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Night Watch: Stage Adaptation by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novelsSet in Ankh-Morpork one of the most thoroughly imagined cities in fantasy, Night Watch is the story of Sam Vimes, running hero of the Guards sequence, who finds himself cast back in time to the Ankh-Morpork of his youth... -
![Lift by Brandon Sanderson]()
Lift by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFree online fiction from tor.com (Novelette)... -
![The Invasion by Ivan Kal]()
The Invasion by Ivan Kal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new threat arrives!Years ago, Morgan and his team entered the Tower of Power, by the time they left, their raid group was reduced to only a handful of its members. They had faced the Tower and forces that they were never supposed to know about, and they had paid a high price to survive, but they had prevailed. They faced the enemy of the Great Lord, Oxylus, and they had defeated them... -
![Brew Master by Logan Jacobs]()
Brew Master by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Tyler King, a beer aficionado, finds himself transported to the magical land of Hagop, he discovers a world filled with cunning dwarves, enigmatic gnomes, brutish ogres, and beautiful women. It seems like the perfect place, until he discovers the real nobody in this magical world knows how to brew a decent beer.But Tyler knows how to make great beer... -
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![The Dungeon Shop: A Light Novel of Wares for the Weary Adventurer by Chris Ford, Wolfe Locke]()
The Dungeon Shop: A Light Novel of Wares for the Weary Adventurer by Chris Ford, Wolfe Locke
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratings◆The Dungeon Shop◆Wares for the Weary AdventurerLumina has been managing her item shop all by herself.The struggle is real.Her wares often spoil or go out of style before customers have a chance to try them.But that all changes when a new dungeon appears just outside of town.With that dungeon comes a chance to have the life she's always wanted.All she has to do is take it. Take a chance... -
![The Gravedigger’s Son and the Waif Girl: by Sam Feuerbach]()
The Gravedigger’s Son and the Waif Girl: by Sam Feuerbach
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFarin, the gravedigger’s son, lives in the medieval village of Heap. The eighteen-year-old is an outsider, bullied and ostracised by the villagers. His father has succumbed to a life of drinking, and so the young man has no option but to take over the job of gravedigger. Farin’s life takes a dramatic twist when the village witch dies and he prepares her for burial... -
![The Sons of Macha by John Lenahan]()
The Sons of Macha by John Lenahan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Lord of the Rings for the 21st century. Only a lot shorter. And funnier. And completely different.The thrilling final part of the Shadowmagic trilogy... -
![Growth Hero by Brent Tyman]()
Growth Hero by Brent Tyman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlex's life was fairly simple, work during the day and enjoy some sweet RPG's by night. Out of nowhere, he's whisked away to a fantasy world with game-like stats, monsters that drop loot, gorgeous mages and a Dungeon to explore.With only the clothes on his back and a single skill bestowed upon him, he has to survive this new world and forge a new life for himself... -
![The Fallen Bard by Lars Machmüller]()
The Fallen Bard by Lars Machmüller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDaniel's (updated) Guide to Early Retirement. Version 2.0 : 1: Intercept illegal money transfer from mafia boss. (Complete success. Except for the part where I was discovered and almost caught) 2: Hide out in super-exclusive Full Immersion Virtual Reality game until the heat is off. (Doing fine so far... -
![Small Medium: Big Trouble by Andrew Seiple]()
Small Medium: Big Trouble by Andrew Seiple
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsChase Berrymore dreams of adventure, excitement, and getting the heck out of her pastoral halven village. But when adventure finds her, she'll be scrambling to save her family and friends from a necromancer's wrath. Outmatched in almost every way, she'll have to use her wits, charisma, and a bit of divine favor to figure out the path to victory... -
![Les Terres de cristal by Gabriel Katz]()
Les Terres de cristal by Gabriel Katz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAu cœur de Woltan, tandis que se lèvent les premières tempêtes de neige, Nils, Karib et Olen luttent encore pour survivre. La menace du complot pèse plus que jamais, dans cet immense royaume où les assassins règnent en maîtres. Loin, très loin au nord, s’étendent les Terres de Cristal, dont les glaces éternelles dissimulent un terrible secret... -
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![The Riyria Revelations: Theft of Swords / Rise of Empire / Heir of Novron by Michael J. Sullivan]()
The Riyria Revelations: Theft of Swords / Rise of Empire / Heir of Novron by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis boxed set includes bestselling author Michael J. Sullivan's complete Riyria Revelations, an epic tale of treachery and adventure, sword fighting and magic, myth and legend... -
![The Murderess Crow by Sam Feuerbach]()
The Murderess Crow by Sam Feuerbach
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe crow hissed: "Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t cut your throat here and now. One single damn reason."The prince froze with fear and said nothing. At last, his behaviour was logical. His facial features had lost any order. Shivering, he closed his eyes in expectation of certain death. But then there was a whispering...Categorized as:
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![I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Nadine Bernard Westcott]()
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Nadine Bernard Westcott
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGiving an old favorite children's song a brand-new look, this book features an updated design, along with musical notation and an activity page. Full color... -
![Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #1 by Robin Furth]()
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #1 by Robin Furth
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Dark Tower is the backbone of Stephen King's legendary career. Inspired more than thirty years ago by works as diverse as J.R.R. Tolkien's epics, Robert Browning's poetry, and Sergio Leone's Westerns, this is the tale that Stephen King has never abandoned... -
![Quillifer the Knight by Walter Jon Williams]()
Quillifer the Knight by Walter Jon Williams
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Walter Jon Williams is always fun, but this may be his best yet, a delight from start to finish, witty, colorful, exciting and amusing by turns, exquisitely written.” —George R. R. Martin “Chock full of derring-do, blood and thunder, swashbuckling, and other good stuff evocative of Rafael Sabatini, Sir Walter Scott, and the penny-bloods... -
![The Sword and Shield by Emma Khoury]()
The Sword and Shield by Emma Khoury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEzra Toth is your typical sword for hire. A dark past, a few secrets, a talent for killing, with a sharp sword and sharper wit. Perhaps his several dozen cats are a bit unique but other than that… He returns from an ordinary, arduous job to find representatives of the crown waiting for him at his home – not so typical. They bring him to the Crown Prince who has a problem only Ezra can solve... -
![Ben's Damn Adventure: The Prince Has No Pants by Matthew Howry]()
Ben's Damn Adventure: The Prince Has No Pants by Matthew Howry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA comedy.All life on Earth has been stolen away by The System, transported to another world at the behest of a distant galactic empire, who lived in terror of humanity's potential.Ben was a normal, slightly above average man, and had been about to go on the first real vacation of his adult life... -
![Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura by James Barclay]()
Elves: Beyond the Mists of Katura by James Barclay
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThousands of years ago the elves were enslaved by the Wytch Lords. Murdered in their thousands, worked to death in slave gangs and divided against themselves, the wounds inflicted by man run deep - and elves have very long memories. Two of them - Auum and Takaar - led the rise against their enslavers, and united their people against men in order to free their nation. Now Calaius is at peace.. -
![Il Re delle Essenze by Sam Feuerbach]()
Il Re delle Essenze by Sam Feuerbach
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNella confusione si sono fermate... e nella confusione proseguono le avventure dell'alchimista Kronarius. Il Patto dei Quattri è di nuovo attratto nella misteriosa caverna nella foresta di confine. Con dolore, apprendono che sono tutt'altro che i benvenuti in quel luogo. Il mistero del domo dei Droguri supera perfino l'immaginazione del Maestro delle Essenze... -
![Thraxas and the Sorcerers by Martin Scott]()
Thraxas and the Sorcerers by Martin Scott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThraxas would rather be anywhere than at the Assemblage of the Sorcerers Guild, but the perpetually indigent private eye badly needs the fee. The Guild is meeting to elect a new head sorcerer and Cicerius, the city's Deputy Consul, is determined that the new head of the Guild will be Lisutaris of Turai... -
![War Cry by Dylan Lee Peters]()
War Cry by Dylan Lee Peters
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere is suffering that comes from hope, but because of hope, suffering can never defeat you.The winds blow across Ephanlarea, and the Great Tyrant’s poison works deep in the veins of men. In the human kingdoms of Chreos and Nefas, the Tyrant pulls the strings of the treacherous, and sets his machinations ever closer to war... -
![Beastly Tales from Here and There by Vikram Seth]()
Beastly Tales from Here and There by Vikram Seth
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old... -
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![Robert Asprin's Myth-Quoted by Jody Lynn Nye]()
Robert Asprin's Myth-Quoted by Jody Lynn Nye
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA CAMPAIGN OF MYTH-INFORMATIONSince it was founded, M.Y.T.H. Inc. has dealt with all manner of vile and evil creatures. But not even a magician of Skeeve’s caliber is prepared to face the most duplicitous monsters of all: politicians. Emo Weavil and his cousin Wilmer Weavil-Scuttil have been running for governor of the island of Bokromi—for five years... -
![The Missing Diary by Thea Stilton]()
The Missing Diary by Thea Stilton
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMidnight feasts, secrets and diaries read by torchlight, a classic mouse school adventure. We adore mouseford academy. It's rather like enid blyton's malory towers but with theatrical mice. Now the thea sisters and their friends have decided to start a school newspaper. But then colette's diary goes missing and sports reporter nicky witnesses a suspicious finish during the iron mouse games...Categorized as:
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![The Dungeon Traveler by Alston Sleet]()
The Dungeon Traveler by Alston Sleet
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI spent most of my life trying to get by with whatever happiness I could, that included alcohol, food, and porn. My death was unpleasant and humiliating. However, death is something we all need to go through. A bit like a proctology exam; necessary but never anything one wants to go through while it's happening. However, death was supposed to be the end of it... -
![Timeskipper by Stefano Benni]()
Timeskipper by Stefano Benni
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of Margherita Dolce Vita One late-winter morning as he is "hop-hiking" downhill toward his character-building destination, a vomit-yellow cube surrounded by a garden of barbarously unkempt weeds known as the Bisacconi elementary school, Stefano Benni's young hero encounters a peculiar man--as big as a mountain and as filthy as a garbage dump, with a vast beard the color of a... -
![Everybody's Fool: A Novel by Richard Russo]()
Everybody's Fool: A Novel by Richard Russo
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, the Rust Belt town first brought to unforgettable life in Nobody’s Fool . • "Irresistible.... Very funny.... A joy... -
![Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto by Gianni Rodari, Federico Maggioni]()
Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto by Gianni Rodari, Federico Maggioni
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fable for children and adults: a story of life, death, and terrorism—in the grand tradition of Exupéry’s The Little PrinceWhen we first meet 93-year-old millionaire Baron Lamberto, he has been diagnosed with 24 life-threatening ailments—one for each of the 24 banks he owns... -
![J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (Playscript) by Patricia Gray, J.R.R. Tolkien]()
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit (Playscript) by Patricia Gray, J.R.R. Tolkien
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBilbo Baggins, the hobbit, is in a peaceful sort of cozy hole in the Shire, a place where adventures are uncommon and rather unwanted. So when the wizard Gandalf whisks him away on a treasure hunting expedition with a troop of rowdy dwarves, he's not entirely thrilled... -
![The Thrill Of The Grass by W.P. Kinsella]()
The Thrill Of The Grass by W.P. Kinsella
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one can write about baseball with the same brilliant combination of mysticism and realism as W. P. Kinsella. Lovers of the game and lovers of fine writing will thrill to the range of the eleven stories that make up this new collection... -
![Monkey with a Tool Belt by Chris Monroe]()
Monkey with a Tool Belt by Chris Monroe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhether you need a beebersaw or a chisel, Chico Bon Bon's your monkey. He can build or fix just about anything--from a dock for the ducks to a clock for the Clucks, even a small roller coaster for local chipmunks... -
![Zod Wallop by William Browning Spencer]()
Zod Wallop by William Browning Spencer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRock yawned. "Gotta get moving," Rock said. A couple of hundred million years went by. A rock is always slow to take action. A rock watches an oak grow from a sapling to a towering tree, and it's a flash and a dazzle in the mind of a rock. What was that? Rock thinks. Or maybe, Huh?That's how Zod Wallop starts... -
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![One Thousand And One Arabian Nights; Volume 1 of 16 by Anonymous]()
One Thousand And One Arabian Nights; Volume 1 of 16 by Anonymous
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIntroduction Story Of King Shahryar and His Brother a. Tale of the Bull and the Ass 1. Tale of the Trader and the Jinni a. The First Shaykh's Story b. The Second Shaykh's Story c. The Third Shaykh's Story 2. The Fisherman and the Jinni a. Tale of the Wazir and the Sage Duban ab. Story of King Sindibad and His Falcon ac. Tale of the Husband and the Parrot ad. Tale of the Prince and the Ogress b... -
![The Vondish Ambassador by Lawrence Watt-Evans]()
The Vondish Ambassador by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne day a dockworker named Emmis watches a Vondish ship arrive in Ethshar of the Spices - and finds himself hired as native guide and aide to someone who claims to be Vond's ambassador plenipotentiary to the overlords of the Hegemony to the Three Ethshars... -
![North Star Guide Me Home by Jo Spurrier]()
North Star Guide Me Home by Jo Spurrier
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA complex, adult epic fantasy from a new Australian author... original, dramatic, unputdownable... Some things are broken beyond mending... Grievously wounded in battle, Isidro's life hangs in the balance - but the only person who can help him is the man he can never trust... -
![The Jasper Forest by Julia Gray]()
The Jasper Forest by Julia Gray
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE JASPER FOREST is the second book in the Guardian Cycle, a sweeping fantasy epic from one of the best new storytellers in the genre.Exiled from Vadanis, the homeland he risked his life to save, Terrel finds himself adrift on the ocean. Delirious with hunger and exhaustion, he is on the point of giving up when he realises that he has found land... -
![The Forever Knight by John Marco]()
The Forever Knight by John Marco
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLukien is the Bronze Knight, beloved by his kingdom and renowned in battle throughout his world. After betraying his king and losing his beloved, he wishes only for death, but rather than die, Lukien is given a chance for redemption: to be the protector of the Inhumans—those fragile mortals who live deep in the desert, far from the prying eyes of their world... -
![Remember Why You Fear Me by Robert Shearman]()
Remember Why You Fear Me by Robert Shearman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeliciously frightening, darkly satirical, and always unexpected, Robert Shearman has won the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Edge Hill Reader's Prize. Remember Why You Fear Me gathers together his best dark fiction, the most celebrated stories from his acclaimed books, and ten new tales that have never been collected before... -
![Memoirs Of An Elf by Devin Scillian, Tim Bowers]()
Memoirs Of An Elf by Devin Scillian, Tim Bowers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's Christmas Eve and Spark Elf has the very important job of keeping Santa Claus on schedule as he travels the globe in 24 hours delivering presents. Small in stature with pointy ears and stopwatch in hand, Spark lets Santa know it's time to go. He programs the GPS while the other elves secure the toy bag and check the Nice list. Little known fact: We don't even bring the Naughty list with us... -
![Questing Sucks! by Kevin Weinberg]()
Questing Sucks! by Kevin Weinberg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSehn is an Elf, but he's not like the others: he's rude, vicious, and all around nasty. His only wish is to conquer the world and enslave its population. Yet to his shame, he learns he must be the one to save it... -
![The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs]()
The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFor more than two decades, Terry Pratchett has been regaling readers with tales of Discworld—a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants, which are standing on the back of a giant turtle, flying through space... -
![Los asha'man by Robert Jordan]()
Los asha'man by Robert Jordan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn se souvient que, sur la route du Sud, alors que Mat et la Bande installaient leur campement, ils avaient découvert en contrebas le massacre d'une caravane entière de Rétameurs et, parmi les chariots brûlés et les corps, un message inachevé : "Avertissez le Dragon Réincarné." De quoi ? Impossible à cet instant pour Mat et ses compagnons de le savoir... -
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![We Others: New and Selected Stories by Steven Millhauser, Olivier Culmann]()
We Others: New and Selected Stories by Steven Millhauser, Olivier Culmann
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Every reader knows of writers who are like secrets one wants to keep, and whose books one wants to tell the world about. Millhauser is mine.”—David Rollow, Boston Sunday GlobeFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author: the essential stories across three decades that showcase his indomitable imagination... -
![The Spriggan Mirror by Lawrence Watt-Evans]()
The Spriggan Mirror by Lawrence Watt-Evans
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvery wizard in Ethshar knew that if you needed something special, something difficult to find, that Gresh the Supplier was the man to see. He was expensive, but always delivered. So when the Wizards' Guild finally got fed up with the little green nuisances that called themselves "spriggans," the Guild hired Gresh to fetch them the magic mirror that created the troublesome imps... -
![The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor]()
The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs Rafi Zabor's PEN-Faulkner Award-winning novel opens, the Bear shuffles and jigs with a chain through his nose, rolling in the gutter, letting his partner wrestle him to the ground for the crowd's enjoyment. But as soon becomes clear, this is no ordinary dancing bear. "I mean, dance is all right, even street dance... -
![The Orphans' Promise by Pierre Grimbert, Sonja Finck]()
The Orphans' Promise by Pierre Grimbert, Sonja Finck
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Known World’s greatest secret has proven a heavy burden for the last heirs of the Ji emissaries: a death sentence from the goddess Zuïa and her band of implacable Judges and a fleeting glimpse of another world that could devastate the Upper and Lower Kingdoms. Now, after barely eluding a band of Züu assassins, these unlikely heroes find themselves hunted once more... -
![Castle War! by John DeChancie]()
Castle War! by John DeChancie
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCastle Perilous is still tottering from last year's battle with the Hosts of Hell, and regaining stability proves a hard balancing act. Before Jeremy can design a program to calm the tremors of the universe, an alternative wicked reality appears that threatens to topple everything! Castle P... -
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Beginnings by A.M. Hargrove
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou met the Guardians of Vesturon in Survival and Resurrection. Now read about how their parents, Rowan and Annalise met in Beginnings, the novella Prequel to The Guardians of Vesturon. Learn more about Rowan and how Annalise unwittingly captured his heart and how his chance meeting of her took him on a journey of forbidden love...
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