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The Hod King by Josiah Bancroft
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsFearing an uprising, the Sphinx sends Senlin to investigate a plot that has taken hold in the ringdom of Pelphia. Alone in the city, Senlin infiltrates a bloody arena where hods battle for the public's entertainment. But his investigation is quickly derailed by a gruesome crime and an unexpected reunion... -
![Soulblade by Lindsay Buroker]()
Soulblade by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIt’s been a week since the dragon Morishtomaric fell, and Sardelle is not convinced that Ridge is truly gone. With a companion who thinks he’s a god and a soldier who would happily kill her, she heads back to the mountains to look for signs that Ridge survived. What they uncover threatens to destroy their country and all they care about... -
![Diplomats and Fugitives by Lindsay Buroker]()
Diplomats and Fugitives by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEven though Basilard is the official Mangdorian ambassador to the Turgonian Republic, he still isn’t fully trusted by his pacifist people. After he was enslaved and forced to entertain spectators in pit fights that left him scarred and mute, his kin turned their backs on him, condemning him for choosing violence... -
![Crownbreaker by Sebastien de Castell]()
Crownbreaker by Sebastien de Castell
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA failed mage learns that just because he's not the chosen one it doesn't mean he can't be a hero in final book of the Spellslinger series.Once an outlaw spellslinger, Kellen Argos has made a life for himself as the Daroman Queen's protector. A little magic and a handful of tricks are all it takes to deal with the constant threats to her reign... -
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![The Electrical Menagerie by Mollie E. Reeder]()
The Electrical Menagerie by Mollie E. Reeder
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor fans of Caraval and The Greatest Showman: a quest for fame and fortune in a stardust-powered empire brings debt, scandal, and danger in spades. The Electrical Menagerie, one-of-a-kind robotic roadshow, is bankrupt. Sylvester Carthage, illusionist and engineer, has the eccentric imagination the Menagerie needs to succeed creatively — but none of the people skills... -
![Revelations by Lindsay Buroker]()
Revelations by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPower that’s growing ever more impossible to hide… Captain Telryn “Trip” Yert is on the most important mission of his life. Accompanied by Captain Kaika, the sentient soulblade Jaxi, and Rysha Ravenwood—the noble-born scholar and officer he definitely shouldn’t be developing feelings for—he must find a way to close a portal that’s allowing more and more dragons into the world... -
![Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur]()
Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree modus operandi to die. Four employees, six house guests, and not a single witness.Confusing clues and no helpful leads cloud the death of Countess Giada Barese, who washed up on shore two weeks after her mysterious disappearance. Henri and Jamie have no idea if her death is a homicide, suicide, or accidental death, for nothing adds up... -
![Making Money: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett]()
Making Money: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPlay based on Terry Pratchett's book, Making Money.Lord Vetinari wants to overhaul the banks of Ankh-Morpork so he appoints former con-man Albert Spangler, aka Moist von Lipwig, to the position of Mater of the Royal Mint, attached to a senior post at the Bank of Ankh-Morpork... -
![The Fowl Proposal Bonus Scenes by Lindsay Buroker]()
The Fowl Proposal Bonus Scenes by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis series of four scenes was originally published on Lindsay's blog. They take place after the events of Soulblade (Dragon Blood, Book 7) and before Shattered Past (the Therrik novel)... -
![Assassin's Bond by Lindsay Buroker]()
Assassin's Bond by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsYanko and his friends must escape a Turgonian prison and find passage back home before their enemies claim an advantage that could change the world. And not for the good of the Nurian people. But even more trouble awaits at home. Civil war has broken out, Yanko’s family is in danger, and the man who sent him on his mission has disappeared... -
![Peril: Elven Alliance Collected Stories Volume One by Tara Grayce]()
Peril: Elven Alliance Collected Stories Volume One by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA dangerous mission to a foreign kingdom isn't the ideal honeymoon.Jalissa, princess of the elves, thought she knew what she was getting into when she married Edmund, the spy prince of Escarland. But a week after their wedding, they must embark on a dangerous mission to an enemy nation, putting their wits, their skills, and their new marriage to the test in ways they never imagined...Categorized as:
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![Wraiths of the Broken Land by S. Craig Zahler]()
Wraiths of the Broken Land by S. Craig Zahler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA brutal and unflinching tale that takes many of its cues from both cinema and pulp horror, Wraiths of the Broken Land is like no Western you've ever seen or read. Desperate to reclaim two kidnapped sisters who were forced into prostitution, the Plugfords storm across the badlands and blast their way through Hell... -
![Queenslayer by Sebastien de Castell]()
Queenslayer by Sebastien de Castell
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fifth book in the page-turning SPELLSLINGER fantasy series. Kellen and Reichis have just finished fighting a duel in the desert when Kellen inadvertently smears blood on the Daroman flag - an act of treason for which the Marshals have no choice but to arrest him... -
![Solstice Day Gifts by Lindsay Buroker]()
Solstice Day Gifts by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAfter a year full of adventure, intrigue, and tragedy, Sicarius agrees to spend Solstice Day on a tropical island with Amaranthe, resting and relaxing far away from the chaos of the new republic. But there are a couple of problems. First off, the island is riddled with old wanted posters of Sicarius, along with countless people who would like to collect the bounty. Second..Categorized as:
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![Lord of the High Reaches by James Haddock]()
Lord of the High Reaches by James Haddock
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHis human father named him Cam, as he and his clan were chameleon cats. Kol-ha is what the clan called him, which means shame in clannish. Being a half-breed, Cam was not allowed to take the test to become a clan member. Cam decides that rather than not being worthy to be part of the clan, the clan is not worthy of him. Taking nothing, he leaves the clan to find his place in the world... -
![The Quest to the Uncharted Lands by Jaleigh Johnson]()
The Quest to the Uncharted Lands by Jaleigh Johnson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller The Mark of the Dragonfly comes another magical and thrilling story that takes readers on an exciting new adventure.Stella Glass dreams of exploring worlds beyond her home of Solace, but when her famous parents are sent on a historic mission to the Uncharted Lands, it's simply too dangerous for her to join them... -
![Elevation of the Marked by March McCarron]()
Elevation of the Marked by March McCarron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.When an enemy can alter your thoughts, you can trust nothing—not even your own mind. Bray and Yarrow escaped with their lives, believing that Quade Asher and his Elevated planned to start a war. Soon they will learn the truth: Quade need not fight a single battle; he has already won... -
![Cinnamon Bun by RavensDagger]()
Cinnamon Bun by RavensDagger
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Wholesome LitRPGThe world called out for a hero to purge it of a great evil. It received Broccoli Bunch, explorer, expert cleaner, occasional ghost-buster, and full time Cinnamon Bun...Categorized as:
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![Blood Ties by Lindsay Buroker]()
Blood Ties by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRecently appointed Crown Agents Jev and Zenia must prove that they're worthy of their new jobs and young King Targyon’s trust. Their mission? To research the strange “disease of the blood” that killed Targyon’s three cousins and left him unexpectedly ruling an entire kingdom at barely twenty years of age. There are just a few problems... -
![The Edge Chronicles Maps by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell]()
The Edge Chronicles Maps by Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo beautifully illustrated maps, plus a book of characters, places and extra facts to enhance reading the Edge Chronicles adventures. Now sadly out of print.The Deepwoods, the Stone Gardens, the Edgewater River, Undertown and Screetown, New Sanctaphrax, and the Free Glades...Categorized as:
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![Alistair Grim's Odd Aquaticum by Gregory Funaro]()
Alistair Grim's Odd Aquaticum by Gregory Funaro
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Grubb, an orphan and runaway chimney sweep, entered the wondrous world of the Odditorium, his life changed forever. Apprenticed to the mechanical marvel’s strange proprietor, Alistair Grim, Grubb unfortunately must settle into his new position on the lam, as the whole of London is convinced that Alistair Grim is a villain bent on mass destruction...Categorized as:
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![Covenant's End by Ari Marmell]()
Covenant's End by Ari Marmell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe thief Widdershins and her own "personal god," Olgun, return to their home city of Davillon after almost a year away. While Shins expects only to face the difficulty of making up with her friends, what she actually finds is far, far worse. Her nemesis, Lisette, has returned, and she is not alone...Categorized as:
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![Soldier of Fortune by Kathleen McClure]()
Soldier of Fortune by Kathleen McClure
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.In the distant future, on the planet Fortune, tech is low, treason high, and heroes unlikely.Wrongly convicted of treason, Infantry Colonel Gideon Quinn has spent six years under the killing suns of the Morton Barrens, harvesting crystal and dreaming of vengeance... -
![Gorilla City by Charlie Small]()
Gorilla City by Charlie Small
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo one knows the full story of Charlie Small. At least, not yet. His battered journal was found washed up on a remote, windswept shore. And at first we thought it an elaborate hoax. Surely no 8-year-old could have had so many wild adventures, witnessed so many extraordinary things, lived such an incredible life-and still only be eight. And yet . .Categorized as:
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![Sunker's Deep by Lian Tanner]()
Sunker's Deep by Lian Tanner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSharkey was born on a fortunate tide, and everyone on the giant submersible Rampart knows it. He's a hero, a future admiral, beloved by the ancestors. The trouble is, it's all based on a lie, and now Sharkey is thirteen, the whole thing has begun to fall apart. He's been a fake hero for years, but when tragedy strikes, he must become a real one. And he has no idea how to go about it.. -
![The Disappearing Dwarf by James P. Blaylock]()
The Disappearing Dwarf by James P. Blaylock
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife as a man of leisure was becoming a bit dull for Jonathan Bing, Master Cheeser, so he welcomed Professor Wurzle's invitation to visit the empty castle of Selznak, the Evil Dwarf. There they chanced upon a treasure map. Soon Jonathan, his wonderpooch Ahab, the Professor ad Miles the magician set off by boat for the location of the treasure - the unknown city called Landsend... -
![Jed and the Junkyard War by Steven Bohls]()
Jed and the Junkyard War by Steven Bohls
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJed is a regular kid with a normal, loving family . . . that is, if it's normal for a loving family to drop their child off in the middle of nowhere and expect him home in time for Sunday dinner. Luckily, Jed excels at being a regular kid who-armed with wit and determination-can make his way out of any situation... -
![Hexomancy by Michael R. Underwood]()
Hexomancy by Michael R. Underwood
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFan-favorite urban fantasista Ree Reyes and her crew of Geekomancers—humans that derive supernatural powers from pop culture—take on their biggest foes yet in this fourth book of the Geekomancy series.When Ree’s long time nemesis Lucretia is finally brought to trial and found guilty for the deadly attack on Grognard’s, the Geekomancer community breathes a collective sigh of relief... -
![Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates by Seán Cullen]()
Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates by Seán Cullen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet Hamish X!Orphan, Enigma, and Enemy to Pirates Everywhere.The mysterious Hamish X is the scourge of the Orphan Disposal Agency—Agents Candy and Sweet can’t seem to find a facility that can hold him. After arriving at the Windcity Orphanage, where the children are forced to earn their keep making stinky blue cheese, Hamish X is soon planning his escape along with new friends Parveen and Mimi... -
![Clockwork Lives by Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart]()
Clockwork Lives by Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSome lives can be summed up in a sentence or two. Other lives are epics. In Clockwork Angels , #1 bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart created a fabulous, adventurous steampunk world in a novel to accompany the smash Rush concept album of the same name... -
![Word Puppets by Mary Robinette Kowal]()
Word Puppets by Mary Robinette Kowal
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA new short story collection from Hugo Award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal, with an introduction by Patrick Rothfuss.Table of Contents* "The Bound Man"* "Chrysalis"* "Rampion"* "At the Edge of Dying"* "Clockwork Chickadee"* "Body Language"* "Waiting for Rain"* "First Flight"* "Evil Robot Monkey"* "The Consciousness Problem"* "For Solo Cello, op...Categorized as:
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![Basilics by Anne Robillard]()
Basilics by Anne Robillard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDans l'univers, il existe une multitude de mondes parallèles et entre eux s'ouvrent parfois des portails qui nous permettent d'yaccéder…Sierra, la grande commandante des Chevaliers d'Antarès, quitte les Chimères afin de s'enquérir des progrès des Basilics au nord de Hadar...Categorized as:
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![Les Enchantements d'Ambremer by Pierre Pevel]()
Les Enchantements d'Ambremer by Pierre Pevel
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsParis, au début du XXe siècle. Les messieurs ont de fières moustaches, des chapeaux melons ; les dames portent des corsets, des jupons, des bottines à boutons. Déjà, de rutilants tacots pétardent parmi les fiacres le long des Grands Boulevards aux immeubles haussmanniens...Categorized as:
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![The House of the Stag by Kage Baker]()
The House of the Stag by Kage Baker
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt begins with a tragedy. Before the Riders came to their remote valley, the Yendri led a tranquil pastoral life. When the Riders conquered and enslaved them, only a few escaped to the forests. Only one of them possessed the necessary rage to fight back: Gard the foundling, half-demon, who began a one-man guerrilla war against the Riders... -
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![The End of All Songs by Michael Moorcock]()
The End of All Songs by Michael Moorcock
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor the hedonistic immortals who dwell at the End of Time, the return of Jherek Carnelian with Mrs. Amelia Underwood - a reluctant time-traveler from Victorian England - is cause for jubilant celebration. Led by Jherek's mother, the Iron Orchid, the immortals set off on a mad spree of spectacular festivities... -
![Stardeep by Bruce R. Cordell]()
Stardeep by Bruce R. Cordell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe deeper you go, the more dangerous it gets! Explore the Dungeons! All Kiril Duskmourn does is run away--from guilt, from her past, and from her responsibilities. But she can't run any longer. She lost everything stopping the Traitor from loosing his unholy revolution, and now the bindings on his cell are weakening. She alone holds the key to his release or further imprisonment... -
![The Demi-Monde: Summer: Book III of The Demi-Monde by Rod Rees]()
The Demi-Monde: Summer: Book III of The Demi-Monde by Rod Rees
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEight thousand years ago the Deluge destroyed the empire of the Lilithi, setting the race of super-warriors known as the Grigori loose in the outside world. They have lain hidden until now when - thanks to the creation of the dystopian virtual reality that is the Demi-Monde - they at last stand ready to achieve mastery of the Real World - and to cull HumanKind in the Final Solution... -
![The Educated Ape And Other Wonders Of The World by Robert Rankin]()
The Educated Ape And Other Wonders Of The World by Robert Rankin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn epic in four movements, this is the third book in Robert Rankin's highly acclaimed meta-Victorian series. Comparable to Pratchett or Douglas Adams, the Father of Far Fetched Fiction has pulled out all of the stops with this riotous tale of wicked women, a dangerous detective and Darwin the educated ape.Lord Brentford has a dream... -
![Rule of Cool: A LitRPG Novel by Matthew Siege]()
Rule of Cool: A LitRPG Novel by Matthew Siege
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Fun, funny, and full of heart."--Felicia Day, Actress, Gamer, and Goddess of GeekdomRaze is ‘just’ a lowly Gearblin, chained to the quest-giver desk at the only arcade in town.That sucks for her. It means that she’s a Non-Participating Citizen, someone who can’t see her stats or make opposed rolls against Heroes. It’s why her life’s worth less than the vendor trash she doles out... -
![William Wenton and the Secret Portal by Bobbie Peers]()
William Wenton and the Secret Portal by Bobbie Peers
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWilliam Wenton is a code-breaking genius, but now he faces a new threat—one that’s lurking inside him—in the second book in the William Wenton series that School Library Journal calls “part Alex Rider, part Da Vinci Code for kids, and part Artemis Fowl...Categorized as:
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![The Doorknob Society by M.J. Fletcher]()
The Doorknob Society by M.J. Fletcher
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChloe Masters’s world changed in a heartbeat - and all she did was touch a doorknob. When she was young Chloe’s mother vanished. Wracked by feelings of abandonment and anger she lost herself traveling with her father's magic act, where illusions were part of her everyday life. Yet everything changes when they are pursued by a mysterious man in black out to kill her father... -
![The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch by Garth Nix]()
The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch by Garth Nix
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA new short story from Garth Nix, best-selling author of the Old Kingdom series.In this raucous, steampunk tale a sacred order of scientist nuns battle against vicious Invaders from Mars and their murderous machines in an ongoing conflict that has lasted centuries.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied...Categorized as:
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![Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold by Paula Guran]()
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold by Paula Guran
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnce upon a time, the stories that came to be known as “fairy tales” were cultivated to entertain adults more than children; it was only later that they were tamed and pruned into less thorny versions intended for youngsters. But in truth, they have continued to prick the imaginations of readers at all ages... -
![Dark Magic by Angus Wells]()
Dark Magic by Angus Wells
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Books of the Kingdoms comes part two in the spectacular Godwars trilogy. On his continuing quest for the stolen book of ancient spells that will raise the god Tharn from his sleep to destroy the world, young Prince Calandryll faces the wrath of the mad god himself, as his waking dreams begin to cause havoc... -
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![Mistress of the Night by Don Bassingthwaite, Dave Gross]()
Mistress of the Night by Don Bassingthwaite, Dave Gross
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMistress of the Night is the second title in this Forgotten Realms novel series that focuses specifically on priests, the popular D&D iconic class also known as clerics. Each title chronicles priests loyal to a different deity in the Forgotten Realms pantheon...Categorized as:
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![Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time by James Cloyd Bowman]()
Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time by James Cloyd Bowman
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Pecos Bill had the strangest and most exciting experience any boy ever had. He became a member of a pack of wild Coyotes, and until he was a grown man, believed that his name was Cropear, and that he was a full-blooded Coyote. Later he discovered that he was a human being and very shortly thereafter became the greatest cowboy of all time. This is how it all came about... -
![The Stone Giant by James P. Blaylock]()
The Stone Giant by James P. Blaylock
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo Theophile Escargot, it did not seem right to be run out of Twombly Town for stealing his own pie... -
![The Elfin Ship by James P. Blaylock]()
The Elfin Ship by James P. Blaylock
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a whimsical story of a cheesemaker, Jonathan Bing, who sets out on a quest to discover why trade to his river town has halted inconveniently right before the Winter holiday season. He and his friend, the Professor Wurzle, seek answers to the mystery, and they transport cheeses themselves to use in trade for dwarven cakes and children’s toys to take back to their village...Categorized as:
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![Gears of the City by Felix Gilman]()
Gears of the City by Felix Gilman
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this stunning follow-up to his acclaimed debut, Thunderer, Felix Gilman’s brave hero returns from one thrilling and dangerous quest only to confront another. In a magical landscape where time is meaningless, reality precarious, and countless selves work toward countless possible futures, one man must seek a city’s truth—and rediscover his own... -
![The Shadows of God by Greg Keyes, J. Gregory Keyes]()
The Shadows of God by Greg Keyes, J. Gregory Keyes
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"INVENTIVE AND EXCITING, FILLED WITH CLEVER DETAILS AND HIGH ADVENTURE, this brings to a close a sequence that seems likely to establish Keyes as one of the more significant and original new fantasy writers to appear in recent years...
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