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  • Mad Ship by Robin Hobb

    Mad Ship by Robin Hobb

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 79 ratings
    In the second breathtaking volume of Robin Hobb's Liveship Traders trilogy, a new tide of glory and terror sweeps forward the story of the Vestrit clan, their liveship Vivacia, and all who strive to possess her...
  • Winterlight by Kristen Britain

    Winterlight by Kristen Britain

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    This seventh novel of the Green Rider series follows the adventures of messenger, magic wielder, and knight Karigan G'ladheon as she fights to save king and country from dark magic and a looming war. After her capture at the hands of Grandmother and the Second Empire, Karigan G'ladheon is making halting progress towards recovery...
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  • Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

    Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 89 ratings
    The first book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible. ” Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships—rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness...
  • The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

    The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 115 ratings
    Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  magic  war  fantasy  dark  young adult  mystery  military
  • Queen Magic by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Queen Magic by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CAN THIS QUEEN GUIDE HER SWARM TO VICTORY? Forced into a marriage and role against her choosing while the revolution she supported is only just taking root, Aella must decide whether she can do the unthinkable - sacrifice her own life and future for the sake of her family and fledgling nation...
  • Swarm Magic by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Swarm Magic by Sarah K.L. Wilson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CAN ANYTHING SAVE HER CLOSEST ALLY? Aella has gathered the resources the revolution needs and performed miracles with her bee magic that no one ever expected were possible. But now her closest ally’s future hangs in the balance and only her bees can save him. With the entire army of the Empire hunting her down determined to drag her back to the crown prince, time is running out...
    Categorized as:
    war  fantasy  young adult  dark  length-short
  • War of the Cards by Colleen Oakes

    War of the Cards by Colleen Oakes

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Colleen Oakes’s twisted reimagining of the Queen of Hearts origin story comes to a thrilling conclusion in War of the Cards. Dinah has lost everyone she ever loved. Her brother was brutally murdered. The wicked man she believed was her father betrayed her. Her loyal subjects have been devastated by war. And the boy she gave her heart to broke it completely...
  • The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna

    The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The dazzling finale to the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling Gilded Ones series. One girl holds the power to defeat the gods—but can she become one? Mere weeks after confronting the Gilded Ones—the false beings she once believed to be her family—Deka is on the hunt...
  • Embrace the Serpent by Sunya Mara

    Embrace the Serpent by Sunya Mara

    Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “An exquisite jewel of a book. ” —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning. In this sweeping romantic fantasy, a dangerous deal binds a young jeweler's apprentice to the mysterious Serpent King in a marriage of convenience, thrusting her into a deadly game between the cunning, fearsome ruler and his rebellious huntsman...
  • Beyond the Shadowed Earth by Joanna Ruth Meyer

    Beyond the Shadowed Earth by Joanna Ruth Meyer

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It has always been Eda’s dream to become empress, no matter the cost. Haunted by her ambition and selfishness, she’s convinced that the only way to achieve her goal is to barter with the gods. But all requests come with a price and Eda bargains away the soul of her best friend in exchange for the crown...
  • Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 5 by Gyeoeul Gwon, SUOL

    Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 5 by Gyeoeul Gwon, SUOL

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 43 ratings
    Penelope and Callisto safely escaped the assassins, but Callisto is left in mortal danger and Penelope. .. is standing trial for murder? ! Accused of murdering seven nobles during the Hunt, she faces a court proceeding that’s in actuality nothing more than an elaborate sham to frame her...
  • Of War and Ruin by Ryan Cahill

    Of War and Ruin by Ryan Cahill

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 32 ratings
    Solian ata'yar. Dauv ata'yar. Nur temen vie'ryn valana. Live as one. Die as one. For those we've lost. The city of Kingspass burns, and Calen Bryer's world has been shaken to its core. With Valerys at his side, Calen must battle his demons and push forward. There are people who need him, people who need what he must become, and he will not let them stand alone...
  • Ruin by John Gwynne

    Ruin by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The Banished Lands are engulfed in war and chaos. The cunning Queen Rhin has conquered the west and High King Nathair has the cauldron, most powerful of the seven treasures. At his back stands the scheming Calidus and a warband of the Kadoshim, dread demons of the Otherworld. They plan to bring Asroth and his host of the Fallen into the world of flesh, but to do so they need the seven treasures...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  magic  war  fantasy  demons  dark  found-family  military
  • Gilded Serpent by Danielle L. Jensen

    Gilded Serpent by Danielle L. Jensen

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    From bestselling author Danielle L. Jensen comes another thrilling novel in the Dark Shores world, a series that Sarah J. Maas called "everything I look for in a fantasy novel. ". THEIR BATTLES ENDED IN VICTORY. Lydia returns to Mudaire to enter training at the healing temple. But instead of fighting to save lives, she’s convinced she is doing more harm than good...
  • The Last Herald-Mage by Mercedes Lackey

    The Last Herald-Mage by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 35 ratings
    The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy—three groundbreaking, Lambda Award-winning novels that established Mercedes Lackey as a fantasy tour-de-force and her Kingdom of Valdemar as a place millions of readers return to again and again...
    Categorized as:
    magic  high fantasy  fantasy  m-m  young adult  dark  paranormal  queer
  • Valor by John Gwynne

    Valor by John Gwynne

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    The Banished Lands is torn by war as High King Nathair sweeps the land challenging all who oppose him in his holy crusade. Allied with the manipulative Queen Rhin of Cambren, there are few who can stand against them. But Rhin is playing her own games and has her eyes on a far greater prize. .
  • The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

    The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    From NYT bestselling author Brent Weeks comes his breakout fantasy trilogy in which a young boy trains under the city's most legendary and feared assassin Durzo Blint. For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art -- and he is the city's most accomplished artist. For Azoth, survival is just the beginning...
  • The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey

    The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
    Categorized as:
    magic  high fantasy  fantasy  queer  young adult  m-m  dark  horror
  • Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence

    Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    Second novel in the brilliant series from the bestselling author of Prince of Thorns. In Mystic Class Nona Grey begins to learn the secrets of the universe. But so often even the deepest truths just make our choices harder...
  • The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

    The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 43 ratings
    3 volumes in one giant omnibus edition. "Way of Shadows", "Shadow's Edge", "Beyond the Shadows" all in one beautiful hardcover edition.
  • City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

    City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Revenge. It’s something Sigrud je Harkvaldsson is very, very good at. Maybe the only thing.   So when he learns that his oldest friend and ally, former Prime Minister Shara Komayd, has been assassinated, he knows exactly what to do—and that no mortal force can stop him from meting out the suffering Shara’s killers deserve...
  • The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

    The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 37 ratings
    In this "relentlessly gripping, brilliant" epic fantasy (James Islington), an ousted queen must join forces with a young warrior in order to reclaim her throne and save her people. Tau and his Queen, desperate to delay the impending attack on the capital by the indigenous people of Xidda, craft a dangerous plan...
    Categorized as:
    high fantasy  war  magic  fantasy  military  vengeance  demons  dark
  • Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks

    Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 98 ratings
    A new queen has usurped the throne and is leading Cenaria into disaster. The country has become a broken realm with a threadbare army, little food and no hope. So Kylar Stern plans to reinstate his closest friend Logan as King, but can he really get away with murder? In the north, the Godking's death has thrown Khalidor into civil war...
  • Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey

    Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 52 ratings
    Following hard on the heels of Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey's spectacular debut novel, comes Kushiel's Chosen, a glittering and riveting historical fantasy. The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It is said that the angels found the land and saw it was good, and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt...
  • Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher

    Academ's Fury by Jim Butcher

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    In Furies of Calderon, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher introduced readers to a world where the forces of nature take physical form. But now, it is human nature that threatens to throw the realm into chaos…For centuries, the people of Alera have harnessed the furies—elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal—to protect their land from aggressors...
  • Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

    Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    Springtime in Styria. And that means war. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king...
  • Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 6 by Gyeoeul Gwon, SUOL

    Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 6 by Gyeoeul Gwon, SUOL

    Rated: 4.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    Following the conditions of a contract between herself and Winter, Penelope is once again leaving the duchy! She joins the marquis for volunteer work in a war-stricken nation, and while their time there is hectic, the two are able to grab a moment alone at the seaside...
  • War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    War of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 27 ratings
    War is here. Toxic mist drives all life to the brink of destruction and the conqueror queen, Ines, has her talons in the kings of the realm. Bleak, having discovered her true heritage, must now scour the lands for the one thing that might save them all. But the search is a treacherous one – and it will push her to the very limits of endurance...
  • Night of Masks and Knives by L.J. Andrews

    Night of Masks and Knives by L.J. Andrews

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    Wicked men stole the boy she loved. But when she found him again, he'd become more wicked than them all. Malin Strom has been searching for Kase, her childhood sweetheart, since he was lost at the annual masquerade years ago. With her gift for stealing memories, Malin crosses more than one dangerous line to take secrets from those who know what goes on behind the curtain of the wicked festival...
  • Reign of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Reign of Mist by Helen Scheuerer

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    The realm’s darkest secret is out. The cruelty of the capital and the power-hungry King Arden have scattered Bleak and her companions across the continents. On the run in a foreign land, Bleak finds herself tied to some unexpected strangers...
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