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Regicide by Dakota Krout
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe second installment of Dakota Krout's best-selling Completionist Chronicles series! After the encounter at the Mage's College, Joe's name has become well-known in Eternia. While the majority of his guild is ecstatic over the bonuses that he brings them, not everyone is pleased with his rising influence... -
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Ritualist by Dakota Krout
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA game that puts all others to shame. Magic that has been banned from the world. A man willing to learn no matter the cost.The decision to start a new life is never an easy one, but for Joe the transition was far from figurative. Becoming a permanent addition to a game world, it doesn't take long to learn that people with his abilities are actively hunted... -
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Ecstasy in Darkness by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGrowing up poor on New Chicago’s meanest streets, Ava Sans had two options: be the predator or be the prey. No contest. Now, working for Alien Investigation and Removal, she’s been ordered to capture the biggest, baddest warrior of all—a vampire too beautiful to be real, with the ability to manipulate time... -
![The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross]()
The Rhesus Chart by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLONDON CAN DRAIN THE LIFE OUT OF YOU . . .Bob Howard is an intelligence agent working his way through the ranks of the top secret government agency known as 'the Laundry'. When occult powers threaten the realm, they'll be there to clean up the mess - and deal with the witnesses.There's one kind of threat that the Laundry has never come across in its many decades, and that's vampires... -
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![Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance]()
Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPity poor Cugel. Not for nothing is he known as the Clever, hero of a hundred mischiefs. But this time the Laughing Magician has triumphed - and Cugel is marooned, penniless, half a world from home. His return to Almery will be extended and exhausting. And Cugel has only his flamboyant resourceful cleverness to rely upon. A lesser mortal might quail, but Cugel...is Cugel... -
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Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsShades of Grey tells of a battle against overwhelming odds. In a society where the ability to see the higher end of the color spectrum denotes a better social standing, Eddie Russet belongs to the low-level House of Red and can see his own color—but no other. The sky, the grass, and everything in between are all just shades of grey, and must be colorized by artificial means... -
![Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron]()
Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAs the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don’t cause trouble, and stay out of the way of bigger dragons. But this meek behavior doesn't fly in a family of ambitious magical predators, and his mother, Bethesda the Heartstriker, has finally reached the end of her patience... -
![The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde]()
The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsPeter Knox lives quietly in one of those small country villages that's up for the Village Garden of the Year award...Categorized as:
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![The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain]()
The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen the djinn king Melek Ahmar wakes up after millennia of imprisoned slumber, he finds a world vastly different from what he remembers. Arrogant and bombastic, he comes down the mountain expecting an easy conquest: the wealthy, spectacular city state of Kathmandu, ruled by the all-knowing, all-seeing tyrant AI Karma... -
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COVID-128 by Marissa Meyer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Surprise! I wrote a new Lunar Chronicles short story, inspired by the prompt from @fiercereads asking what our characters would be doing during a time of social distancing... -
![Eat Slay Love by Jesse Petersen]()
Eat Slay Love by Jesse Petersen
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThird book in the Living with the Dead series: a heartwarming tale of terror in the middle of the Zombie Apocalypse...Categorized as:
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![True Hero by Anton Emelianov, Sergei Savinov]()
True Hero by Anton Emelianov, Sergei Savinov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA simple man, lacking in knowledge, but quick of wit. He is flung into the future, where everything is different. Now, he has to make a name for himself, carve his own path in life. He decides to play a game, the biggest one in the world. A strategy game, focused on tactics, used to select the top managers of the largest international corporation... -
![Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer]()
Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMartin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little “tweaks” have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and pose as a wizard... -
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Burn by T.J. Klune
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet in a world that closely resembles our own, Burn is a story of redemption and betrayal, of family and sacrifice, which leads to the greatest question of all: how far would you go to save the ones you love? Fifteen years ago, Felix Paracel killed his mother with fire that shot from his hands. Since then, he has hidden from forces bent on exploiting him and his fire and wind Elemental abilities... -
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![The Zombie Whisperer by Jesse Petersen]()
The Zombie Whisperer by Jesse Petersen
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnce a zombie, always a zombie? Dave and Sarah are pretty happy in the Middle-of-Nowhere, Montana. They’ve done their part in saving the world (kind of) and now they’re settling in for a long life of killing straggler zombies. Well, they think that’s what they’re doing until a helicopter lands on their front lawn with old friends Nicole Nessing and Robbie “The Kid” on board... -
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The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this this science fiction spy thriller by Hugo Award winning writer Charles Stross, the Laundry - the British secret agency that fights supernatural threats - must team up with the police force, with one unfortunate secret agent caught in the middle.PLAYING WITH DANGERDr. Mo O'Brien is an intelligence agent at the top secret government agency known as 'the Laundry'...Categorized as:
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![Knight of a Trillion Stars by Dara Joy]()
Knight of a Trillion Stars by Dara Joy
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFired from her job, exhausted from her miserable Boston commute, the last thing Deana Jones needed when she got home was to find an alien in her living room. But how else to explain the magnificent man who claimed he was from beyond the stars? He said that his name was Lorgin and that she was part of his celestial destiny... -
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Flip This Zombie by Jesse Petersen
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Zombie Apocalypse has been good to Sarah and David. Their marriage is better than ever. They communicate well, share responsibilities, and now, they're starting a business. ZombieBusters-for all your zombie extermination needs.There are lots of zombies and that means lots of customers. . .Except one of them doesn't want the zombies dead, he wants them alive and ready for experimentation...Categorized as:
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![When Darkness Falls by Marian Pattechat]()
When Darkness Falls by Marian Pattechat
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiya plans a break from work, but first she has to survive her latest piloting job. Which is sure to kill her… unless she breaks the hot alien prisoner out of the cargo hold.Miya was supposed to be enjoying a well-deserved holiday on a sunny resort planet... -
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Plague Nation by Dana Fredsti
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAshley Parker was a ordinary woman who was also a “wild card,” immune to the emerging zombie plague, drawn unwillingly into a shadowy paramilitary organization. Having been ambushed in San Francisco, which is now fully engulfed in the zombie plague, Ashley and the wild cards must pursue the enemy to San Diego. There they will discover adark organization which seeks to weaponize the plague...Categorized as:
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![The Glamour Thieves by Don Allmon]()
The Glamour Thieves by Don Allmon
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJT is an orc on the way up. He’s got his own boutique robotics shop, high-end clientele, and deep-pocketed investors. He’s even mentoring an orc teen who reminds him a bit too much of himself back in the day. Then Austin shows up, and the elf’s got the same hard body and silver tongue as he did two years ago when they used to be friends and might have been more... -
![The Way Ahead by Kaleb England, NorskDaedalus]()
The Way Ahead by Kaleb England, NorskDaedalus
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA physics student’s talents are put to the test when he’s transported to a world of magic and alchemical mysteries in the first book of a new fantasy series.Fact one: Edwin Maxlin has fallen out of the sky and landed in a strange forest... -
![Married with Zombies by Jesse Petersen]()
Married with Zombies by Jesse Petersen
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA heartwarming tale of terror in the middle of the zombie apocalypse.Meet Sarah and David.Once upon a time they met and fell in love. But now they're on the verge of divorce and going to couples' counseling. On a routine trip to their counselor, they notice a few odd things -- the lack of cars on the highway, the missing security guard, and the fact that their counselor, Dr... -
![Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho]()
Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“It's Black Friday—and the apocalypse is on sale!Ever since the world filled with portals to hell and bloodthirsty demons started popping out on the reg, Jasper’s life has gotten worse and worse. A teenage nobody with no friends or family, he is plagued by the life he can’t remember and the person he’s sure he’s supposed to be... -
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![Zombies Vs. Unicorns by Holly Black, Alaya Dawn Johnson]()
Zombies Vs. Unicorns by Holly Black, Alaya Dawn Johnson
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsIt's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths--for good and evil--of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies...Categorized as:
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![Seraph of the End, Vol. 2 by Takaya Kagami, Daisuke Furuya]()
Seraph of the End, Vol. 2 by Takaya Kagami, Daisuke Furuya
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAfter a catastrophic epidemic kills every adult on earth, vampires arise from the shadows to enslave the remaining human population. Yuichiro escapes from captivity and joins the Japanese Imperial Demon Army... -
![Adventure Time With Fionna and Cake by Natasha Allegri, Lucy Knisley]()
Adventure Time With Fionna and Cake by Natasha Allegri, Lucy Knisley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJoin Cake the Cat and Fionna the Human in this totally algebraic new adventure, written and drawn by Fionna & Cake creator and ADVENTURE TIME storyboard artist Natasha Allegri! When Fionna rescues a feral flame boy from a pack of wild fire lions, it starts her on a quest she’ll never forget… Don’t miss out on this sure-to-be INSANELY popular new ADVENTURE TIME...Categorized as:
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![Tokyo Crazy Paradise, Vol. 1 by Yoshiki Nakamura]()
Tokyo Crazy Paradise, Vol. 1 by Yoshiki Nakamura
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSet in a futuristic Japan where crime has elevated and apathy prevails, Tsukasa is brought up as a boy in order to protect her from the crime-ridden Japan. When the murder of Tsukasa's parents leaves her and her brothers homeless, she finds herself turning to the same people responsible for the deaths of her parents - the yakuza and fellow classmate/Yakuzi head, Ryuji... -
![Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett]()
Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 54 ratingsTime is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed.And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like underwater -- how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time...Categorized as:
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![The Perfect Run by Maxime J. Durand]()
The Perfect Run by Maxime J. Durand
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRyan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life whenever he dies. Arriving in New Rome, the glitzy capital of sin of a rebuilding Europe, he finds the city torn between mega-corporations, sponsored heroes, superpowered criminals, and true monsters...
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