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Khon'Tor's Wrath by Leigh Roberts
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat If... A long time ago, in order to avoid extinction, the ancient Sasquatch interbred with the humans. What if... The community repopulated, and lived in peace and harmony with all creation for generation after generation — until the compassionate act of their Healer set it all on end...Categorized as:
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![Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare]()
Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJames and Cordelia must save London—and their marriage—in this conclusion to the Last Hours series from author Cassandra Clare.Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel.Cordelia Carstairs has lost everything that matters to her... -
![Princess of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews]()
Princess of Dorsa by Eliza Andrews
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe fate of an empire lies in the hands of one untested princess. Princess Natasia is the eldest child of the Emperor Andreth, ruler of the Four Realms. If she were a boy, she’d be the unquestioned heir to the throne. But as a girl, her main duty in life is to marry someone her father can shape into his successor. Everything changes when an unknown would-be assassin nearly takes Tasia’s life...Categorized as:
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![The Betrayal of the Living by Nick Lake]()
The Betrayal of the Living by Nick Lake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTaro is at a crossroads: He has vanquished Lord Oda for good, but with no land and no title, he has no hope of marrying Hana, the daughter of a daimyo. So when Taro receives news of a murderous dragon and the large reward for killing it, he and his friends find themselves on a dangerous quest to slay the beast...Categorized as:
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![Voice of the Eagle by Linda Lay Shuler]()
Voice of the Eagle by Linda Lay Shuler
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn VOICE OF THE EAGLE, Linda Lay Shuler continues her Time Circle Quartet as Kwani, "She Who Remembers," her mate Tolonqua and their newborn son begin their trek to Cicuye, Tolonqua's home.Cicuye is a pueblo city, an outpost where desert canyons meet the verdant buffalo range. Danger lurks there, for marauding tribes prey on the village with savage ferocity...Categorized as:
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![A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee, Grace Rolek]()
A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee, Grace Rolek
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratings"A THOUSAND STEPS INTO NIGHT is a Japanese-inspired YA fantasy, featuring a kiss, a curse, a quest, and SO MANY DEMONS!" -- via Chee's... -
![The Crocodile Tomb by Michelle Paver]()
The Crocodile Tomb by Michelle Paver
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'If an Outsider wields the blade, the House of Koronos burns ...' A country at the edge of the world. A hidden tomb. A buried secret. Hylas and Pirra have found their way to the mysterious land of Egypt in pursuit of the dagger of Koronos, only to find that the Crows have got there first...Categorized as:
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![The Queen of Swords by R.S. Belcher]()
The Queen of Swords by R.S. Belcher
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1870. Maude Stapleton, late of Golgotha, Nevada, is a respectable widow raising a daughter on her own. Few know that Maude belongs to an ancient order of assassins, the Daughters of Lilith, and is as well the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Anne Bonney, the legendary female pirate...Categorized as:
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![The Mummy by Max Allan Collins, Stephen Sommers]()
The Mummy by Max Allan Collins, Stephen Sommers
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBased on the Universal Studios major motion picture starring Brendan Fraser!Rick O'Connell, dashing American and legionnaire, is in Egypt looking for a good time. His discovery of the Lost City of the Dead is a fluke—but to British librarian Evelyn Carnahan it's the archaeological find of the century. The city contains all the treasures of Egypt and possibly the secrets of life and death... -
![Warrior Bronze by Michelle Paver]()
Warrior Bronze by Michelle Paver
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMichelle Paver's superb Bronze Age epic reaches its dramatic, spine-tingling conclusion.Hylas and Pirra return to Akea for their final confrontation with their arch-enemies, the Crows. They must recover the dagger of Koronos if they are to end the warriors' brutal rule...Categorized as:
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![Learn about Loss by Cassandra Clare, Kelly Link]()
Learn about Loss by Cassandra Clare, Kelly Link
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn a small town lost to despair, a dark carnival of a market appears. In the fourth in the USA Today bestselling Ghosts of the Shadow Market, faeries and warlocks we know converge, and the fate that will one day produce Kit Herondale is sealed...Categorized as:
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![On the Fox Roads by Nghi Vo]()
On the Fox Roads by Nghi Vo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA new novelette from Hugo Award-winning author, Nghi Vo!While learning the ropes from a crafty Jazz Age bank robber, a young stowaway discovers their authentic self, a hidden gift, and that there are no straight lines when you run the fox roads. .Categorized as:
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![Yamada Monogatari: To Break the Demon Gate by Richard Parks]()
Yamada Monogatari: To Break the Demon Gate by Richard Parks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYamada no Goji is a minor nobleman of ancient Japan who has lost everything -- except a single purpose: keep a promise to the woman he loved... -
![Michael: The Mark by Aaron M. Patterson, Chris White]()
Michael: The Mark by Aaron M. Patterson, Chris White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMichael did the unthinkable to save Airel from death, but now he must live with the choices he has made--both good and evil. Tortured by his past and haunted by what he believes might be his future, Michael seeks redemption--but will the past prove to be too strong? How can he break free of it and be the man he longs to be for Airel? If only he had never... Airel. Michael's one true love... -
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Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKinslayer is Book Two in Jay Kristoff's critically acclaimed Lotus War series that began with Stormdancer, featuring an unforgettable heroine and a stunningly original Japanese dystopian steampunk world.A SHATTERED EMPIREThe mad Shogun Yoritomo has been assassinated by the Stormdancer Yukiko, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium... -
![Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction by Carrie Ryan, Richelle Mead]()
Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction by Carrie Ryan, Richelle Mead
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHave you ever been tempted to look into the future? To challenge predictions? To question fate? It's human nature to wonder about life's twists and turns...Categorized as:
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![Storm of Olympus by Claire M. Andrews]()
Storm of Olympus by Claire M. Andrews
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe was sculpted into the perfect warrior. Now she must become the perfect hero. After fighting in the Trojan War against her own people, Daphne is plagued by memories—of her family, of her shortcomings, of her lover, Apollo, and of the secrets he and the gods keep... -
![Lord of the Darkwood by Lian Hearn]()
Lord of the Darkwood by Lian Hearn
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Against a background of wild forest, elegant castles, hidden temples and savage battlefields, the adventure that began with Emperor of the Eight Islands draws to its thrilling conclusion.The rightful emperor is lost. Shikanoko is condemned to live, half-man and half-deer, an outlaw in the Darkwood...Categorized as:
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William by Claire Cray
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York, 1800: William Lacy is going to be a vampire, and there’s no backing out now. Not that he wants to. Merrick’s life depends on it, as does their future together. Soon he’ll be Merrick’s apprentice again, just like when they first met. But instead of healing arts, he’ll be learning to live by death.If only the otherworldly apothecary didn’t seem more miserable about the prospect by the day... -
![Wounded Mate by Lee Colgin]()
Wounded Mate by Lee Colgin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve never seen a being so captivating. What a unique creature he is. His tongue darts out and wets his lips, and when his voice comes, it zings an arrow straight to my heart. “Mate.”What does it mean when an incubus can feel the pain of a feral werewolf? Valius doubles over, grabbing his side as sharp claws slash through his flesh... -
![Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man by Charles Dickens]()
Christmas Books: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man by Charles Dickens
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA Christmas Carol, the famous story of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the ghosts of Marley and Christmases past, present, and future, is among these five warm and humane books with which Dickens hoped to awaken some loving and forbearing thoughts...Categorized as:
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![Empire Of Dust by Eleanor Herman]()
Empire Of Dust by Eleanor Herman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn Macedon, war rises like smoke, forbidden romance blooms and ancient magic tempered with rage threatens to turn an empire to dustAfter winning his first battle, Prince Alexander fights to become the ruler his kingdom demands--but the line between leader and tyrant blurs with each new threat...Categorized as:
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![Noah Primeval: Young Adult Edition by Brian Godawa]()
Noah Primeval: Young Adult Edition by Brian Godawa
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNephilim Giants, Watchers, Archangels. This is Not Your Sunday School Noah’s Ark.Noah Primeval: Young Adult Edition is a version of the original novel Noah Primeval edited to be appropriate for ages 13 and above, Grades 8 and above. It is the second book in the series, Chronicles of the Nephilim For Young Adults.A speculative retelling of the Genesis Bible story of Noah for a new generation...Categorized as:
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![Trickster's Hunt by Kel Carpenter, Carrie Whitethorne]()
Trickster's Hunt by Kel Carpenter, Carrie Whitethorne
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B07CTL4JP7 Have you ever had a feeling like something bad was going to happen? What about a gut reaction to someone you had never met? You know what I’m talking about. The times where something just doesn’t feel right so you turn and walk the other way only to find out someone got robbed down the same alley you decided not to turn down... -
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![The Fall of the Hotel Dumort by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson]()
The Fall of the Hotel Dumort by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMagnus Bane watches the once-glamorous Hotel Dumort become something else altogether in 1970s New York City.Fifty years after the Jazz Age rise of the Hotel Dumort, immortal warlock Magnus Bane knows the Manhattan landmark is on the decline. The once-beautiful Hotel Dumort has fallen into a decayed thing, a ruin, as dead as a place can be. But the vampires don't mind..Categorized as:
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![Prince of Shadows by Rachel Caine, Kyle McCarley]()
Prince of Shadows by Rachel Caine, Kyle McCarley
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the Houses of Montague and Capulet, there is only one goal: power. The boys are born to fight and die for honor and—if they survive—marry for influence and money, not love. The girls are assets, to be spent wisely. Their wishes are of no import. Their fates are written on the day they are born. Benvolio Montague, cousin to Romeo, knows all this... -
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Katana by Cole Gibsen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSkater girl or supernatural samurai? Rileigh Martin wants to believe that adrenaline gave her the strength to fend off three muggers in the mall parking lot. But adrenaline doesn't explain the voice in her head giving her battle tips and warnings... -
![The Stable Boy by Megan Derr]()
The Stable Boy by Megan Derr
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn a journey to meet his fiancé and begin wedding preparations, Prince Diggory is betrayed by his bodyguard, who intends to steal Diggory's life. Left for dead in a river, the last thing Diggory expects is to live...Categorized as:
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![Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein by Dave Zeltserman]()
Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein by Dave Zeltserman
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNamed on Booklist's 2013 Top 10 Horror FictionNamed by NPR Boston as one of the ten best books of 2012."This is juicy material for Franken-fans, and Zeltserman is just faithful enough to the original that his many fresh contributions feel entirely normal. Well, abnormal, to be accurate, but deliciously so...Categorized as:
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![Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi]()
Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Huntresses of Artemis must obey two rules: never disobey the goddess, and never fall in love. After being rescued from a harrowing life as an Oracle of Delphi, Kahina is glad to be a part of the Hunt; living among a group of female warriors gives her a chance to reclaim her strength, even while her prophetic powers linger... -
![Angel Mage by Garth Nix]()
Angel Mage by Garth Nix
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA new fantasy masterpiece from Garth Nix, bestselling author of the Old Kingdom series.More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara... -
![The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous]()
The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 65 ratingsThis edition provides a prose rendering of The Epic of Gilgamesh, the cycle of poems preserved on clay tablets surviving from ancient Mesopotamia of the third millennium B.C...Categorized as:
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![The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman]()
The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDeath hasn't visited Rowan Rose since it took her mother when Rowan was only a little girl. But that changes one bleak morning, when five horses and their riders thunder into her village and through the forest, disappearing into the hills... -
![The Shadow Behind the Stars by Rebecca Hahn]()
The Shadow Behind the Stars by Rebecca Hahn
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA girl’s dark destiny could cause the unraveling of the world in this spellbinding novel from the author of A Creature of Moonlight, which Kirkus Reviews called “cumulatively stunning” in a starred review.Heed this warning, mortal: stay far away from the three sister Fates. For if they come to love you, they might bring about the end of the world…Chloe is the youngest...Categorized as:
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![Princess Dracula by John Patrick Kennedy]()
Princess Dracula by John Patrick Kennedy
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPrincess Dracula: Old legend, new blood.What if you had power …and no idea how to use it? Ruxandra was raised in a convent, and taught everything she needed to know to be the perfect nobleman's wife. But when her father, Vlad Dracula, comes for her on her 18th birthday, securing her marriage is not what he has in mind... -
![The Porpoise by Mark Haddon]()
The Porpoise by Mark Haddon
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 30 ratings‘I really am so very, very sorry about this,’ he says, in an oddly formal voice… They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour.A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash.She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world...
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