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  • God Restrainer by Christopher Mitchell

    God Restrainer by Christopher Mitchell

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Together again.For the first time in years, the entire Holdfast family is gathered in the same place. For Daphne, however, this is more than just the family reunion she has been longing for. At stake is the future of the entire Empire, and the choices made by the Holdfasts will determine if the Star Continent will live in peace, or descend into civil war...
  • The Eighth Realm by Michael Chatfield

    The Eighth Realm by Michael Chatfield

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The eighth realm, the unpassable realm.The eighth realm doesn’t stand as a realm onto itself, but as a question.Why do you fight?Merely gaining levels, and having a higher cultivation isn’t enough to pass the eighth realm’s test into the ninth realm. Find your truth, understand your reason, only then can you pass the eighth realm.It might be Erik and Rugrat’s hardest challenge yet...
  • Everything by Dakota Krout

    Everything by Dakota Krout

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Dynasty is sending troops. Potentia is plentiful. Everything is up for grabs.Luke has found a great way to move directly from combat to combat. While his team is working hard to increase their knowledge, train their skills, and grow a paradise, the Murderhobo steps into a Descender portal for five minutes, pops out, jumping straight into Murder World—fists leading the way. Life is good...
  • Salvation by Shemer Kuznits

    Salvation by Shemer Kuznits

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Insurmountable odds ... hidden powers maneuvering behind the scenes ... all culminating in a final, titanic, clash.The mighty city of Everance lay in the GreenPiece clan’s path, but as Oren soon discovers, he’s got even bigger obstacles to overcome before reaching his final goal...
  • Dungeons & Guardians by Dave Willmarth

    Dungeons & Guardians by Dave Willmarth

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Max and company pursue their epic quest to restore the Heart of the Mountain, finding new enemies and surprising allies along the way. The potential rewards are tremendous, but the cost is high. A growing threat from the mountains to the north endangers Stormhaven, its citizens, and its neighbors...
  • The Seventh Realm, Part 1 by Michael Chatfield

    The Seventh Realm, Part 1 by Michael Chatfield

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    War has come to the Willful Institute. It has come to the first realm.For years Alva has trained, developed weapons and tactics never seen in the ten realms. Now Alva moves in the background, supporting the Adventurer’s Guild. No band of fighters, no sect looking to gain individual honors.The armies of Alva were forged together in Alva dungeon. Tempered in body, in mind, in mana...
  • The Tenth Realm by Michael Chatfield

    The Tenth Realm by Michael Chatfield

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Devourer, Ravager. Titles of a forgotten enemy, a distant memory.Now freshly reborn in stark reminders of burning flame and blood.The tenth realm has been lost, and Akran’s hordes of devourers and ravagers have been loosed upon the lower realms. Dealing the reclusive and powerful Imperium has taken a serious blow...
  • The Sixth Realm, Part 2 by Michael Chatfield

    The Sixth Realm, Part 2 by Michael Chatfield

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Fighting in the shadows.Enemy at their backs.Will Alva's Secret be revealed?As Erik and Rugrat return to Alva they find that things have only heated up in their time away. The Adventurer's Guild moves in the shadows with Alva's support...
  • Shared Insanity by Kamikaze Potato

    Shared Insanity by Kamikaze Potato

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A chain, a portal, and darkness. That was all it took for Rob's life to go from the mundanities of college to being forced to survive in a hostile fantasy world full of horribly mutated creatures. Despite discovering civilization and making allies, his newfound home was sadly short-lived, leaving the survivors to pick up the pieces and make for greener pastures...
  • The Third Realm by Michael Chatfield

    The Third Realm by Michael Chatfield

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With the third realm new challenges arise. Erik searches for Old Hei while Rugrat deals with his broken mana system. For both, their path takes them towards the alchemist association's trial. They didn't mean to get into trouble, they swear, but in the ten realms trouble is not far behind the duo. They'll have to fight across the third realm to complete the alchemist association's trial...
  • Land of Magic by Kirill Klevanski

    Land of Magic by Kirill Klevanski

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He left behind the Northern Kingdoms, tired of their wars and schemes. The golden waves of the Sea of Sand didn’t drown him in fire, but the Evening Stars ultimately didn’t bless him with their light. Despite his many adventures, despite the fact he's already endured enough hardship to last him several lifetimes, his soul was restless...
  • Conquest by Shemer Kuznits

    Conquest by Shemer Kuznits

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A prophecy foretold … the fate of thousands on the line …With one major enemy town behind them, the GreenPiece clan marches onward to new conquests. Facing Oren and his monster army are the combined forces of the so-called ‘civilized races’, intent on halting his invasion of their territory.Reality blurs as Oren fights harder than ever to save the trapped players, his clan, and his family...
  • Fall of Kings by David Gemmell, Stella Gemmell

    Fall of Kings by David Gemmell, Stella Gemmell

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Darkness falls on the Great Green and the Ancient World is fiercely divided.On the killing fields outside the golden city of Troy, forces loyal to the Mykene King Agamemnon mass.Among them is Odysseus, fabled storyteller and reluctant ally to the Mykene...
  • Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell

    Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    The war of Troy is looming, and all the kings of the Great Green are gathering, friends and enemies, each with their own dark plans of conquest and plunder.Into this maelstrom of treachery and deceit come three travellers; Piria, a runaway priestess nursing a terrible secret, Kalliades, a warrior with a legendary sword, and Banokles who will carve his own legend in the battles to come...
  • The Two Week Curse by Michael Chatfield

    The Two Week Curse by Michael Chatfield

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Thrust into an unknown, unwanted situation, most would feel panic, fear anger and fall into chaos. Erik and Rugrat are not immune to those feelings, but they have stepped into chaos so many times, it is simply a different challenge. Two weeks ago, Erik lost his legs and his arm. Today he got a message. "You have been randomly selected to join the Ten Realms...
  • Paladin of the Sword (Paladin of the Sigil Book 1) by Marvin Knight

    Paladin of the Sword (Paladin of the Sigil Book 1) by Marvin Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The surface world is a strange place for a young man who grew up in Hell.Darren was just a boy when he and his mother were betrayed by paladins and chased beneath the earth. There, with only his paladin’s sigil and his quests to guide him, Darren grew from boy to man. Born in fire and blood, Hell itself sculpted the perfect paladin...
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    epic  harem  heroic-fantasy  litrpg  military  myths  retellings  adult
  • The Second Storm by Tao Wong

    The Second Storm by Tao Wong

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When War Wages, Even Innocents PerishTwo years have passed and the war between the kingdoms of Shen and Wei rages on. The dark sect moves in the shadows, striking against the noble Verdant Green Waters Sect, damaging, killing and kidnapping their members.Among the victims - Fairy Yang, Wu Ying's martial sister...
  • The Sixth Realm, Part 1 by Michael Chatfield

    The Sixth Realm, Part 1 by Michael Chatfield

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    As the fighting competition grips Vuzgal, the city-state declares its independence and strength.Alva prepares to retake the lost floor of Water.The Adventurer Guild hones their blades, training and cultivating. They prepare for war, for the Willful Institute to reap what they have sown.Erik and Rugrat’s travels take them to the sixth realm, a realm with cities under the sun and dungeons beneath...
  • Sea of Sorrow by Kirill Klevanski

    Sea of Sorrow by Kirill Klevanski

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    While crossing the desert with the caravan, Hadjar got involved in the search for the library of Mage City, where the elixir that could turn a person into a god was stored.After fighting against the desert bandits, he and his friend Einen suddenly entered Underworld City thanks to Serra’s amulets...
  • Lifemarked by David Estes

    Lifemarked by David Estes

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Four Kingdoms and the fatemarked face the most powerful army the world has ever seen...In Phanes, Roan Loren, the Peacemaker, has high hopes for a united response to the threat from the Horde, but swiftly realizes the only true ally he has is his arch nemesis, Bane...
  • Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan

    Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Each culture has its own myths and legends, but only one is shared, and it is feared by all. With Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and Age of War, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan riveted readers with a tale of unlikely heroes locked in a desperate battle to save mankind...
  • The Legend of the Kestrel by Peter Wacht

    The Legend of the Kestrel by Peter Wacht

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An only son, gifted with magic,Challenged to free a people threatened by an ancient evil.Will he be forced to risk everything in a battle against the forces of darkness? Fleeing the only home he’s ever known, Thomas escapes a devastating attack on the Highlands and reaches the grandparents he’s never met – the only family he has left...
  • Proven Strength by Daniel Schinhofen

    Proven Strength by Daniel Schinhofen

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Gregory’s year-long posting along the northern wilds was done. He’d had to face corrupt magi, assassination attempts, aether-using bane beasts, and even deal with the loss of some of his men. The year had left a mark on his soul. He’d accepted the burden of leadership fully, knowing that his men could and would die under his command...
  • Conquest by Dean Henegar

    Conquest by Dean Henegar

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Placed in an experimental medpod controlled by an advanced artificial intelligence, 93-year-old Colonel James Raytak continues the fight to repair his failing body. Leading his forces inside the game of Limitless Lands is helping the AI to heal his mind, but new threats are looming on the horizon. Forces both in and out of the game have begun their plans of conquest...
  • Webs & Wards by Benjamin Medrano

    Webs & Wards by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Joy can’t get a break. Having survived a chance encounter with a demon lordling, and made an immense sacrifice, one might expect Joy to at least have some time to rest and recover. Instead, when Joy’s friends learn what she sacrificed, they decide they’ll repay her, no matter what it takes, and they take the adventurous bee-girl on a quest to find another apis hive which can help her...
  • Hives & Heroism by Benjamin Medrano

    Hives & Heroism by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Demons loom over Dorma.Despite Joy’s victory over Alethus’s servants, his plans haven’t been stopped. Even so, a glimmer of hope lies before her, and she and her friends are determined to grasp it.That doesn’t mean it will be easy, though. An army is invading Dorma, one with the same destination as Joy. Their goals are sinister, but they aren’t going to stop Joy and her friends...
  • Battleborne by Dave Willmarth

    Battleborne by Dave Willmarth

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Max was a professional soldier, and extremely good at his job. Right up until it killed him.At the moment of his death, he meets Hildi the Valkyrie, and is given three options. Serve Odin in Valhalla as one of the Einherjar, fighting each day and celebrating each night until the battle of Ragnarok. Accept his death as final, and end his existence...
  • Conflict by Matthew Peed

    Conflict by Matthew Peed

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The continent is in chaos as one world-shaking event after another continues to rattle the foundations that the people have lived with for centuries. The flames of all-out war threaten everyone and few people seem to want to stop it. Louella and Regan work tirelessly to protect their own slice of home from forces that want to bring ruin to everything around them...
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    epic  heroic-fantasy  litrpg  military  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Descent by Matthew Peed

    Descent by Matthew Peed

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After almost a year since Regan came to the world Murgin, danger has followed him like a loyal dog. Threats are the main theme of his life as a dungeon core and every time he deals with one, another appears to take its place...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    epic  harem  military  myths  retellings  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Secrets of the Hearthwood by Marvin Knight

    Secrets of the Hearthwood by Marvin Knight

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With enemies at the gates and trouble at home, a man must defend his clan armed only with his magical martial arts and a futuristic spaceship fortress.His enemies won’t know what hit them.After finally defeating the Matriarch of the Crimson Dragon clan, Theo’s left with a disunited group of tribes swearing loyalty to him in name only. And why should they? He’s got no towering fortress...
  • Sea of Sand by Kirill Klevanski

    Sea of Sand by Kirill Klevanski

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    He got his revenge, but instead of triumph, Hadjar was left with only loneliness and emptiness in his soul. Death had come for him, and he was ready to give himself to it, but then a fleeting memory gave him new hope, a way to make amends, and this reignited his desire to live and fight...
  • The First Peak of the Force by Yuri Ajin

    The First Peak of the Force by Yuri Ajin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Those who follow the noble art of cultivation know that there's no place for evil in their craft and that all that matters is reaching the Heavens. But to do that, one must unlock their Force.The Fallen Star Sect's expedition to the mysterious cave ended in tragedy: hundreds of their most talented students lost their lives in the dark tunnels...
  • Lion of Macedon by David Gemmell

    Lion of Macedon by David Gemmell

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Over and again, the aged seeress Tamis scried all the possible tomorrows. In every one, dark forces threatened Greece; terrible evil was poised to reenter the world. The future held only one hope: a half-caste Spartan boy, Parmenion. So Tamis made it her mission to see that Parmenion would before the deadliest warrior in the world -- no matter what the cost...
  • Hand Made Mage by James Haddock

    Hand Made Mage by James Haddock

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ghost, a young Criminal Guild thief, is ordered to rob an ancient crypt of a long dead Duke. He is caught grave robbing by an undead insane Mage with a twisted sense of humor. The Mage burns a set of rune engraved rings into Ghost's hand, and fingers. Unknown to Ghost these rings allow him to manipulate the four elements...
  • A Soldier's Life by Always RollsAOne, Erick Thiemke

    A Soldier's Life by Always RollsAOne, Erick Thiemke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Follow an unfortunate soul who has been thrown into a fantasy world with nothing. He is quickly railroaded into joining the Legion and has to develop under harsh conditions while slowly discovering his potential power. This story has light LitRPG elements with a stat and magic advancement system...
  • Opposition by Dean Henegar

    Opposition by Dean Henegar

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The drums of war sound in the Limitless Lands as Commander Raytak continues his quest to unite Hayden’s Knoll under the banner of the Imperium. Narbos the Grimm prepares his forces to invade, seeking new power from an ancient evil as he tries to wrest control of the zone from Raytak and his friends...
  • The Eagle by Jack Whyte

    The Eagle by Jack Whyte

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beginning with 'The Skystone', Jack Whyte embarked on an ambitious re-telling of the Arthurian cycle. With 'The Eagle' we come at last to the heart of the tale, the creation of fabled Camelot and the love story that enshrined its glory - and, some say, caused its downfall...
  • Stone Will by Kirill Klevanski

    Stone Will by Kirill Klevanski

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Dragon Heart" is one of the top-rated Wuxia LitRPG novels in Russia, where it has been read over 30,000,000 times and has made Mr. Klevanski the #1 author on the 4 biggest self-publishing sites in Russia.The author has been writing the story for only three years, however, it already has 1500 chapters spanning 19 books. The whole story is planned out and will have over 2000 chapters and 22 books...
  • Into Vushaar by Robert M. Kerns

    Into Vushaar by Robert M. Kerns

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Help his friend go home.Just because Gavin's goal is simple, doesn't mean it's easy!His friend's home is Vushaar, the world's oldest monarchy and a land fractured by civil war.  Slaver parties roam the countryside at will, claiming any they desire for their vile trade, and a great army lays siege to the capital...
  • Sevenfold Sword: Warlord by Jonathan Moeller

    Sevenfold Sword: Warlord by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The quest of the Seven Swords has unleashed catastrophic war. Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, the only Swordbearer in the realm of Owyllain. He is allied with the noble King Hektor Pendragon, who fights to reunify the Seven Swords and to end the destructive war they have unleashed...
  • Sevenfold Sword: Necromancer by Jonathan Moeller

    Sevenfold Sword: Necromancer by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The quest of the Seven Swords has put terrible power in the hands of madmen. The Necromancer of Trojas wields the Sword of Death, and with it he has summoned a vast host of the undead. Unless Ridmark Arban can stop him, the undead horde will conquer all the realm of Owyllain. But the city of Trojas holds other secrets. And one of those secrets might kill Ridmark and destroy Owyllain..
  • Sevenfold Sword: Shadow by Jonathan Moeller

    Sevenfold Sword: Shadow by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The quest of the Seven Swords has freed the shadows to prey upon mankind. Ridmark has learned that the sorceress Cathala holds the secret of the Seven Swords, and quests to free her from the grasp of an imprisoning spell. But the Maledicti priests know of Ridmark's quest, and plot to stop him with a deadly new weapon...
  • Sevenfold Sword: Unity by Jonathan Moeller

    Sevenfold Sword: Unity by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The quest of the Seven Swords will destroy kingdoms. Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, questing to stop the rise of the evil New God. But Ridmark and his companions are caught in the war between the final remnant of the dying gray elves and the brutal muridach horde. Unless Ridmark can save the gray elves, he and his friends will die, and the New God will rise in power to enslave the world..
  • Sevenfold Sword: Sorceress by Jonathan Moeller

    Sevenfold Sword: Sorceress by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The quest of the Seven Swords will unmask treachery. Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, questing to stop the rise of the evil New God. The sorceress Cathala, imprisoned within magical stone, holds the lore of the creator of the Seven Swords. But dark powers are stirring in the Serpent Marshes, and Cathala has secrets of her own. Secrets that might kill Ridmark and his friends..
  • Sevenfold Sword: Serpent by Jonathan Moeller

    Sevenfold Sword: Serpent by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The quest of the Seven Swords threatens to summon the malevolent New God...but other dark powers might seize the New God's throne. Ridmark Arban is the Shield Knight, questing to rescue his friends from the cruel dvargir slavers of Najaris...
  • Sevenfold Sword: Guardian by Jonathan Moeller

    Sevenfold Sword: Guardian by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The quest of the Seven Swords nears its end, and dark powers rise to seize the world. Ridmark Arban has learned the terrible secret at the heart of the Seven Swords. Now he need only escape Urd Maelwyn, the grim city ruled by the dark elven tyrant known as the Confessor. But few who enter Urd Maelwyn ever leave alive...
  • Sevenfold Sword: Tower by Jonathan Moeller

    Sevenfold Sword: Tower by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The quest of the Seven Swords has brought the world to the edge of destruction. To defeat the evil of the Seven Swords, Ridmark must learn the secrets of their making. But the creator of the Swords is imprisoned within the dungeons of Urd Maelwyn, once the stronghold of the dark elven tyrant called the Sovereign. And those who enter the dungeons of Urd Maelwyn never return..
  • Dragontiarna: Knights by Jonathan Moeller

    Dragontiarna: Knights by Jonathan Moeller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ridmark Arban has defeated both the mighty Frostborn and the evil of the Seven Swords, and now he only wishes to live quietly with his family. But Ridmark's oldest enemy, the Warden of Urd Morlemoch, has not forgotten him. And the Warden knows a dangerous secret. For the dragons are returning..
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    military  myths  retellings  adult  book  fiction  historical  magic
  • Sleeping Player by John Gold

    Sleeping Player by John Gold

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wake up, Sagie… Have you heard about what happened at Castle Airis five years ago? Don’t talk too loud, it's dangerous right now. They’re still looking for that certain wanderer. If you have any information, please, let us know. How difficult is it to survive the human world, full of people hellbent on destruction, as a poor cat? "People = danger," LJ knows that for sure...
    Categorized as:
    epic  heroic-fantasy  litrpg  military  adult  audiobook  book  dark
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