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The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 51 ratingsNote: This book is the same as The Outlaw Demon Wails. It was printed under both titles. To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her sins are coming home to haunt her... -
![A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison]()
A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Pale Demon!A Perfect BloodRitually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other. Pulled in to help investigate by the I.S... -
![The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King]()
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe game is afoot! Night Shade Books is proud to present the fantastic adventures of the world's greatest detective — mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror, no genre can escape the esteemed detective's needle-sharp intellect and intuition...Categorized as:
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Warbound by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNew York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author's gritty urban fantasy set in an alternate noir 1930s. A tough P.I. battles an interdimensional monster that wants to suck magic power out of the world. Sequel to Hard Magic and Spellbound. Book Three in the Grimnoir Chronicles... -
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![The Belial Origins by R.D. Brady]()
The Belial Origins by R.D. Brady
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRevelations, death, and destiny The three forces have ruled Delaney's McPhearson's life for the last two years. But the greatest revelation is yet to come . . . And the greatest sacrifice. ____________________________________________ A powerful relic was hidden eons ago to protect mankind. If it’s uncovered, our world will change forever. But the Fallen are on its trail... -
![The Fall of the House of Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard]()
The Fall of the House of Cabal by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsJohannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has come into possession of a vital clue that may lead him to his ultimate goal: a cure for death. The path is vague, however, and certainly treacherous as it takes him into strange territories that, quite literally, no one has ever seen before... -
![Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh]()
Shield of Winter by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 37 ratings"The alpha author of paranormal romance" draws us back into her extraordinary Psy-Changeling world, a world torn between violence and peace, passion and ice . . . Assassin. Soldier. Arrow. That is who Vasic is, who he will always be... -
![Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk]()
Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found hereIntroverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his adoptive family. So when an urgent telegram from Christine summons them to Egypt, Whyborne is reluctant to risk the fragile peace they’ve established... -
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Hired Luck by Mel Todd
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNew city, new job, new threat?With my best friend going to college to learn how to use her magic, I'm job hunting in Atlanta. We're sharing an apartment and I've never been happier. The last thing I needed was to be involved in a murder investigation. Now the police are sure I had something to do with it. News alert: I don't. I've got a job, Jo's going school...Categorized as:
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![The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross]()
The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSomeone is dead set to air the spy agency’s dirty laundry in The Delirium Brief, the next installment to Charles Stross’ Hugo Award-winning comedic dark fantasy Laundry Files series!Bob Howard’s career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting the world from unspeakable horrors from beyond spacetime, has entailed high combat, brilliant hacking, ancient magic,... -
![The Belial Guard by R.D. Brady]()
The Belial Guard by R.D. Brady
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDelaney McPhearson has faced danger after danger. And along the way she’s lost a great deal. Some would say too much. But for the first time, she has fully embraced who she is—and what’s expected of her. She’s ready to take on whatever her destiny puts in her path. But at the same time, another power rises with a plan of its own. A plan that will have worldwide ramifications... -
![Spellbound by Larry Correia]()
Spellbound by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDark fantasy goes hardboiled in #2 of the hard-hitting Grimnoir Chronicles by the New York Times best-selling creator of Monster Hunter International...Categorized as:
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![The Belial Children by R.D. Brady]()
The Belial Children by R.D. Brady
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll children should be safe from harm . . .Someone didn't get the message.___________________________________________________Life has not calmed down for Delaney McPhearson now that she has become the ring bearer. For the last few months, she, Henry Chandler, and Jake Rogan have been finding the camps of the teenage potentials left behind by Amar...Categorized as:
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![The Magpie Key by Sarah Painter]()
The Magpie Key by Sarah Painter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlack water, dark skies, a reckoning like no otherA new threat has sailed in on the tide and is haunting the waterways of London.DCI Fleet is struggling to control his gift and can no longer tell reality from illusion.Meanwhile, Uncle Charlie is making trouble from his prison cell, proving how hard it is to keep a Crow caged... -
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![A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison]()
A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsThe evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human and undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and kill her -- not necessarily in that order.Now a mortal lover who abandoned Rachel has returned, haunted by his secret past... -
![Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart]()
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsWhen the children of his village were struck with a mysterious illness, Number Ten Ox sought a wiseman to save them. He found master Li Kao, a scholar with a slight flaw in his character. Together, they set out to find the Great Root of Power, the only possible cure...Categorized as:
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![The Shadow of Water by Jacquelyn Benson]()
The Shadow of Water by Jacquelyn Benson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLily Albright can see the future, and it looks like hell. In an England on the brink of war, Lily is plagued by visions of the cataclysmic destruction of London. An ancient prophecy is coming to fruition, and it starts with the gruesome discovery of a corpse in the sewers.To save her city, Lily must untangle a web of conspiracy and violence...Categorized as:
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![The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon]()
The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsPaige Mahoney has escaped the brutal prison camp of Sheol I, but her problems have only just begun: many of the survivors are missing and she is the most wanted person in London...As Scion turns its all-seeing eye on the dreamwalker, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city's gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly... -
![Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter]()
Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSet in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, an all-new series starring Nell Ingram, who wields powers as old as the earth... -
![The White House: A Novella by JaQuavis Coleman]()
The White House: A Novella by JaQuavis Coleman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe young heroine Draya lives paycheck to paycheck, laboring as a maid in a luxurious white house. One day, in the course of performing her duties, she is presented with an irresistible opportunity for a quick--and risky--payday. What unfolds in the white house changes the course of her life... -
![Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews]()
Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsNevada Frida Baylor and Connor Ander Rogan cordially invite you to join their wedding celebration.Summoning, weather manipulation, and other magical activities strictly forbidden.Catalina Baylor is looking forward to wearing her maid-of-honor dress and watching her older sister walk down the aisle...Categorized as:
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![The Dark by Marianne Curley]()
The Dark by Marianne Curley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEthan and Isabel, heroes from The Named, are on a more exciting journey than ever and are joined by Isabel's brother Matt, who is still getting accustomed to life in the Guard. Arkarian, their ageless mentor, has been kidnapped and sent by the Goddess of Chaos to a frighteningly dark underworld...Categorized as:
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![The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross]()
The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsComputational demonologist Bob Howard catches up on filing in the Laundry archives when the top secret Fuller Memorandum vanishes - and his boss, suspected of stealing the file. Bob faces Russian agents, ancient demons, a maniacal death cult, and finding the missing memorandum before the world disappears next... -
![False Value by Ben Aaronovitch]()
False Value by Ben Aaronovitch
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNow in hardcover, the eighth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London.Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm... -
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![Hard Magic by Larry Correia]()
Hard Magic by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsJake Sullivan is a licensed Private Eye—with a seriously hardboiled attitude. He also possesses raw magical talent and the ability to make objects in his vicinity light as a feather or as heavy as depleted uranium, all with a magical thought. It's no wonder the G-men turn to Jake when they need someone to go after a suspected killer who's been knocking off banks in a magic-enhanced crime spree... -
![Touch of Darkness A Paranormal Romance by Delta James]()
Touch of Darkness A Paranormal Romance by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe last thing Skylar wants is exactly what she needs.A serial killer is killing women in Crescent City. Skylar Gautier, New Orleans cop, is determined to track and catch the killer herself. As she closes in on the killer, Travis Nichols, her fated mate shows up, ready for happily ever after. He is a distraction she does not need or want... -
![Uncorked by Delta James]()
Uncorked by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Hunters strike at the wrong prey, Damian Steele will stop at nothing to claim the ultimate prize… his fated mate.On the backroads of Italy, a fatal accident takes the lives of three of the four people in the car. The only survivor is an unconscious Kinzie Edwards, who is mistakenly identified as her twin sister. In a targeted act of violence, Kinzie loses her sister, Kayla, and her humanity... -
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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag by Oliver Bowden, Andrew Holmes
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt’s the Golden Age of Piracy — a time when greed, ambition, and corruption overcome all loyalties — and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time...Categorized as:
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Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIn this spirited sequel, The Rook returns to clinch an alliance between deadly rivals and avert epic—and slimy—supernatural war.When secret organizations are forced to merge after years of enmity and bloodshed, only one person has the fearsome powers—and the bureaucratic finesse—to get the job done...Categorized as:
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![Shades of Memory by Diana Pharaoh Francis]()
Shades of Memory by Diana Pharaoh Francis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRiley's lost the last damned thing she's willing to lose. She's declaring war and prisoners are optional.After escaping the FBI, Riley and her family have become fugitives, and not just from the law. Every bad guy on the planet wants a piece of Riley. Gregg has been kidnapped. Worse than that, Price's newly discovered magic is dangerously out of control, and her own is trying to kill her... -
![One Night in Boukos by A.J. Demas]()
One Night in Boukos by A.J. Demas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn a night when the whole city is looking for love, two foreigners find it in the last place they expected.The famous Psobion festival is about to begin in the city of Boukos, and the ambassador from Zash has gone missing. Marzana, captain of the embassy guard, and Bedar, the ambassador’s long-suffering secretary, hunt for him through the streets and taverns and brothels of Boukos...Categorized as:
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![The Scrying by Jaci Miller]()
The Scrying by Jaci Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe compelling debut of author Jaci Miller and the first in an exciting fantasy trilogy, The Scrying is a dark, romantic tale of perseverance and self-sacrifice where one destiny is defined by both a forgotten past and the fate of the future. A modern witch, an ancient warrior, two worlds about to collide... -
![The Timeseer's Gambit by Kate McIntyre]()
The Timeseer's Gambit by Kate McIntyre
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s been three months since mild-mannered Christopher Buckley began working with Olivia Faraday, the eccentric Deathsniffer. They’ve hunted killers, solved murders, and learned to work together. But their greatest challenges are yet to come…As a brutal heat wave wracks an increasingly unstable Darrington City, someone is killing young priests. Worse, they are using bound elementals to do it...Categorized as:
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Ironfoot by Dave Duncan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMedieval magic, murder, and mayhem!It is 1164, and for a hundred years England has been ruled by the Normans. A young Saxon boy named Durwin, crippled by a childhood accident, had caught the eye of a Norman sage teaching at a rural school of magic. Realizing that the boy had promise, Durwin was made stable boy, and eventually allowed to attend classes...Categorized as:
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![Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth]()
Red, White, and Blood by Christopher Farnsworth
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Presidential Campaign Trail, 2012: A political operative and a volunteer are brutally murdered while caught in a compromising position. Written in their blood on the wall of the crime scene: IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK.And with that, a centuries-old horror known only as the Boogeyman returns to taunt Nathaniel Cade, the President’s Vampire... -
![The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles]()
The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA story too secret, too terrifying—and too shockingly intimate—for Victorian eyes. A note to the Editor Dear Henry, I have been Simon Feximal’s companion, assistant and chronicler for twenty years now, and during that time my Casebooks of Feximal the Ghost-Hunter have spread the reputation of this most accomplished of ghost-hunters far and wide... -
![Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold]()
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsCharles Carter—a.k.a. Carter the Great—is a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. But nothing in his career has prepared Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to create...Categorized as:
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![Truth Chain by Jonathan Moeller]()
Truth Chain by Jonathan Moeller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNadia Moran's luck has run out at last. The High Queen's Inquisition is coming for her, led by the Lord Inquisitor himself. Desperate and trapped, Nadia has no choice but to cut a deal. Nadia is a master thief, and even the Lord Inquisitor needs things stolen. But the price of Nadia's freedom might destroy her utterly.. -
![Blood Knight: Scepter of Bone by Edie Skye]()
Blood Knight: Scepter of Bone by Edie Skye
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA werebear at wits end? A necromancer in dire need? A bone scepter the vampires will kill for? Send in the blood knight to sort this mess out!J.B. Clarke and the lovely ladies of Broken Fang have won their first victory against the vampires who secretly rule the world. But their fight is far from over. To defeat the vampires once and for all, they’ll need to rally powerful allies to their cause... -
![Black Heart by Holly Black]()
Black Heart by Holly Black
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn a world where magic is illegal, Cassel Sharpe has the most deadly ability of all. With one touch, he can transform any object--including a person--into something else entirely. And that makes him a wanted man. The Feds are willing to forgive all his past crimes if he'll only leave his con artist family behind and go straight...Categorized as:
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![The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor]()
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours! and the creators of the hit podcast, comes a new novel set in the world of Night Vale and beyond.In the town of Night Vale, there’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from...until now... -
![The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde]()
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIn the second adventure by the bestselling author of the Thursday Next novels, nursery crime characters Jack Spratt and Mary Mary take on their most dangerous case so far, as a murderous cookie (The Gingerbread Man) menaces the streets of Reading... -
![The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon]()
The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsD-Day is threatened, but one man could rip the heart of the Nazis -- with his bare claws....He is Michael Gallatin, master spy, lover -- and werewolf. Able to change shape with lightning speed, to kill silently or with savage, snarling fury, he proved his talents against Rommel in Africa. Now he faces his most delicate, dangerous mission: to unravel the secret Nazi plan known as Iron Fist... -
![Lady Thief by A.C. Gaughen]()
Lady Thief by A.C. Gaughen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsScarlet's true identity has been revealed, but her future is uncertain. Her forced marriage to Lord Gisbourne threatens Robin and Scarlet's love, and as the royal court descends upon Nottingham for the appointment of a new Sheriff, the people of Nottingham hope that Prince John will appoint their beloved Robin Hood... -
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![Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green]()
Paths Not Taken by Simon R. Green
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsJohn Taylor just discovered his long-gone mother created the Nightside—the dark heart of London—and intends to destroy it. To save his birthplace, he will have to travel back through a very distant—and probably deadly—past...Categorized as:
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![The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth]()
The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe ultimate secret. The ultimate agent. Nathaniel Cade returns. For 140 years, Nathaniel Cade has been the President's Vampire, sworn to protect and serve his country. Cade's existence is the most closely guarded of White House secrets: a superhuman covert agent who is the last line of defense against nightmare scenarios that ordinary citizens only dream of... -
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Last Call by Tim Powers
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTwenty years ago Scott Crane abandoned his career as a professional poker player and went into hiding, after a weird high-stakes game played with Tarot cards. But now the cards - and the supernatural powers behind them - have found him again.Crane's father killed gangster Bugsy Siegel in 1948 to become the Fisher King, and to keep that power he is determined to kill his son...Categorized as:
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![The Hound of the D'Urbervilles by Kim Newman, Tom Hodgkins]()
The Hound of the D'Urbervilles by Kim Newman, Tom Hodgkins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsImagine the twisted evil twins of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson and you have the dangerous duo of Professor James Moriarty—wily, snake-like, fiercely intelligent, terrifyingly unpredictable—and Colonel Sebastian Basher Moran—violent, politically incorrect, debauched. Together they run London crime, owning police and criminals alike... -
![From Hell with Love by Simon R. Green]()
From Hell with Love by Simon R. Green
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's no walk in the park for a Drood, a member of the family that has protected humanity from the things that go bump in the night for centuries. They aren't much liked by the creatures they kill, by ungrateful humans, or even by one another. Now their Matriarch is dead, and it's up to Eddie Drood, acting head of the family, to figure out whodunit... -
![Assassin's Creed: Unity by Oliver Bowden]()
Assassin's Creed: Unity by Oliver Bowden
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratings1789: The magnificent city of Paris sees the dawn of the French Revolution. The cobblestone streets run red with blood as the people rise against the oppressive aristocracy. But revolutionary justice comes at a high price.At a time when the divide between the rich and poor is at its most extreme, and a nation is tearing itself apart, a young man and woman fight to avenge all they have lost...Categorized as:
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