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Relic of the Gods by Philip C. Quaintrell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Echoes of Fate have been heard. After a thousand years, the prophecy has almost come to pass... The final days of hope have come and gone. The kingdoms of Illian stand on the edge of ruin, threatened by the armies of Valanis. As evil spreads across the land, too few are left to hold the line. A world away, the children of fire and flame may be the only hope for the realm... -
The Crippled King by A. Trae McMaken
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe life of a dwarven prospector is one of shame, loneliness, and a constant battle for survival. Striking it rich is the only way for Naen to keep his bones from bleaching in the sun without heritage or memory. When riches finally fall into his hands, he encounters a group of indentured servants fleeing from a vengeful master... -
Dancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTaking Malazan fans back to that troubled continent's turbulent early history. The opening chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's epic new fantasy sequence, the Path to Ascendancy trilogy.For ages warfare has crippled the continent as minor city states, baronies, and principalities fought in an endless round of hostilities... -
Distinctions: Prologue to Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.What was, what will be, and what is,May let fall under the Shadow.Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... -
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White Wolf by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe start of a gripping new series in the tradition of The Drenai TalesSkilgannon the Damned had vanished from the pages of history. Following the terrible triumph at Perapolis, the General had taken the legendary Swords of Night and Day and ridden from the lands of Naashan. No-one knew where he had gone, and the assassins sent by the Witch Queen could find no trace of his passing... -
Ravenheart by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsEight hundred years have passed since King Connavar of the Rigante and his bastard son, Bane, defeated the invading army of Stone. Now the Rigante have lost the freedom and culture so many gave their lives to preserve. Only one woman remains who follows the ancient ways–the Wyrd of Wishing Tree Wood–and she alone knows the nature of the evil soon to be unleashed... -
Hero in the Shadows by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThousands of years ago the city of Kuan Hador, a place steeped in evil, was defeated by a vast army of mystic warriors, the Enemy banished beyond the Gateway between Worlds. Spells of enormous power sealed the Gateway.Now, in the Duchy of Kydor, two thousand miles from the lands of the Drenai, icy mists begin to form around the ruins of Kuan Hador. Awesome Beasts stalk the hills and forests... -
In the Realm of the Wolf by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEnter the extraordinary, action-filled world that became Legend--as the exciting Drenai adventure continues to unfold . . .A mighty warrior and a feared assassin among the Drenai, Waylander the Slayer is now a man hunted by his own people--with a fortune in gold offered as grim reward for his murder... -
Skulduggery 4 by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBuilding a Criminal EmpireLord of the Rings + Breaking Bad + The Sopranos = Skulduggery With each rival my syndicate eliminates two more appear, and they are out for blood. The assassin’s guild, the dwarven miners, and the elven overlords are all looking to put our heads on a pike... -
Буря Жнеца. Том 2 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKolejna powieść z cyklu Malazańską Księga Poległych, wspaniałej monumentalnej sagi o wojnie Imperium Malazańskiego i ludziach uwikłanych w grę, której rezultat nie zawsze jest wynikiem działań śmiertelników... -
Охотники за костями. Том 2 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings14-я Малазанская Армия преследует остатки армии восстания и запирает ее в стенах Я'Гатана. В безжалостной бойне в стенах Я'Гатана погибнут многие, но и рождается новый элитный отряд Малазанской Армий — Охотников за Костями.Загадочные Тисти Эдур терроризируют все побережья мира, вырезая или отправляя в рабство целые народы... -
Охотники за костями. Том 1 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings14-я Малазанская Армия преследует остатки армии восстания и запирает ее в стенах Я'Гатана. В безжалостной бойне в стенах Я'Гатана погибнут многие, но и рождается новый элитный отряд Малазанской Армий — Охотников за Костями.Загадочные Тисти Эдур терроризируют все побережья мира, вырезая или отправляя в рабство целые народы... -
The Free Bastards by Jonathan French
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy--another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed fantasy.The long-awaited war has come in the sweeping conclusion to the Lot Lands trilogy--another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed fantasy... -
To Blackfyre Keep by Anthony Ryan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGUYIME—DEMON CURSED WIELDER OF THE NAMELESS BLADE—FOLLOWS THE TRAIL OF THE FABLED SEVEN SWORDS INTO THE TROUBLED NORTHLANDS, A REALM WHERE HE WAS ONCE CALLED KING…AND RAVAGER.Magically guided to enlist in the retinue of a lovesick knight, Guyime and his companions journey to the haunted ruin of Blackfyre Keep, a castle legend tells cannot be held. But a far deadlier threat than mere ghosts awaits... -
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The Thief Who Knocked on Sorrow's Gate by Michael McClung
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.The third installment in the Amra Thetys series:After surviving Thagoth and returning rich to Lucernis, Amra and Holgren have settled down to a very comfortable, if decidedly unexciting life -- until the night Amra receives an old enemy's head in a box... -
The Thief Who Wasn't There by Michael McClung
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBellarius, saved from utter destruction, is now plunged into vicious civil war. Amra has vanished, and while Holgren has a plan to find her and bring her back, his plan teeters between impossibility and insanity... -
Road Brothers by Mark Lawrence
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings10 short stories from the lives of Jorg and his Road Brothers. Contains spoilers for the Broken Empire trilogy. 5 of the stories have previously been published in anthologies, Contains the short story 'Sleeping Beauty' that is also sold separately. A total of 43.000 words or just over half the length of Prince of Thorns.Cover by Pen Astridge...Categorized as:
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Assassin by Andy Peloquin
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll in Voramis know the legend of the Hunter. Relentless. Immortal. Death walking. The greatest assassin who ever lived. Pay the master killer his due and the Hunter will execute any target, carry out any contract, no matter how impossible.But when the Bloody Hand crime syndicate harms the innocents under his protection, they foolishly make an enemy of the one man they can’t afford to anger... -
Taltos by Steven Brust
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsJourney to the land of the dead. All expenses paid!Not my idea of an ideal vacation, but this was work. After all, even an assassin has to earn a living. The trouble is, everyone knows that a living human cannot walk the Paths of the Dead, and return, alive, to the land of men. But being an Easterner is not exactly like being human, by Dragaeran standards anyway... -
The Errantry of Bantam Flyn by Jonathan French
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Coburn. Rooster-Men of the Tin Isles. Proud and combative by nature, the coburn are an imposing race. The males, ever protective of their mates, fight to the death if threatened, especially against their own kind. Some, however, pursue a chaste life of chivalry and join the Valiant Spur, an order of coburn knights... -
A Man of His Word by Dave Duncan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young couple battles forces determined to keep them apart in this high fantasy series by “one of the leading masters of epic fantasy” (Publishers Weekly). These four fantasy novels of love and adventure follow the exploits of childhood friends Inos and Rap as their feelings are tested by the direst of circumstances... -
Буря Жнеца. Том 1 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsНеспокойно в Летерийской империи. Рулад Сэнгар, Император Тысячи Смертей, попал под демоническую власть своего колдовского меча, который дарит ему бессмертие. Тайная полиция Патриотистов начинает чистки среди подданных. Пророки больше не могут видеть грядущее. Дворец полон заговорщиков, чиновники коррумпированы и ими движут только личные интересы... -
Память льда. Том 1 by Steven Erikson, Стивен Эриксон
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsРазрываемый длительными войнами континент Генабакис стал колыбелью для новой кровожадной империи - Паннионского Домина. Армии таинственного Провидца захватывают город за городом, буквально опустошая всё на своём пути. Чтобы противостоять им, объявленное вне закона Войско Дуджека Однорукого вынуждено объединиться с заклятым врагом Малазанской империи... -
Dragon by Steven Brust
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn which Vlad Taltos finds himself, much to his surprise, at the fateful Battle of Baritt's TombMarching through mud just isn't as much fun as they say.After years of surviving in Adrilankha by practicing the trade he knows best--killing people for a living--suddenly Vlad Taltos finds himself in the last place any self-respecting assassin wants to be: the army... -
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The Pillars of Sand by Mark T. Barnes, Nick Podehl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe epic conclusion of the Echoes of Empire trilogy.Prophecy declared that corrupt politician Corajidin would rule the Shrīanese Federation, even become its new Emperor and sinister magic has helped him defy death in order to do it. But his victory is not assured, thanks to clashing rival factions that hinder any attempts to unify the nation... -
The Blackest Heart by Brian Lee Durfee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGladiator. Assassin. Thief. Princess. And the Slave. The Five Warrior Angels have been revealed, one by one the mystical weapons they once wielded are being found, and an ancient prophecy is finally being fulfilled. Or is it? For when it comes to recorded history, much is intended to manipulate and deceive... -
Academy of Outcasts by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brand new fantasy world from Larry Correia, bestselling author of Monster Hunter International! All Oz Carnavon ever wanted was to become a master mage. Except, to do so requires the natural gifts or wealth necessary to secure an appointment to one of the prestigious magical academies in the Core City at the center of the seven realms. Oz had neither... -
Shadow Chaser by Alexey Pehov
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSaddened because they have left one of their number in a grave in the wilderness, Harold and his companions continue their journey to the dreaded underground palace of Hrad Spein... -
The True Bastards by Jonathan French
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe sequel to The Grey Bastards--another irresistibly swashbuckling, swaggering, foul-mouthed adventure fantasy.Fetching was once the only female rider in the Lot Lands. Now she is the leader of her own hoof, a band of loyal half-orcs sworn to her command. But in the year since she took power, the True Bastards have struggled to survive... -
Charon's Claw by R.A. Salvatore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the 3rd book of the #4 New York Times best-selling Neverwinter Saga, Drizzt draws his swords once more to aid his friends. His lover, Dahlia Sin’felle, can speak of nothing but the moment she will face the Netherese lord Herzgo Alegni once again. Drizzt has already followed a trail of vengeance beside Dahlia... -
Breath and Bone by Carol Berg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAs the land of Navronne sinks deeper into civil war and perilous winter, everyone wants to get their hands on the rebellious sorcerer Valen -a murderous priestess, a prince who steals dead men's eyes, and even the Danae guardians, whose magic nurtures the earth and whose attention could prove the most costly of all... -
Kellanved's Reach by Ian C. Esslemont
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe conclusion to Ian C. Esslemont's epic fantasy Path to Ascendancy trilogy--a prequel story set in the New York Times bestselling Malazan Empire series--co-created by Steven Erikson.The incessant war between the bickering city states of Quon Tali rages... -
Last Guardian by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA fantasy novel featuring Jon Shannow, who is the only one who can find the Sword of God in order to close the gateway between past and present, unaware that his actions could warp time itself and result in the destruction of worlds. From the author of KNIGHTS OF DARK RENOWN, DARK MOON and ECHOES OF THE GREAT SONG... -
Dark Moon by David Gemmell
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe peaceful Eldarin were the last of three ancient races. The mystical Oltor, healers and poets, had fallen before the dread power of the cruel and sadistic Daroth. Yet in one awesome night the invincible Daroth had vanished from the face of the earth. Gone were their cities, their armies, their terror. The Great Northern Desert was their only legacy... -
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Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMidnight Sun is the companion volume to Gods in Darkness, and collects all of the Kane short stories and poetry. The Complete Stories of Kane... -
Gods in Darkness: The Complete Novels of Kane by Karl Edward Wagner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKane An immortal, cursed to wander the Earth until he is destroyed by the violence that he himself has created. A warrior and statesman: As comfortable in the shadowy halls of courtly intrigue as he is on the bloody battlefields where those intrigue's inevitably play themselves out... -
The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratings2016 Ink and Insights Competition - Judges' Favorite2017 Reader's Favorite Award for Epic Fantasy2nd place in the 2017 SPFBOLong ago the world fell into twilight, when the great empires of old consumed each other in sorcerous cataclysms...Categorized as:
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The Master by Louise Cooper
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsChaos stalks the Realm of Order. The fate of a world hangs on one woman's life. In Conclave grave the Lords of Light will summon their God to battle. Adept of Chaos, sworn to the Law, the Master rides to confront his terrible destiny. This is the tale of his decision. This is Book III in the Master trilogy... -
Steel, Blood & Fire by Allan Batchelder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTARMUN VYKERS His awestruck opponents call him The Reaper, an iron-willed man with no memory of his past, a ruthless champion who has risen to the level of death incarnate. But The Reaper has collected a legion of enemies as he cut a bloody swath through the greatest of heroes and villains. And these dogs have finally had their day, exacting a revenge both cruel and creative... -
Pathfinder Tales: Lord of Runes by Dave Gross, Steve West
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe aristocratic Pathfinder Varian Jeggare and his hellspawn bodyguard Radovan (Pathfinder's answer to Sherlock Holmes and Watson) return for their fifth standalone novel... -
Die Legende Der Terrarch 3 by William King
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“The King of High Adventure.” Starlog.In a world of magic and gunpowder, the half-breed Rik must rise from simple soldier to the deadliest assassin the world has ever known.The plans of the Dark Brotherhood reach a crescendo as magical murder is unleashed in the conquered city of Halim... -
Underling Revenge by Craig Halloran
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs Venir struggles to survive the wrath of the underlings, Fogle Boon the wizard and Mood the Blood Ranger continue the search for their missing comrade. But how will they find a man that completely disappeared from Bish without a trace? Back in the City of Bone, Melegal the thief is pushed to the limits under the thumb of the powerful Royal Lord Almen... -
The Warrior King by Michael Wallace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarching at the head of a vast army, the young ruler of the Free Kingdoms lays siege to the Dark Citadel, hoping to throw down the Dark Wizard before he can recover from the crushing defeat of the previous summer.But the Dark Wizard's weakness was only a feint, and he emerges from his citadel at the head of an unstoppable force of undead knights... -
War of Wizards by Michael Wallace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the combined forces of Balsalom and the Free Kingdoms assault the dark wizard's citadel, the enemy raises an unstoppable army of wights, dragons, and dead knights to crush them. Meanwhile, in the deserts of the south, a rogue band of wizards enters the war, their motives selfish and their loyalties suspect... -
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Gotrek and Felix: The Anthology by Christian Z. Dunn, Nathan Long
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA group of Black Library authors give their own spin on stories based on and about the iconic characters of Warhammer Fantasy - Gotrek and Felix... -
Many Are the Dead by Anthony Ryan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“The Faith requires all we have.” New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ryan returns to the Raven’s Shadow world in this prequel novella set ten years before the events in Blood Song. For decades the brothers of the Sixth Order have fought a savage war against the Lonak clans amidst the frozen peaks of their Dominion... -
Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElric of Melniboné. Traitor. Savior. Lover. Thief. Last king of a fallen empire whose cruelty was surpassed only by its beauty. Sustained by drugs and the vampiric powers of his black sword, Stormbringer, haunted by visions of a tragic past and a doomed future, Elric wanders the world in quest of oblivion. But the great lords of Law and Chaos have other plans for this tormented adventurer... -
Dark Paths: The Legends of the Alfar Book III by Markus Heitz
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DWARVES COMES A NEW FOE . . .Outside the älfars' conquered lands lies a forgotten empire. Here, the survivors of a mysterious outbreak wait under the leadership of Caphalor's friend Aïsolon. Cut off by a three-hundred-foot-high rampart, they wait to be called back to their people in the recovered lands... -
Dragonslayer by William King
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDragonslayer is the fourth epic instalment in the death-seeking saga of Gotrek and Felix. After the daring exploits in Daemonslayer, the fearless duo find themselves pursued by the insidious and ruthless skaven-lord, Grey Seer Thanquol...Categorized as:
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Elric: Song of the Black Sword by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe founders of modern literary fancy deserve their own place in the light. The Borealis Legends line is a tribute to the creators of the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres as we know them today...
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