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  • The Way of Kings, Part 2 by Brandon Sanderson

    The Way of Kings, Part 2 by Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms. And the Voidbringers followed ...They came against man ten thousand times. To help them cope, the Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and mystical weapons, known as Shardblades...
  • Esrahaddon by Michael J. Sullivan, Marc Simonetti

    Esrahaddon by Michael J. Sullivan, Marc Simonetti

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A HERO TO SOME. A VILLAIN TO MANY. THE TRUTH FOREVER BURIED.The man who became known as Esrahaddon is reported to have destroyed the world’s greatest empire — but there are those who believe he saved it. Few individuals are as divisive, but all agree on three He was exiled to the wilderness, hunted by a goblin priestess, and sentenced to death by a god — all before the age of eight...
  • Fate's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler

    Fate's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Betrayal, war, and the risks of loyalty collide in the epic conclusion of the First Argentines series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Lady’s Ransom.Ransom Barton has served three Argentine kings. The new successor to the throne is the ruthless Jon-Landon, a fallible strategist when it comes to war...
  • Warrior's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler

    Warrior's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    After a pilgrimage to the East Kingdoms seeking a blessing from the Fountain, source of the land’s magic, Sir Ransom Barton returns home in search of two dreams: Claire de Murrow, the heiress he loves, and a patron for his warrior skills. Unexpectedly, Ransom finds himself in the favor of Devon, the notorious Elder King...
  • The Poisoner's Enemy by Jeff Wheeler

    The Poisoner's Enemy by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Before she befriended a frightened young boy in the palace of Kingfountain, Ankarette Tryneowy grew up during the shattering civil war that raged between members of the Argentine family. This is the story of how the only daughter of a lawyer and a midwife became the famed Queen’s Poisoner...
  • Knight's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler

    Knight's Ransom by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. A brutal war of succession has plunged the court of Kingfountain into a power struggle between a charitable king who took the crown unlawfully and his ambitious rival, Devon Argentine. The balance of power between the two men hinges on the fate of a young boy ensnared in this courtly intrigue. A boy befittingly nicknamed Ransom...
  • Prism Cloud by Jeff Wheeler

    Prism Cloud by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Friendship is strained to its breaking point in Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler’s fourth Harbinger novel.When the emperor is assassinated, Sera Fitzempress is the noble most eligible to inherit the empire. Her upcoming marriage to the prince would cement her position...
  • The Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The world is at war and the prophesied savior is nowhere to be found. The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, races to find her in the fourth novel of Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished...
  • Burden's Edge by Sever Bronny

    Burden's Edge by Sever Bronny

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a young man chooses a forbidden calling, he must prove his worth . . . or watch his kingdom fall. Sixteen-year-old Augum Stone is a warlock prodigy suffocating under the weight of expectations. Students idolize him. Nobles plot to exploit him. Commoners think he’s a miracle-maker. And with invasion looming, his already war-weakened kingdom expects him to be its champion...
  • The Thieves by Michael J. Sullivan

    The Thieves by Michael J. Sullivan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THEY ATTACKED TWO RIDERS. THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE EASY. THEY WERE WRONG.A band of thieves set upon two lonely riders in the middle of the night. They had a larger party. They had the element of surprise. There was no reason to be concerned. But they didn’t realize who they were dealing with...
  • The Maid's War by Jeff Wheeler

    The Maid's War by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    What if you knew a story that you could tell no one-except one person?The Duke of La Marche is being held prisoner in a tower over a friendship he never tried to hide. As confidant to the famous Maid of Donremy, the duke should have been a hero. Instead, he was locked up by his king and called a traitor.But this betrayal no longer matters to the duke...
  • Nolyn by Michael J. Sullivan

    Nolyn by Michael J. Sullivan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New York Times Bestseller | Amazon Editor's Pick | #2 Audible BestsellerAfter more than five hundred years of exile, the heir to the empyre is wary about his sudden reinstatement to active duty on the Goblin War’s front lines. His assignment to rescue an outpost leads to a dead-end canyon deep inside enemy territory, and his suspicion turns to dread when he discovers the stronghold doesn't exist...
  • Nemesis by Kat Ross

    Nemesis by Kat Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the fourth volume of the Fourth Talisman series, Nazafareen risks everything on a desperate gamble to stop the Vatras once and for all…With Meb safely among her own people, Nazafareen has finally embraced her dangerous fire magic. She is the Fourth Talisman, destined to free the heirs from the wards binding their own extraordinary power...
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    epic  magic  audiobook  book  drama  fiction  high-fantasy  historical
  • The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty

    The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bestselling author S. A. Chakraborty's acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy gets expanded with this new compilation of stories from before, during, and after the events of The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, and The Empire of Gold, all from the perspective of characters both beloved and hated, and even those without a voice in the novels...
  • The Edge Chronicles Standalone: The Lost Barkscrolls by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

    The Edge Chronicles Standalone: The Lost Barkscrolls by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    These exciting tales are ideal for those new to the Edge, or as an addition to the collection of any fan. The Lost Barkscrolls include the stories CLOUD WOLF, THE SLAUGHTERER'S QUEST, THE BLOODING OF RUFUS FILATINE and THE STONE PILOT.Unfortunately, this book is no longer in print. However, These four stories have now been included in the four most recent UK editions of the original books...
  • Tempest by R.K. Ryals

    Tempest by R.K. Ryals

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We must overcome and prevail ...King Raemon of Medeisia is slaughtering tattooed scribes and mages, forcing them into hiding. All marked and those associated with them are destroyed. The people are desperate. Months after challenging Raemon, the marked rebels of Medeisia must rise against their bloodthirsty king or chance being annihilated...
  • The Poisoner's Revenge by Jeff Wheeler

    The Poisoner's Revenge by Jeff Wheeler

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler: Ankarette Tryneowy is now the best poisoner in all the lands. Feared by enemies abroad and even those in her own kingdom, she has risen to the pinnacles of power and influence at the court in Kingfountain. But when news comes that the rival of the Queen is dead, Ankarette must go on her most dangerous mission yet...
  • Bright Steel by Miles Cameron

    Bright Steel by Miles Cameron

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Every war comes down to the flash of bright steel, even when the air is full of magic . . .Aranthur and his friends have come together across different continents and realms with one purpose: to strike back against the forces which have torn a hole in the heavens and threaten to rip the world beneath them apart as well...
  • Unholy War by David Hair

    Unholy War by David Hair

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Third Crusade has just suffered an unprecedented military disaster. In such a war, nothing is holy.Shaliyah now has a new name: Mother of Victories. In the wake of the devastating battle before her walls, everything has changed: the East is rising, bringing equal measures of hope and despair to the magical world of Urte...
  • Freeglader by Paul Stewart

    Freeglader by Paul Stewart

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Fleeing from the ruins of New Undertown, young librarian knight Rook Barkwater and his colleagues – Felix Lodd and his banderbear friends – must lead the escaping population to a new life in the Free Glades.But perils aplenty are ahead for the crowd, and Rook knows the journey will be full of danger. Meanwhile, in the Goblin Nations, the tribes are amassing for war...
  • The Red Sea by Edward W. Robertson

    The Red Sea by Edward W. Robertson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Dante Galand was just a boy, his father Larsin sailed away to make his fortune. And never returned. Since then, Dante has become a great sorcerer. A ruler. A destroyer of kings. And he's just learned that his father is living on a forbidden island at the edge of the known world. Where he's dying of a mysterious plague...
  • The Blood Forest by Sara C. Roethle

    The Blood Forest by Sara C. Roethle

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A land in chaos. A city in ruins. Finn must reach the place where it all began, her peaceful meadow in Greenswallow, hoping to set right the wrongs of her past. Traveling forward blindly, she only wants to retrieve her memories and help Iseult, but little does she know, the fate of men and Faie alike hangs by a string, ready to be plucked by her fingers alone...
  • The Scarlet Tides by David Hair

    The Scarlet Tides by David Hair

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The Moontide has come and the Leviathan Bridge stands open: now thrones will shake and hearts will be torn apart in a world at war.A scarlet tide of Rondian legions is flooding into the East, led by the Inquisition’s windships flying the Sacred Heart, bright banner of the Church’s darkest sons. They are slaughtering and pillaging their way across Antiopia in the name of Emperor Constant...
  • Monstrum by Kat Ross

    Monstrum by Kat Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the third volume of the Fourth Talisman series, the hunt is on for the three daevas whose powers saved the world once before….On the White Sea, realm of smashers and sea monsters, a ship is carrying Nazafareen and Darius to the Isles of the Marakai, where the wise woman Sakhet-ra-katme has guarded the secret of the talismans for centuries...
  • Heart of the Crown by Paul J. Bennett

    Heart of the Crown by Paul J. Bennett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For as long as he can remember, Alric dreamed of being a hero; of defeating a dragon and saving the princess, but his royal position would never allow it, until…The arrival of the Mercerian Emissaries demands a princely escort, and being neither the heir, nor the spare, he is the perfect choice. Used to a lifetime of comfort and ease, he expects this duty to be as tiresome as all the others...
  • Inkspice by Kaitlin Bellamy

    Inkspice by Kaitlin Bellamy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Something is amiss in the city of Calibas ... That is the warning Fox and his Shavid companions are given when they find themselves in this strange place with its mad ruler. While Fox has spent months on the road now, learning everything he can about his gifts and powers as a Cartomancer, there is something in the air of Calibas that will test him further than ever before...
  • A Necessary Heresy by Davis Ashura

    A Necessary Heresy by Davis Ashura

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Prophesized heroes are reborn. The burden they bear is as terrible as it is necessary.The dead city of Mahadev. In three thousand years, none who have entered those ageless walls have returned to bear word of what evil lurks within. And yet it is there that Cinder and Anya must journey. A hard road with mysteries and dangers abounding...
  • Sacrifice by Tara Maya

    Sacrifice by Tara Maya

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reviews"I was enchanted by Initiate, drawn into a world that felt as comfortably recognizable and uniquely untried as Narnia, Hogwarts orMiddle Earth."--Casee Marie, The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower"Wow. Holy smoking wow. This is one of the few books I've read that I canhonestly say was totally, 100% original.... However, as unique as it is, it was insanely easy to slip into the story..
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    epic  magic  book  dark  fae  fiction  high-fantasy  historical
  • The Reluctant Mage  (Zandar #1) by R.E. Donnellan

    The Reluctant Mage (Zandar #1) by R.E. Donnellan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Marko Kunich is a teenager in a small, fishing village. Little does he know that his life is about to change. The Empire is at war. The forces of Emperor Rau are struggling against the forces of the King Kastav. Just when it appears that the Empire is getting the upper hand, a new threat emerges from the Kingdom...
  • Harvest of Souls by James E. Wisher

    Harvest of Souls by James E. Wisher

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The capital lies in ruins and Damien is no closer to finding Connor Blackman. Now word has come Damien's his invincible father has fallen in battle. Damien and Jen set aside everything to hunt down the monster responsible. Meanwhile In the haunted lands, Connor is busy building an army of unstoppable soldiers...
  • Outlaw by K. Eason

    Outlaw by K. Eason

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The battle against the gods continues in the heart-pounding sequel to Enemy.Snow never planned on having a partner. Never planned on picking fights with a god. And certainly never expected to start a revolution.But that was before the goddess Tal’Shik returned, looking for revenge on the republic that rejected her...
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    epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  book  dark  female-mc  fiction
  • Rule of Thieves by C. Greenwood

    Rule of Thieves by C. Greenwood

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Returning home, Ilan finds nothing is as she left it. After a year of peace, Skeltai raiders are once again threatening the province, even as the Dimmingwood thieves find themselves betrayed by the praetor. From within the castle in Selbius Ilan must guard against an unknown enemy plotting her assassination, while uncovering a mage's secret that could help her protect the province...
  • Raging Sea and Trembling Earth by James E. Wisher

    Raging Sea and Trembling Earth by James E. Wisher

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A new threat from an old empire. Damien St. Cloud has barely begun his search for Connor Blackman when a new threat appears on the horizon, ships sailing out of the Old Empire. No one has had contact with the empire in 400 years. What could they want and what will it mean for the kingdom. Meanwhile, out in the haunted lands, Connor searches for an artifact of dark and dangerous power...
  • Trail of the Gods by Brian S. Pratt

    Trail of the Gods by Brian S. Pratt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Fire , a powerful artifact of the god Dmon-Li has fallen into James hands. A spirit of a former Priest of Morcyth told him that he must hide it, that should the followers of Dmon-Li find it, the results would be devastating for this world.James begins experimenting with magic in order to use it to aid in the hiding of the Fire...
  • The Crystal Gryphon by Andre Norton

    The Crystal Gryphon by Andre Norton

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The story of Kerovan, whose cloven hooves set him apart from the human folk of the Dales, as he seeks his rights as heir to the throne of Ulm at a time when strange sea invaders are shattering the old kingdoms, and equally enigmatic manifestations of the Old Ones coming to interfere with humanity...
  • Witch's Oath by Terry Goodkind

    Witch's Oath by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    'The Sword of Truth series was my masterwork. Yet, life for these characters goes on after the conclusion of that series. For years readers have been asking about Richard and Kahlan's children. This is that story' TERRY GOODKIND...
  • Dark Forge by Miles Cameron

    Dark Forge by Miles Cameron

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The next book in the new series from the master of fantasy, Miles Cameron! Following on from COLD IRON, this a new series where you will discover that iron can be forged into steel . . . for only steel will survive what is to come . . . 'A stirring, gritty and at times quite brutal epic fantasy' Tor...
  • Honor's Paradox by P.C. Hodgell

    Honor's Paradox by P.C. Hodgell

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The sequel to Bound in Blood and exciting sixth entry in the Godstalker Chronicles by epic fantasy world-builder extraordinaire, P.C. Hodgell. A droll heroine born to one day battle a world-destroying god  fights her way through deadly plots and challenges at a warrior’s academy to graduate and move forward to her destiny...
  • Dreams of Fire by Shauna Lawless

    Dreams of Fire by Shauna Lawless

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The immortals of Ireland renew their ancient warfare as the new generations come to terms with their place in the world. Part of Shauna Lawless's critically acclaimed Gael Song series, Dreams of Fire introduces medieval Ireland as it was a century before The Children of Gods and Fighting Men.Rónnat and Fódla are Descendants of the Tuatha Dé Danann...
  • Thraxas and the Elvish Isles by Martin Scott

    Thraxas and the Elvish Isles by Martin Scott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the fourth book of the Thraxas series, Thraxas is invited to the Elvish Island of Avula. Sailing south means he can avoid the harsh Turanian winter, and escape from Makri, who's recent behaviour has outraged all decent citizens. Makri refuses to be left behind, much to the displeasure of the Turanian Prince, who knows her Orcish blood isn't going to be welcome on any Elvish island...
  • Fire Sower by Callie Kanno

    Fire Sower by Callie Kanno

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Idris couldn’t wait to choose an item from the royal treasury on his fifteenth birthday. It was a chance to bring prosperity to his family’s farm. But something was waiting there among the gold and jewels—something that would take him from the safety of his home and change his life forever...
  • Battle Mage: The Lost King by Donald Wigboldy

    Battle Mage: The Lost King by Donald Wigboldy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The third installment of Battle Mage Sebastian, The Lost King takes the young falcon beyond the borders of his home as his king sends him to find the lost king, an immortal out of legend...
  • Nature's Servant by Duncan Pile

    Nature's Servant by Duncan Pile

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Epic Teenage Fantasy with a gripping plot and believable, down to earth characters. Perfect for fans of teen fiction and fantasy fiction alike. In this, the second exciting installment of the Nature Mage series: Shirukai Sestin has been defeated. His demonic forces have been destroyed, and peace has been restored to the city of Helioport...
  • Death from Below by Lindsay Buroker

    Death from Below by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A visit from Yanko’s older brother is interrupted when an alarm blasts through the mine. Mutilated workers have been found dead in a newly opened tunnel...
  • The High House by James Stoddard

    The High House by James Stoddard

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Evenmere, the High House, a Victorian mansion of infinite size, is the mechanism that runs the universe; the lamps must be lit or the stars fail; the clocks must be wound lest Time cease; the Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved or Existence crumbles...
  • Purple and Black by K.J. Parker

    Purple and Black by K.J. Parker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    also appears in the collection Academic ExercisesWhen his father, brothers and uncles wiped each other out in a murderous civil war, Nicephorus was forced to leave the University and become emperor.Seventy-seven emperors had met violent deaths over the past hundred years, most of them murdered by their own soldiers...
  • Dark Horse by Mary H. Herbert

    Dark Horse by Mary H. Herbert

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After her entire clan was massacred, a young woman assumes her brother's identity and becomes a warrior - all to exact revenge upon the chieftain who ordered her family slain. But the chieftain, Lord Medb, has resurrected the forbidden art of sorcery and plans to destroy all who oppose him in this dark ages fantasy world...
  • The Chamber of Eternity by James E. Wisher

    The Chamber of Eternity by James E. Wisher

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The road to immortality is a long one.With the empire secure, Otto turns his focus west.The first piece of The Immortality Engine lies across the ocean in Lord Colt’s Workshop.Complicating Otto’s mission, Eddred of Markane already in Colt’s Land trying to persuade them to help him defeat the empire...
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    epic  magic  adult  audiobook  book  dark  dark-fantasy  fiction
  • The Forge in the Forest by Michael Scott Rohan

    The Forge in the Forest by Michael Scott Rohan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The siege of Kerbryhaine had been raised, the Ekwesh hordes vanquished, the Mastersmith slain. But for Alv -- now Elof the Smith -- the war was not yet won: Kerbryhaine was still a divided city; the Ekwesh, bloodily defeated, would look for revenge; and the Ice, implacably malevolent, continued its inexorable march southward...
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    epic  magic  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  high-fantasy  historical
  • Silver Wolf, Black Falcon by Dennis L. McKiernan

    Silver Wolf, Black Falcon by Dennis L. McKiernan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bair, the progeny of an Elf and a shape-changing Baeran, is cursed with a destiny that he is the Hope of the World--perhaps the long-foretold Rider of the Planes. Unaware of the peril around him, Bair accompanies his friend Aravan on a quest to find the yellow-eyed demon Ydral. But the oracle warns them to be prepared for a time of chaos...
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    epic  magic  adult  book  fiction  high-fantasy  historical  fantasy
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