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Legend by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“Are you ready to go home?” Over the course of eight years, Cyrus Davidon has become the greatest warrior in Arkaria. He has fought and beaten armies, dragons, monsters and gods. He's been elected to lead the greatest guild in the land – Sanctuary – and watched that guild fall at the hands of his enemies... -
Heretic by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary... -
Raise the Banner by A.C. Cobble
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA ranger’s duty. The rotten heart of a king. Rebellion spilled from the blood of family.Rew’s sorrow clings to him like a cape. He’s wrought death and destruction in his quest to defeat the princes, but the alternative is worse. The Mordens have ruled Vaeldon for centuries, and every generation collects its tithe in blood. It’s time for it to stop... -
The Accidental Minecraft Family: Book 38: Search & Rescue: Cupid Chaos by Pixel Ate
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEver had a steak that was so good you actually fell in love with it? Well Dad has.Of course, he did have a little help from Cupid's arrow. And so did all kinds of other people, animals, and things from our world...Categorized as:
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Master by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary.A death in their midst has thrown the guild of Sanctuary into chaos... -
Reclaiming Honor by Marc Alan Edelheit, Quincy J. Allen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReclaiming Honor (The Way of Legend, Book 1) The story begins here! Best-selling and award-winning author of STIGERS TIGERS and the KARUS SAGA, Marc Alan Edelheit has teamed up with national best-selling author Quincy J. Allen to deliver a fresh epic fantasy adventure, told from the perspective of dwarves. This action-packed series introduces a new hero, and fighter, Tovak Stonehammer... -
Warlord by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary... -
A Blood of Kings by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRyn has fallen. Ester could be dying. Bonner is too far away to help. No matter how Declan Idryslooks at his situation, he comes to the same conclusion every time: He is about to die at the hands of the first dark elf seen in seven hundred years... -
A Dream of Spring by George R.R. Martin
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOriginally titled A Time For Wolves. The seventh and apparent final book of George R.R. Martin's acclaimed series, A Song of Ice and Fire...Categorized as:
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The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien, Alan Lee
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJ.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume.J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’... -
Dragon Eyre Badblood by Christopher Mitchell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnward to Dragon Eyre.Blackrose, mightiest of dragons, has returned to her world, and found it torn apart by civil war and a brutal occupation. For two decades, the elite Banner armies of Implacatus have struggled to subdue the homeland of the dragons – a world of island chains set amid a sparkling ocean, where the navy battle pirates for control of the lawless seas... -
The Reckoning: The Legend of Oescienne by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA powerful dragon guardian, a headstrong heroine, and a destiny that will make them both the greatest legends of their time ... The epic conclusion is finally here! "Dragons, mysteries, and heroes of mythic proportions ... A great and very satisfying read." ★★★★★ Ever since leaving her home in Oescienne, Jahrra has known the fate awaiting her in the kingdom of Ghorium...Categorized as:
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Outcasts in Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoin David and his friends and family for the next installment in the After Cilmeri series!Last we heard from David, he'd allowed George to abduct him at the behest of the CIA, for the stated purpose of forcing him to time travel between Earth Two and Avalon. Meanwhile, Lili and the refugees from Paris were floating down the River Seine, making for the English Channel...Categorized as:
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Champions of Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsApril 1294. With David returned from Ireland and Anna from Avalon, the time has come to confront the traitors who sought to assassinate David and take his throne.But before that can happen, David is tested yet again by his inability to account for everything or everyone in his life--and especially the magic that surrounds him...Categorized as:
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Rockslide by Michael Wisehart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA debt is owed . . . and time is running out!Ayrion’s tribe has until the Harvest Moon to meet the Guild’s price. If the payment isn’t made, Hurricane’s territory will be seized, and its members left to starve.The stakes have never been higher.Once again, Ayrion finds himself in the precarious position of taking on the role of savior...Categorized as:
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Unbroken in Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1282, David and his sister Anna crashed through time to save the life of their father, the last Prince of Wales. Thirteen years later, David is a grown man--husband, father, and High King of Britain. He is also the Duke of Aquitaine, a fact which King Philip of France appears to resent...Categorized as:
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Crusader by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. Cyrus Davidon finds himself far from his home in Sanctuary, in the land of Luukessia, a place divided and deep in turmoil... -
Eye of the Wolf by A.E. Rayne
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSometimes the biggest secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves...Ragnahild One Eye has seen it: Reinar Vilander is fated to become a king.So why is a man fated to become a king running down a beach in a nothing sort of village, looking for women to sell as slaves?Because the gods have taken Reinar’s luck. Stolen it away. And now he’s a desperate man. An unlucky man...Categorized as:
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Avenger by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary.When a series of attacks on convoys draws suspicion that Sanctuary is involved, Cyrus Davidon must put aside his personal struggles and try to find the raiders... -
Rise of The Silvan by R.K. Lander
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook V of The Silvan SagaWith a kingdom to rebuild, Thargodén must call on all his allies to commence the Restoration. With his army shattered and his people slowly coming to terms with the errors of the past, trust must be earned.But the Evergreen Wood calls to Fel’annár and he wonders if the ultimate nature of his duty to Aria is connected to that forbidden place...Categorized as:
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Fated in Darkness by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. In the underground city of Saekaj Sovar, a tyrant sits up the throne. For too long, he has ruled the fates of the dark elven people without mercy or challenge... -
Sky Raiders Free Preview Edition: (The First 10 Chapters) (Five Kingdoms) by Brandon Mull
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world that lies between reality and imagination, a “fanciful, action-packed adventure” awaits (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Come and claim it in this first book of the Five Kingdoms series, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series...Categorized as:
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Remnants of the Lost by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unexpected threat to the power of the elder stones begins to emerge. With his father likely dead, Haern trains to face the Ai’thol, using every ability he possesses to be strong enough to defeat them. A chance encounter with someone who’s lost more than him changes everything... -
The Coming Chaos by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe leader of the Ai’thol has worked for centuries on his plan to control the power of the stones. The final steps in that plan come into focus. Altered and augmented by his increased connection to the metal lorcith, Haern must use this ability to protect the women he’s brought with him from the dangerous city of Dreshen... -
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The Legend of Oescienne - The Ascending by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMighty dragons, magical elves, mystical witches, and a strong heroine determined to save their world."If you love dragons, elves, and all the hallmarks of fantasy adventure, you'll love this continuing saga." ★★★★★A year has passed since the Tanaan dragon Jaax and his human ward, Jahrra, came to live within the protected boundaries of Lidien, the great City of Light...Categorized as:
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Secret Court by Angelina J. Steffort
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe set out to save her friends. What she got was a king.Not one moment of rest for Gandrett. Not as she sets out to rescue the Fae male who was taken from her just as she admitted her own feelings for him. Now, it is up to her—to her fighter’s mind, her determination, and to her growing magic that is expanding far beyond what she thought herself capable of... -
Dragon Link by Ava Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor sixteen-year-old Nova Harris, the last nine years in Florida have been a constant stream of disappointment. With her father dead and her mother missing, she’s been shuffled from one foster home to another...Categorized as:
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Dragon's Fate by Ava Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA tragedy, a plague, and a dragon rider’s destiny….Kira’s heart is broken when her stepfather dies in a dragon-riding accident. When it becomes clear that his dragon, Axel, is gravely ill, she knows she can’t take another loss. The only hope to heal him seems to rest with her mother’s old friend, who lives in the far-off city of Caravon...Categorized as:
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Anakisha's Dragon by Eileen Mueller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA feisty street fighter avenging her dead brother. A dashing dragon rider in the right place at the wrong time. And an unlikely pirate captain with nothing left to lose.Being a dragon rider is not in Anakisha’s plans. And Anakisha’s stubborn. She’s not giving up her dreams anytime soon... -
The Council of Elders by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Shadow Queen begins her attack. Can the Council learn their purpose in time? The four members of the Council begin to work together as they search for the fifth. Finding that person might be the only way to stop the Shadow Queen. They’ll need all the help they can get, but the remaining Elders have disappeared, leaving only those they’ve chosen to replace them... -
The Cutthroat Prince by C.J.R. Isely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe war might be over, but that does not mean it is won...Plunging into the second year of training as a squire, everything is looking up for Will. He gets to train with his best friends, work a new mentor, and learn how to become knight of Alamore. Though the war of the winter is a raw memory, Will is doing his best to push the secrets he's uncovered about who he truly is to the back of his mind...Categorized as:
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Sanctuary Tales by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. The guild of Sanctuary is replete with an amazing cast of adventurers, wanderers and rogues... -
The Lost Dragon by Dan Michaelson, D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe cycle of dragons has changed Ashan. Now he must use it to save the kingdom.After stopping two attacks on the kingdom, Ashan yearns to master his connection to the dragons and finally serve as a dragon mage. He has connected to a cycle of dragons, but he’s still only a student and doesn’t understand what it truly means to be a dragon mage...Categorized as:
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Mist Dragon by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dragon misfits are the key to saving the dragons of Lorach but they must act before a stranger destroys them.Jason has secured a tentative peace for Dragon Haven. With his control over illusion, and the Lorach threat thwarted for now, his time is spent preparing for the next attack, knowing the Dragon Souls will not be easily stopped...Categorized as:
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The Seven Kingdoms: Books 1-9 Box Set by Cordelia Castel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings9 books. 2800+ pages of action-packed adventures with twists and turns and magical foes.An enchanted staff. An anti-magic regime. An escape into a world of fairytale villains!Sixteen-year old Cendrilla has two choices—and they could both mean death:Become the seventh dead wife of a murderous ogre or escape into a badlands of cutthroats and bandits and trolls... -
The Mortal Blade by Christopher Mitchell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA city ruled by Gods, a mortal champion, a misfit girl and a disobedient dragon…Stolen from his home, Corthie Holdfast has arrived in the City of the Eternal Siege as a new Champion. He must fight alongside the Blades, whose lives are dedicated to the defence of the City against the hordes of monstrous Greenhides; or die at the hands of the Gods who rule... -
Ghosts of Sanctuary by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a thousand years, Cyrus Davidon returns to Reikonos, only to find things are not as he has left them. Hope has fled, and things appear darker than ever. Surrounded by old friends who have come with him and meeting new allies, Cyrus must confront the dark forces that hold his home city in their grip... -
Thy Father's Shadow by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. In the depths of the dark elven homeland of Saekaj Sovar, Terian Lepos returns home after a long estrangement from his family... -
The Betrayed Dragon by Dan Michaelson, D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA chance encounter leads Ashan deeper into the mysteries of the dragons.As a new student in the Dragon Academy, Ashan wants nothing more than to understand his connection to the dragons and to harness their power, but he might have come to learn of his power too late for him to use it...Categorized as:
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The Atlas of Middle-Earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsKaren Wynn Fonstad's THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH is an essential volume that will enchant all Tolkien fans. Here is the definitive guide to the geography of Middle-earth, from its founding in the Elder Days through the Third Age, including the journeys of Bilbo, Frodo, and the Fellowship of the Ring... -
Apollo and the Battle of the Birds by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a flock of angry birds threaten Zeus and his fellow Olympians, they need the help of a new friend—assuming the stranger is actually a friend!After a horrible drought, Zeus and his fellow Olympians are determined to help restore the land as they try to figure out their current mission, to find a special shield called an aegis...Categorized as:
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The Binder's Game by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the assassin Galen is hired to capture a slaver rather than kill, he learns his target is more than she appears. The job takes him deeper into the Eban underworld as he tries to understand how he’s been used, and why his only friend in the city seems to know more than she should... -
Summoner's Bond by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThose who fight the darkness have scattered as the ancient power grows stronger. When Ciara is abducted by summoners of dark power, they seduce her with lessons on how to summon the elementals, an education she never received in the barracks. Only a distant part of knows that she must find a way to escape before they manage to turn her to their side...Categorized as:
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J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World - The Dark Arts by Jody Revenson, J.K. Rowling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCelebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic! A fascinating guide to the Dark Arts of the Harry Potter films and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, these pages cover both dark wizards and the heroes who rise up to combat them - from Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix to the Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts class and the Aurors of MACUSA...Categorized as:
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A Man of His Word by Dave Duncan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young couple battles forces determined to keep them apart in this high fantasy series by “one of the leading masters of epic fantasy” (Publishers Weekly). These four fantasy novels of love and adventure follow the exploits of childhood friends Inos and Rap as their feelings are tested by the direst of circumstances... -
Mythic Odysseys of Theros by Wizards of the Coast
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClash with the gods of Theros in this campaign sourcebook for the world's great roleplaying game.Play DUNGEONS & DRAGONS in the MAGIC: THE GATHERING world of Theros--a realm shaped by the wrath of gods and the deeds of heroes, where champions vie for immortal favor and a place among legends...Categorized as:
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Pariah of Dragons by Cordelia Castel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Wild Dragon, A Murderous Poacher, A Dozen Stolen Dragonets Threatened with expulsion and imprisonment for her offenses against the Magical Militia, Alba must stay out of trouble and obey the rules. But when a mysterious thief steals the dragonets, Alba and Fyrian must find the culprit before he escapes through the wards...Categorized as:
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The Dragon Defenders by James Russell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe wild and wonderful island home of Flynn and Paddy holds an incredible secret - dragons live there!But when evil boss The Pitbull finds out, he sends his men to kill one, and to bring back a dragon's egg, so that he can hatch it in his private zoo.Flynn and Paddy's job is to stop them, and protect the island's dragons... -
Thorns of Hope and Betrayal by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe wild power is getting stronger and ignoring it won’t be possible for much longer. Cadence is willing to sacrifice herself if it will save them all, but Airlie and Zeke are determined to find another way.Drawn to the Hidden City, Cadence and Airlie are swept into the cutthroat terrain of nomad politics...Categorized as:
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Hyperion and the Great Balls of Fire by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe action heats up for Zeus and his fellow Olympians in this blazing Heroes in Training tale...Categorized as:
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