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Iron Prince by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsReidon Ward will become a god.He doesn't know it yet, of course. Reidon was born weak, sickly and small. Afflicted with a painful disease and abandoned by his parents because of it, he has had to fight tooth and nail for every minor advantage life has allowed him...Categorized as:
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![Parno's Gift: The Black Sheep of Soulan: Book 5 by N.C. Reed]()
Parno's Gift: The Black Sheep of Soulan: Book 5 by N.C. Reed
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe tide of battle has turned. In a magnificent feat of maneuvering, Parno McLeod has lured his enemy into an ambush that has left the Imperial Army with half its strength dead or dying and all of its material support destroyed. And yet, the remaining Imperial Army on Soulan soil still numbers over one hundred and fifty thousand men... -
![What Lies Within Masks & Shadows by Nicolle May]()
What Lies Within Masks & Shadows by Nicolle May
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThrone of Glass meets The Witcher and Once Upon a Time in this heart-wrenching, high fantasy romance packed with trauma healing, epic magic, and high-stakes rebellion."What could be worse than death?"They made her kneel. So, she would see them burn...Alora—a Marked One—is bound to a fate of suffering... -
![Tyrant: Funeral Games by Christian Cameron]()
Tyrant: Funeral Games by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSatyrus and Melitta, twin heirs to a rich kingdom on the Black Sea, were hounded into exile in FUNERAL GAMES after their mother was brutally murdered by one of their father's former comrades, Heron. Heron now rules the land that is theirs by right, but the twins are older now and battle-hardened in the wars of Alexander's Successors...Categorized as:
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![Defiant Unto Death by David Gilman, Martin Zhouf]()
Defiant Unto Death by David Gilman, Martin Zhouf
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFRANCE: 1356. Ten years ago, the greatest army in Christendom was slaughtered at Crécy when Thomas Blackstone and his fellow archers stood their ground and rained death on the steel-clad might of French chivalry. Blackstone left that squalid field a knight. Now, Blackstone commands a war band and has carved out a small fiefdom in northern France...Categorized as:
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![The Inadequate Heir by Danielle L. Jensen]()
The Inadequate Heir by Danielle L. Jensen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReturn to the world of The Bridge Kingdom in this sensuous fantasy full of romance and intrigue that is perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Silver Flames.A soldier raised as heir to an empire, Zarrah is motivated by two truths. The first is that the Veliant family murdered her mother. And the second is that her pursuit of vengeance will put every last one of them in their graves... -
![Odin's Wolves by Giles Kristian, Джайлc Кристиан]()
Odin's Wolves by Giles Kristian, Джайлc Кристиан
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThey came from the North and fought their way through France and Spain. Now this fearless band of brothers sets sail for the greatest city in the world... -
![God of War: The Epic Story of Alexander the Great by Christian Cameron]()
God of War: The Epic Story of Alexander the Great by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe ultimate historical adventure novel: the life of Alexander the Great in a single, epic...Categorized as:
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![Red Branch by Morgan Llywelyn]()
Red Branch by Morgan Llywelyn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a land ruled by war and love and strange enchantments, Cuchulain -- torn between gentleness and violence, haunted by the croakings of a sinister raven -- fights for his honor and his homeland and discovers too late the trap that the gods have set for him in the fatal beauty of Deirdre and the brutal jealousy of King Conor...Categorized as:
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![A Trip to the Stars by Nicholas Christopher]()
A Trip to the Stars by Nicholas Christopher
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA young boy and his adopted aunt become separated when the youngster is kidnapped by his wealthy, eccentric great-uncle, but mysterious ties continue to link the two unknowingly over the fifteen-year separation...Categorized as:
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![City of Refuge by Starhawk]()
City of Refuge by Starhawk
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing, following the overthrow of the Stewards... -
![The Scarlet Tides by David Hair]()
The Scarlet Tides by David Hair
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Moontide has come and the Leviathan Bridge stands open: now thrones will shake and hearts will be torn apart in a world at war.A scarlet tide of Rondian legions is flooding into the East, led by the Inquisition’s windships flying the Sacred Heart, bright banner of the Church’s darkest sons. They are slaughtering and pillaging their way across Antiopia in the name of Emperor Constant... -
![The Deer and the Cauldron: The First Book by Jin Yong]()
The Deer and the Cauldron: The First Book by Jin Yong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the Dragon Throne of China sits the young Manchu Emperor Kang Xi. Back in 1644, his great-uncle Dorgon broke through the Great Wall from Manchuria in the north-east and took the Imperial capital, Peking. Now twenty years later, the Manchus are quelling the last sparks of Chinese resistance, hounding down members of the underground movement known as the Triad Secret Society...Categorized as:
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![The Endless King by Dave Rudden]()
The Endless King by Dave Rudden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final book in the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, perfect for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant.'You have no idea what real war is . . . but I'm afraid you're going to find out.'There's nothing like an apocalypse to kick off the school year.Denizen Hardwick has travelled to Daybreak, the ancestral home of the Order of the Borrowed Dark, to continue his training as a knight... -
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![The Rift War by Alexandra Moody]()
The Rift War by Alexandra Moody
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a thousand years of separation, humans and Unfaih have clashed in a bloody and devastating war. But now a more powerful force is threatening to destroy both their worlds.The dust has barely settled on the battlefield, but the Brakys are readying to strike. These dark creatures have kept to the shadows, waiting for the perfect chance to claim what they have thirsted over for centuries... -
![The Three Kingdoms, Volume 2: The Sleeping Dragon by Luo Guanzhong]()
The Three Kingdoms, Volume 2: The Sleeping Dragon by Luo Guanzhong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis exciting new translation will appeal to modern readers who find the twists and turns of Game of Thrones so compelling.The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago... -
![Conflict of Empires by Sam Barone]()
Conflict of Empires by Sam Barone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsConflict of Empires is a sweeping historical saga in the tradition of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell and Jean Auel.The beginning of civilization is fraught with war, invasion, plunder, and rapine... -
![Wolves of Winter: A Novel by Dan Jones]()
Wolves of Winter: A Novel by Dan Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe epic sequel to Essex Dogs , continuing the New York Times bestselling historian's trilogy of novels following the fortunes of ten ordinary soldiers during the Hundred Years' War."[ Essex Dogs reconceives] medieval military history as a swashbuckling Hollywood movie."— The New York Times Book ReviewFor the Dogs, the war has only just begun...Categorized as:
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![The Adventures of Robin Hood by Joseph Walker McSpadden]()
The Adventures of Robin Hood by Joseph Walker McSpadden
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe classic story of the man who robbed from the rich to give to the poor comes alive with vibrant illustrations from celebrated artist Greg Hildebrandt. Escape to Sherwood Forest and join the jolly Fellowship of the Greenwood with these rollicking tales of the celebrated archer and gentleman thief... -
![Cry of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse]()
Cry of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWife. Warrior. Lady of two worlds.As war looms, will her power be enough to save the ones she loves?Lady Selene Ravenwood has come into her full power as a dreamwalker—a power greater than any in history. She embraces her new role as Nightwatcher, able to intercede for her people in the dream world, but the dark shadow of war draws even closer... -
![Bound in Blood by P.C. Hodgell]()
Bound in Blood by P.C. Hodgell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Jame returned to Knorth hall to help her brother Torisen name all the fallen fighters' death banners stored there, she made the disturbing discovery that those banners splattered with their owners' blood also have trapped their owners' souls. She also found a contract proving her cousin Kindrie to be legitimate, proving that there are three full-blooded Knorth... -
![Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay]()
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new book, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands—where empires and faiths collide... -
![The Fire Sisters: Brilliant Darkness, Book 3 by A.G. Henley]()
The Fire Sisters: Brilliant Darkness, Book 3 by A.G. Henley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsComing September 25, 2015! Read the final book in the bestselling Brilliant Darkness series.Fennel and Peree are finally together and safe from the Scourge in the protected village of Koolkuna. But on the day of their partnering ceremony the children of the village are stolen away—Fenn’s loyal companion, Kora, among them... -
![The Three Kingdoms: The Sacred Oath by Luo Guanzhong]()
The Three Kingdoms: The Sacred Oath by Luo Guanzhong
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis exciting new translation will appeal to modern readers who find the twists and turns of Game of Thrones so compelling.The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago... -
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![Fearless by Jennifer Jenkins]()
Fearless by Jennifer Jenkins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGryphon has 23 days to ensure that the Zo, Joshua, and Tess are cared for before offering his life as ransom to Chief Barnabas in exchange for the lives of his best friend and mess brothers. He doesn’t have the nerve to break Zo’s heart with the truth and he spends his time inside the Allied Camp trying not to despise the very people he’s been raised to hate—the Wolves... -
![The Bloody Cup by M.K. Hume]()
The Bloody Cup by M.K. Hume
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOriginally published in Great Britain in 2010 by Headline Review... -
![Exile by Rowena Cory Daniells]()
Exile by Rowena Cory Daniells
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook two of The Outcast Chronicles; the thrilling story of Imoshen, Tobazim, Ronnyn and Aravelle, continues. The Outcast Chronicles follows the fate of a tribe of dispossessed mystics. Vastly outnumbered by people without magical abilities, they are persecuted because ordinary people fear their gifts... -
![Pendragon's Banner by Helen Hollick]()
Pendragon's Banner by Helen Hollick
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho was the man ... who became the legend ... we know as KING ARTHUR? Pendragon's Banner is the second book in Helen Hollick's exciting King Arthur trilogy, covering 459-465 A.D. This is not a fairy tale or fantasy. There is no Merlin, no sword in the stone, and no Lancelot. This is the most accurate Arthurian legend ever written, based on historical evidence and meticulous research... -
![Path of Beasts by Lian Tanner]()
Path of Beasts by Lian Tanner
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA shiver of loathing ran through Goldie. It was more than six months since the Blessed Guardians had been banished from the city. But now here they were, back again!The city of The city of Jewel is in peril once again, as it is held captive by the frightful Fugleman, his band of Blessed Guardians, and an army of merciless mercenaries... -
![God's Hammer by Eric Schumacher]()
God's Hammer by Eric Schumacher
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHistory and legend combine in the gripping tale of Hakon Haraldsson, a Christian boy who once fought for the High Seat of a Viking realm.It is 935 A.D. and the North is in turmoil. King Harald Fairhair has died, leaving the High Seat of the realm to his murderous son, Erik Bloodaxe... -
![The Bone Fire by György Dragomán]()
The Bone Fire by György Dragomán
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom an award-winning European writer, a Gothic page-turner with all the menace and promise of a fairy tale In the aftermath of a revolution that has plunged her country into chaos, thirteen-year-old Emma’s small corner of the world is shattered after her dissident parents' death in a car crash... -
![Darkfall by Janice Hardy]()
Darkfall by Janice Hardy
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWar has come. Nya’s the one who brought it. And the people love her for it. With Baseer in shambles and Geveg now an impenetrable military stronghold, Nya and the Underground have fled to a safer location—without Tali. Nya is guilt-ridden over leaving her sister behind and vows to find her, but with the rebellion in full swing and refugees flooding the Three Territories, she fears she never will... -
![Wounds of Honour by Anthony Riches]()
Wounds of Honour by Anthony Riches
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom an exciting new thriller writer for fans of Conn Iggulden and Simon Scarrow, this is the first book in an exhilarating trilogy that lavishly brings to life the great events and battles of the times, and will take its hero far and wide through the Roman Empire Thrilling, authentic, and action-packed, this novel introduces soldier hero Marcus Valerius: a centurion stationed on Hadrian's Wall...Categorized as:
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![The Restorer's Journey by Sharon Hinck]()
The Restorer's Journey by Sharon Hinck
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHis choices have the power to save or destroy.With a loved one’s life at stake, Jake charges through the portal into Lyric to stage a dramatic rescue, trusting that the signs that mark him as Restorer will guarantee success. But everything familiar in Lyric has vanished, swept away by deadly lies and a corrupt king... -
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![Initiate's Trial by Janny Wurts]()
Initiate's Trial by Janny Wurts
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe first book in the fourth arc, Sword of the Canon, finds Arithon and Lysaer on an unstoppable path toward direct conflictHalf-brothers Arithon and Lysaer were laid under a curse of lifelong enmity when they defeated the Mistwraith and freed the world of Athera. Now Arithon has been magically imprisoned and his memories have been removed... -
![The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth]()
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA post-apocalyptic novel set a thousand years ago, The Wake tells the story of Buccmaster of Holland, a free farmer of Lincolnshire, owner of three oxgangs, a man clinging to the Old Gods as the world changes drastically around him...Categorized as:
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![Righteous Fury by Markus Heitz]()
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... -
![Fireborn by David Dalglish]()
Fireborn by David Dalglish
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe next novel in the Seraphim series following Skyborn from USA Today bestselling author, David Dalglish.Bree and Kael Skyborn have seen their island invaded, their Seraphim disbanded, and their royal family imprisoned... -
![The Chess Garden by Brooks Hansen]()
The Chess Garden by Brooks Hansen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the fall of 1900, Dr. Gustav Uyterhoeven left the chess garden that he and his wife, Sonja, had created together in Dayton, Ohio, and journeyed to South Africa to serve as a doctor in the British concentration camps of the Boer War. Over the next ten months he sent twelve chess pieces and twelve letters back to Sonja... -
![The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats by Scott Lynch]()
The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats by Scott Lynch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet the Honorable Company of Red Hats. Misfits, eccentrics, pranksters, nonconformists... and professional killers without peer. Mercenaries for hire in a war-torn world, the Red Hats always seem to end up fighting for sides that are more righteous than strong, for clients who are more desperate than wealthy, in circumstances that are more exciting than survivable... -
![The Last King by M.J. Porter]()
The Last King by M.J. Porter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey sent three hundred warriors to kill one man. It wasn’t enough.Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with Wessex in tatters.Coelwulf, a fierce and bloody warrior, hears whispers that Mercia has been betrayed from his home in the west. He fears no man, especially not the Vikings sent to hunt him down... -
![Sanctuary by Rowena Cory Daniells]()
Sanctuary by Rowena Cory Daniells
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe mystic Wyrds have been banished by King Charald, whose descent into madness grows ever steeper. Exiled and forced to set sail on the first day of winter, Imoshen’s people are packed onto seven crowded ships. Tensions flare under the pressure and the all-fathers and all-mothers are put to the test controlling their hardened warriors... -
![Bone Dust & Beginnings by Angela White]()
Bone Dust & Beginnings by Angela White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGuns, Myths, Magic, and an Impossible QuestYears after nuclear war has devastated the world and split reality, a group of fighters have come from the western radiation zones. Through the undead, past dead, and soon-to-be dead, they’ve trekked, obeying a forgotten code of honor... -
![The Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier, Thomas Malory]()
The Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier, Thomas Malory
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis rousing collection of tales offers readers an adventure-packed introduction to the legendary King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Retold by the famous American poet and writer Sidney Lanier, the stories are adapted from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, written in the15th century. The tales are told in the style and language of the original...Categorized as:
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![The Ronin: A Novel Based on a Zen Myth by William Dale Jennings]()
The Ronin: A Novel Based on a Zen Myth by William Dale Jennings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA novel based on Zen mythology, this story is told with humour and irony, in the tradition of realistic Zen mysticism. It is the tale of Ronin, a masterless 12th-century samurai knight, who slashes his way up from the gutter to a position of wealth, honour, and status... -
![Daughter of Moth by Daniel Arenson]()
Daughter of Moth by Daniel Arenson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI am broken. I am lost. Our world has fallen still. One half lies drenched in eternal daylight, the other cloaked in endless night. Our people are divided, some living under the sun, the others hidden in shadow. All is light or darkness. All is the sun or the moon. All but me. My father was born in the never-ending sunlight of the west. My mother is a daughter of darkness. I am split in two... -
![Kingdom of Chains by Tanya Bird]()
Kingdom of Chains by Tanya Bird
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe was trained to please. He was trained to kill.Isabel Maddock is living a lie. She is betrothed to a man she loathes, living in a place she does not belong. But the home she craves no longer exists, and the people from her youth are gone. Or are they? The wastelands are calling, but they are not for the faint of heart. Luckily a certain defender is close by to keep her safe. Very close... -
![The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley]()
The Broken Heavens by Kameron Hurley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe bloodsoaked concluding volume of Kameron Hurley’s epic fantasy, the Worldbreaker Saga, is unleashed.The Dhai nation has broken apart under the onslaught of the Tai Kao, invaders from a parallel world... -
![Dreamsongs, Volume I by George R.R. Martin]()
Dreamsongs, Volume I by George R.R. Martin
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDubbed the American Tolkien by Time magazine, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R.R. Martin is a giant in the field of fantasy literature and one of the most exciting storytellers of our time... -
![There Will Be Dragons by John Ringo]()
There Will Be Dragons by John Ringo
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the future, there is no want, no war, no disease nor ill-timed death. The world is a paradise - and then, in a moment, it ends. The council that controls the Net falls out and goes to war. Everywhere people who have never known a moment of want or pain are left wondering how to survive...
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