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They call him a beast. He treats me like a queen. I'm the least of my father's daughters, barely more than a shadow in Tarbert Keep. But the dangerous orc chained in the dungeons gazes at me as if I'm someone special. I should be terrified of Kragorn, Chief of Clan Bloodfire—with his vicious tusks and a past soaked in violence. Yet he's the only male who's ever made me feel... seen. Surely it's nothing but manipulation, a ploy to earn an extra ration of broth. Why else would a prisoner—my father's most feared captive—speak to me of desire?

Love takes flight. I am Princess Tanvi, and the War of the Ancients is upon us. Demons roam free across the realm, and the kingdoms of our world are in peril. Rulers spanning the land are readying their armies for a holy conflict, one that could erase the tapestry of our world. Using my storytelling magic, I must weave intricate tales of myth and mystery to keep my family alive and my people fighting. To defeat the greatest evil I have ever faced, I have no choice but to travel across the land in pursuit of legends, chasing whispers of powerful beings that could bring upon my doom.

A centuries-old rivalry is reignited in debut author A.T. Rainach’s dark romantasy, which follows the ancient God of War as he discovers the reincarnated soul of the woman he once loved. He could never forget her. Not in any lifetime. Not even after a thousand years. Grace is desperate to...

Skander Nachtstein zieht es nach Northisle und Yimm. Als Begleiter eines von ihm aus den Fängen der Neunbrücker Unterwelt befreiten Mädchens reist er nach Truehaven, wo er schon bald auf die verblassenden Spuren eines gewissenlosen Söldners namens Ozz stößt. Und Skander nimmt die schwache Fährte auf. Denn der Söldner hat etwas ganz Bestimmtes in seinem Besitz. Die Verfolgung führt Skander ins ferne Yimm. Doch schon bald muss er sich einer Bedrohung stellen, die ein elendes Ende verspricht.

Der Schatten-Klan stand nun unter meiner Kontrolle und ich gab den Bewohnern des Bezirks etwas, das sie seit Jahren nicht mehr gehabt haben–die Chance, durchzuatmen. Unabhängigkeit, Schutz und die Chance auf ein normales Leben. Doch für den Rest der Gesellschaft war der Schatten-Klan noch immer nichts weiter als ein Sumpf aus Mördern, Kriminellen und Dieben. Sie verachteten uns. Sie weigerten sich, uns in Ruhe zu lassen. Und das Schlimmste von allem? Sie unterschätzten uns.

Will dark magic claim their home? Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s too kind-hearted to collect his debts. They face poverty, until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work in their village. Her success creates rumours she can turn silver into...

Return to a city of warring gangs, blazing fire, and fading gods in the sequel to Wen-yi Lee’s acclaimed adult fantasy debut—a fierce historical fantasy that reads like Silvia Moreno-Garcia meets Fonda Lee, with the feverish intensity of R. F. Kuang’s Poppy War trilogy. Death cannot stop...

June Harrington’s Merely a Matter of Time is an irresistible, slow-burn love story between two outrageously gifted arcane scientists who fall back in time only to fall for each other. Lucy Bright and her brilliant research partner Francis de Montmort (a former academic rival turned...

In the summer of 1518, the citizens of Strasbourg are dancing themselves to death. Brilliant medical student Evelina del Valle arrives determined to stop the plague before the quarantined city collapses… while keeping a terrible and fatal secret: she’s a witch. But she’s left her coven...

Ocean's 11 meets The Chosen and the Beautiful in a heart-pounding gothic fantasy from KJ Charles! Make a wish. Lose your soul. Eleanor Knox and her fellow guests thought the occult ceremony to make wishes was just a party game. They were dead wrong. Almost seven years later, their accidental...

The kingdom of Woros is ruled by the heartless, selfish, and ineffective King Sass. His closest advisor and confidante is The Knight, who is pompous, conceited, and even more ineffective than his blissfully ignorant master. Together, they run the already impoverished realm into the ground through their pointless and witless actions. In sharp contrast, Reytan, the king's court jester is astute, wise and perceptive, with a disturbingly dark and self-destructive personality.

Brought to you by Penguin. Endless training, gruelling marches, and the frenzy of battle against more enemies than can be counted - such is the life of a marine in the Malazan Empire. Year by year, month by month, week by week, day by day, moment by moment. Skills are honed to deadly precision...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE HEART-POUNDING FANTASY FOLLOW-UP TO THE EPIC FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN In the Kingdom of Oru, L'ore is a prisoner . . . Her deadly secret has been discovered – the icy shadow magic she possesses instead of the sun power of her people. The secret that makes her an...

Fated to destroy each other. Cursed to need each other. Renza Di Maineri has done the unthinkable: now the fate of her city rests solely in her hands. But with democracy suspended, unrest growing, and enemies gathering at the border, the weight of an entire nation threatens to crush her. Worse...

In this compelling story by John Wamatu, Peter Karanja, and Stephen Wabeti, we explore the vibrant, intricate landscape of a transformative era in Africa. Motivated by a deep passion for storytelling and a strong commitment to their homeland, the authors use artificial intelligence to reimagine a hopeful future in a place they call Bantuland. At the center of this story is Bantu Matata, an exceptional leader who gains power through a democratic election. Bantu isn’t just another politician; he is a symbol of integrity, committed to enacting meaningful policies and development initiatives.

When twelve-year-old Juno Jones follows her friends into a mysterious cave hidden in the woods outside Riverview, she's expecting nothing more exciting than a cool refuge from the summer heat. What she and her friends—history buff Max, quiet nature expert Ren, and brilliant engineer Harper—discover instead is an ancient device that hurls them back in time to Ancient Egypt. Suddenly, they're over 4,000 years in the past, surrounded by workers building the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Healer. Harlot. Heretic. Magdalena Overmorrow is a scholar, a healer, a notorious harlot – and, in secret, the magician that the women of Astoleyn go to when they need illegal abortions. When she is betrayed and arrested, Magda is banished to the realm's northernmost city to be watched over...

Hardy called this story 'a deadly war waged between flesh and spirit'. It is a tale of doomed love and unfulfilled promise that revolves around Jude Fawley, an ambitious and intelligent young man, his cousin Sue Bridehead and his academic mentor Phillotson...

Bound by more than the search for a fantastical stolen tome, Eilean and Hoel plummet through the mirror gate into Leoneyis—a world on the brink of disaster as its sovereign’s reign begins to unravel. Enemies converge to destroy King Andrew, who has become headstrong and paranoid. His influence is undermined, and his kingdom is vulnerable. That’s what happens when a king is betrayed by a queen.

Raised his entire life for the sole purpose of defending his clan, Khalvir serves the chief who saved him from certain death. A death at the hands of the hated elves; a people who see him only as an abomination to be destroyed. Now a captive in his enemy’s clutches, Khalvir must find a way to escape the mysterious elf witch who holds him. An elf whose motives remain shrouded but whose very presence calls to his soul, threatening to turn every truth he has ever known into a lie.