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Reaper by Will Wight
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsSacred Valley has been saved…at least, what’s left of it.With his home finally secure, Lindon delves deep into the ancient labyrinth, seeking long-lost Soulsmithing knowledge and the secret to destroying the Dreadgods. Monarchs plot against him and against each other, unaware of the threats gathering in realms beyond.Far above Lindon and the Monarchs and the Dreadgods, another war is waged...Categorized as:
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The Wandering Inn: Book 9 - Tears of Liscor by Pirateaba
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratings(This novel is the e-book version of the free web serial. You may read the entire ongoing story online free of charge.)The rains have halted, and all that’s left is mud. Mud--and the tracks of the Goblin Lord’s army. They have finally come to Liscor, pursued by Tyrion Veltras and his forces. In their path lies The Wandering Inn...Categorized as:
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Insight by Jay Boyce
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA city on the verge of collapse. Thousands dead or dying. One girl standing at the crossroads of fate.Leaving behind bright ballroom lights for a blood-soaked battlefield, Jade is on her way to becoming the hero she never wanted to be. Through the portal a city on fire beckons, besieged by a flood of monsters... -
The Wandering Inn: Book 11 - The Titan of Baleros by Pirateaba, Andrea Parsneau
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAdventuring doesn't ever really end, does it?Classes evolve, roles shift, and in the city of Liscor, change is happening. The Horns of Hammerad are growing as adventurers, rising in the eyes of the city and the surrounding lands. They've survived, and they've leveled, but new levels also bring new problems...Categorized as:
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Dungeon Diving 201 by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKen returns from the Elven World to another year at Haylon College.Yet, attitudes towards training have changed, the Naga attack has shifted priorities the world over and Ken finds himself and his fellow classmates pushed harder than ever before.The big four colleges no longer are going to focus on survival of their students, it’s time to push them and let the strongest shine... -
The Path of Ascension 3 by C. Mantis
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTraining. Glory. Practicing for War.Shortly after pressing his Talents in an attempt for treasure netted an entire planet a reckoning against autonomous golems and a flying rift, Matt, Liz and his Bond Aster find themselves being sucked into a war...Categorized as:
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Mark of the Fool 7 by J.M. Clarke
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Book 7 of the Best-Selling Series, continue your fantastical journey into a coming of age magic academy fantasy with a weak-to-strong progression into power, a setting inspired by D&D, detailed world building and magical science, action, comedy, slice-of-life, and GameLit elements...Categorized as:
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The Eighth Realm by Michael Chatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 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
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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Lotus Lake by Jay Boyce
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsReborn five years in the past. A second chance to do everything over. What would you do?For Ashlyn, being reborn five years in the past is both a boon and a bane. She’s reborn in the wreckage of tragedy, forced to deal with a life that she messed up before...Categorized as:
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Salvation by Shemer Kuznits
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsInsurmountable 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...Categorized as:
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Bastard by Alexey Osadchuk
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn a former life, Jack was gifted, meaning he possessed peculiar abilities. If rich folks found themselves in a jam, Jack could use his talents to get them out of it. Where others were sure to fail, Jack’s aristocratic clientele could always count on him to finish jobs cleanly, efficiently, and leave no trace, for which his services commanded a hefty fee...Categorized as:
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Scavengers by Robyn Wideman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter successfully finishing his first year at Darkthorn Academy, Jack returns to Sunder with his new friend, Stannerios. Together, Jack and Stann intend to enjoy their summer preparing for their second year. But even in Sunder they aren’t safe, as they deal with street thugs and assassins...Categorized as:
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El Rey del Oeste: by Pedro Urvi, Sarima
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings�Pueden un pu�ado de Guardabosques decantar el destino de un reino?Lasgol y sus compa�eros se encuentran inmersos en sus misiones como Guardabosques Especialistas y las situaciones y problemas a los que se enfrentan son mucho mayores de lo que imaginaban.La guerra civil en Norghan se intensifica... -
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The Path of Ascension 7 by C. Mantis
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDon't miss Book 7 of this action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia.About the This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia... -
Mark of the Fool 2 by J.M. Clarke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHe tried to escape. But something followed.After a gruelling trial, Alex Roth had reached the University of Generasi and learned much about the Mark of the Fool and how to exploit it for new paths of power.Making friends and training in alchemy, all seemed to be going well.But shadows stir.The dark secrets of his homeland haunt him. His sister—Selina—learns that she is what she hates most...Categorized as:
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The Path of Ascension 4 by C. Mantis
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter participating in the Empire's vassal war, Matt, Liz, and Aster now have a fire nipping after their heels. Or rather, their new manager, Luna. And she demands their best at all times, or she will drive them off The Path of Ascension...Categorized as:
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Reclaiming Honor by Marc Alan Edelheit, Quincy J. Allen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReclaiming Honor (The Way of Legend, Book 1) The story begins here! Best-selling and award-winning author of STIGERS TIGERS and the KARUS SAGA, Marc Alan Edelheit has teamed up with national best-selling author Quincy J. Allen to deliver a fresh epic fantasy adventure, told from the perspective of dwarves. This action-packed series introduces a new hero, and fighter, Tovak Stonehammer... -
A Testament of Steel by Davis Ashura
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA young man with no past must progress into a warrior out of legend.Cinder Shade’s life begins on a fateful afternoon at the bottom of a well where he awakens, bruised, battered, and bereft of all memory. His only understanding is a driving imperative—to protect those who can’t defend themselves and become a warrior worthy of the name...Categorized as:
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The Second Storm by Tao Wong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen 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...Categorized as:
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The Transcendent Green by Mati Ocha
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEarth has ascended…Magic tears through an unsuspecting planet of humans, bringing mythology and monsters to life—and providing humanity a chance to prove their mettle.Old grudges die hard…All Calum Green wants is to reach what remains of his family. Ninety miles of the Scottish Highlands stand between Calum and his family home in coastal Oban...Categorized as:
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The False Hero, Volume 3 by Michael Plymel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLutz and his companions have finally arrived at the eastern edge of the Orakian kingdom, just a few short days away from the elven lands. But he's not the only one who's made the trek east. Princess Lumina has deduced his destination and is hot on his trail... -
Binding by J.L. Mullins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe world reclaims all things. Humanity shelters within their ever-dying cities. Mages and Archons create the only path forward.Tala has returned to her new home, her mission successful, and her money-pouch temporarily refilled. Gold is still an ever present concern, but more pressing hurdles lie before her...Categorized as:
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Mage by J.L. Mullins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Wilds reclaim all things. Humanity shelters within their ever-dying cities. Mages and Archons create the only path forward.While Tala is still burdened with an overly large debt, she needs to balance repayment with learning opportunities and surviving the arcanous creatures increasingly focused on her...Categorized as:
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Diamantine by Andrew Rowe
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAfter bonding with Dawnbringer, the Sacred Sword of Light, Keras Selyrian travels to the nation of Edria to compete in the Tournament of the Sacred Sword. The winner of the tournament will be given a chance to fight for the Sacred Sword of Stone if they can defeat the current wielder, the impossibly powerful Emperor of Edria, in single combat. Winning the tournament will be no simple endeavor...Categorized as:
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The Frontier by Alexey Osadchuk
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNo one knows for certain what caused the Shadow to come into existence. Clerics say it was the gods laying a curse upon this world. Philosophers maintain that the Shadow of Strix is nothing short of a blessing and new milestone in human progress. But both sides agree that the Shadow will eventually swallow up this world and change it beyond recognition...Categorized as:
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Hurricane by Michael Wisehart
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeing labeled as a killer is every Upakan’s dream. Being labeled as the killer of your chieftain’s son . . . not so much. Banished from his home at thirteen, Ayrion makes his way to the capital city of Aramoor in hopes of starting a new life. With high aspirations of making a name for himself, he soon discovers how dangerous and unforgiving those streets can be...Categorized as:
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The Artificer’s Chronicles by E.M. Hardy
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAt seventeen years of age, Renan Saneris was still waiting for a talent to come up. While everyone around him got a Class and could move on with their life, he was still waiting for Fate to finally tell him what would become of him. He tried his hand at Smithing, Sword Fighting, or even at being an Artisan, but he never got much result for his efforts...Categorized as:
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The Second Expedition by Tao Wong
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEven the great may fall.Wu Ying's idle winter, one filled with training and recovery, is thrown awry when his Master and Elder Yang return, injured. The Three Seasons poison fills Master Cheng's veins, slowly killing the powerful Elder. His only hope - a rare antidote. But the ingredients for such an antidote are scarce and located in the deepest wilds...Categorized as:
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Mark of the Fool by J.M. Clarke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe gods chose him. He said no.After his parents died, Alex Roth had one desire: become a wizard. Through hard work, he was accepted into the University of Generasi, the world’s greatest academy of wizardry...Fate, however, had another plan.On his eighteenth birthday, he is Marked by prophecy as one of his kingdom’s five Heroes, chosen to fight the Ravener, his land’s great enemy...Categorized as:
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Dragon Eyre Badblood by Christopher Mitchell
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnward to Dragon Eyre.Blackrose, mightiest of dragons, has returned to her world, and found it torn apart by civil war and a brutal occupation. For two decades, the elite Banner armies of Implacatus have struggled to subdue the homeland of the dragons – a world of island chains set amid a sparkling ocean, where the navy battle pirates for control of the lawless seas... -
Just a Bronze: A LitRPG Adventure by Seth Richter
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKat was a freshly graduated healer from the academy, ready to begin her life as a bronze adventurer with her three best friends. Together, the four of them entered the portal to their new city, ready to delve the beginner dungeons and gain fame and fortune.Only three exited...Categorized as:
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Tolkien's World by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIf it is the author's job to paint word-pictures, few writers have accomplished the task more brilliantly than J.R.R. Tolkien, whose timeless fantasy classics have literally taken readers to another place... -
The Silence of Unworthy Gods by Andrew Rowe
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsUpon returning to Valia after his journey to Caelford and the Unclaimed Lands, Corin Cadence is confronted with a familiar foe — his own father. While his strength has vastly increased since his last encounter with Magnus Cadence, Corin knows that he’ll need every trick at his disposal — and maybe a few new ones — if he wants to survive a duel with his father intact...Categorized as:
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Warlord Arcanist by Shami Stovall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKings. Dragons. The start of an all-consuming war.As the twelve god-creatures appear in the world, nations brace for a inevitable struggle. Some have allied themselves with the Second Ascension in return for power and protection, but the Frith Guild aims to form a counter alliance...Categorized as:
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Beware of Chicken Volume 1 by CasualFarmer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJin Rou wanted to be a cultivator who defied the heavens, and surpassed all limits.Unfortunately for him, he died, and now I’m stuck here. Arrogant young masters? Heavenly tribulations? Cultivating for days on end, then getting into life or death battles?Yeah, no thanks. I'm getting out of here.In which a transmigrator decides that the only winning move is not to play...Categorized as:
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Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God: Book 7 - Hunted by Lucky Old Cat
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe seventh installment of “Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God” sees Shi Feng’s core members ambushed by Dark Star, but Shi Feng is able to save his allies through the aid of the Seven Luminaries Ring. In this book, Shi Feng will meet both new and old enemies alike, both causing him and his core members undeniable trouble... -
Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God: Book 8 - Destroyer of Immortality by Lucky Old Cat
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this eighth book of Reincarnation of the Strongest Sword God, Shi Feng's perseverance is put to the test as he finally finds the path to the next evolution of his class and abilities at the tip of a sword. With the answers he seeks, he will find more questions and challenges that will either destroy him or lift him closer to greatness... -
The Accidental Education by Kos Play
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMelvin and Kalli are off to a magic school called The Academy.Hidden in the basement of the Los Angeles Times, there Melvin will learn wonderful things like interdimensional astronomy, mana fencing, and how to get a girlfriend.Dragons, Gods, and bullies thrive in the Magical World hidden right beneath our eyes... -
Skysworn by Will Wight
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsWith his duel fast approaching, Lindon is locked away in prison. As a Blackflame, he is too dangerous to remain free. The Skysworn, protectors of the Empire, have imprisoned him to keep him under control until the day of his promised fight arrives. When it does, he will face Jai Long. But a new danger approaches the Empire, closer every day...Categorized as:
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The Sleeping Mother by Torsten Weitze
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe siege of the Brazen City has been lifted and the Paladin Bergen remains free. Following their victory, Ahren and his companions continue on their travels, this time to the Southern Jungles in search of information regarding the whereabouts of the female Paladin, Sunju.The journey is long and dangerous... -
Irrelevant Jack 3 by Prax Venter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat lies beyond Blackmoor Cove and its connected Tower? When two displaced Heroes from the recently fallen Town of Emberstone seek refuge from the advancing Corruption, some people begin to believe that Jack’s brazen defiance of traditional ways has terrible consequences...Categorized as:
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Weaving Virtue by Actus
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFew get that restart. Chosen by roaming angels and sent off to another word full of magic and cultivation, where they can live in ways that could only be dreamed of on earth. Where the only thing that dictated their fate was power.Anyone who met Chance would have agreed that he deserved it more than most.Life isn't that easy...Categorized as:
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Voidwalker by Actus
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe war between the Void and the Corruption rages on.Damien and Sylph demolished the competition in the Kingsfront Interschool Tournament, taking home first and second place. Now, summer is upon them, bringing with it the promise of a much needed break.Second isn’t content to sit around while they relax, and he isn't the only one scheming...Categorized as:
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The Artificer's Apprentice by Tom Watts
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGreetings, friend! Rest here for a while and listen - I have a quest for you.How would you like to begin an apprenticeship in the mystical craft of artificery? You’ll learn things that most people can only dream of. You’ll make swords with self-sharpening blades, bows that fire by themselves, and clocks that can read the future...Categorized as:
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The Right to Arm Bears by Andrew Seiple
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThreadbare has reunited with his little girl, even if it didn't go exactly like he'd hoped it would. But war still rages through the kingdom, and the fluffy heroes must stop the tyrant king and restore peace to their home. Celia, Threadbare, and the rest of their allies must join the final resistance, to fight for the fate of everyone within Cylvania. It's a daunting task...Categorized as:
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Mark of the Crijik by ThinkTwice
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAndross Silver has a nice life... Until he is pushed off a building and finds himself in a new world.Reborn into a family that wants to kill him, gifted with a System, and armed with determination, Andross must rise to the challenges of a strange new world he suddenly finds himself in...Categorized as:
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A Prince Out of Time by J. McCoy, Eligos
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo save the kingdom, he'll have to stop his own murder...It’s hard to be a drunken idiot when the world keeps burning down around you. Cairn, the charming-yet-utterly-irresponsible heir to the Uskarrion throne, is all too happy to toss the crown aside. But an invasion, conspiracy, and rise of a terrifying villain result in his untimely death.Then, Cairn reawakens...Categorized as:
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The Dungeon Destroyer by Konrad Ryan
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAfter the pain of lost friends and party members, Tad, gold key in hand, faces the endless class tower. Mysteries and secrets lie within. Trials turn to battles with other voids. With new strength come new challenges. His warrior trial looms ahead, with warrior rank dungeons waiting beyond...Categorized as:
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Threshold: Stories from Cradle by Will Wight, Travis Baldree
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCradle isn’t over yet.Lindon’s journey may have ended, but there are still more tales to tell.The stories in this collection will show you the world after Cradle, those left behind, and even some legends from long ago. If you’ve enjoyed the main series but you still want more, these are for you.Witness the first Uncrowned King tournament. Visit the Monarchs and their voyages in the lands beyond...
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