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  • Reign of Madness by Kel Kade

    Reign of Madness by Kel Kade

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The mysterious, indomitable warrior? Ruthless criminal overlord? The Riel’gesh – mythical demigod? Dedicated friend and protector? Equipped with skills far beyond those of the outworlders, Rezkin has been suddenly thrust into a foreign world. The young warrior clings his only known purpose as he continues his search for any information about his identity and the reason for his existence...
  • The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

    The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind.In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken?In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn...
  • The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo

    The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price...
  • The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down...
  • Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The final chapter in Mercedes Lackey's spellbinding fantasy trilogy! The Herald-Mage, Vanyel, and his Companion, Yfandes, are alone responsible for saving the once-peaceful kingdom of Valdemar from the forces of a master who wields a dark, forbidding magic. And if either Vanyel or Yfandes falters, both Valdemar and its Herald-Mage must pay the ultimate price...
  • The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart

    The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Arthur Pendragon is King! Unchallenged on the battlefield, he melds the country together in a time of promise. But sinister powers plot to destroy Camelot, and when the witch-queen Morgause -- Arthur's own half sister -- ensnares him in an incestuous liaison, a fatal web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is woven...
  • King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    King of Thorns by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    The second book in the Broken Empire series, Lawrence takes his young anti-hero one step closer to his grand ambition.To reach greatness you must step on bodies, and many brothers lie trodden in my wake...
  • The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the international hit video game: The Witcher Geralt is a witcher: guardian of the innocent; protector of those in need; a defender, in dark times, against some of the most frightening creatures of myth and legend. His task, now, is to protect Ciri...
  • Ghost in the Mask by Jonathan Moeller

    Ghost in the Mask by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Caina Amalas is a nightfighter of the Ghosts, the spies and assassins of the Emperor of Nighmar, and through cunning and valor she has cast down both proud lords and mighty sorcerers. But a power darker than any she has ever faced is awakening...
  • Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

    Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Fires of Heaven, we plunge again into Robert Jordan's extraordinarily rich, totally unforgettable world:On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world ..
  • Attack of the Fiend by Joseph Delaney

    Attack of the Fiend by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    "I see your future clearly. Your master will be dead, and you will be alone. It would be better if you had never been born."Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who banishes boggarts and drives away ghosts. But now a new danger is threatening Tom's world. The witches are rising and the three most powerful clans are uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil...
  • The Spook's Revenge by Joseph Delaney

    The Spook's Revenge by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ‘He’s the seventh son of a seventh son. His name is Thomas J. Ward and he’s my gift to the County. When he’s old enough we’ll send you word. Train him well. He’ll be the best apprentice you’ve ever had and he’ll also be your last.’These were the words of Tom's Mam to the county Spook some years ago...
  • The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe

    The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Alternative cover editions for this ISBN exist here and here.Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax, the city of Windowless Rooms.But Severian's journey is not ended, and high in Earth's ancient mountains he draws closer to his destiny...
  • Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In a land threatened by treacherous war and beset by demons, royal dowager Ista, released from the curse of madness and manipulated by an untrustworthy god, is plunged into a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm...
  • Shadows Linger by Glen Cook

    Shadows Linger by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Mercenary soldiers in the service of the Lady, the Black Company stands against the rebels of the White Rose. They are tough men, proud of honoring their contracts. The Lady is evil, but so, too, are those who falsely profess to follow the White Rose, reincarnation of a centuries-dead heroine...
  • The Son of the Morning by Jacob Peppers

    The Son of the Morning by Jacob Peppers

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fifty years ago, the nightwalkers appeared, creatures of shadow and darkness, thirsting for blood and death. Thousands died and the kingdom of Entarna was brought to its knees. Then the Chosen came, six men and women endowed with powers by Amedan, the God of Fire and Light. The Chosen joined with the kingdom’s armies and together they managed to defeat the night’s creatures. At least for a time...
  • The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army...
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    dark  epic  magic  medieval  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Night of the Soul Stealer by Joseph Delaney

    Night of the Soul Stealer by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter. And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke.Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook receives an unexpected visitor...
  • Return to Del by Emily Rodda

    Return to Del by Emily Rodda

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Deltora is a land of monsters and magic. The seven lost gems have been restored to the Belt of Deltora.Now Lief, Barda, and Jasmine must find the heir to the kingdom's throne. They know that only the true heir can use the Belt's magic to overthrow the evil Shadow Lord. But the heir has been in deepest hiding from birth and only the Belt can reveal the hiding place...
  • Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney

    Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown...
  • Knights of Dark Renown by David Gemmell

    Knights of Dark Renown by David Gemmell

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Once the legendary knights of the Gabala defended the nine duchies. Their hearts were beautiful; their armor was beyond compare. They were greater than princes, more than men.But they were gone, disappeared through a demon-haunted gateway between worlds. Only one held back -- Manannan, whose every instinct told him to stay. Now he was the coward knight, and in torment...
  • Curse of the Dark Prince by Ariana Nash

    Curse of the Dark Prince by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With the powerful cities of Seran and Loreen having fallen to elves, and the dark flame escaping its bonds, Prince Vasili Caville’s plight has never been more desperate. But for the first time in his lifetime, he’s not alone. With the formidable Nikolas Yazdan at his side, not all is lost. But Nikolas has changed...
  • She is the Darkness by Glen Cook

    She is the Darkness by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The wind whines and howls with bitter breath. Lightning snarls and barks. Rage is an animate force upon the plain of glittering stone. Even shadows are afraid.At the heart of the plain stands a vast grey stronghold, unknown, older than any written memory. One ancient tower has collapsed across the fissure...
  • Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

    Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The dead of Loraille do not rest.Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the dead than the living, who trade whispers about her scarred hands and troubled past...
  • The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

    The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands.Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets...
  • Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence

    Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    The Red Queen is old but the kings of the Broken Empire dread her like no other. For all her reign, she has fought the long war, contested in secret, against the powers that stand behind nations, for higher stakes than land or gold. Her greatest weapon is The Silent Sister—unseen by most and unspoken of by all...
  • The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan

    The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling Raven’s Shadow Trilogy was a perfect read for “fans of broadscale epic fantasy along the lines of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire novels.”* Now, Anthony Ryan begins a new saga, The Draconis Memoria...Throughout the vast lands controlled by the Ironship Syndicate, nothing is more prized than the blood of drakes...
  • The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft

    The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a novella by H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) published by Arkham House posthumously in 1943 in the collection Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Begun probably in the autumn of 1926, it was completed on January 22, 1927 and was unpublished in his lifetime...
  • Quill by A.C. Cobble

    Quill by A.C. Cobble

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The fate of empire is to crumble from within. A heinous murder in a small village reveals a terrible truth. Sorcery, once thought dead in Enhover, is not. Evidence of an occult ritual and human sacrifice proves that dark power has been called upon again. Twisting threads of clues lead across the known world to the end of a vast empire, and then, the trail returns home...
  • The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan

    The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The Justice of Kings, the first in a new epic fantasy trilogy, follows the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor’s Justice – a detective, judge and executioner all in one. As he unravels a web of secrets and lies, Vonvalt discovers a plot that might destroy his order once and for all – and bring down the entire Empire. As an Emperor's Justice, Sir Konrad Vonvalt always has the last word...
  • A Dance of Mirrors by David Dalglish

    A Dance of Mirrors by David Dalglish

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author David DalglishOne has conquered a city. The other covets an entire nation. In book #3 of the Shadowdance series, Haern is the King's Watcher, protector against thieves and nobles who would fill the night with blood. Yet hundreds of miles away, an assassin known as the Wraith has begun slaughtering those in power, leaving the symbol of the Watcher in mockery...
  • A Man Rides Through by Stephen R. Donaldson

    A Man Rides Through by Stephen R. Donaldson

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the dazzling first volume of Mordant's Need, New York Times bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson introduced us to the richly imagined world of Mordant, where mirrors are magical portals into places of beauty and terror. Now, with A Man Rides Through, Donaldson brings the story of Terisa Morgan to an unforgettable conclusion..
  • Cry Havoc by Mike Morris

    Cry Havoc by Mike Morris

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say when the demons come, you either fight or you die. The Black Dogs know this all too well. For three hundred years, the warrior priests have sacrificed their lives to keep the island nation of Abios safe from the flesh-eating Nostros, while the rest of the world fell under the demons’ savagery. However, an armada now stands poised to invade mankind’s last bastion...
  • The Wickwire Watch by Jacquelyn Hagen

    The Wickwire Watch by Jacquelyn Hagen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TRUST NO ONE.It's the first and greatest rule Inkwell Featherfield ever learned. It's also the only way he knows how to survive—besides picking pockets, dodging the law, and using every ounce of his plucky charm. But none of this will be enough to save him now.If only he'd never snooped around a dead man's house. If only he'd never found that pocket watch full of strange magic...
  • Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney

    Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son and has been apprenticed to the local Spook. The job is hard, the Spook is distant and many apprentices have failed before Thomas. Somehow Thomas must learn how to exorcise ghosts, contain witches and bind boggarts. But when he is tricked into freeing Mother Malkin, the most evil witch in the County, the horror begins.
  • The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones

    The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family, and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae...
  • The Maze of the Beast by Emily Rodda

    The Maze of the Beast by Emily Rodda

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The next missing gem from the magical Belt of Deltora lies hidden in the underwater lair of the hideous and ferocious Glus. Lief, Barda, and Jasmine must summon all their strength and courage to make it through the Maze of the Beast...
  • Child of the Ghosts by Jonathan Moeller

    Child of the Ghosts by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When her life is torn apart by sorcery and murder, young Caina Amalas joins the mysterious Ghosts, the legendary spies and assassins of the Emperor of Nighmar. She learns the secrets of disguise and stealth, of assassination and infiltration.But even that might not be enough to save her.For the evil that destroyed her family seeks to devour the entire world..
  • Priest of Bones by Peter McLean

    Priest of Bones by Peter McLean

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The war is over, and army priest Tomas Piety heads home with Sergeant Bloody Anne at his side. But things have changed while he was away: his crime empire has been stolen and the people of Ellinburg--his people--have run out of food and hope and places to hide. Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his with help from Anne, his brother, Jochan, and his new gang: the Pious Men...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  crime
  • Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

    Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads.When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry Silver, everything changes...
  • Legacy of Kings by C.S. Friedman

    Legacy of Kings by C.S. Friedman

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    An evil from ancient times has risen again - and these Souleaters must be destroyed or mankind will face a new dark age. Kamala, the only female magister, must discover her real potential and warriors from a bloodline bred to face the forces of darkness must step into battle...
  • Riddle in Stone by Robert Evert

    Riddle in Stone by Robert Evert

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A debut novel of epic fantasy featuring an unlikely hero and his life-changing adventure from the author of the Quests of the Kings Trilogy.   Long after the last of the great heroes of old has died, the Undead King is stirring again, amassing a goblin horde ready to sweep out of the mountains and destroy all of humanity...
  • The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo

    The Too-Clever Fox by Leigh Bardugo

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In Ravka, just because you avoid one trap, it doesn't mean you'll escape the next. This story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo’s upcoming novel, Siege and Storm, the second book in the Grisha Trilogy.This story is also included in Some of the Best From Tor...
  • Revelation by Carol Berg

    Revelation by Carol Berg

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Two years after his battle with the Lord of Demons, Seyonne is tired, troubled, angry, and frustrated. As Ezzaria's only remaining Warden, he carries the entire burden of the worsening demon war on his shoulders. But a demon encounter unlike any in Ezzarian memory leads Seyonne to question everything he has ever believed...
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    dark  epic  magic  medieval  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Foundling by D.M. Cornish

    Foundling by D.M. Cornish

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Set in the world of the Half-Continent—a land of tri-corner hats and flintlock pistols—the Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy is a world of predatory monsters, chemical potions and surgically altered people. Foundling begins the journey of Rossamund, a boy with a girl’s name, who is just about to begin a dangerous life in the service of the Emperor...
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    dark  epic  magic  action-adventure  audiobook  biopunk  book  children
  • Black Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman

    Black Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    On the distant world of Erna, four people--Priest, Adept, Sorcerer, and Apprentice--are drawn together to battle the forces of evil, led by the demonic fae, a soul-destroying force that preys on the human mind...
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    dark  epic  magic  medieval  action-adventure  adult  aliens  anti-hero
  • Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques

    Outcast of Redwall by Brian Jacques

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Abandoned as an infant by his father, the evil warlord Swartt Sixclaw, Veil is raised by the kindhearted Bryony. Despite concerns from everyone at Redwall, Bryony is convinced that Veil's goodness will prevail. But when he commits a crime that is unforgivable, he is banished from the abbey forever...
  • Kingdom of Ashes by Elena May

    Kingdom of Ashes by Elena May

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Myra never witnessed the Nightfall. She has only heard stories from the eldest among them; tales of the Old World and of the scientists who invented the WeatherWizard - a technological innovation that controls the weather...
  • Wit'ch Fire by James Clemens

    Wit'ch Fire by James Clemens

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    From a brilliant new voice in fantasy comes a band of heroes, a world in peril, and an unforgettable heroine whose unexpected gift of magic awakens an ancient, slumbering evil.On a fateful night five centuries ago, three made a desperate last stand, sacrificing everything to preserve the only hope of goodness in the beautiful, doomed land of Alasea...
  • The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. Donaldson

    The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. Donaldson

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    With The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Stephen R. Donaldson changed the face of fantasy fiction forever. In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the astonishing first novel in the two-volume Mordant’s Need series, Donaldson shows us a world of wondrous beauty and seductive illusion, where mirrors hold the deadliest of magics and nothing is what it seems. . .
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