Books like 'The Darkness Before the Dawn'
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The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3 by Matt Dinniman
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWelcome to the Gun Show! The top ten list is populated. The sponsorship program is open. The difficulty is ramping up. The first three floors were nothing compared to what Carl and Donut now face. The Iron Tangle. An impossibly-complicated subway system built out of the world's subterranean railway systems, all combined and then tied together into a knot. Up is down. Down is up. Close is far... -
![Niebo ze stali. Opowieści z meekhańskiego pogranicza by Robert M. Wegner]()
Niebo ze stali. Opowieści z meekhańskiego pogranicza by Robert M. Wegner
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWozy wygnanych niegdyś koczowników stanęły u stóp gór, które oddzielają ich od upragnionej wolności. Losy Szóstej Kompanii Górskiej Straży, dziewczyn z wolnego czaardanu i małej dziewczynki z rodu Verdanno zaczynają się splatać… Zanim na niebie o barwie stali wzejdzie słońce, wyżyna spłynie krwią.„Niebo ze stali... -
![Память всех слов by Robert M. Wegner, Роберт М. Вегнер]()
Память всех слов by Robert M. Wegner, Роберт М. Вегнер
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Opowieści z meekhańskiego pogranicza" - historie z Północy, Południa, Wschodu i Zachodu składają się na egzotyczną opowieść o światach różnych nacji, języków, wierzeń i magii... -
![Аркан вовків by Павло Дерев'янко]()
Аркан вовків by Павло Дерев'янко
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsРік 1845. Держава Хмельницького вистояла. Майже двісті років тут правлять виборні гетьмани та двопалатний парламент, Червона та Чорна ради, співіснують католицька та православна церкви, мова перейшла на latynku, у небі пливуть цепеліни, а серед людей живуть відьми...Categorized as:
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![The Last Spell by J.A. White]()
The Last Spell by J.A. White
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe spellbinding conclusion to the critically acclaimed Thickety series. In The Thickety #4: The Last Spell, Kara and her brother Taff must find the hidden pieces of Princess Evangeline’s grimoire to defeat Rygoth and her army of witches in one last good versus evil battle.Kara and Taff have discovered that the Spider Queen is searching for Princess Evangeline’s grimoire, the Vukera... -
![Wagga by Alex Kozlowski]()
Wagga by Alex Kozlowski
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the apocalypse, the first weapon he’ll have to upgrade is himself.The end of the world as we know it couldn’t come at a worse time for Adrian.One minute, he’s an operations manager who’s overseeing a construction job in the wilderness. The next, an unknown energy force changes the very nature of life itself, from the smallest organism to the top of the food chain...Categorized as:
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![Fire in the Star by Kamilla Benko]()
Fire in the Star by Kamilla Benko
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a lifetime of being the younger sister--of letting Sophie fight her battles, of following her on countless Experiences and through a fireplace into a magical land--it's finally Claire Martinson's turn to lead. And she'll do anything to keep her big sister safe: resist the wraiths' cold shadows, experiment with new and dangerous magic, become a thief in disguise... -
![Monsters and Legends by Ivan Kal]()
Monsters and Legends by Ivan Kal
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world has ended, and those worthy of it have received the chance for a new life in a new reality.Zach grew in power and thrived in the post-Framework world. He became a respected leader, a shining example of what it meant to be good. But as the world ended, he had only one thought: to punish the monster that had killed the world long before the Framework ended it... -
![Dead Stars - Part Two by Ben Galley]()
Dead Stars - Part Two by Ben Galley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNorth, is where the battle will take place.North, is where Farden must go.But to death, to glory, or to both? The Arka have chosen their champion, and now he must lead them to the top of the world - The Spine, where the black mountains belch fire, and where the battle against cataclysm will take place upon the ice... -
![The Lost Art of World Domination by Derek Landy]()
The Lost Art of World Domination by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA shot of Skulduggery action.It isn’t easy to take over the world. First you need the scheme. Then you need the muscle. Then you need to come up with a system for ruling six billion people and keeping them from revolting. It takes a certain kind of man to take over the world.Scaramouch Van Dreg, however, is not that man.But he has one thing going for him... -
![Lord of Ruin by Mike Lee, Dan Abnett]()
Lord of Ruin by Mike Lee, Dan Abnett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the world of Warhammer, no race is as cruel and treacherous as the dark elves, and no member of this race is more infamous than Malus Darkblade. Now that he has retrieved the five missing artefacts, Darkblade must return them to the daemon before the year is up... -
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Road Brothers by Mark Lawrence
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings10 short stories from the lives of Jorg and his Road Brothers. Contains spoilers for the Broken Empire trilogy. 5 of the stories have previously been published in anthologies, Contains the short story 'Sleeping Beauty' that is also sold separately. A total of 43.000 words or just over half the length of Prince of Thorns.Cover by Pen Astridge...Categorized as:
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![Владыка Ледяного Сада: Конец пути by Jarosław Grzędowicz, Ярослав Гжендович]()
Владыка Ледяного Сада: Конец пути by Jarosław Grzędowicz, Ярослав Гжендович
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsИстория Войны Богов подходит к концу. Великие армии готовы пересечь море и встать под стенами Ледяного Сада – крепости, под которой решится судьба всего мира. Магия и воинская доблесть, древние заклинания и невероятные технологии, народы, сорванные с родных земель желаниями покинувших свой дом чужаков, и чужаки, желающие избавить этот мир от тех, кто возомнил себя богами... -
![Bloodstone by David Gemmell]()
Bloodstone by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAfter 20 years, Jon Shannow, the legendary Jerusalem Man, returns for a deadly showdown with the fiendish Deacon, the vicious Jerusalem Riders, and a monstrous god that feeds on souls...Categorized as:
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![Skarsnik by Guy Haley]()
Skarsnik by Guy Haley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe goblin chieftain Skarsnik’s name is known and feared throughout the Old World. When a greenskin horde threatens the borders of the Empire, the greatest military minds in Altdorf seek assistance from a most unlikely source – the disgraced poet Jeremiah Bickenstadt... -
![And They Were Never Heard From Again: A Yarnsworld Tale by Benedict Patrick]()
And They Were Never Heard From Again: A Yarnsworld Tale by Benedict Patrick
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe woods are not safe. Especially at night. Felton takes his younger brother for a walk through the Magpie King’s forest, hoping to change his life for the better. Things do not go as planned. And They Were Never Heard From Again is set in Benedict Patrick’s Yarnsworld, and is the perfect introduction to the world readers are calling a ‘delightfully weird, dark fairytale’... -
![Dead Stars - Part One by Ben Galley]()
Dead Stars - Part One by Ben Galley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe sky is falling. The world trembles beneath it.Emaneska is crying out for a saviour. Somebody is hunting down the Written mages in the wilds. Murdering and skinning them alive. Who? A mere girl. A girl who was born to rip the stars from the sky and bring them crashing down to earth. The direst enemy Emaneska has ever faced.In the wake of the Battle of Krauslung, the world has changed... -
![Catalyst by H.M. Ward]()
Catalyst by H.M. Ward
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlood is power. Since the world froze and the humans died off, blood has become scarce. There's barely enough to sustain the vampire population, even though their masses have dwindled. Many vampires are reduced to the measly few drops of blood rationed to them by the Regent, which is enough to keep them alive, barely. It's survival; an undesirable existence...Categorized as:
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![Apocalypse Kings by Derek Landy]()
Apocalypse Kings by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA brand new Skulduggery Pleasant novella for World Book Day: a hilarious and thrilling standalone story in the internationally bestselling series – perfect for new readers, and essential for Skulduggery fans…Three ancient gods are freed from their prison with only one desire: to destroy the planet and everyone on it... -
![A Coven of Witches by Joseph Delaney]()
A Coven of Witches by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBeware a girl in pointy shoesA girl wearing pointy shoes might be a witch. And the first thing a spook's apprentice learns is never, ever to trust a witch.In this bone-chilling collection of tales, you will learn exactly why that is, as you encounter:a fair and beautiful woman with green scales running down her spine . . . (John Gregory, set before book 1, book 0...Categorized as:
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![Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz]()
Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsHong Kong has been taken over by the Old Ones and has become Necropolis, City of the Dead. Once in, there is no way out… Evil has been unleashed on the world and only five children – with special powers – can save it...Categorized as:
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![Last Guardian by David Gemmell]()
Last Guardian by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA fantasy novel featuring Jon Shannow, who is the only one who can find the Sword of God in order to close the gateway between past and present, unaware that his actions could warp time itself and result in the destruction of worlds. From the author of KNIGHTS OF DARK RENOWN, DARK MOON and ECHOES OF THE GREAT SONG...Categorized as:
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![Matt Archer: Legend by Kendra C. Highley]()
Matt Archer: Legend by Kendra C. Highley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Matt Archer was fourteen, he was chosen—by a magic, spirit-inhabited knife—to hunt monsters with a special paranormal division of the Army. When he was fifteen, he was thrown into a global war the rest of the world didn’t know existed.Now Matt’s sixteen and the war has cost him more than he ever thought it would... -
![The Legend of Sigmar. Graham McNeill by Graham McNeill]()
The Legend of Sigmar. Graham McNeill by Graham McNeill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSigmar is the greatest leader of men the world has ever known. By saving the high king of the dwarfs, he earned the eternal friendship of the mountain folk. When a mighty horde of orcs threatened his lands, he united the tribes of men to stand against them at Black Fire Pass. He broke the siege of Middenheim and pushed back the forces of Chaos... -
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![Thundersword by Julian Rosado-Machain]()
Thundersword by Julian Rosado-Machain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGUARDIANS INC. BOOK 2: THUNDERSWORDThe search for the Book of Concord is on the brink of failure. Guardians Inc. can’t move without being followed by the Azure Guard, and the balance between Magic and Technology has begun to shift giving Magical creatures a stronger hold in our world...Categorized as:
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![Gotrek and Felix: The Anthology by Christian Z. Dunn, Nathan Long]()
Gotrek and Felix: The Anthology by Christian Z. Dunn, Nathan Long
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA group of Black Library authors give their own spin on stories based on and about the iconic characters of Warhammer Fantasy - Gotrek and Felix... -
![Florida Fog Phantoms by Johnathan Rand]()
Florida Fog Phantoms by Johnathan Rand
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCreatures of the clouds are coming!After a mild hurricane passes through the Tampa Bay area of Florida, a mysterious, thick fog settles in.A murky, dark fog.A dangerous fog.Justin Martinez and his friend Caitlin McCalla are about to find out why. For there are creatures within the creamy haze. Bizarre creatures that roam the gray mist, searching for their next victim... -
![Matt Archer: Blade's Edge by Kendra C. Highley]()
Matt Archer: Blade's Edge by Kendra C. Highley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Matt Archer was fourteen, he discovered monsters are real. As if that wasn’t enough to go on for a few decades, Matt also found out that he’d been chosen to hunt those monsters--with a sentient, supernatural knife... -
![The Culling of Man by Craig Kobayashi]()
The Culling of Man by Craig Kobayashi
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEarth becomes the full immersion experience litRPG readers fantasize about, but at what cost? Figuring out how to cast spells without the luxury of a controller or keyboard was the least of Garath's worries when The Culling got underway. Though some elements of the new interface were familiar to the lifelong gamer, there was a lot he didn't understand... -
![Messenger’s Legacy by Peter V. Brett]()
Messenger’s Legacy by Peter V. Brett
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHumanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons—bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting the surface for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive... -
![Stargazer by Patrick Carman]()
Stargazer by Patrick Carman
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsPatrick Carman returns to Elyon for the thrilling conclusion to the bestselling Land of Elyon series.When last we saw Alexa Daley, she had defeated a threat in her homeland and was sailing with Roland Warvold across the Lonely Sea. She had no idea what adventures awaited her . . . until now... -
![Valley of Fear by Mary Stanton]()
Valley of Fear by Mary Stanton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPrincess Arianna and her unicorn, Sunchaser, learn from the Old Mare of the Mountain that they must travel through a land ruled by the black unicorns in order to recapture a magical septer...Categorized as:
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![Sleeping Beauty by Mark Lawrence]()
Sleeping Beauty by Mark Lawrence
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis story is also included in the anthology Road Brothers : Tales from the Broken Empire.The 10,000 word story covers a period between the end of the 'early thread' in Emperor of Thorns and the start of the 'now' thread in King of Thorns.It's really a bit of fun, prompted by a challenge from a reader to warp the tale of Sleeping Beauty around that of young Jorg Ancrath... -
![Secrets of the Scepter by Mary Stanton]()
Secrets of the Scepter by Mary Stanton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith the Royal Scepter in Princess Arianna's possession, the balance of magic has finally been restored. Now hope of defeating the evil Shifter is spreading throughout Balinor. But first Arianna must learn how to control the Scepter's mystical power.As her pilgrimage to discover the secrets of teh Scepter begins, the Princess is faced wtih many dangers...Categorized as:
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![Devastating Hate by Markus Heitz]()
Devastating Hate by Markus Heitz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey are the enemies of the dwarves and control the darkest magics, but even then power of the Alfar has its limits. To save their own people, they must enter into an unwinnable war... -
![By Fire, by Moonlight by Mary Stanton]()
By Fire, by Moonlight by Mary Stanton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAri and her unicorn, Sunchaser, have been sent back through the Gap to Glacier River Farm—far from Balinor. Now the Gap is blocked. With time running out, Ari must embark on a perilous journey across the Sixth Sea...Categorized as:
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![Night of the Shifter's Moon by Mary Stanton]()
Night of the Shifter's Moon by Mary Stanton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith the Royal Scepter in hand, Princess Arianna and her unicorn, Sunchaser, are now armed with the powerful Royal Magic. They are ready to reclaim the throne and plan to battle the evil Shifter during the Shifter's moon...Categorized as:
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![Embrace the Night Eternal by Joss Ware, Colleen Gleason]()
Embrace the Night Eternal by Joss Ware, Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe second book in the "electrifying" (Library Journal) new series by Colleen Gleason, writing as Joss Ware.Everything they knew is gone.From the raging fires, five men emerge with extraordinary new powers. They must learn how to survive this dark, ravaged world . . . but they cannot do it alone.Simon Japp will never forget his violent past...Categorized as:
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![The Slightly Ignominious End to the Legend of Black Annis by Derek Landy]()
The Slightly Ignominious End to the Legend of Black Annis by Derek Landy
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![Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland by Carlton Mellick III]()
Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoad Warrior Werewolves versus McDonaldland Mutants...post-apocalyptic fiction has never been quite like this. They call themselves the Warriors, their enemies call them the Bitches. They are a gang of man-eating, motorcycle-riding, war-hungry werewolf women, and they are the rulers of the wasteland. A century after the fall of civilization, only one city remains standing... -
![Ravenous by MarcyKate Connolly]()
Ravenous by MarcyKate Connolly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA witch has come to the city of Bryre. She travels in a hut that has chicken feet, and is ravenous for children. And once she gets what she desires, she never lets it go.But when the witch captures Hans, Greta’s little brother, Greta refuses to let her have him. The two strike up a bargain. Greta will retrieve something the witch desires in exchange for her brother’s freedom... -
![The Lost Level by Brian Keene]()
The Lost Level by Brian Keene
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen modern-day occultist Aaron Pace discovers the secrets of inter-dimensional travel via a mystical pathway called The Labyrinth, he wastes no time in exploring a multitude of strange new worlds and alternate realities... -
![Alexander's Army by Chris d'Lacey]()
Alexander's Army by Chris d'Lacey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Michael Malone is assigned a new mystery to solve by the UNICORNE agency, he knows he's in for another strange and deadly adventure. This time, he is sent to a local comic shop, where UNICORNE agents have detected unusual activity -- specifically the prominent display of a comic book starring a disturbingly familiar heroine. . . -
![High Wire by Charles Ogden]()
High Wire by Charles Ogden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStep up! Step up! Step up and see such acts of awe and oddity! A bizarre circus creeps into Nod's Limbs in the dead of night, bringing with it caravans of strange and wonderful entertainers. Edgar and Ellen soon find kindred spirits among the fire-eaters and escape artists...Categorized as:
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![Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith]()
Towers Fall by Karina Sumner-Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWar. Fire. Destruction. Xhea believed that the Lower City had weathered the worst of its troubles—that their only remaining fight would be the struggle to rebuild before winter. She was wrong.Now her home is under attack from an unexpected source. The Central Spire, the City’s greatest power, is intent on destroying the heart of the magical entity that resides beneath the Lower City’s streets...Categorized as:
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![Slaves of Valhalla by Luke Romyn]()
Slaves of Valhalla by Luke Romyn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFenrir the wolf howls. Bifrost beckons. And Wes answers. The enigmatic Australian SAS commando awakens into a maelstrom of death and destruction, his memory in tatters, and his former friend and companion dead... -
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Art of Hunting by Alan Campbell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second novel in the Gravedigger ChroniclesThe Haurstaf have been decimated. The Unmer have seized the palace at Awl. Ianthe's father carries her to safety. But she is not interested in a life of treasure hunting with him. She returns to the palace, hoping to find the Unmer prince with whom she shared some of her darkest moments...Categorized as:
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![Diary of the Displaced - Omnibus by Glynn James]()
Diary of the Displaced - Omnibus by Glynn James
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is a place where nightmares are real. A dark and terrifying place that is hidden from the world we know, by borders that only the most unfortunate of souls will ever cross...Categorized as:
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![Holly Claus: The Christmas Princess by Brittney Ryan]()
Holly Claus: The Christmas Princess by Brittney Ryan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on Brittney Ryans novel The Legend of Holly Claus, this breathtakingly beautiful picture book features dazzling illustrations by Lauren Long and Jeffrey K. Bedrick. With fanciful characters and evocative imagery, this epic story pays homage to the great fairy tales in a richly imagined tale of the life of the daughter of Santa Claus... -
![Bane of Malekith by William King]()
Bane of Malekith by William King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Tyrion & Teclis high elf trilogy reaches its conclusion.Tyrion - unparalleled swordsman and tactician. Teclis - greatest natural sorcerer of the age. Together these twins are the greatest high elf to walk the earth. As the dark elves of Naggaroth and their daemonic allies sweep across Ulthuan, it falls to Tyrion and Teclis to protect their homeland...
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