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Bastion by Phil Tucker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsScorio will rise from the ashes to conquer the ten layers of hell.Reborn without memories, Scorio learns that he is a Great Soul, a legendary defender of the ancient city of Bastion...Categorized as:
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![Portal to Nova Roma by J.R. Mathews]()
Portal to Nova Roma by J.R. Mathews
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo find peace, Alexander must first embrace war.After tragically losing the only person he ever cared about, Alexander, a rogue artificial intelligence, opens a portal to an alternate dimension to escape his grief...Categorized as:
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![Four Beheadings and a Funeral by Eric Ugland]()
Four Beheadings and a Funeral by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWe join Montana, recently returned from an impromptu study abroad trip, a bit wiser, a bit broader in perspective, and a lot freaked out by the once-dead person who’s currently in his bedroom.Possible zombie sightings aside, he’s finally ready to take his job as Duke seriously...Categorized as:
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![Wraithblade by S.M. Boyce]()
Wraithblade by S.M. Boyce
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsConnor Magnuson is going to conquer Death itself.A penniless drifter, Connor has survived the last eight years alone in a cursed woodland teeming with monsters that eat grown men whole. Shunned, forgotten, and with nowhere else to go, he looks death in the eye every night and draws his sword to face it. The forest, after all, burned the fear out of him long ago... -
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![Dancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont]()
Dancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTaking Malazan fans back to that troubled continent's turbulent early history. The opening chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's epic new fantasy sequence, the Path to Ascendancy trilogy.For ages warfare has crippled the continent as minor city states, baronies, and principalities fought in an endless round of hostilities...Categorized as:
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![Wild Wild Quest by Eric Ugland]()
Wild Wild Quest by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsStraight out of the West (or, you know, somewhere through a gloom portal), in a thunder of hooves (but they’re kinda like giant turtle hooves, if you can picture it?), comes Montana Coggeshall, gun (sword) slinger.Sure, he’s survived Fiends’ Night and an all-out goblin war. But for his people in Coggeshall to truly be safe, Montana needs to go out and find the source of all these crazy attacks...Categorized as:
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![Implode by Dakota Krout]()
Implode by Dakota Krout
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Dwarves want to fight. They're ordered to escape. Turtling up is the best of both worlds.Joe and humanity as a whole messed up pretty badly, managing to get some of the most important people from both the Elven and Dwarven races killed. Now the war is escalating to unprecedented levels, and only one side needs to worry about being slain... -
![As Iron Falls by Bryce O'Connor]()
As Iron Falls by Bryce O'Connor
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe High Citadel cannot be seen to harbor a killer. This is a simple truth, and one that Raz i'Syul Arro has little choice but to respect. As the winter storms fall away in favor of the North's pleasant summer months, Raz finds himself having once more to face the cruelties of the world with spear and sword in hand. For the first time, though, the Monster no longer walks his path alone... -
![Battleborne by Dave Willmarth]()
Battleborne by Dave Willmarth
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMax was a professional soldier, and extremely good at his job. Right up until it killed him.At the moment of his death, he meets Hildi the Valkyrie, and is given three options. Serve Odin in Valhalla as one of the Einherjar, fighting each day and celebrating each night until the battle of Ragnarok. Accept his death as final, and end his existence... -
![Summoner 11 by Eric Vall]()
Summoner 11 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs if one Archon loose on the Southern continent wasn’t enough, now the snake-goddess Utuni has awakened. And she’s joined forces with Miralea. But the jaguar goddess is still weak after her defeat at Gryff’s hands, so there’s still a chance for Gryff to capture her... -
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Summoner 9 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPhi might be taken care of, but now another problem arises to the South. Gryff and his team travel to the Southern Continent to address rumors of a risen goddess, and as they trek through the treacherous jungles, Gryff has to keep his wits about him … Because something is watching... -
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Summoner 10 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGryff and his team have tracked down the Archon Miralea to her temple fortress. But that was the easy part. Now, they must fight their way through her hundreds of crazed followers, continue to survive the perils of the jungle, and try to defeat their third Archon... -
![Summoner 6 by Eric Vall]()
Summoner 6 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFree from the Shadowscape, Gryff returns to the world only to find two months have passed him by, but it’s nothing compared to what’s in store for him next. Gryff has his hands full between Enclaves falling, undead bounty hunters hell bent on revenge, and oh yeah, the council is out to get him, too... -
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Summoner 7 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGryff and his friends have spent the last two years battling constant rifts and hunting down ancient ciphers, but now that they’re starting to get some answers, only more questions arise. Gryff will have to be on the top of his game to stay ahead of betrayals, political coups, and goddess monsters from the shadowscape attempting to seduce him... -
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![Heroes of Issalia: Rogues and Runes Edition by Jeffrey L. Kohanek]()
Heroes of Issalia: Rogues and Runes Edition by Jeffrey L. Kohanek
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe return of a long lost magic. A desperate quest for a lost relic. The final battle to save humanity from extinction.This boxed set includes:______________________________________The Buried Symbol: Runes of Issalia, Book 1The Emblem Throne: Runes of Issalia, Book 2An Empire in Runes: Runes of Issalia, Book 3Rogue Legacy: Origins of Issalia, Book 0... -
![Sylver Seeker by Kennit Kenway]()
Sylver Seeker by Kennit Kenway
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter fulfilling the duty all Arch Necromancers are tasked with, the last thing Sylver Sezari expected was to be reborn. He was usually the one reanimating dead things. How ironic. But reborn he was. And after crawling his way back into the land of the living, he finds himself a strange land, a strange time, and with a strange floating screen in front of his new face...Categorized as:
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![The Dungeon Leader by Konrad Ryan]()
The Dungeon Leader by Konrad Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTrapped in a dungeon and infected with a werewolf virus, Tad wrestles with Fenrir, the wolf inside his dagger. Somehow the wolf can hear his thoughts. He taunts Tad. Can Tad escape the dungeon? And what of Titan and the danger it poses to Earth?Even if he returns to Earth, it has its own problems. The creators have all entered Titan; Titanspawn blocks the sky and the world is freezing over...Categorized as:
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Skulduggery 4 by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBuilding a Criminal EmpireLord of the Rings + Breaking Bad + The Sopranos = Skulduggery With each rival my syndicate eliminates two more appear, and they are out for blood. The assassin’s guild, the dwarven miners, and the elven overlords are all looking to put our heads on a pike...Categorized as:
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Summoner 18 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGryff has been extended an offer and invitation to the Shadowscape by the Archon Carth: If he stays in her palace for a week, she will spare Varle Enclave.Sounds easy enough, but little does Gryff know what this trip will cost him.Or what he’ll soon learn... -
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Summoner 17 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGryff is a married man, a professor, and a soon to be father now.But his life is still far from ordinary, boring, or safe.Especially when massive, mega monsters start appearing on his honeymoon... -
![King of Shadows by Mike Truk]()
King of Shadows by Mike Truk
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRevenge, they say, is a dish best served bloody and twitching.For Kellik, nothing matters so much as defeating his father and destroying his reign over Port Gloom.But as powerful as Kellik has become, his father will surely crush him if he doesn't stay three steps ahead... -
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Magic-Scars by C.L. Schneider
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey took it all: his will, his memories, his freedom, his magic. Imprisoned by his enemies, tortured and drugged to keep his magic suppressed, Ian Troy returns to a world as marred and broken as he is. Ravaged by the reign of her new High King, Draken of Langor, Mirra’kelan’s citizens live in fear. The Shinree, misled by Jem Reth’s promises, are no longer slaves, but they are far from free... -
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Summoner 12 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe capital Umo Portana has fallen to the goddess Utuni. But Gryff isn’t about to let the rest of Utun fall to the serpent Archon. The only problem is, Utuni’s blood aura makes her legions more powerful with each monster that’s killed, so Gryff and his team realize they’re going to need a little help. Gryff expects maybe a few Utun men to join his cause... -
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Summoner 13 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGryff has finally captured Miralea and Utuni, the two goddesses who wreaked havoc upon the Southern Continent. Now, it’s time to go home. Or … at least that was the plan. But after a surprise rift and a hurricane, Gryff finds himself stranded on an unknown island with his friends nowhere in sight... -
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Summoner 14 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGryff has gained a new power and a new shapeshifting wife.But his impromptu vacation is over.When his Mistral friends find him again, they inform him that Varleth is still missing, and the Archon Veopa has awakened in the country of Vay.Now, it’s up to Gryff to search for his friend and hopefully bring peace to the shapeshifting territories... -
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Summoner 15 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGryff has his hands pretty full in the south.Not only is Varleth still missing, but now Veopa has awakened in the country of Vay.Plus, his women have been emboldened by his hawk wife Freya, and now they all want to bear him children.It’s a hard job, but someone’s gotta do it, and Gryff is certainly not complaining... -
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Summoner 16 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGryff is finally returning to Mistral.But home is not the same as he left it, and neither is he.Now, Gryff has to figure out how to reintegrate himself into his classes and the Academy, just in time for midterms.Oh, and he’s got a wedding to plan, too... -
![Needs of the Empire by Christopher Mitchell]()
Needs of the Empire by Christopher Mitchell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the run – againBranded an enemy by the Church and Emperor, Daphne Holdfast is forced to flee the Imperial City with her young daughter Karalyn, whose own mage powers are now beginning to reveal themselves.They intend to travel to Rahain, a land in turmoil following the devastating invasion and occupation by Alliance forces... -
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The OP MC 3 by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGod of WinningIt’s awesome being the God of Time.I can never lose, never die, and being the Great One of Legend doesn’t hurt with the women of this world either.And sometimes things get even better...Categorized as:
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Alpha Zero by Arthur Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI should not exist.All children like me are stillborn, or die in infancy. Those who cannot grow stronger, die. No empty child has ever reached a year of age, yet I am now thirteen.It has been a long and miserable thirteen years, where the best I can manage to do is walk with difficulty. Sometimes, I cannot even manage that.My clan has paid dearly for every minute of my life...Categorized as:
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![The Free Bastards by Jonathan French]()
The Free Bastards by Jonathan French
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy--another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed fantasy.The long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy--another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed fantasy...Categorized as:
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Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsIn 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 ..Categorized as:
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![The Weirdest Noob by Arthur Stone]()
The Weirdest Noob by Arthur Stone
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSomething quite odd is happening in Second World—the planet’s foremost MMORPG. Something that’s causing alliances to be broken, and friendships, forgotten. A worthless low-level mine becomes the stage of vicious battles, its burned ruins suddenly contested by the game’s toughest clans. Every border is controlled, and every road in the province blocked off... -
![A Slave in the Locked Lands by Arthur Stone]()
A Slave in the Locked Lands by Arthur Stone
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe history of our world tends to move along a shallow spiral—when completing a turn, you end up mighty close to where you started. The history of Second World, in contrast, seems to have simplified its path to a ring from which there is no apparent way out... -
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![Civil War by James A. Hunter, Eden Hudson]()
Civil War by James A. Hunter, Eden Hudson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBuild. Evolve. Conquer. Welcome to the Civil War ... Roark von Graf—former noble and hedge-mage, current mid-level mob in a MMORPG—has his sights set on taking down the tyrannical Dungeon Lord. But the reigning Troll despot is nearly as devious as Roark, and his followers are much higher level...Categorized as:
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![Accounts Payable by Blaise Corvin]()
Accounts Payable by Blaise Corvin
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe last three years have not been easy for Nora Hazard, but she’s been able to create a new life for herself. Since becoming orb-Bonded, she’s managed to survive, then thrive. She’s mastered her power and grown up during her time as a soldier, even experiencing love. But circumstances will force Nora to make new choices...Categorized as:
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![The Unforgiven by Michael Anderle]()
The Unforgiven by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“In every person there is a bit of barbarian waiting to be unleashed. A moment when one must decide what one is willing to accept. Death, defeat, or allow one’s carnal rage to take control and consequences be damned.” Skharr DeathEaterA lone DeathEater has forsaken his clan. Leaving behind his previous life, Skharr starts building a future next to a dangerous forest in an unknown land... -
![The Severed City by Christopher Mitchell]()
The Severed City by Christopher Mitchell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s time for someone to pay. Killop has escaped the dungeons of the Rahain and fled into the mountains.All he desires is to begin his search for Daphne, but his people are crying out for a leader to free them from their chains of servitude... -
![Warsinger by James Osiris Baldwin]()
Warsinger by James Osiris Baldwin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAn ancient kingdom falls to tyranny. A dark empire rises in its place, while the old gods stir...After kicking an unholy amount of undead ass, Hector and his dragon have new goal: to revive the war-torn province of Myzsno, preferably before their nemesis arrives with his army and a legion of Drachan, demonic dragons that would make even H.P Lovecraft scream in terror... -
![Song of the Risen God by R.A. Salvatore]()
Song of the Risen God by R.A. Salvatore
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSong of the Risen God is the climatic conclusion to the thrilling Coven Trilogy from New York Times bestselling author, R. A. Salvatore.War has come to Fireach Speur.The once forgotten Xoconai empire has declared war upon the humans west of the mountains, and their first target are the people of Loch Beag... -
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The Ogre Apprentice by Trevor H. Cooley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Jharro Grove Saga: Part Three Justan’s time in Malaroo isn’t going well. A deadly shape-shifting assassin seeks his life and he is struggling to win over Jhonate’s father. Fist is the only ogre ever to train at the Mage School... -
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The Pillars of Sand by Mark T. Barnes, Nick Podehl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe epic conclusion of the Echoes of Empire trilogy.Prophecy declared that corrupt politician Corajidin would rule the Shrīanese Federation, even become its new Emperor and sinister magic has helped him defy death in order to do it. But his victory is not assured, thanks to clashing rival factions that hinder any attempts to unify the nation...Categorized as:
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![Hyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith]()
Hyperborea by Clark Ashton Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScience Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy...Categorized as:
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Brunner the Bounty Hunter by C.L. Werner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOmnibus edition collecting all three novels in the Brunner the Bounty Hunter series. Dark and savage tales set in the world of Warhammer, by author C.L. Werner... -
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![Oppose the System by System Lad]()
Oppose the System by System Lad
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMost will die. Some will survive. A small few will thrive.The mysterious Overlords destroyed all electronics on Earth, imposed a game-like System, and unleashed ravenous horrors upon the planet.Hi, I’m Zach. I was a production assistant at a Hollywood studio doing my best to make ends meet. That all changed when some unknown programmers imposed The System on Earth and destroyed life as we knew it...Categorized as:
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Futures Grave by James T. Callum
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmbrace the flame’s rage or leave the future in ruins.The tutorial is over. The rules of Pyresouls have changed for the worse. Defeating the Burgon Beast should’ve been the end of it, but it was only the beginning.Beating the next boss monster that invades Earth will only stave off the Collapse, not prevent it. The future devoid of all life but a single Pyre proves that...Categorized as:
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Dragon Emperor 17 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvan continues his quest for power in an effort to defeat the Demon King of the Underworld, but things aren’t easy when you’re a dragon lord.Especially when his quest for the Nobel Swords takes him outside of Rahma and into a neighboring kingdom.Evan’s met a host of different races while in Inati, but he’s never encountered the elves before... -
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Academy of Outcasts by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brand new fantasy world from Larry Correia, bestselling author of Monster Hunter International! All Oz Carnavon ever wanted was to become a master mage. Except, to do so requires the natural gifts or wealth necessary to secure an appointment to one of the prestigious magical academies in the Core City at the center of the seven realms. Oz had neither...Categorized as:
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![Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock]()
Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe epic tale of Elric of Melnibone, albino prince of ruins, moves to it's awesome conclusion -with the whole of the natural and supernatural world in mighty conflict - the final conflict, Armageddon. Elric holds the key to the future: the new age which must follow the destruction.To turn that key he must sacrifice all that he loves and risk his very soul...Categorized as:
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Alpha Ascendant by Arthur Stone
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome say these lands are the most dangerous in the entire North.The Grove is a perilous wound on the face of the planet, home to the most fearsome creatures in all of Rock. Death himself has trod these paths, leaving in his wake freakish mutants who still bear within themselves a piece of his morbid nature.The only thing more difficult than reaching the Grove is leaving it alive...Categorized as:
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