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Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsEach culture has its own myths and legends, but only one is shared, and it is feared by all. With Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and Age of War, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan riveted readers with a tale of unlikely heroes locked in a desperate battle to save mankind... -
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The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 21 ratings"We should expect this young woman to be more powerful than our average novice, possibly even more powerful than the average magician."This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables... -
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![Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen a corpse is found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor that is not quite as dead as it seems, Temple sorcerer Penric and his chaos demon Desdemona are drawn into the uncanny investigation. Pen’s keen questions will take him across the city of Vilnoc, and into far more profound mysteries, as his search for truths interlaces with tragedy... -
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Where Dragons Collide by T.A. White
Tate is about to face her biggest challenge yet—navigating high society.After the events in the Harridan’s city, Tate is settling back into life in her chosen home of Aurelia. Peace doesn’t last long when a simple misjudgment leads to an event Tate would do anything to avoid—making her formal debut to court... -
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![The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin]()
The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn this omnibus edition of N.K. Jemisin's brilliantly original award-winning fantasy series, a young woman becomes entangled in a power struggle of mythic proportions.A REALM OF GODS AND MORTALS.Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky... -
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The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess's traitor brother... -
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Knighthunter by Anna Hackett
She vows to bring her abducted queen home…even if she has to work with the man she hates.Knightmaster Nea Laurier is tough, dedicated, and lives to be the best Oronis knight she can be. All her life, she’s worked hard to live up to her prestigious family name...Categorized as:
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Ashes of Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNovember 1291. Meg and Llywelyn gather their family at Rhuddlan Castle to celebrate their seventh anniversary and David's twenty-third birthday. But the joyful reunion goes grievously awry when an old enemy raises the banner of rebellion, followed immediately by an even more catastrophic betrayal by an old friend...Categorized as:
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![Otherside Picnic: Volume 3 by Iori Miyazawa]()
Otherside Picnic: Volume 3 by Iori Miyazawa
Autumn has arrived. Having narrowly avoided the curse of the Kotoribako, Sorawo and Toriko are back to exploring the other world. With boxed lunches in tow, the two take their agricultural vehicle for a leisurely drive across grassy terrain, deal with the problems caused by Sorawo's kouhai at university, and hang out at cognitive scientist Kozakura's house... -
![The High Lord by Trudi Canavan]()
The High Lord by Trudi Canavan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 63 ratingsIn the city of Imardin, where those who wield magic wield power, a young street-girl, adopted by the Magician's Guild, finds herself at the centre of a terrible plot that may destroy the entire world . . . Sonea has learned much at the magicians' guild and the other novices now treat her with a grudging respect... -
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The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Ivory Tomb concludes the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and ambition, questioned loyalties, and broken magic that began with The Obsidian Tower.The Dark Days have returned. The Demon of Carnage mercilessly cuts through villagers and armies. The Demon of Corruption poisons/rots the land. The Serene Empire and the Witch Lords race towards war... -
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Shadow's Howl by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSome secrets are too shameful to reveal… Academy-trained mage Jennifer Shaw is setting out to make things right. First stop is the hideout of the wolf shifter rebels, where she’s greeted by the most suspicious, untrusting, and downright gorgeous man she’s ever met...Categorized as:
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Savage Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Small Town Grumpy Shifter RomanceThe first time she saw him he was coming out of the river... Oh! what a view.Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff.Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend... -
![The Neptune Project by Polly Holyoke]()
The Neptune Project by Polly Holyoke
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWith her weak eyes and useless lungs that often leave her gasping for air, Nere feels more at home swimming with the dolphins her mother studies than she does hanging out with her classmates... -
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![The House of Always by Jenn Lyons]()
The House of Always by Jenn Lyons
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFor fans of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss, The House of Always is the fourth epic fantasy in Jenn Lyons' Chorus of Dragons series that began with The Ruin of Kings.What if you were imprisoned for all eternity?In the aftermath of the Ritual of Night, everything has changed... -
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The Warrior's Path by Catherine M. Wilson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn Book I of the trilogy, Tamras, our hero, arrives in Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature causes many, including Tamras herself, to doubt that she will ever become a competent swordswoman... -
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Threshold by Sara Douglass
Over the hot southern land of Ashdod looms the shadow of Threshold, the pyramid which the Magi of Ashdod are building to propel themselves into Infinity. Over the years, thousands of slaves have given their lives to the construction of Threshold. Now construction is almost complete; the Magi need only to add the finishing touches...Categorized as:
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Hexbound by Bec McMaster
It should have been an easy task... Verity Hastings has a little trick; she can find anything, no matter where it's hidden. It's a skill that's kept her safe and fed all the way from the orphanages and workhouses of her youth. But when she steals a mysterious item for a masked man, she knows the con is on her this time...Categorized as:
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The Copper Crown by Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWHEN EARTH MEETS KELTIA WILL STAR EMPIRES FALL?When lore became legend on ancient Earth and the powers of magic waned, the Kelts and their allies fled the planet for the freedom of distant star realms.But the stars were home to dangerous foes, and millenia later, the worlds of Keltia still maintained uneasy truce with two enemy empires -the Imperium and the Phalanx... -
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Ai no Kusabi Vol. 6 by Rieko Yoshihara
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSeeing Guardian's dark side in full, the pursued Kirie escaped to Riki's place. But Guy handed him over to the visiting Katz Leading to discord between Riki and Guy, Riki left the slums behind to seek out Iason's approval... -
![Chasing the Darkness by Cassie Sanchez]()
Chasing the Darkness by Cassie Sanchez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFINALIST IN THE 2021 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS FOR FANTASYPain is inescapable. Suffering is a choice.Azrael, the Angel of Death, knows pain. The deaths of his mother and sister, as well as his harsh experiences in the Watch Guard at age twelve, have brutally shaped him into the most feared assassin in all of Pandaren...Categorized as:
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The Tentacle Awakens by J.J. Pavlov
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDeath and Reincarnation. Kuroe Makoto, the tomboyish ace of her high school track and field club, never spared a thought for these things before. However, when she falls asleep in her Tokyo home after an exhausting marathon and wakes up in a fantasy world, those concepts become her reality... -
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Prosperity by Alexis Hall
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA breathtaking tale of passion and adventure in the untamed skies! Prosperity, 1863: a lawless skytown where varlets, chancers, and ne’er-do-wells risk everything to chase a fortune in the clouds, and where a Gaslight guttersnipe named Piccadilly is about to cheat the wrong man. This mistake will endanger his life . . . and his heart... -
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Hallowed Bond by Eressë
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTime and circumstances may force true lovers apart but the tie that binds them can never be fully severed. When Dylen Teris and Riodan Leyhar meet one harsh winter in the dual-gendered realm of Ylandre, neither expects the encounter to lead to a fast friendship and abiding love... -
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![Clockwork Tangerine by Rhys Ford]()
Clockwork Tangerine by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe British Empire reigns supreme, and its young Queen Victoria has expanded her realm to St. Francisco, a bustling city of English lords and Chinese ghettos. St. Francisco is a jewel in the Empire’s crown and as deeply embroiled in the conflict between the Arcane and Science as its sister city, London—a very dark and dangerous battle... -
![Legendary Rule by Bruce Sentar]()
Legendary Rule by Bruce Sentar
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTired of the main character one shotting every boss? Every girl inexplicably in love with him on first sight? Legendary Rule is certainly not an 'easy mode' harem. Ajax Demos finds himself lost in society. Graduating shortly after artificial intelligence is allowed to enter the workforce; he can’t get his career off the ground... -
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The Ladies of Mandrigyn by Barbara Hambly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen the women of the City of Mandrigyn, led by Sheera Galernas, hired the mercenary army of Captain Sun Wolf, to help them rescue their men from the mines of evil, he refused. Little did he realize how insistent the ladies could be, and how far they would go to persuade him to train them against the evil of Altiokis... -
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Gravemound by Kim Fielding
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsGrimm in spaaaaace!In this retelling of a classic fairy tale, Phineas Coleman is stranded on a planet far from home and must find a way to support himself in this new land. A selfish local man offers to help him with a livelihood if Phin will promise to protect him from a soul-reaper... -
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Wicked Academia: Lost Stars by Jasmine Jenkins, Sophie Suliman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is something wicked about the Greywick triplets.The eldest has a wicked smile.The middle has a wicked mind.The youngest has a wicked heart.Vivian, Marion, and Timothée Greywick’s father told them one thing before he died: stay away from the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars. And they’ve done just that, becoming perfectly respectable members of society, with no use for star magic...Categorized as:
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![Dragons of Asred by H.R. Moore]()
Dragons of Asred by H.R. Moore
Fyia and Cal head north in search of dragons, but the Five Kingdoms are in disarray, many still questioning Fyia’s rule, and contesting her new laws. Amid the chaos, Essa fights to make the Small Council repair the dragon clocks, and eventually takes matters into her own hands, travelling to the Temple of the Sea Serpent. But what she finds is shocking, even to her...Categorized as:
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Gem Knight 2 by Kirk Mason
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsADVENTURE TO THE TOWERS, SAVE THE PRINCESSES, GAIN NEW POWERS.When we rescued the first fluffy-eared princess, I didn't realize how lucky we’d been. She was a kind soul, and gentle—everything you’d imagine a sweet princess to be.Though atop the second tower, the next stripey-tailed princess bore a rage as wild as the sun... -
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In Enemy Territory by Shannon West
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat should a Tygerian colonel do when he develops a devastating and disastrous attraction that’s totally unsuitable?Kylon Bonnett, close friend of Prince Mikos, goes to the aid of Prince Larz on Laltana when both they and the disgraced human prisoner, Rasc Centarlo become embroiled in a mission to the unfriendly prison planet of Gatifrey...Categorized as:
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![People Collide by Isle McElroy]()
People Collide by Isle McElroy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Eli leaves the cramped Bulgarian apartment he shares with Elizabeth, his more organized and successful wife, he discovers that he now inhabits her body. Not only have he and his wife traded bodies but Elizabeth, living as Eli, has disappeared without a trace... -
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Rumor Has It by Cat Rambo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe crew of the You Sexy Thing navigates the aftermath of facing down a pirate king and the relationships that they have created with one another in Cat Rambo's action adventure science fiction Rumor Has It, the third book in the Disco Space Opera... -
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![Skythane: Liminal Sky by J. Scott Coatsworth]()
Skythane: Liminal Sky by J. Scott Coatsworth
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnison, a handsome, cocky wing man with a troubled past.Neither knows that Oberon is facing imminent destruction... -
![Bridge of Souls by Fiona McIntosh]()
Bridge of Souls by Fiona McIntosh
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsGeneral Wyl Thirsk of Morgravia has died many times . . . But thanks to the miraculous gift bestowed upon him by the slain witch Myrren, Wyl lives on—though greatly altered and unrecognizable. Only by assuming Morgravia's throne will he be freed from the dark spell that has both cursed and sustained him. But Wyl's time is running out... -
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The Infinity Gate by Sara Douglass
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 26 ratings“Sara Douglass has the breadth of vision necessary to create sweeping epics and the storyteller’s gift that makes readers love her... -
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Aurian by Maggie Furey
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn ages past, there had been four magical weapons, fashioned to be used only by the Magefolk. But their history had been lost, together with the Artefacts themselves, in the Cataclysm which had wrought changes on land and water alike. Lost also had been the history of the Magefolk, and the Winged Ones, the Leviathans and Phaerie... -
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Sacred Fate by Eressë
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the dual-gendered realm of Ylandre, the great divide between the high-born True Bloods and the lower-ranked Half Bloods is deemed impassable by most. Rohyr Essendri dared to cross it when he took young Lassen Idana from his provincial town and made him his paramour. Lassen perforce learned how to navigate the intricate byways of life at court... -
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Keys by Amber Kell
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCity of Keys: Book One My name is Octavius Septimus Stalk, but my friends call me Oss. I live in the City of Keys, a town of gears, keys, locks, and wonder. Our forefathers banished magic long ago, bolted the doors and locked everything up tight to keep people out and the town’s secrets in. Four Lock Lords control what information is left, and everyone else is left struggling to survive... -
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Spy's Honor by Amy Raby
Rhianne, mind mage and Imperial Princess of Kjall, cannot openly challenge the emperor. Instead, she acts in secret to aid the victims of his worst excesses. But now the emperor plans to wed her to the cruel Augustan, the man leading Kjall’s attack against the nation of Mosar. Soon she will be torn from her supporters and shipped overseas, where she can help no one... -
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Shield of Fire by Boone Brux
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProtecting humans is the Bringers' duty. Sending demons to the Shadow World is their pleasure. In one night, Ravyn's life plunges from barely tolerable to deadly. Forced to flee the only home she's known, she stumbles headlong into the clutches of Icarus, a powerful demon intent on stealing her powers. Unfortunately for him, she has no intention of cooperating...Categorized as:
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![The General Loves to Collect Little Red Flowers by 困成熊猫]()
The General Loves to Collect Little Red Flowers by 困成熊猫
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe most domineering, arrogant and beautiful Omega in the Tarot Empire, Le Yao was arranged to marry General Xu Yao, who was known as the ruthless Hell’s King of the Empire... -
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Devil's Gun by Cat Rambo
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNo one escapes their past as the crew of the You Sexy Thing attempts to navigate the hazards of opening a pop-up restaurant and the dangers of a wrathful pirate-king seeking vengeance in Cat Rambo's Devil's Gun... -
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![想做男配其实也不容易 [It’s Actually Not Easy Wanting to Be a Supporting Male Lead] by mijia]()
想做男配其实也不容易 [It’s Actually Not Easy Wanting to Be a Supporting Male Lead] by mijia
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratings在这个无数配角们都在试图翻身、逆袭、转正的时代，他存在的意义就是要尽忠职守地扮演好男配的角色，为这个世界增光添彩。只可惜，不怕神一样的敌人，就怕猪一样的队友，他苦逼的发现，自己莫名其妙地被一个完全不按剧本走的家伙缠上了……为了自己的男配之路，他与那人斗智斗勇，相爱相杀，最终还是逃不过命运的捉弄。——想当一个尽职尽责的男配角肿么就辣么难！QAQ"It’s Actually Not Easy Wanting to Be a Supporting Male Lead"In this period where countless supporting lead actors always attempt to counterattack, turn over a new leaf or simply refuse to take up the role, his purpose of... -
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Tangled Web by Crista McHugh
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe deadliest assassin in the empire just got too close to her target… Azurha, a former slave turned deadliest assassin in the empire, has just been offered the ultimate challenge—seduce, then murder the new Emperor. But Titus is not the tyrant his forefathers were, and his radical ideas might be the glimmer of hope the empire needs...Categorized as:
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The Witches of Wenshar by Barbara Hambly
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOnce, it was said, Wenshar had been a city of witches, summoning and controlling demons for their evil magic. But in nearby Tandieras, Kaltha claimed to have found their lost book of spells to perform only white magic. When Sun Wolf arrived, he discovered increasing signs of evil magic and demon-controlling spells... -
![Waiting on a Bright Moon by J.Y. Yang]()
Waiting on a Bright Moon by J.Y. Yang
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsXin is an ansible, using her song magic to connect the originworld of the Imperial Authority and its far-flung colonies— a role that is forced upon magically-gifted women “of a certain closeness”... -
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Junk Mage by Elliot Cooper
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhen technomancer Quillian Defote crash lands on remote planet Marutuk, he has limited time to repair his ship and get off world. If he fails, he'll forfeit his position as professor of mechanical transmutation at the prestigious Ivy Arcanarium, and ruin his employment prospects in yet another sector... -
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Kidnapped by Megan Derr
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsInfinitum Government Code 3.18.21.512: Genetic Experimentation Shall Be Strictly Forbidden No job is more arduous than that of Rehab Guard—those appointed to guard the many and varied prisoners within the Infinitum Government, the ruling power of a vast interplanetary alliance. To be a Rehab Guard requires very specific qualifications and years of specialized training...
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