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The Rising by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOnce upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation... -
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The Plan Commences by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOnce upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton. The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation... -
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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... -
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Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsInternational No.1 bestselling author Trudi Canavan returns with the second novel in the Millennium's Rule series -- her most powerful and thrilling adventure yet.Tyen is teaching mechanical magic at a school respected throughout the worlds... -
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![Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny, Tim White]()
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny, Tim White
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsAmber, the one real world, wherein all others, including our own Earth, are but Shadows. Amber burns in Corwin's blood. Exiled on Shadow Earth for centuries, the prince is about to return to Amber to make a mad and desperate rush upon the throne...Categorized as:
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Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsEveryone - wizards, soldiers, farmers, elves, dragons, kings and queens alike - is fed up with Mr Chesney's Pilgrim Parties: groups of tourists from the world next door who descend en masse every year to take the Grand Tour. What they expect are all the trappings of a grand fantasy adventure, including the Evil Enchantress, Wizard Guides, the Dark Lord, Winged Minions, and all... -
![The Ships of Air by Martha Wells]()
The Ships of Air by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKnown for her lush, intricate worlds and complex characters, acclaimed author Martha Wells has delighted readers with her extraordinary fantasy novels of daring and wit. With The Wizard Hunters she launched her most ambitious undertaking yet -- the return to the beloved world of the Nebula Award-nominated The Death of the Necromancer and The Fall of Ile-Rien...Categorized as:
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![The Chronicles of Corum by Michael Moorcock]()
The Chronicles of Corum by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIncludes the novels The Knight of the Swords, The Queen of the Swords, and The King of the Swords.The gods themselves feel fear. It is the conjunction of the Million Spheres, and all things are possible. Beneath the bloody banners of the Dog and the Bear, the cruel Mabden are sweeping the Earth. The mystic Vadhagh are wiped out-all but one... -
![Elric: Song of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock]()
Elric: Song of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe founders of modern literary fancy deserve their own place in the light. The Borealis Legends line is a tribute to the creators of the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres as we know them today... -
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The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsCat Chant and Marianne Pinhoe have discovered something exciting--something truly precious, very strange, and valuable. An egg.An egg that has been hidden away in an attic for who-knows-how-many years. An egg protected by some strong "Don't Notice" spells. An egg that Marianne gives to Cat, even though he lives at nearby Chrestomanci Castle... -
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Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSomeone at Stallery Mansion is changing the world. At first, only small details, but the changes get bigger and bigger. It's up to Conrad, a twelve-year-old with terrible karma who's just joined the mansion's staff, to find out who is behind it.But he's not the only one snooping around...Categorized as:
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![Elric: Tales of the White Wolf by Richard Gilliam, Michael Moorcock]()
Elric: Tales of the White Wolf by Richard Gilliam, Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsElric of Melnibone, Michael Moorcock's doomed anithrero, has become a pivotal figure in fantasy literature since his first appearance more than thirty years ago...Categorized as:
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![The Dark Lord's Daughter by Patricia C. Wrede]()
The Dark Lord's Daughter by Patricia C. Wrede
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Dealing with Dragons comes this timeless fantasy, about an ordinary girl who discovers she's the heir to a dark throne, and must find her place between her life on Earth and her magical inheritance."A heart-stopping, unique adventure for all!" —Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling authorKayla is just an ordinary girl . . . or so she thinks...Categorized as:
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![Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn by Michael Moorcock, Michael Wm. Kaluta]()
Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn by Michael Moorcock, Michael Wm. Kaluta
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Moorcock’s writing is intricate, fabulous, and mellifluous. Reading his words I was, and am, reminded of music. His novels are symphonic experiences. They dance and cry and bleed and make promises that can live only in the moment of their utterance.”–from the Foreword by Walter Mosley, New York Times bestselling author of Blonde Faith and Devil in a Blue DressElric of Melniboné... -
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![Elric in the Dream Realms by Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman]()
Elric in the Dream Realms by Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKinslayer. Soul reaver. Sorcerer. Thief. And last emperor of a cruel, decadent race. Elric of Melniboné is all of these–and more. His life is sustained by drugs and magic–and energy sucked from the victims of his vampiric black sword, Stormbringer, a weapon feared by men and gods alike... -
![Duke Elric by Michael Moorcock, Michael Chabon]()
Duke Elric by Michael Moorcock, Michael Chabon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Michael Moorcock’s work as a critic, as an editor and as a writer has made it easier for me and a whole generation of us to roam the ‘moonbeam roads’ of the literary multiverse...Categorized as:
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![Corum: The Prince with the Silver Hand by Michael Moorcock]()
Corum: The Prince with the Silver Hand by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Book 8 in The Eternal Champion Series. This second volume of the Chronicles of Corum is separated from the first not just by time, but by location. Summoned by hopeful worshippers elsewhere in the Multiverse, Corum responds to their plea and finds himself in a realm of harsh and unyielding winter... -
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The Bane of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsStormbringer is brought Home! Elric returns to Yishana, and finds peace at last. Meanwhile, at the world's rim, dragging red horror in its wake, a horde unimaginable moves on the fabled, gentle, impossible city, Tanelorn... -
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The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Eternal ChampionFleeing through slate hills barren of even the promise of life, Elric and his blade Stormbringer find a dark ship at the edge of a black sea: and thus begins a voyage that will challenge all the champions Time can summon, and more.. -
![The Incompleat Enchanter by L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt]()
The Incompleat Enchanter by L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Mathematics of Magic - it was the greatest discovery ever. Or so thought Professor Harold Shea. With the proper equations he could instantly transport himself and his friend Reed Chalmers back - or sideways - in time to all the wondrous lands of ancient myth and legend.But slips in time were a hazard. and Shea's magic didn't always work quite as he expected... -
![The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambly]()
The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambly
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn the wizard Ingold's world, the monstrous Dark have been mere legends for thousands of years. But now, they have emerged to ravage the land. Reissue... -
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The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce a fertile and prosperous land, Ile-Rien is under attack by the Gardier, a mysterious army whose storm-black airships appear from nowhere to strike without warning. Every weapon in the arsenal of Ile-Rien's revered wizards has proven useless.And now the last hope of a magical realm under siege rests within a child's plaything...Categorized as:
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The Way Into Darkness by Harry Connolly
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat was once the Peradaini Empire is now a wasted landscape of burned, empty cities and abandoned farmlands. The Blessing, now more numerous than ever, continues to spread across the continent, driving refugees to the dubious safety of the city walls... -
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The Vanishing Tower by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsElric of Melniboné, proud prince of ruins, last lord of a dying race, wanders the lands of the Young Kingdoms in search of the evil sorcerer Theleb K'aarna. His object is revenge... -
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![Hawkmoon: The Mad God's Amulet by Michael Moorcock]()
Hawkmoon: The Mad God's Amulet by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Michael Moorcock's vast and imaginative multiverse, Law and Chaos wage war in a never-ending struggling over the fundamental rules of existence. Here in this universe, Dorian Hawkmoon traverses a world of antique cities, scientific sorcery, and crystalline machines as he pulled unwillingly into a war that pits him against the ruthless and dominating armies of Granbretan...Categorized as:
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![The Oak and the Ram by Michael Moorcock]()
The Oak and the Ram by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA POWER CONSUMEDThe seasons have turned from spring to summer across the quiet earth - yet the Fhoi Myore were hiding in mist, awaiting their chance to unleash their icy realm of death. To defeat the Cold Gods, Corum of the Silver Hand must restore the High King's power with legendary treasures - the Golden Oak and the Silver Ram - lost talismans that wield miraculous forces unknown to Corum.. -
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Elric at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThis book includes two of Moorcock's Elric stories, as well as tales of other Moorcock heroes such as Sojan, and several essays on his craft:- Elric at the End of Time- The Last Enchantment- The Secret Life of Elric of Melnibone- Sojan the Swordsman- New Worlds - Jerry Cornelius- In Lighter Vein- The Stone... -
![Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock]()
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsElric of Melniboné is a requisite title in the hard fantasy canon, a book no fantasy fan should leave unread. Author Michael Moorcock, already a major player in science fiction, cemented his position in the fantasy pantheon with the five-book Elric saga, of which Elric of Melniboné is the first installment... -
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The Eternal Champion by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsJohn Daker dreams of other worlds, and a name: Erekosë. He finds the strength to answer the call, travelling to a strange land ruled by the aging King Rigenos of Necranal. Humanity is united in a desperate fight against the inhuman Eldren, and he must fight with them. But the actions of his brethren turns his loyalties, and as Erekosë he will take a terrible revenge... -
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The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsProfessor Vellitt Boe teaches at the prestigious Ulthar Women’s College. When one of her most gifted students elopes with a dreamer from the waking world, Vellitt must retrieve her.But the journey sends her on a quest across the Dreamlands and into her own mysterious past, where some secrets were never meant to surface... -
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The Silver Warriors by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe second novel in the History of John Daker, The Eternal Champion. Phoenix in Obsidian aka The Silver Warriors.Erekose made his choice, and fought against humanity. With them destroyed, he has no choice but to find solace with the Eldren.There is no rest for the Eternal Champion though, and again he changes, Urlik Skarsol is now Erekose and Erekose is Urlik, prince of the Southern Ice... -
![The Dragon in the Sword by Michael Moorcock]()
The Dragon in the Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe third novel in the History of John Daker, The Eternal Champion...Categorized as:
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![The Quest for Tanelorn by Michael Moorcock]()
The Quest for Tanelorn by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 21 ratings1980 Granada paperback, vg++ In stock shipped from our UK...Categorized as:
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![The Jewel in the Skull by Michael Moorcock]()
The Jewel in the Skull by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe novel is set at some indeterminate time in a post-nuclear holocaust future, where science and sorcery co-exist and the Dark Empire of Granbretan (Great Britain) is expanding across Europe...Categorized as:
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![Past Imperative by Dave Duncan]()
Past Imperative by Dave Duncan
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEdward Exeter, seemingly a golden child of a golden age, has a past spattered with tragedy and blood. His present is marred by the outbreak of the Great War, and it is further stained by the death of his friend, Timothy Bodgley, in circumstances that leave Edward in hospital, implicated as Bodgley's murderer... -
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The Shattered Land by Keith Baker
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs Daine, the hero of The City of Towers, confronts his possible mortality, his friends team up with a mysterious woman to embark on a quest to the dark continent of Xen'drick, where they hope to find the only cure that can save Daine's life. Original... -
![The Fortress of the Pearl by Michael Moorcock]()
The Fortress of the Pearl by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe seventh installment in the prolific Moorcock's series about warrior Elric of Melnibone is set early in the warrior's career, opening as the Lord Gho Fhaazi seeks the principal seat on the ruling Council of Seven of the city of Quarzhasaat... -
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The Gates of Night by Keith Baker
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo save their own lives and to protect the land from a long-banished race of monsters who are plotting to unleash a terrifying army of horrors on an unsuspecting world, a group of war-weary soldiers must somehow journey to the heart of Dal Quor to repair a tear in the fabric of time and reality. Original... -
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A Fish Dinner in Memison by E.R. Eddison
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this second book of the Zimiamvian Trilogy, the royal guests at A Fish Dinner in Memison amuse themselves with the creation of a sadly flawed world … and in an instant spend a lifetime in it... -
![The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino by Michael Moorcock]()
The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAs Nazism engulfs the Fatherland, the albino Ulric von Bek, last Count of Bek, battles to keep the dark sword Ravenbrand from being taken by Adolf Hitler...As an unhuman army engulfs Tanelorn, the albino Elric, last sorcerer-king of Melniboné, fights to keep the black sword Stormbringer from being taken by Gaynor the Damned...They both fail...Categorized as:
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![The Dark World by Henry Kuttner]()
The Dark World by Henry Kuttner
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWorld War II veteran Edward Bond's recuperation from a disastrous fighter plane crash takes a distinct turn for the weird when he encounters a giant wolf, a red witch, and the undeniable power of the need-fire, a portal to a world of magic and swordplay at once terribly new and hauntingly familiar... -
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An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook I of the Manifold Worlds from Hugo-nominated author Foz Meadows.When Saffron Coulter stumbles through a hole in reality, she finds herself trapped in Kena, a magical realm on the brink of civil war...
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