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Damia's Children
by Anne McCaffrey
The telepathic Rowan family faces new challenges as their children inherit their powers and must navigate a dangerous universe.
Humanity has found a new ally in their ongoing war against the Beetle Hive, a tenacious species called the Mrdini . In order to better understand each other, some humans and 'Dinis are raised ... (Wikipedia)
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey
Epic science-fiction story of a fatal plague and a brave heroine's quest to save her world.
The story begins with Moreta, the senior Weyrworman of Fort Weyr, traveling with her queen dragon Orlith (who is near the end of her pregnancy) to the Gather at Ruatha Hold. At the Gather there is ... (Wikipedia)
Crystal Line
by Anne McCaffrey
Follow Killashandra Ree's journey as she discovers the secrets of the crystal singers and fights to protect their way of life.
"A treat for long-time McCaffrey fans, a good read and a satisfying look at one of the most haunting facets of the crystal singers' profession." LOCUS When Killashandra Ree joined the mysterious ... (Goodreads)
Winter's Heart
by Robert Jordan
Epic fantasy of a hero's struggle against evil in a quest to restore the balance of light and dark.
Many of the events of Winter's Heart take place simultaneously with the events of the next book,, Crossroads of Twilight, . Perrin Aybara and his followers pursue the Shaido Aiel who kidnapped his ... (Wikipedia)
Take a Thief
by Mercedes Lackey
A young pickpocket must save the kingdom from a powerful dark magic.
Skif's parents are dead, and he lives with his horrible uncle, who does not make much of an attempt to take care of him. Because of this, Skif turns to thievery so that he can obtain food. One day, ... (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)
The Black Gryphon
by Mercedes Lackey
A young gryphon is born with black feathers, shunned by his own kind, but finds a new home and purpose with a human mage.
The book begins with the title character, the gryphon Skandranon Rashkae ("Skan"), creeping into an enemy encampment on a mission to acquire a new, magical weapon instrumental in the fall and capture ... (Wikipedia)
A Crown of Swords
by Robert Jordan
Epic fantasy adventure of a struggle for power, with fate of the world in the balance.
A Crown of Swords has three primary plotlines: ... (Wikipedia)
His Majesty's Dragon
by Naomi Novik
A Napoleonic-era naval captain and a dragon join forces to battle their enemies.
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride mighty fighting dragons, bred for size or speed. When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes ... (Goodreads)
The Fires of Heaven
by Robert Jordan
Epic fantasy adventure set in a mythical world, with a quest to save it from evil forces.
The fifth book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling epic fantasy series, THE WHEEL OF TIME, now reissued with a stunning new cover design. The bonds and wards that hold the Great Lord of ... (Goodreads)
Sandry's Book
by Tamora Pierce
Sandry discovers her magical abilities and forms a bond with three other young mages, as they navigate their powers and a dangerous plot against them.
Niklaren (Niko) Goldeye finds Lady Sandrilene fa Toren , Trisana Chandler , Daja Kisubo , and Briar Moss , four young misfits from four different classes, and brings them to Winding Circle Temple in ... (Wikipedia)
Storm Front
by Jim Butcher
A wizard detective investigates a mysterious magical murder in modern Chicago.
Dresden is hired by a Monica Sells to find her husband Victor Sells, an amateur magician who has been acting oddly. Later that day, he gets a call from Lieutenant Karrin Murphy, director of the ... (Wikipedia)
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
A human raised by Martians must find his place in a hostile Earth society.
The story focuses on a human raised on Mars and his adaptation to and understanding of humans and their culture. It is set in a post- Third World War United States, where organized religions are ... (Wikipedia)
The Last Continent
by Terry Pratchett
A comedic adventure through a fantasy world, uncovering secrets of the past.
The story opens weeks after the events of, Interesting Times, , in which Rincewind is magically transported to the continent of Xxxx due to a miscalculation made by the Unseen University wizards. He ... (Wikipedia)
The Truth
by Stephen Briggs
A man's quest to uncover secrets of his family's past, uncovering truths that will change his life.
William de Worde is the black sheep of an influential Ankh-Morpork family, scraping out a humble lifestyle as a common scribe and making extra pocket money by producing a gossipy newsletter for ... (Wikipedia)
Interesting Times: The Play
by Stephen Briggs
A chaotic comedy of errors in a fantasy world of wizards, dragons, and politically-manipulated gods.
A new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novels,The Discworld's most inept wizard has been sent from Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork to the oppressive Agatean Empire to help some ... (Goodreads)
Deadman Wonderland, Vol. 1
by Jinsei Kataoka
After being falsely accused of murdering his classmates, Ganta is sent to a twisted prison where inmates must fight to survive.
Framed for the brutal murders of his classmates by the mysterious Red Man, middle-school student Ganta Igarashii finds himself sentenced to death in the bizarre and fatal theme park/prison known as ... (Barnes & Noble)
Assassin's Quest
by Robin Hobb
A daring quest to save a kingdom from a powerful evil, with the help of magical powers.
FitzChivalry Farseer is raised from the dead with Wit magic, becoming more wolf than human. Only Burrich and Chade know he survived his tortures in Regal 's dungeons. They help Fitz regain his ... (Wikipedia)
Brothers Majere
by Kevin Stein
The story of two brothers, Caramon and Raistlin, as they navigate their way through a world of magic, dragons, and dark forces.
Raistlin, Caramon, and their kender companion, Earwig, investigate the disappearance of cats from the city of Mereklar and a series of murders by a gigantic cat. Reprint. ... (Goodreads)
Wondrous Strange
by Lesley Livingston
A young actress discovers she is a faerie princess and must navigate the dangerous world of the fae to save both their realm and the mortal world.
Kelley Winslow is a teenage actress who lives in New York! When the lead actress in their production of Shakespeare 's, A Midsummer Night's Dream, gets injured, Kelley goes from understudy to star in ... (Wikipedia)
Lady Smoke
by Laura Sebastian
The second book in the Ash Princess series, Lady Smoke follows Theo as she navigates political intrigue and betrayal in her quest to reclaim her throne.
The second installment in the, New York Times, bestselling series "made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir" (,Bustle,),, Lady Smoke, is an epic new fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and ... (Barnes & Noble)
Half-Moon Investigations
by Eoin Colfer
Fletcher Moon, a twelve-year-old private detective, investigates a crime at his school and uncovers a web of lies and deceit.
Fletcher Moon (often called "Half-Moon" due to his short stature) is a natural born investigator. Knowing this, April, a girl from his school comes to him for help in finding a lock of hair that she ... (Wikipedia)
Mark of the Demon
by Diana Rowland
Homicide detective Kara investigates a string of ritualistic murders, discovering a supernatural world and her own demon heritage.
Cop and conjurer of demons, she's a woman in danger of losing control to a power that could kill.... Why me? Why now? That's what Beaulac, Louisiana, detective Kara Gillian was asking herself when an ... (Goodreads)
Wintersong
by S. Jae-Jones
A young woman must journey to the Underground to save her sister from the Goblin King, but at a cost.
"Darkly romantic and atmospheric in all of the best ways, this book reads like a fever dream you never want to wake from." —Emily A. Duncan, , New York Times bestselling author of Wicked Saints and ... (Goodreads)
Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
Mage battles gender prejudice to prove that girls can wield magic too.
The wizard Drum Billet knows that he will soon die and travels to a place where an eighth son of an eighth son is about to be born. This signifies that the child is destined to become a wizard ; on ... (Wikipedia)
The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires
by Molly Harper
Iris Scanlon, a professional pet-sitter, takes on a new client who happens to be a vampire. Chaos ensues as they work together to solve a mystery.
Iris Scanlon, Half-Moon Hollow’s only daytime vampire concierge, knows more about the undead than she’d like. Running all their daylight errands—from letting in the plumber to picking up some chilled ... (Goodreads)
The Lighthouse Keeper
by Cynthia Ellingsen
A woman inherits a lighthouse and moves to a small town, where she discovers secrets about her family and the town's history.
An Amazon Charts bestseller., Dawn Conners’s parents are famous for finding historic treasures, but she has a knack for, losing, things—her job, her boyfriend, and now, her reputation. Thanks to a ... (Barnes & Noble)
Drums of Autumn
by Diana Gabaldon
A romantic family saga set in 18th century America, of the struggles of an immigrant family.
The heroine of the bestselling, Outlander, , Claire, returns in Drums of Autumn , reunited with her husband Jamie Fraser and facing a new life in the American colonies . As the preceding novel, ... (Wikipedia)
The Lying Room
by Nicci French
A woman's affair is exposed when she finds her lover murdered in her home. She must cover up the affair and find the killer before being caught.
It should have been just a mid-life fling. A guilty indiscretion that Neve Connolly could have weathered. An escape from twenty years of routine marriage to her overworked husband, and from her ... (Goodreads)
Atlantia
by Ally Condie
In a world where people live either above or below the sea, two sisters must choose between family and freedom.
The story begins when Rio attends the ceremony of the Divide. Rio wants to go aboveground, or where there are sun and air, initially, but she has promised her Below-loving twin sister, Bay, to remain ... (Wikipedia)
