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Orbs of Wisdom by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final installment in the Dragon Gate saga!With his mother’s life at stake and the entire world threatened by powerful dragons, the sand in the hour glass is running out for Jak Freedar. He and his allies must find the ancient Orbs of Wisdom and hope they hold the solutions to the problems plaguing humanity and the dragons before it’s too late...Categorized as:
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LastRock by Phil Tucker
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsScorio has won his vengeance. His foes lie vanquished, his skeptics silenced. Yet, as the powers of hell watch eagerly, Scorio and Naomi spurn those who would recruit them, and venture into the untold depths of hell in search of the enigmatic Herdsmen... -
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun (2HA) #1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratings言简意赅的文案:我本欲抱师兄归,岂料抱走了……师尊?王八攻x霸王受啰里啰嗦的文案:墨燃觉得自己拜楚晚宁为师就是个错误。他的师尊实在太像猫,而他则像一只摇头摆尾的傻狗。狗和猫是有生殖隔离的,傻狗原本并不想向那只猫伸出他毛茸茸的爪子。他原本觉得啊,狗就应该和狗在一起,比如他的师兄,漂亮温驯,像一只可爱的狐狸犬,他们俩在一起一定很般配。可是死过去又活过来,活了两辈子,他最后叼回窝里的,都是那个最初他根本瞧不上眼的,雪白的猫咪师尊。蠢到爆表哈士奇攻x傲娇暴躁大白猫受Ps.1.这是个渣攻重生之后,试图从良的故事。架空修真文,不必细考。2.从良不是那么容易的,路漫漫其修远兮,此君将上下而求索。求索过程中难免依然犯错,犯浑。请各位小姐姐包涵。3.攻受的三观不代表作者的三观,喷人物可以,不要喷作者呀~4.攻死蠢且变态,精分且人渣,重生之后,虽有改变,但过程缓慢,不能忍受的请点叉!点叉!!!!!5...Categorized as:
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The Primal Hunter 3 by Zogarth
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFinally, back on Earth, Jake has to adapt and evolve as his hunt continues...With a huge open planet before him, Jake has literally grown wings as he begins his conquest of the local wildlife. With his newfound freedom, he finds his true Path as a hunter. All the while trying to avoid the responsibilities of having founded the first city on the planet. Oh, and bird friends... -
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The Land: Predators by Aleron Kong
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWelcome to Long Awaited seventh novel of the Best Selling LitRPG Saga, Chaos Seeds, by Aleron Kong.A mesmerizing tale reminiscent of the wonder of Ready Player One and the adventure of Game of Thrones#1 in Epic Fantasy || #1 in Cyberpunk || #1 in Video Game Fantasy In The Land:Predators, the Mist Village has harnessed its power... -
War of the Posers by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe continuing adventures of Clyde Hatchett in the capital city of Glaton... -
High Gloom by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt all comes down to this: kill or be corpsed.Clyde Hatchett has known he’s had a corpse-king inside him, slowly trying to take over his body and raise an army of undead for a while now... -
Skull and Thrones by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe continuing adventures of the rogue Clyde Hatchet in the Imperial capital of Glaton... -
Second Story Man by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe continuing adventures of Clyde Hatchett in the city of Glaton...Categorized as:
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Lord of the Mysteries Volume 4 by Ai Qianshui de Wuzei, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons,... -
Portal to Nova Roma: Venice by J.R. Mathews
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlexander and his growing legion have managed to escape Nova Roma and, more importantly, learned that the rest of the world may not be as ravaged and destroyed as they had all thought!Join them as they set sail for ancient Venice, the Queen of the Adriatic, to try to learn more about the wider world outside Nova Roma... -
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... -
Fury by Nicoli Gonnella
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe tower has fallen. Banners fly. War brews in the rubble.Felix Nevarre, slayer of the Ravager King and destroyer of Domains, isn't going down without a fight. The Guild Tower has fallen, and Haarwatch has been split into factions vying for supremacy, and the people despair as monsters overrun the city...Categorized as:
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Paladin of the Shield by Marvin Knight, Marvin Whiteknight
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeneath the Sacred Seas, demons are stirring.An ancient evil rises. An army from the depths of hell comes with her.In the heavens above, a seraph with more ambition than the heavens can contain is coming to confront her.The Sacred Seas have become a playground for forces beyond their power to contend with. In the war between the Heavens and the Hells, only one man can stand for humanity... -
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Vampire Gate by Apollos Thorne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter surviving Mistress Nava’s wrath, Elorion is banished from Sanctuary and everything he holds dear. He finds himself on an impossible quest to retrieve something from Lord Darius’s vault for the Head Mistress in hopes of bringing everyone back together...Categorized as:
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City of Fallen Souls by Jez Cajiao
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJax survived the Smugglers Path, as did most of his party, but he’s suffered losses, found out just how far he’s willing to go for Oracle, and seen his own darker side… as have his followers... -
Scamps & Scoundrels by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJust yesterday, Ben was a neckbeard weeb with a weakness for Red Bull and tendies. Today, he's got a new name, a new face, and a new body, and he's watching the Glaton City Guard fight a twenty-foot-tall ooze that crawled forth from the sewers...Categorized as:
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Lord of the Mysteries Volume 2 by Ai Qianshui de Wuzei, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons,... -
Dungeon Mauling by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMontana ventures into Osterstadt prison to save a friend, and will have to brave the dungeons to save himself...Categorized as:
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The Second Realm by Michael Chatfield
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhen Erik and Rugrat entered the ten realms they didn’t know what was going on. They only knew that they had contracted the two week curse. When entering the second realm they came to understand their character sheets, and part of the system that is called the ten realms. A place that the strong make the rules and the weak cling to them for protection and hope that they might be left in peace...Categorized as:
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Titan by Jez Cajiao
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJax and his people have raided the City of Fallen Souls, but just because you’ve grabbed the loot, doesn’t mean you’re home free…They need to escape, they need to make changes and improve on the incomplete and barely manned ships they stole, and with the city, not to mention the Dark Legion gearing for war, he has only one choice available.Landfall...Categorized as:
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Wrack & Ruin by Dave Willmarth
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsMaximilian Storm has embraced his new life as a Battleborne. Reincarnated on a strange world in a powerful chimera body, he has gathered friends, made enemies, and developed wondrous new magical and physical abilities. He’s even discovered that a couple of his men, Smitty and Dylan, have chosen to join him on this world... -
Age of Stone by Jez Cajiao, Neil Hellegers
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn all the games Matt has played, Dungeons are places to raid, places you dream of conquering, but when the world is stripped of electricity, and the first mana-twisted beasts start to prowl, the games all come to an end..Categorized as:
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Elven Accord by Daniel Schinhofen
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeeting a dark Elf was unexpected. Kuro offered unconditional servitude in exchange for being saved, and Gothy was determined to make the most of it. Kuro had a single request: to warn the Queen that the King had broken their pact. Alvin agreed to take her to her world to report, wondering if it would be as easy as it sounded...Categorized as:
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Trojan Nightmare by Blaise Corvin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Earth has been overrun with monsters... Post-Apocalypse America is unrecognizable from the past. Jake survives by working as the leader of a scavenging adventuring team. A former mage, now he follows the strange path of cultivation, taught to him by a mysterious traveler. As far as he knows, he is one of the only people on Earth with this power...Categorized as:
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Prodigies by Apollos Thorne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe apex of the martial arts calls out. It challenges all to ascend.Long Chao is the son of a hedge mage—a heretic cultivator. He doesn’t cultivate for power, but to satisfy his endless curiosity.One fateful day, Xiao Huifen, a girl aiming to be the youngest Sky Realm cultivator in the Monolith continent’s history, crashes into his life...Categorized as:
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Awakening by RinoZ
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA forbidden Class. A dark power. Can Tyron prove he can still be a hero?With one touch of the Awakening Stone, Tyron receives an outlawed Class and his life changes forever.His bright and promising future as the scion of two famous, monster-hunting Slayers is promptly torn apart and he must make a decision... -
Dukes and Ladders by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe continuing adventures of Montana Coggeshall, Duke of Coggeshall in the gamified world of Vuldranni...Categorized as:
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Blood Will by Kirill Klevanski
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHe made a deal with a dragon, getting its heart in return. He fought monsters to defeat the monster in himself. He won the war, razing one of the most powerful sects to the ground, and received the highest military rank possible.Now his path leads him to the very heart of the country — to the capital — to receive his title and well-deserved honors... -
Iron Will by Kirill Klevanski
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the first book, Hadjar lost it all. His body ruined, parents dead, and his title of Prince replaced by a slave collar. It seemed like Primus had deprived him of everything.But no one can take away a man's will to fight. Even if his heart turns into a bleeding stone due to endless grief and suffering, it won't matter.The most important thing was that he still had the will to go on... -
You're Going Down by Jason A. Cheek
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJason only has a handful of days left to complete his Nightmare quest. While running recon on his people’s ancestral home, he discovers that failing his Nightmare quests means more than just losing his NPCs; it means the fall of the entire region. To stop the wave of destruction and complete his quest, Jason will have to find a way to take on a horde of goblins numbering in the thousands...Categorized as:
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The Forgotten Faithful by Jez Cajiao
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThings are looking up for Jax, more or less, He’s met a cool girl (Who’s a wisp), got some new friends (Who’re Dwarves and Cat people and Elves and all sorts), and started a war… (Whoops!)That last one might not be the best idea he’s had yet, admittedly, but the guy was an ass, and he deserved it...Categorized as:
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Lord of the Mysteries Volume 7 by Ai Qianshui de Wuzei, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons,... -
Lord of the Mysteries Volume 6 by Ai Qianshui de Wuzei, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons,...Categorized as:
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Eastbound and Town by Eric Ugland
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFreshly respawned.Far from home.All alone.Up until now, Montana’s journey really only went one direction: up. But now he’s back at square one, stuck on top of a mountain with only the most basic gear to help get him back to Coggeshall. It’s going to be a loooong walk.But not a boring one...Categorized as:
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Asgard Awakening 2 (Veilverse: Asgard Awakening) by Blaise Corvin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTravis Sterling has escaped a life of slavery and has attained incredible magical potential, but he is still vulnerable. What’s more, inheriting Odin’s mantle has automatically earned him a slew of enemies.But now that Trav has power and freedom, he needs a plan. What’s more, he must explore who he is and what he is becoming...Categorized as:
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Herald of Shalia 4 by Tamryn Tamer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSebastian Frost created a territory where demihumans lived peacefully.Whether they were a snake-haired gorgon, a colorful slime woman, or a fifteen foot tall Oni, they were free to live peacefully in Pluma Territory. For many of the creatures, living peacefully was something they never dared even dream of so it was only natural that they traveled from all over the continent to reach his territory...Categorized as:
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Herald of Shalia 5 by Tamryn Tamer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSebastian Frost frequently found himself marrying women he barely knew.His first wife demanded that he marry her as payment for saving his life, his second tricked him into marrying her, the third he married to secure an alliance, and his fourth was Lysandra. Lysandra was the only woman that Frost chose to marry and she was also the future mother of his child... -
Metal Mage 10 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs always, Mason has his hands full protecting several kingdoms, but at least he’s finally getting some reward for all his hard work. Now that he’s a baron, Mason has to figure out what to do with all his new land, his new riches, and his new mansion. But life is not all rich baron sex and giant statues made of precious gemstones...Categorized as:
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Metal Mage 5 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter defeating the Ice Giants of the North and saving the dwarves, Mason faces his toughest challenge yet: politics. Mason and his band of badass warrior women travel to Nalnora, the kingdom of the elves, in order to learn more about the Master and his runic powers. However, the elves are not as forthcoming as the other kingdoms...Categorized as:
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Metal Mage 4 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll aboard! With the railroad up and running, Mason Flynt and his band of mages turn their attention to the dwarven kingdom of Orebane that lies in the frigid northern Draconis Mountains. But treacherous terrain is not all they’re up against...Categorized as:
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Metal Mage 3 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs Mason strengthens his magic over metal and stone, the Master lurks in the shadows...Categorized as:
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Metal Mage 6 by Eric Vall
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMason now has proof the Master is working in Nalnora, but he’s quickly learned that getting elves to cooperate is like herding cats. Dangerous, murderous cats. So, he has to take matters into his own hands … especially when the elven beauty Deya catches his eye...Categorized as:
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Citadel by Jez Cajiao
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWith the God of Death out for his life, Jax has a choice to make, and it’s time for the brothers to face each other…Nimon, The God of Death, has named Jax and all who follow him ‘Apostate’ decreeing their death and has dispatched his Dark Legion, the Imperial Legion’s antithesis, to see the job done once and for all...Categorized as:
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Monster's Mercy 3 by William D. Arand
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn existence spent being forced to kill others to satiate a Monster.Where the only thing to look forward to was the blessed, if brief, period of time between paying that bribe.Except that very same Monster is and isn’t Rene.It just happened to live inside his own mind and force him to do what it wanted. Rather than being an actual Monster... -
Doom Forge by James A. Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFebruary, 2043 Jack and the crew of the Crimson Alliance have finally made it back from the Realm of Order, but the threat to Eldgard is deadlier than ever. Vogthar incursions are increasing, dungeons falling in droves, towns and cities ravaged by Darklings—Players and NPCs who have willingly sided with the Dark Overmind Thanatos... -
Brightblade by Jez Cajiao
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA realm aside from our own is the center of the realities, home to every spectrum of magic. From the beautiful to the terrible, it was all held in delicate balance by the Eternal Emperor and his children. For ten thousand years, the empire was the bastion that protected the sentient races from the darkness, but the revolution changed all that.. -
Servant of the Bones and The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice
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Mixing It Up by Jason A. Cheek
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe adventure continues where the action left off. Jason and his new friends are thrust into the breech as he quickly finds himself in conflict with Goblins, Beasts, and Players alike. Hitting up the local dungeon, Jason discovers that his longtime nemeses have joined the game and are seeking to take over the server as they’ve done in MMORPGs’ past...Categorized as:
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The Sparrow by Edward Brody
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter accepting the fact that he will never know his old reality again, Gunnar looks forward toward building a new life inside Eden's Gate. It's time to form a guild, gather resources, and earn the acceptance of the Edgewood inhabitants. If only things were that easy..Categorized as:
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