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Something Wicked by K.T. Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomething Wicked is the third and final novel in the brilliant Chronicles of Breed.Miserable after the loss of (another) friend, and alone in a strange, new world, Breed is taken prisoner by a gang of undead thugs.Stripped of power, Breed is used as a bait dog in an arena where the only reward for surviving is the chance to die another day... -
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Demon's Throne by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRys awakes to the smell of blood and nearly two thousand years of dust. Maybe he overslept a little too long. Once, he was a great champion and general in the demonic empire that ruled the world. Now, he's been erased from history.He'll need to remind the world of the price of forgetfulness.Now is the time to build his own empire, as the ancient powers of his time are long gone... -
![All That Lives Must Die by Eric S. Nylund]()
All That Lives Must Die by Eric S. Nylund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEliot and Fiona Post are twins whose parental clans are foes. Mom is Immortal goddess Atropos, eldest Fate. Dad is Infernal Lucifer, Satan. High School is Paxington, where gods and goddesses, warriors and sorcerers, learn to harness their powers. Classmates are allies in battle or threats to your life. To flunk is to die. Only the toughest graduate... -
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House Name by Michelle West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this epic fantasy series for fans of George R. R. Martin and Robin Hobb, Jewel Markess must contend with deadly court politics, and visions of looming magical threats. Jewel has been assigned the task of finding the entryways to the ancient undercity that lies beneath the streets of the empire’s capital in exchange for shelter for her and her den at House Terafin... -
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![Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs]()
Unleashed Magic: A Wizard in Bremen Part 2 by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo one knows about them. No one is ready. The false gods are coming. In seven days, I have to surrender myself to a demon. That was what I agreed to. That was the price to rescue a teenage girl. What would you do with your last week? My plan to drink good whisky and relax got shot to hell within hours when the police, who hate me by the way, begged for my help... -
![Kill All Angels: The Vicious Circuit, Book Three by Robert Brockway]()
Kill All Angels: The Vicious Circuit, Book Three by Robert Brockway
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe concluding volume in the humorous punk rock adventure that began with The Unnoticeables and The Empty Ones. After the events of the first two books of the Vicious Circle series, Carey and Randall reached LA during the early '80s punk scene, which was heavily mixed up with Chinatown... -
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Alpha Zero by Arthur Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI should not exist.All children like me are stillborn, or die in infancy. Those who cannot grow stronger, die. No empty child has ever reached a year of age, yet I am now thirteen.It has been a long and miserable thirteen years, where the best I can manage to do is walk with difficulty. Sometimes, I cannot even manage that.My clan has paid dearly for every minute of my life... -
![Everyday Horrors by Rick Gualtieri]()
Everyday Horrors by Rick Gualtieri
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsONE GEEK AGAINST THE RISING DARKNESS. Bill Ryder is having a hell of a week. Magic is back, one of his friends has been entombed in solid rock, and he once again has no pulse to speak of.Too bad it’s about to get worse. Something is hunting vampires in New York City. A smarmy wizard has been called in to investigate, one with skeletons in his closet and eyes for Bill’s girlfriend... -
![Absolution by N.H. Paxton, James A. Hunter]()
Absolution by N.H. Paxton, James A. Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Russian weapon engineer's work is never done. Not while the Imperial Legion marches. After dying, losing his soulmate twice, building elemental cannons, and knocking down more than metaphorical walls for the Crimson Alliance, Vlad is looking for a place to call his own: a crafting guild that will be able to produce the most overpowered loot the world of V.G.O. has ever seen... -
![The Dark One by Nikki St. Crowe]()
The Dark One by Nikki St. Crowe
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsI spent most of my life feeling dead inside -- until I met Peter Pan and the Lost Boys.It wasn't until Pan and Neverland that I finally felt alive. But things are not all full of magic and sunlight on the island. There's something darker and more sinister haunting the forest... -
![Easy Meat (Foodstuffs #1) by Arthur Stone]()
Easy Meat (Foodstuffs #1) by Arthur Stone
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWelcome to the challenge. You’re an absolute nobody here—nothing; a zero; a useless lump of meat filled with bones. You’re but a delicious morsel for your antagonists and those who got lucky at the start. The only goal you can have in your miserable existence is to kick the bucket as soon as possible... -
![Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter]()
Hellcrossed by McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe release date listed on Amazon is a placeholder. The expected release is September/October 2021.My rules for survival: Never trust a demon or make a deal with one. But trapped in the demon realm, I have no choice but to break both rules if I want to escape... -
![A Witch's Feast by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo]()
A Witch's Feast by C.N. Crawford, Carlos Quevedo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere are new rules governing the country--namely, no magic. But Fiona Forzese has never been good with rules... After a ghostly army terrorized Boston, the Ranulf family say they'll help Fiona and her classmates finish up junior year. They say their old Virginia plantation is a safe haven. All Fiona and her secret coven have to to do is show up to a few math and English classes... -
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Guardian by Gillian Joy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDestiny is a pitiless mistress. Hannah is the Guardian now. Her mother’s murder by an unknown vampire fuels a journey of vengeance, desire and agony. She must find the one responsible, and in the hunt, finds that death is no mate to destiny. A handsome childhood sweetheart and another, dark and dangerous, vie for her affection as she searches for her mother’s killer... -
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![A Hint of Darkness by McKenzie Hunter]()
A Hint of Darkness by McKenzie Hunter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I made a deal with the Prince of the Underworld, I knew a lot of things could go wrong. But I never imagined it would be imprisoned-in-the-underworld wrong. My only goals were to escape and resist the blazing chemistry between me and the Dark Prince.After he discovers I’m more than just a mere human who’s had a streak of bad luck, my escape becomes a game of survival... -
![Angel City by Jon Steele, Jonathan Davis]()
Angel City by Jon Steele, Jonathan Davis
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJon Steele’s electrifying new novel brings together his unforgettable characters from The Watchers in an action-packed romp that easily stands alone, even as it reveals more of the earthly—and cosmic—mysteries of the Angelus trilogy... -
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Netherworld by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKara had only just begun to enjoy her life as a mortal with David when they’re pulled back suddenly into the world of the supernatural. The Legion has made an important discovery: a new Elemental child, whose whereabouts are unknown. Kara immediately prepares herself for battle, and comes face to face with the evil Seirs—a group of mortals devoted to the Netherworld... -
![Soul of Sorcery by Jonathan Moeller]()
Soul of Sorcery by Jonathan Moeller
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFor fans of David Gemmell, Robert E. Howard, Robert Jordan, and Raymond E. Feist, the DEMONSOULED saga continues in a new volume.MAZAEL CRAVENLOCK has defeated the Malrags, and returned to the Grim Marches in triumph. Yet with no new enemies to conquer, his Demonsouled blood threatens to blaze out of control... -
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Soul of Swords by Jonathan Moeller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMAZAEL CRAVENLOCK is the last hope. As castle after castle falls to the runedead horde, Mazael must lead his armies to victory...or the world shall fall into darkness forever.And Mazael must stop his father's dark plans. No matter what the cost to himself. LUCAN MANDRAGON wields the relics of a forgotten empire, the runedead his to command... -
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Elemental by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen seventeen-year-old Kara Nightingale is suddenly struck by lightning and dies—yet again—she finds herself back in Horizon, where angels, oracles and other supernatural beings occupy a mystical world unknown to humanity. But when Kara accidentally strikes an angel with her newfound powers and nearly kills him, she is banished to the angel prison Tartarus... -
![Not Forgotten by Nancy Holder]()
Not Forgotten by Nancy Holder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven if it takes an eternity, he will make amends... BURNING BODIES A crime wave has swept the Los Angeles area, which under normal circumstances would be par for the course. But nothing links these particular victims except the cause of deaththeir bodies were burned from the inside out. Obviously supernatural forces are at work... -
![Shadow Unleashed by Avery Stone]()
Shadow Unleashed by Avery Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen you’re fated to fall, rising up to howling glory is the last thing you’d ever expect. My birth — like that of many Shadowborns — was a mistake. A demon hybrid of wolf and dusk, I started life as a dead shifter walking with little hope of survival.Every day death tries to claim me, but somehow I keep living, only to end up in the dangerous hidden depths of Shifter Syndicate... -
![The Blurred Lands by Ian W. Sainsbury]()
The Blurred Lands by Ian W. Sainsbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings★★★★★"One of the most weird and wonderful books I've ever read!"★★★★★A fantastical, terrifying journey into a realm we prefer to believe doesn’t exist.In an abandoned cottage, John Aviemore faces a mystery that grows more unnerving every night. And he’s trapped there. Trapped in the place where worlds overlap.Trapped in the Blurred Lands... -
![Savages by Greg F. Gifune]()
Savages by Greg F. Gifune
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt began as a vacation to the Cook Islands. But when seven friends are lost in the South Pacific after their boat goes down in a storm, they must survive at sea for several days in a small raft. Blown miles off course from their original position, and deep into open waters, they eventually encounter a small uncharted island... -
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![Flame of the Succubus: A cultivation dark fantasy (Succubus Trainer Book 1) by Jason Herc]()
Flame of the Succubus: A cultivation dark fantasy (Succubus Trainer Book 1) by Jason Herc
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven Hell needs a hero.Aidan Ward works security at a mental institution, but sometimes he thinks he should have been on the other side of the cells. Ever since he was young, a strange voice has whispered to him. A voice that grows loudest in times of rage... -
![Demigod Captive by Lucy Auburn]()
Demigod Captive by Lucy Auburn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy mother is Death. She cursed me with life. Now I'm stuck in Godblood Prison with two hot demigods fighting for my attention.Apparently when you're the daughter of Death, saving people is against the rules. Rules Ares, the God of War and sovereign ruler of the Celestial Realm, strictly enforces.For the crime of saving a mortal, I've been captured. Chained. Imprisoned.And I can't say that I mind... -
![The Thirteenth Skull by Rick Yancey]()
The Thirteenth Skull by Rick Yancey
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAlfred Kropp lost—then found—the legendary sword Excalibur. Then he defeated King Paimon, arguably the nastiest of demons ever to roam the earth. What could possibly be in store for him now? Plenty. Not only is a dangerous new enemy tracking Alfred’s every move, even the people who have sworn to protect him no longer seem trustworthy...Categorized as:
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![Immortal Remains by Sean Cummings]()
Immortal Remains by Sean Cummings
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's not a detective and he doesn't give a crap if your spouse is cheating on you. Human and supernatural beings avoid him like the plague because if you get too close he'll gleefully tell you the time and date of your own demise and that's before he punches you in the face... -
![Sing Sweet Nightingale by Erica Cameron]()
Sing Sweet Nightingale by Erica Cameron
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMariella Teagen hasn't spoken a word in four years.She pledged her voice to Orane, the man she loves--someone she only sees in her dreams. Each night, she escapes to Paradise, the world Orane created for her, and she sings for him. Mariella never believed she could stay in Paradise longer than a night, but two weeks before her eighteenth birthday, Orane hints that she may be able to stay forever... -
![Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo by Miyuki Miyabe]()
Apparitions: Ghosts of Old Edo by Miyuki Miyabe
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn old Edo, the past was never forgotten. It lived alongside the present, in dark corners, and in the shadows. In these tales, award-winning author Miyuki Miyabe explores the ghosts of Japan, and the spaces of the living world they inhabit. Written with a journalistic eye and a fantasist’s heart Apparitions bring the restless dead, and those who encounter them, to life... -
![Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Cameron Jace]()
Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Cameron Jace
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Fifth Prequel.The Devil's take on fairy tales, exposing the origins of some of the most important, yet never explained, elements in the fairy world. Darker things the Brothers Grimm didn't want you to know about. More hints would just spoil the fun.Let's just say that at some point in the Dreamworld even the devil was about so sell his soul... -
![Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones]()
Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones is horror story about a day laborer hired to help clean up a flooded creek outside of Boulder, Colorado, who comes across what could be a very valuable find.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied... -
![Halloween by Paula Guran, Stewart O'Nan]()
Halloween by Paula Guran, Stewart O'Nan
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShivers and spirits... the mystical and macabre... our darkest fears and sweetest fantasies... the fun and frivolity of tricks, treats, festivities, and masquerades. Halloween is a holiday filled with both delight and dread, beloved by youngsters and adults alike... -
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Consumption by Heather Herrman
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor fans of Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Sarah Langan comes a thrilling new vision of American horror. In Heather Herrman’s heart-pounding debut novel, evil is ready to feed—and it’s got one hell of an appetite. In the wake of tragedy, John and Erma Scott are heading west in search of a new life... -
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![Crawl by Edward Lorn]()
Crawl by Edward Lorn
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou’re out in the middle of nowhere. You’ve been crippled and left for dead. There’s something in the woods. It’s coming... -
![Kiss of the Demon Girl by Eddie R. Hicks]()
Kiss of the Demon Girl by Eddie R. Hicks
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRuthless, foulmouthed, and sometimes drunk. That’s me on a good day. Just imagine what I’m like on a bad day.My name is Reika. I don’t know who I am anymore other than the following facts:I’m unlikeable.I used to be a member of the Yakuza.I think a succubus has a thing for me.The police shot me six times.After my discharge from the hospital I learned that I had the unique talent to control fire... -
![Gdzie śpiewają diabły by Magdalena Kubasiewicz]()
Gdzie śpiewają diabły by Magdalena Kubasiewicz
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHistorie o więzi bliźniąt są mocno przesadzone, przynajmniej w ich przypadku. Trudno byłoby znaleźć dwie osoby różniące się od siebie bardziej niż Ewa i Piotr. On – twardo stąpający po ziemi. Ona – wiecznie bujająca w obłokach, pogrążona w swoich fantazjach. A jednak, choć Ewa zaginęła bez śladu już dziewięć lat temu, on nadal jej szuka i nie potrafi odpuścić... -
![The Bighead by Edward Lee, Erik Wilson]()
The Bighead by Edward Lee, Erik Wilson
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWho is he? What is he? An inbred homicidal pervert? A supernatural psychopath? Who or whatever he is, he's on a roll now, raging out of the Virginia backwoods and leaving in his wake a trail of blood, guts, and disgust far beyond the limits of your reckoning. Never before has a work of fiction dared to delve so deeply into the realms of perversion, sexual dementia, and bad taste... -
![Pay Me in Flesh by K. Bennett]()
Pay Me in Flesh by K. Bennett
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHungry For Justice-And BrainsMeet Mallory Caine. Attorney at law. Zombie at large. She's not like those "Living Dead” losers you see in the movies. She doesn't slobber, drool, or lurch-she's smart, stylish, and sexy. Sure, she's a zombie and a lawyer but, hey, a girl's got to eat... -
![Death's Apprentice by K.W. Jeter, Gareth Jefferson Jones]()
Death's Apprentice by K.W. Jeter, Gareth Jefferson Jones
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForget about Once Upon a Time . . .Built on top of the gates of Hell, Grimm City is the Devil’s capital on earth. A place where every coffee shop, nightclub and shopping mall is the potential hunting ground for a ghost, a demon, or any of the other supernatural entities that inhabit the Grimm City world... -
![Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith]()
Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE stories in this volume are transcribed from voluminous illustrated diaries which have been kept by me for some twenty years spent in travel and in sport in many lands—the last nine of them almost entirely in Japan, while collecting subjects of natural history for the British Museum; trawling and dredging in the Inland Sea, sometimes with success, sometimes without, but in the end... -
![The Younger Gods by Michael R. Underwood]()
The Younger Gods by Michael R. Underwood
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first in a new series from the author of Geekomancy (pop culture urban fantasy) and Shield and Crocus (New Weird superhero fantasy).Jacob Greene was a sweet boy raised by a loving, tight-knit family…of cultists. He always obeyed, and was so trusted by them that he was the one they sent out on their monthly supply run (food, medicine, pig fetuses, etc.)... -
![Cursed by Darkness (an Urban Fantasy Novel): Befallen Tides by Anna Sanders]()
Cursed by Darkness (an Urban Fantasy Novel): Befallen Tides by Anna Sanders
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWinx is a daevor: a demon who can coerce people into killing themselves. After using her powers to avenge her sister’s death, she’s sentenced to have her wings severed and serve as a soldier. But Winx refuses to play by the rules. She goes into hiding at a BDSM club in Los Angeles where nobody would think to look for a deadly daevor... -
![Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller]()
Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHellraiser: The Toll tells the story of what happened between Clive Barker's iconic works The Hellbound Heart and its follow up, The Scarlet Gospels. Thirty years after Kristy Cotton escaped from the clutches of the Hell Priest, Pinhead, and lived to fight another day, her life has never been the same... -
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![Fires of Eden by Dan Simmons]()
Fires of Eden by Dan Simmons
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the award-winning author of Hyperion and Carrion Comfort comes a harrowing tale of natural disaster, all-devouring greed, and wrathful gods.Real estate mogul Byron Trumbo is the owner of the Mauna Pele, a deluxe Hawaiian resort that until recently was the playground of the rich and famous. Yet instead of making money hand over fist, Trumbo has a bit of a problem: guests keep disappearing... -
![God of Tarot by Piers Anthony]()
God of Tarot by Piers Anthony
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPaul is a monk, which is better than a warrior on the planet Tarot, where religions are wielded like swords...
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