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Legend by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“Are you ready to go home?” Over the course of eight years, Cyrus Davidon has become the greatest warrior in Arkaria. He has fought and beaten armies, dragons, monsters and gods. He's been elected to lead the greatest guild in the land – Sanctuary – and watched that guild fall at the hands of his enemies...Categorized as:
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Heretic by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary...Categorized as:
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The Accidental Minecraft Family: Book 38: Search & Rescue: Cupid Chaos by Pixel Ate
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEver had a steak that was so good you actually fell in love with it? Well Dad has.Of course, he did have a little help from Cupid's arrow. And so did all kinds of other people, animals, and things from our world...Categorized as:
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Master by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary.A death in their midst has thrown the guild of Sanctuary into chaos...Categorized as:
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Warlord by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary...Categorized as:
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Wraithblade by S.M. Boyce
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsConnor Magnuson is going to conquer Death itself.A penniless drifter, Connor has survived the last eight years alone in a cursed woodland teeming with monsters that eat grown men whole. Shunned, forgotten, and with nowhere else to go, he looks death in the eye every night and draws his sword to face it. The forest, after all, burned the fear out of him long ago...Categorized as:
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A Blood of Kings by Bryce O'Connor, Luke Chmilenko
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRyn has fallen. Ester could be dying. Bonner is too far away to help. No matter how Declan Idryslooks at his situation, he comes to the same conclusion every time: He is about to die at the hands of the first dark elf seen in seven hundred years...Categorized as:
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The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien, Alan Lee
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJ.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume.J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’...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... -
The Reckoning: The Legend of Oescienne by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA powerful dragon guardian, a headstrong heroine, and a destiny that will make them both the greatest legends of their time ... The epic conclusion is finally here! "Dragons, mysteries, and heroes of mythic proportions ... A great and very satisfying read." ★★★★★ Ever since leaving her home in Oescienne, Jahrra has known the fate awaiting her in the kingdom of Ghorium...Categorized as:
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The Dragoneer omnibus 1 - 3 by Vickie Knestaut, Danny Knestaut
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNearly a thousand pages of dragon-packed action for a great price! Get the first three books of The Dragoneer series in this discounted bundle. Fantasy fans will love this thrilling dragon ride that features strong women, hope, and a compelling story-telling style appropriate for most ages. Book 1: The Bonding Trysten has a special bond with the dragons of Aerona... -
Of Darkness and Light by Ryan Cahill
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeroes will rise. Nations will fall.Behind the towering walls of Belduar, Calen Bryer and his companions stand in defense of the city and its new king. In over a thousand years, Belduar has never fallen. It has stood as a bastion of hope. But the Lorian empire are at its walls once more, and the Dragonguard are coming...Categorized as:
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With Dagger and Song by Helen Scheuerer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn empty crown. A perilous journey. Will she answer when darkness calls?Against all odds, Roh survived the harrowing Queen’s Tournament, but now something far deadlier awaits her: a formidable quest for the three magic birthstones of Saddoriel. The gems have been scattered across the realms – and only when Roh retrieves them can she take her place as queen...Categorized as:
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Crusader by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. Cyrus Davidon finds himself far from his home in Sanctuary, in the land of Luukessia, a place divided and deep in turmoil...Categorized as:
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Dragon Rise by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDragons will return, but who will control them? After betraying both the empire and the rebellion, Fes and Jayell travel alone, struggling to remain safe when a daring break-in that might provide the needed leverage goes awry... -
Escape by Jada Fisher
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagic has returned, and it will reshape the world, one way or another. An epic dragon riding adventure from Jada Fisher, author of the popular Brindle Dragon series. Blessed with a magic she doesn’t understand, Ukrah must find her way in a world that doesn’t always embrace her and her gifts... -
Avenger by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary.When a series of attacks on convoys draws suspicion that Sanctuary is involved, Cyrus Davidon must put aside his personal struggles and try to find the raiders...Categorized as:
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Soulmarked by David Estes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDespite the efforts of several of the fatemarked, turmoil and violence continue to plague the Four Kingdoms...To the north, Annise Gäric ventures into the Hinterlands to discover the truth of the Sleeping Knights, who may be the only hope for her kingdom. Meanwhile, Tarin Sheary travels to Darrin in a desperate bid to repel the eastern forces amassing at Crow's Nest...Categorized as:
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Fated in Darkness by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. In the underground city of Saekaj Sovar, a tyrant sits up the throne. For too long, he has ruled the fates of the dark elven people without mercy or challenge...Categorized as:
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Remnants of the Lost by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unexpected threat to the power of the elder stones begins to emerge. With his father likely dead, Haern trains to face the Ai’thol, using every ability he possesses to be strong enough to defeat them. A chance encounter with someone who’s lost more than him changes everything... -
The Coming Chaos by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe leader of the Ai’thol has worked for centuries on his plan to control the power of the stones. The final steps in that plan come into focus. Altered and augmented by his increased connection to the metal lorcith, Haern must use this ability to protect the women he’s brought with him from the dangerous city of Dreshen... -
Call Me Dragon by Marc Secchia
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCall me Dragon. It’s the last thing you’ll ever do.Blitz the Devastator has never done a decent day’s devastating in his life. Fireless, artistic and shunned by his Dragon Clan, he struggles to pillage even the meanest village. A future full of misery and failure beckons.This much is true until the day the burly brown Dragon successfully – imagine that – kidnaps the Princess Azania...Categorized as:
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The Legend of Oescienne - The Ascending by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMighty dragons, magical elves, mystical witches, and a strong heroine determined to save their world."If you love dragons, elves, and all the hallmarks of fantasy adventure, you'll love this continuing saga." ★★★★★A year has passed since the Tanaan dragon Jaax and his human ward, Jahrra, came to live within the protected boundaries of Lidien, the great City of Light...Categorized as:
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Flight of Sorcery and Shadow by Meg Cowley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAedon's captivity is over when darkness descends upon the realm. The elf's only choices become escape or death—a far cry from his past fame and notoriety as a legendary thief. Lost, alone, and desperate to escape the deadly beasts now stalking him, he does not count on meeting Lief, a ranger of the woodland elves...and Aedon's natural worst enemy...Categorized as:
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Secret Court by Angelina J. Steffort
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe set out to save her friends. What she got was a king.Not one moment of rest for Gandrett. Not as she sets out to rescue the Fae male who was taken from her just as she admitted her own feelings for him. Now, it is up to her—to her fighter’s mind, her determination, and to her growing magic that is expanding far beyond what she thought herself capable of... -
The Bonding by Vickie Knestaut, Danny Knestaut
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrysten has a special bond with the dragons of Aerona. But will that bond be enough to save the dragons and the village when her father is crippled and his dragon mortally wounded?All her life, Trysten has wished to follow in her father's footsteps and lead the dragons of Aerona into battle, but the title of Dragoneer has always gone to a male heir since the beginning of history...Categorized as:
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Dragon Link by Ava Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor sixteen-year-old Nova Harris, the last nine years in Florida have been a constant stream of disappointment. With her father dead and her mother missing, she’s been shuffled from one foster home to another...Categorized as:
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The Song of the First Blade by T.C. Edge
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the heart of Vandar, as dark forces close in, Elyon, a gifted Bladeborn, fights for his family’s survival.In the war-torn northlands of Tukor, a servant girl with a mysterious past is forced on the run, propelling her on a journey that will change her world forever...Categorized as:
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Dragon's Fate by Ava Richardson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA tragedy, a plague, and a dragon rider’s destiny….Kira’s heart is broken when her stepfather dies in a dragon-riding accident. When it becomes clear that his dragon, Axel, is gravely ill, she knows she can’t take another loss. The only hope to heal him seems to rest with her mother’s old friend, who lives in the far-off city of Caravon...Categorized as:
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The Buried Goddess Saga: The Complete Series: by Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet the Buried Goddess Saga Boxset, featuring all six action-packed books in the bestselling series. Over 3,000 pages of adventure, magic, war, and a diverse cast of characters you won’t soon forget.★★★★★ "Compelling characters, spectacular world-building, jaw-dropping twists... -
Anakisha's Dragon by Eileen Mueller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA feisty street fighter avenging her dead brother. A dashing dragon rider in the right place at the wrong time. And an unlikely pirate captain with nothing left to lose.Being a dragon rider is not in Anakisha’s plans. And Anakisha’s stubborn. She’s not giving up her dreams anytime soon...Categorized as:
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The Council of Elders by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Shadow Queen begins her attack. Can the Council learn their purpose in time? The four members of the Council begin to work together as they search for the fifth. Finding that person might be the only way to stop the Shadow Queen. They’ll need all the help they can get, but the remaining Elders have disappeared, leaving only those they’ve chosen to replace them...Categorized as:
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Sanctuary Tales by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. The guild of Sanctuary is replete with an amazing cast of adventurers, wanderers and rogues...Categorized as:
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The Lost Dragon by Dan Michaelson, D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe cycle of dragons has changed Ashan. Now he must use it to save the kingdom.After stopping two attacks on the kingdom, Ashan yearns to master his connection to the dragons and finally serve as a dragon mage. He has connected to a cycle of dragons, but he’s still only a student and doesn’t understand what it truly means to be a dragon mage...Categorized as:
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Mist Dragon by D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dragon misfits are the key to saving the dragons of Lorach but they must act before a stranger destroys them.Jason has secured a tentative peace for Dragon Haven. With his control over illusion, and the Lorach threat thwarted for now, his time is spent preparing for the next attack, knowing the Dragon Souls will not be easily stopped...Categorized as:
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Vines of Promise and Deceit by Melanie Cellier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the nomad delegation in Tartora, a royal tour is underway. But with the threat from both the raiders and the fallen kingdom itself growing, Cadence and Zeke's charade is stretched to the breaking point as they fight to protect their friends. But as Cadence struggles to keep them all alive, she refuses to give up on helping her sister—if only she knew how to do that.But Airlie isn't helpless...Categorized as:
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Harbinger by Nicole Conway
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVictory is written in the blood of the brave.As the armies of the Tibran Empire continue to march across Maldobar, a path of scorched destruction and despair is left in their wake. Even with the formidable princess, Jenna Farrow, leading the charge, the strength of the dragonriders is waning... -
Skyfire by Jess E. Owen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe second book in the Summer King Chronicles, by Jess E. Owen.Shard is a gryfon in exile from the pride of the Silver Isles. After learning of the injustices wrought by the Red King he once served loyally, Shard now seeks to fulfill the promise of the legendary Summer King, who is destined to bring peace and balance when he appears...Categorized as:
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The High Lords by Jonathan Moeller
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter losing his wife and his honor, Ridmark Arban the Gray Knight set out to stop the return of the malevolent Frostborn. He failed. Now the gates of ruin have been thrown open, and the Frostborn and their armies threaten to overthrow the High Kingdom. Only Ridmark stands in their way... -
Dawn of Magic: Forest of Embers by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA new era has dawned. An era of dragons and gods, balanced on a tenuous edge between redemption and ruin. ★★★★★ "This book is a treat for long-time fans and new readers alike!" Finn thought she had found her happy ending, but she hadn’t considered the consequences of breaking the barrier to the in-between. The land is in chaos... -
Dragon Called by Ava Richardson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a kingdom that has fallen into chaos, one young woman—and her dragon—are thrust into the role of bringing balance to the land.From the moment Dayie washed ashore as an infant, everyone in her tiny village treated her as… different. She didn’t belong, no matter how hard she tried... -
The Seven Kingdoms: Books 1-9 Box Set by Cordelia Castel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings9 books. 2800+ pages of action-packed adventures with twists and turns and magical foes.An enchanted staff. An anti-magic regime. An escape into a world of fairytale villains!Sixteen-year old Cendrilla has two choices—and they could both mean death:Become the seventh dead wife of a murderous ogre or escape into a badlands of cutthroats and bandits and trolls...Categorized as:
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The Mortal Blade by Christopher Mitchell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA city ruled by Gods, a mortal champion, a misfit girl and a disobedient dragon…Stolen from his home, Corthie Holdfast has arrived in the City of the Eternal Siege as a new Champion. He must fight alongside the Blades, whose lives are dedicated to the defence of the City against the hordes of monstrous Greenhides; or die at the hands of the Gods who rule...Categorized as:
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Ghosts of Sanctuary by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter a thousand years, Cyrus Davidon returns to Reikonos, only to find things are not as he has left them. Hope has fled, and things appear darker than ever. Surrounded by old friends who have come with him and meeting new allies, Cyrus must confront the dark forces that hold his home city in their grip...Categorized as:
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By the Silver Wind by Jess E. Owen
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShard is a gryfon with a great destiny, and desperate to stop a war. He is hampered on his path to peace by would-be allies, old enmities and grudges between clans of creatures, and the ever-looming threat of the fear mongering wyrms...Categorized as:
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Truthmarked by David Estes
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Hundred Years War rages on, with tensions between kingdoms growing ever more strained...To the north and west...While Annise Gäric and her forces march on Castle Hill to retake the northern throne, her cousin, Rhea Loren, wages a naval war against Blackstone...Categorized as:
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Outposts by Vickie Knestaut, Danny Knestaut
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's time for Trysten to pick up the pieces and move the village forward after the battle for Aerona. Since then, not a single Western dragon has been seen in the skies, and the fighting appears to be at a lull...Categorized as:
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Thy Father's Shadow by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe world of Arkaria is a dangerous place, filled with dragons, titans, goblins and other dangers. Those who live in this world are faced with two choices: live an ordinary life, or become an adventurer and seek the extraordinary. In the depths of the dark elven homeland of Saekaj Sovar, Terian Lepos returns home after a long estrangement from his family...Categorized as:
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Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopaedia by David Day
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe first encyclopedic illustrated guide to the world of Middle Earth and the Undying Lands, this book brings together every important aspect of Tolkien's vast cosmology. More than five hundred alphabetical entries cover five major subject areas: history, geography, sociology, natural history and biography...Categorized as:
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The Betrayed Dragon by Dan Michaelson, D.K. Holmberg
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA chance encounter leads Ashan deeper into the mysteries of the dragons.As a new student in the Dragon Academy, Ashan wants nothing more than to understand his connection to the dragons and to harness their power, but he might have come to learn of his power too late for him to use it...Categorized as:
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