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8001) A Flame in the Throne
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Idris is ready to free the people of Atrellia.
For too long, Idris has watched from the shadows as his brother has sat upon the throne of Atrellia and took away the human's free will. The Elves in Ambayoth won't help any more, and neither will the Witches, Faeries nor Dwarves. It's down to Idris and his crew.
King Lorcan of Atrellia is a proud King. He has always hated the use of magic and all the creatures that complete the Truduva population....
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The complete WWI alternate reality trilogy, featuring a realm where humans can be gods, and an Englishman is called to be a liberator.
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In the summer of 1914, Edward Exeter, a young English gentleman, awakens under police guard-grievously injured and wrongly accused of his friend's murder. Meanwhile, the youngest member of a penniless acting troupe has been taken prisoner by loyal minions of a corrupt, vengeful goddess in the alternate...
8003) Genji Monogatari
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Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) is the Japan's earliest novel and the most famous work in Japan's literary history. It remains the finest portrayal of court life in the classical Heian period, some ten centuries ago. The author, Murasaki Shikibu (Lady Murasaki) was a member of the celebrated Fujiwara clan, which virtually created the history and culture of the Heian age. The novel has for its theme the many loves of the radiantly charming Prince...
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Before Nisha. Before Adrianna. Before the countries even had names, there were the Star Cities. Ruled each in their own way... all answering to one. Primitiva was born the second daughter of the royal house of Lunaista. She was born for greatness. Born to be the first as her name suggested. If she stayed on her safe little star she would either die without ever knowing her true potential or be forced into marriage. Neither appealed to her. A vision...
8005) Siren Daughter
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To save myself, I bargain with the gods.To save my family, I bet my own life. Sirens were once known for irresistible songs. Yet centuries after our ancestor's exile, we're like every other creature in the Akri Sea-unremarkable, forgotten, mortal. When famine sweeps through the sea and drags my mother to the realm of the dead, I refuse to be like the rest of my kind. I refuse to die forgotten. To change my fate, I journey to the city of the gods....
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The Fire is Lit. But Can they Keep it Burning?
Cedrick Custod is running out of time. This "farm boy" has learned much about his place in the world, but now he must learn to trust that world. New enemies are emerging. The unknowns of the past dog his every move, and if he can't find the answers in time, all will be lost. But can he trust of what he learns? Are these legends, myths, and prophecies to be trusted? How do you trust a world that isn't...
8007) Chimera Child
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To free myself, I defy the goddess-queen.To free the realm, I must dethrone the gods for good. Chimera's were once legendary for their shapeshifting prowess and the ability to breathe fire. Yet the secrets and cruelties within my goddess-queen mother's court render me nothing more than a beast to control-caged, inferior, and cowardly. But when prisoners are brought into the palace, I break the goddess-queen's rules. Anything to learn more of the outside...
8008) Soul of Stars
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The highly anticipated sequel to Heart of Iron, Soul of Stars is a thrilling sci-fi adventure packed with romance, shocking twists, and witty banter, perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Cinder.
Once Ana was an orphaned space outlaw. Then she was the Empress of the Iron Kingdom. Now, thought dead by most of the galaxy after she escaped from the dark AI program called the HIVE, Ana is desperate for a way to save Di from the HIVE's evil clutches and...
8009) Unity
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In the action-packed finale of The Kingdom, Mox explores his father's fabled Kingdom and must learn to grow his powers if he hopes to thwart Zaffin and the Ceftin army from overtaking the world. All the while, slippery friendships and past relationships bring hard choices.After suffering humiliating defeat from the Genos, Brand and Nikki must escape the confines of the only home they've ever known before falling victim to an uncertain death. The Free...
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A lost love. A new threat. Secrets that could destroy.
JAGGER... He's sure the female before him is his Fated Mate, but he's known nothing but chaos. As an alpha dealing with darkness, mayhem is to be expected. Not only is it inside of him, but it's also hunting him.
WILLOW... With her mate finally found, pretending their bond is severed is something Willow couldn't do. Nothing is more important than saving her Fated Mate, but the circumstances surrounding...
8011) The Frozen Prince
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Dark magic, mythical beasts, undying assassins, and forbidden love-this thrilling second installment in the epic Beast Charmer series is perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas and Claire Legrand
I will fight-for her, for all of us-until I have nothing left to give.
Noc, leader of the assassins of Cruor, may have broken the curse that's kept him trapped for so many years, but the dark magic won't be denied. If he doesn't kill Leena-the girl he can't live...
8012) Serpent's Foe
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In the legendary duat - the mystical passage where the sun god Ra travels from west to east in the night, so that he rises again in the dawning - a lioness of ancient Egypt lies caged.Once she stalked the duat by Ra's side, carrying his light in her eyes and battling the monsters that assailed them.Now, tormented by confusion and her own fury, she longs to regain the unique powers which - inexplicably - elude her in captivity.Even her own name slides...
8013) Crossing the Naiad
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Ancient, cold, and perilous.
Its truth forgotten in the mists of time, the old bridge harbors a lethal secret. Neither marble statues awakened for battle nor an ancient roadbed grown hungry, something darker and more primal haunts the stones and the wild river below.
Kimmer knows the stories, but she doesn't know why the crumbling span feels so fraught with menace. Her way home lies across the ruin. Dare she take it? Or will horror from the lost...
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An evil tinge to the annual darkness, The Festival of the Night, has set off a chain of events forever in the making.
The evil. derived of its own darkness, is one that must be repelled for all would succumb, or far worse, to such evil.
All is not lost. For in light of the darkness, the hidden forces, that of the Union of the Jenine, have been quietly, steadily preparing for this eventual event. The supposed saviour will be granted tools of...
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"The conflict between the Avior and the Dekar is unveiled!"
"In a time long past, of an age within ages, there was the war."
A quote known across the sectors. A sentence of eras. Battles and wars have been fought and now, their stories will be told.
This collection of mythic science-fantasy will detail events throughout three primary eras of the sectors across the stellarspace.
Meeting a variety of Knights, Lords, Pharaos, Queens, Wizards, Gods,...
8016) The Memory
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The time of Ruin has come.
The meaning of the Prophecy is becoming clear at last: if Ruin cannot be stopped, all of memory will transform into nightmare.
In the tunnels of the Underland, a place of phantoms, monsters, and creatures of god-like power, Aranfal and Brandione are drawn into the game to end all games - a desperate search for the very first memory - while Canning and Drayn grapple with both ancient adversaries and their own abilities....
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Nell escapes from the orphanage where she was raised. She finds a rowboat and sails away downriver to the ocean.
As Nell wanders, searching for a future, she comes across a young man named Rishi riding a horse. She hitches a ride with him, and finds herself on an incredible adventure that will decide the fate of a kingdom.
8018) Gorgon Born
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To avenge my mother, I change my fate.To alter the realm, I bargain with the fates themselves. Gorgons were once legendary for snake hair and Medusa's stone-turning gaze. Yet years after my mother Medusa's murder, we're no better than other island dwellers-isolated, forgotten, and insignificant. So when a benevolent night goddess reveals the truth of who my father is and what he's done? I leave behind all I know. Anything to seek vengeance against...
8019) The Skald
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Ansgar the Skald just needs to make a simple delivery. One very fine sword, made by his foster father, needs to go east. Over the mountains, into the woods, and almost to the land of the Swedes. Once he does that, he can go home and warm his feet. All he needs to do is choose the right path through the forest.This is one foreboding forest, though, and a part of the world Ansgar has never traveled through. In that bleak part of the north, outlaws want...
8020) Scream Wolf
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"Now and then Mrs. Groener used to scream," the big man explained, "when she'd been drinking heavily I'd leave the bedroom. It may have been a rebuke or summons to me, or a fighting challenge to the whiskey bottle, or simply an expression of her rather dark evaluation of life. But it had never meant anything more real than that-until tonight."
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