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Shield-Maiden: Under the Hunter's Moon by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the gods play in mortals’ lives, the only certain outcome is uncertainty. Especially when that god is Loki. In the course of a night, I found out my entire life was a lie. Now, Yrsa, Eydis, and I will set off to recover Tyrfing. I must leave Dalr—and the dream I’d shared with Hofund—behind. Eydis is sure the gods have a plan for me. I hope she’s right...Categorized as:
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![Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales & Stories (With Bonus Grimm Collection) by Hans Christian Andersen, Jacob Grimm]()
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales & Stories (With Bonus Grimm Collection) by Hans Christian Andersen, Jacob Grimm
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsHans Christian Andersen was a Danish author of fairy tales. His fairy tales have been translated into more than 100 languages and are almost all universally known and loved. Some of Andersen’s most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", and "The Emperor's New Suit"...Categorized as:
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Shield-Maiden: Under the Blood Moon by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs the blood moon rises, the shadow of Ragnarok falls on Uppsala.With the dark days in Dalr behind them, Hervor and Hofund journey to Grund. Hervor’s focus turns to tracking down the sea kings and taking vengeance, but she soon finds that life in Grund is convoluted. Family grudges, secret alliances, and shady friendships abound in the capital...Categorized as:
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![Page (Tamora Pierce Novel) by Lambert M. Surhone]()
Page (Tamora Pierce Novel) by Lambert M. Surhone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPlease note: This book is not Tamora Pierce's Page, but a collection of Wikipedia articles about the book.For Tamora Pierce's Page, please refer to the correct entry: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...Original Description: "High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles. Page is the second book in the quartet Protector of the Small, by acclaimed fantasy author Tamora Pierce...Categorized as:
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![Shield-Maiden: Under the Thunder Moon by Melanie Karsak]()
Shield-Maiden: Under the Thunder Moon by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnder the thunder moon, the war-horn will sound, and Odin’s Valkyrie will rise.Reunited with Hofund, and with Bolmsö safe from its enemies, Hervor takes her place as jarl. But the All-Father has bigger plans for his favorite shield-maiden. When Hervor learns that Jarl Bjartmar has vowed vengeance on Leif, she knows she must stand by her cousin...Categorized as:
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![The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton]()
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsJo, Bessie and Fanny take their cousin Rick on an adventure he'll never forget to the magic Faraway Tree, where he meets Moon-Face, Silky the fairy and Saucepan Man, and visits all the different lands at the top of the Faraway Tree...Categorized as:
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![Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories by Lewis Carroll]()
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories by Lewis Carroll
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsincludes such stories as - "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "Through the Looking-Glass", "Sylvie and Bruno", "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded", "The Hunting of the Snark" and the poetry, essays and phantasmagoria along with a collection of the author's miscellaneous writings...Categorized as:
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![House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFROM THE BSFA AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CITY OF LAST CHANCESCity-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring Perfection and Correctness to an imperfect world. As their legions scour the world of superstition with the bright flame of reason, so they deliver a mountain of ragged, holed and scorched flesh to the field hospital tents just behind the frontline... -
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The Gravedigger’s Son and the Waif Girl: by Sam Feuerbach
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFarin, the gravedigger’s son, lives in the medieval village of Heap. The eighteen-year-old is an outsider, bullied and ostracised by the villagers. His father has succumbed to a life of drinking, and so the young man has no option but to take over the job of gravedigger. Farin’s life takes a dramatic twist when the village witch dies and he prepares her for burial... -
![The Philosopher's War by Tom Miller]()
The Philosopher's War by Tom Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second book in the thrilling series that began with The Philosopher’s Flight finds Robert Canderelli Weekes as a rookie Rescue and Evacuation flier on the front lines of World War I in France. He came to save lives, but has no idea how far he’ll have to go to win the war...Categorized as:
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![A Dance of Chaos by David Dalglish]()
A Dance of Chaos by David Dalglish
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFEAR COMES IN THE HANDS OF PROPHETS... The final installment of the Shadowdance series finds Haern the Watcher returning to his beloved city of Veldaren, only to find it has collapsed into chaos. The Sun Guild has conquered the former thief guilds, destroying the peace Haern fought so hard to obtain... -
![The Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang]()
The Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings42 tales from around the world, Germany Grimm, France de Caylus, Fenelon, Kletke, D'Aulnoy - The Blue Bird, Sylvain and Jocosa, Prince Narcissus, The Three Little Pigs, the Half-Chick - feature monsters, giants, and more. 100 illustrations... -
![The Scarlet Tides by David Hair]()
The Scarlet Tides by David Hair
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Moontide has come and the Leviathan Bridge stands open: now thrones will shake and hearts will be torn apart in a world at war.A scarlet tide of Rondian legions is flooding into the East, led by the Inquisition’s windships flying the Sacred Heart, bright banner of the Church’s darkest sons. They are slaughtering and pillaging their way across Antiopia in the name of Emperor Constant... -
![By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 7 by Roy .]()
By the Grace of the Gods: Volume 7 by Roy .
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRyoma, the boy from another world, has gotten a chance to visit the Jamil family again. He and his merchant acquaintances, Serge and Pioro, visit the Jamil estate and hear that an unexpected person is getting married. Ryoma agrees to help prepare for the wedding, but at the same time, he inexplicably starts working on a new product using slimes... -
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![Fairs' Point by Melissa Scott]()
Fairs' Point by Melissa Scott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuring Dog Moon, the chief entertainment in the great city of Astreiant, for nobles and commons alike, is the basket-terrier races at New Fair. This year, with spectacularly bad timing, the massive and suspicious bankruptcy of a young nobleman has convulsed the city, leading to suicides, widespread loss of employment, and inconvenient new laws around the universal practice of betting on the races... -
![Journey Through the River Cities by Jeffrey Quyle]()
Journey Through the River Cities by Jeffrey Quyle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTheus is sold into servanthood by his poverty-stricken family, and taken by his kindly master on a journey across a continent, following the course of the Landwide River. He learns a great many things that he has never known or dreamed about the world beyond his family's small farm... -
![Isekai Assassin, Volume 1 by Grayson Sinclair]()
Isekai Assassin, Volume 1 by Grayson Sinclair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAssassins don’t retire, they reincarnate.For nearly all of my life, I trained to become a master assassin, but at the height of my career, it all fell apart.I was betrayed, ambushed, and left bleeding out on the streets of London. Just before my death though, I was offered a choice. Stay and let my life come to a swift and brutal end, or become the personal assassin of a god in another world... -
![Favorite Folktales from Around the World by Jane Yolen]()
Favorite Folktales from Around the World by Jane Yolen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHere between two covers you will find an inexhaustible source of delight for children and adults alike: the world's best folktales, chosen by the internationally known storyteller Jane Yolen. Over 150 tales are compiled from Iceland to Syria, Cuba to Papua...Categorized as:
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![Seirsha of Errinton by Shari L. Tapscott]()
Seirsha of Errinton by Shari L. Tapscott
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes the brightest love kindles in the bleakest of darkness.The people of Errinton are cold, but none is more so than their distant and aloof princess. At least, that's how Seirsha hopes to be seen. After living in the shadow of her father, the cruel King Bowen, the princess has learned to keep her distance, hiding her feelings and the love she has for her people... -
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Magic Tree House: #9-12 (Collection) by Mary Pope Osborne
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Magic Tree House adventures continue in books 9—12. Morgan the magical librarian of Camelot challenges Jack and Annie to discover the answers to four riddles as they travel under the sea to the Wild West, the African plains, and the frozen Arctic... -
![A Dance of Ghosts by David Dalglish]()
A Dance of Ghosts by David Dalglish
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIN A CITY KNOWN FOR DARKNESS, THE UNDERWORLD TREMBLES AT THE RISE OF THE SUN... In book #5 of the Shadowdance series... He is known as Muzien the Darkhand, and a night of fire and blood heralds his arrival to the beleaguered city of Veldaren. With him comes the might of the Sun Guild, its thieves and smugglers eager to spread their criminal empire to the east... -
![Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan]()
Angel of Storms by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsInternational No.1 bestselling author Trudi Canavan returns with the second novel in the Millennium's Rule series -- her most powerful and thrilling adventure yet.Tyen is teaching mechanical magic at a school respected throughout the worlds... -
![King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales by Thomas Malory]()
King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales by Thomas Malory
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThomas Malory, knight, adventurer, and soldier, was born in the early years of the fifteenth century and died on March 14, 1471, having spent much of the last twenty years of his life in prison. It was there that he wrote most, if not all, of his works, completing the last in about 1470...Categorized as:
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![Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb]()
Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsReturn to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in the second instalment of high adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. The dragon keepers and the fledgling dragons are forging a passage up the treacherous Rain Wild River...Categorized as:
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![French ja Koulu by Indrek Hargla]()
French ja Koulu by Indrek Hargla
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFantasy ja alternatiivajaloolise žanri segu, mida on vürtsitatud etnoelemendi ja situatsioonikoomikaga. Tegevus toimub riigis nimega Maavald, milles pole raske ära tunda Eestit. Ainult et rahaühikuks on seal tammed, võlukunst toimib, libahunt pole sugugi haruldus ja aega arvestatakse selles maailmas Rooma linna asutamisest... -
![MYTH-Interpretations: The Worlds of Robert Asprin by Robert Lynn Asprin]()
MYTH-Interpretations: The Worlds of Robert Asprin by Robert Lynn Asprin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings19 misadventures. Human apprentice Skeeve, powerless blue demon Pervect magician Aahz, dragon baby Gleep travel through strange worlds in pursuit of wealth, glory, and good-times -- but succeed mostly in getting into one myth-filled mess after another. Includes novelette "The Cold Cash War," and unpublished stories... -
![The Blackened Soul by Candace Osmond]()
The Blackened Soul by Candace Osmond
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSail to England. Return the enchanted heart. Save the devil’s soul…Dianna’s in over her head.The Queen is her ship now. Hers to sail, and a crew to keep safe as they voyage across the Atlantic to stop Maria’s evil plan of killing her mother. The stress of responsibility, her pregnancy, and helping Henry deal with his PTSD has become a nightmare from which she has nowhere to run... -
![Precious Little Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
Precious Little Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA prequel to the magical novella Made Things, out now from Tor.com Publishing.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied...Categorized as:
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![American History Quartet Set (Magic Tree House, #21-24) by Mary Pope Osborne]()
American History Quartet Set (Magic Tree House, #21-24) by Mary Pope Osborne
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBooks 21-24 of the "New York Times" bestselling Magic Tree House series boxed together for the first time! These four titles are the perfect gift for a Magic Tree House fan or any child who loves a good adventure... -
![The Paradox by Charlie Fletcher]()
The Paradox by Charlie Fletcher
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSOMETIMES YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR – SOMETIMES IT LOOKS BACKThose who belong to the secret society called the Oversight know many things. They know cold iron will hold back the beasts in the darkness. They know it is dangerous to stand between two mirrors. And they know that, despite their dwindling numbers, it remains their duty to protect humanity from the supernatural. And vice versa...Categorized as:
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![Trusting Miss Trentham by Emily Larkin, Rosalyn Landor]()
Trusting Miss Trentham by Emily Larkin, Rosalyn Landor
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's more than just an heiress... Letitia Trentham is noteworthy for three reasons. One, she’s extremely wealthy. Two, she can distinguish truth from lies. Three, she’s refused every man who’s ever proposed to her.Until Letty receives a proposal she can’t turn down.Icarus Reid barely survived the Battle of Vimeiro. He lives for one thing—to find the man who betrayed him to the French... -
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The Norse Queen (The Norsewomen): 1 by Johanna Wittenberg
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNinth century Norway, the dawn of the Viking era, -- a land shattered into thirty warring kingdoms. A woman could seize power, if she was bold enough. Daughter of a Norse king, fifteen-year-old Åsa dreams of becoming a shield-maiden. When she spurns a powerful warlord, he rains hellfire on her family, slaughtering her father and brother and taking her captive...Categorized as:
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![Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières]()
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn this iridescent gem of a novel, Louis de Bernieres returns to the territory he mapped so well in The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts, a South American country of resplendent eccentricity, gargantuan corruption, and terrifying violence, where the ordinary machinery of government has rusted and the only thing that works is magic... -
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Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsCharles Carter—a.k.a. Carter the Great—is a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. But nothing in his career has prepared Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to create...Categorized as:
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![Alice's Adventures Underground by Lewis Carroll]()
Alice's Adventures Underground by Lewis Carroll
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFacsimile edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...Categorized as:
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![The Rogue by Trudi Canavan]()
The Rogue by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDiscover the magic of Trudi Canavan with her brand new novel in the Traitor Spy Trilogy...Living among the Sachakan rebels, Lorkin does his best to learn about their unique magic. But the Traitors are reluctant to trade their secrets for the Healing they so desperately want... -
![The Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan]()
The Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDiscover the magic of Trudi Canavan with her brand new novel in the Traitor Spy trilogy. . .Events are building to a climax in Sachaka as Lorkin returns from his exile with the Traitor rebels. The Traitor Queen has given Lorkin the huge task of brokering an alliance between his people and the Traitors... -
![Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass / The Hunting of the Snark. by Lewis Carroll]()
Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass / The Hunting of the Snark. by Lewis Carroll
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" a very real little girl named Alice follows a very remarkable rabbit and experiences one of the strangest adventures, and meets some of the oddest and best-loved characters in all literature: the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, the Cheshire Cat, and the White Rabbit, each one, more interesting and more entertaining than the previous...Categorized as:
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![The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot, Anonymous]()
The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot, Anonymous
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe national folk epic of Finland is here presented in an English translation that is both scholarly and eminently readable. The lyrical passages and poetic images, the wry humor, the tall-tale extravagance, and the homely realism of the 'Kalevala' come through with extraordinary effectiveness... -
![The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola]()
The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA intoxicating and darkly immersive story of obsession, illusion and the price of freedom, from the award-winning author of The UnseeingParis, 1750. In the midst of winter, as birds fall frozen from the sky, a new maid arrives at the home of a celebrated clockmaker and his clever, unworldly daughter...Categorized as:
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![Successor's Promise by Trudi Canavan]()
Successor's Promise by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe third book in the Millennium's Rule series by international bestseller Trudi Canavan.Five years have passed since the Rebels confronted the Raen. Five years, in which the boy Rielle rescued, Qall, has safely grown up among the Travellers. Five years, in which Tyen has made a new home for himself, hidden from those who call him a traitor and the Spy... -
![The Tengu's Game of Go by Lian Hearn]()
The Tengu's Game of Go by Lian Hearn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe rightful emperor is lost to the world, farther from the throne than ever before . . . The lord of the usurper clan has fallen ill, and further unrest looms . . . Shikanoko has withdrawn to the furthest reaches of the country, leaving his allies stranded and the Spider Tribe unchecked . .Categorized as:
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![Seeds of Betrayal by David B. Coe]()
Seeds of Betrayal by David B. Coe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe realms of the Forelands are in turmoil as a result of the machinations of a powerful conspiracy of sorcerers, members of a race called the Qirsi, pale-skinned folk feared by those in power... -
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Fudoki by Kij Johnson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnter the world of Kagaya-hime, a sometime woman warrior, occasional philosopher, and reluctant confidante to noblemen--who may or may not be a figment of the imagination of an aging empress who is embarking on the last journey of her life, setting aside the trappings of court life and reminiscing on the paths that lead her to death... -
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![Dragon's Moon by Lucy Monroe]()
Dragon's Moon by Lucy Monroe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s a dragon intent on saving his people from destruction by the Fearghall and she is a wolf who blames the dragon for the deaths of her brother and mother... -
![The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown]()
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books and making coffee for customers. Then one day one of her favorite customers dies right in front of her. Cassie is devastated. She always loved the charming old man's stories, and now she has nothing to remember him by--nothing but the last book he was reading. But this is no ordinary book--it is the Book of Doors... -
![Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare]()
Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Taming of the ShrewRobust and bawdy, The Taming of the Shrew captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio, in a comedy of unmatched theatrical brilliance, filled with visual gags and witty repartee... -
![Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland]()
Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland’s enthralling Nine Kingdoms saga brings together a weaver’s apprentice and the son of a mage, both fighting to save the Nine Kingdoms from peril. Aisling of Bruadair has lived a provincial life, heedless of the evil creeping over her land... -
![The Queen of the Tearling: Preview Edition by Erika Johansen]()
The Queen of the Tearling: Preview Edition by Erika Johansen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn untested young princess must claim her throne, learn to become a queen, and combat a malevolent sorceress in an epic battle between light and darkness in this spectacular debut—the first novel in a trilogy... -
![The Facefaker's Game by Chandler J. Birch]()
The Facefaker's Game by Chandler J. Birch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of Patrick Rothfuss and Scott Lynch, a picaresque fantasy about a clever young beggar who bargains his way into an apprenticeship with a company of thieving magicians and uses his newfound skills in a vendetta against a ruthless crime lord.Ashes lives in Burroughside—the dirtiest, most crime-ridden district in the huge city of Teranis...
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