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Raelia by Lynette Noni
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratings“Life is full of crossroads, Alex. Full of choices.”Returning for a second year at Akarnae Academy with her gifted friends, Alexandra Jennings steps back through a doorway into Medora, the fantasy world that is full of impossibilities. Despite the magical wonder of Medora, Alex’s life remains threatened by Aven Dalmarta, the banished prince from the Lost City of Meya who is out for her blood...Categorized as:
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The Eighth Realm by Michael Chatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe eighth realm, the unpassable realm.The eighth realm doesn’t stand as a realm onto itself, but as a question.Why do you fight?Merely gaining levels, and having a higher cultivation isn’t enough to pass the eighth realm’s test into the ninth realm. Find your truth, understand your reason, only then can you pass the eighth realm.It might be Erik and Rugrat’s hardest challenge yet...Categorized as:
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The Two Week Curse by Michael Chatfield
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThrust into an unknown, unwanted situation, most would feel panic, fear anger and fall into chaos. Erik and Rugrat are not immune to those feelings, but they have stepped into chaos so many times, it is simply a different challenge. Two weeks ago, Erik lost his legs and his arm. Today he got a message. "You have been randomly selected to join the Ten Realms... -
The Art of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien by Wayne G. Hammond
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsJ.R.R. Tolkien’s complete artwork for The Hobbit, presented for the first time in celebration of the 75th anniversaryWhen J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, he was already an accomplished amateur artist, and drew illustrations for his book while it was still in manuscript. The Hobbit as first printed had ten black-and-white pictures, two maps, and binding and dust jacket designs by its author... -
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Akarnae by Lynette Noni
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWith just one step, 16-year-old Alex Jennings' world changes - literally. Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities. Desperate to return home, she learns that only Professor Marselle can help her...but he's missing...Categorized as:
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The Wizard of Oz 15 Book Collection by L. Frank Baum
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Anyone in a fairy country like the Land of Oz can do anything" Believing that the modern fairy tale no longer required 'a fearsome moral' rendered by 'horrible and blood-curdling incidents', L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) decided to create a world in which 'the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out'...Categorized as:
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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsThis epic work of the imagination has captured the hearts of millions of readers worldwide since it was first published. Its special story within a story is an irresistible invitation for readers to become part of the book itself. The story begins with a lonely boy named Bastian and the strange book that draws him into the beautiful but doomed world of Fantastica...Categorized as:
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Dungeon Lord: Abominable Creatures by Hugo Huesca
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Light strives to purify the kingdom of Starevos from evil... and only Dungeon Lord Edward Wright stands in their way. The Heroes of the Militant Church, led by Inquisitor Gallio, scour the forest in search of the Haunt, while Ed desperately attempts to uncover the secret behind the Heroes' origin... -
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... -
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... -
Dungeon In My Closet by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStarting college was already exciting enough, but then I found a portal in my dorm closet.This portal led to a fantastical world full of monsters, magic, dungeons, and the ability to level up my attributes, weapon, and armor stats.Speaking of weapons and armor: the best part of this new world is the enchanted weapons and armor I found that turned out to be beautiful women... -
Forbidden Flight by H.G. Chambers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinged raptors, deadly sand-warriors, and a rebellious girl who breaks all the rules.Sixteen-year-old Kiva Fariq has always dreamed of soaring on the four-winged raptors that scour the desert skies. But the windwalker sect is closed off to women. What's more, the flying predators are said to kill any woman attempting to bond them.Undeterred, Kiva attempts the perilous windwalker trials in secret...Categorized as:
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Domestic Decay by Anya Merchant
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWilliam "Lockpick" Sorling, former apprentice member of the heroic Crimson Five, returns home to the affectionate women of his mentor team after serving time as a convicted supervillain. Five years have passed, enough time for everything to have changed.He’s changed, even. Gone is the scrawny teenager fiddling with locks in the background... -
A Stone's Throw by Frank Morin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsConnor's supposed to be dead.He's not very good at it.He did save his village . . . by destroying it. And the armies vying to control his powerful curse think he died. But he needs patronage from a high lord or his curse will transform him into a raging monster... -
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Sicilian Defense by Andrey Vasilyev, Андрей Васильев
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSicilian Defense is the fifth book of the epic Fayroll series. With each chapter, we approach the solution of many of the secrets with which the main character Hagen faced in the game and in life... -
Under the Black Flag by Andrey Vasilyev, Андрей Васильев
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHoist the sails! Full speed, sailors, we’re at the start of the new Adventure! Welcome back to the virtual world of Fayroll! Another quest sends Kif to a brand new location where no player’s foot has trodden before. He’s the first and only one there... -
The River Wall by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the Valley of the Mists, Rikardon and Tarani have discovered an ancient truth that will alter the destiny of Gandalara forever. But, an evil lord has enslaved the land through the mystic force of the sacred stoned called the Ra'ira. Outlawed and hunted, Rikardon and Tarani stage a daring and desperate raid to shatter his death-grip of fear... -
Daughter of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three by Helen Lowe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Gemmell Award-Winning SeriesMalian of Night and Kalan, her trusted ally, are returning to the Wall of Night—but already it may be too late. The Wall is dangerously weakened, the Nine Houses of the Derai fractured by rivalry and hate. And now, the Darkswarm is rising . . .Among Grayharbor backstreets, an orphan boy falls foul of dark forces...Categorized as:
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Gong and Chalice by Andrey Vasilyev, Андрей Васильев
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI believe Vasilyev to be the only author who's achieved such a credible mix of real life and virtual reality. This alone is enough to put Fayroll in Top-5 of Russian LitRPG titles.G. Akella, the author of "Realm of Arkon."Coups, brides, and quests... -
The Murderess Crow by Sam Feuerbach
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe crow hissed: "Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t cut your throat here and now. One single damn reason."The prince froze with fear and said nothing. At last, his behaviour was logical. His facial features had lost any order. Shivering, he closed his eyes in expectation of certain death. But then there was a whispering...Categorized as:
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Evenlight by Krista Walsh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJeff Powell wants nothing more than to leave his adventures behind him, but he owes a debt and the Sisters intend to collect, no matter the cost. Stealing Cassie in exchange for Jeff’s returned imagination, he and Venn are enlisted to save Andvell from destruction... -
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIII by Elisabeth Waters, Dave Smeds
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWOMEN OF POWER AND ENCHANTMENT . . . For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of popular and acclaimed writers including Mercedes Lackey (who returns to grace our pages this year), Jennifer Roberson, and a host of others... -
The Iron-Jawed Boy by Nikolas Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*LONDON BOOK FESTIVAL HONORARY MENTION* Year 2300 Protea: Capitol of the Eldanarian Isle Two hundred years have passed since the lands of the Outerworld humans were destroyed, save but a handful of rebellious cities. In their ruin, the last gods of Earth, the Illyrians, rose victorious. And ever since, it's with a cruel iron fist they've ruled over their subjects--desperate to keep their thrones...Categorized as:
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The Glass of Dyskornis by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe authors of The Steel of Raithskar continue the Gandalara Cycle. “This whole series is a kind of literary comfort food . . . to sink into and enjoy.”—SFF ChroniclesRicardo Carillo wakes after a meteor explosion in a new body—and in a strange land of desert and danger named Gandalara, where a stolen gem holds the power to control or destroy... -
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The Well of Darkness by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBearing the Ra'ira, Raithskar's most sacred gem, Rikardon and Tarani flee a ruthless enemy across the burning deserts of Gandalara. Protected by the swordsman's mighty warcat Keeshah, and the mystic bird called Lonna, who obeys the illusionist's commands, the two discover the smoldering passion they have long denied...Categorized as:
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Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds by Sarah Rees Brennan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the world of In Other Lands, Tears Waiting to Be Diamonds is about the magical diplomatic crisis waiting to happen when an exiled dwarven prince runs into criminals, his part-human cousin, and a certain young man referred to by the western fortresses as the Redheaded Trouble...Parts One and Two available to read for free online at The Sunday Morning Transport.9,032 words...Categorized as:
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The Steel of Raithskar by Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the fireball hit the cruise ship, Richard Carillo was already on his way out - a terminally ill language professor. He regained consciousness as a well man in the desert... only it wasn't a desert on Earth, and he was a man only because he was still male... -
Journey to the West (Monkey King) by Wu Cheng'en, Gene Luen Yang
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne of China's Four Great Classical Novels, Monkey King was written anonymously during the Ming dynasty and is most commonly attributed to Wu Cheng'en, the son of a silk-shop clerk from east China...Categorized as:
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War Cry by Dylan Lee Peters
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere is suffering that comes from hope, but because of hope, suffering can never defeat you.The winds blow across Ephanlarea, and the Great Tyrant’s poison works deep in the veins of men. In the human kingdoms of Chreos and Nefas, the Tyrant pulls the strings of the treacherous, and sets his machinations ever closer to war... -
Staub und Blut by Markus Heitz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIm Mittelpunkt einer gigantischen Wüste liegt die schwer befestigte Stadt Wédōra. Sämtliche Handelswege der 15 Länder rings um das Sandmeer kreuzen sich hier, Karawanen, Kaufleute und Reisende finden Wasser und Schutz. In diese Stadt verschlägt es den Halunken Liothan und die Gesetzeshüterin Tomeija...Categorized as:
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The Gathering of the Lost by Helen Lowe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTarathan of Ar and Jehane Mor, ride into the great city of Ij in time for it's grand Festival of Masks. But soon after their arrival they witness a terrible slaughter as their fellow heralds are targeted an assassinated. They must flee for their lives across the city as they discover Swarm agents at work as they attempt to destabilise the entire River Cities network for their own ends... -
The Darkest Revenge by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome are born to power. Others must find it within themselves. Decades ago, a powerful enemy called the Forgers attacked their homeland, nearly destroying everything. Few remember the time before the attack, but the Forgers have not forgotten. They have spent decades preparing, gaining power, and now their plan has nearly reached fruition...Categorized as:
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Fires of Azeroth by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Gates were relics of a lost era. The Union Science Bureau surmised that they had once linked a whole network of civilizations throughout the galaxy-an empire ruled by a ruthless race known as the qhal. This qhal empire had spanned both Space and Time, for their Gates warped time, enabling qhal travelers to step from point to point across light-years unaged...Categorized as:
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The Armies of Daylight by Barbara Hambly
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAfter a year of magical combat, the world is in ruins, and the few surviving wizards, including two stranded Californians, must take to the offensive Since the Dark Ones returned, the world has been laid to waste... -
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The Revenge of the Dwarves by Markus Heitz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThough hailed a hero by his people, the course of life has not run smooth for the battle-weary Tungdil the dwarf. But there is no rest for this warrior yet -- as he must now find the strength to face the most formidable enemy the kingdom has ever encountered . . . A new evil has risen from the depths of the earth to terrorize the land of Girdlegard... -
The Dragons at War by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDragons, the true children of Krynn, are power incarnate, and they know it. They come in all guises and forms. Their personalities are as varied as thier colors. Their magical abilities are virtually unlimited. And nothing is so terrifying as dragons on the wing...Categorized as:
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Righteous Fury by Markus Heitz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the author of the bestselling fantasy series The Dwarves--which has sold over one million copies--come the dynamic new series The Legends of the Alfar. In Righteous Fury, the elves, dwarves and humans all know the alfar to be dark, relentless warriors. In Dson Faimon, the realm of the alfar, the warriors are planning a military campaign... -
The Reaper by A. Bel
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJaded veteran, badass arsenal, corrupt authority: a recipe for punishment.Meet Jack, a jaded vet from Earth. During the day he’s a nobody who is shunned and abused. However, at night he’ll grow to be an ungodly powerhouse that would put fear in the hearts of the rich and corrupt. He’ll use every bit of courage, and ingenuity to wreak vengeance on anyone who messes with him or his friends...Categorized as:
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Sea-Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories by Leigh Brackett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA collection of the best stories by one of fantasy and science fiction's most evocative writers, including Sea-Kings of Mars, which combines high adventure with a strongly romantic vision of an ancient, sea-girt Martian civilisation...Categorized as:
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Gom on Windy Mountain by Grace Chetwin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGom, the son of a poor woodcutter and his wife, grows up with his father after his mother leaves home and his siblings go to stay with townsfolk and discovers he has unusual abilities which bring him trouble, yet lead him to envision a different sort of life for himself...Categorized as:
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TIME MAGE by Rob Nolan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you can stop time, you can do whatever you want. Rylan can slow down time, then act while the rest of the world is frozen. He can pluck arrows from the air, win any fist fight, save innocents from certain death. Then a goblin army attacked his village... -
Well of Shiuan by C.J. Cherryh
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 22 ratings"The world of Shiuan was doomed. Rising waters and shattering earthquakes due to the coming of a vast and strange new satellite had sealed the fate of its peoples—flee or die with their world. Their sole escape routes were the Gates, the passages between worlds established by a forgotten cosmic race...Categorized as:
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Full Circle by Pamela Freeman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSaker's ghost army is slaughtering those of the new blood, fueled by an ancient wrong. But while he'd thought revenge would be simple, he's now plagued by voices foreshadowing a calamity beyond his comprehension.Ash and Bramble raise the warrior spirit of Acton, mighty in life and powerful in death. Only he can stop Saker's rampage...Categorized as:
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Lord Soth by Edo Van Belkom
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere once was a mighty warrior whose jealous passions and neglect of duty led him to lose all that was dear to him--his love, his life, his very spirit. His tale is a descent into darkness and evil.His name was Lord Soth, and this is his story.Through deeds of great daring and chivalry as a Knight of Solamnia, Soth earned that order's highest honors...Categorized as:
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The Dragons by Douglas Niles
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWar Among the Dragons . . . ""When dragons make war, Krynn can only tremble in the shaodw of angry wings.""-- Astinus Lorekeeper Aurican and Darlantan, mighty serpents of gold and silver, have been nurtured in a world of wisdom, meditation, and sublime faith. On the other side of Ansalon, Crematia, a dragon of red, inherits the Dark Queen's legacy of betrayal, violence, conquest, and plunder... -
Rage of Queens by Janell Rhiannon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter years of fighting, the fate of Troy hangs precariously in the balance. Rage and revenge rule the final days, as the heroines and heroes come face to face with their fates. Some will be victorious. Some will die.“Achilles’ life is forfeit for the pains he has brought to our household. The gods will not protect a defiler. The son of Thetis will not escape the wrath of Apollo’s silver bow...Categorized as:
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The Infinity Gate by Sara Douglass
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNo one is safe when even the past can't be trusted.Elcho Falling is under seige from the forces of Infinity.Axis must deal with treachery while Maximilian confronts the One in the depth of the citadel. Maximillian seems to have the upper hand, but finds his oldest ally's advice disguises a vicious motive...Categorized as:
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Deep Water by Pamela Freeman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCenturies ago, Acton and his people displaced the Travellers, the original inhabitants of the Eleven Domains. Now, Saker the enchanter is driven by this ancient rage. With the bones of his fallen ancestors and the blood from his own veins, he will raise armies of the dead to slake his revenge...Categorized as:
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The Compleat Traveller in Black by John Brunner
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a collection of stories of the Traveller in Black. It is set in a world where chaos rules. One man — the man with many names, but one nature - is charged with creating order out of the warring forces of nature... -
Reavers of the Blood Sea by Richard A. Knaak
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChaos's evil shadow sweeps over KrynnDuring the hottest summer in memory, minotaurs fight against the Knights of Takhisis, into whose hands their god Sargonnas has delivered them. In the midst of the conflict, the armies of Chaos plunge into the heart of Ansalon.Now the minotaur warrior Aryx must unite his people and their enemy, the knights, against the monstrous servants of Chaos...
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