Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

Enter the dangerous and exciting world of Gorias La Gaul in this collection of short stories from Steven L. Shrewsbury Volume One includes the tales Day of Iniquity, Ashes of the All-Father, Author and Finisher of Our Flesh, Insurmountable, and Beginning of the Trail...

A mystical vision of an airship appears to fifteen-year-old Juanita. The ethereal captain commands her to prevent California's thrown-away people--including young children--from boarding trains to an asylum. That institution's director plots murder to reduce the inmate population. Yet to save innocent lives Juanita must...

Santos Olaru is a seasoned vampire-warrior and an unforgiving mercenary who protects the descendants of Jadon against all enemies, preternatural or human. He is also a whiz with technology and computers - a virtual ghost in any machine - who uses his unique set...

"It is time to speak of that which we never mention: the prophecy, the omen, the fact that I have come of age..."In the decades since an innocent human slave was taken to Castle Dragon, against her will, for the sole purpose of bearing...

Julien Lacusta is a troubled soul, born into tragic circumstances, and raised in a violent time. Despite being a Master Warrior in the house of Jadon, and one of the most elite trackers the Vampyr have ever seen, he is damaged to the core:...

Ramsey Olaru is a bona fide bad-ass: a lethal vampire, a seasoned warrior, and a ruthless mercenary in the king's Sentinel Guard. He's accustomed to taking what he wants, ramrodding his way through obstacles, and silencing anything-or anyone-who gets in his way. So when...

I am darkness. I am light.I am wrath. I am salvation.Artemus Steele is many things. The world's foremost yet least celebrated expert on all things ancient and arcane. A metalsmith with unusual skills. The owner of an antique shop and a switchblade that is...

From the wastes of the sea to the shadows of our own cities, we are not alone. But what happens where the human world touches the domain of races ancient and alien? Museum curators, surveyors, police officers, archaeologists, mathematicians; from derelict buildings to country...

"If it's a war she wants, I'll damn well give her one." Kiri Helena Solene may have gotten her Mate back, but that was just the beginning. The battle lines have been drawn and her nemesis has already struck the first blow. Surrounded by...

When jazz legend Charles Mingus comes to town, playing his double bass at the Nighthawk Club, one struggling musician sees what no one else can: Mingus playing "in the soul," transforming into a giraffe. Mingus calls it the underground: the place he goes when...

When the gods return to claim their world, the Five Lands will fall, in this earth-shaking epic fantasy thriller from the author of Lost Gods. For centuries the Five Lands have been at peace, but now a nameless enemy is tearing apart their borders....

Detective. Judge. Executioner. Konrad Savast is the Malykant: foremost and most secret servant of the God of Death. His job? To track down the foulest of murderers and bring them to The Malykt's Justice. No mercy. No quarter. The Rostikov Legacy: When Konrad discovers...

Book 1: The Atlantis GirlBook 2: The Atlantis AllegianceBook 3: The Atlantis GeneBook 4: The Atlantis Secret (coming soon) The US government, the US military, and world-renowned scientists are all after one thing-the Atlantis gene, from the descendants of the lost island of Atlantis....

This is an exciting, expansive, and ultimately satisfying exploration of the meaning of heroism, the economics of magic, and the role of innovation in society. -Booklife ReviewsA bold fantasy sequel that delivers on the first volume's call to action. - Kirkus ReviewsRobert thought becoming...

Fascinating Tales from a Forgotten Era of Fantasy FictionA resurrected sorcerer grants the wishes of the desperate men who have returned him to life-but in ways none of them anticipates.A prince makes a bargain with a barbarian criminal to travel into a lost world...

To escape her fate, she must join a hated enemy.The first in a new series from the #1 bestselling fantasy world of Underrealm.Theren has only recently left the Academy for Wizards, in full command of her magical powers. But all the spells in the...

It's a dark day for the Earth realms. Will it be the last?Sorcerer Nate Garrett lost much in the battle that devastated Asgard, but the war against darkness is far from over. He's spent a year searching for Arthur, hell-bent on stopping the evil...

Award-winning science fiction writer Sean A. Tinsley and respected Inuit author Rachel A. Qitsualik lend gothic interpretation to Inuit shamanism in this original collection of dark fantasy for modern audiences. Drawing on familiar tropes of the fantasy and science-fiction genres, Ajjiit gives fans of...

A sickness has come to the village of Hamelin. Born on the backs of rats, a plague begins to spread. As the town rips itself apart, a stranger appears to offer them salvation. But when the citizens of the town fail to hold up...

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The Watchers were tasked with protecting humankind. Instead, they lusted after them; lusted after their beauty, their creativity, their innocence. Some even took human women as their mates, but the children produced from this unholy union were unnatural, corrupt, wicked beyond redemption.They were The...

An epidemic is overloading Baltimore hospitals, and this time the vampires are finding themselves susceptible. Those infected are unable to control their hunger, crazed and insatiable no matter how much blood they consume. The timing couldn't be worse, with a rival Balaj in town...

Guard the Temple. Safeguard Pilgrims on the Path. Record knowledge--both holy and unholy. Those are the three mandates Templar Knights have followed since the twelfth century. But it's the twenty-first century and Aria is not a Knight. She's refused to take her oath, and...

Damon Night has left the Louisiana's Given Establishment to work undercover in a fallen world full of despicable mayhem. Partly to help the Officials eliminate an Underworld narcotics epidemic, partly to escape his lust and overwhelming desire for Lilliana. Existing day to day without...

Amber's succubus desires are driving her, as well as every man within a five mile radius, crazy - and, Irix, the sexy incubus sent to tutor her, isn't helping one bit. Determined to find some balance in her life as well as get away...

Something Wicked is book 3 and the final instalment in the ground-breaking Chronicles of Breed.We all know how it goes.You're getting old, slow...All of your friends are dead...You have to fight for your life in an arena, save the Goblin Queen, and defeat an...

The World Needs A Hero, but all its got is Breed. Leaving the Empire to face the wrath of an angry demon and its infernal hordes, Breed takes a ship and flees to Shen. With pockets full of gold, the hammer of the Hammer...

Welcome, one and all to, The Circus of Shadows. Step forth into a world of fantasy. Witnessing performances of wonder and magic. But not all is as wonderous as it may seem for behind the curtains our characters are riddled with aches and woes...

Since returning from war, Simon Helsing has been in the middle of the battle between humans and vampires - at least that's what he believes. Lexi Tarada runs a website for the unexplained and is drawn into Detective Todd Carrow's investigations of a recent...

Sometimes the smallest debt comes with the highest price. Kat went down the rabbit hole and came out changed. Now everyone wants something from her and she is hard pressed to give in to any of them. Only the irresistibly mysterious Cheshire Cat seems...

Just when Quentin and Laurence have come to terms with their psychic abilities and the responsibilities that come with power, they learn there might be more to their gifts than they thought.Laurence can wield magic. Real magic, gifted to him by the gods, with...

The long awaited sequel to the Inheritance trilogy -- a novella by award winning author N. K. Jemisin where a godling must struggle to grow in the shadow of her parents.SOME TRUTHS MUST BE LEARNED THE HARD WAY... As the first new godling born...

Once the first Buffalo broke through to the hive, it was swarmed all over with Keef. The other Buffalo then broke from their single file and made their way to the side of the first. They were swarmed over as well. The Keef moved...

Jane has a problem. She can see angels, and not just any angels, but archangels.There's Michael, tough, gorgeous, and smarter than Sherlock Holmes.Lucifer, the bad boy you love to, well, love.And Gabriel? Well, he's like the best friend she always wanted, only with washboard...

From the Publisher's Weekly review: "Three classic fairy tales-the stories of Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel-get a more sinister retelling in this three-novella collection by Burgo. Cinderella grapples with depression and a sense of dread about getting what she thought she wanted, Snow White's...

When Eva Dennison learns that she has inherited the fallow sharecropping plantation in Mississippi that her parents fled to make a new life in L.A., she is eager to escape the big city and explore her historical roots. Eva abandons her dissertation about ancestral...

When fate tears Estelle Verndari from an ordinary world, dreams become a sinister new reality. In Kiliac, different is dangerous. Different means magic, and magic is punishable by death. Lost and alone in a forest of nightmares, Estelle is saved by Rose, a man...

At the crossroads between Mieville's New Crobuzon and M.T. Anderson's Viriconium, on the border of Dhalgren and D&D, just to the left of Terry Pratchett's Discworld and Mad Max's Fury Road ... lies Achten TanTales from the Year Between is a biannual anthology that...

BRACE YOURSELF FOR THE RIVETING THIRD INSTALLMENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL AMAZON BESTSELLING SHADOW CROWN SERIES BY KRISTEN MARTINWith an early spring should come life. Not death.As Cruex-turned-Caldari Arden Eliri approaches her eighteenth birthday, adjusting to life as illusi has proven to be anything but...

Nate Temple has an appointment in Hell. One he can't reschedule...After recent events, Nate took some much-deserved time off for a little rest and relaxation. But when he finally returns home to attend what should have been a celebration of love, he finds insidious...

The "father of American literature," Mark Twain, was one of the most brilliant humorists of the 19th century, famous for his classic works even to this day. Twain is most known for his jarring criticism and harsh, but genuine writing. Growing up in a...

Two Carpathians find hope in the bond that ties their souls in this passionate novel in Christine Feehan's #1 New York Times bestselling series.Stolen from her home at a young age and tormented for centuries, Elisabeta Trigovise is scared to show herself to anyone....

A geologist seeks her missing sister on the moons of Jupiter. The crew of the Valentine dredge up something awful from the ocean's depths. An ancient God is called upon during a bloody war. PISCES is a collection of twisted poems and dark stories...

"Unputdownable from Start to Finish!" Michelle TurnerEnter the immersive world of dark paranormal romance and dystopian grit with First Species, the thrilling fourth installment in the Alpha Claim series by New York Times, USA TODAY, and #1 Dark Fantasy bestsellers Tamara Rose Blodgett and...

A Fayte Guardian with secrets. A dark fae craves her power. Only one will survive their battle of wits, wile, and magic.After rescuing Queen Victoria from an otherworldly enemy, Jane has settled comfortably into her new life as a Fayte Guardian, working as a...

Animals have their own language. A language, Ruby Spencer doesn't understand. Because if she did, she'd know that unrest festers. The natural order on Earth and Athanasia is about to shift. Animals are tired of being underdogs to humans and vampires. And wolves are...

Claude Frollo is a dark, thrilling tale based on the antagonist of Victor Hugo's classic novel. In this book, the reason for Frollo's evil -including the conflicting hatred and lust for a Gypsy woman - is explained in great detail.Everyone knows the fate of...

⚡️"This is a sterling end to a rich, concept-driven series." - Booklife Reviews (Editor's Pick)"Strong characters face a maelstrom in this intense, intellectually rigorous fantasy series finale." -Kirkus ReviewsWould you trade uncertainty for stagnation, chance for god, invention for inertia, thought for dogma?Four years...

Once a god, now a target.Darius wakes surrounded by blood. Most of his mind has been stolen, and the dark figure that took it wants the rest.Caught in a centuries-old war between the human empire and fiery rakkan invaders, he soon learns his fearsome...

"Greyfriars Reformatory delivers on suspense and a classic asylum setting that brings to mind novels like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." -- Chicago Review of Books Nineteen year-old Emily's acute dissociative disorder causes her to be institutionalised - again - at Greyfriars Reformatory...