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  • Fourth Wing (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Fourth Wing (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history...
  • The Crippled God by Steven Erikson

    The Crippled God by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The Bonehunters march for Kolanse, led by Adjunct Tavore. This woman with no gifts of magic, deemed plain, unprepossessing, displaying nothing to instill loyalty or confidence, will challenge the gods - if her own mutinous troops don't kill her first.Her enemy, the Forkrul Assail, seek to cleanse the world, to annihilate everything...
  • Relic of the Gods by Philip C. Quaintrell

    Relic of the Gods by Philip C. Quaintrell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The 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...
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    dark  epic  magic  sword-sorcery  adult  audiobook  book  coming-of-age
  • The Ice by Ryan Cahill

    The Ice by Ryan Cahill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In Epheria, you are the predators. Here, you are the prey.Almost four hundred years have passed since the fall of The Order. Four hundred years since the empire rose. Four hundred years since the last dragon egg hatched.In the icy wasteland of Valacia, Aeson Virandr searches for the one thing that could turn the tide of hope.But there is a reason no soul has ever returned from Valacia...
  • Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson

    Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    All is not well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor, while the Letherii secret police conduct a campaign of terror against its own people. The Errant, once a farseeing god, is suddenly blind to the future...
  • Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson

    Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    In Darujhistan, the city of blue fire, it is said that love and death shall arrive dancing. It is summer and the heat is oppressive, but for the small round man in the faded red waistcoat, discomfiture is not just because of the sun. All is not well. Dire portents plague his nights and haunt the city streets like fiends of shadow...
  • The Crippled King by A. Trae McMaken

    The Crippled King by A. Trae McMaken

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The 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...
  • Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson

    Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    In war everyone loses. This brutal truth can be seen in the eyes of every soldier in every world…In Letherii, the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen.And in these same Wastelands, others gather to confront their destinies...
  • Distinctions: Prologue to Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

    Distinctions: Prologue to Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The 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...
  • The Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    The world is at war and the prophesied savior is nowhere to be found. The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, races to find her in the fourth novel of Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games. The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished...
  • White Wolf by David Gemmell

    White Wolf by David Gemmell

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The 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...
  • Владыка ледяного сада. Ночной странник by Jarosław Grzędowicz

    Владыка ледяного сада. Ночной странник by Jarosław Grzędowicz

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Два года назад на планете Мидгард пропала исследовательская группа землян из восьми человек. Теперь новая экспедиция посылает за ними спасателя, цель которого найти выживших или идентифицировать тела погибших, а также уничтожить все следы возможного контакта аборигенов с землянами...
  • Hawk by Steven Brust

    Hawk by Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Years ago, Vlad Taltos came to make his way as a human amidst the impossibly tall, fantastically long-lived natives of the Dragaeran Empire. He joined the Jhereg, the Dragaeran House (of which there are seventeen) that handles the Empire's vices: gambling, rackets, organized crime. He became a professional assassin. He was good at it...
  • The Witcher Stories Boxed Set: The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    The Witcher Stories Boxed Set: The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Andrzej Sapkowski created an international phenomenon with his New York Times bestselling epic fantasy saga, The Witcher. This special stories boxed set includes The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny, the two books that inspired season one of the hit Netflix series...
  • The Warring Son by Bryce O'Connor

    The Warring Son by Bryce O'Connor

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    **Book 2 in the Top 10 Bestselling Epic Fantasy series on Amazon** Raz i'Syul Arro is a hunted man. To the south, the Mahsadën of Miropa are gone. The šef lay dead, slain at Raz's own hands, their cruel will ripped from the shadows of the city...
  • Magic-Scars by C.L. Schneider

    Magic-Scars by C.L. Schneider

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They took it all: his will, his memories, his freedom, his magic. Imprisoned by his enemies, tortured and drugged to keep his magic suppressed, Ian Troy returns to a world as marred and broken as he is. Ravaged by the reign of her new High King, Draken of Langor, Mirra’kelan’s citizens live in fear. The Shinree, misled by Jem Reth’s promises, are no longer slaves, but they are far from free...
  • The Companions by R.A. Salvatore

    The Companions by R.A. Salvatore

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    This latest installment in New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore's beloved fantasy saga, The Companions moves Salvatore's signature hero Drizzt into a new era of the Forgotten Realms. As Drizzt's fate hangs in the balance, he reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life--the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall...
  • The ShadowHunter by Opal Reyne

    The ShadowHunter by Opal Reyne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When her younger sister is stolen in the dark of night, Valerie infiltrates the northern kingdom to rescue her. Parading around as a human and hiding her Witch scent, she doesn’t realise she’s stepped onto a Dragon’s hunting ground – or that the Dragon has settled his lustful sights on her.She only wanted to save her sister, but she can’t resist the way he sets her heart on fire...
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    dragons  magic  paranormal  dark  epic  romance  fantasy  shapeshifters
  • The Dragon in Winter by Jonathan Maberry

    The Dragon in Winter by Jonathan Maberry

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Dragon in Winter brings New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry's epic Kagen the Damned Trilogy to a wild conclusion!War is coming! War is here! The Witch-king of Hakkia, aided by terrifying dark forces, sits uneasy on his stolen throne. His enemies, led by Kagen the Damned and the Bloody Bastards have found the secrets of ancient magic they hope will defeat him...
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    dragons  magic  sword-sorcery  dark  epic  paranormal  fantasy  fiction
  • Black Talon by Jaime Castle, Andy Peloquin

    Black Talon by Jaime Castle, Andy Peloquin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kullen is the Emperor’s assassin. The sharp hand of justice. The Black Talon.Gifted a soul-forged bond with his dragon, Umbris, Kullen is tasked with hunting any and all who oppose the Empire.But when the secretive Crimson Fang murders two noblemen before his very eyes, Kullen must discover the truth of who they are and what they want...
  • A Mark of Kings by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko

    A Mark of Kings by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Despite his youth, Declan Idrys knows of the evils of the world. He knows of the bastards and brigands who plague the King’s lands, of the monsters skulking in the wooded depths of the realm...
  • The Thief Who Wasn't There by Michael McClung

    The Thief Who Wasn't There by Michael McClung

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bellarius, 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...
  • The Poison Song by Jen Williams

    The Poison Song by Jen Williams

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From Jen Williams, three-time British Fantasy Award finalist, comes the electrifying conclusion to the Winnowing Flame trilogy. Exhilarating epic fantasy for fans of Robin Hobb.Jump on board a war beast or two with Vintage, Noon and Tor and return to Sarn for the last installment of this epic series where the trio must gather their forces and make a final stand against the invading Jure'lia...
  • Shadow Blizzard by Alexey Pehov

    Shadow Blizzard by Alexey Pehov

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shadow Blizzard is the third book by the international bestselling fantasy author Alexey Pehov. Like Shadow Prowler and Shadow Chaser, Shadow Blizzard is epic fantasy at its best; this is the third book in a trilogy that follows Shadow Harold, Siala's master thief, on his quest for the magic Horn that will restore peace to his world...
  • Taltos by Steven Brust

    Taltos by Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Journey 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...
  • Legacy of Light by Matthew Ward

    Legacy of Light by Matthew Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warfare, myth and magic collide in Legacy of Light, the spectacular conclusion to Matthew Ward's acclaimed Legacy trilogy.For the first time in many years, the Tressian Republic and the Hadari Empire are at peace. But war never sleeps.In Tregard, Empress Melanna Saranal struggles to protect a throne won at great cost...
  • Vulture by Bex Hogan

    Vulture by Bex Hogan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Power, politics and pirates collide in Vulture, the finale of the epic YA fantasy series The Isles of Storm and Sorrow, perfect for fans of Pirates of the Caribbean.We are all one misstep away from being the villain...Marianne has passed the ultimate test required to be a Mage. She is finally powerful enough to reunite the Twelve Isles...
  • Ally by K. Eason

    Ally by K. Eason

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The city of Illharek teeters on the edge of war. Rival godsworn battle in both the Suburban streets and the Senate chambers. And in the fields and forests, a Taliri army plots its attack.When a rebel faction of Taliri offers to help defeat Tal’Shik, Dekklis sends Snow and her partner, Veiko, north to Cardik’s ruins...
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    magic  epic  dragons  dark  sword-sorcery  paranormal  fantasy  fiction
  • The God Stalker Chronicles by P.C. Hodgell

    The God Stalker Chronicles by P.C. Hodgell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jame is a Kencyrath, the chosen people of the Three-Faced God, who fight the demonic being called Perimal Darkling. At the same time, she fights an internal battle for their honor because 3,000 years ago the leader of the Kencyrath betrayed his people to the Darkness for his own immortality.She also must find her ten-year older brother Tori and return to him the sword and ring of their father...
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    dark  epic  magic  amnesia  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  high-fantasy
  • Legacy of Steel by Matthew Ward

    Legacy of Steel by Matthew Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Warfare, myth and magic collide in Legacy of Steel, the spectacular sequel to Matthew Ward's acclaimed fantasy debut Legacy of Ash. A year has passed since an unlikely alliance saved the Tressian Republic from fire and darkness, at great cost. Thousands perished, and Viktor Akadra - the Republic's champion - has disappeared...
  • The Soulforge by Margaret Weis

    The Soulforge by Margaret Weis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A mage's soul is forged in the crucible of magic.Raistlin Majere is six years old when he is introduced to an archmage who enrolls him in a school for the study of magic. There the gifted - but tormented boy comes to secretly, for they see shadows darkening over Raistlin even as the same shadows lengthen over all of Ansalon...
  • Dark of the Moon by P.C. Hodgell

    Dark of the Moon by P.C. Hodgell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jame and her friend Marc journey over the mountains to find Jame's twin brother Tori, but they must face great dangers, including planet-threatening enemies...
  • The Prison of Angels by David Dalglish

    The Prison of Angels by David Dalglish

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "This world is not safe. Your angels have done great things, but I fear their illusion of safety has been more damaging than they can possibly understand. The ancient evils may be gone, but new ones have replaced them."----Five years have passed since the death of the war god, and now angels watch over the land. It should be a time of peace and prosperity. It is not...
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    dark  epic  magic  sword-sorcery  adult  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy
  • Desolation by Megg Jensen

    Desolation by Megg Jensen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tressa's army won the battle, but at a terrible cost. So many lives lost. So many lovers torn asunder. And that was just the beginning. An ancient beast rumbles beneath the Dragonlands, thirsting for blood. Dragon blood. Setting aside her heartbreak, Tressa ventures beyond the Dragonlands to the mysterious realm of Desolation, searching for allies and answers...
  • Tevinter Nights by John Epler, Brianne Battye

    Tevinter Nights by John Epler, Brianne Battye

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An anthology of original stories based on the dark fantasy, role-playing video game series from Bioware.Ancient horrors. Marauding invaders. Powerful mages. And a world that refuses to stay fixed.Welcome to Thedas...
    Categorized as:
    magic  dark  dragons  epic  sword-sorcery  paranormal  fantasy  fiction
  • Shadow Chaser by Alexey Pehov

    Shadow Chaser by Alexey Pehov

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Saddened 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...
  • A Sliver of Redemption by David Dalglish

    A Sliver of Redemption by David Dalglish

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fantasy author David Dalglish continues his series of the half-orc brothers, whose struggles have bathed the land of Dezrel in demon fire…------Book Description:The war god Thulos marches across the world of Dezrel, recruiting soldiers into his demon army and annihilating all who stand against him...
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    dark  epic  magic  paranormal  sword-sorcery  adult  angels  audiobook
  • The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams

    The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Ninth Rain has fallen, the Jure'lia have returned, and with Ebora a shadow of its former self, the old enemy are closer to conquering Sarn than ever.Tormalin the Oathless and the Fell-Witch Noon have their hands full dealing with the first war-beasts to be born in Ebora for nearly three hundred years...
  • Iorich by Steven Brust

    Iorich by Steven Brust

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    House Jhereg, Dragaera's organized crime syndicate, is still hunting Vlad Taltos. There's a big price on his head on Draegara City. Then he hears disturbing news. Aliera--longtime friend, sometime ally--has been arrested by the Empire on a charge of practicing elder sorcery, a capital crime.It doesn't make sense. Everybody knows Aliera's been dabbling in elder sorcery for ages...
  • Charon's Claw by R.A. Salvatore

    Charon's Claw by R.A. Salvatore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In 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...
  • Fall of Light by Steven Erikson

    Fall of Light by Steven Erikson

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    It is a bitter winter and civil war now ravages Kurald Galain, as Urusander's Legion prepares to march upon the city of Kharkanas.The rebels' only opposition lies scattered, bereft of a leader since Anomander's departure in search of his estranged brother, Andarist. The last brother remaining, Silchas Ruin, rules in Anomander's stead...
  • Aching God by Mike Shel

    Aching God by Mike Shel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    “Closer, mortal. You are here, finally, to feed the Aching God…” The days of adventure are passed for Auric Manteo. Retired to the countryside and isolated with his scars and riches, he no longer delves into forbidden ruins seeking dark wisdom and treasure. But just as old nightmares begin plaguing his sleep, he receives an urgent summons back to that old life...
  • Breath and Bone by Carol Berg

    Breath and Bone by Carol Berg

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    As 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...
  • To Light a Candle by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory

    To Light a Candle by Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    To Light a Candle, the second book in The Obsidian Trilogy from Mercedes Lackey and James MalloryThe Demon Queen Attacks!To his own surprise, young Kellen, once the disappointing son of the great Mage who leads the City's Mage Council, has become a powerful Knight-Mage. Valued for his bravery and his skills as both wizard and warrior, Kellen joins the Elves' war councils...
  • The Walrus & the Warwolf by Hugh Cook, China Miéville

    The Walrus & the Warwolf by Hugh Cook, China Miéville

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A boy of sixteen, swordsmith’s apprentice Drake Douay loves nothing more than booze, loose women, and causing endless amounts of trouble. Yet when he’s sentenced to death by the merciless ogre king of his homeland, Drake has no choice but to sign on with two warring and ragtag gangs of pirates...
  • Queen of Thorns by Dave Gross

    Queen of Thorns by Dave Gross

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Secret of the ElvesIn the deep forests of Kyonin, elves live among their own kind, far from the prying eyes of other races. Few of impure blood are allowed beyond the nation’s borders, and thus it’s a great honor for the half-elven Count Varian Jeggare and his hellspawn bodyguard Radovan to be allowed inside...
  • Corruption by Mitchell Hogan

    Corruption by Mitchell Hogan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A corrupted power stirs from beyond the grave.The Necromancer Queen will rise again.An immersive and ambitious new series from the Aurealis Award-winning author of A Crucible of Souls.In the wake of the rebel Niyandrians’ abduction attempt, Anskar DeVantte, now a knight-inferior of the Order of Eternal Vigilance, has set sail with the Grand Master, bound for the mother house in Sansor...
  • Darkrise by M.L. Spencer

    Darkrise by M.L. Spencer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This Series on Sale for Limited Time Only! Some Bonds Are Meant to Be Shattered. Darien Lauchlin betrayed his allegiance to the Rhen when he sold his soul to the God of Chaos. Now the unthinkable has occurred: war between Malikar and the Rhen looms on the horizon...
  • Voidbreaker by David Dalglish

    Voidbreaker by David Dalglish

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When magical creatures storm the gates of Londheim and declare it for themselves, Devin, a warrior priest, must decide who the true monsters are in the final book of USA Today bestseller David Dalglish's epic fantasy trilogy.Monsters have retaken the capital city of Londheim and claimed it for themselves...
  • The Fate of the Tala by Jeffe Kennedy

    The Fate of the Tala by Jeffe Kennedy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The exciting conclusion of the story begun in The Mark of the TalaAn Uneasy Marriage,An Unholy Alliance. The tales tell of three sisters, daughters of the high king. The eldest, a valiant warrior-woman, conquered her inner demons to become the high queen. The youngest, and most beautiful outlived her Prince Charming and found a strength beyond surface loveliness...
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