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Art of the Hunt by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOur heroes have escaped with the ancient dragon gate, but powerful enemies are right behind them.If they can’t figure out the magic of the mysterious artifact, and find great allies and resources in another world, their hopes of overthrowing their tyrannical wizard rulers will end as surely as their lives... -
![Portal to Nova Roma by J.R. Mathews]()
Portal to Nova Roma by J.R. Mathews
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo find peace, Alexander must first embrace war.After tragically losing the only person he ever cared about, Alexander, a rogue artificial intelligence, opens a portal to an alternate dimension to escape his grief... -
![Paladin of the Shield by Marvin Knight, Marvin Whiteknight]()
Paladin of the Shield by Marvin Knight, Marvin Whiteknight
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeneath the Sacred Seas, demons are stirring.An ancient evil rises. An army from the depths of hell comes with her.In the heavens above, a seraph with more ambition than the heavens can contain is coming to confront her.The Sacred Seas have become a playground for forces beyond their power to contend with. In the war between the Heavens and the Hells, only one man can stand for humanity... -
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Winterlight by Kristen Britain
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThis seventh novel of the Green Rider series follows the adventures of messenger, magic wielder, and knight Karigan G'ladheon as she fights to save king and country from dark magic and a looming war.After her capture at the hands of Grandmother and the Second Empire, Karigan G'ladheon is making halting progress towards recovery... -
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![Paladin of the Spirit by Marvin Knight]()
Paladin of the Spirit by Marvin Knight
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the depths of Hell, Darren grew strong. Now he's ready to return as he prepares to face down the man who killed his mother.The world thinks Darren is dead. Now is the perfect time for him to build his strength and prepare to wage war on the heavens themselves. To prepare to attack the heavens, he will destroy the hells... -
![Lord of the Mysteries Volume 3 by Ai Qianshui de Wuzei, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving]()
Lord of the Mysteries Volume 3 by Ai Qianshui de Wuzei, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the rising tide of steam power and machinery, who can come close to being a Beyonder? Shrouded in the fog of history and darkness, who or what is the lurking evil that murmurs into our ears?Waking up to be faced with a string of mysteries, Zhou Mingrui finds himself reincarnated as Klein Moretti in an alternate Victorian era world where he sees a world filled with machinery, cannons,... -
![Heretic Spellblade 2 by K.D. Robertson]()
Heretic Spellblade 2 by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChanging history is harder than it appears. Every time Nathan thinks he has stopped a world-ending war, he learns that somebody is trying to start it again. But once this is over, he’ll be free to relax and spend some quality time with his Champions.As the war heats up, Nathan finds himself caught up in the schemes and fluffy tails of one of his former Champions, Narime... -
![Chosen for Power by Lindsay Buroker]()
Chosen for Power by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJak and his allies venture through the portal in search of the longevity plant their king demands, but all Jak wants is to find the elder dragons.Some say they’re extinct. Some say they’re in hiding.If he can’t locate them, there won’t be anyone to teach his hatchling how to fly. Or to protect the dragon eggs preserved within a glacier on another world... -
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Heretic Spellblade 3 by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe time for secrets is coming to an end. Nathan has changed history and stopped the end of the world, but the future is more uncertain than ever. He can't rely on his knowledge of the future anymore.Conquering the Federation has turned Nathan into a national hero, but also earned him countless enemies. The peace he has won looks short-lived... -
![Demon's Throne 2 by K.D. Robertson]()
Demon's Throne 2 by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRys is still shaking dust from his hair after a thousand years of sleep, and he already finds himself in a two-front war. The sorcerers of the Malus League are summoning a demon lord, while his northern neighbor marches south. Now that Rys has claimed a kingdom, he needs to keep it.Naturally, he'll expand his territory while crushing his new enemies... -
![Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey]()
Magic's Price by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe final chapter in Mercedes Lackey's spellbinding fantasy trilogy! The Herald-Mage, Vanyel, and his Companion, Yfandes, are alone responsible for saving the once-peaceful kingdom of Valdemar from the forces of a master who wields a dark, forbidding magic. And if either Vanyel or Yfandes falters, both Valdemar and its Herald-Mage must pay the ultimate price... -
![Demon's Throne by K.D. Robertson]()
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... -
![Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling]()
Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsImagine a world ruled by Werelords - men and women who can shift at will into bears, lions, and serpents. When Drew suddenly discovers he's not only a werewolf but the long-lost heir to the murdered Wolf King's throne, he must use his wits and newfound powers to survive in a land suddenly full of enemies... -
![Life at the Coffin Joint by Ann Charles, Sam Lucky]()
Life at the Coffin Joint by Ann Charles, Sam Lucky
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeadwood (late 1876) ... A rowdy and reckless undertaker’s delight. What better place for a killer to blend in?Enter undertaker Clementine Johanssen, tall and deadly with a hot temper and short fuse, hired to clean up Deadwood’s dead … and the “other” problem. She’s hell-bent on poking, sticking, or stabbing anyone that steps out of line... -
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![Power Mage 4 by Hondo Jinx]()
Power Mage 4 by Hondo Jinx
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUNLEASH THE BEAST! Deep in the heart of Texas, Brawley vows to build a base, explore Red Haven, and protect his women. Seven orders. Seven amazing powers. Seven beautiful teachers. He needs to work hard, crack strands, and avoid the attention of those hunting him. And oh yeah, his family and friends want to know why he’s shacking up with five gorgeous women and stockpiling a mountain of ammo... -
![War Master's Gate by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
War Master's Gate by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRelentlessly advancing towards Collegium, the Empire is again seeking to break down its walls. The mighty imperial armies have learnt from their failures, and Empress Seda will brook no weakness in her soldiers. However, Stenwold Maker has earned his title, and the War Master has strategies to save his city... -
![Duncton Quest by William Horwood]()
Duncton Quest by William Horwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Tryfan, son of Bracken and Rebecca, returns to the sacred Burrows of Uffington, he finds dreadful signs of death and destruction. For out of the chilly North have swarmed the grikes, a fanatical tribe of warrior moles bent on destroying all believers in the powers of the Stone...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... -
![Oathbreakers by Mercedes Lackey]()
Oathbreakers by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsWhen Idra, leader of the crack mercenaries known as the Sunhawks, failed to return from a journey to her home kingdom of Rethwellan, Tarma and Kethry, warrior and mage, set out in search of their vanished leader. Sisters of sword and spell, their fates bound together by Goddess-sworn oath, they were eternally pledged to fight the forces of evil... -
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Factotum by D.M. Cornish
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRossamund Bookchild stands accused of not truly being a human at all, but of being a monster. Even the protection of Europe, the Branden Rose-the most feared and renowned monster-hunter in all the Half-Continent-might not be enough to save him. Powerful forces move against them both, intent on capturing Rossamund- whose existence some believe may hold the secret to perpetual youth...Categorized as:
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![Red Elf Ranch by Michael Dalton]()
Red Elf Ranch by Michael Dalton
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA cowboy is just a man with guts and a horse.Connor Mills is only trying to earn some summer money for school by working the Green River Drift cattle drive in Wyoming. The Fates have something else in mind for him... -
![Eastern Expansion by Randi Darren]()
Eastern Expansion by Randi Darren
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 26 ratings[Spoiler for the faint hearted at the bottom of the blurb. Please read all the way through.] Before world war two could reach its conclusion, the world suffered what could only be defined as a cataclysm. Now, Yosemite city stands as the gateway between two worlds. The empire of humanity to the west, and the wild wastes to the east...Categorized as:
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![Seal of the Worm by Adrian Tchaikovsky]()
Seal of the Worm by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Empire stands victorious over its enemies at last. With her chief rival cast into the abyss, Empress Seda now faces the truth of what she has cost the world in order to win the war. The Seal has been shattered, and the Worm stirs towards the light for the first time in a thousand years. Already it is striking at the surface, voraciously consuming everything its questing tendrils touch... -
![Empire Builder by Dante King]()
Empire Builder by Dante King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBreed, Populate, ConquerWhen Benjamin's latest conquest revealed herself to be from another world, he couldn't believe it. But her crazy revelations didn't stop there. She said that Benjamin was the reincarnation of the Forgotten Ruler, a supreme being with an empire that once spanned an entire continent... -
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![Rebirth of the Undead King by Ink Bamboo]()
Rebirth of the Undead King by Ink Bamboo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPuzzles need more than two pieces to come together. After surviving the massacre in Sol, Zaros decides it's time to join the rebels. Together with them, he's prepared to take revenge on the royal family and the nobles of the kingdom. However, allies may sometimes be more dangerous than enemies. And enemies may sometimes be the most worthy of allies... -
![Fate and Flame by Miranda Lyn]()
Fate and Flame by Miranda Lyn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWould you sacrifice yourself for the world?Ara’s found her soulmate and accepted the bond, but now she must journey south with her team, keeping her secret while fighting against the power that’s threatening to destroy her and the world at every turn... -
![Warsinger by James Osiris Baldwin]()
Warsinger by James Osiris Baldwin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAn ancient kingdom falls to tyranny. A dark empire rises in its place, while the old gods stir...After kicking an unholy amount of undead ass, Hector and his dragon have new goal: to revive the war-torn province of Myzsno, preferably before their nemesis arrives with his army and a legion of Drachan, demonic dragons that would make even H.P Lovecraft scream in terror... -
![The Broken God by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan]()
The Broken God by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDark gods and dangerous magic clash in this third book of Gareth Hanrahan's acclaimed epic fantasy series, The Black Iron Legacy. Enter a city of dragons and darkness... The Godswar has come to Guerdon, dividing the city between three occupying powers. A fragile armistice holds back the gods, but other dangerous forces seek to exert their influence... -
![Night Calls by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel]()
Night Calls by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe werewolves came shattering the peace of the village of Sun Return. Five were taken before the girl's parents agreed to give her up. They called in Cousin Cory, Aunt Marta, all the known practitioners. The ones who could teach me how to hide in a leaf, dip into minds, and find the secret herbs that heal. Her childhood now over, the girl must face the Dark of the Other Side...Categorized as:
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![Grave Empire by Richard Swan]()
Grave Empire by Richard Swan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBlood once turned the wheels of empire. Now it is money.A new age of exploration and innovation has dawned, and the Empire of the Wolf stands to take its place as the foremost power in the known world. Glory and riches await.But dark days are coming... -
![A Question of Honor by Lindsay Buroker]()
A Question of Honor by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWith less than six months until his entrance exams for the famed Nurian warrior-mage academy, Yanko is sent to his uncle’s salt mine for “hardening,” as his father calls it. He expects endless days of physical labor; what he doesn’t expect is to have to choose one of the mine’s prisoners as a sparring partner... -
![Duncton Found by William Horwood]()
Duncton Found by William Horwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first trilogy of the Duncton Chronicles now reaches an inspiring and triumphant conclusion… Under the ruthless leadership of Henbane of Whern, the grikes have taken over moledom. Soon their ascendancy is to be consolidated by Lucerne, her son by Tryfan, and the last followers of the Stone rooted out and killed... -
![The Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young]()
The Magpie Coffin by Wile E. Young
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 1875 and outlaw Salem Covington has spent the last twenty years collecting stories, possessions, and lives. Nicknamed "The Black Magpie" for his exploits during the war, Salem has carved a bloody trail across the western territories. Informed that his mentor, Comanche shaman Dead Bear, has been murdered. Salem vows vengeance on the perpetrators...Categorized as:
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![Heretic Spellblade by K.D. Robertson]()
Heretic Spellblade by K.D. Robertson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBefore the demons invaded, Nathan had everything he ever wanted. Women, power, magical talent, wealth, a fortress full of loyal soldiers.Now, a beautiful demonic general offers him a choice: die; or start a new life with her in the past and rewrite history. Nathan accepts and is sent back in time to before the end of the world began.Everything Nathan earned in his original life is gone... -
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![Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft]()
Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of airships and steam engines, of unusual animals and mysterious machines...Categorized as:
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![The Seven by Peter Newman]()
The Seven by Peter Newman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYears have passed since the Vagrant journeyed to the Shining City, Vesper in arm and Gamma’s sword in hand.Since then the world has changed. Vesper, following the footsteps of her father, journeyed to the breach and closed the tear between worlds, protecting the last of humanity, but also trapping the infernal horde and all those that fell to its corruptions: willing or otherwise... -
![Closer to the Chest by Mercedes Lackey]()
Closer to the Chest by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHerald Mags, the King of Valdemar’s Herald Spy, has been developing a clandestine network of young informants who operate not only on the streets of the capital city of Haven, but also in the Great Halls and kitchens of the wealthy and highborn. In his own established alternate personas, Mags observes the Court and the alleys alike, quietly gathering information to keep Haven and the Kingdom safe... -
![The Headless Horseman by Thomas Mayne Reid]()
The Headless Horseman by Thomas Mayne Reid
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTexas in the 19th century. The War with Mexico is still a recent memory, marauding Comanches are a daily threat for new settlers of the Lone Star State. Louise Poindexter, a beautiful newcomer, is courted by two men - the arrogant and vindictive Cassius Calhoun and the dashing but poor mustanger Maurice Gerald... -
![Sky's End by Marc J. Gregson]()
Sky's End by Marc J. Gregson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn instant New York Times bestseller with three starred reviews—now under development as a feature film franchise!Plummet into a kill-or-be-killed competition where a scrappy underdog hell-bent on revenge must battle colossal monstrosities and claw his way to the top in this fast-paced, breakout sensation from YA fantasy author Marc J Gregson... -
![The Black Stranger and Other American Tales by Robert E. Howard]()
The Black Stranger and Other American Tales by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRobert E. Howard is celebrated as the founding father of sword-and-sorcery, the creator of Conan of Cimmeria and Kull of Atlantis. The Black Stranger and Other American Tales demonstrates that in some of his most powerful heroic fantasy and horror stories, he also explored a New World older and more haunted than that which we’ve seen in textbooks or museum exhibits... -
![Sunshield by Emily B. Martin]()
Sunshield by Emily B. Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA lawless wilderness. A polished court. Individual fates, each on a quest to expose a system of corruption.The desolate canyons of Alcoro - and the people desperate enough to hide there - couldn’t be more different from the opulent glass palace and lush forests of Moquoia... -
![The High House by James Stoddard]()
The High House by James Stoddard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEvenmere, the High House, a Victorian mansion of infinite size, is the mechanism that runs the universe; the lamps must be lit or the stars fail; the clocks must be wound lest Time cease; the Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved or Existence crumbles... -
![The Queen of Swords by R.S. Belcher]()
The Queen of Swords by R.S. Belcher
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1870. Maude Stapleton, late of Golgotha, Nevada, is a respectable widow raising a daughter on her own. Few know that Maude belongs to an ancient order of assassins, the Daughters of Lilith, and is as well the great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Anne Bonney, the legendary female pirate... -
![From Cold Ashes Risen by Rob J. Hayes]()
From Cold Ashes Risen by Rob J. Hayes
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Corpse Queen Comes.Eskara has lost everything. The War Eternal has cost her everything she loves, and the Iron Legion has taken the rest. Yet there is something that is still hers, something that kept her warm during her time in the Pit. Anger and a lust for vengeance. First on the list of those who must pay, the Emperor of Terrelan... -
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![A Congregation of Jackals by S. Craig Zahler]()
A Congregation of Jackals by S. Craig Zahler
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne of Oswell's old bank-robbing gang is getting married out in Montana Territory, and the rest of the boys are all invited. But someone else will be there too. Quinlan. He was part of the gang once, but betrayal turned an ally into a bitter enemy, one who will stop at nothing to get his revenge... -
![Remnant III by Randi Darren]()
Remnant III by Randi Darren
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSteve doesn’t care who he was.He knows more than enough to realize it doesn’t matter at all.Now living in what had once been the Creeplands and maintaining a thriving farm there, they are under constant siege from the Creep itself.It's still better than life in Lamals.And that’s just how it is... -
![The Best of Robert E. Howard: Crimson Shadows (Volume 1) by Robert E. Howard]()
The Best of Robert E. Howard: Crimson Shadows (Volume 1) by Robert E. Howard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRobert E. Howard is one of the most famous and influential pulp authors of the twentieth century. Though largely known as the man who invented the sword-and-sorcery genre-and for his iconic hero Conan the Cimmerian-Howard also wrote horror tales, desert adventures, detective yarns, epic poetry, and more... -
![Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop]()
Shadows and Light by Anne Bishop
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEver since the slaughter of the witches, the Fae—who should be shielding their long-lost cousins from danger—have ignored the needs of the rest of the world. And shadows are again gathering in the eastern villages—dark, potent shadows that threaten the lives of every witch, woman, and Fae... -
![Quill by A.C. Cobble]()
Quill by A.C. Cobble
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe fate of empire is to crumble from within. A heinous murder in a small village reveals a terrible truth. Sorcery, once thought dead in Enhover, is not. Evidence of an occult ritual and human sacrifice proves that dark power has been called upon again. Twisting threads of clues lead across the known world to the end of a vast empire, and then, the trail returns home... -
![Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning]()
Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came by Robert Browning
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWritten in 1855 and first published in the collection "Men and Women", Browning's narrative poem later served as the inspiration for Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. The poem tells the tale of Roland, a knight, who comes as last to the object of his quest: the Dark Tower. His comrades have all fallen, and he is the last. He endures, marching on and on, until he comes at last to the Tower...
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