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  • Saints by Larry Correia, John Ringo

    Saints by Larry Correia, John Ringo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The No-Holds-Barred Final Entry in the Monster Hunter Memoirs Series from New York Times ?best-selling authors Larry Correia and John Ringo."This is New Orleans." That mantra had rung in Chad Gadenier's ears since his first day working in the Big Easy. Everything was different in New Orleans. The food. The climate. The monsters. Even the shadowy and reprehensible MCB was different...
  • Never Forsaken by Michael Anderle

    Never Forsaken by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Life is beyond dangerous when you are caught up in the ongoing war between Bethany Anne's group and the Forsaken.Both Vampires and Humans have been targeted, but if there is one thing that those who work with Bethany Anne learn, it is you are NEVER FORSAKEN.Never Forsaken, The Kurtherian Gambit 05 follows the story after Bite This. If you haven't read the preceding books YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO...
  • Under My Heel by Michael Anderle

    Under My Heel by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    "I love a good story especially if it can make me laugh, cry, cheer, and a host of other emotions. So far in this series I have hit them all." Europe is erupting is tension and violence. David is only adding to the conflagration by setting a trap, one that our team will trip to save those people still alive. There is one thing every enemy of Bethany Anne finds out...
  • Bring the Pain by Michael Anderle

    Bring the Pain by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Harriken have decided James Brownstone is an unacceptable dishonor to their clan. This time, Grandfather has hired the best assassins in the business and Shay knows them.Shay won't allow Brownstone to go to Japan without backup. Her backup...
  • Bite This by Michael Anderle

    Bite This by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    You take out one annoying vampire in revenge, and now you have to clean up the mess? What a pain in the ... something. Bethany Anne and crew are back! They need to grab a ship, figure out who is trying to dig into her businesses, get their hands around the potential for creating an A.I. and the ongoing mess with Anton and South America. One of these days, she will get a break...
  • Eye for an Eye by Michael Anderle

    Eye for an Eye by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Harriken have decided James Brownstone needs to die. So, they put out a hit on him valued at $500,000.Shay is working her way back to California from a raid on artifacts in Asia, but she could be too late to help. With all of Los Angeles and Southern California's hitmen trying to take out Brownstone, even the cops are sitting this one out...
  • Hail to the King by Michael Anderle

    Hail to the King by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Men Will Be Men. Unfortunately, the women are in no position to stop nature's course.Tyler has figured out an additional way to make money off Brownstone. But Brownstone has to agree, first. Brownstone gets a request from his hacker support after doing a job for the Professor.It seems she might have upset someone close to home...
  • Love Lost by Michael Anderle

    Love Lost by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    When one of Bethany Anne's loved ones gets caught in the crossfire between her and the Forsaken, she goes rabid in rage. She doesn't believe in seeking peace and harmony, but rather revenge and mayhem. Continuing the story of Bethany Anne and TQB team, Love Lost picks up after Queen Bitch...
  • One Bad Decision by Michael Anderle

    One Bad Decision by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Shay goes to a museum and consults with the AET. Then, she doesn't come home on time. Brownstone goes on a rampage when he learns what happens.Using his contacts, Brownstone gets Tyler involved when he learns that Lt. Hall is in trouble.The criminals are powerful, and clever.It seems the hit on the Los Angeles Museum was planned far in advance...
  • Queen Bitch by Michael Anderle

    Queen Bitch by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The UnknownWorld is reeling from change. Bethany Anne has started to make a difference in the first week of being 'awake'. Now, America has been losing good men since their teams don't have a Vampire to help them and Frank is hoping Bethany Anne can, and will, help...
  • The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross

    The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Someone is dead set to air the spy agency’s dirty laundry in The Delirium Brief, the next installment to Charles Stross’ Hugo Award-winning comedic dark fantasy Laundry Files series!Bob Howard’s career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting the world from unspeakable horrors from beyond spacetime, has entailed high combat, brilliant hacking, ancient magic,...
  • Hellprinces by V.A. Lewis

    Hellprinces by V.A. Lewis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Conference of Alyras has concluded!The United Coalition of the Human Lands has been formed, and Daniel Song has been elected as Cardinal of the Council of Cremont. But this is only the beginning of the war between the Netherworld and the Mortal Realm. After all, the Demon King's plans will endanger all of Humankind, including Salvos' companions...
  • Fatal Mistake by Michael Anderle

    Fatal Mistake by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The government is trying to take down the Council... But they get their asses handed to them.One of the senators wanted to play hardball from the beginning but got outvoted.Now, the head of the task force is killed.Will they wise up and swallow their pride to get the best? Lt...
  • Karma Is a Bitch by Michael Anderle

    Karma Is a Bitch by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Council Is Dead. Long Live the New Council. How do you have a Council of one? Brownstone is working to get back into a rhythm, but the last remaining Council member is seeking Brownstone. Shay has jobs to do, but can she leave Brownstone alone without him dying? Can Lt...
  • Demon's Throne by K.D. Robertson

    Demon's Throne by K.D. Robertson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rys 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...
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    dark  military  myths  action-adventure  adult  book  demons  epic
  • Vigil's Justice by James A. Hunter

    Vigil's Justice by James A. Hunter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Magic weapons. Deadly monsters. Epic quests. All just another day in the life of a Vigil.Boyd Knight found his calling when he joined the Marines and qualified for the elite Force Recon. He’d found a tribe and a family, so when a hand grenade landed near his team, he jumped on it without thought or regret...
    Categorized as:
    dark  myths  military  europe  scandinavia  fantasy  magic  litrpg
  • The Land: Swarm by Aleron Kong

    The Land: Swarm by Aleron Kong

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Aleron Kong's #1 Best Selling LitRPG Saga continues in "The Land: Swarm" The enemies of the Mist Village are moving, the storm clouds are gathering, what are Richter and Sion to do??? Crush the game, that's what! More of everything you love in LitRPG: Powerful items, epic battles, awesome quests and in depth world building! What happened to Elora? Where is the swarm? Did the rock giant make...
  • She Is the Widow Maker by Michael Anderle

    She Is the Widow Maker by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The dark elves have come back to Earth. They want to find the half-Drow named Alison, and to get to Alison, they need to find James Brownstone.The Oriceran Consul doesn't want the Drow to mess up the fragile relationship between Oriceran and Earth.But he can only warn the obstinate Drow so many times. The professor needs a package picked up in Washington State and returned safely to him...
  • Fight Fire with Fire by Michael Anderle

    Fight Fire with Fire by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Drow are back. Unfortunately, the Drow are looking to get hold of Alison. An order to locate the princess means they need to find and deal with Brownstone. They will have to go through him first. Brownstone is pulling his company together, working on his relationship, and dealing with bounties.  Additionally, James needs to pay up with the Professor. He owes him a few filthy rhymes...
  • When Angels Cry by Michael Anderle

    When Angels Cry by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    All James wanted was to get some barbeque in Vegas. The Red-Eyes Killer decided to start his spree at the wrong time in the wrong town with the wrong little girl.Trey comes to Vegas in search of a relative he hasn't seen in seven years.Could the City of Sin be bringing together some good out of tragedy?  Las Vegas PD isn't prepared to fight high-level bounties like Los Angeles could...
  • Boundless by R.A. Salvatore

    Boundless by R.A. Salvatore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This second book in New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore’s all-new trilogy—full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills—features one of fantasy’s most beloved and enduring characters, Drizzt Do’Urden.Split between time and two worlds, Zaknafein had always been conflicted...
  • The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

    The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 78 ratings
    When Rin aced the Keju — the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies — it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was...
  • Blue Venom by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Venom by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESSWith his time as the Blue Wolf winding down, Jason knows the dangers of looking past the next mission. And Legion has just been called to its most challenging one yet.In a closed kingdom in Southeast Asia, a town of 5,000 people has disappeared from the map...
  • Blue Blood by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Blood by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WHERE THE DEAD WON’T DIEDays from a cure for his lupine curse, Jason takes an urgent mission. A medieval invader has returned to a remote corner of Eastern Europe. Backed by seven undead knights and a zombie horde, Lord Drago threatens the region’s oldest province with ghastly force...
  • Needs of the Empire by Christopher Mitchell

    Needs of the Empire by Christopher Mitchell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the run – againBranded an enemy by the Church and Emperor, Daphne Holdfast is forced to flee the Imperial City with her young daughter Karalyn, whose own mage powers are now beginning to reveal themselves.They intend to travel to Rahain, a land in turmoil following the devastating invasion and occupation by Alliance forces...
  • Blue Howl by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Howl by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B07HDQFM8TI have met the enemy... With Jason Wolfe’s ragtag team of monster hunters hardening into a lethal unit, they’re ready to roll. And not a moment too soon. In the wilds of northern Canada, something is stalking humans and leaving a trail of scattered remains. The team arrives, armed for mayhem...
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    dark  military  myths  action-adventure  adult  angst  audiobook  book
  • Beyond the Sea by David L. Golemon

    Beyond the Sea by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Soviet battle cruiser Simbirsk, which launched in June 1940 and was reported sunk in 1944 with the loss of all hands, is still sailing the open sea.January of 2017: American Los Angeles class submarine U.S.S. Houston is tracking a surface target that is not listed as part of the Russian navy s response to the NATO maneuvers...
  • The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton

    The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The year is 3326. Nigel Sheldon, one of the founders of the Commonwealth, receives a visit from the Raiel—self-appointed guardians of the Void, the enigmatic construct at the core of the galaxy that threatens the existence of all that lives. The Raiel convince Nigel to participate in a desperate scheme to infiltrate the Void...
  • Feared by Hell / Rejected by Heaven / Eye for an Eye / Bring the Pain / She is the Widow Maker / When Angels Cry by Michael Anderle

    Feared by Hell / Rejected by Heaven / Eye for an Eye / Bring the Pain / She is the Widow Maker / When Angels Cry by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Save that MONEY and buy the Boxed Set of The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone books 1 – 6 (Including Feared By Hell, Rejected By Heaven, Eye For an Eye, Bring The Pain, She Is The Widow Maker, and When Angels Cry.) Feared By Hell You never mess with a young girl around James Brownstone. It doesn't matter what crime syndicate you belong to, that just doesn't sit well with him...
  • Soldiers Live by Glen Cook

    Soldiers Live by Glen Cook

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When sorcerers and demigods go to war, those wars are fought by mercenaries, "dog soldiers," grunts in the trenches. And the stories of those soldiers are the stories of Glen Cook's hugely popular "Black Company" novels. If the Joseph Heller of Catch-22 were to tell the story of The Lord of the Rings, it might read like the Black Company books. There is nothing else in fantasy like them...
  • Blue Storm by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Storm by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE FINAL CHAPTER With his wife waging the fight of her life, Jason is desperate to get home, Blue Wolf or not. But DAWA, an advanced warning system for doomsday events, has just sounded the alarm. A disease outbreak on tribal land is the latest in an ominous pattern that heralds the imminent end of the world...
  • City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett

    City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birthplace of fearsome supernatural sentinels who killed and subjugated millions. Now, the city’s god is dead. The city itself lies in ruins. And to its new military occupiers, the once-powerful capital is a wasteland of sectarian violence and bloody uprisings...
  • Monster Hunter Guardian by Larry Correia, Sarah A. Hoyt

    Monster Hunter Guardian by Larry Correia, Sarah A. Hoyt

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    NEW ENTRY IN THE BESTSELLING MONSTER HUNTER INTERNATIONAL SERIES BY DRAGON AWARD WINNING AUTHORS LARRY CORREIA AND SARAH A. HOYTWhen Owen Pitt and the rest of the Monster Hunter International crew are called away to mount a month’s-long rescue mission in a monster-infested nightmare dimension, Julie Shackleford—Owen’s wife and descendant of MHI founder Bubba Shackelford—is left behind...
  • The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson

    The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The war is over, but something is rotten in the state of Eidyn.With a ragged peace in place, demons burn farmlands, violent Reivers roam the wilds and plague has spread beyond the Black Meadows. The country is on its knees.In a society that fears and shuns him, Aranok is the first magically-skilled draoidh to be named King’s Envoy...
  • Ghost in the Maze by Jonathan Moeller

    Ghost in the Maze by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Caina Amalas is a Ghost circlemaster, leader of the Emperor's spies in Istarinmul. Yet the people of Istarinmul know her as the Balarigar, the daring master thief who challenged the corrupt lords and cruel princes of the city. And now Grand Master Callatas, the most powerful sorcerer of Istarinmul, wants her dead, and without allies Caina will not survive...
  • Topia by Brandon Hale

    Topia by Brandon Hale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Three in the Day Soldiers Trilogy.After more than a decade of fighting, the end has finally arrived. The war is almost over.Topia has been born.A few courageous Day Soldiers have chosen to make a final stand against a world of vampires. They know it’s a battle they’ll probably lose, but they made a promise to protect the day and it’s a promise they intend to keep...
  • The Lure of Infinity by Stan C. Smith

    The Lure of Infinity by Stan C. Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some worlds are better left alone.Infinity Fowler has been fighting all her life. As a child, she had to fight for survival. Then she fought professionally. But when humans obtained the technology to bridge to alternate versions of Earth, she saw a chance for a new life. She signed up to become a bridger—an elite fighter and survival expert who protects tourists bridging to alternate worlds...
  • The Severed City by Christopher Mitchell

    The Severed City by Christopher Mitchell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s time for someone to pay. Killop has escaped the dungeons of the Rahain and fled into the mountains.All he desires is to begin his search for Daphne, but his people are crying out for a leader to free them from their chains of servitude...
  • Hit & Fade by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Hit & Fade by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    For the Rangers, the best defense is always… more offense.As an overwhelming army of skeletons, wraiths, ghouls, and other dark creatures—all serving a powerful undead sorcerer—advance against Forward Operating Base Hawthorn, the Rangers must now do what they do best: go on the extreme offense.It’s time to Hit and Fade. Attack, withdraw, and outmaneuver the enemy...
  • Alpharius: Head of the Hydra by Mike Brooks

    Alpharius: Head of the Hydra by Mike Brooks

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Primarchs novelWho better to relate the tale of Alpharius than the primarch himself? As he tells of his deeds, bear one thing in mind: nothing can be trusted when it comes from serpent's mouth.READ IT BECAUSEI am Alpharius… and so are you.THE STORYLegends abound of the glorious – or infamous – deeds of the Emperor's sons...
  • Occupied Earth  (The Sequel to First Encounter) by Jasper T. Scott

    Occupied Earth (The Sequel to First Encounter) by Jasper T. Scott

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    FROM MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER JASPER T. SCOTT THE FORERUNNERS LEFT EARTH IN SEARCH OF INTELLIGENT LIFE, AND THEY FOUND IT. Captain Clayton Cross and his crew encountered the Kyra, an advanced race of avian carnivores. They fled this first encounter, but the Kyra beat them back to Earth by almost a century. Earth lost the war in just a few weeks. Our cities burned, and billions died...
  • Blue Curse by Brad Magnarella

    Blue Curse by Brad Magnarella

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B077DS8BJYWHO'S AFRAID OF THE BLUE WOLF?Cursed on assignment, a special ops soldier finds himself transforming into a creature of local legend.Seven feet tall, 400 pounds, and packed with lupine assets, Jason is now the dreaded Blue Wolf — a role he never asked for in a land far from home...
  • The Mountain by David L. Golemon

    The Mountain by David L. Golemon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In 1863 a meeting takes place between legendary war leaders-a secret alliance that will never show up in any American history book. A clandestine arrangement has been struck for a single chance to heal a war-torn nation. The mission is to bring the greatest prize in the history of the world back to American soil-the remnants of pre-history's greatest ship and its most startling mystery...
  • Project 731 by Jeremy Robinson

    Project 731 by Jeremy Robinson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    WASHINGTON D.C. HAS BEEN DESTROYED In the wake of a Kaiju assault that left the nation’s capital in ruins, Jon Hudson, director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Fusion Center – Paranormal, is preparing his team for an uncertain future...
  • The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army...
  • Project Maigo by Jeremy Robinson, Jeffrey Kafer

    Project Maigo by Jeremy Robinson, Jeffrey Kafer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    BOSTON IS IN RUINSJon Hudson, head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Fusion Center – Paranormal division, is haunted by Boston’s destruction at the hands of Nemesis, a three-hundred-foot tall monster with the heart of a murdered little girl, Maigo. In the time since Boston fell and Nemesis retreated to the ocean’s depths, Hudson has helped prepare the United States against future attacks...
  • A Warrior's Penance by Davis Ashura

    A Warrior's Penance by Davis Ashura

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The thunderous conclusion to the award-winning fantasy epic…Following Stronghold’s destruction, Rukh and Jessira lead the ragged remnants of the OutCastes on the long march to Ashoka. There, they seek sanctuary for her people, but in order to do so, they must overcome unyielding law that demands exile for all ghrinas...
  • The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton

    The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Confederation is starting to collapse politically and economically, allowing the 'possessed' to infiltrate more worlds. Quinn Dexter is loose on Earth, destroying the giant arcologies one at a time. As Louise Kavanagh tries to track him down, she manages to acquire some strange and powerful allies whose goal doesn't quite match her own...
  • Bound in Blood by P.C. Hodgell

    Bound in Blood by P.C. Hodgell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When 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...
  • Soul Eater by Lily Mayne

    Soul Eater by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    M/M Fantasy Romance. Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilization. One where humans live in military-controlled, cramped and dirty cities along the coasts, and the majority of the United States is known as the Wastes. A lawless, desolate and dangerous place, teeming with monsters that have claimed the land for their own. Including Wyn the Soul Eater...
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