Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

Mistress Gideon is a witch. The locals of Edda's Meadow, if they suspect it of her, say nary a wordAuthor: Angela SlatterISBN-10: 0765385260ISBN-13: 9780765385260Publisher: TordotcomLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/13/2015Pages: 160Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.36dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 08/31/2015

Best Book of 2015 by Amazon Barnes and Noble BuzzFeed - "Promises to be breathtaking." --Robin Hobb The Song of the Shattered Sands: Book OneSharakhai, the great city of the desert, center of commerce and culture, has been ruled from time immemorial by twelve...

Two misfits, Carys Price and Angharad 'Hazard' Evans, strike out from their disenfranchised seaside town to take ownership of the High Fields, a mythical island brimming with world-bending promise.Objecting to the demands of modern society, they hope to find a place where they can...

Ember believes she's a latent wolf until she finds herself facing a demon using hellfire. The black flames trigger something within her and the world as she knows it is dumped on its head. Has her entire life been nothing but a lie?Tied to...

New York Times Bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality. Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are...

Jack Reacher Meets Jason Bourne in a fantasy world. With Dragons! Relentless. Unstoppable. Dragon. With his memory returning, Stratus finally knows who--and what--he is. He is a dragon, brought low by the hand of a dark magician known as the Worm King, separated from...

"Visceral battles, complex politics, and fascinating worldbuilding bring Devin's words to life."―Anna Stephens, author of Godblind War rages as one empire falls and another rises in its ashes in the action-packed sequel to Devin Madson's bold epic fantasy, We Ride the Storm. There is...

The Signalman returns in The Tindalos Asset. "Her stories saturate the mind with color...There is simply nothing out there quite like her."--The New York Times on Caitl n R. Kiernan A rundown apartment in Koreatown. A Los Angeles winter. A strung out, worn out,...

Clive Barker's iconic masterpiece The Hellbound Heart, the novella adapted into the film Hellraiser, unleashed a new mythology of horror, brilliantly conceived and born of the darkest imagination. Now, enter this visionary world -- the merciless realm of the demonic Cenobites -- in this...

Have there ever been times when you found yourself drifting aimless as a cloud, heading into nowhere? No direction, no focus, no hope? Living moment to moment and from hustle to hustle, but never losing that innocence of self? Never giving up on adventure...

Have you ever wondered what is at the beginning of the universe? Have you ever thought that it was perfect at the beginning? The beginning of the universe was a wonderful place, and might have been so because many weren't born in poverty or...

When a night out leads to tragedy, one life ends and a new one begins! Despite her best efforts, Dina's life felt ordinary - until the night her life was threatened by otherworldly forces. Now plunged into the extraordinary, Dina discovers a mysterious realm...

From out of left field, beyond the Pale, farther than stars, nearer than you think. G. O. Clark, telling stories in Bradburyesque fashion, takes you to the odd sides of life, where what you think is real might be an illusion, and what you...

Jude is dragged out of Alt-Country obscurity, out of the dismal loop of booze and sadness baths and the boundless, insatiable loneliness, to scrub up and fly to Australia for a last, desperate comeback tour. Hardly worth getting out of bed for-and he wouldn't,...

After a long and brutal conflict, the war is over. Otto controls all the portals on the continent and Garenland has made vassals of the other kingdoms. But some people can't accept defeat. While Otto hunts King Villares in Rolan, Axel chases Prince Uther...

New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's Black Jewels novels have enthralled readers and critics alike. Now, in Twilight's Dawn, she returns to the Blood realm with four captivating novellas... WINSOL GIFTS Daemon is settling into his first year of married life with his...

A strange girl speaks of being charged by an angel to battle monsters and claims she cannot do it alone. She needs Chance's help. Chance Matthews has suffered enough tragedies. The latest--her grandfather's death--has left her shaken, convinced that she will always be alone....

Freedom was more treacherous than she ever imagined.Nimona Weston's debts are paid. Her contract with the dark society known as the Trust is broken. But the magical ties that bind her to a long-ago bargain are rooted deep.She's thrust back into the life she'd...

AWAKE IN THE NIGHT LAND is an epic collection of four of John C. Wright's brilliant forays into the dark fantasy world of William Hope Hodgson's 1912 novel, The Night Land. Part novel, part anthology, the book consists of four related novellas, "Awake in...

Goblin Slayer has temporarily separated from his party for what is supposed to be a routine delivery job with Cow Girl. However, things take an unexpected turn when they're ambushed by a horde of goblins under the command of a mysterious, ghastly creature. It's...

Young Rhea is a miller's daughter of low birth, so she is understandably surprised when a mysterious nobleman, Lord Crevan, shows up on her doorstep and proposes marriage. Since commoners don't turn down lords--no matter how sinister they may seem--Rhea is forced to agree...

Every city has a story.Behind the veil of tourism, New Orleans drips with hunger, sorcery, and secrets. One of those is Honey Island Swamp, a powerful nexus of magic outside the city limits. Its blue-green water can make you ageless and manifest carnivals out...

Winner of the 2020 Aurora Award for Best Novel, this fantasy epic tells the tale of one mage who must stand against a Deathless Goddess who controls all magic. Only in Tananen do people worship a single deity: the Deathless Goddess. Only in this...

For centuries, the people of Tennebrum have been plagued by demons that crawl from the shadows of their very homes. Yet to Kyran, these demons and the hunters that fight them are naught but Isleish fireside tales, until one night in Tennebrum, Kyran wakes...

"Campbell's writing is intimate, darkly funny, and deeply human, balancing edge-of-the-seat suspense with heartfelt character development. This delightfully unsettling sequel does not disappoint." -- Publishers Weekly Book 2 in the Three Births of Daoloth trilogy. 1985. Dominic Sheldrake is now a lecturer on cinema....

Not so very long ago, the Death began stalking the continent. The King of Time issued aproclamation: "Find the source of this Death and seal it away."The source: the Dungeon of the Dead. A fortress city that arose at the mouth of thedungeon serves...

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris is at her best in this alternate history of the United States where magic is an acknowledged but despised power in this third installment of the Gunnie Rose series. Picking up right where...

For the Rangers, the best defense is always... more offense.As an overwhelming army of skeletons, wraiths, ghouls, and other dark creatures-all serving a powerful undead sorcerer-advance against Forward Operating Base Hawthorn, the Rangers must now do what they do best: go on the extreme...

From World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Moorcock comes the final installment of the Elric of Melnibone series, brought to vivid new life with stunning illustrations. In one of the most well-known and well-loved fantasy epics of the 20th century, Elric is the...

Song of the Risen God is the thrilling conclusion to the Coven Trilogy from New York Times bestselling author, R. A. Salvatore. War has come to Fireach Speur. The once forgotten Xoconai Empire has declared war upon the humans west of the mountains, and...

The thrilling conclusion to the "deftly and originally executed" (Booklist) New York Times bestselling Raven's Shadow trilogy from the author of Blood Song and Tower Lord. After fighting back from the brink of death, Queen Lyrna is determined to repel the invading Volarian army...

"Whenever Molly Southbourne bled, a murderer was born. Deadly copies, drawn to destroy their creator, bound by a legacy of death. With the original Molly Southbourne gone, her remnants drew together, seeking safety and a chance for peace. The last Molly and her sisters...

Where belief defines reality, delusions are both strength and curse: The deeper you sink into madness the more powerful you become. But that power comes with a price. Your darkest nightmares hunt you at night. The face in the mirror hates you and wants...

"Pulls no punches (emotional or literal)." - Fantasy Book Critic War makes monsters and corpses of us all.For generations the blooded have ruled the Wilds, cultivating a lawless frontier and bleeding the good folk dry. The Black Thorn, once the most wanted outlaw the...

In a tumultuous world ruled by witches and warlocks who wear their power as jewels, one Queen's chance at redemption is the last hope for a desperate people in this novel set in the world of the Black Jewels... Theran Grayhaven is the last...

Ankhesenamun finally has the Eye of Horus although she has given up almost everything to secure it. She returns to Egypt to reclaim her throne and restore a more humane monarchy. But she underestimates the power of the Eye. It won't be content with...

Fear is not my master. I will never submit.A grave threat looms over the mortal world. The veil that separates the realms has weakened over time, and monsters-Undesirables-claw their way out of the Netherworld to torment the living. What once dwelled in whispered stories...

The succulence of blood, quenching an eternal thirst. Nourishing. Necessary.But Alana doesn't want this. Born of a vampire bloodline and doomed to seek out human flesh to feast from, she doesn't want to be this way.When the full moon rises and the scent of...

Among the immortals that inhabit our world, Arnaud Demeure is known as the man who can fulfill your one true wish or who can also conjure your worst nightmares.Eight invitations are sent to eight immortals, and when Arnaud Demeure hosts a party, no one...

The main character discovers her own magic when she listens to her heart. Being guided by her inner voice she chooses her own path, recognizing her own beauty. Accompanied on her journey by her faithful little pup they encounter a delightful woodland person who...

A Sumerian child named Ningai survives the murder of her entire family and cries out to her people's gods, who answer her prayer in an unexpected way. Now, as the first of the Akhkharu, the living dead, Ningai embarks on a journey across the...

Tales of the sea, hidden cities, fierce pirates, and magical creatures...Join the authors of From The Deep as they plunge into the mysterious below to explore the wonders, horrors, and curiosities of the sea. Mermaids, ancient underwater cities, sea gods, creatures of legend, pirates,...

Return to a beautifully wrought and immersive world where intelligent magical creatures fight for their right to be free.Revolution.Riot.Enslaved magical creatures and an exiled, reluctant hero.Bella Kanto finds herself aboard a hostile ship bound for a frontier town. When she encounters an old lover...

She'll win back her freedom, even if she has to steal it.Nimona Weston has a debt to pay. Her father's dealings with the dark society known as the Trust cost Nim her freedom. There's one way out of the contract on her life and...

A tie-in to the Fat White Vampire Series; takes place between Bride of the Fat White Vampire and Fat White Vampire Otaku. An epic urban fantasy set in New Orleans. A confederation of trickster and bad luck spirits, each sprung from the fears and...

Secrets always seem to find their way out, no matter how deeply we bury them. I'm rarely in the right place at the right time. More often, the opposite is true. My mother disappeared when I was sixteen, leaving me to fend for myself....

Hugo Award-winning author Kameron Hurley's blood-soaked, inventive sci-fi/fantasy mash-up. "If you like rough, battle-scarred women who know how to regulate, you're going to love Nyx... makes Han Solo look like a boy scout." --io9 Nyx had already been to hell. One prayer more or...

Vampire. Incubus. Demigod. Weapon. Matthew has many names, but none as distressing as pet. A slave to incubus High King Malarath, Matthew is tired. Tired of fighting. Tired of losing those he loves. Tired of the torture. And, in his despair, his body begins...

Let the Right OneIn meets The Passage, in this creepy new Scandi horror, from the author of The Shapeshifters, which was hailed as "fantastic" by Karl Ove Knausg rd. What if our forests are inhabited by beings we do not understand, creatures neither animal...

Characterized by gratuitous acts of brutality and surprise endings, these tales of obsession and violence are the creations of a twentieth-century French writer whose works were staged by the legendary Th蛯tre du Grand-Guignol of Paris. The precursors of modern thrillers and slasher films, these...