Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

A debt to the heavens. A mouthy teenaged trainee. A sorcerer-slaying cult that might be his fault.Bib's semi-retirement from killing for the gods isn't going so well. So when he's asked to help an angry twelve-year-old girl with out-of-control powers, he embarks on a...

Two sisters born in the Red Desert, young Daughters of an ancient Queen. One seizes the delights of the present. The other sees and despairs for their future.Innathi and Ishuna, the heirs of the Dark Elf Queen of V'Gedra, are traveling the sand dunes...

Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! The Gothikana Hardcover Edition: featuring sprayed edges, a foil case stamp, gorgeously detailed endpapers, an updated map and deliciously moody art throughout. The eternal romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the gothic suspense of Dracula...

The Atlas Paradox is the long-awaited sequel to Olivie Blake's New York Times bestselling dark academic sensation The Atlas Six--guaranteed to have even more yearning, backstabbing, betrayal, and chaos. Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.Five are now members of the...

Many people want Cerin Heliot dead.While studying to be a mage at a prestigious university, Cerin is seized by an obsession with necromancy. When his secret knowledge of the forbidden magic is discovered, he becomes one of the nation's most-wanted criminals overnight, sending his...

Dare to explore the darkest Elven tales where sunlight never touches.Etaski's dark fantasy epic, Sister Seekers, begins underground with its denizens living and dying in eternal night. A novice Red Sister leads us through much of the series, but her Elven ancestors have their...

A Russian weapon engineer's work is never done. Not while the Imperial Legion marches.After dying, losing his soulmate twice, building elemental cannons, and knocking down more than metaphorical walls for the Crimson Alliance, Vlad is looking for a place to call his own: a...

Bree's ecstatic to be starting college with her childhood best-friend, Cam, but her secret stalker is about to change everything.Bree changed everything for Alexander. He swore he'd never condemn another human life with his blood. A wretched existence as a vampire was his alone,...

A year after her parent's brutal murder, Abigail Kane finds herself struggling to put her life back together. She has good friends, a growing career in music, and enough hereditary magic to shape the face of the world, so what could be keeping her...

Bards and Sages Publishing is proud to present Triptych: An Omnibus of Wonder. Triptych features three complete works from award-winning author Peter A. Baslaskas, including: The Grandmaster Welcome to the Wagner Institute for Mental Treatment and Investigations. Since 1966, Dr. Johann Wagner has guided...

Talon Pike lives life by a few simple parameters: get the girl, kill the baddies, save the entire planet. As an Enforcer of the Enclave, a mystical clandestine organization in Georgia, these parameters are easy to achieve. His job: keep unwitting humans and supernatural...

Own the definitive Authors' Cut edition of Storm Seed, the seventh volume in the iconic Sacred Band series. High adventure awaits in Storm Seed by Janet & Chris Morris: - Travel with the Sacred Band of Stepsons to a future undreamed. - Meet the...

Heroic Fantasy Novel #5 in the Sacred Band series"An exciting and brilliantly colored sortie . . ." - David DrakeJoin Tempus and Niko on the triple shores of land, sea, and eternity . . .Where a young girl trembles between love and sorcerous obsession...

Bram Stoker lived to tell his tale. Now he faces a fate worse than death...Author Bram Stoker thought he'd seen the last of the vampire Vlad Tepes. While his literary masterpiece Dracula is now nearly complete, the guilt of putting his friends and wife...

Grimluk is an orc with one purpose: hunting demons. For the past month, Grimluk has traveled with his newly adopted sister, Gwen Quinn. Grimluk hopes to find the cause and cure for the prophetic spirit trapped in Gwen. The journey isn't without its perils...

Just under a week has passed since Krista has been diagnosed with the nightmare-enhancing brain disease Mental Damnation; the symptoms are more self-evident than ever to Dr. Alsroc who continues to pursue a cure.Krista is now burdened with protecting her friend Marilyn's dark secret...

Thought to be banished to the underworld by the humans, Krista mysteriously finds herself as the first of her kind to walk on the surface in centuries. This was caused by one of the underworld's corrupt leaders, Danil, who uses her in an unholy...

Having her family murdered during her people's banishment from the surface world by the humans, Krista and her only friend, Darkwing, struggle to keep alive as street scum in their newfound home, the City of Renascence. The two find themselves at odds when Krista...

Wounded and alone, Alana has escaped the clutches of the Tsar. She's determined to forget his world of conquest and dark magic, but fate has other plans. Alana finds herself face-to-face with her grandmother - the one person she loathes even more than the...

Alana has been captured. She expected an agonizing death to follow, but instead, she now finds herself a guest of the Tsar. Locked away amidst the wealth and luxury, it isn't long before she learns the reason she was spared - her entire life...

LUNA MASTERSON SEES DEMONS. She has been dealing with the demonic all her life, so when her brother gets tangled up with a demon named Sparkles, 'Luna the Lunatic' rolls in on her motorcycle to save the day. Armed with the ability to harm...

Thirteen spine-tingling stories of darkness and desolation from Australia's award-winning master of the macabre, Shane Jiraiya Cummings. The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After is Cummings at his fear-inducing best: from the seductively erotic autopsy of "The Cutting Room" and the insanity of "Ian"...

A vibrant beyond the grave tale which will chill your bones while warming your heart. When the deadly serious is delightfully hilarious, you will know you have just been acquainted with Abraham Wilton-Cough. His skeletal hand will drag you from grave to grave, under...

Protect the Innocent. Punish the Guilty. Seth the Ice Lion, now an Apprentice in the Jalora Legion, reluctantly travels aboard ship with his new battalion. Western Beta's mission seems a dull assignment. Guarding miles of bogs and old ruins should be a simple task,...

The world is for those who were born to conquer it. They were just born elsewhere.A chosen few found themselves in another world where magic is real.Deemed the Otherworlders by the inhabitants of this foreign realm, the Otherworlders were granted powers that ascended them...

Leaving behind her idyllic childhood in a seaside village, Emile slips into a dark world of wayward souls in an ancient Czech town. While on her way to boarding school, Emile's train takes her to another school instead, where her name has appeared on...

Eighteen-years ago, Bill Carver chose to surrender his magic to protect his son. He paid the price for that decision with his life. Now Nathan Carver is about to graduate high school and leave behind his hometown forever when his ne'er-do-well Uncle Marty reappears...

In the past, a young peasant boy grows to manhood in a violent, bloodthirsty world. In the present, a mysterious woman is found in the morgue and slowly begins returning to life. Susan Ryerson, a genetic researcher, treats the mortally injured woman and against...

If war is hell, there is no word to describe what Private Jones has been through. Forced into a conflict with an unknowable enemy, he awakes to find himself in a strange land, and is soon joined by young woman, Morana, who tends to...

During the Dark Ages, a thing named Temple slaughtered Gabriel's family. A man with snake eyes charged him to pursue the assassin wherever he may strike next, and destroy him. Gabriel never believed he'd still be following Temple almost a thousand years later. Because...

Rose Foster is just your typical, bisexual, smart-mouthed, socially awkward genius from a family full of felons. Okay, fine, so maybe there's nothing typical about her. But she'd at least maintained a semblance of normalcy in her life until the night a stranger gave...

"The truth sits and wisdom resides." Compared to the Core or the Scattered, the Numinous sets its focus on the supernatural and spiritual realms within the Dark Titan Universe. From Travis Vail to Creed to Cinderella and many more, these occult detectives and supernatural...

The Three Nations are crumbling. Darkness is gathering. Only one remains to stand against it. Eric stumbles through the wilderness, searching, hunting - desperate for sign of his sister. But the girl is gone, stolen away by the power of the Soul Blade. With...

The Gods have fallen. The Three Nations are in chaos. Archon is coming. Enala is surrounded, trapped on the blood-soaked sands of Malevolent Cove. Desperate and alone, she faces the sky, watching as the Gold dragons circle. Yet it is not the beasts she...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "[Peter V. Brett] confirms his place among epic fantasy's pantheon of greats amid the likes of George R. R. Martin, Steven Erikson, and Robert Jordan."--Fantasy Book Critic In this third volume in the internationally bestselling Demon Cycle series, humanity...

"Frohock has intricately woven a unique reinterpretation of history. Eloquent prose accompanies a lyrical theme amid prewar tensions, enriching this imaginative historical fantasy." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)In this sequel to Where Oblivion Lives, the first entry in the Los Nefilim series set during...

In the city of flowers, anything is possible, but nothing is real.In Kamali's hometown, everything is made of her magic. Every home, every plant, and even the sun are part of an illusion her family cast a century prior to protect the city from...

All three books in Myra Danvers' Tritan Evolution Series are available together for the first time in this beautiful paperback edition!Follow Mila Tannovic through Ravenous Innocence, Insatiable Corruption, and Lavish Destruction as she battles the infamous and elite Captain Asher Rawlings of the Caledonian...

HE DOES NOT LET ANYONE ROLL THE DICE. A centaur girl arrives at the frontier town and accosts Heavy Warrior, believing him responsible for the disappearance of her centaur princess. Thus, he asks Goblin Slayer to investigate the matter. The party ends up in...

Although they've come up with stopgap measures to restore their powers, the great mage Sataborn's heirs and their magical-girl companions are now scattered across the island that is holding them captive. To escape, they must defeat the tyrannical goddess who has been slowly killing...

After narrowly avoiding a terrible fate at the school festival, Kou renews his friendship with his old classmates from Research, Asagiri and Isumi. As they pass the time in peace, Asagiri decides to confess her love for Kou. However, the very next day, Isumi...

When her love is taken from her, Clover will do anything to get him back...Half-fae and reviled by the town of Veritas for being so, Clover Grimaldi and her human mother work as servants to the cruel and ruthless Dr. Van Doren. Obeying Dr....

Ancient Artifacts. New EnemiesWhen a strange island rises out of the sea right in front of their ship, Conor McCall and his fellow Recon Marines find themselves within sight of their new home... and fighting for their lives, .The Deep Ones know about Conor's...

Nominated for the 2024 Philip K. Dick Award An Esquire Best of Horror 2023 pick"Without question, one of the most beautifully written books I've read this year."--The Wall Street Journal "Can a horror story be beautiful? Wild Spaces tells a terrible truth in the...

Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best SeriesWhere it all began--the first three books in Seanan McGuire's multi-Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Wayward Children series. Join the students of Eleanor West, and jump through doors into worlds both dangerous and extraordinary. Book 1: Every Heart a...

Season of Skulls continues Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's Lovecraftian Laundry Files series. Welcome to the sunlit uplands of the 21st century! Britain's avuncular Prime Minister is an ancient eldritch god of unimaginable power. Crime is plummeting as almost every offense is punishable by...

"Khaw's poetic prose and stylish approach to gore make it a blood-soaked, unforgettable gem." --The New York TimesFrom Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairy tale of discovering the darkness...

Regular readers of Charles Stross's Laundry Files might have noticed Bob Howard's absence from the events of The Nightmare Stacks, and his subsequent return from Tokyo at the start of The Delirium Brief. Escape from Yokai Land explains what he was doing there. Bob's...

From New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire, Seasonal Fears is the extraordinary companion novel to Middlegame. The king of winter and the queen of summer are dead. The fight for their crowns begins! Melanie has a destiny, though it isn't the one everyone...

The treacherous Guardian, Gregory Lycott, disappeared months ago with a magical little girl destined to either save the world or destroy it. He took her across the ocean to the Wastelands, where they hid among the criminals and outcasts. He's the only father she's...