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Stars Die opens with a dead body, a dangerous portal, and a new Warden stepping into a political world built on secrets.
Stars Die
Fantasy · Sci-Fi · Galactic Empire · Urban Fantasy
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Stars Die opens with a dead body, a dangerous portal, and a new Warden stepping into a political world built on secrets. Vanda Kavanagh must protect ancient wards while navigating murder, magic, and the fragile reputation she rebuilt after years on the frontier. This is futuristic fantasy with cozy mystery bones, slow-burn romance, and a found-family thread running beneath the intrigue.
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When the portal opens, someone is dead!
The Realm is a sprawling interstellar society; predominantly human, but including magic practitioners. At its heart is Caldryn Parliament, and Vanda Kavanagh is its new Warden, guardian of ancient and arcane secrets.
After five years on the frontier, Vanda has to re-establish her reputation in Forum City. She must prove that she can hold the parliamentary wards and hold her own in the swirling, treacherous political waters where a murderer is lurking.
Her new gremlin sidekick is an added complication as malice and magic create a perfect trap. Can Vanda avoid it—or will she be the one setting it?
Never underestimate a wardkeeper.
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K. J. Bishop’s The Etched City is a dark, decadent fantasy hailed as “disturbing and brilliant” by Publishers Weekly.
The Etched City
Urban Fantasy · Sci-Fi · Steampunk
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K. J. Bishop’s The Etched City is a dark, decadent fantasy hailed as “disturbing and brilliant” by Publishers Weekly. With 4.1 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this cult favorite blends surreal wonders with gritty violence as a gunslinger and a surgeon seek survival in a city where art warps reality. A hypnotic, unforgettable masterpiece of literary fantasy.
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Gwynn and Raule share little beyond defeat. Both fought in a war that chewed them up and spat them out. He is a gunslinger, a drifter, a killer who trusts no one. She is a weary surgeon, still clinging to ideals that the battlefield left in ruins.
Together they flee to Ashamoil, a sprawling city where corruption festers in every shadow. Raule tends the broken and desperate while Gwynn trades steel for survival, taking work as an assassin in service of a powerful magnate. Yet Ashamoil is no ordinary city. Here, art corrupts and inspires, reality bends into dream, and miracles sprout like weeds in blood-soaked alleys.
Haunted by their pasts, they must navigate a world as beautiful as it is terrifying. What will the city carve into their souls?
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A strong match for readers drawn to grimdark fantasy, morally gray characters, gaslamp settings, and crime-driven plots.
We Men of Ash and Shadow
Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Grim Dark · Steampunk · Urban Fantasy
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Former soldier turned mercenary John Vanguard hunts criminals for a corrupt employer until a murder investigation draws him into a web of secrets, political unrest, and his own search for redemption, with a 4.0-star average from more than 460 Goodreads ratings. A strong match for readers drawn to grimdark fantasy, morally gray characters, gaslamp settings, and crime-driven plots.
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‘We Men of Ash and Shadow’ is the first book in the Vanguard Series and follows the journey of protagonist, John Vanguard, through the dark and corrupt city of D’Orsee. A Grimdark gas lamp novel, ‘We Men of Ash and Shadow’ explores themes of redemption, loyalty, and betrayal against the backdrop of a world where survival often means compromising your values. Amidst the gas lamp shadows former soldier-turned-mercenary John Vanguard hunts criminals at the behest of his corrupt employer, Captain Felix Sanquain. Shamed by his deserter past and seeking to make amends for his many misdeeds, a chance encounter with Tarryn Leersac – a skilled young would-be-assassin fallen from the graces of high society – leads Vanguard to become an unlikely mentor. Charged with hunting down the killer of two guards left washed up on the banks of the canal, the further Vanguard delves into the underbelly of the city the more he finds himself entangled in a web of secrets and lies. A prominent aristocrat is missing. Crime lords, con men and harlots run amok and the city teeters on the brink of another revolution. With his already precarious reputation hanging by a thread, Vanguard must piece together how and why the last war came to pass, find a way to earn redemption for his mistakes and come to terms with the past in a city where few survive, and even fewer can be trusted.
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Magic becomes harder to ignore when it is tangled up with murder and everything you never stopped envying.
Magic for Liars
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Magic becomes harder to ignore when it is tangled up with murder and everything you never stopped envying. In Magic for Liars, private investigator Ivy Gamble is drawn into a homicide at a school for young mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches and old wounds refuse to stay buried. This fantasy mystery blends noir atmosphere, sibling tension, and sharp emotional unease.
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A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL
Sharp, mainstream fantasy meets compelling thrills of investigative noir in Magic for Liars, a fantasy debut by rising star Sarah Gailey.
Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it.
Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life – or at least, she’s perfectly fine.
She doesn't in any way wish she was like Tabitha, her estranged, gifted twin sister.
Ivy Gamble is a liar.
When a gruesome murder is discovered at The Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches Theoretical Magic, reluctant detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into the world of untold power and dangerous secrets. She will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister—without losing herself.
“An unmissable debut.”—Adrienne Celt, author of Invitation to a Bonfire
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Fans of Harry Potter, Throne of Glass, and Anne Bishop will love this magical adventure from bestselling author Jess Haines.
Smoke and Mirrors
Fantasy · Teen + Young Adult · Coming of Age · Epic Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Fans of Harry Potter, Throne of Glass, and Anne Bishop will love this magical adventure from bestselling author Jess Haines. With 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, Smoke and Mirrors follows an illusionist desperate to graduate, a dragon who refuses to be tamed, and a world that wants them both under control—or dead.
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Kimberly has ultimate cosmic power, but try putting that on a résumé without a diploma. Until she graduates from the secret Blackhollow Academy, she’s stuck slinging coffee, dodging bills, and living with her mom. There’s just one problem: no diploma without a familiar.
As an illusionist, summoning one is impossible. Her only shot is convincing a supernatural creature to let her bind it. And why settle for a cat or a raven when a dragon—complete with treasure hoard—might be game?
Enter a legendary, sarcastic, and very much unbindable dragon who sees through every one of her tricks.
The magi want to control her. Others want her gone for good. If she fails, her future goes up in smoke. But what if the dragon has plans of his own?
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With 4.4 stars on Amazon, this urban fantasy is perfect for fans of underdog heroines who refuse to bow to fate.
Recurve
Romantasy · Urban Fantasy
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A powerless outcast. A deadly choice. And a kingdom that wants her gone. Recurve launches Shannon Mayer’s Elemental series with a fierce heroine, political intrigue, and magic that’s as dangerous as it is rare. With 4.4 stars on Amazon, this urban fantasy is perfect for fans of underdog heroines who refuse to bow to fate.
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Larkspur is the bastard daughter of a king who never claimed her and a stepmother who would rather see her dead. Her elemental magic is barely a flicker, too weak to earn respect among her people, let alone protect herself.
When she’s accused of attacking the queen, she’s given a choice: serve in the military or face banishment. Either way, her odds of survival are slim.
Determined to fight for her life, Lark throws herself into soldier training, pushing past every limit. But in a kingdom ruled by corruption and fear, skill alone might not be enough to keep her safe from the queen’s wrath.
To survive, Lark must awaken the power she’s been told she’ll never have or die proving them wrong.
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Sisterhood, secrets, and supernatural peril collide in Dark Waters by Shannon Mayer.
Dark Waters
Urban Fantasy · Fantasy · Teen + Young Adult · Coming of Age
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Sisterhood, secrets, and supernatural peril collide in Dark Waters by Shannon Mayer. When a vacation unravels into a Fae-fueled nightmare, two sisters must survive betrayal, illusion, and divided loyalties. With a blend of dark fantasy and emotional depth, this gripping story of love, magic, and destiny will pull you under and refuse to let go.
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What begins as a relaxing getaway turns into a waking nightmare when sisters find themselves caught between warring factions of the Fae. One light, one dark. Neither to be trusted.
Torn from each other by magic and lies, the sisters must fight through illusion, betrayal, and ancient powers to reunite. Each faces impossible choices and shifting loyalties in a realm where nothing is as it seems and danger waits beneath every wave.
As the truth behind their bloodline surfaces, the stakes grow higher. Their bond may be the only thing standing between salvation and chaos.
In Dark Waters, Shannon Mayer delivers a pulse-pounding tale of sisterhood, survival, and supernatural conflict. When love is all you have left, how far will you go to protect it?
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Twin sisters bound to an ancient duty are sent into the Forest of the Dead to calm restless souls, only to find that something far more dangerous has…
Sea of Shadows
Romantasy · Teen + Young Adult · Urban Fantasy
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Twin sisters bound to an ancient duty are sent into the Forest of the Dead to calm restless souls, only to find that something far more dangerous has begun to stir. In Sea of Shadows, Moria and Ashyn set out to warn the emperor, but the road ahead is packed with dark magic, betrayal, and secrets that could reshape their entire world. This YA dark fantasy delivers mythic danger, sister-driven stakes, and a rich adventure with romance woven through the chaos.
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In this dark fantasy trilogy opener by a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, twin sisters prepare to fight shadows to save their empire.
In the Forest of the Dead, where the empire's worst criminals are exiled, twin sisters Moria and Ashyn are charged with a dangerous task. For they are the Keeper and the Seeker, and each year they must quiet the enraged souls of the damned. Only this year, the souls will not be quieted.
Accompanied by a stubborn imperial guard and a dashing condemned thief, the girls make their way to warn the emperor. But a terrible secret awaits them at court—one that will alter the balance of their world forever.
With all the heart-stopping romance and action that have made her a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, and set in an unforgettably rich and dangerous world, this first epic book in the Age of Legends trilogy will appeal to Kelley Armstrong's legions of fans around the world—and win her many new ones.
Praise for Sea of Shadows
"Armstrong smoothly switches from her customary modern paranormal setting to a high-fantasy adventure. Strong female protagonists make this trilogy opener a standout." —Kirkus Reviews
"We loved the dark fantasy and smoldering romance in this story of identical twins with very different personalities. A tale of heroes, filled with mythological creatures, valor and self-sacrifice—fans of high fantasies will happily slip into this action-packed and exciting tale." —Justine Magazine
"A fascinating mythical world filled with danger, monsters, and betrayal at every turn. Fantasy fans will enjoy the complex world." —School Library Journal
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The Silent Tower (4.4 out of 5 stars) launches Barbara Hambly’s Windrose Chronicles with a blend of portal fantasy, murder mystery, and tech-meets-magic tension.
The Silent Tower
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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The Silent Tower (4.4 out of 5 stars) launches Barbara Hambly’s Windrose Chronicles with a blend of portal fantasy, murder mystery, and tech-meets-magic tension. A computer programmer and a warrior monk must work with a half-mad wizard to stop a threat crossing dimensions. Smart, sharp, and full of danger, this is classic fantasy with a genre-bending twist.
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A murdered wizard. A vanishing killer. A black portal that opens into another world.
When warrior monk Stonne Caris witnesses a killing followed by the impossible, he’s sent on a mission to find Antryg Windrose, a brilliant mage with a reputation for madness. The clues point to a force that crosses dimensions—and something far worse coming through.
On the other side of that Void is Joanna Sheraton, a computer programmer with zero interest in magic or monsters. But when that force reaches into her world and pulls her across, she’s left with no choice but to fight.
With magic crumbling, tech colliding with sorcery, and worlds hanging in the balance, Joanna and Caris must face an enemy that can erase reality itself.
Welcome to the Windrose Chronicles.
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Ordinary expertise becomes a lifeline when magic starts feeding on the modern world.
The Silicon Mage
Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Ordinary expertise becomes a lifeline when magic starts feeding on the modern world. In The Silicon Mage, computer programmer Joanna Sheraton crosses between worlds again to rescue an imprisoned wizard and stop a dark force from using technology to drain Earth itself. This fantasy blends portal adventure, sorcery, and early techno-fantasy tension with a driven, high-stakes sense of momentum.
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A computer programmer must rescue an imprisoned wizard to save the universe in this sequel to The Silent Tower from the New York Times–bestselling author.
There was a time when Joanna Sheraton knew nothing of the Void. She was an ordinary computer programmer, toiling in a cubicle in air-conditioned Southern California comfort, unaware that sinister forces had penetrated her universe. But from across the interdimensional divide, an evil mage had put in motion a scheme for eternal life, by transferring himself into a computer that feeds on Earth's life force. Called upon to help by the wizard Antryg, Joanna could do nothing more than delay. At the end of her first sojourn across the Void, Antryg was imprisoned and their task seemed hopeless.
Now she must depart from Earth once more, to rescue Antryg and save humanity. She is friendless, and the dark mage's forces hound her every step. But a good hacker is not easily deterred.
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Spellcrafting ink, cursed speech, and a dead apprentice.
Ink & Sigil
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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Spellcrafting ink, cursed speech, and a dead apprentice. Ink & Sigil is the start of a magical new series from Kevin Hearne, set in the world of The Iron Druid Chronicles. With 4.6 stars on Amazon and a mustachioed sigil master solving magical crimes in Glasgow, this quirky urban fantasy is full of fun, Fae, and foul-mouthed hobgoblins.
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Al MacBharrais has a magical gift for sigils and spellcasting ink. He also has a curse that makes people hate him the moment he speaks. Combine that with a string of mysteriously dead apprentices, and Al’s life is one weird magical mess.
When his latest apprentice turns up dead, Al uncovers a criminal double life and a mystery that leads straight into the heart of Scotland’s magical underworld. Armed with enchanted ink, clever sigils, and a foul-mouthed hobgoblin sidekick, Al must untangle a conspiracy involving rogue Fae and ancient magic.
From the world of The Iron Druid Chronicles, Ink & Sigil kicks off a fresh and quirky urban fantasy series full of charm, action, and one unforgettable mustachioed spellcrafter.
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When Chicago’s ghosts start turning deadly, wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is the one to call.
Grave Peril
Fantasy · Urban Fantasy
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When Chicago’s ghosts start turning deadly, wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is the one to call. Grave Peril throws Harry into his most dangerous case yet, filled with vengeful spirits, vampire politics, and more magic than is probably safe. With 4.6 stars on Amazon, Jim Butcher’s bestselling series keeps raising the stakes and the dead.
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Harry Dresden is used to weird. He’s the only wizard listed in the Chicago phone book, after all. But this is beyond weird, even for him.
Ghosts are going berserk across the city. Not just your average moaning specters either. These spirits are enraged, violent, and dangerously real. Doors are flying open. People are dying. And something is behind it all, pulling strings from the spirit world.
To make matters worse, the victims seem to have one thing in common: Harry.
As he tries to solve the mystery before it claims him too, Harry teams up with a sword-wielding ghostbuster and a vampire who’s way too interested in blood and business.
Grave Peril is a fast-paced, supernatural detective noir that blends sarcasm, suspense, and spectral chaos.
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