for the first time are seven full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations of Terry Pratchett’s novels, with star-studded casts including Martin Jarvis, Sheila Hancock, Anton Lesser, Philip Jackson,... -
![Troll Bridge by Terry Pratchett, LeVar Burton]()
Troll Bridge by Terry Pratchett, LeVar Burton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPart of a short story tribute anthology to Tolkien, found in After the King: Stories In Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien, it was also reprinted in My Favorite Fantasy Story, in The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, in The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy and was finally released as free online fiction... -
![Death and What Comes Next by Terry Pratchett]()
Death and What Comes Next by Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDeath and What Comes Next is a Discworld short story by Terry Pratchett. It tells the story of a discussion between Death and a philosopher, in which the philosopher attempts to use the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics to argue death is not a certainty... -
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![Hit or Myth by Robert Lynn Asprin]()
Hit or Myth by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe apprentice Skeeve is just getting used to his duties as Court Magician of Possiltum. Then King Roderick decides to take a powder, leaving Skeeve in his place to marry his homicidal fiancee and face the Mob's fairy godfather-who makes him an offer he can't refuse... -
![Myth Directions by Robert Lynn Asprin]()
Myth Directions by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe beautiful Tanda wants the Trophy--and it's up to Skeeve to get it for her. The problem is, getting it will take more than luck. It will take all Skeeve's unproven magical talents, a scaly but clever Pervect, and a charming demon not above a little interdimensional thievery... -
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Myth-Fortunes by Robert Lynn Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsImmortality -- it sounded like a great idea! Aahz falls for the offer of a piece of the rock, literally, when he invests in a scheme to build pyramids. He is so enthusiastic about the concept that he ropes in everyone else he knows to invest -- in tombs lower down than his, of course... -
![The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists by Gideon Defoe, Richard Murkin]()
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists by Gideon Defoe, Richard Murkin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLondon, 1840: Wagner’s latest opera plays to packed houses while disgruntled workers gather in crowded pubs to eat ice cream and plan the downfall of the bourgeoisie. And the Pirate Captain––his disguise proving something of a letdown––finds himself incarcerated at Scotland Yard, in a case of mistaken identity... -
![The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon: A Novel by Gideon Defoe]()
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon: A Novel by Gideon Defoe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Pirate Captain and his merry band of ne’er-do-wells face off against their toughest—but by no means their tallest—challenge yet. Crushed with disappointment at the Pirate of the Year Awards, our Pirate Captain decides that it’s time for a career change. And so with his loyal (if soon-to-be-dismayed) crew, he sets off for St... -
![A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett]()
A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world's best-selling and best-loved authors. Here for the first time are his short stories and other short form fiction collected into one volume...Categorized as:
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![The Princess Beard by Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne]()
The Princess Beard by Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsShave the princess? Inconceivable! The hilarious bestselling authors of Kill the Farm Boy and No Country for Old Gnomes are back with a new adventure in the irreverent world of Pell.Once upon a time, a princess slept in a magical tower cloaked in thorns and roses... -
![Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart]()
Darwin's Watch by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRoundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety... -
![The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab by Gideon Defoe, Richard Murkin]()
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab by Gideon Defoe, Richard Murkin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThey’re back!!! The Pirate Captain and his irascible crew of scoundrels return in their soggiest saga yet.Fresh from their mishaps with Charles Darwin and the evil Bishop of Oxford, the Pirates set sail in a bouncy new vessel——purchased on credit... -
![Castle for Rent by John DeChancie]()
Castle for Rent by John DeChancie
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnce upon a time, the king of a mysterious castle found himself out of place. The odd thing was that the time was the future and the place was New York City! Castle Perilous had been a universe unto itself until it started living up to its name. Now it is a gateway to thousands of universes, each increasingly bizarre and more bewildering... -
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![A Fate Worse Than Dragons by John Moore]()
A Fate Worse Than Dragons by John Moore
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn an attempt to win the hand of Princess Gloria in marriage, Sir Terry slays a dragon-only to discover he's killed the dragon in a neighboring kingdom and inadvertently earned the devotion of the wrong princess. And everyone knows that getting stuck with the wrong girl is truly a fate worse than dragons... -
![Myth-Chief by Robert Lynn Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye]()
Myth-Chief by Robert Lynn Asprin, Jody Lynn Nye
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSkeeve has decided, at long last, to come out of his self-imposed retirement and get back into the problem-solving biz. He confidently expected walk in and take his rightful place as the head of M.Y.T.H., Inc. He didn't expect to have to face off against Aahz for the job... -
![The Reluctant Sorcerer by Simon Hawke]()
The Reluctant Sorcerer by Simon Hawke
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagic Is Alive, Science Is Afoot…. Trying to discover time travel, absent-minded genius Dr... -
![Escape From Samsara by Nicky Blue]()
Escape From Samsara by Nicky Blue
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe thinks he’s a deadly ninja. He's not. He’s Barry Harris and he still lives with his mum. Barry's been patient, but after twenty-seven years of trimming hedges for people he hates, he's had enough. All he wants to do is to find his missing father and to discover his inner ninja. But life’s not done with throwing him curveballs. A fatal mistake catapults Barry into the adventure of a lifetime... -
![The Love Interest by Helen Comerford]()
The Love Interest by Helen Comerford
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA swoony, speculative and entirely electric YA debut with a humorous and satirical take on the conventions of the superhero-verse, for fans of Michelle Quach's Not Here To Be Liked and the Marvel Universe.Seventeen-year-old Jenna Ray has just been saved by the world's newest superhero, Blaze. And, in the eyes of the public, that means one thing: Jenna Ray has been cast as the Love Interest.No... -
![In Your Dreams by Tom Holt]()
In Your Dreams by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'A definite must for all fans of comic fantasy' - ENIGMA'Wacky humour bubbles through the polished narrative ... Holt doesn't skimp on the flashes of brilliance' - SFXEver been offered a promotion that seems too good to be true? You know - the sort they'd be insane to be offering to someone like you... -
![Judgement Day by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart]()
Judgement Day by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS, Terry Pratchett’s brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring you a mind-mangling combination of fiction, cutting-edge science and philosophy... -
![No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne]()
No Country for Old Gnomes by Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsGo big or go gnome. The New York Times bestselling authors of Kill the Farm Boy return to the world of Pell, the irreverent fantasy universe that recalls Monty Python and Terry Pratchett.The Skyr is a rich, verdant land claimed by both halflings and gnomes... -
![Castle Perilous by John DeChancie]()
Castle Perilous by John DeChancie
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsImagine life in an ironically magical world where 144,000 doors separate fiction from reality. A place that can hypnotize even the most grounded philosophy major and deliver a fantastical rhyme to his reason. A place where a best buddy resembles a shaggy carpet, and adventures surpass a boy's dreams? welcome to Castle Perilous... -
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Bad Prince Charlie by John Moore
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe set our scene in Damask: A kingdom that couldn't get ransacked if it tried...But now tha the king is dead, that's exactly what his brothers have in mind. All they need is a bad king to take his place. The population will rebel, the neighboring kingdom will be "invited" to restore order, and they'll be in business. . .Bad Prince Charlie will do... -
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![The Unhandsome Prince by John Moore]()
The Unhandsome Prince by John Moore
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the back cover:And they lived happily never after...Caroline's plan to live happily ever after has hit a snag. She's spent months mapping the swamp, building tadpole nets, and kissing every wriggling frog she could get her hands on, and one has finally turned into a prince. Unfortunately, Prince Hal is not, as promised in the fairy tales, particularly handsome... -
![أرشيف الغد by أحمد خالد توفيق]()
أرشيف الغد by أحمد خالد توفيق
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsمن هو ( ويليام بارفسكى ) ؟.. لمـاذا عاد البلغوريون لمهاجمة ( زيفرا ) ؟..هل طن الحديد أثقل أم طن الريش ؟.. هل يتمكن ( محمود ) من البقاء فى نهر الزمن هذه المرة أيضًا ؟.. هل ينتصر الغزو على قوات كوكب ( شاجالا ) ؟.. لن تجد الإجابات عن هذه الأسئلة فى هذا الكتيب ـ لأنها موجودة فى الجزء الثامن الذى يصدر بعد عامين .اقرأ التفاصيل المثيرة ، وقاتل مع ( نور ش . ) و( نور ط... -
![Tall Stories: Expecting Someone Taller and Ye Gods by Tom Holt]()
Tall Stories: Expecting Someone Taller and Ye Gods by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTall Stories is another omnibus containing two of Tom Holt's beloved comic fantasies. In Expecting Someone Taller, all he did was run over a badger—sad, but hardly catastrophic. But it wasn’t Malcolm fisher’s day, for the badger turned out to be none other than Ingolf, last of the Giants... -
![Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos, George Barna]()
Imaginary Jesus by Matt Mikalatos, George Barna
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsImaginary Jesus is a hilarious, fast-paced, not-quite-fictional story that’s unlike anything you’ve ever read before. When Matt Mikalatos realizes that his longtime buddy in the robe and sandals isn’t the real Jesus at all, but an imaginary one, he embarks on a mission to find the real thing... -
![Nostradamus Ate My Hamster by Robert Rankin]()
Nostradamus Ate My Hamster by Robert Rankin
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDO HOLOGRAMS DREAM OF ELECTRIC CINEMA? He wanted Hollywood. He got Brentford. He wanted Spielberg. He got Fudgepacker. He got who?Fudgepacker. Ernest Fudgepacker. Directed all those weird B-movies back in the Fifties. Whatever happened to him? He retired. Opened Fudgepacker's Emporium, a prop house catering to the more bizarre needs of the film industry. Amazing place... -
![The Part About the Dragon is (Mostly) True by Sean Gibson]()
The Part About the Dragon is (Mostly) True by Sean Gibson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSure, you think you know the story of the fearsome red dragon, Dragonia. How it terrorized the village of Skendrick until a brave band of heroes answered the noble villagers' call for aid. How nothing could stop those courageous souls from facing down the dragon. How they emerged victorious and laden with treasure... -
![Heroics for Beginners by John Moore]()
Heroics for Beginners by John Moore
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsPrince Kevin Timberline must retrieve Ancient Artifact Model Seven from the clutches of the evil Lord Voltmeter--He Who Must Be Named--before said evil Lord unleashes his Diabolical Plan. Luckily, Kevin wields a secret weapon that will cause the forces of Darkness to tremble: "The Handbook of Practical Heroics... -
![Freddy and Fredericka by Mark Helprin]()
Freddy and Fredericka by Mark Helprin
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMark Helprin’s legions of devoted readers cherish his timeless novels and short stories, which are uplifting in their conviction of the goodness and resilience of the human spirit... -
![Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains by Ryan Mecum]()
Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains by Ryan Mecum
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn your hands is a poetry journal written by an undead poet, recounting his firsthand experience during the zombie plague. Little is known about the author before he turned into a zombie, but thanks to his continued writings in this journal - even after his death - you can accompany him from infection to demise... -
![The Zombies of Lake Woebegotten by Harrison Geillor]()
The Zombies of Lake Woebegotten by Harrison Geillor
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe town of Lake Woebegotten, Minnesota, is a small town, filled with ordinary (yet above average) people, leading ordinary lives.Ordinary, that is, until the dead start coming back to life, with the intent to feast upon the living. Now this small town of above average citizens must overcome their petty rivalries and hidden secrets, in order to survive an onslaught of the dead... -
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![Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages by Tom Holt]()
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sausages by Tom Holt
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPolly is a real estate solicitor. She is also losing her mind. Someone keeps drinking her coffee. And talking to her clients. And doing her job. And when she goes to the dry cleaner's to pick up her dress for the party, it's not there. Not the dress -- the dry cleaner's.And then there are the chickens who think they are people... -
![River of Thieves by Clayton W. Snyder]()
River of Thieves by Clayton W. Snyder
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe were the worst kind of people. For the best reasons.After a robbery gone horribly wrong, cursed thief Cord broadens his horizons and plans to execute the heist of a lifetime. With fellow thief and knife connoisseur Nenn in tow, the two build their ragtag crew to target the heart of the kingdom - Midian, the seat of tyrant King Anaxos Mane... -
![Death by Cliché by Bob Defendi]()
Death by Cliché by Bob Defendi
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook One: Gamers of the Lost Arc Formerly published as just "Death by Cliché" To Sartre, Hell was other people. To the game designer, Hell is the game. Damico writes games for a living. When called in to rescue a local roleplaying game demo, Damico is shot in the head by a loony fan. He awakens in a game. A game full of hackneyed tropes and clichéd plots... -
![Slaves of the Volcano God by Craig Shaw Gardner]()
Slaves of the Volcano God by Craig Shaw Gardner
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoger Gordon's life was dull until a Captain Crusader Decoder Ring unlocked a door to the world of B-movies. Now his life is filled with adventure as he frolics through the silver screen's weirdest westerns, thrillers and romances. Reissue... -
![Galápagos Regained by James K. Morrow]()
Galápagos Regained by James K. Morrow
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA beautiful literary tale about an aspiring actress who seizes Darwin's research and tries to make a name for herself to win a scientific prize.Galápagos Regained centers on the fictional Chloe Bathurst, an unemployed Victorian actress who finds work on Charles Darwin’s estate, nurturing the strange birds, exotic lizards, and giant tortoises he brought back from his trip around the world... -
![Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies by Craig Shaw Gardner]()
Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies by Craig Shaw Gardner
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA terrible change has come to the Cineverse. In all its many movie worlds, bad guys win, good guys perish, and boy doesn't even get girl. Only Captain Crusader (until recently plain old Roger Gordon) can put things right-but the Captain has problems of his own...
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