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The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man
by Mike Carey
Tom Taylor, the inspiration for a famous boy wizard, navigates a world where fiction and reality blur. He must uncover the truth about his own past to save his friends.
In this volume, Tom arrives at Donostia prison in Southern France and falls into the orbit of another story: The Song of Roland. Unfortunately for Tom, it's a story that ends with a massacre. .Tom ... (Goodreads)
A Shadow in Summer
by Daniel Abraham
A group of powerful individuals seek to control the world through the use of magical beings called andats.
The city-state of Saraykeht dominates the Summer Cities. Its wealth is beyond measure; its port is open to all the merchants of the world, and its ruler, the Khai Saraykeht, commands forces to rival ... (Goodreads)
Rosemary and Rue
by Seanan McGuire
A woman must confront an ancient faerie court to save her family and friends.
October "Toby" Daye, a changeling who is half human and half fae, has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the Faerie world, retreating to ... (Goodreads)
Every Dead Thing
by John Connolly
Private detective's quest for justice and revenge following the murder of his family.
Tortured and brilliant private detective Charlie Parker stars in this thriller by, New York Times, bestselling author John Connolly. Former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker is on the verge of ... (Goodreads)
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
A post-apocalyptic tale of survival, as the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.
The novel is broken into 11 parts of varying lengths. The story itself is broken into two sections: the first and shorter section covers the origins of the virus and its outbreak, while the second is ... (Wikipedia)
The Warded Man
by Peter V. Brett
Adventure of three unlikely heroes, who must battle monsters to save their world.
As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, ... (Goodreads)
The Atrocity Archives
by Charles Stross
Bob Howard, a computer programmer, becomes a secret agent fighting supernatural threats to the UK. A blend of sci-fi, horror, and spy thriller.
NEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY ...Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob's under a desk restoring lost ... (Goodreads)
Heart-Shaped Box
by Joe Hill
A retired rock star's haunted purchase leads to a terrifying confrontation with death.
Aging, self-absorbed rock star Judas Coyne has a thing for the macabre – his collection includes sketches from infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a trepanned skull from the 16th century, a used ... (Goodreads)
Gardens of the Moon
by Steven Erikson
A complex and epic fantasy novel set in a world of magic, gods, and political intrigue. The Malazan Empire is in turmoil, and various factions are vying for power.
The novel opens in the 96th year of the Malazan Empire, during the final year of the rule of Emperor Kellanved. Ganoes Paran, age 12, witnesses the sacking of the Mouse Quarter of Malaz City. Paran ... (Wikipedia)
Deadhouse Gates
by Steven Erikson
Epic fantasy adventure, chronicling the struggles of characters in a hostile, war-torn world.
Deadhouse Gates begins a few months after the conclusion of Gardens of the Moon , though few characters and almost no settings bridge the two novels. The main action of Memories of Ice , the third ... (Wikipedia)
The Reapers are the Angels
by Alden Bell
A coming-of-age journey through a post-apocalyptic world.
Zombies have infested a fallen America. A young girl named Temple is on the run. Haunted by her past and pursued by a killer, Temple is surrounded by death and danger, hoping to be set free. For ... (Goodreads)
Arm of the Sphinx
by Josiah Bancroft
The crew of the Stone Cloud airship is hired to retrieve a mysterious artifact from the Sphinx's arm, leading to unexpected adventures.
Senlin continues his ascent up the tower in the word-of-mouth phenomenon fantasy series about one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world. "One of my favorite books of all time" — Mark ... (Barnes & Noble)
Skin Game
by Jim Butcher
A daring heist to steal from a powerful crime lord, with the fate of the city at stake.
Harry Dresden , still living on the island of Demonreach, is unable to reach his allies and plagued by increasing headaches. Queen Mab demands he undertake a job, but in return offers her aid with ... (Wikipedia)
The Jennifer Morgue
by Charles Stross
An action-packed spy thriller set in a near-future tech world.
Bob Howard, from The Laundry, secret UK agency against evil forces, narrates boarding yacht of Ellis Billington for Gravedust device that talks with dead. Ellis plans to raise Jennifer Morgue, ... (Goodreads)
Dark Hollow
by John Connolly
Private detective Charlie Parker investigates a small town's dark secrets, including a mysterious creature lurking in the woods.
Dark Hollow is a masterful second novel from a young Irish writer whose storytelling skills were established with Every Dead Thing. Now his fiery, ingenious detective, Charlie Bird Parker, returns to ... (Goodreads)
Bloody Rose
by Nicholas Eames
A band of mercenaries, led by the legendary Bloody Rose, embark on a dangerous quest to slay a powerful monster.
Live fast, die young. Tam Hashford is tired of working at her local pub, slinging drinks for world-famous mercenaries and listening to the bards sing of adventure and glory in the world beyond her ... (Goodreads)
Daughter of the Empire
by Raymond E. Feist
An epic fantasy story of a young woman's journey to reclaim her stolen throne.
At the age of 17, Mara's ceremonial pledge of servantship to the goddess Lashima is interrupted by the news that her father and brother have been killed in battle. Now Ruling Lady of the Acoma, Mara ... (Wikipedia)
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
by Mike Carey
A journey of magical realism through the hidden world of London Below.
Graphic adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere collects all nine issues of the Vertigo maxiseries. An ordinary Londoner stops to help an enigmatic girl and joins a battle to save the strange ... (Goodreads)
Hild
by Nicola Griffith
A young girl's rise from obscurity to power, as she navigates a medieval world of danger and intrigue.
Hild is born into a world in transition. In seventh-century Britain, small kingdoms are merging, usually violently. A new religion is coming ashore; the old gods’ priests are worrying. Edwin of ... (Goodreads)
The Grace of Kings
by Ken Liu
Epic fantasy saga of rebellion and redemption that spans generations in an imagined world.
Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of ... (Goodreads)
The Emperor's Blades
by Brian Staveley
Epic fantasy story of three siblings fighting to defend their kingdom from enemies both internal and external.
The circle is closing. The stakes are high. And old truths will live again... The Emperor has been murdered, leaving the Annurian Empire in turmoil. Now his progeny must bury their grief and prepare ... (Goodreads)
Something from the Nightside
by Simon R. Green
Detective uncovers the secrets of a mysterious and dangerous world, hidden in the shadows of London.
John Taylor is not a private detective per se , but he has a knack for finding lost things. That's why he's been hired to descend into the Nightside, an otherworldly realm in the center of London ... (Goodreads)
Broken Angels
by Richard K. Morgan
A futuristic sci-fi story of a mercenary's mission to uncover a military conspiracy.
Approximately 30 years after, Altered Carbon, , Takeshi Kovacs is now serving in Carrera's Wedge, a mercenary organization that joins a war on a distant planet, Sanction IV, fighting against an ... (Wikipedia)
Sandman Slim
by Richard Kadrey
After being sent to Hell, James Stark returns to Los Angeles seeking revenge on those who betrayed him. A gritty urban fantasy with a dark sense of humor.
Supernatural fantasy has a new antihero in Sandman Slim, star of this gripping, gritty new series by Richard Kadrey. Life sucks and then you die. Or, if you’re James Stark, you spend eleven years in ... (Goodreads)
Side Jobs
by Jim Butcher
A collection of short stories featuring Harry Dresden, a wizard detective, and his adventures in the supernatural world of Chicago.
Here, together for the first time, are the shorter tales from Jim Butcher's DRESDEN FILES series — a compendium of cases that Harry and his cadre of allies managed to close in record time. The tales ... (Goodreads)
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)
Industrial Magic
by Kelley Armstrong
An urban fantasy of a witch navigating a dark underworld of supernatural forces.
The story starts with the attack upon Dana MacArthur, daughter of a Cabal employee. Dismayed by her inability to persuade other witches to form a new coven because of their disapproval of her ... (Wikipedia)
Guards! Guards!
by Terry Pratchett
A group of misfits join forces to save Ankh-Morpork from a dragon terrorizing their city.
This is where the dragons went. They lie ... not dead, not asleep, but ... dormant. And although the space they occupy isn't like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put ... (Goodreads)
Blood Bound
by Patricia Briggs
A supernatural quest to save humanity from a powerful and ancient evil.
Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that ... (Goodreads)
The Magician King
by Lev Grossman
A quest to restore the magic of a fantasy world, while discovering the power of self-discovery.
The Magician King follows two story lines, beginning at the same time as the beginning and end of The Magicians . In one, following her unsuccessful interview at Brakebills, Julia returns to ... (Wikipedia)
