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Trinity by Shayne Silvers
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWar is coming to the City of Fountains.The Four Legendary Creatures are free, the Seven Sins are running wild, the vampires are getting thirsty, and the Vatican is ready to enter the front lines.And Callie Penrose is at the heart of it all. The Horsewoman of Despair flicked the first domino, and the consequences are echoing throughout the various halls of power in all corners of the world... -
Horsemen's War by Steve McHugh
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt’s a dark day for the Earth realms. Will it be the last?Sorcerer Nate Garrett lost much in the battle that devastated Asgard, but the war against darkness is far from over. He’s spent a year searching for Arthur, hell-bent on stopping the evil leader of Avalon and rescuing his friend Tommy from his clutches. Nate’s investigation brings him to Washington, DC, where he finds the city under siege... -
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe game is afoot! Night Shade Books is proud to present the fantastic adventures of the world's greatest detective — mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror, no genre can escape the esteemed detective's needle-sharp intellect and intuition...Categorized as:
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Death Unleashed by Steve McHugh
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA DEADLY VENOM. A LOOMING REBELLION. A VICIOUS SIEGE. AND THE CLOCK IS TICKING.For sorcerer Nate Garrett, the stakes have risen. If Asgard falls, he may lose much more than his home - he may lose the thing dearest to him. To stand a fighting chance against Avalon, he must be ready to go to war... -
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Right of Retribution 2 by William D. Arand
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWarner spent his days like no one else.He got up, went to work, forced people to balance their scales— either through taking lives or forced penance— went home, spent time with his daughter, slept with one of his girlfriends, and went to sleep.Only to repeat the pattern over and over and over.Life was the furthest thing from mundane that it could ever be... -
Apocalypse Redux, Book Four by Jakob H. Greif
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHumanity is circling the abyss, to reap or to ruin. Only one man can determine its fate.Monsters that can destroy cities have appeared. The most highly leveled humans begin to abuse their power. And as levels rise, individual people start to reach the kind of power where they can rival militaries all by themselves... -
Ghouls Don't Scamper by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCritter wrangler rule #17: even the smallest creature can be big in magic.Kyra Greene never thought she’d return to Asgard. Not after she burned the Rainbow Bridge, the only road home. Now she has no choice. With her unborn child’s life at stake, she must find a new route to the old world, or die trying... -
Trojan Nightmare by Blaise Corvin
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Earth has been overrun with monsters... Post-Apocalypse America is unrecognizable from the past. Jake survives by working as the leader of a scavenging adventuring team. A former mage, now he follows the strange path of cultivation, taught to him by a mysterious traveler. As far as he knows, he is one of the only people on Earth with this power... -
Last Call: A TempleVerse Anthology Book 1 (TempleVerse Anthologies) by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsYou thought you knew how crazy the TempleVerse could get? Hold my beer… LAST CALL is a collection of three drunken novellas set in the TempleVerse, including: Motherlucker—Callie and Quinn’s girls’ night out in Vegas. Collins—Quinn’s prequel novella to the Phantom Queen Diaries. Beerlympian—Gunnar’s bachelor party... -
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1-3) by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe New York Times #1 best selling series Includes 3 hardcover novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 collectible peculiar photographs. The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is in theaters December 2016... -
Going up in the Underworld by Álex Gilbert
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a young, up and coming apex predator of the night, Ariane needs the minions, a territory, dubious allies with unknown agendas... From Alexandria to the frozen north, opportunities and danger abound. Fortunately, Ariane has many tools at her disposal and if everything fails, there is always black powder... -
The Shadows over Marquette by Álex Gilbert
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAriane has found refuge in Illinois, and now plans her rightful return to vampire society. She must stay in control while hiding in nature, while foes old and new converge on her territory... -
A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsYou may have heard of Johannes Cabal; he is a necromancer and a little infamous. He is also very sensitive to attempts on his life. When a murder of crows tries to... well, murder him, and the contents of his bath are transmuted into hot nitric acid, he suspects someone may mean him harm. The trail leads to one of the less travelled parts of Hell itself, and there Cabal will need a guide... -
The Land: Alliances by Aleron Kong
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe THIRD vivacious installment of Aleron Kong's, Chaos Seeds series. Everything is not well in The Land! Eaters, Bugbears, Evil Counts, Vicious Thieves and Carnies! (You know, circus folk... small hands... -
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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... -
Apocalypse Redux, Book Two by Jakob H. Greif
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne man can’t save the world, but he can raise the army.Humanity might have died out once, but Isaac got a second chance at life, returning to the time when the [System] initialized. Grasping this chance with both hands, he worked tirelessly to bring his future knowledge to the masses, but even so, some disasters are inevitable... -
The Spook's Blood by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTime is running out for Thomas Ward. His final battle against the Fiend is drawing near, and the Spook's apprentice has never felt more alone in his task. Isolated and afraid, the Fiend is set to send the greatest of his servants against him - Siscoi, a Vampire God more ferocious than anything he has yet faced... -
Apocalypse Redux, Book One by Jakob H. Greif
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe worst thing about the end of the world is we did it to ourselvesIsaac Thoma lived to see the last handful of survivors defeat the demonic champion. He is now alone, his past in ashes, the last and most powerful human on a blighted Earth. But what if he could go back?Hurled back in time, Isaac has one chance to change it all. A chance to warn humanity of their impending doom... -
The Land: Catacombs by Aleron Kong, Nick Podehl
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 38 ratings"What's that you say? You want more village growth? Well be careful where you stand, because the Mist Village just took a viagra-cialis sandwich and there is a stiff breeze blowing! (I can make some more references if you're still not getting the point... did you see what I did there?" Welcome back my friends! Welcome back.. -
Brightblade by Jez Cajiao
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA realm aside from our own is the center of the realities, home to every spectrum of magic. From the beautiful to the terrible, it was all held in delicate balance by the Eternal Emperor and his children. For ten thousand years, the empire was the bastion that protected the sentient races from the darkness, but the revolution changed all that..Categorized as:
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As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVampires have met their match with Victoria Gardella, but now the huntress faces an even greater evil as London is besieged by malevolent entities no mortal was ever meant to encounter... Directly descended from the very first vampire hunter in the Gardella family, Victoria knows she must continue the lineage so humanity will have protectors against the undead... -
Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsBefore Larten Crepsley was a vampire general...Before he was Darren Shan's master... Before the War of Scars...Larten Crepsley was a teenager. And he was sick of the pomp and circumstance of fusty old vampires telling him what to do. Taking off on his own with his blood brother, Wester, Larten takes off into the world to see what his newly blooded vampire status can get him in the human world... -
Forbidden Honor by May Dawson
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn my world, dragon shifters rule. Dragon shifters are always royals. They’re always male. They’re always assholes.An orphaned servant like me? Everyone assumes on first shift, I’ll turn into a squirrel.Instead, I grow wings. Breathe fire. Throw the world into chaos.No one wants a girl in the Royal Dragon Guard. So I’m disguised as a man and sent off to military training... -
Demon Pack by Jaymin Eve, Everly Frost
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI’m no stranger to the dark. The shadows belong to me. But the dark can’t hide me forever...I run with my own pack—my four demon wolves and the two friends I would kill to protect.We might be the rejected shifters of the Vegas supernaturals, different and unwanted, but our pack is strong. Feared. Think of us as your local supernatural vigilantes... -
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A Journey of Black and Red by Álex Gilbert
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA conversation with a handsome stranger leaves Ariane chained in a cellar with a strange affliction. She soon discovers that the darkness of the nineteenth century’s Deep South hides many dangers. Mages, wolf shifters and the humans who hunt them play a risky game where to stumble is to die, all under the amused gaze of the apex predators of the supernatural world: vampires... -
The Midnight Accords by Álex Gilbert
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter three decades of hiding, Ariane is ready to take her place as a respected member of the American vampire society, or so she hopes. The aristocracy of the night enjoys games. Schemes already abound from enemies old and new, but Ariane is not alone and she is not the naive girl she once was... -
Murder on Hunter's Eve by Morgan Stang
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA werewolf terrorizes the city of Lamplight!It's the week of Hunter's Eve, a yearly celebration of monsters, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night. But for Huntress Isabeau Agarwal, the event is a stark reminder that in her line of work, there is never a day's rest.Murders rock the city, and Isabeau is charged with solving them before the killer strikes again... -
The Spook's Mistake by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAs danger increases in the County, Tom is sent far north by his master to be trained by Bill Arkwright, another Spook. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh and his training methods prove to be harsh and sometimes cruel. But he has toughened up many previous apprentices and now he must do the same for Tom and prepare him for the gravest dangers of his life... -
A Symphony of Savage Hearts by Lana Pecherczyk
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSilver is a beautiful liar.She's human.And a fierce killer of fae.She marks her kills on a silver vambrace so everyone can see her savagery and stay away. As long as she keeps protecting downtrodden humans from monstrous fae-folk, and hiding the true reason for wearing magic-cutting silver, her loneliness is of no consequence...Categorized as:
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Illusion by S.M. Boyce
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe final chapter in the war for Ourea ends with blood. Kara Magari is an icon. A hero. The people love her. The royalty tolerates her. She has everything—an army, allies, and a close circle of chosen family. They believe she will end the war, and they shouldn’t. She’s as scared as they are. She just can’t show it... -
Infamous Reign by Steve McHugh
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn late 15th century England, two young princes are given over by Merlin to the protection of their uncle, King Richard III. They soon vanish from sight, igniting tales of their demise at Richard’s hand and breeding unrest throughout the land.Nathanial Garrett, also known as Hellequin, is sent to London to decipher fact from rumor and uncovers a plot to replace the king... -
The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness, Colleen Madden
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA fully illustrated guide to Deborah Harkness's #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls trilogy--"an irresistible . . . wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy" (People)A Discovery of Witches introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Shadow of Night and The Book of Life carried Deborah Harkness's series to its spellbinding conclusion... -
Rise of the Huntress by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have returned to the county after a long journey and a hard battle. But their troubles are far from over. Their home has been over-run by enemy soldiers.Tom, Alice and the Spook flee across the ocean to the island of Mona. It's on Mona that this small band fighting against the dark will face an old enemy grown terrifyingly powerful... -
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... -
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This Cruel Blood by Everly Frost
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Includes an exclusive life after scene for Tessa and Tristan. I am a vampire with a thirst for revenge.Relentless. Fearless. Or so I thought...I swore I'd never be pulled back into my old life. I swore I was done... with him.Aiden Brand. A pyromancer with hands of fire and a heart like ice.Then he shows up asking for my help... -
The Best of Kage Baker by Kage Baker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKage Baker’s death in 2010 silenced one of the most distinctive, consistently engaging voices in contemporary fiction. A late starter, Baker published her first short stories in 1997, at the age of forty-five. From then until the end of her life, she wrote prolifically and well, leaving an astonishing body of work behind... -
Blood Gifts by Becca Andre
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Ian is used to pressure. Born into a necromancer family, he and his twin brother Lex exhibited uncommon magical potential at an early age that led their father to expect great things—from them both. That is until Lex’s blood gift fails to manifest. Or so everyone believes. For the past five years, Ian has been keeping a secret... -
White Wolf by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNYPD homicide detective Trina Baskin is having nightmares. Vivid ones. Full of blood, and snow, dead wolves…and a young man with pale hair who howls like an animal. She chalks them up to stress and an overactive imagination, too many Old Country stories from her Russian father who, when he’s had too much vodka, starts to rave about dark forces and things that look like men…but aren’t... -
Thicker Than Blood by Shalini Boland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChilling and fast-paced, Thicker Than Blood is the supernatural sequel to Hidden. It combines passion and drama with a historical twist.Aelia lives in 6th century Byzantium. She is sixteen years old and her life is about to change forever. She doesn't yet know it, but she holds the fate of thousands in her hands and her actions will echo across the centuries...Categorized as:
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Ouroboros Ouzo by Jonathan L. Howard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat if you could see the future? What if the future could see YOU? Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has discovered a way to give some insights into how he should conduct his future researches; by drinking a glass of the legendary "Ouroboros Ouzo." Rare and precious, the liquor is reputed to give a once in a lifetime glimpse into what may be... -
L'Ordine della chiave by Virginia De Winter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAxel Vanderberg, giovane erede al trono di Aldenor, non è altro che una matricola il cui sogno è diventare un giorno Duca dell'Ordine della Chiave, conquistando prestigio e rispetto. Adesso la carica è ricoperta da Rafael Valance, sul quale all'improvviso ricadono ricadono i sospetti per l'omicidio della fidanzata Emelyn. Ma quel delitto sarà solo il primo di una lunga serie... -
Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsBefore Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. The origins of the first ymbryne...Categorized as:
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Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsA boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom.The adventure that began with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and continued in Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls... -
A Coven of Witches by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBeware a girl in pointy shoesA girl wearing pointy shoes might be a witch. And the first thing a spook's apprentice learns is never, ever to trust a witch.In this bone-chilling collection of tales, you will learn exactly why that is, as you encounter:a fair and beautiful woman with green scales running down her spine . . . (John Gregory, set before book 1, book 0...Categorized as:
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I Am Alice by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI must be brave.I must do what has to be done.I am Alice.Alice is the most powerful witch the county has ever seen. She may one day be the most evil. But Alice is also the best friend -and true love- of Tom Ward. Together they work to defeat the Fiend -the world's greatest evil- once and for all.They have nearly everything they need, all except a blade hidden in the Dark, the Fiend's domain... -
A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe #1 bestselling series returns with a thrilling new story arc set in America!Vintage photographs reveal the never-before-seen world of peculiar America with a stunning addition—full-color images.Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida... -
The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 30 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to her beloved Hollows series with The Turn, the official prequel to the series that will introduce fans and readers to a whole new side of Rachel Morgan's world as they've never seen it before!Can science save us when all else fails? Trisk and her hated rival, Kalamack, have the same goal: save their species from extinction... -
Perdido Street Station: Tome 2 by China Miéville
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLors de ses recherches pour l'homme-oiseau, Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin a libéré des monstres volants, les Gorgones, sur Nouvelle-Crobuzon. Le gouvernement est vite dépassé par les événements et en appelle à la Fileuse, une araignée géante vivant sur plusieurs plans de réalité, pour l'aider à endiguer le péril... -
The Gemma Doyle Trilogy (Gemma Doyle, #1-3) by Libba Bray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe three books of the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy available together for the first time.This collection contains the complete text of the three Gemma Doyle novels, a deliciously sweeping and haunting saga that won't let you go. It's the only way to get all three of Libba Bray's critically acclaimed novels in one bundle...Categorized as:
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Lady Henterman's Wardrobe by Marshall Ryan Maresca
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMixing high fantasy and urban fantasy, the second novel of the Streets of Maradaine series follows the Rynax brothers' crew of outlaws as they attempt their biggest heist yet and restore justice to the common people.The neighborhood of North Seleth has suffered--and not just the Holver Alley Fire...
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