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Arcanum Unbounded by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 58 ratingsAn all-new 40,000-word Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," will be the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.The collection will include nine works in all...Categorized as:
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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Her city is under siege.The zombies are coming back.And all Nona wants is a birthday party.In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back... -
From Far Away, Vol. 01 by Kyoko Hikawa, Trina Robbins
On her way home from school one day, Noriko is unexpectedly plunged into a strange and extraordinary fantasy world. Her troubles compound exponentially when she is rescued and befriended by a handsome Young man by the name of Izark. He may be brave and courageous, but inside Izark lurks the darkest evil imaginable... -
From Far Away, Vol. 02 by Kyoko Hikawa
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsTransported into a fantastical world of high fantasy adventure, a confused and frightened teenager discovers she holds the key to a profound power borne of an age-old prophecy.Scared and on the rung, Noriko strikes up an alliance with a mysterious rogue swordsman named Izark... -
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The Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
Currently unavailableIn a lavish world where darkness reigns and science collides with superstition, Alina Starkov has the power to save her country…but it comes with a price in The Grisha Trilogy by New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.Included in this bundle are Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, and Ruin and Rising...Categorized as:
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The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight Dragonquest The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsFinally together in one volume, the first three books in the world's most beloved science fiction series, THE DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN, by Anne McCaffrey, one of the great science fiction writers of all time: DRAGONFLIGHT, DRAGONQUEST, THE WHITE DRAGON. Those who know these extraordinary tales will be able to re-visit with Lessa, F'lar, Ruth, Lord Jaxon, and all the others...Categorized as:
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Torrent by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhen Gabi and Lia finally learn to surf the river of time, they realize they must make hard choices about life and love in the third and final book in the River of Time series. Gabi and Lia Betarrini have learned to control their time travel, and they return from medieval Italy to save their father from his tragic death in modern times... -
The Queen and the Cure by Amy Harmon
There will be a battle, and you will need to protect your heart. Kjell of Jeru had always known who he was. He'd never envied his brother or wanted to be king. He was the bastard son of the late King Zoltev and a servant girl, and the ignominy of his birth had never bothered him. But there is more to a man than his parentage...Categorized as:
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The Siren Depths by Martha Wells
All his life, Moon roamed the Three Worlds, a solitary wanderer forced to hide his true nature--until he was reunited with his own kind, the Raksura, and found a new life as consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court.But now a rival court has laid claim to Moon, and Jade may or may not be willing to fight for him...Categorized as:
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Sunreach by Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsFrom #1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson comes the first of three Skyward series novellas, each told from the perspective of a different member of the team back on Detritus. Read FM's story between Starsight and Cytonic.When a planet-destroying Delver suddenly appears in the sky of Detritus and vanishes just as suddenly, FM knows that the last free human society got lucky...Categorized as:
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Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
A fantasy series about a kingdom divided by corruption, the prince desperately holding it together, and the girl who will risk everything to bring it crashing down.The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a sickness began ravaging the land, and within the Royal Palace, the king holds a tenuous peace with a ruthless hand... -
The Assassins of Altis by Jack Campbell
Trapped within the dead city of Marandur, Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain must escape both merciless barbarians and the pitiless Imperial Legion. Beyond those dangers lie the mightiest and most unforgiving powers in the world of Dematr: the Great Guilds that rule the world with iron fists... -
The Pirates of Pacta Servanda by Jack Campbell
"The world feels oddly strained, like a line pulled too taunt and apt to snap, smashing everything in its path." Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain have survived every attempt to stop them, but their enemies are determined to kill Mari, the only one who can save her world from a storm of destruction... -
The Shadow of Water by Jacquelyn Benson
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLily Albright can see the future, and it looks like hell. In an England on the brink of war, Lily is plagued by visions of the cataclysmic destruction of London. An ancient prophecy is coming to fruition, and it starts with the gruesome discovery of a corpse in the sewers.To save her city, Lily must untangle a web of conspiracy and violence... -
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The Gate of Gods by Martha Wells
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTremaine Valiarde and a small, brave band of heroes ventured into a wondrous new realm on their desperate mission to save Ile-Rien from the conquering Gardier. Now, as a relentless enemy creates chaos and destruction -- with the fate of the magical city of Lodun hanging in the balance -- the last hope of a land besieged may rest on the far side of a secret portal...Categorized as:
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The Servants Of The Storm by Jack Campbell
A Storm that will wreck a world threatens Dematr. Only Mari, one of the Mechanics who control all technology through their Guild, has a chance to stop it. She and Mage Alain have survived numerous attempts to kill them and have gained many more followers, but the Storm of chaos, born of centuries of enslavement, grows ever closer... -
War Bound by Tara Grayce
Marriage to an elf is complicated…especially bringing him home to meet the family. Princess Elspeth of Escarland married the elf prince and achieved peace between the elves and her human people. But after a recent ambush by the trolls, it is clear the trolls are trying to start a war between the elves and humans once again... -
Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the third book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction.Spensa’s life as a Defiant Defense Force pilot has been far from ordinary...Categorized as:
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Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsA poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor.To save his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mystic herb called Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers... -
Roots of Insight by Breeana Puttroff
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe second book in the beloved Dusk Gate series reconnects Quinn with the charming princes and the pristine world of Eirentheos. From a beautiful royal wedding to a dangerous rescue mission, her adventures are about to take her life on a course that will change it forever... -
Defending Elysium by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThis story originally appeared in the October/November 2008 Asimov’s Science Fiction (in the US) and the UPC Science Fiction collection (in Europe)."An image came to him. An image of humankind escaping into space. An image of human merchants trading and cheating, of human tyrants capturing the Varvax, Tenasi, and Hommar. Images of wars, of fighting, of a paradise destroyed... -
The Serpent Sea by Martha Wells
Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. Together, they travel with their people on a pair of flying ships in hopes of finding a new home for their colony. Moon finally feels like he's found a tribe where he belongs... -
Beasts of Ruin by Ayana Gray
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this much anticipated follow up to New York Times bestselling Beasts of Prey, Koffi’s powers grow stronger and Ekon’s secrets turn darker as they face the god of death.Koffi has saved her city and the boy she loves, but at a terrible price...Categorized as:
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Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Vol. 1 by CLAMP
SAKURA AND SYAORAN RETURN!But they're not the people you know. Sakura is the princess of Clow - and possessor of a mysterious, misunderstood power that promises to change the world. Syaoran is her childhood friend and leader of the archaeological dig that took his father's life. They reside in an alternate reality...where whatever you least expect can happen - and does...Categorized as:
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The Wretched of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsIn the ancient and mystical land of Muirwood, Lia has known only a life of servitude. Labeled a “wretched,” an outcast unwanted and unworthy of respect, Lia is forbidden to realize her dream to read or write. All but doomed, her days are spent toiling away as a kitchen slave under the charge of the Aldermaston, the Abbey’s watchful overseer... -
Exile's Return by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSaved by a mage's intervention from certain death, Kaspar, the evil Duke of Olasko, is lord no more -- reduced to an exile's existence and forced to wander the harshest realms of the world he once enslaved...Categorized as:
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The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
There is an alternate cover edition for this ASIN here.Following your heart can be a crimeA royal wedding means one celebration after another: balls, fireworks, and revelry until dawn. But to Kestrel it means living in a cage of her own making. As the wedding approaches, she aches to tell Arin the truth about her engagement: that she agreed to marry the crown prince in exchange for Arin's freedom... -
Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren Yero
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis “heartbreaking and heartfelt” ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review) star-crossed love story follows two teens in a starkly unequal future world who are struggling to find their places.Sixteen-year-old Rumi Sabzwari has spent his entire life behind the armored walls of St. Iago, which protect citizens of the Union of Upper Cities from the outside world’s environmental devastation...Categorized as:
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The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 4 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA modern-day girl gets whisked away to a strange land where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god!In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she meets a water dragon god!Because the water dragon god wants to interact with Asahi more, he descends to the village in the guise of a human... -
The Angel of Death by Alane Ferguson
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAs assistant to her father, the county coroner of Silverton, Colorado, Cameryn Mahoney has seen more gore than the average seventeen-yearold. But even Cameryn is shocked when Kyle O'Neil, the most popular guy in school, discovers the gruesome corpse of their English teacher murdered in his own bed...Categorized as:
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The Trap by Andrew Fukuda
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom author Andrew Fukuda comes The Trap, the explosive finale to The Hunt trilogy—perfect for fans of The Hunger Games ! After barely escaping the Mission alive, Gene and Sissy face an impossible task: staying alive long enough to stop an entire world bent on their destruction... -
Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMagic doesn't exist in the broken city of Lkossa anymore, especially for girls like sixteen-year-old Koffi. Indentured to the notorious Night Zoo, she cares for its fearsome and magical creatures to pay off her family's debts and secure their eventual freedom...Categorized as:
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Winter Wren by Miranda Honfleur
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA mage apprentice and her master... against three hundred mercenaries sieging a town. Seventeen-year-old mage apprentice Rielle accompanies her master, Leigh, on a mission to save a viscount from a town under mercenary control. But mercenaries aren't the only newcomers to town. When the mission goes awry, Rielle must choose whether to follow her orders or her conscience...Categorized as:
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The Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsShyla is a researcher who resides in the underground desert city of Zirdai, which is ruled by the wealthy Water Prince and brutal Heliacal Priestess. Even though Shyla is sun-kissed - an outcast, considered cursed by the Sun Goddess - she is still renowned for uncovering innumerable archaic facts, lost artefacts, ancient maps and obscure historical documents... -
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The Last City by H.J. Nelson
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe highly anticipated sequel to The Last She, which Goodreads has included in its Most Anticipated Young Adult Novels of December 2021The first rule of living through the apocalypse. Trust no one.AraIs desperate to reunite with her father and put the events that happened in Boise behind her... -
Crown of Bones by A.K. Wilder
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRaise. Your. Phantom.For fans of epic fantasies and sweeping adventures, this ensemble cast will immerse you in a world of unique magic, breathtaking action and unforgettable characters.In a world on the brink of the next Great Dying, no amount of training can prepare us for what is to come …A young heir will raise the most powerful phantom in all of Baiseen... -
The Dolphins of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsTwo boys, one of them a dragonrider, re-establish crucial contact with the wise dolphins, the legendary "shipfish" of Pern.From the Paperback edition...Categorized as:
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Yume Kira Dream Shoppe by Aqua Mizuto
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere's a bright and shiny magical place up in the sky where people's dreams come true. For a fair exchange, the shop's proprietor Lin will gladly turn those dreams into reality. But be careful what you wish for, dear reader... -
Beyond the End of the World by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPerfect for fans of Brandon Sanderson and Laini Taylor, this sequel to New York Times bestselling authors Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner’s genre-bending fantasy The Other Side of the Sky takes us to the grand sky-city of Ciel, where danger and mystery await.Time to stop Inshara. Time to find a way between worlds. Time to find each other again... -
The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsWhat isn't written, isn't remembered. Even your crimes.Nadia lives in the city of Canaan, where life is safe and structured, hemmed in by white stone walls and no memory of what came before. But every twelve years the city descends into the bloody chaos of the Forgetting, a day of no remorse, when each person's memories – of parents, children, love, life, and self – are lost... -
Empire of Shadows by Miriam Forster
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsCast out of her family three years ago, Mara turned to the only place that would take her—a school where students train to protect others. But Mara is stunned when guarding a noble girl in the Empire’s capital turns out to be more dangerous than she could’ve imagined. More shocking still, she finds the boy she thought she had lost forever outside the gates of her new home...Categorized as:
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Deception by C.J. Redwine
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsBaalboden has been ravaged. The brutal Commander's whereabouts are unknown. And Rachel, grief stricken over her father's death, needs Logan more than ever. With their ragged group of survivors struggling to forge a future, it's up to Logan to become the leader they need—with Rachel by his side...Categorized as:
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Seafire by Natalie C. Parker
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAfter her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, who have lost their families and homes because of Aric and his men...Categorized as:
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The Knowing by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSamara doesn't forget. And she isn't the only one. Safe underground in the city of New Canaan, she lives in a privileged world free from the Forgetting. Yet she wonders if she really is free, with the memories that plague her and secrets that surround her. Samara is determined to unearth the answers, even if she must escape to the old, cursed city of Canaan to find them... -
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Reborn by Jennifer Rush
The Branch is in shambles, but Anna, Sam, Cas, and Nick can't rest easy. Remnants of the organization lurk unseen, and the flashbacks of their old lives are only getting stronger--especially Nick's.Following scattered memories and clues from his Branch file, Nick sets off alone in search of answers--and the girl who haunts his dreams... -
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
It's been several generations since a genetic experiment gone wrong caused the Reduction, decimating humanity and giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology. Elliot North has always known her place in this world. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family's estate over love... -
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel, Jim Tierney
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Boundless, the greatest train ever built, is on its maiden voyage across the country, and first-class passenger Will Everett is about to embark on the adventure of his life!When Will ends up in possession of the key to a train car containing priceless treasures, he becomes the target of sinister figures from his past... -
Eden's Ore: Revelations by B.V. Bayly
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsGabriel is left for dead.The Horsemen have spread their corruption, targeting the Church’s highest order and forcing the Patriarchs to fracture. As Gabriel’s life hangs in the balance, Nate and his allies must scramble to awaken him before the Church falls. An alliance with the Spheres—hidden sanctuaries of ores users—provides a single hope... -
Altered by Jennifer Rush
When you can’t trust yourself, who can you believe? Everything about Anna’s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There’s Nick, Cas, Trev . . . and Sam, who has stolen Anna’s heart... -
Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsCalling Anna and Bennett’s romance long distance is an understatement: she’s from 1995 Chicago and he’s a time traveler from 2012 San Francisco. The two of them never should have met, but they did. They fell in love, even though they knew they shouldn't. And they found a way to stay together, against all odds...Categorized as:
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