Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

From the critically-acclaimed author of The Fionavar Tapestry comes an epic fantasy novel of love, both courtly and forbidden, and two kingdoms endlessly opposed... Blaise of Gorhaut is a warrior. He fought for his king and country, until the king died with an arrow...

They call her "Amber the Untouched" throughout the Disputed Lands -- a chaste, golden-haired beauty who fears the remarkable love that was prophesied at her birth . . . and the death that must inevitably follow. Now Duncan has come to her in darkness,...

A young mage-in-training is unwittingly pulled into a violent political upheaval, in the third book of this epic fantasy trilogy by Miles Cameron, author of the Traitor Son Cycle.Aranthur and his friends have come together across different continents and realms with one purpose: to...

The people of Perizzi have survived the battlemage war, but their future is looking darker than ever. BYRNE is a member of the Watch, investigating a series of murders in which the corpse was drained entirely of life. FRAY's expertise with magic is needed...

"I can command storms, summon fire and unmake stone," Balfruss growled. "It's dangerous to meddle with things you don't understand." Balfruss is a battlemage, sworn to fight and die for a country that fears and despises his kind. Vargus is a common soldier --...

The third book in the Millennium's Rule fantasy series by international bestseller Trudi Canavan. Five years have passed since the Rebels confronted the Raen. Five years, in which the boy Rielle rescued, Qall, has safely grown up among the Travellers. Five years, in which...

The epic conclusion to The Dagger and The Coin series, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin. Lord Regent Geder Palliako's great war has spilled across the world, nation after nation falling before the ancient priesthood and weapon of dragons. But even as conquest...

The Fox Woman is a powerful first novel, singing with lyrical prose and touching the deepest emotions. A historically accurate fantasy, it gives us a glimpse into, and an understanding of, the history that shaped the people of one of our world's greatest nations....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An archaeological expedition digging where it shouldn't ... A crown so powerful it is rumored to be cursed ... And the one man who can explain it all ... Deep in a nearly impassable swamp south of the Egyptian...

Courage could cost him everything. Third Blade Leith Torren never questions his orders or his loyalty to King Respen until an arrow wound and a prairie blizzard drive him to the doorstep of the girls whose family he once destroyed. Their forbidden faith and...

Lost treasure, the roar of the lion and high adventure These are the first two adventures of H. Rider Haggard's famous character-Allan Quatermain. Quatermain is the ultimate white man in Africa--the Great White Hunter, adventurer and guide. These are stories brim full of action,...

Only the determination of one man can bring victoryThe Trojan War has been raging for ten years. Greece's greatest warriors have fallen. But then a series of oracles appear with utterances from the gods, commands that must be fulfilled if Troy is to be...

Desperate for the next Game of Thrones? Prince of the Spear continues the Sunsurge Quartet and delivers a full-on fix of epic fantasy. The unthinkable has happened. With the Leviathan Bridge critically damaged and its towers unable to control the skies between Yuros and...

For as long as he can remember, Alric dreamed of being a hero; of defeating a dragon and saving the princess, but his royal position would never allow it, until...The arrival of the Mercerian Emissaries demands a princely escort, and being neither the heir,...

Rebellious and spiritually precocious Miriam is the daughter of the richest man in Palestine. She is of age to marry, but resists "suitable candidates" proposed by her father. Miriam loses her heart to Yusuf, a humble craftsman laboring on her father's estate. Social obstacles...

On her seventeenth birthday, Megan of Chaumont discovers she'll be sold as a bride to the brutish Volodane family--within hours. Her father grants only that she may choose which one of the ruthless, grasping lord's three sons she weds: Rolf, the eldest: stern, ambitious,...

Visit an American West that never was, but could have been. A woman in search of her fate, a people looking for a new place to call home, a young girl about to become more than she could ever dream, a magical creature trapped...

Many are called... She alone can save the world and become Death's bride. COBWEB BRIDE (Cobweb Bride Trilogy, Book One) is a history-flavored fantasy novel with romantic elements of the Persephone myth, about Death's ultimatum to the world. What if you killed someone and...

Nobel Prize laureate Anatole France's The Revolt of the Angels, often considered his most profound novel, tells the story of Arcade, the guardian angel of Maurice d'Esparvieu, who falls in love and joins the revolutionary movement of angels. Originally published in 1914.Author: Anatole FranceISBN-10:...

Night-Black Sorcery and the Wrath of Malevolent GodsMore than any writer since Robert E. Howard, Keith Taylor has a unique ability to evoke sheer terror amid the remote and haunted reaches of the ancient world. His tales of Kamose, archpriest of Anubis, the Egyptian...

Seven further stories from the pen of emerging pastiche author Stephen Herczeg. Some have appeared in the annals of the MX Series of New Sherlock Holmes stories and the Holmes anthologies of Belanger Books, along two previously unpublished adventures.A seemingly innocent concern from Lestrade...

A sparkling tale of Regency England, manners, and magical happenings. A young lady in possession of magic is required to marry well, particularly when her services are needed to defeat Napoleon. Yet when a carriage arrives at Elizabeth Bennet's quiet country home, she is...

'Fascinating . . . Jam-packed with adventure and colour' Jodi TaylorTHE GRIPPING AND THRILLING NEW ADVENTURE ABOUT A VACCINE, A VIRUS AND A JOURNEY INTO PREHISTORY . . . ***** 'Fantastic historical adventure' - AMAZON REVIEWER***** 'I highly recommend it' - GOODREADS REVIEWER***** 'No...

In ancient Sumeria, only a thin veil separates the living from the dead. The lives of Ziz, her mother, Meshara, and her father, Temen, are disrupted when a mysterious crevasse rends the earth. Temen becomes obsessed with the mystery and, capturing a crow to...

From the author of A Witch in Time comes a magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America of family secrets, sacrifice, and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus.Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter...

The real story behind Through the Looking-Glass...It was a Britain that had been overrun by a plague of zombies.A Britain that had fought the zombies, not quite won, and yet declared victory.The rabid dead had been mercifully put down. The less virulently infected were...

Being a reveller is such a drain...Someone is supping upon young noblemen and it's up to Hannah and Wycliff to investigate. If only they could agree on how the men are being drained of their life's blood. Is it a vampyre, known for their...

A unique Salem 1692 witchcraft storyWas Tituba a forerunner of modern women defying patriarchy?An historically inspired story about the first woman accused of witchcraft in colonial SalemA Promise and a HopeEnslaved Tituba has been faithful to a promise to her dying mama in Africa....

"TO READ THEM IS TO LOVE THEM" --The Oklahoman "DE CASTELL HAS MANAGED YET AGAIN TO TOP HIS PREVIOUS BOOK BY CREATING WHAT WILL SURELY BE ONE OF THE BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE YEAR." --Tattooed Book Geek The Greatcoats are back--and this time...

To stop a serial killer a detective will need to explore his own vices... Nathanial Bayard wants nothing more than to find the nobleman creating snuff pornography. If he fails, his career in the recently formed nobility taskforce will be over and as the...

Queen Of The UnknownThe tales tell of three sisters, daughters of the high king. The eldest, a valiant warrior-woman, heir to the kingdom. The youngest, the sweet beauty with her Prince Charming. No one says much about the middle princess, Andromeda. Andi, the other...

Introducing The Time Police, the brand-new series by international bestselling author, Jodi Taylor - an irresistible spinoff from the much-loved Chronicles of St Mary's series. Perfect reading for fans of Doctor Who, Ben Aaronovitch and Jasper Fforde. 'Inventive and entertaining... a fast-paced and fun...

Not all wars are won on the battlefield Even as a young child, Anna fought against injustice.Now, with the crown firmly in her grasp, she need only win over the Nobles Council to usher in an age of enlightenment.However, in a court full of...

From a multi-USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes this romantasy (romantic fantasy), the fourth in a 6-book series. "This was so utterly suspenseful but absolutely loaded with tender and sweet moments! I couldn't put this down for very long!" "Obsessed with...

Magic is out of fashion. Outlaws make their own. Jemis Greenwing has seen his father's reputation vindicated, been acknowledged as Viscount St-Noire from his mother's side, slain a dragon, and not incidentally been given a raise. After a chaotic first month back in Ragnor...

Charlie is gone, and Lincoln finds that Lichfield Towers offers no sanctuary. With reminders of her at every turn, and employees threatening to mutiny, he must try to find the murderer who is killing supernaturals on his own. And keep the murderer away from...

With the wedding only days away, the Ministry is thrown into turmoil when another murder is committed by a shape-shifter. But this time the newspapers make the connection to werewolves - and the Ministry. Suddenly the attention is focused on Lichfield Towers and its...

From a multi-USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes this romantasy (romantic fantasy), the third in a 6-book series. "This is a series that you can't put down, and yet pray not to get to the ending." "This was a masterpiece of...

When a young gentleman is murdered by a shape shifter, Charlie and Lincoln interrogate their contacts and uncover a plot with links to the royal family--and links to more than one member of the ministry's committee. At the heart of the mystery is a...

"River of Stars is a major accomplishment, the work of a master novelist in full command of his subject."--Michael Dirda, in The Washington Post "Game of Thrones in China."--Salon.comRen Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while...

WARRIOR QUEENS AND ROMAN INVADERS DO BATTLE IN THE FINAL VOLUME OF THIS THRILLING EPIC FANTASY TRILOGY. Caesar's soldiers have murdered, massacred and pillaged their way through Gaul and loom on the far side of the sea, ready to descend upon Britain - with...

b >The outrageously thrilling West of West trilogy comes to an action-packed close in Where Gods Fear to Go -- a gritty epic fantasy journey in which a mismatched group of refugees battle animals and monsters, an unforgiving land and each other as they...

Alexander the Great's soldier, Lydias of Miletus, has survived the final campaigns of the king's life. He now has to deal with the chaos surrounding his death. Lydias throws his lot in with Ptolemy, one of Alexander's generals who has grabbed Egypt as his...

Rich in atmosphere, imagination, and fun, the action-packed, magic-filled sequel to The Clockwork Dagger is an enchanting steampunk fantasy, evocative of the works of Trudi Canavan and Gail Carriger.Narrowly surviving assassination and capture, Octavia Leander, a powerful magical healer, is on the run with...

"The Dakota Cipher is a supple, elegant thriller that carries the reader triumphantly from one exciting climax to the next."--Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Jefferson KeyEthan Gage is a fearless adventurer who has crossed paths (and, sometimes, swords) with the...

Cross a tough, buff U.S. Navy SEAL and a beautiful, buxom, headstrong Viking maiden thousands of miles and years removed from her Norse homeland and what do you get? You get Hot & Heavy passion from Sandra Hill, author of the wildest, sexiest, most...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "MYTHIC RETELLING AT ITS BEST." (R. F. Kuang, author of Yellowface) - A 2023 IGNYTE AWARD FINALIST - A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB PICK "With a graceful, measured elegance" (New York Times), this lyrical novel reimagines...

Traveling without warning. Nights lost to supernatural journeys. Is one young man fated to wander far from safety? New York State, 1833. Noah Munch longs to fit in. Living with a mother who communes with ghosts and a brother with a knack for heroics,...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Little Hatred comes a stunning fantasy novel that finds the world in an unstoppable revolution where heroes have nothing left to lose as darkness and destruction overtake everything.Chaos. Fury. Destruction.The Great Change is upon us...

Prince of Naraka is a fun, fast-paced, supernatural fantasy fiction saga. It's a slice of the Indian epic, the Ramayana, and a tale of families, intertwined kingdoms, mentorship, romance, political intrigue, religion, and war.Meet Raa One, the teenage crown prince of Asurapura in the...