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Blood for Blood by Ryan Graudin
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThere would be blood. Blood for blood. Blood to pay. An entire world of it.For the resistance in the Third Reich, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun. Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to skinshift, is on the run: the world has just seen her shoot and kill Hitler. But the truth of what happened is far more complicated, and its consequences are deadly... -
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 107 ratingsLogen 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... -
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAlso known as MDZS, the comic/manhua version of the New York Times bestselling novels from China that also inspired an animated adaptation and the live-action series The Untamed !Experience this historical fantasy tale of two powerful men who find each other through life and death in this English version of the beautiful, full-color comic!Feared and hated for his sinister abilities, Wei... -
Illuminance by Kara Douglas
A brewing war, and a prophecy to doom them all.Lu’s life as she knows it is over. Her wishes of freedom have finally come to fruition, but at what cost? Her worst nightmares have become reality as monsters, fae, and dark magic corrupt the only home she’s ever known.Old, broken memories come to light, and the war from long ago seems doomed to repeat itself, with Lu stuck in the middle... -
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The Broken Realm by Sarah M. Cradit
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe treacherous, magical, seductive world of Kingdom of the White Sea, introduced by USA Today bestselling fantasy author Sarah M. Cradit in The Kingless Crown, continues in this thrilling sequel, The Broken Realm.The crown demanded everything. The kingdom will answer.Chaos paints the White Kingdom... -
Skullsworn by Brian Staveley
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsBrian Staveley’s new standalone, Skullsworn, returns to the critically acclaimed Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne universe, following a priestess-assassin for the God of Death.“Brilliant.” ―V. E. Schwab, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the award-winning epic fantasy world of The Emperor’s Blades…Pyrre Lakatur is not, to her mind, an assassin, not a murderer―she is a priestess... -
The Hidden Kingdom by Sarah M. Cradit
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe perilous and provocative world of Kingdom of the White Sea, by USA Today bestselling fantasy author Sarah M. Cradit, comes to a startling conclusion in The Hidden Kingdom.A kingless crown will fall. A crownless kingdom will rise.It all began with a desperate demand from a broken crown. Four brides. Four Reaches... -
ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! (Light Novel) Vol. 2 (ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! (Light Novel) #2) by Kiki.
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMORE THAN MEETS THE EYECrooked adventurer Dein and his band of bullies continue to be a thorn in Flum's side--especially when she rescues a strange, mutilated girl named Ink from some of Dein's goons. Sweet Ink quickly endears herself to Flum and her companions, but the girl with the sewn-shut eyes comes with her own dark baggage... -
Gods of Anthem by Logan Keys
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book is now published under a new title: The last city. The new edition with the same ASIN can be found here. . Oceans apart, a young musician and a “special” soldier embark on a perilous journey for home fueled by the unyielding pursuit of freedom from the Authority. Sixteen-year-old prodigy, Liza Randusky, waits imprisoned, blamed for the undead plague that’s slowly destroying the planet... -
The Harvest of Samhein by José Antonio Cotrina
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe fantasy trilogy that took Europe by storm!Twelve teenagers from around the world fall under the spell of a demigod and journey to a mystical realm of devastation and cruelty where they must survive until the Red Moon returns... -
A Bond in Blood by C.A. Blooming
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBrenna longs to start her new life away from her family's kingdom between the mortal and Seelie lands. But her dreams are shattered when the Unseelie King’s right-hand arrives, claiming her as part of a deal not of her own making. Forcing her to leave her home and join the king’s court.To protect herself and everyone she holds dear, she must follow the king’s three rules:Do not escape... -
Cinderella's Crimes by Kelsey Josund
Cinna would quite literally kill for the throne.For years, Cinna has been forced to serve her wealthy cousins rather than attend society events alongside them. She has waited for the chance to prove herself and exact revenge. When a ball at the castle is announced, promising to bring many powerful people to town, she seizes the opportunity to strike... -
Roll Over and Die: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! (Light Novel) Vol. 4 (ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! (Light Novel) #4) by Kiki.
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter learning what Jean did to Flum and witnessing what horrors the spirals have wrought on Maria's body, Cyril finally snaps. Fleeing the castle, she wanders the streets until she crosses paths with a child named Mute... -
Conspirator by Ella Pyne
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsYou can escape a palace, but a curse may follow wherever you go…The gods are not happy. The king they preserved upon the throne of Viridiana is dead, a pretender sitting in his place. Until they get what they desire, their wrath will know no bounds.Leda escaped death at the hands of her sister and finally lives the independent life she always dreamed of... -
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Sky Breaker by Addie Thorley
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWicked Saints meets the Grishaverse in this stunning and relentless conclusion to the Night Spinner duology.Enebish has been deceived by everyone she once considered a friend. On the run across the tundra, her only allies are her best friend Serik and a band of ill-tempered shepherds... -
Charming by Krystal Wade
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and that's great . . . as long as you don't die. Sixteen-year-old Haley Tremaine had it all: top-notch school, fantastic family, and a bright future, but all of that changed when an accident tore her family apart. Now, an alcoholic father, a bitter younger sister, and a cold headstone bearing her mother’s name are all she has left... -
What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsInspired by an ominous Prague legend, What Wakes the Bells is a lavish gothic fantasy by debut author Elle Tesch. Built by long-gone Saints, the city of Vaiwyn lives and breathes and bleeds. As a Keeper, Mina knows better than most what her care of Vaiwyn’s bells means for the sentient city... -
Lost Boi by Sassafras Patterdale
Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLambda Literary Award finalistIn Sassafras Lowrey's gorgeous queer punk reimagining of the classic Peter Pan story, prepare to be swept overboard into a world of orphaned, abandoned, and runaway bois who have sworn allegiance and service to Pan, the fearless leader of the Lost Bois brigade and the newly corrupted Mommy Wendi who, along with the tomboy John Michael, Pan convinces to join him at... -
Creed by Trisha Leaver, Lindsay Currie
Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree went in. Three came out. None even a shadow of who they once were. When their car breaks down, Dee, her boyfriend Luke, and his brother Mike walk through a winter storm to take refuge in a nearby town called Purity Springs. When they arrive, the emergency sirens are blaring and the small farming town seems abandoned. With no other shelter, they spend the night in an empty house... -
A Palace Near the Wind by Ai Jiang
Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom a rising-star author, winner of the both the Bram Stoker® and Nebula Awards, a richly inventive, brutal and beautiful science-fantasy novella. A story of family, loss, oppression and rebellion that will stay with you long after the final page. For readers of Nghi Vo’s The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Neon Yang’s The Black Tides of Heaven and Kritika H. Rao’s The Surviving Sky... -
The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan
Rated: 3.28 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do and Hot Dog Girl, the sole surviving counselors of a summer camp massacre search to uncover the truth of what happened that fateful night, but what they find out might just get them killed... -
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Harrow the Ninth, the sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station.She answered the Emperor's call.She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.In victory, her world has turned to ash... -
Of War and Ruin by Ryan Cahill
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSolian 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... -
The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon
Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade – but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory. As she makes her way back to the revolution, her journey takes her to Venice, where she learns a dangerous secret – one that could change the face of the war between humans and immortals... -
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Cornucopia by Alek L. Cristea
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAs with each of the Fractured Cities, Cornucopia is a world unto itself. A place where faith makes magic and magic makes faith. A place of excess and obsession, where the only sin is a life of less, of moderation. But here in Cornucopia, moderation isn't just a sin, it's also a place... -
The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMore information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA... -
Master Mage by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne spell to save us all…No more miss nice mage. This is war. This is survival. This is my destiny.I am the Stone Keeper and I will win.No matter the cost... -
Hail to the King by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsMen Will Be Men. Unfortunately, the women are in no position to stop nature's course.Tyler has figured out an additional way to make money off Brownstone. But Brownstone has to agree, first. Brownstone gets a request from his hacker support after doing a job for the Professor.It seems she might have upset someone close to home... -
Eye for an Eye by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Harriken have decided James Brownstone needs to die. So, they put out a hit on him valued at $500,000.Shay is working her way back to California from a raid on artifacts in Asia, but she could be too late to help. With all of Los Angeles and Southern California's hitmen trying to take out Brownstone, even the cops are sitting this one out... -
Fatal Mistake by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe government is trying to take down the Council... But they get their asses handed to them.One of the senators wanted to play hardball from the beginning but got outvoted.Now, the head of the task force is killed.Will they wise up and swallow their pride to get the best? Lt...
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