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Rhythm of War, Part Two by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move... -
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Rhythm of War, Part One by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar's crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move... -
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Les Mobilisés by Margot Dessenne
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEntrez dans une ville qui n'ouvre ses portes qu'une fois par an...Amis depuis l'enfance, Prym et Joanna ont un avenir prometteur au sein de la nation d'Erit, construite sur les ruines d'une Pologne ravagée. Leur vie bascule le jour où ils sont choisis pour être envoyés dans la Zone où rôde la Chose... -
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Dragonriders of Pern-4v by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIncludes Moreta, The White Dragon, Dragonquest, and... -
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![Rise of the Shadow by Michael Webb]()
Rise of the Shadow by Michael Webb
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter tasting financial success and the Shadow Knights’ power, Veron lost everything. Now, trapped in slavery, jealous servants and harsh justice threaten his ability to fulfill his destiny. Caught between secrets he cannot divulge and attention from the master’s daughter, Chelci, Veron must choose between following the rules or following his heart as he fights to rise again... -
![Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir]()
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsHer city is under siege.The zombies are coming back.And all Nona wants is a birthday party.In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back... -
![Dawn of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano]()
Dawn of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere will be hell to pay.Evelyn’s parents have been missing for more than thirty years, and at last Evelyn has a clue as to their fate. Investigating won’t be easy, even for someone as powerful as she is, yet she won’t be deterred... -
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Mistress of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEvelyn wishes that her life would calm down.As if rescuing a former empress wasn’t enough of a problem, Evelyn has gotten herself involved in the affairs of dragons, something she doesn’t appreciate in the slightest. Even dealing with them might be easier than what comes afterward, as it seems that her luck is even worse than she thought it was... -
![The Sagittarius by K. Aten]()
The Sagittarius by K. Aten
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKyri has known her share of loss in the two decades that she has been alive. She never expected to find herself a slave in roman lands, nor did she think she had the heart to become a gladiatrix. But with her soul shattered she must fight to see her way back home again...Categorized as:
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Outcast by K.J .
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRhiannon Clarke is having a week. A week in which her identity is stolen, she is pursued by underworld thugs, then, at the back of a laundromat, she falls through a portal into another realm... -
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True Allegiance by John Spearman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe third installment of the adventures of Captain Jonah Halberd, Royal Navy of the Interplanetary Commonwealth. Join Captain Halberd in the Commonwealth's fight against a new enemy... -
![Surrender Demand by John Spearman]()
Surrender Demand by John Spearman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe fourth in the series of books detailing the adventures of Jonah Halberd, now an Admiral in the Royal Navy of the Inter-Planetary Commonwealth. Tragedy, loss, danger, excitement, a new love and a new beginning accompany our hero... -
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Pike's Passage by John Spearman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsPike’s Passage is the second entry in a new series from the author of the Halberd books. Alexander ‘Sandy’ Pike watches as the Planetary Alliance loses its war. With the surrender, Pike embarks on a risky new career, as unexpected turmoil rocks political boundaries.About Pike’s Passage:“Pike’s Passage is Patrick O’Brien and C.S... -
![The Empress's Mage by Niall Teasdale]()
The Empress's Mage by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom an early age, Jessalyn has known that she wants to be a travelling mage. Despite being sickly and weak, she has a talent for magic. It’s a shame that her family, her father in particular, doesn’t appreciate her talent, but Jessalyn still has plans. Even in her greatest imaginings, she never considered how far those plans would take her... -
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![Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud by Martha Wells]()
Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn The Falling World, Jade, ruler of the Indigo Cloud Court, has travelled with Chime and Balm to another Raksuran court. When she fails to return, her consort Moon, along with Stone and a party of warriors and hunters, must track them down. Finding them turns out to be the easy part; freeing them from an ancient trap hidden in the depths of the Reaches is much more difficult... -
![Measure of Peace by C. Faron]()
Measure of Peace by C. Faron
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJason and Kale have made a nice life for themselves in Naiara, but all is not as it seems. Jason’s hiding a letter with life-changing news, and Kale is plagued by nightmares he can’t discuss with Jason. Peace is within their grasp, but unfinished business threatens to disrupt everything. In order to move into their future, they must first face their past and seek answers in the country they fled... -
![Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight by Aliette de Bodard]()
Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight by Aliette de Bodard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA major first collection from a writer fast becoming one of the stars of the genre... Aliette de Bodard, multiple award winner and author of The Tea Master and the Detective, now brings readers fourteen dazzling tales that showcase the richly textured worldbuilding and beloved characters that have brought her so much acclaim...Categorized as:
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![Curse of Shadows by A.K. Wilder]()
Curse of Shadows by A.K. Wilder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor fans of epic fantasy with adventure and romance, Curse of Shadows reveals a world of unique magic, breathtaking action, and unforgettable love.Amassia teeters on the brink of the next Great Dying.The second sun has returned as our Bone Throwers foresaw--casting the nine realms into war.My name is Ash, and I fell in the battle for Baiseen... -
![A Sea of Endless Light by Chani Lynn Feener]()
A Sea of Endless Light by Chani Lynn Feener
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFox Axford has been tasked with capturing a feared thief who has been terrorizing the Hild Empire, not flirt with the impassive captain he’s been unlikely paired with.When Fox is assigned to the Hild case by the Intergalactic Police Force, he doesn’t anticipate it taking very long... -
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Stoneskin by K.B. Spangler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree thousand years from now, galactic transportation relies on the sentient energy field known as the Deep. Its immortal human emissaries call themselves Witches, and they control how the Deep is used. When eight-year-old Tembi Moon wakes on an unfamiliar world, she knows the Deep has to be involved, but to leave her home planet and become a Witch herself? No, that life isn’t for her... -
![Космопсихолухи. Том 2 by Ольга Громыко]()
Космопсихолухи. Том 2 by Ольга Громыко
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsПриключений много не бывает, особенно в хорошей компании!Отважная команда и ее несгибаемый капитан продолжают бороздить просторы Галактики, обзаводясь новыми друзьями, врагами и ценными грузами и не обращая внимания на сгущающиеся над головой тучи... -
![Космопсихолухи. Том 1 by Ольга Громыко]()
Космопсихолухи. Том 1 by Ольга Громыко
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsВселенная подчиняется всеобщему закону притяжения: капитан притягивает команду, навигатор - удачу, пилот - гонки, зоолог - уникальные формы жизни, механик - ремонт, доктор - пациентов, кошка - блох, а все вместе - приключения!Читайте на нашем инфосайте:«Как завести новых друзей и перевоспитать старых»«Родственники: проблема или.. -
![Whatever happened to the young, young lovers? by georgia_sk]()
Whatever happened to the young, young lovers? by georgia_sk
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRegulus Black, presumed dead for over 2 years, shows up at an Order of the Phoenix meeting with 6 mangled horcruxes and Voldemort's corpse... -
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![The Second Weyr by Anne McCaffrey]()
The Second Weyr by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffrey that tells the story of how the dragonriders expand from the crowded Fort Weyr, establishing Benden Weyr and Telgar Weyr... -
![The General's Mate by C.W. Gray]()
The General's Mate by C.W. Gray
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome back to the Blue Solace: (Sequel to "The Mercenary's Mate") Leti Ando and Will Hackett are certain about one thing in all the galaxy. They love one another. Now that they are mated, it's time to meet Hack's parents and settle into their new home. In a normal courtship, the two would spend time getting to know one another and reveling in their love. Normal isn't what they get... -
![La ladrona de la luna by Claudia Ramírez Lomelí]()
La ladrona de la luna by Claudia Ramírez Lomelí
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHa pasado un año desde que Emil fue coronado como el rey de la nación del sol. A pesar de que no ha logrado olvidar los terribles sucesos ocurridos en la Isla de las Sombras, ha intentado ser el líder que Alariel necesita en tiempos oscuros... -
![Seed of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano]()
Seed of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFame is overrated.Having rescued thousands of people from being sacrificed, Evelyn could use some peace and quiet. Life has other plans. She quickly finds herself drawn into assisting a deity with a small problem, only to return and find that her great grandmother has learned of her existence... -
![Nyx by G. Eilsel]()
Nyx by G. Eilsel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNinety-one years ago, I stumbled upon a window to a strange new world. Beyond, there were blue skies and odd trees, and flowers like nothing I’d ever seen. Curiosity got the better of me, and life as I knew it changed forever.Ljómur was the military’s best kept secret. Behind those walls, I was experimented on and studied, torn apart and put back together... -
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Five Unicorn Flush by T.J. Berry
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOnly one woman with a magical parasite can unite the galaxy, in the mind-blowing SF sequel to Space Unicorn BluesThe Bala, magical creatures, have hidden themselves from cruel and destructive humanity, leaving the galaxy in shambles. Without unicorn-powered faster-than-light travel, mankind is scattered, starving and isolated across the stars... -
![Olde Robin Hood by Kate Danley]()
Olde Robin Hood by Kate Danley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRebel. Outlaw. Hero. Exiled for an unjust crime and forced to use whatever means necessary to survive, a figure of hope emerges from Sherwood Forest. But what most people know about Robin Hood (the enemy of Prince John and nobleman loyal to King Richard) was an invention of a playwright nearly three hundred years after Robin Hood died. However, there are older stories about the real Robin Hood...Categorized as:
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![The Sword and Shield by Emma Khoury]()
The Sword and Shield by Emma Khoury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEzra Toth is your typical sword for hire. A dark past, a few secrets, a talent for killing, with a sharp sword and sharper wit. Perhaps his several dozen cats are a bit unique but other than that… He returns from an ordinary, arduous job to find representatives of the crown waiting for him at his home – not so typical. They bring him to the Crown Prince who has a problem only Ezra can solve... -
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Rogue Hunt by L.L. Raand
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlpha Sylvan Mir‘s efforts to achieve sovereignty for the Weres, Vampires, and other non-humans is made even more difficult when a neighboring wolf Were Pack petitions Sylvan for aid. Someone, or some thing, is raiding the territory of the Snow Crest wolf Weres along the Canadian border... -
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Havenstar by Glenda Larke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Eight Stabilities are islands of order surrounded by corrupting, lethal chaos-and the chaos is encroaching.All Keris Kaylen ever wanted was to be a mapmaker like her father. Instead, she finds herself on the run into the realm of Carasma, the Unmaker Lord of Chaos... -
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![The Tower at the Edge of the World by Victoria Goddard]()
The Tower at the Edge of the World by Victoria Goddard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unnamed young man lives in a tower at the edge of the world, content with the orderly rituals and freedom to study that his lot--or he is content, until one day he discovers something in a bird's nest outside the tower window, and his efforts to reach it discover far more than he expects... -
![Persona - tome 1 - La Capitale de Lumière by Ielenna]()
Persona - tome 1 - La Capitale de Lumière by Ielenna
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDans le monde de Lux, les enfants qui ont été touchés par la Lumière développent des pouvoirs singuliers. Mais, loin d’être admirés, ces êtres exceptionnels sont craints et méprisés par le reste de la société. À leurs dix-huit ans, un terrible choix s’offre à eux : se marier et abandonner leur Don précieux, ou rejoindre le Culte de la Lumière, faisant ainsi une croix sur leur liberté...Categorized as:
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![Back Lash by Devon Monk]()
Back Lash by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMagic isn’t a blessing with drawbacks, it’s a curse with upsides.Shame Flynn and Terric Conley hadn't meant to become the living, breathing vessels for Death and Life magic. But they hadn't meant to die, be reborn, break magic, save the world, and kill a few psychopaths along the way, either. The one thing they had meant to do was to seal magic away so it could never be used to kill again... -
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The Spark by David Drake
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNEW STANDALONE NOVEL BY SF MASTER DAVID DRAKE. In a violent world in which civilization has fallen and monsters roam, a young hero will rise.In the time of the Ancients the universe was united—but that was so far in the past that not even memory remains, only the broken artifacts that a few Makers can reshape into their original uses... -
![The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley]()
The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNominated for a Hugo Award, and described as "Bradley's best [Darkover] novel" by Locus, The Heritage of Hastur tells the complex and compelling tale of the early life of Regis Hastur, Darkover's greatest monarch. It also spins the terrifying and heartbreaking story of those who sought to control the deadly Sharra Matrix, and of how Lew Alton met and lost his greatest love, Marjorie Scott... -
![The Dolphins' Bell by Anne McCaffrey]()
The Dolphins' Bell by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found hereA tale of the second crossing.When the original colonists find that the Southern Continent is too geologically unstable, they need to find a way to transport the growing colony and its possessions to the Northern Continent.Working with the intelligent dolphins who helped to colonize Pern with humans is key if they are to be successful.. -
![The Children of Kings by Deborah J. Ross, Marion Zimmer Bradley]()
The Children of Kings by Deborah J. Ross, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Novel of Darkover®Millennia ago, the planet Darkover, a cold world orbiting a giant red sun, was settled by a lost colony ship from the Terran Federation. Alone on a new world, survivors interbred with the native chieri, psychically Gifted alien humanoids... -
![Hastur Lord by Deborah J. Ross, Marion Zimmer Bradley]()
Hastur Lord by Deborah J. Ross, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA never-before-published fantasy novel set in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover universe. The world of Darkover, a unique, isolated, and protected world, has long avoided becoming part of the technologically advanced Terran Empire. But things are about to change... -
![The Mages of Starsea by Kyle West]()
The Mages of Starsea by Kyle West
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mage's fate is worse than death...Lucian dreams of a new life outside the cesspool of Earth. Unfortunately, his wish comes true when the government identifies him as a mage.No one knows why the mages are being born. No one knows why their powers lead to madness and death in a terrifying disease known as "the fraying". The only solution is to quarantine the mages in academies... -
![Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes]()
Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA brand-new space fantasy novel from master world-builder Valerie Valdes! A refugee with a secret, a dangerous foe, and a road trip that could either save a planet or start a war. Where peace is lost, may we find it. Five years ago, Kelana Gardavros lost everything in the war against the Pale empire. Now Kel Garda is just another refugee living on the edge of an isolated star system... -
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![The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown]()
The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNess Brown's The Scourge Between Stars is a tense, claustrophobic sci-fi/horror blend set aboard a doomed generation ship harboring something terrible within its walls. As acting captain of the starship Calypso, Jacklyn Albright is responsible for keeping the last of humanity alive as they limp back to Earth from their forebears’ failed colony on a distant planet... -
![Beneath the Waves by Ali Vali]()
Beneath the Waves by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo one has her life more mapped out than Kai Merlin. She’ll succeed her mother Galen and carry out every duty expected of her—the most important of which is to keep hidden the secrets her people have kept for eons.Vivien Palmer’s life has been just as planned out by her parents, and their dream is for her and her brother Franklin to eventually run the family business... -
![Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee]()
Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSebin, a young tiger spirit from the Juhwang Clan, wants nothing more than to join the Thousand World Space Forces and, like their Uncle Hwan, captain a battle cruiser someday. But when Sebin's acceptance letter finally arrives, it's accompanied by the shocking news that Hwan has been declared a traitor... -
![Odd Adventures with your Other Father by Norman Prentiss]()
Odd Adventures with your Other Father by Norman Prentiss
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBecause one of her fathers died when she was very young, much of Celia's family knowledge comes from stories her surviving father narrates—road-trip adventures from the mid-80s that explore homophobia in a supernatural context... -
![Dangerous Gifts by Gaie Sebold]()
Dangerous Gifts by Gaie Sebold
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBabylon Steel, former avatar of the goddess of sex and war, currently owner of the Scarlet Lantern, the best brothel on Scalentine, city of portals, has been offered a job; as bodyguard to Enthemmerlee, the latest candidate for the Council of Incandress; and as spy for the Diplomatic Section, the barely-acknowledged government of Scalentine.She doesn't want it... -
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Fey by Mike Lee, Mike Lee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Fey; a race of tiny creatures, humanoid in general appearance (size notwithstanding,) but possessing wings, and the ability to fly… as well as some other strange things. They are the fairies of legends and folk tails, and they disappeared from human history, long, long ago...
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