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Iron Garland by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler continues his majestic Harbinger series in a world where motivations are as mysterious as magic.For three years, Sera Fitzempress has been a pawn in a gilded prison—the floating manor of Pavenham Sky. Disgraced and exiled from society, she has been isolated from the downtrodden she’s determined to liberate...Categorized as:
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![Going up in the Underworld by Álex Gilbert]()
Going up in the Underworld by Álex Gilbert
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a young, up and coming apex predator of the night, Ariane needs the minions, a territory, dubious allies with unknown agendas... From Alexandria to the frozen north, opportunities and danger abound. Fortunately, Ariane has many tools at her disposal and if everything fails, there is always black powder...Categorized as:
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![Love and Sacrifice by Tove Foss Ford]()
Love and Sacrifice by Tove Foss Ford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEpic, Genre-Bending Science-Fantasy Sixteen-year-old Princess Katrin is leaving Mordania for the first time, on her way to take the Grand Tour of the Middle Continent. For the first time in her life, she will leave her title and ties to the Royal Family of Mordania behind and travel incognito with her family... -
![Demon's Throne by K.D. Robertson]()
Demon's Throne by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRys awakes to the smell of blood and nearly two thousand years of dust. Maybe he overslept a little too long. Once, he was a great champion and general in the demonic empire that ruled the world. Now, he's been erased from history.He'll need to remind the world of the price of forgetfulness.Now is the time to build his own empire, as the ancient powers of his time are long gone... -
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![Dragon Mediated by Viola Grace]()
Dragon Mediated by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTraining to follow in her father’s footsteps goes well until she gets to the training center. Then, it all hits the fan.Kabyl has wanted to take peacekeeper training since she was six. Her dad had always tried to temper her expectations. Women didn’t usually have the physical skills required for the job. She worked hard, got strong, fast, and resilient and then…she turned into a dragon... -
![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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![Peril: Elven Alliance Collected Stories Volume One by Tara Grayce]()
Peril: Elven Alliance Collected Stories Volume One by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dangerous mission to a foreign kingdom isn't the ideal honeymoon.Jalissa, princess of the elves, thought she knew what she was getting into when she married Edmund, the spy prince of Escarland. But a week after their wedding, they must embark on a dangerous mission to an enemy nation, putting their wits, their skills, and their new marriage to the test in ways they never imagined...Categorized as:
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![Hard Way by R.L. King]()
Hard Way by R.L. King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn brutal Calanar, you’re nothing without magic.Kira Talon has a secret.Raised since childhood among the nonmagical “Dim” when her expected magical birthright didn’t materialize, she barely remembers her early time in the opulent floating city high above the war-torn sprawl below...Categorized as:
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![Law of Family by David Burke]()
Law of Family by David Burke
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA dragon shifter series set in the same world as the bestselling Bride Hunt booksWar is coming! The dragons must prepare, so they call in the services of a security company that sends in one of their salespeople.This is a huge opportunity for Amy. It is a sure-fire way to prove her worth to her company... -
![Blood Relation by Dan Willis]()
Blood Relation by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYoung women are turning up dead, exsanguinated by a killer who leaves strange and powerful symbols behind, drawn in his victim's blood. Now Alex Lockerby must stop the killer before he can complete his dark ritual and release hell on the city... -
![Tower Climber 2 by Jakob Tanner]()
Tower Climber 2 by Jakob Tanner
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsClimber academy was only the beginning…Now an official tower climber, Max is thrust into the competitive and deadly world of the tower.While taking on dangerous missions and defending the city against powerful monster-waves, Max must train and uncover the truth about his past.With new information on his lost sister’s whereabouts, the stakes to ascend the mysterious tower couldn’t be greater...Categorized as:
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Twig by Wildbow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 1921, and a little over a century has passed since a great mind unraveled the underpinnings of life itself. Every week, it seems, the papers announce great advances, solving the riddle of immortality, successfully reviving the dead, the cloning of living beings, or blending of two animals into one... -
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Capital Murder by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the FBI wants to sweep the murder of a US Senator under the rug, Alex Lockerby must navigate the halls of political power and corruption in order to catch a professional killer and uncover dark conspiracy that threatens the very foundations of government... -
![Disenchanted by Kara Pleasants]()
Disenchanted by Kara Pleasants
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a renowned wizard, Fitzwilliam Darcy thinks he is familiar with most of the spells, enchantments, and magic practised in the wizarding world. When he reluctantly joins his friend Bingley in Meryton, a small town not known for its magic, he is startled to stumble upon the rare gift possessed by Miss Elizabeth Bennet... -
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![Dragon Denied by Viola Grace]()
Dragon Denied by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThrown from the life she thought she knew, Zzara has to restart her existence with no mother, no father, as a dragon denied. Zzara was excited and happy on the day it all fell apart. Her father had married another dragon and the new lady of the house had no interest in his mistress living on her new property... -
![Dragon Designed by Viola Grace]()
Dragon Designed by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWorking out tension during some light espionage seems like the thing to do while pondering her future. Eltrinia has been progressing. She is the master of the on-loan gallery, she takes tours of all ages around, and she has been recruited for operative training at the capital. Learning combat tactics in sparring matches with Trin is bizarrely fun. It is like looking into a tinted mirror... -
![The Ancient Ones (The Ancient Ones Trilogy, Book 1) by Cassandra L. Thompson]()
The Ancient Ones (The Ancient Ones Trilogy, Book 1) by Cassandra L. Thompson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen David stumbles upon a tragic young woman in a sordid Limehouse pub, he has no idea she’d recognize him as the last vampyre alive, nor that she’d be the one to pull out his story... -
![Tested by Magic by Jasmine Walt]()
Tested by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first in a series of novellas offering a deeper look at the world of the Baine Chronicles. Life as a shifter-mage hybrid has always been tough for Sunaya Baine. Ostracized from her clan and forced to hide her forbidden abilities, she's never fit in. So when she's offered a position at the Enforcers Guild, Solantha's crime-fighting organization, she jumps at the chance to prove her worth... -
![Forsaken by Magic by Jasmine Walt]()
Forsaken by Magic by Jasmine Walt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA novella exploring the origins of Fenris, one of the most beloved characters from the Baine Chronicles. Lord Polar ar’Tollis has everything he wants. Wealth, power, respect, beautiful women eager to marry him—there is very little the Chief Mage of Nebara lacks in his life. Except, perhaps, compassion...Categorized as:
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![The Mapmakers Union by M.J. Fletcher]()
The Mapmakers Union by M.J. Fletcher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChloe Masters has a death wish, at least according to her friends. Still reeling from the loss of one of those closest to her she is living life on the edge. One by one she is pushing everyone away. Leaving her with the very person who betrayed her... Faith... -
![The Impossible Engineers by M.J. Fletcher]()
The Impossible Engineers by M.J. Fletcher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChloe Masters’s world changes in a heartbeat and all she did was touch a doorknob.James Nightshade has been on Chloe’s mind since the day she met him. Arrogant and frustrating, she thought she had put him behind her when she chose Michael Slade...Categorized as:
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![Skeleton Key Guild by M.J. Fletcher]()
Skeleton Key Guild by M.J. Fletcher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer parents dead, her sister missing, and those she loves branded traitors to the Old Kind... Chloe Masters is on the run.To fulfill a parent’s dying wish she will do anything to save the sister she has never met... -
![Lastland by A.R. Ivanovich]()
Lastland by A.R. Ivanovich
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a devastating attack on the Northern capital, Prince Raserion has taken everything from Katelyn Kestrel . . . everything but her will to fight back and save the people of Haven.Out of the ashes of a burning city, Prince Varion, ruler of the Northern Kingdom, resurfaces, intent on ending the seven-hundred-year war once and for all. But he can’t succeed without Katelyn’s help... -
![Curse of the Phoenix (The Arcane Irregulars Book 1) by Dan Willis]()
Curse of the Phoenix (The Arcane Irregulars Book 1) by Dan Willis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a trail of magical murders follow a stolen statue, Lieutenant Danny Pak and FBI Agent Buddy Redhorn have to get it back, before its dire curse falls on the city.New York Police Lieutenant Danny Pak has a problem. When one of his officers calls him out to an unusual crime scene, Danny realizes that it’s terrifyingly similar to something the department thought was dead and buried... -
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![Stars Die by Jenny Schwartz]()
Stars Die by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Caldryn Parliament. Golden Age mysteries in the Realm of science fiction and fantasy.Recalled from the frontier, the new Warden of Caldryn Parliament is well aware she’s not a popular choice, but she never expected to portal into a murder scene.Nor did she anticipate acquiring such a unique partner...Categorized as:
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![Monarch by A.R. Ivanovich]()
Monarch by A.R. Ivanovich
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRune Thayer’s rebellion in Cape Hill has placed all of Breakwater in danger. Now, Katelyn Kestrel and her best friend Kyle must do something that no one in the Western Kingdom has ever attempted: travel North into enemy territory and request aid from none other than Prince Varion himself. Before they are able to depart, Katelyn is unwillingly brought face-to-face with Prince Raserion... -
![The Lost Heir by E.G. Foley]()
The Lost Heir by E.G. Foley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNY Times & USA Today bestselling author E.G. Foley presents The Gryphon Chronicles, a new series of historical fantasy adventures that's as much fun for grownups as it is for kids!Strange new talents...Jake is a scrappy orphaned pickpocket living by his wits on the streets of Victorian London...Categorized as:
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![The Shotgun Arcana by R.S. Belcher]()
The Shotgun Arcana by R.S. Belcher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsR. S. Belcher’s debut novel, The Six-Gun Tarot, was enthusiastically greeted by critics and readers, who praised its wildly inventive mixture of dark fantasy, steampunk, and the Wild West. Now Belcher returns to Golgotha, Nevada, a bustling frontier town that hides more than its fair share of unnatural secrets.1870...Categorized as:
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![Paperglass by A.R. Ivanovich]()
Paperglass by A.R. Ivanovich
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSurviving a narrow brush with death convinced Katelyn Kestrel that she must never return to the war-torn Outside World. Safe again within the sanctuary of Haven Valley, she has forced herself to forget Rune Thayer, the young Dragoon soldier who had sacrificed everything to save her... -
![Ice Cracker II: And Other Stories by Lindsay Buroker]()
Ice Cracker II: And Other Stories by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShe's wanted for crimes against the throne. He's the empire’s most notorious assassin. With bounties on their heads, they’re not likely candidates for heroics, but they're on a quest for redemption. Unfortunately, they'll have to pursue and conquer great threats to earn the emperor's recognition.Three short fantasy stories set in the author's "Emperor's Edge" universe...Categorized as:
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![Shadows Over Innocence by Lindsay Buroker]()
Shadows Over Innocence by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNote: Despite chronology, it is recommended that The Emperor's Edge (book 1) be read first. This short story contains a spoiler for book 1.Sicarius, the emperor’s personal assassin, returns from a successful mission only to discover that the enemy is retaliating by sending an assassin of their own. The target? Five-year-old Prince Sespian...Categorized as:
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![The Iron Dragon's Mother by Michael Swanwick]()
The Iron Dragon's Mother by Michael Swanwick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMichael Swanwick returns to his gritty, post-industrial faerie with the standalone adventure fantasy The Iron Dragon's Mother.Caitlin of House Sans Merci is the young half-human pilot of a sentient mechanical dragon. Returning from her first soul-stealing raid, she discovers an unwanted hitchhiker... -
![Vankara by S.J. West]()
Vankara by S.J. West
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVankara, an island nation founded by runaway mages, finds itself besieged by a series of mysterious plagues which decimate half the world’s population. When the Queen of Vankara falls ill from one of the plagues, she calls upon the talents of Sarah Harker... -
![Firebrand by A.J. Hartley]()
Firebrand by A.J. Hartley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce a steeplejack, Anglet Sutonga is used to scaling the heights of Bar-Selehm. Nowadays she assists politician Josiah Willinghouse behind the scenes of Parliament. When government plans for a secret weapon are stolen, their investigation leads right to the doorsteps of the city’s superexclusive social club, Elitus...Categorized as:
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![Time of Trial by Michael Pryor]()
Time of Trial by Michael Pryor
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the fourth book of this utterly addictive series, magical genius Aubrey Fitzwilliam is heading deep into the heart of enemy territoryluckily, with his friends by his side It may look like a simple wire device, but the Beccaria Cage could be the cure for Aubrey's condition: a way to reunite his body and soul. But can Aubrey solve its mysteries while Dr... -
![The Emperor's Mask by Ben S. Dobson]()
The Emperor's Mask by Ben S. Dobson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA killer walks among the rich and powerful. Who can the Magebreakers trust? Someone is killing the non-magical members of Senate houses–those who might one day be named Protector of the Realm. And that same someone is leaving behind messages for the Magebreakers beside symbols of the shadowy organization known as the Knights of the Emperor... -
![The Thirteenth Gate by Kat Ross]()
The Thirteenth Gate by Kat Ross
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinter 1888. At a private asylum in the English countryside, a man suspected of being Jack the Ripper kills an orderly and flees into the rain-soaked night. His distraught keepers summon the Lady Vivienne Cumberland—who's interviewed their patient and isn't sure he's a man at all... -
![The Case of the Singing Sword by Tee Morris]()
The Case of the Singing Sword by Tee Morris
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Chicago, 1929. There are a thousand stories in the naked city; and when you're a dwarf at four-foot-one, they all look that much taller." It is The Era of Prohibition, where crime runs rampant in the streets and a city divided into territories serves as the ultimate prize. Somewhere in this Underworld of Chicago, an enchanted weapon holds the key to ending The Gangland Wars... -
![The Remnant by Charlie Fletcher]()
The Remnant by Charlie Fletcher
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe concluding novel in a wildly original and hugely entertaining fantasy series from HBO scriptwriter Charlie Fletcher, for a generation that has grown up with Harry Potter and Neil Gaiman."Exciting, exhilaring, scary and moving in equal measure, The Oversight is a teeming world of dark deeds and dark magics, brilliantly realized." - M. R...Categorized as:
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![Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr.]()
Isolate by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsL. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling author of The Mongrel Mage, has a brand new gaslamp political fantasy Isolate.Industrialization. Social unrest. Underground movements. Government corruption and surveillance.Something is about to give.Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths...Categorized as:
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![The Queen of Swords by R.S. Belcher]()
The Queen of Swords by R.S. Belcher
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1870. Maude Stapleton, late of Golgotha, Nevada, is a respectable widow raising a daughter on her own. Few know that Maude belongs to an ancient order of assassins, the Daughters of Lilith, and is as well the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Anne Bonney, the legendary female pirate...Categorized as:
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![Shriek: An Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer]()
Shriek: An Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword... -
![Agla. Aurora by Radek Rak]()
Agla. Aurora by Radek Rak
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSofja, zesłana na Daleką Północ, pozna prawdę o dramatycznych losach ekspedycji naukowej swojego ojca. W rzeczywistości, w której liczy się po prostu przetrwanie, Sofja musi zachować w sobie iskrę człowieczeństwa. Przede wszystkim będzie musiała zmierzyć się z pragnieniami swego serca. Tymian zaś za wszelką cenę chce udowodnić, że nie jest tchórzem, ze wszystkimi tego konsekwencjami... -
![Rebirth by Craig Zerf]()
Rebirth by Craig Zerf
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill you survive? A series of solar flares smash the world back into the Dark Ages. Chaos follows. Millions die in the post-apocalyptic aftermath.One man is changed by the radiation. Marine Sergeant Hogan. Turning him into a superhuman being. Faster, stronger and able to create magic.He has become - The Forever Man. Oorah!But even he is not ready for what happens next... -
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![Dragon Embraced by Viola Grace]()
Dragon Embraced by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlone in a world that wants her blood, she seeks out friends who embrace her and a new home where she can grow and evolve. Zzara has been learning magic forbidden to dragons. When the mage guild catches on to what her tutor has been showing her, they are both in trouble. Helping a dragon to learn magic is a high crime... -
![So Silver Bright by Lisa Mantchev]()
So Silver Bright by Lisa Mantchev
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAct Three, Scene OneBertie thinks her quest is almost done. With the help of Ariel and the rest of her friends, she has managed to find her father and rescue Nate from Sedna, the Sea Goddess. Now, all she has to do is reunite her father, the Scrimshander, with her mother, Ophelia, and she will finally have a true family of her own... -
![The Wisdom of Madness by C.J. Archer]()
The Wisdom of Madness by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith Alice determined to discover the truth about her past, and Seth determined to help her, the couple find themselves sucked into a world where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted. On the run to escape a mad queen's wrath, and with an entire realm looking for them, tensions fray and friendships are tested...Categorized as:
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![The Daemoniac by Kat Ross]()
The Daemoniac by Kat Ross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's August of 1888, just three weeks before Jack the Ripper will begin his grisly spree in the London slum of Whitechapel, and another serial murderer is stalking the gas-lit streets of New York... -
![The Paper Grail by James P. Blaylock]()
The Paper Grail by James P. Blaylock
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCurator Howard Barton goes to Mendocino, California, to get a 19th-century woodcut sketch for his museum back home. But other, rather strange, people want the sketch for their own dubious purposes. Now Howard's caught in the middle of a secret war that somehow involves a piece of paper that is much more than it seems... -
![The Peabody- Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium by F. Paul Wilson]()
The Peabody- Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis novella was expanded from "Freak Show," the nigh impossible to find anthology F. Paul Wilson edited back in 1992. It was originally published as a 500-copy collector's edition that sold out on publication. With copies of the limited going for over $100 on the aftermarket, the author decided to make inexpensive paperback and ebook editions available to his readers...
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