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Parno's Gift: The Black Sheep of Soulan: Book 5 by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe tide of battle has turned. In a magnificent feat of maneuvering, Parno McLeod has lured his enemy into an ambush that has left the Imperial Army with half its strength dead or dying and all of its material support destroyed. And yet, the remaining Imperial Army on Soulan soil still numbers over one hundred and fifty thousand men... -
Marathon by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Battle of Marathon in 490 BC was one of history's great turning points - the first time the Greeks managed to defeat the Persians in a pitched battle, it enabled the rise of classical Greek civilization. As John Stuart Mill famously put it, 'The Battle of Marathon, even as an event in British history, is more important than the Battle of Hastings... -
Fiddler's Green by A.S. Peterson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Secret Mission. A Faraway Sea. A Long-awaited Homecoming.From the backwaters of Georgia to the taverns of Philadelphia, Fin Button is the talk of the colonies. The British say she’s a pirate. The Americans call her a mutineer. The crew of the Rattlesnake call her the most unlikely thing of all: Captain.But with the Revolution on the verge of defeat, the Congress offers Fin a deal... -
Rome's Lost Son by Robert Fabbri
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe sixth installment in Robert Fabbri's epic Vespasian seriesRome, AD 51: Vespasian brings Rome's greatest enemy before the Emperor. After eight years of resistance, the British warrior Caratacus has been caught. But even Vespasian's victory cannot remove the newly-made consul from Roman politics: Agrippina, Emperor Claudius's wife, pardons Caratacus... -
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Stand With My Unit by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDescriptionWelcome to Hellion Squadron.A new unit, new challenges and possibly new friends await Idina Moorfield as she joins other magicals in the military to train against magical monsters.The soldiers in this unit are different, yet all the same. They were in the military, had issues because they had magic and nobody to teach them, then were recruited to the unit... -
Tom Swan and the Head of St. George Part Six: Chios by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA young Englishman, Tom Swan, finds himself in the midst of the Turkish siege of one of the riches islands in the Genoese Empire. Swan's biggest problem is that he hates the Genoese a good deal more than he hates the Turks. Despite which, he has to catch the spy, steal the ring, kill the traitor, and if possible rescue the princess. Or maybe just bed her.All duty, of course... -
Missy's Operation Lily Pad by P.G. Allison
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter countless lives were saved because terrorist attacks were stopped, the partnership between supernaturals and the government continues. While Missy tries to focus on her life at West Point, her friends help search for yet another terrorist group... -
Winter Warriors by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWinged demons gather, silent and unseen, above the city of Usa, their talons long and sharp. Their purpose is clear, as is the prophesy: Upon the deaths of the three kings, the demon riders of the Krayakin will become flesh, free to slake their thirst with human blood - and the stench of evil will cover the land. Two of the kings are already dead... -
The Final Spark by Richard Paul Evans
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe Electroclan is facing a devastating loss: Michael is missing. What’s next?The battle on the island of Hades ended with a devastating explosion that left the island a smoking ruin and much of Hatch’s army dead. Hatch survived, however, and while his plans have certainly suffered a setback, he’s more determined than ever to bring the world’s governments under his control... -
United Grakas Alliance by Michael Sisa
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVOLUME 11 OF LEGEND OF THE ARCH MAGUSAn Arch Magus dies, only to find himself in the body of a young man in a medieval Kingdom. He finds out that he is the second son of a Duke, exiled to a desolated town by his own family. Shackled by the notorious reputation of his new shell, he tries his best to develop his domain, implementing new policies and innovations, leading his subjects to prosperity... -
Coalition Army by Michael Sisa
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVOLUME 12 OF LEGEND OF THE ARCH MAGUSAn Arch Magus dies, only to find himself in the body of a young man in a medieval Kingdom. He finds out that he is the second son of a Duke, exiled to a desolated town by his own family. Shackled by the notorious reputation of his new shell, he tries his best to develop his domain, implementing new policies and innovations, leading his subjects to prosperity... -
Fearless Mating by Milly Taiden, Tyler Donne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir jobs have set them at odds, but the attraction brewing between them is too strong to resist in this all-new paranormal romance from the author of Dangerous Mating.Sergeant Major Candace Obermier has arrived at Alpha League Federal Agency headquarters with one task in mind - shutting it down. While A.L.F.A... -
The Forever Man Box Set - 6 Books: The Complete First Series by Craig Zerf
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll 6 Books for One Great Price...Lee Child meets Lord of the Rings - Individual Books Have Over 500 Top Reviews. "This is one of the best epic fantasy books that I have ever read. It is in a class of its own. Zerf has created a cross between the heroic epic fantasy of David Gemmell and RR Martin as well as a good slice of Steven King"...Categorized as:
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War of the Sea by Dana Claire
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis powers could save the ocean. Her vendetta could sink a kingdom. Captain Elouise Farrington, the youngest pirate on the Caviar Sea, seeks revenge on her father’s killer. But when her oddly hypnotic foe proposes a pact to kill the Siren Queen and end the War of the Sea’s bloodshed, she must make a choice... -
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Lie Close To Me by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s Lazarus, and so is she. What happens when their worlds collide? He’s hunting her. Maddox Kane has one goal—track Luna Ashton. He’s the best hunter on his team, finely honed and designed by Uncle Sam to be an unstoppable killing machine. He’s a super solider—faster, stronger, and deadlier than anyone else. Maddox keeps his emotions under careful lock and key because he can’t afford to feel... -
The Prow Beast by Robert Low
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Oathsworn have become feared and respected throughout the Viking world. Their name goes before them and men cower in their presence, but they soon discover that fame comes at a price... -
Grail Knight by Angus Donald
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1200 A.D., much in England has changed. Richard the Lionhearted has died and his duplicitous brother John has taken the throne. The Earl of Locksley has been outlawed by his old enemy, now the king, and Sir Alan Dale has had the estates granted to him by Richard I taken away again. But still Alan Dale lives comfortably with his beloved wife pregnant with their first child... -
The Strongbow Saga Book Two: Dragons from the Sea by Judson Roberts
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingslongship The long, narrow ship used for war by the peoples of Viking-age ... at the base of the world-tree and wove the fates of all men on their looms. ..Categorized as:
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Judgment: Immortals of Indriell by Melissa A. Craven
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey claim the prophecy is about her. They say she will lead the Immortals into an unknown future. But she is angry. And that anger is all she has left. Allie Carmichael has so many secrets she doesn't know what—or who—to believe anymore. After dropping a truth bomb that changed her world, Greggory McBrien has disappeared without answering the questions that have haunted her for months... -
Agent T3: D'Artagnan by Joni Hahn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAgent T3: d-Artagnan Naylor Credentials: Rebel son of Former Navy SEAL Trained under his father Enhancements: Time Travel d'Artagnan (Dar) Naylor: trained by the best, disciplined by the toughest, and raised by the vilest - his father. He bought into Robert Naylor's life of crime, until he learned the reasons behind it. Now, he possesses enhancements installed by The D.I.R.E... -
The Master Mariner: Running Proud by Nicholas Monsarrat
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is Nicholas Monsarrat's final masterpiece, an epic tale of the sea and seafaring from the sixteenth century to near the end of the twentieth.Told from the point of view of Mathew Lawe, a young Devon sailor who is cursed after a spectacular act of cowardice to wander 'the wild waters till all the seas run dry', it is historical fiction but beset by real events... -
Agent M4: Riordan by Joni Hahn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s hired to earn his trust.He trusts no one. After suffering in a Mongolian prison, Riordan St. James finds himself back in civilization, struggling to acclimate. When D.I.R.E. equips him with superhuman, prosthetic hands, the gift comes with a price—he must submit to psychotherapy.When the complicated and elegant Natalie Meeks is hired to work with Riordan, their attraction is magnetic... -
Forbidden Life by Karpov Kinrade
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe road to redemption begins in darkness. A sinister force waits for them in darkness, ready to devour their powers and take their lives.Sam's baby is the key to a lock that must never be opened. To keep her child safe, Sam will do anything... -
One King's Way by Harry Harrison, John Holm
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA craftsman, visionary, and warrior, Shef has risen from slavery to become king of a mighty Viking nation. But his growing kingdom menaces all of Europe, and he has made many powerful enemies.Chief among his enemies are the Knights of the Lance, a fanatical order of soldiers sworn to bring Shef down, no matter what the cost... -
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Into the Storm by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA knight of Cygnar follows a strict moral code. His integrity is beyond reproach. He holds himself to the highest standards whether dealing with friend or foe. And he values honor above all.The year is 606 AR, and Cygnar has been sorely pressed by its enemies both at home and abroad. In Caspia, the conflict with the Protectorate is about to erupt into full war with the looming invasion of Sul... -
The White Raven by Robert Low
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Oathsworn have itchy feet. Battle-hungry and tired of keeping the homestead fires burning, they are restless for action. And, being the Oathsworn, action is what they get. When their homestead is attacked by Klerkon and his men, the Oathsworn promise bloody revenge. But they didn't count on having to undertake the most dangeous journey of their lives in order to save two of their number... -
King and Emperor by Harry Harrison, John Holm
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDriven by prophetic dreams, the Viking warrior Shef as become the One King, the undisputed ruler of the North. Now he must face the reborn power of the Holy Roman Empire.Rome threatens Shef's fearsome Viking navy with a new invention of unparalleled destruction: Greek fire. Unable to defend his fleet against this awesome weapon, Shef travels East in search of new wisdom... -
Twist of Fae by Tom Keller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs an ex-cop and P.I., Robert Hoskins thought he'd seen it all. Then, while working a simple case, his world changed. The next thing he knew he was battling Wizards, Demons, and even the occasional Dragon... -
The Dagger's Path by Glenda Larke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe second in a new fantasy series from acclaimed Australian author Glenda Larke.It should have been easy -- return the stolen feather and restore Ardhi back to his rightful place. But when Saker, Ardhi, Sorrel, and Piper arrive to find the island in chaos, returning just the one feather will not help -- not when the other three have mysteriously disappeared as well... -
The Death of a Legend by Robert Adams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOUT OF THE JAWS OF DESTRUCTIONWhen the Witchmen caused the earth to move and called forth the fires from the mountain's inner depths, the Moon Maidens, Ahrmehnee, and Thoheeks Bili's troops barely escaped with thier lives... -
Breaking Through by D. Nichole King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo years after her brother Nate died during a Navy operation, aquator Nautia Olson’s nightmares began, and her ability to manipulate water became erratic. Anger, fear, joy, desire—they all trigger disaster.Now, the Navy wants her for a top-secret mission, but Captain Riley Barton has his reservations. He’s read her file. He knows the damage she’s capable of, and yet—She's powerful... -
Darkness Weaves by Karl Edward Wagner
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOnce Efrel was the beautiful consort of a king. Now she is a hideous creature who lives only for revenge. She has allies to aid her, but only Kane, the Mystic Swordsman, can rally her forces for battle. Only he can deliver the vengeance she has devised in her knowledge of black magic... -
Conan of Aquilonia by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMighty Conan in a fight to the death against the most dangerous fiends of the Hyborian age!Hunting the swift stag and the tusked boar in the gloomy forests of the Gunderland Marches, Conan loses his son Conn to Thoth-Amon and the supremely evil wizards of the Black Ring--and is drawn into a deadly pursuit to the very ends of the death, and a battle to the deepest levels of his endurance... -
Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Across the country and in every nation, people began to develop terrifying powers—summoning storms, raising the dead, and setting everything they touch ablaze. Overnight the rules changed…but not for everyone. Colonel Alan Bookbinder is an army bureaucrat whose worst war wound is a paper-cut... -
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Conan the Buccaneer by L. Sprague de Camp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe hunt for a beautiful princess--and a king's treasure--brings Conan to the edge of the world, and the devil-ridden lands of the Nameless Isle. Awaiting him will be his fiercest battle: the cold steel of his sword against the hell-fed powers of the sorcerer Thoth-Ammon... -
The Left-Handed Fate by Kate Milford, Eliza Wheeler
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLucy Bluecrowne and Maxwell Ault are on a mission: find the three pieces of a strange and arcane engine. They're not exactly sure what this machine does, but they have it on good authority that it will stop the war that's raging between their home country of England and Napoleon Bonaparte's France...Categorized as:
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Rage of the Dragon by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman comes Rage of the Dragon, the action-packed third book in their Dragonships fantasy series.Skylan Ivorson is the gods-chosen Chief of all Vindras clans. But the gods from whom the Vindrasi draw their earthdwelling power are besieged by a new generation of gods who are challenging them for the powers of creation... -
Saint Returns by Amber Kell
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPreviously ReleasedAfter centuries of isolation, Saint has returned to reclaim what is his…Saint, a Thresl of unimaginable power, has spent centuries trapped beneath rubble. Now free, he is determined to claim both his throne and his mate. Anyone who stands in his way will be annihilated.Marsley Jacks is unsure if he wants to be the mate of a ruthless Thresl... -
Robin Hood: A Classic Illustrated Edition by E. Charles Vivian
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor generations, readers of all ages have delighted in the adventures of Robin Hood. The legend of the Prince of Thieves dates back as far as 1200 A.D., and versions of the story have been illustrated by some of the worlds most notable artists... -
Warrior's Heart by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn love forever with her brother's best friend, Casey thinks she doesn't have a shot with the strong and silent Special Forces unit leader, Hal Halowell. But he's back from a mystical military escapade in the ancient city of Babylon that has left him gifted with strange abilities and things have changed drastically... -
Dead Deep by Justin Somper
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA World Book Day special Vampirates short story.When Connor Tempest and his swashbuckling pirate buddies get a rare break in their duties, they're in the mood for fun, sun and adventure. A chance meeting with the crew of The Lorelei seems to offer all that and more. Soon, Connor and co are learning to freedive into the amazing world far beneath the ocean's surface... -
A Nomad of the Time Streams by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Multiverse - universe upon universe of alternate Time and Space in which Law and Chaos wage a continuous struggle to change the fundamental rules of existence.The Eternal Champion - doomed to live forever in a thousand incarnations... -
Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone by Max McCoy
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor centuries the lust for wealth and immortality has driven men mad. Now Indiana Jones is called to London to recover an ancient alchemist’s manuscript rumored to contain the formula both for turning lead into gold and granting its owner eternal life... -
Detroit Christmas by Larry Correia
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDetroit. One of the greatest cities in the world. The crossroads of industry and commerce. The American Paris, the City of Champions, Blimp-Town, Motor City, call it what you want, it’s one crowded place. Nearly two million people live in Detroit, but as far as Jake Sullivan was aware, only a few of them were trying to kill him at that particular moment in time... -
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Heart of Stone by C.E. Martin
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMark Kenslir is the last of the Cold War super soldiers- and he's just come back from the dead. With no memory of who, or what killed him, he sets out to piece together his past with the help of two teens that find him wandering the Arizona desert... -
Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the mist-shrouded haze of the past, the world of Azeroth teemed with wondrous creatures of every kind. Mysterious Elves and hardy Dwarves walked among tribes of man in relative peace and harmony -- until the arrival of the demonic army known as Burning Legion shattered the world's tranquility forever... -
Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAllan Quartermain is a sequel to the famous novel King Solomon's Mines. Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back into the wilderness. Having persuaded Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good, and the Zulu chief Umbopa to accompany him, they set out from the coast of east Africa, this time in search of a white race reputed to live north of Mount Kenya... -
The Serpent by Jane Gaskell
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the lost world of prehistory, a girl is born. Is she a Goddess? Cija herself believes that she is. For 17 years her mother, the Dictatress, has kept her imprisoned in a tower. She releases her, with one object in view: to seduce Zerd, the snake-scaled "Dragon-General" of an occupying army, then stab him to death... -
Clovermead: In the Shadow of the Bear by David Randall
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwelve-year-old Clovermead Wickward's head is filled with stories of adventure. She dreams about the thrill of a sword fight and the excitement of heroic quests. The last thing Clovermead expects is for those dreams to come true. But it seems her father, Waxmelt, is not who she has believed hi to be... -
The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom by Max Gladstone
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA stranger claiming knowledge of realms beyond the known world attempts to stop a war... in Max Gladstone's The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom, a Tor.com Original...
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