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Some places never let you leave, even after you escape them.
The Blackhouse
Mystery · Police Procedural · Suspense
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Some places never let you leave, even after you escape them. When a brutal murder shocks the Isle of Lewis, Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is forced to return to the island that shaped and scarred him. As the investigation pulls him deeper into a tight-knit community built on silence and faith, past secrets surface with dangerous consequences. This crime thriller blends atmospheric setting with personal reckoning and slow-burning menace.
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THE 12 MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENZO FILES AND THE CHINA THRILLERS
AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF THE CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY 2021
'One of the best regarded crime series of recent years.' Independent
'No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May.' New York Journal of Books
PETER MAY: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MURDER TO THE OUTER HEBRIDES
A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith.
A MURDER
Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past.
A SECRET
Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister.
A TRAP
As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface, and soon he, the hunter, becomes the hunted.
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The Shining traps a family inside a remote hotel as winter seals them off from the world.
The Shining
Horror · Thriller · Travis' Picks · Suspense
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The Shining traps a family inside a remote hotel as winter seals them off from the world. Hoping for a fresh start, Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job that slowly unravels his sanity. As isolation deepens and the Overlook’s history awakens, his young son senses the danger growing closer. This horror classic explores psychological collapse, inherited trauma, and the terrifying power of place.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • In this masterpiece of modern American horror that inspired Stanley Kubrick’s classic film, Jack Torrance takes a job as the caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel. As the brutal winter sets in, the hotel’s dark secrets begin to unravel.
“An undisputed master of suspense and terror.” —The Washington Post
Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
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Conan - Blood of the Serpent returns to the early days of a warrior shaped by violence and survival.
Conan – Blood of the Serpent
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Sword and Sorcery
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Conan - Blood of the Serpent returns to the early days of a warrior shaped by violence and survival. Far from his northern homeland, Conan moves through the Hyborian Age as mercenary, thief, and soldier, confronting sorcery, war, and inhuman threats. Strength and instinct guide every choice in a world ruled by steel and ambition. This fantasy novel delivers classic sword-and-sorcery driven by momentum, brutality, and mythic struggle.
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The pulse-pounding return of Conan, the most iconic fantasy hero in popular culture, with a brand-new standalone novel by New York Times bestselling author S.M. Stirling, tied directly to the famous tales written by the legendary Robert E. Howard.
Conan the Barbarian, the world’s most famous fantasy hero, returns in an all-new novel tied directly to the famous works by his legendary creator, Robert E. Howard.
Set early in his life, Conan has left his northern homeland to cut a bloody swath across the legendary Hyborian Age. A mercenary, a soldier, a thief, and a pirate, he faces conquering armies, malicious sorcerers, and monstrous creatures—against which he wields only the sword held in his powerful grasp.
A superstar of novels, short fiction, comics, video games, films, and an upcoming Netflix series, his adventures have inspired many of the most popular authors of the 20th and 21st centuries. This is the first in a series of brand-new, standalone adventures.
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Code Name Verity unfolds through a confession written under captivity in Nazi-occupied France.
Code Name Verity
Historical Fiction · Teen + Young Adult · War Fiction · World War 2
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Code Name Verity unfolds through a confession written under captivity in Nazi-occupied France. After a spy plane crashes, one young woman is imprisoned and forced to recount her mission piece by piece. As her story circles back to friendship, sacrifice, and survival, truth becomes both weapon and shield. This historical novel blends espionage with emotional depth, examining courage under pressure and the cost of loyalty.
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The beloved #1 New York Times bestseller, a "fiendishly plotted" (New York Times)
"A heart-in-your mouth adventure (Washington Post) that "will take wing and soar into your heart" (Laurie Halse Anderson).
October 11th, 1943—A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun.
When "Verity" is arrested by the Gestapo, she's sure she doesn't stand a chance. As a secret agent captured in enemy territory, she's living a spy's worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators give her a simple choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution.
As she intricately weaves her confession, Verity uncovers her past, how she became friends with the pilot Maddie, and why she left Maddie in the wrecked fuselage of their plane. On each new scrap of paper, Verity battles for her life, confronting her views on courage, failure and her desperate hope to make it home. But will trading her secrets be enough to save her from the enemy?
A universally acclaimed Michael L. Printz Award Honor book, Code Name Verity is a visceral read of danger, resolve, and survival that shows just how far true friends will go to save each other.
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A strong match for readers who like sprawling epic fantasy, heroic adventure, powerful magic, and interconnected journeys.
Lord of the Isles
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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Terry Goodkind called Lord of the Isles “an epic with the texture of the legends of yore.” After a severe storm, inhabitants of a small seaport are swept into danger, romance, and rising elemental magic as the forces powering magic reach a thousand-year peak, with a 4.2-star rating from more than 60 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers who like sprawling epic fantasy, heroic adventure, powerful magic, and interconnected journeys.
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Following a savage storm, two pairs of siblings from a tiny seaport town embark on challenging adventures in this epic fantasy series debut.
"An epic with the texture of the legends of yore, with rousing action and characters to cheer for." —Terry Goodkind
With Lord of the Isles, David Drake returns to fantasy with a towering and complex epic of heroic adventure in an extraordinary and colorful world where the elemental forces that empower magic are rising to a thousand-year peak.
In the days following an unusually severe storm, the inhabitants of a tiny seaport town travel toward romance, danger, and astonishing magic that will transform them and their world.
"True brilliance is as rare as a perfect diamond or a supernova. Lord of the Isles is truly brilliant. We are in at the birth of a classic . . . There is a lot of fantasy out there, but there is only one Lord of the Isles." ―Morgan Llywelyn
"David Drake's work here is original, engrossing, and instantly credible. After all the hackneyed, repetitive fantasy I've read recently, Lord of the Isles seems quite wonderful." ―Stephen R. Donaldson
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A single act of cruelty echoes across centuries, binding lives that have not yet been lived.
Daggerspell
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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A single act of cruelty echoes across centuries, binding lives that have not yet been lived. In a land shaped by reincarnation and forgotten vows, Jill and those around her are drawn into a struggle born four hundred years earlier. In Daggerspell, destiny unfolds through intertwined lifetimes, ancient magic, and the slow reckoning of choices that refuse to remain in the past.
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“This grand saga is by a wide margin the best Celtic fantasy around.”—Chicago Sun-Times
Even as a young girl, Jill was a favorite of the magical, mysterious Wildfolk, who appeared to her from their invisible realm. Little did she know her extraordinary friends represented but a glimpse of a forgotten past and a fateful future. Four hundred years—and many lifetimes—ago, one selfish young lord caused the death of two innocent lovers. Then and there he vowed never to rest until he'd rightened that wrong-and laid the foundation for the lives of Jill and all those whom she would hold dear: her father, the mercenary soldier Cullyn; the exiled berserker Rhodry Maelwaedd; and the ancient and powerful herbman Nevyn, all bound in a struggle against darkness. . . and a quest to fulfill the destinies determined centuries ago.
Here in this newly revised edition comes the incredible novel that began one of the best-loved fantasy seers in recent years—a tale of bold adventure and timeless love, perilous battle and pure magic. For long-standing fans of Deverry and those who have yet to experience this exciting series, Daggerspell is a rare and special treat.
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Power shifts quietly in courts where survival depends on patience and calculation.
Wolfblade
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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Power shifts quietly in courts where survival depends on patience and calculation. Marla Wolfblade moves through a web of conspirators, family rivals, and political factions while fighting to secure her son’s future in a rigidly patriarchal world. In Wolfblade, strategy replaces steel as alliances, secrets, and hard-earned political insight determine who holds power and who is sacrificed to preserve it.
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Marla Wolfblade of Hythria is determined to restore her family's great name, but conspirators surround her: the Sorcerers' Collective, the Patriots -- even members of her own family. She must make sure her son Damin lives to be old enough to restore the Wolfblade name to its former glory.
Elezaar the Dwarf is a small man with big secrets -- but that doesn't matter to Marla Wolfblade. Her brother is the High Prince of Hythria, and, in this fiercely patriarchal society, her fate will be decided on his whim. She needs someone politically astute to guide her through the maze of court politics -- and Elezaar the Dwarf knows more than he lets on.
As Elezaar teaches Marla the Rules of Gaining and Wielding Power, Marla starts on the road to becoming a tactician and a wily diplomat -- but will that be enough to keep her son alive?
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In a world where magic elevates men beyond their nature, one warrior exists to end them.
The Wizard Slayer
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure
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In a world where magic elevates men beyond their nature, one warrior exists to end them. Marked as a monster since birth, Krael earns his name hunting those who wield forbidden power. When a royal command clashes with his personal war against sorcery, The Wizard Slayer delivers a brutal sword and sorcery tale driven by vengeance, moral defiance, and the cost of standing against gods made by magick.
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Magick turns men into gods. Men were not born to be gods.
Krael was no ordinary barbarian. Born in the savage north, his people were more animal than human. His fangs and terrifying stature always kept him from fitting in with civilized humanity. To most, Krael was just a monster. But a select few knew him for his true talents. Those select few called him the Wizard Slayer.
When rumors of a rogue sorcerer reach the king of Saidal’s ears, he enlists Krael to bring him to justice. But Krael is no mere bounty hunter. The Wizard Slayer’s crusade against magic is a personal one. Though the king wished to keep the sorcerer alive, Krael has more fatal plans in store...
Battling those who use magic is never easy. It is even more difficult when corrupt nobility seeks to coerce you. Yet Krael will not bend the knee. By blood and steel, he will continue to fight for what he believes in, no matter the cost.
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A prince destroys a city, dies a hero, and lives to regret surviving.
The Price of Power
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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A prince destroys a city, dies a hero, and lives to regret surviving. As war spreads and rival powers maneuver for control, three lives are drawn into a collision between political ambition and apocalyptic prophecy. In The Price of Power, fallen royalty, inherited bloodlines, and unwanted foresight drive a grim epic where every choice demands sacrifice, and refusing the cost may doom the world itself.
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"For fans of Joe Abercrombie's First Law and George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire." - Grimdark Magazine.
Prince Barodane could not hold back the darkness. Not even in himself. He laid an innocent city in its grave and then died a hero.
In his absence, war whispers across the land.
Power-hungry highborn dispatch spies and assassins to the shadows as they maneuver for the throne, while an even greater threat rises in the South. Monsters and cultists flock to the banners of a mad prophet determined to control reality…and then shatter it.
Destiny stalks three to the brink of oblivion.
A dead prince who isn’t dead. Barodane buried his shameful past in a stupor of drugs, drink, and crime. Now, he’d rather watch the world fall apart than wear the crown again.
An orphan with hero’s blood who's forced to make a harrowing choice: betray her country or sacrifice her first love.
And a powerful seer who has no choice at all–her grandson must die.
If any of them fails to pay the price…
The cost will be the world’s complete annihilation.
Perfect for fans of The First Law, A Game of Thrones, The Five Warrior Angels, Ash and Sand, and A Land Fit for Heroes.
"This book feels like a worthy successor to some of the greats of fiction, including Malazan, A Song of Ice and Fire, and Wheel of Time." - Andy Peloquin, author of Darkblade
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A man who only plays heroes is taken for one when a desperate world runs out of options.
Kradak the Champion
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Sword and Sorcery
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A man who only plays heroes is taken for one when a desperate world runs out of options. When Steve is pulled through a collapsing portal into Arkana, he becomes Kradak by mistake, a champion expected to face monsters, war, and ruin. In Kradak the Champion, survival depends on whether a manufactured legend can grow into something real, shaped by courage, consequence, and unfamiliar worlds colliding.
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They call him Kradak, but his friends call him Steve.
Steve's a big guy with a knack for looking heroic — perfect for his role as Kradak in a series of cheesy B-movies. But when a fierce warrior named Rista and her sarcastic goblin sidekick Grint come through a portal from Arkana, they mistake him for the real deal.
They don’t know what a movie is. They only know their world is on the brink of ruin, and they believe Kradak the Champion is their last hope. Before Steve can explain the mix-up, the portal slams shut. Now, he’s trapped in a realm of towering Cyclops, stone-crushing Rock Titans, and battle-hardened trolls.
To survive — and maybe even save Arkana — Steve has to become the hero he’s always pretended to be. With Rista’s relentless courage, Grint’s sharp tongue, and a whole lot of questionable decisions, the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance.
Kradak the Champion is a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud sword and sorcery adventure, and the first book in the Arkana duology.
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War is declared, but some legacies are too dangerous to march openly.
Half-Bloods Rising
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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War is declared, but some legacies are too dangerous to march openly. When a half-elf named Kealin is forbidden from joining the elven war effort, a hidden truth about his bloodline begins to surface. As prophecy, forbidden magic, and an ancient threat converge, Half-Bloods Rising unfolds as a classic sword and sorcery journey driven by lineage, loyalty, and the cost of awakening long-feared power.
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War calls the elves of Urlas to battle. But Kealin, a young half-elf training to be a Sacred Blade, and his three siblings, are forbidden to go. They are not ready, or so they're told. But Kealin's lineage has a dark secret and the High Council of Urlas fears what he may become...
Kealin is about to learn that secret and in the cataclysm emerging, Urlas will wish they had embraced it.
When the soothsayer of Urlas tells Kealin that doom comes for all that left for the war, he and his siblings set off on what may be a one-way journey to the edge of the world. Darkness is upon them and a specter that dwells between the borders of the living realms has been waiting for them.
The Rogue Elf awakens... but is it too late to save those he loves?
A brave group of companions await you:
Kealin- a defiant half-blood that has little care of the purist High Elves and their beliefs. Eager, skilled, and sometimes a bit cocky, he fights with furious zeal to protect those he cares about.
Alri- The only female elf in the group. Her powers are far beyond her brothers. As a potent magic-user training under the best of the arcane masters, she knows much about her deadly art but necromancy is her natural gift. With her, a power unlike that taught in her homeland is just within her grasp yet she doesn't realize it yet.
Taslun- A son after his father's image. Strong, loyal to Urlas, and at 800 years old nearly ready to go before the High Council and be christened as a Blade of Urlas. He is the last anyone expects to become defiant. As the oldest sibling, he naturally desires to look after the young ones. They'll need his skills if they are all to survive.
Calak- The youngest of the males and with equal qualities of being cocky and honorable. While he is capable with a sword, his true gift is in his love of astrology, history, and ancient knowledge. Where he lacks in fighting ability he makes up for what his more 'violence-centric' brothers see as 'boring'.
Valrin- Not an elf but also not a normal human. However, the greatest mystery to the half-elves is his level of knowledge of the vast Glacial Seas and what he seems to know but not say about their quest. A loyal companion that has known of the elven lands and the coming darkness on the seas far before the half-elves left their home, he is the key to much to come. He commands the Aela Sunrise, a not-so-simple sailing vessel crafted by the ancient Sea Peoples of the North.
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Protection and obsession blur when the person watching from across the street may not be the hero he believes himself to be.
The Guy Next Door
LGBTQIA+ · Romance · Travis' Picks · Bisexual Romance · Gay Romance · New Adult · Romantic Suspense
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Protection and obsession blur when the person watching from across the street may not be the hero he believes himself to be. Zane moves next door to keep Leif safe from a threat no one else sees, even as his own motives grow complicated. When attraction and suspicion collide, trust becomes fragile and dangerous. The Guy Next Door is an MM romantic suspense novel about desire, perception, and the fear of being wrong.
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ZANE
Is it wrong that I watch him?
Leif Anderson seems like a friendly, kind, normal, boy-next-door type.
Unlike me.
His stalker, a creep who moved into the place next to his parents' house to keep an eye on him.
I'm not the bad guy, though.
I'm the one who will protect him.
The cops don't believe he's in danger.
Maybe they're right, and this is all in my messed-up head.
I've been wrong before.
And no matter how I justify this to myself, my motives aren't entirely pure.
It's impossible to watch a guy this hot walking around in those adorable beanies without getting a little turned on.
When he discovers my secret surveillance, I'm sure it's over.
No way he believes my reasons for watching him, but he doesn't report me for my crime.
He's curious about me in a way I don't expect from a straight guy.
Or as I quickly learn, maybe not so straight.
Before I know it, we're on a journey, exploring this wild, exciting part of Leif while I try to keep him safe from harm.
But the closer we get to one another, the more I wonder: what if it was all in my head?
What if no one's coming for him?
What if the real threat to Leif is me, the guy next door?
CW: The Guy Next Door is a steamy romantic suspense novel but contains content that may trigger some readers. Please use the "Look Inside" preview to view the complete CW at the start of the book. This warning contains spoilers for the novel.
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