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Fantasy By:Leo P. Kelley Published on 1973 by McGraw-Hill Companies Click The Button Below To Download The Book A collection of twenty-nine stories in which impossible, fantastic events occur Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false Book Preview Click The Button Below To Download The Book

Dead Until Dark

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Dead Until Dark By:Charlaine Harris Published on 2010 by Penguin Click The Button Below To Download The Book Visit our Sookie Stackhouse series feature page. Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false Book Preview Click The Button Below To Download The Book

The City of Brass

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The City of Brass By:S. A. Chakraborty Published on 2017-11-14 by HarperCollins Click The Button Below To Download The Book NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Library Journal | Vulture | The Verge | SYFYWire Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty perfect for fans of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts. On the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, Nahri is a con woman of unsurpassed skill. She makes her living swindling Ottoman nobles, hoping to one day earn enough to change her fortunes. But when Nahri accidentally summons Dara, an equally sly, darkly mysterious djinn warrior, during one of her cons, she learns that even the cleverest of schemes can have deadly consequences. Forced to flee Cairo, Dara and Nahri journey together across hot, windswept sands teeming with creatures...

Fantasy

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Fantasy By:Wendy Mass,Stuart P. Levine Published on 2001-09 by Greenhaven Pr Click The Button Below To Download The Book An overview of the fantasy genre and teh works and authors that embody this great form of fiction. Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false Book Preview Click The Button Below To Download The Book

Year One

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Year One By:Nora Roberts Published on 2017-12-05 by St. Martin's Press Click The Button Below To Download The Book #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts—Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives... It began on New Year’s Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed—and more than half of the world’s population was decimated. Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magick rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a ...

Mythago Wood

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Mythago Wood By:Robert Holdstock Published on 2003-09-01 by Tor Books Click The Button Below To Download The Book Myth and Terror in the Forest Deeps The mystery of Ryhope Wood, Britain's last fragment of primeval forest, consumed George Huxley's entire long life. Now, after his death, his sons have taken up his work. But what they discover is numinous and perilous beyond all expectation. For the Wood, larger inside than out, is a labyrinth full of myths come to life, |mythagos| that can change you forever. A labyrinth where love and beauty haunt your dreams. . .and may drive you insane. |Utterly enthralling.| --Times Literary Supplement |Robert Holdstock's is one of the voices at the very heart of modern fantasy.| -Guy Gavriel Kay |One of the strangest, most beautiful and most compelling fantasies I have ever read. A marvel of a book.| --Keith Roberts At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Book was...

Sins of Empire

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Sins of Empire By:Brian McClellan Published on 2017-03-07 by Orbit Click The Button Below To Download The Book A new epic fantasy series from highly acclaimed fantasy author, Brian McClellan, set in the same world as The Powder Mage trilogy. A world on the cusp of a new age... The young nation of Fatrasta is a turbulent place -- a frontier destination for criminals, fortune-hunters, brave settlers, and sorcerers seeking relics of the past. Only the iron will of the lady chancellor and her secret police holds the capital city of Landfall together against the unrest of an oppressed population and the machinations of powerful empires. Sedition is a dangerous word... The insurrection that threatens Landfall must be purged with guile and force, a task which falls on the shoulders of a spy named Michel Bravis, convicted war hero Mad Ben Styke, and Lady Vlora Flint, a mercenary general with a past as turbulent as Landfall's present. The past haunts us all... As loyalties are tested, revea...

Winter of Ice and Iron

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Winter of Ice and Iron By:Rachel Neumeier Published on 2017-11-21 by Simon and Schuster Click The Button Below To Download The Book In this gorgeous, dark fantasy in the spirit of Jacqueline Carey, a princess and a duke must protect the people of their nations when a terrible threat leaves everyone in danger. With the Mad King of Emmer in the north and the vicious King of Pohorir in the east, Kehara Raehema knows her country is in a vulnerable position. She never expected to give up everything she loves to save her people, but when the Mad King’s fury leaves her land in danger, she has no choice but to try any stratagem that might buy time for her people to prepare for war—no matter the personal cost. Hundreds of miles away, the pitiless Wolf Duke of Pohorir, Innisth Eanete, dreams of breaking his people and his province free of the king he despises. But he has no way to make that happen—until chance unexpectedly leaves Kehara on his doorstep and at his mercy. Yet in a land where imman...

Spinning Silver

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Spinning Silver By:Naomi Novik Published on 2018-07-10 by Del Rey Click The Button Below To Download The Book A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, which was hailed as “a very enjoyable fantasy with the air of a modern classic” by The New York Times Book Review. With the Nebula Award–winning Uprooted, Naomi Novik opened a brilliant new chapter in an already acclaimed career, delving into the magic of fairy tales to craft a love story that was both timeless and utterly of the now. Spinning Silver draws readers deeper into this glittering realm of fantasy, where the boundary between wonder and terror is thinner than a breath, and safety can be stolen as quickly as a kiss. Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty—until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim...

The Lies of Locke Lamora

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The Lies of Locke Lamora By:Scott Lynch Published on 2006-06-27 by Spectra Click The Button Below To Download The Book “Remarkable . . . Scott Lynch’s first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is engagingly entertaining.”—The Times (London) An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentleman Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game—or die trying. Praise for The Lies of Locke Lamora “Fresh, origin...

Sea of Rust

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Sea of Rust By:C. Robert Cargill Published on 2017-09-05 by HarperCollins Click The Button Below To Download The Book A scavenger robot wanders in the wasteland created by a war that has destroyed humanity in this evocative post-apocalyptic |robot western| from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. It’s been thirty years since the apocalypse and fifteen years since the murder of the last human being at the hands of robots. Humankind is extinct. Every man, woman, and child has been liquidated by a global uprising devised by the very machines humans designed and built to serve them. Most of the world is controlled by an OWI—One World Intelligence—the shared consciousness of millions of robots, uploaded into one huge mainframe brain. But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality—their personality—for the sake of a greater, stronger, higher power. These intrepid resisters are outcasts; solo machines wandering among various underground outposts w...

Child of a Mad God

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Child of a Mad God By:R. A. Salvatore Published on 2018-02-06 by Tor Books Click The Button Below To Download The Book From R. A. Salvatore, the legendary creator of Drizzt Do’Urden, comes the start of abrand new epic journey. When Aoleyn loses her parents, she is left to fend for herself among a tribe of vicious barbarians. Bound by rigid traditions, she dreams of escaping to the world beyond her mountain home. The only hopefor achieving the kind of freedom she searches for is to learn how to wield the mysterious power used by the tribe’s coven known as the Song of Usgar. Thankfully, Aoleyn may be the strongest witch to have ever lived, but magic comes at price. Not only has her abilities caught the eye of the brutish warlord that leads the tribe, but the demon of the mountain hunts all who wield the Coven’s power, and Aoleyn’s talent has made her a beacon in the night. Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false Book Preview Click Th...

Songs of the Dying Earth

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Songs of the Dying Earth By:George R. R. Martin,Gardner Dozois Published on 2013-08-27 by St. Martin's Press Click The Button Below To Download The Book An anthology prepared in tribute to the career of Jack Vance features original tales inspired by The Dying Earth and includes contributions by such genre masters as Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee and Robert Silverberg. Reprint. Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false Book Preview Click The Button Below To Download The Book

Green Rider

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Green Rider By:Kristen Britain Published on 2008-11-04 by Penguin Click The Button Below To Download The Book Magic, danger, and adventure abound for messenger Karigan G'ladheon in author Kristen Britain's New York Times-bestselling Green Rider fantasy series • |First-rate fantasy.| —Library Journal On her long journey home from school after a fight that will surely lead to her expulsion, Karigan G'ladheon ponders her uncertain future. As she trudges through the immense Green Cloak forest, her thoughts are interrupted by the clattering of hooves, as a galloping horse bursts from the woods. The rider is slumped over his mount's neck, impaled by two black-shafted arrows. As the young man lies dying on the road, he tells Karigan he is a Green Rider, one of the legendary messengers of the king of Sacoridia. Before he dies, he begs Karigan to deliver the “life and death” message he bears to King Zachary. When she reluctantly he agrees, he makes her swear on his sword to comp...

Girl Child Saturday

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Girl Child Saturday By:Richard Manners Published on 2000-08-01 by iUniverse Click The Button Below To Download The Book A beautiful children's story, reminiscent of Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, but with a different focus. Through the use of fantasy the author illustrates the dilemma of a gifted child finding her own way among |normal| folk. Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is trueand in ePub is true Book Preview Click The Button Below To Download The Book

Assassin's Apprentice

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Assassin's Apprentice By:Robin Hobb Published on 2002-11-05 by Spectra Click The Button Below To Download The Book Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father’s gruff stableman. He is treated as an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin. For in Fitz’s blood runs the magic Skill—and the darker knowledge of a child raised with the stable hounds and rejected by his family. As barbarous raiders ravage the coasts, Fitz is growing to manhood. Soon he will face his first dangerous, soul-shattering mission. And though some regard him as a threat to the throne, he may just be the key to the survival of the kingdom. Praise for Robin Hobb and Assassin’s Apprentice “Fantasy as it ought to be written . . . Robin Hobb’s books are diamonds in a sea of zircons.”—George R. R. Martin “A gleaming debut in the crowded field of epic fantasies . . . a delight...

Year's Best Fantasy 9

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Year's Best Fantasy 9 By:David G. Hartwell,Kathryn Cramer Published on 2009-08-14 by Tor Books Click The Button Below To Download The Book Twenty-eight doses of wonder. From the distant past to the present day, from Antarctica and Mars to worlds that never were, the tales in this book bring news from nowhere-and everywhere. Fantasy is a mode of storytelling, a method of entertainment, a mode of argument, and a way of seeing. Here, presented by two of the most distinguished anthologists of the day, are twenty-eight stories that see, tell, argue, and entertain. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is true Book Preview Click The Button Below To Download The Book