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A Wish Upon the Stars by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNearly a year ago, blinded by grief and betrayal, Sam of Wilds made a desperate decision to follow the Great White into the Dark Woods. Now, he emerges to a world changed. The City of Lockes is a prison. The King has been locked away in the dungeons. The Kingdom of Verania has fallen, and the Dark wizard Myrin sits on the throne... -
The Consumption of Magic by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSam of Wilds faced the Dark wizard Myrin and lived to tell the tale. Granted, the battle left him scarred, but things could be a hell of a lot worse. It’s not until he reunites with Morgan of Shadows and Randall that he realizes just how much worse things could be. Because the scars have meaning and hint at Myrin’s true plans for Sam and the Kingdom of Verania... -
Master and Apprentices by Alvin Atwater
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe story of Nate the potion maker continues!Well, did you know that Kyushu is an F-ranked town? Neither did I, but had I known about this tidbit information, all of the unfortunate attacks would’ve made sense. I think. But the Lord Ruler truly is a douche canoe for leaving his people to fend for themselves.That’s not all... -
Castle of the Noobs by Ryan Rimmel
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJim and his shoulder demon have survived everything the world has thrown at them. So far. However, there is an encroaching war between two great kingdoms. In between the two armies stands an ever-growing town, led by a Noob...Categorized as:
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A Destiny of Dragons by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsOnce upon a time, the wizard’s apprentice, Sam of Wilds, got his happily ever after in the arms of his cornerstone, Knight Commander Ryan Foxheart. A year has passed, and while Sam’s been captured five or six more times since then, things are pretty great... -
Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, a special gift edition of Edgedancer, a short novel of the Stormlight Archive. Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older--a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one... -
Mort: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAdapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, this tells the story of Mort, who has been chosen as Death's apprentice. He gets board and lodging and free use of company horse, and doesn't even need time off for his grandmother's funeral. The trouble begins when instead of collecting the soul of a princess, he kills her would-be assassin, and changes history... -
Lift by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFree online fiction from tor.com (Novelette)... -
Split the Party by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFleeing from a vengeful king has sent the former NPCs across Solium’s borders, into the kingdom of Alcatham. As wanted fugitives, they head to the small farming village of Briarwillow, hoping to blend in, lay-low, and avoid trouble at all costs. Unfortunately, Briarwillow has problems all its own, and its troubles quickly become theirs... -
Sew You Want to be a Hero by Andrew Seiple
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThreadbare has not had a very good time of it, recently. His little girl has been taken from him, and he must travel the kingdom, finding allies old and new, living and dead, to help him rescue Celia. Fortunately, he's got a voice now, and access to all those fun skills he couldn't use before... -
Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, Vol. 9 (light novel) (Konosuba by Natsume Akatsuki
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Demon Lord's forces are headed to Axel Town. And among them is a user of.. -
Wiedźma opiekunka, Część 2 by Olga Gromyko
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsW. Redna powraca…i jest jeszcze w.redniejsza!Życie Wolhy właśnie zaczynało się układać. Skończyła szkołę. Miała pracę. Miała najlepszego przyjaciela pod słońcem, czy raczej księżycem.I oczywiście wszystko poszło nie tak.Staż na dworze nieudanego króla, praca o wiele bardziej skomplikowana niż by się można spodziewać, a przyjaciel… Nagle okazał się kimś więcej, niż tylko przyjacielem... -
Second Hand Curses by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhen your fairy godmother threatens to enslave you with a curse - when a malevolent piper solves your rat problem but steals your children - when you seek revenge on the prince who turned you into a frog - who can you turn to in your hour of need? The band of scoundrels known far and wide as the Bastard Champions - the swashbuckling trio who travel a world of legend, seeking adventure and... -
Sting & Song by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens when the god of chaos wins a divine poker game? Bee-girls. The life of a giant bee is a simple one. The life of a giant bee when her queen turns the entire hive into human-like apis to fend off an attack? That’s a good deal more complicated. Getting down from a 50-foot giant rose without wings, while surviving the attacks of malevolent wasps is just a start... -
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The Arch-Wizard's Little Sister by Natsume Akatsuki, 暁 なつめ
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLittle sisters really are the best!With the Iris escort mission behind them, Kazuma and the gang lounge in the lap of luxury at the royal palace. But, to no one's surprise, Kazuma overstays his welcome, and the Royal Army has to get creative in their efforts to oust him.. -
Lazy Dungeon Master: Volume 3 by Supana Onikage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven a Hero is my enemy if they get in the way of my sleep! I, Keima Masuda, am a Dungeon Master in a fantasy world focusing all my efforts on avoiding as much work as possible. And finally, those efforts are being rewarded. The inn I built by the dungeon is super popular and super busy (Thanks for taking care of all that, Niku!). Heheh. Won't be long before I don't have to work at all.. -
The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! Volume 7 by Gamei Hitsuji
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReiji’s party meets back up with Suimei and company to discuss the various threats challenging them now. Is there a dark connection they’ve been overlooking this whole time? Either way, it’ll be hard for them to put their heads together when Suimei is still keeping secrets... -
Death and What Comes Next by Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDeath and What Comes Next is a Discworld short story by Terry Pratchett. It tells the story of a discussion between Death and a philosopher, in which the philosopher attempts to use the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics to argue death is not a certainty... -
NPCs by Drew Hayes
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsWhat happens when the haggling is done and the shops are closed? When the quest has been given, the steeds saddled, and the adventurers are off to their next encounter? They keep the world running, the food cooked, and the horses shoed, yet what adventurer has ever spared a thought or concern for the Non-Player Characters?In the town of Maplebark, four such NPCs settle in for a night of actively... -
The Rabbit Great and Terrible by Nelson Chereta, Gary Furlong
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTorikai is the Golden City, the City of Ruin and Fortune, and a place where you can find almost anything... for the right price. Waldo and company arrive looking for information. What they find is a suspicious mage guild, a delusional queen, an entire city awash in greed and deception, and an old acquaintance who is VERY happy to see him again... -
Rabbit the Barbarian by Nelson Chereta
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt last! Waldo, Alice, and Gronk have arrived at World's End and located a dragon! What once seemed absolutely impossible is now nearly within reach. With determination to get either a dragon's egg or a dragon Waldo sets out. He is soon face to face with the red dragon Luna and she is... not quite what he expected... -
A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 14 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(Volume 12)September 30th. As the seasons change in Academy City, so do the seasonal clothes. Mikoto Misaka, talented esper student of the elite Tokiwadai Middle School that stands above the hustle and bustle of the city, waits in front of the concert hall for her companion. But...he never arrives... -
とある魔術の禁書目録 16 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA certain unlikely hero...Acqua of the Back, agent of the Roman Orthodox Church, has finallymade his move. The incredibly powerful saint and member of God's Right Seat is on the hunt for one thing: Touma Kamijou's right hand! After receiving a warning letter from Acqua, the English Puritan Church dispatches Itsuwa to serve as Touma's bodyguard... -
M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs president of M.Y.T.H. Inc., Skeeve is in charge of a myth-chievous gang that includes a pet dragon and an artistic vampire... -
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The Globe by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science... -
The Rabbit Who Lived by Nelson Chereta
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWaldo's on the run again. He escapes Melissa's grasp but is marked by her Death Seal. What is there to do but keep going forward! Follow Waldo, Alice, and Gronk as they deal with spies, smugglers, and giant monsters. Meanwhile, Melissa has problems of her own back in Torikai. While in the land of Dark Mages Lilith begins putting her plans into action... -
Test of Metal by Matthew Woodring Stover
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWalk the Blind Eternities! The New York Times best-selling author Matthew Stover brings his razor-sharp prose and hard-hitting characterization to the Multiverse of Magic: The Gathering®. From the ashes of defeat, the planeswalker Tezzeret will rise again... -
The Healthy Dead by Steven Erikson
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThings are going all too well in the city of Quaint. So well, in fact, that something has to be done. The zeal for goodness can be catastrophic, and no-one knows this better than Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, two stalwart champions of all things bad... -
A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 9 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Daihasei Festival--a huge athletics festival attended by every school in Academy City, where the superpowered students attending these institutions gather to compete in a wide variety of competitions. And of course, Touma Kamijou is participating... -
A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 17 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings(Volume 12)September 30th. As the seasons change in Academy City, so do the seasonal clothes. Mikoto Misaka, talented esper student of the elite Tokiwadai Middle School that stands above the hustle and bustle of the city, waits in front of the concert hall for her companion. But...he never arrives... -
Blood Follows by Steven Erikson
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAll is not well in Lamentable Moll. A sinister, diabolical killer stalks the port city's narrow, barrow-humped streets, and panic grips the citizens like a fever. Emancipor Reese is no exception, and indeed, with his legendary ill luck, it's worse for him than for most. Not only was his previous employer the unknown killer's latest victim, but Emancipor is out of work... -
Castle Roogna by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsMillie, a ghost for 800 years wants only one man--Jonathan, and he's a zombie. To prove himself, Magician Dor volunteers to get the potion that can restore Jonathan to full life. But he has to go back through time to do it, to a peril-haunted, ancient Xanth, where danger lurks at every turn... -
Night Mare by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsAlthough the Nextwave of barbarian warriors was invading Xanth, Mare Imbrium discovered that ever since she had gained the half soul, the night mare had begun to mishandle her job of delivering bad dreams. Exiled to the day world with a message for King Trent, Mare met the relentless, unforgiving Horseman. For the night mare, it began to be all a horrible nightmare!From the Paperback edition... -
Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIt all began when the half-able wizard Questor Thews announced that finally he could restore the Court Scribe Abernathy to human form. All went well until the wizard breahed the magic dust of his spell and suddenly sneezed. Then, where Abernathy had stood, there was only a bottle containing a particularly evil imp, who soon escapes... -
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とある魔術の禁書目録 11 by Kazuma Kamachi
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife has mostly returned to normal for the high schooler who knows nothing but misfortune, Touma Kamijou. But in a stroke of unbelievably good luck, he manages to snag two tickets for an overseas getaway trip! Of course, Kamijou is a veteran by now and immediately searches for a sinister trap or a hidden downside to this strange turn of events... -
Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming by Roger Zelazny, Robert Sheckley
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA riotous new fantasy series that will challenge the funniest the field has to offer--from the creator of the bestselling Amber series and one of the genre's legendary humorists. Azzy Elbub, demon, has his sights set on the Millenial Evil Deeds Award, given to the being whose acts do the most toward reshaping the world. But his evil plans go far astray. . . -
Roc and a Hard Place by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsSeeking a solution to a perplexing personal problem, the delectable Demoness Metria asks for help from the wise Magician Humfrey. But before he will help her, she must perform a perilous mission: Rove the length and breadth of Xanth in search of a suitable jury for the trial of Roxanne Roc--a notably noble and virtuous bird charged with a most improbable offense... -
Question Quest by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsYouth is Wasted on the Young Being grown up is a drag . . . or so thinks Lacuna, one of the mischievous Castle Zombie twins. So she makes the Good Magician Grey an offer he can't refuse. Thirsty for a taste of the Elixir of Youth, she'll help him outwit the evil Com-Pewter if he'll send her to Hell (in a handbasket, no less) to find Humfrey, the missing sorcerer... -
Isle of View by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLovelornLoveworn Love LostPerplexed Prince Dolph, Xanth's precocious shapeshifter, should be in love but isn't. Nonetheless, he must choose between two fiancees--Nada the uninterested and Electra the uninteresting--or all three of them will suffer the most dire consequences... -
Vale of the Vole by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWhen Esk, a young ogre-nymph-human, began his pilgrimage to the Good Magician Humfrey to rid himself of a seductive demoness, little did he know it would become a mission of mercy. A running river paradise and its harmless inhabitants were perishing in the wrathful wake of a greedy demon horde...
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