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  • The Hall of Tyr by Octavia Randolph

    The Hall of Tyr by Octavia Randolph

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The Hall of Tyr: Book Four of The Circle of Ceridwen Saga. It is said that every man is haunted by one mistake. .. The year is 881. Ten years have passed since fifteen year old Ceridwen set out from her Priory home to make her own life. She has known love and loss, triumph and heartbreak...
  • Heart of the King by A.E. Rayne

    Heart of the King by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The race to Ottby is on! Having heard Gudrum’s threats and Alys’ warnings, Reinar is desperate to head South, back to his family. Though he must be patient. His army is far behind him, and Reinar knows he’ll need every pair of hands to get their fleet back home. Waiting with his brother, Sigurd is looking forward to his reunion with Raf, unaware that she is now with Gudrum...
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  • Fury of the Queen by A.E. Rayne

    Fury of the Queen by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Four months after the Battle of Tromsund, the Alekkan landscape looks very different. Reinar has taken his people to Slussfall, where winter’s grip remains strong. There is no sign of Ulfinnur, God of Winter, and he fears that Alari has captured him, intending to keep the sea permanently frozen. For if the sea remains frozen, no ships can sail to Oss, seeking the help of the Islanders...
  • Wrath of the Sun: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by A.E. Rayne

    Wrath of the Sun: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    We are at the end of the series, and it is time to choose sides. .. After three months of relative peace, Alekka is about to be jolted by a seismic shift, for ambitious lords and vengeful gods have only been biding their time, choosing their allies, hiding from their enemies, deciding when to make their move. And that time is now...
  • The Circle of Ceridwen Saga Box Set: Books One - Three by Octavia Randolph

    The Circle of Ceridwen Saga Box Set: Books One - Three by Octavia Randolph

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Over 1800 Amazon Five Star Reviews. Over 1200 pages of action and adventure. The first three novels in the celebrated Circle of Ceridwen Saga. Enter the Ninth Century. The Circle of Book OneIt is the year 871. Of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, five have fallen to the invading Vikings. No trait is more valued than loyalty, and no possession more precious than one's steel...
    Categorized as:
    vikings  historical  fantasy  length-epic
  • Tower of Blood and Flame: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by A.E. Rayne

    Tower of Blood and Flame: An Epic Fantasy Adventure by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Someone is seeking to destroy the Furycks, but who? As Axl works on strengthening Brekka’s defenses, he discovers he has more enemies than he realised. Help arrives in the form of a dreamer, though he doesn’t know the woman, so how can he trust her? Yet, with so much at stake, how can he not? After a disastrous time on the island of Aggralaia, Edela finds a new ally, and just in time...
  • The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

    The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The Prose Norse Mythology (Classics), compiled by the Icelandic scholar Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century, is a fundamental work for understanding the rich world of Norse mythology and Viking lore. This text is a comprehensive collection of stories about the gods, heroes, and creatures of Norse mythology, including tales of Odin, Thor, Loki, Freyja, and the creation of the world itself...
  • Fiona by Ann Boelter

    Fiona by Ann Boelter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Treasure Huntress sails again! 10th century Ireland, a country divided by internal conflict, continues to be ravaged by Viking raids. After four years, GUNNAR is poised to finally return to the East but must wait for the rivers in Rusland to thaw. Frustrated by the delay and eager to be at sea, he sails the Treasure Huntress to Dublin...
  • The Sea Queen by Linnea Hartsuyker

    The Sea Queen by Linnea Hartsuyker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The epic Viking saga begun in The Half-Drowned King continues with this exhilarating tale filled with the excitement, romantic adventure, political intrigue, violence, and rich history that have made Game of Thrones, Outlander, and Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology popular bestsellers...
  • Nikoles by Rachel Neumeier

    Nikoles by Rachel Neumeier

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    For generations the Ugaro of the winter country have traded peacefully with the Lau of the summer lands. But now a fatal mistake has created bitterness and hatred on both sides of the river, threatening to destroy a peace that has become tenuous. Nikoles Ianan realizes, too late, that he should have prevented his own people’s unforgivable trespass – he should at least have tried...
  • Ella and the Elf  by Anabelle Raven

    Ella and the Elf by Anabelle Raven

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He is an Elf Prince. She is a human. Can they save a kingdom together, or will their love endanger everyone around them? Ella's father is a wealthy merchant, but his deal with the king could destroy centuries of peace. Altair's mother is a cruel Elf Queen, but she is powerful enough that nobody dares challenge her...
  • The Echo of Broken Dreams by C.J. Archer

    The Echo of Broken Dreams by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a palace maid is attacked, Josie and the captain of the guards investigate together. Since one of the suspects is a foreign diplomat and magic expert, they use the opportunity to learn more about sorcery. But it soon becomes clear that he is using them to get to the truth about the palace and the servants' origins...
    Categorized as:
    magic  historical  fantasy  length-short  audiobook
  • Pursued by a Dragon by Linda K. Hopkins

    Pursued by a Dragon by Linda K. Hopkins

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cathryn Forrester is a medieval business woman, the daughter of a successful wool merchant. She has been groomed from a young age to take over the family business, and has been quite content to let her personal life be directed by what is best for the business – including whom she will marry...
    Categorized as:
    magic  historical  fantasy  length-short
  • My Happy Marriage, Vol. 2  (My Happy Marriage (Light Novel) #2) by Akumi Agitogi

    My Happy Marriage, Vol. 2 (My Happy Marriage (Light Novel) #2) by Akumi Agitogi

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 6 ratings
    継母に虐げられて育った美世は、冷酷な軍人と噂の清霞と婚約をした。誰もが不幸な結末を予測したが、いつしか清霞と美世はお互いの優しさに惹かれ合う。美しく強い清霞に少しでも追いつきたくて、勉強を始めた美世。二か月後のパーティでの社交デビューを目標に頑張るのは楽しいことだった。そんな中、なぜか夜ごと悪夢に苛まれ、誰も頼れず美世は体調を崩してしまう。さらに美世を狙う者が現れ、美世と清霞の気持ちはすれ違い―。これは、少女があいされて幸せになるまでの物語.
  • Sworn Brother by Tim Severin

    Sworn Brother by Tim Severin

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    In London in 1019, a few months have passed since Thorgils escaped the clutches of the Irish Church, only to find himself at the center of a capricious love affair with Aelfgifu—wife of Knut the Great, ruler of England, and one of the most powerful men of the Viking empire. As this passionate relationship between the two begins to unfold, it forebodes inevitable consequences...
    Categorized as:
    vikings  historical  fantasy  medieval  mafia  length-long
  • A Jane Austen Daydream by Scott D. Southard

    A Jane Austen Daydream by Scott D. Southard

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All her heroines find love in the end - but is there love waiting for Jane? Jane Austen spends her days writing and matchmaking in the small countryside village of Steventon, until a ball at Godmersham Park propels her into a new world where she yearns for a romance of her own...
    Categorized as:
    magic  historical  fantasy  length-long  audiobook
  • Viking Tales by Jennie Hall

    Viking Tales by Jennie Hall

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Jennie Hall (1875-1921) was the author of Viking Tales (1902) and Buried Cities (3 volumes) (1922). Iceland is a little country far north in the cold sea. Men found it and went there to live more than a thousand years ago. During the warm season they used to fish and make fish-oil and hunt sea-birds and gather feathers and tend their sheep and make hay. But the winters were long and dark and cold...
  • Fate's Bane by C.L. Clark

    Fate's Bane by C.L. Clark

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Ignyte Award-winning author C. L. Clark brings fantasy to the fens with Fate's Bane, a tragic sapphic adventure. Warring clans. Burning hearts. Deadly fate. The clans of the fens enjoy a tenuous peace, and it is all thanks to Agnir, ward and hostage. For as long as she can remember she has lived among the enemy, learning their ways, growing strong alongside their children...
  • Grizlaine by Anna Fury

    Grizlaine by Anna Fury

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    In a last ditch effort to save my king, I threw us both overboard into frigid waters. But when I wash up—alone—onto dark and unforgiving shores, it’s obvious that I’ve failed. Cold and soaked to the bone, I stagger to the nearest village in search of help. When I stumble across a male who looks like my kind, yet has no knowledge of our people or ways, I demand his help...
  • Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 31 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 31 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The Kingdom of Kohka triumphs over Sen Province, but Hak is gravely injured and Yona is unable to speak! Meanwhile, while tending to injured soldiers, Yun shows interest in the Sky Tribe’s medical techniques. Advisor Keishuk invites him to Hiryuu Palace to learn more, but what is Keishuk’s true motive?
  • Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 33 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 33 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Forbidden from contacting Hak and the Four Dragons, Yona sneaks out of her room at Hiryuu Palace! But when she comes face-to-face with Su-won, what words will she have for her father’s murderer? Later, Yona uncovers some past mysteries about Su-won’s parents!
  • Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 32 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Yona of the Dawn, Vol. 32 by Mizuho Kusanagi

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The martial arts tournament to show off the Four Dragons begins, and Gija and Jaeha face off against Ju-do and Geun-tae! Meanwhile, Hak is separated from Yona and the Four Dragons, but he has plans to bridge the gap between himself and Yona….
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 3 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 3 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After reuniting with Ferdinand and the others, Rozemyne returns to the temple and assiduously resumes her duties as the High Bishop. There is much for her to do—whether that be participating in the Dedication Ritual, supporting the printing industry, attending numerous meetings, or tackling a mountain of paperwork—and she soon finds her days as busy as ever...
  • Vale of the Gods by A.E. Rayne

    Vale of the Gods by A.E. Rayne

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Vale of the Gods is the explosive conclusion to the epic adventure that has been The Furyck Saga. Draguta Teros wants to crush her enemies. Every last one of them…. Her disloyal sister, Dara. Briggit Halvardar and her Followers. Jael Furyck and her Brekkan army. The gods themselves. But Draguta will not be cowed by any of them. She will have her revenge...
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 3 Volume 3 by 香月美夜

    Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 3 Volume 3 by 香月美夜

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the midst of an approaching winter, Rozemyne the High Bishop is traveling between the temple and castle more than ever, participating in noble society, the baptism ceremony, and the Dedication Ritual. With her hands full teaching kids too young for the Royal Academy and even tutoring guard knights with bad grades, she's incomparably busier than last year...
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 9 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 4 Volume 9 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The conclusion of Part 4 comes with an emotional farewell. .. On the surface, Rozemyne seems busy studying for her next year at the Royal Academy and working toward the installation of the new High Priest. .. but beneath all that is a heart swirling in turmoil...
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 3 Volume 5 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 3 Volume 5 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Rozemyne now only needs the ruelle fruit she failed to gather last year. With it, she and Ferdinand can brew a potent potion known as a jureve, the power of which will finally make her a normal, healthy girl! Well, probably. .
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 4 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 4 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Despite having recently been separated from her lower city friends, Rozemyne has no time to grieve. Her first year at the Royal Academy has ended, summer approaches, and there's much for her to do...
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 7 by Miya Kazuki

    Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 4 Volume 7 by Miya Kazuki

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After fainting at a tea party for bookworms, Rozemyne is forcibly returned to Ehrenfest. There, she reunites with her lower city associates and enjoys some long-awaited reading time in the temple. .. but as peaceful as these winter days may seem, a revelation in the bible threatens to turn her days of reclusion on their head...
  • Red River 19 by Chie Shinohara

    Red River 19 by Chie Shinohara

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Nakia's henchman Urhi has arranged to sabotage the ship on which Yuri and her aides are sailing to Karkemish, and in the resulting chaos Yuri and her deputy Rusafa are cast adrift. Kail, overcome by anguish, mishandles his campaign against the Egyptians and enables them to cross the Orontes River and enter Ugarit...
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