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Kushiel's Scion
by Jacqueline Carey
A young woman embarks on a perilous quest to save her kingdom from a powerful enemy.
To find his lost mother, the mission of his foster mother and his own personal quest, he must discover who trained Phèdre nó Delaunay 's mentor, Anafiel Delaunay. Imriel de la Courcel's blood parents ... (Wikipedia)
Kushiel's Mercy
by Jacqueline Carey
A powerful story of redemption and justice, set in a world of complex magic and politics.
Sidonie and Imriel confess their love, causing a national uproar. To mitigate the turmoil and quell the uprising, Queen Ysandre decrees that she won't acknowledge the lovers. To appease the Queen, ... (Wikipedia)
Kushiel's Chosen
by Jacqueline Carey
A courtesan embarks on a quest to save her homeland from a powerful, mysterious force.
Mighty Kushiel, of rod and weal,Late of the brazen portals,With blood-tipp'd dart a wound unhealed,Pricks the eyen of chosen mortals The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and ... (Goodreads)
Mistral's Kiss
by Laurell K. Hamilton
A witch's journey of self-discovery as she unlocks her magical destiny.
Meredith wakes up from a dream where she is given a horn cup from the Consort. The horn is a lost relic belonging to Abeloec, one of her guards, and the former god of wine. Abeloec and Merry drink ... (Wikipedia)
The Killing Dance
by Laurell K. Hamilton
A vampire detective investigates a series of gruesome murders, unearthing secrets of the supernatural world.
The Killing Dance takes place in May, about a month and a half after Bloody Bones and like the previous novels, The Killing Dance begins with a potential job for Anita in her role as an Animators, ... (Wikipedia)
Dead Witch Walking
by Kim Harrison
A dark urban fantasy about a witch's fight for survival in a world of humans, demons and vampires.
All the creatures of the night gather in "the Hollows" of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party... and to feed. Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond ... (Goodreads)
Moon Called
by Patricia Briggs
A shapeshifter embarks on a journey to reclaim her heritage and defend her people.
Mercedes Thompson, aka Mercy, is a talented Volkswagen mechanic living in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. She also happens to be a walker, a magical being with the power to shift into a coyote at ... (Goodreads)
Arrow's Flight
by Mercedes Lackey
An epic fantasy tale of a young archer and a magical kingdom in danger.
Set in the medieval fantasy kingdom of Valdemar, this unique and exciting novel continues the story of Talia. Having mastered the powers necessary to a guardian of the kingdom, she faces the final ... (Goodreads)
Temple of the Winds
by Terry Goodkind
A quest to retrieve a powerful magical artifact, uncovering secrets of the past along the way.
Temple of the Winds picks up shortly where the last volume,, Blood of the Fold, , left off. A wizard named Marlin appears in Aydindril announcing his intent to kill Richard Rahl . He is immediately ... (Wikipedia)
Magic Bites
by Ilona Andrews
A female private investigator hunts monsters while searching for answers about her mysterious past.
Ilona Andrews invites you to experience the first novel in the #1, New York Times, bestselling series featuring the intriguing fantasy world of mercenary Kate Daniels… When the magic is up, rogue ... (Barnes & Noble)
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
A collection of interviews recounting tales of the zombie apocalypse.
It has been nearly twenty years since the start of the apocalyptic worldwide pandemic known as the Zombie War, and about ten years since the war has ended in humanity's victory. The framing device ... (Wikipedia)
Chainfire
by Terry Goodkind
Richard Cypher's wife, Kahlan, disappears from everyone's memory, and he must find her before the world forgets her existence forever.
Richard Rahl is the ruler of the D'Haran Empire, a collection of nations previously made up of D'Hara and the Midlands. Richard Rahl and the D'Haran Empire are currently locked in an epic struggle ... (Wikipedia)
Stone of Tears
by Terry Goodkind
A quest to restore balance to the world, as a powerful magic threatens all of existence.
An epic of awesome power from Terry Goodkind, the second installment of the bestselling series A Sword of Truth, Kahlan has at last gained the one goal she had always thought was beyond her grasp ... ... (Barnes & Noble)
Obsidian Butterfly
by Laurell K. Hamilton
A vampire detective and her team investigate a series of gruesome murders.
The Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter backlist takes flight with a whole new look. In her ninth adventure, vampire hunter Anita Blake owes a favor to a friend-a man almost as dangerous as the ancient evil ... (Goodreads)
The Dragonbone Chair
by Tad Williams
Epic fantasy adventure to save the kingdom from an ancient evil.
Simon , a fourteen-year-old kitchen boy and servant in the great castle Hayholt, muddles his way through the daily routines of castle drudgery in the last days of the long reign of King John ... (Wikipedia)
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious journey through a hidden realm of London, filled with danger and unexpected allies.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew and his trials and tribulations in London. At the start of the story, he is a young businessman, recently moved from Scotland and with a normal life ahead. ... (Wikipedia)
Death Masks
by Jim Butcher
A magical detective's mission to protect an ancient artifact from a powerful necromancer.
Harry shares a TV panel with a Vatican priest, Father Vincent, and São Paulo University Professor Don Paolo Ortega , a disguised Red Court Vampire noble. Father Vincent hires Dresden to recover the ... (Wikipedia)
Stolen
by Kelley Armstrong
A young woman's fight for survival and revenge against a powerful and ruthless criminal organization.
The story begins with Elena travelling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to follow up a lead the Pack have come across on believe.com which purports to be able to prove the existence of werewolves. ... (Wikipedia)
Shadow of the Giant
by Orson Scott Card
A revolution of conscience and courage, led by a man seeking justice in a dangerous world.
A belief is spreading in conquered China that the government has lost the Mandate of Heaven . Han Tzu meets up with Mazer Rackham , who passes him a blow dart pen, calling it the "Mandate of Heaven". ... (Wikipedia)
The Elf Queen of Shannara
by Terry Brooks
Epic fantasy adventure, as a young elven princess fights to save her kingdom from a powerful evil.
Wren Ohmsford , a descendant of the legendary Jerle Shannara , was charged by the shade of the Druid Allanon to travel to the distant island of Morrowindl and find the Elves to return them to the ... (Wikipedia)
The Serpent's Shadow
by Mercedes Lackey
A group of misfits must come together to save the world from an ancient evil.
Dr. Maya Witherspoon is a young doctor who has just emigrated to England, and intends to practice medicine in London. She had lived most of the first twenty-five years of her life in her native ... (Wikipedia)
By the Sword
by Mercedes Lackey
A young woman joins a mercenary company to escape an arranged marriage and becomes embroiled in a dangerous plot.
Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother’s untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed, ... (Goodreads)
First Rider's Call
by Kristen Britain
A young girl embarks on an adventure to save her world from an evil magician.
Now a Green Rider, one of the king's elite troop of messengers, Karigan returns to Sacor City, giving up her merchant lifestyle. The story opens a year into this service as danger is threatening the ... (Wikipedia)
The Kindly Ones
by Neil Gaiman
A dark fantasy featuring a morally ambiguous protagonist on a quest to save his family.
The Penultimate volume to the phenomenal Sandman series: distraught by the kidnapping and presumed death of her son, and believing Morpheus to be responsible, Lyta Hall calls the ancient wrath of the ... (Goodreads)
Calling on Dragons
by Patricia C. Wrede
An adventurous girl's mission to save an enchanted kingdom from the dangers of dark magic.
This novel is the third in the Enchanted Forest series, told from the witch Morwen's perspective. Morwen, a witch who lives in the Enchanted Forest, is having trouble with people who believe that ... (Wikipedia)
Alanna: The First Adventure
by Tamora Pierce
A young girl disguises herself as a boy to achieve her dreams of becoming a knight.
Alanna of Trebond and her twin brother Thom may be twins , but are very different; Alanna is a tomboy who dreams of being a knight, and Thom wishes to become a sorcerer. Unfortunately, Alanna is ... (Wikipedia)
The High King's Tomb
by Kristen Britain
An epic fantasy adventure, as a young knight embarks on a quest to save her kingdom.
Karigan G’Ladheon, a member of the King’s Green Rider messenger service, finds her life increasingly tangled in the third book of the Green Rider series. King Zachary, for whom Karigan has feelings, ... (Wikipedia)
Meridon
by Philippa Gregory
A young woman's journey of self-discovery, discovering secrets of her family's past.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl comes the final book of the extraordinary Wideacre trilogy as the heir to the great estate comes home at last. Meridon knows she ... (Goodreads)
Assassin's Apprentice
by Robin Hobb
A humble orphan discovers his true identity, rising through the ranks to become a powerful assassin.
The novel covers the early life of FitzChivalry , a royal bastard living in Buckkeep Castle as he begins his training as an assassin and successfully safeguards the throne from his over-ambitious ... (Wikipedia)
Riddle-Master
by Patricia A. McKillip
Young prince embarks on a mysterious quest to save his kingdom from a dark power.
The titular Riddle-Master is Morgon, the Prince of Hed, a small, simple island populated by farmers and swineherds. The prince, inexplicably, has three stars on his forehead. Morgon's sister Tristan ... (Wikipedia)
