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Vengeance and survival collide when two very different outcasts find the empire closing in around them.
Hope and Red
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure
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Vengeance and survival collide when two very different outcasts find the empire closing in around them. In Hope and Red, a village massacre leaves Hope training in secret for revenge, while Red relies on theft, charm, and instinct to stay alive in the city’s underworld. Their paths turn this fantasy adventure into a story of rebellion, found purpose, and unlikely partnership against imperial violence.
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"Skovron's eye for characterization and situations is exceptional" in an action-packed fantasy novella that makes for a "compelling coming-of-age yarn" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Hope's old life ended the night her entire village was massacred by the emperor's forces. Now, trained in secret by a master warrior, her new life is centered on only one goal: vengeance.
Red lives by the skin of his teeth and sharpness of his wit. An expert thief and a brilliant con artist, he cares for only one thing: a good time. But when the empire's soldiers start to encroach on his territory, taking down his friends with it, he may have to re-prioritize.
Together, they will take down an empire.
"Furious where it needs to be, deceptively tender where it can get away with it, adventurous all around." —Sam Sykes, author of Seven Blades in Blake
"A fun beginning … . . promises to be a great series." —Philadelphia Free Press
"A great swashbuckling adventure." —The Sun (UK)
"Engaging … . . [Skovron's] skillfully developed world, filled with swords and magic, is a perfect foil for his dynamic characters." —Library Journal
"Gripping and, most importantly, fun." —SFX
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Peace in Kavet depends on fear, and one accusation is enough to pull a loyal captain into the very darkness he was trained to destroy.
Of the Abyss
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Sword and Sorcery
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Peace in Kavet depends on fear, and one accusation is enough to pull a loyal captain into the very darkness he was trained to destroy. In Of the Abyss, Hansa Viridian is forced into an uneasy alliance with a half-Abyssi man he does not trust and cannot stop wanting. This is a dark fantasy with forbidden magic, political danger, and a descent into a realm where survival demands impossible choices.
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After decades of strife, peace has finally been achieved in Kavet—but at a dark cost. Sorcery is outlawed, and anyone convicted of consorting with the beings of the other realms—the Abyssi and the Numini—is put to death. The only people who can even discuss such topics legally are the scholars of the Order of the Napthol, who give counsel when questions regarding the supernatural planes arise.
Hansa Viridian, a captain in the elite guard unit tasked with protecting Kavet from sorcery, has always led a respectable life. But when he is implicated in a sorcerer's crimes, the only way to avoid execution is to turn to the Abyss for help—specifically, to a half-Abyssi man he's sworn he hates, but whose physical attraction he cannot deny.
Hansa is only the first victim in a plot that eventually drags him, a sorcerer named Xaz, and a Sister of the Napthol named Cadmia into the depths of the Abyss, where their only hope of escape is to complete an infernal task that might cost them their lives.
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A young woman’s hunger for freedom turns dangerous when her growing power draws the attention of both a brutal warlord and something far worse.
Child of a Mad God
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy
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A young woman’s hunger for freedom turns dangerous when her growing power draws the attention of both a brutal warlord and something far worse. In Child of a Mad God, Aoleyn struggles to survive a harsh mountain tribe while learning the magic of her coven, only to become a target for human cruelty and a demon drawn to witchcraft. It fits readers looking for dark fantasy with survival, sorcery, and relentless pressure.
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A young witch must harness her power to confront a deadly demon in the New York Times bestselling author's fantasy series debut.
After losing her parents, Aoleyn is left to fend for herself among a tribe of vicious barbarians. But even as she is bound by rigid traditions, she dreams of escaping into the world beyond her mountain home.
To achieve the freedom she desires, she must learn to wield the Song of Usgar, the mysterious power used by her coven. Thankfully, Aoleyn may be the strongest witch to have ever lived, but magic comes at price. Her abilities have caught the eye of the tribe's brutish warlord. And even more terrifying is the witch-hunting demon of the mountain who is drawn to Aoleyn's talent like a beacon in the night.
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A city built on old violence starts to buckle when something ancient stirs beneath its streets.
The Gutter Prayer
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Grim Dark · Historical Fantasy
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A city built on old violence starts to buckle when something ancient stirs beneath its streets. In The Gutter Prayer, three young thieves get swept into a brutal struggle shaped by saints, sorcerers, and long-buried powers as their loyalty and survival are pushed to the edge. This epic fantasy stands out for its grimy city setting, dark inventiveness, and the sense that every secret comes with blood on it.
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"The Gutter Prayer is captivating and complex. Guerdon is a city that seethes with history, horror, and hidden secrets" (Nicholas Eames).
A group of three young thieves are pulled into a centuries old magical war between ancient beings, mages, and humanity in this wildly original debut epic fantasy.
Enter a city of saints and thieves . . .
The city of Guerdon stands eternal. A refuge from the war that rages beyond its borders. But in the ancient tunnels deep beneath its streets, a malevolent power has begun to stir.
The fate of the city rests in the hands of three thieves. They alone stand against the coming darkness. As conspiracies unfold and secrets are revealed, their friendship will be tested to the limit. If they fail, all will be lost, and the streets of Guerdon will run with blood.
"A groundbreaking and extraordinary novel . . . Hanrahan has an astonishing imagination" (Peter McLean).
The Gutter Prayer is an epic tale of sorcerers and thieves, treachery and revenge, from a remarkable new voice in fantasy.
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Ascension brings no peace when immortality itself becomes another battlefield.
Immortal Connections
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Sword and Sorcery
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Ascension brings no peace when immortality itself becomes another battlefield. In Immortal Connections, Long Wu Ying rises to the Heavens only to find divine law at odds with love, while the mortal world fractures into war below. This epic xianxia fantasy balances celestial upheaval, imperial collapse, and spiritual ambition, offering a sweeping read shaped by loyalty, sacrifice, and fate.
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A new Immortal has risen... and with him, the fate of all the realms hangs in the balance.
Long Wu Ying has ascended to the Heavens, fulfilling the ultimate dream of all cultivators. However, the heavens are not all that it seems, and his vow to raise his lover to the realms of immortality conflicts with the Jade Palace’s rules.
In the Middle Kingdom, the fracturing of an empire echoes across the kingdoms. As states rush to fill the power vacuum, war-weary armies march with little food, weakened by years of drought. Wu Ying’s mortal friends are caught in the middle of the conflict. As leaders among cultivators and within their sect, they must do what they can to hold the world together and carry on without their closest ally.
When chaos consumes the realms above and below, even the greatest cultivators must surrender to the winds of fate.
Immortal Connections is the first book in Celestial Cataclysms, the new epic xianxia fantasy series by Tao Wong. Taking place in the same world as A Thousand Li, it delves into realms old and new, making it perfect for longtime fans and first-time readers alike.
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A future built on peace begins to look monstrous when one man sees what its order actually costs.
The Warlord of the Air
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Steampunk
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A future built on peace begins to look monstrous when one man sees what its order actually costs. Thrown from 1902 into an alternate 1973 ruled by imperial airships and British power, Captain Oswald Bastable must confront a world that reflects his own beliefs back at him in disturbing ways. The Warlord of the Air blends steampunk, alternate history, and time travel with political tension and moral unease.
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Set in an unstable world where the British Empire rules over all, this genre-defying novel blends steampunk, alternative history, and time travel science fiction
It is 1973, and the stately airships of the Great Powers hold benign sway over a peaceful world. The balance of power is maintained by the British Empire—a most equitable and just Empire, ruled by the beloved King Edward VIII. A new world order, with peace and prosperity for all under the law. Yet, moved by the politics of envy and perverse utopianism, not all of the Empire's citizens support the marvelous equilibrium.
Flung from the North East Frontier of 1902 into this world of the future, Captain Oswald Bastable is forced to question his most cherished ideals, discovering to his horror that he has become a nomad of the time streams, eternally doomed to travel the wayward currents of a chaotic multiverse.
The first in the Nomad of the Time Streams trilogy, The Warlord of the Air sees Bastable fall in with the anarchists of this imperial society and set in train a course of events more devastating than he could ever have imagined.
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A forgotten power rises just as an old war threatens to consume everything.
A Song of Legends Lost
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · People of Color
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A forgotten power rises just as an old war threatens to consume everything. In A Song of Legends Lost, Temi’s accidental invocation pulls her into a brutal conflict shaped by rebellion, bloodlines, and buried history. It’s an epic fantasy built on war, ancestral magic, and political fracture, with a sweeping sense of danger and the feeling that legend itself may be turning against the living.
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“The exhilarating must-read fantasy debut of the year.” —Tasha Suri, World Fantasy Award–winning author
An unforgettable tale of revenge and rebellion unfolds when a reckless king implements an ill-fated plan to end a thousand-year war in this relentlessly gripping epic fantasy debut.
A SONG OF REBELLION. A SONG OF WAR. A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST.
The people of Nine Lands know their history. The kingdom once belonged to the Scathed people, until their greyblood servants rose up and slaughtered them. King Ahiki and his warlords laid claim to the realm by defeating the rebels and driving them out to the Feverlands.
Now, thousands of years later, attacks by the greybloods are rebuffed by the invoker clans, warriors of noble blood who summon their ancestors to fight with them in battle. But the war has gone on too long. A general draft is called to take the battle to the Feverlands and defeat the greybloods once and for all. A plan that seems doomed to fail.
When Temi, a commoner, accidentally invokes a powerful spirit, she believes it could be the key to ending the centuries-long war. But not everything that can be invoked is an ancestor, and some of the spirits that can be drawn from the ancestral realm are more dangerous than anyone can imagine.
Praise for A Song of Legends Lost:
“Ayinde is a master storyteller.” —Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
“A whirlwind debut of ferocious talent and compulsive storytelling that lifts you up from the first page and never lets go.” —Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award–winning author
“A truly excellent debut.” —James Islington, author of The Will of the Many
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Master Assassins fits readers who want epic fantasy with sibling tension, harsh survival, and a world that feels as dangerous as the people in it.
Master Assassins
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure
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A mistake turns two feuding brothers into hunted legends in a desert war they never chose. When Kandri and Mektu are mistaken for assassins, they flee across a brutal landscape filled with death squads, monsters, and shifting loyalties, carrying a secret that could save a continent or destroy it. Master Assassins fits readers who want epic fantasy with sibling tension, harsh survival, and a world that feels as dangerous as the people in it.
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“This book has everything I love: Clean, crisp worldbuilding. Characters that live and breathe. A story that teases and surprises me. I like Master Assassins so much I wish I'd written it, but deep down, I know I couldn't have written it this well.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss
Two village boys mistaken for assassins become the decisive figures in the battle for a continent in the thrilling new desert-based epic fantasy by the author of The Red Wolf Conspiracy.
Kandri Hinjuman was never meant to be a soldier. His brother Mektu was never meant for this world. Rivals since childhood, they are drafted into a horrific war led by a madwoman-Prophet, and survive each day only by hiding their disbelief. Kandri is good at blending in, but Mektu is hopeless: impulsive, erratic—and certain that a demon is stalking him. Is this madness or a second sense? Either way, Kandri knows that Mektu’s antics will land them both in early graves.
But all bets are off when the brothers’ simmering feud explodes into violence, and holy blood is spilled. Kandri and Mektu are taken for contract killers and must flee for their lives—to the one place where they can hope to disappear: the sprawling desert known as the Land that Eats Men. In this eerie wilderness, the terrain is as deadly as the monsters, ghouls, and traffickers in human flesh. Here the brothers find strange allies: an aging warlord, a desert nomad searching for her family, a lethal child-soldier still in her teens. They also find themselves in possession of a secret that could bring peace to the continent of Urrath. Or unthinkable carnage.
On their heels are the Prophet’s death squads. Ahead lie warring armies, sandstorms, evil spirits and the deeper evil of human greed. But hope beckons as well—if the “Master Assassins” can expose the lie that has made them the world’s most wanted men.
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Old enemies meet at the edge of catastrophe when a feared raiding people arrive not to conquer, but to survive.
The Black Coast
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy
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Old enemies meet at the edge of catastrophe when a feared raiding people arrive not to conquer, but to survive. As Black Keep faces uneasy alliance, cultural collision, and the threat of a rising daemonic warlord, The Black Coast delivers epic fantasy rooted in war dragons, political tension, and the fragile work of building trust before a larger world collapses.
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War Dragons. Fearsome Raiders. A Daemonic Warlord on the Rise.
When the citizens of Black Keep see ships on the horizon, terror takes them because they know who is coming: for generations, the keep has been raided by the fearsome clanspeople of Tjakorsha. Saddling their war dragons, Black Keep's warriors rush to defend their home only to discover that the clanspeople have not come to pillage at all. Driven from their own land by a daemonic despot who prophesises the end of the world, the raiders come in search of a new home . . .
Meanwhile the wider continent of Narida is lurching toward war. Black Keep is about to be caught in the crossfire – if only its new mismatched society can survive.
The start of an unmissable fantasy series.
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It fits readers who want martial arts fantasy with magic, shifting loyalties, and a strong ensemble cast.
The Art of Prophecy
Fantasy · Asian Fiction · Epic Fantasy · Historical Fantasy
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When prophecy fails, faith, training, and destiny all collapse at once in this wuxia-inflected epic fantasy. Jian was raised to defeat an immortal tyrant, but once that future slips from his grasp, the kingdom’s fate falls to a volatile group of warriors, assassins, and masters who must redefine what a hero is. It fits readers who want martial arts fantasy with magic, shifting loyalties, and a strong ensemble cast.
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A “superb fantasy saga” (Helene Wecker) of martial arts and magic, about what happens when a prophesied hero is not the chosen one after all—but has to work with a band of unlikely allies to save the kingdom anyway, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lives of Tao
“An ambitious and touching exploration of disillusionment in faith, tradition, and family—a glorious reinvention of fantasy and wuxia tropes.”—Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Gizmodo, Kirkus Reviews, The Quill to Live
So many stories begin the same way: With a prophecy. A chosen one. And the inevitable quest to slay a villain, save the kingdom, and fulfill a grand destiny.
But this is not that kind of story.
It does begin with a prophecy: A child will rise to defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom.
And that prophecy did anoint a hero, Jian, raised since birth in luxury and splendor, and celebrated before he has won a single battle.
But that’s when the story hits its first twist: The prophecy is wrong.
What follows is a story more wondrous than any prophecy could foresee, and with many unexpected heroes: Taishi, an older woman who is the greatest grandmaster of magical martial arts in the kingdom but who thought her adventuring days were all behind her; Sali, a straitlaced warrior who learns the rules may no longer apply when the leader to whom she pledged her life is gone; and Qisami, a chaotic assassin who takes a little too much pleasure in the kill.
And Jian himself, who has to find a way to become what he no longer believes he can be—a hero after all.
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Freedom matters most when conquest starts closing in and every alliance feels like a gamble.
Pinquickle’s Folly
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Fantasy Adventure · Sword and Sorcery
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Freedom matters most when conquest starts closing in and every alliance feels like a gamble. In Pinquickle’s Folly, sailors, pirates, and former enemies are pushed together as the Xoconai empire tightens its grip on the southern coast of Corona. It reads as an action-driven epic fantasy with seafaring rebellion, found-family momentum, and a misfit crew choosing resistance over submission.
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The first in the New York Times bestselling DemonWars: The Buccaneers trilogy follows the invasion of the realm of Corona as resistors begin to fight back for their land from the legendary million-selling author and creator of Drizzt Do’Urden.
In Pinquickle’s Folly, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns to his signature world of Corona, introducing a new part of the southern coast never written of before as a great starting place for new readers being introduced to the world for the first time.
The first adventure in the Bucaneers trilogy begins in the free sea outside of the control of the usurping Xoconai empire, where the dwarven Powrie pirates and merchants sail. But the golden-skinned Xoconai have begun to encroach upon these waters behind the rapacious attacks of the frigate Crocodile, helmed by Captain Aketz. But when forced to submit, these sailors choose to live, free to do as they please, without some fool or another pretending to hold power over them.
Fantasy master R. A. Salvatore brings together a misfit band of Xoconai, powerie, and human sailors—once enemies, now fierce friends with a common enemy, and the spark of rebellion in this action-packed piratical adventure.
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A strong fit for readers who want large-scale fantasy shaped by history, grief, and gathering darkness.
The Witchwood Crown
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy
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An aging peace begins to fracture as old enemies rise and loyalties start to rot from within. In The Witchwood Crown, Tad Williams returns to Osten Ard with a sweeping epic fantasy of dynastic strain, vanished allies, and the renewed threat of the Norns reclaiming lost lands. A strong fit for readers who want large-scale fantasy shaped by history, grief, and gathering darkness.
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New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams’ ground-breaking epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle! • Volume One of The Last King of Osten Ard
The Dragonbone Chair, the first volume of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, was published in hardcover in October, 1988, launching the series that was to become one of the seminal works of modern epic fantasy. Many of today’s top-selling fantasy authors, from Patrick Rothfuss to George R. R. Martin to Christopher Paolini credit Tad with being the inspiration for their own series.
Now, twenty-four years after the conclusion of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Tad returns to his beloved universe and characters with The Witchwood Crown, the first novel in the long-awaited sequel trilogy, The Last King of Osten Ard.
More than thirty years have passed since the events of the earlier novels, and the world has reached a critical turning point once again. The realm is threatened by divisive forces, even as old allies are lost, and others are lured down darker paths. Perhaps most terrifying of all, the Norns—the long-vanquished elvish foe—are stirring once again, preparing to reclaim the mortal-ruled lands that once were theirs....
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