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The Silver Dwarf by Victor Kloss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBen's double life continues at the Royal Institute of Magic. To most, he's a talented apprentice and an exceptional spellshooter, but Ben is also a Guardian, responsible for uniting Elizabeth's Armour, the only artefact powerful enough to overthrow the evil dark elves.With two pieces of the armour secure, finding the third may be Ben's toughest challenge yet...Categorized as:
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![Portal to Nova Roma: The Rhine by J.R. Mathews]()
Portal to Nova Roma: The Rhine by J.R. Mathews
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAs the dust settles on the battlefield of Carthage, Alexander finds himself struggling to cope with the aftermath of war. Plagued by demonic corruption and mental exhaustion, he searches for any means to restore his strength and secure his rapidly expanding empire.In his desperation, Alexander turns to a mysterious prisoner who offers a unique form of power that could help him achieve his goals... -
![The High Council by Victor Kloss]()
The High Council by Victor Kloss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTension is high at the Royal Institute of Magic, as the Directors of each of the Departments – Spellswords, Wardens, Traders, Scholars and Diplomats – work together with their allies to push back the dark elf invasion, led by King Suktar...Categorized as:
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![The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom]()
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsMitch Albom creates a magical world through his love of music in this remarkable new novel about the power of talent to change our livesThis is the epic story of Frankie Presto—the greatest guitar player who ever lived—and the six lives he changed with his six magical blue stringsFrankie, born in a burning church, abandoned as an infant, and raised by a music teacher in a small Spanish town,...Categorized as:
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![System Shift by Tom Larcombe]()
System Shift by Tom Larcombe
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMarc and his party are seeking the sarcophagus that they were sent on a quest to find, only to discover that it is now protected by far more than just the Guardian they'd been told would await them.When they return to Any Port, Marc discovers that Bastet's obsession with Beggar has reached new heights, forcing Beggar and Marc into taking action to foil Bastet's plan to kidnap the raccoon...Categorized as:
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![The Thief's Daughter by Jeff Wheeler]()
The Thief's Daughter by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestseller Owen Kiskaddon first came to the court of the formidable King Severn as a prisoner, winning favor with the stormy monarch by masquerading as a boy truly blessed by the Fountain...Categorized as:
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![Чапаев и Пустота. Жёлтая стрела by Victor Pelevin]()
Чапаев и Пустота. Жёлтая стрела by Victor Pelevin
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings...Categorized as:
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![The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead]()
The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series.Gameboard of the Gods introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him... -
![Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay]()
Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe Thrilling Sequel To Sailing To SarantiumBeckoned by the Emperor Valerius, Crispin, a renowned mosaicist, has arrived in the fabled city of Sarantium. Here he seeks to fulfill his artistic ambitions and his destiny high upon a dome that will become the emerror's magnificent sanctuary and legacy.But the beauty and solitude of his work cannot protect his from Sarantium's intrigue...Categorized as:
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![The Music Demon by Victoria Danann]()
The Music Demon by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first time Lyric heard Shivaun’s name he knew he’d kidnapped the wrong O’Malley twin. The first time Shivaun saw Lyric, she wished he’d taken her instead of her sister.The epic saga of Black Swan and all the lives it touches, human and otherwise, continues... -
![Red-Robed Priestess by Elizabeth Cunningham]()
Red-Robed Priestess by Elizabeth Cunningham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a long, eventful life that has brought her through slavery to the Resurrection garden, through the controversies of the early Church to a hermit cave in southern Gaul, Maeve, the Celtic Magdalen, comes full circle. With her daughter Sarah, Maeve returns to the British Isles to seek her first-born daughter taken from her by the druids more than forty years ago...Categorized as:
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Dragon Storm by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou cannot escape your fate. Especially when it involves a dragon who claims to be your fated mate.Aria’s visions of something old, powerful, and angry coming combined with her seriously sexy dream sharing with a dragon shifter have confused her. Her visions have proven true too often to ignore. But dragon shifters can’t be true...Categorized as:
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Savage Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Small Town Grumpy Shifter RomanceThe first time she saw him he was coming out of the river... Oh! what a view.Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff.Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend... -
![Путь меча by Henry Lion Oldie, Генри Лайон Олди]()
Путь меча by Henry Lion Oldie, Генри Лайон Олди
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsПод воздействием «железной» воли живых клинков - Блистающих - искусство фехтования и изготовления холодного оружия отточено людьми до немыслимого совершенства. Все вооружены, и все мастерски владеют своими мечами - это ли не залог бескровности многочисленных поединков? И всё же покой мира, кажущегося гармоничным, нарушается чередой загадочных убийств... -
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![Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter]()
Blood of the Earth by Faith Hunter
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSet in the same world as the New York Times bestselling Jane Yellowrock novels, an all-new series starring Nell Ingram, who wields powers as old as the earth... -
![Φάκελος Ανάσταση by Og Mandino]()
Φάκελος Ανάσταση by Og Mandino
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn front of eight million TV viewers, "The Greatest Mystery Writer in the World" bragged he could prove Christ was actually stolen from the tomb and never really rose from the dead . . . if he were given just one week back in ancient Jerusalem. That night author Matt Lawrence got his wish. A knock-out punch took him right out of this world and landed him in Biblical Judea in 26 A.D...Categorized as:
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![La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman]()
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsMalcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much noticed himself. And so perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a spy...Malcolm's father runs an inn called the Trout, on the banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors...Categorized as:
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![Project Elfhome by Wen Spencer]()
Project Elfhome by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsStories exploring the fascinating realm of Elfhome, a world where modern day Pittsburgh has collided with the kingdom of the Elves. A special entry in the the best-selling Romantic Times Sapphire award winning Elfhome series... -
![The Silver Hand by Stephen R. Lawhead]()
The Silver Hand by Stephen R. Lawhead
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe great king, Meldryn Mawr, is dead, and his kingdom lies in ruins. Treachery and brutality rule the land, and Albion is the scene of an epic struggle for the throne. Lewis Gillies returns as Llew, seeking the true meaning behind a mysterious prophecy - the making of a true king and the revealing of a long awaited champion: Silver Hand...Categorized as:
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![Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay]()
Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCrispin is a master mosaicist, creating beautiful art with colored stones and glass. Summoned to Sarantium by imperial request, he bears a Queen's secret mission, and a talisman from an alchemist...Categorized as:
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![A Thursday Next Digital Collection: Novels 1-5 by Jasper Fforde]()
A Thursday Next Digital Collection: Novels 1-5 by Jasper Fforde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Thursday Next Digital Collection: Novels 1–5 Fall into the world of Thursday Next with the first five novels in the New York Times bestselling series featuring the renowned Special Operative in literary detection who is “part Bridget Jones, part Nancy Drew, and part Dirty Harry” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)... -
![The Elsewhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie]()
The Elsewhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Nowhere Emporium has been stolen.The shop from nowhere has vanished without a trace. Will it ever reappear?As they search for the lost Emporium, Daniel and Ellie encounter magical bookshops, deserted islands in the dead of night...Categorized as:
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![Meghan's Dragon by E.M. Foner]()
Meghan's Dragon by E.M. Foner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeventeen-year old Meghan doesn’t remember her childhood and practices magic in secret. Her sole ambition is to bring a warrior’s soul from Dark Earth to become her dragon and protect her while she develops into a mage. When her interpretation of a Dark Earth death vision goes awry, Meghan gets both more and less than she bargained for... -
![Magdalen Rising: The Beginning by Elizabeth Cunningham]()
Magdalen Rising: The Beginning by Elizabeth Cunningham
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYoung Magdalen and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Their pleasure is overshadowed by a brilliant but unbalanced druid who knows a perilous secret about Maeve’s past. The prequel to The Passion of Mary Magdalen...Categorized as:
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![Defiant Mate by Delta James]()
Defiant Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sound of a cord snapping abruptly ends her climb, leaving her stranded as an arctic storm bears down. Can Asher find his mate before she freezes to death? Nicole is done with men. Her husband left her for a thinner and younger model and never looked back. She has worked hard to be an independent, successful woman without a man... -
![The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross]()
The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe arrival of vast, alien, inhuman intelligences reshaped the landscape for human affairs across the world, and the United Kingdom is no exception. Things have changed in Britain since the dread elder god Nyarlathotep ascended to the rank of Prime Minister...Categorized as:
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![The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker]()
The Hidden Palace by Helene Wecker
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsChava is a golem, a woman made of clay, able to hear the thoughts and longings of the people around her and compelled by her nature to help them. Ahmad is a jinni, a perpetually restless and free-spirited creature of fire, imprisoned in the shape of a man...Categorized as:
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![Sisters' Fate by Jessica Spotswood]()
Sisters' Fate by Jessica Spotswood
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA fever ravages New London, but with the Brotherhood sending suspected witches straight to the gallows, the Sisters are powerless against the disease. They can’t help without revealing their powers—as Cate learns when a potent display of magic turns her into the most wanted witch in all of New England. To make matters worse, Cate has been erased from the memory of her beloved Finn... -
![Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood]()
Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith the Brotherhood persecuting witches like never before, a divided Sisterhood desperately needs Cate to come into her Prophesied powers. And after Cate's friend Sachi is arrested for using magic, a war-thirsty Sister offers to help her find answers—if Cate is willing to endanger everyone she loves...Categorized as:
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![The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi]()
The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 60 ratingsToday, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga warrior has killed his friend Brahaspati and now stalks his wife Sati. Shiva, the Tibetan immigrant who is the prophesied destroyer of evil, will not rest till he finds his demonic adversary. His vengeance and the path to evil will lead him to the door of the Nagas, the serpent people. Of that he is certain... -
![For Love of Evil by Piers Anthony]()
For Love of Evil by Piers Anthony
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe Man Who Would Be SatanParry was a gifted musician and an apprentice in the arts of White Magic. But his life of sweet promise went disastrously awry following the sudden, violent death of his beloved Jolie. Led down the twisted path of wickedness and depravity by Lilah the harlot demoness, Parry thrived--first as a sorcerer, then as a monk, and finally as a feared inquisitor...Categorized as:
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![The Folded World by Catherynne M. Valente]()
The Folded World by Catherynne M. Valente
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the mysterious daughter of Prester John appears on the doorstep of her father's palace, she brings with her news of war in the West--the Crusades have begun, and the bodies of the faithful are washing up on the shores of Pentexore... -
![Wounded Magic (2) by Megan Crewe]()
Wounded Magic (2) by Megan Crewe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagic can heal the fiercest wounds... or cut them even deeper.Rocío Lopez and Finn Lockwood survived the deadly trials of the Mages' Exam in a bid to keep their magic. But the world outside presents vicious threats of its own.Forced into the Confed's military special ops unit, Rocío must walk a fine line between complicity and resistance, or everyone she loves could pay the price... -
![Dare by Taylor Longford]()
Dare by Taylor Longford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGargoyles!The victim of a harpy attack at seventeen, Dare lost his wings and his poisonous barbs. When he meets Mim, he doesn't consider himself much of a catch. But Mim is the only power that can make the broken gargoyle whole again. And when she's abducted by a harpy, he's willing to sacrifice himself for her freedom.Which might have worked, if Mim hadn't been willing to do the same thing...Categorized as:
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![The Dagger and the Cross by Judith Tarr]()
The Dagger and the Cross by Judith Tarr
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn the years before the Third Crusade, Price Aidan of Rhiyana goes to the Holy Land. The younger of twin sons born of a mortal king and an Elven woman, he is heir to magic and said to be the finest Christian knight alive. Yet he pledges his heart to immortal Lady Morgiana, a steadfast Muslim and assassin. Sequel to Alamut...Categorized as:
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![Stone Blood Legacy: A Fae Urban Fantasy by Jayne Faith]()
Stone Blood Legacy: A Fae Urban Fantasy by Jayne Faith
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Stone Order is under attack. Wrathful gods are closing in. Unlikely allies Petra and Jasper may be Faerie's only hope.After her victory in the battle of champions, Petra thought she was a step closer to freedom from her sovereign and the politics of Faerie...Categorized as:
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![Hidden Court by Meg Xuemei X]()
Hidden Court by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLoki and I are worlds apart.The Ice God is rewriting my memory, my desire, and my very soul. When he’s done, I won’t be Tessa Morrigan.I hold no illusion that my mate will come for me. He doesn’t even know I’ve been torn from him, and he’s now with an impostor.I’m being replaced and forgotten.When hope dies, a flame sparks to life within me... -
![Star Kissed by Nalini Singh]()
Star Kissed by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis stand-alone short story was originally written for the February 2008 edition of Germany's Love Letter magazine... -
![Dark Harvest Magic by Jayne Faith, Christine Castle]()
Dark Harvest Magic by Jayne Faith, Christine Castle
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.When a witch in her best friend's coven is murdered, Ella must hunt a supernatural assassin. But will her rare magic kill her first?Demon patrol officer Ella Grey is all about saving the ones she loves, even as she fends off the reaper that's trying to eat her soul... -
![The Harrowing of Gwynedd by Katherine Kurtz]()
The Harrowing of Gwynedd by Katherine Kurtz
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvil times had come for rthe Deryni, the humans with strange, magical powers. The Regents of the boy-king Alroy sought their destruction. And now Bishop Alister Cullen was dead, depriving the Deryni of their greatest friend. But no one could be sure he was really dead. His body lay unchanged and incorruptible. As those questions remained unanswered, the effort to save Deryni had to continue... -
![An Echo in Time: Atlantis by Traci Harding, Edwina Wren]()
An Echo in Time: Atlantis by Traci Harding, Edwina Wren
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe narrow stairway inside the mountain led to a door that opened into a huge marble plateau. Upon this stood a stone circle of nine of the largest hunks of polished crystal Tory had ever seen. A turbulent cloud erupted overhead, its core alive with electromagnetic activity... -
![The King's Justice by Katherine Kurtz]()
The King's Justice by Katherine Kurtz
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYoung Kelson Haldane, King of Gwynedd, heir to both royal and Deryni magical powers, was still no match for ex-Archbishop Loris and the Pretender Queen Caitrin who sought his death. Yet, he raised an army against them both, knowing that honor made defeat impossible... -
![The Quest for Saint Camber by Katherine Kurtz]()
The Quest for Saint Camber by Katherine Kurtz
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Impossible SaintTime after time, the legendary Camber--one-time Saint of the half-magic race of Deryni--had intervened in the affairs of young Kelson, King of Gwynedd. Yet Camber was known to have died two hundred years before!Now Kelson set forth with his blood brother Dhugal to search out relics of this mysterious patron of his, leaving his uncle Nigel to rule in his absence... -
![Light Perpetual by Andrzej Sapkowski]()
Light Perpetual by Andrzej Sapkowski
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsReynevan is still in trouble. All the time someone is trying to kill him or presents him with offers he cannot refuse. Secret agents stalk him as well as dark forces, which do not hide their diabolical nature.. -
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![The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman]()
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsIt is twenty years since the events of La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua begin her life-changing journey.It is seven years since readers left Lyra and the love of her young life, Will Parry, on a park bench in Oxford's Botanic Gardens at the end of the ground-breaking, bestselling His Dark Materials sequence...Categorized as:
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![King Javan's Year by Katherine Kurtz]()
King Javan's Year by Katherine Kurtz
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith young young King Alroy on his deathbed, the power-hungry Regents are plotting to keep the legitimate heir from ascending the thrown. But Prince Javan is a formidable opponent. And the Regents vow to stop at nothing to wrest back control of Gwynedd. To prevail against the Regents, to rule his kingdom justly, and even to live, Javan has to be strong. He has to be clever... -
![The Bishop's Heir by Katherine Kurtz]()
The Bishop's Heir by Katherine Kurtz
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOnce again the Kingdom of Gwynedd under young King Kelson found itself facing the horror of war between the Church and the Deryni. As the Pretender Queen plotted to free Meara from Gwynedd's control, and the ex-Archbishop hatched a devious plan, it looked like the peace of Gwynedd was to be a thing of the past... -
![Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz]()
Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKing Cinhil, who had assured peace between the Deryni and humans in Gwynedd, was dying. And the regents who were set to rule in the place of his sickly son were evil men who could very well undo all that Cinhil had accomplished. Once they ruled, no Deryni would be safe. The only hope lay in a discovery that blocked off all Deryni talents, enabling them to go underground and appear as humans... -
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Saint Camber by Katherine Kurtz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Camber of Culdi, master of arcane Deryni powers, led a successful revolution against Imre, his sister Ariella, plotted war against Cinhill, her brother's successor. But Cinhill didn't want a fight, he didn't want power, and it was up to Camber to save crown and country... -
![Joust by Mercedes Lackey]()
Joust by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsTHE SECRET OF THE DRAGONSVetch was an Altan serf working the land which had once been his family's farm. Young and slight, Vetch would have died of overwork, exposure, and starvation if not for the anger which was his only real sustenance--anger that he had lost his home and family in a war of conquest waged by the dragon-riding Jousters of Tia...Categorized as:
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