Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

Faith is limited only by what she believes to be impossible...and the Guild Master who will do anything to stop her.In 1816 New York City, there is no place for women in the world of art, especially not for Faith, the gifted step-daughter of...

Desiring to become famous by performing a death-defying feat, a crippled conjuror falls prey to a scoundrel's plot against the son of King George II. The actual story took place in London in 1749. Advertisements were placed throughout London describing impossible feats of conjuring...

LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA GOLD CROWN 2023 Neva is born into a world of trickery and illusion, where fortunes are won and lost on the turn of a card. But she is also born with an extraordinary gift: she can predict the weather. In...

Desperate for the next Game of Thrones? Pick up Empress of the Fall for your full-on fix of epic fantasy.The Emperor is dead - long live the Empress Emperor Constant is dead and his rivals are scrabbling for power - but any misstep could...

After a life on the move, tragedy orphans a young sixteen-year-old Morra. When family members she never knew of take her in, she discovers her mother had been running for a reason-an ancient secret, and a hidden destiny.Now thrust into a chaotic world of...

From the author of A Witch in Time comes a haunting tale of ambition, obsession, and the eternal mystery and magic of film. A vanished star. A haunted film. A mystery only love can unravel... 1968: Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom. Now the...

A black-stoned sword is bestowed only on those marked for death.After waking up stabbed and with no memory of who he is, Claeg's only clue to his identity is the sword - set with a black stone - that's found with him when he's...

Spupaleena is a Sinyekst Indian, the only one brave enough to challenge tradition. Girls in her village are of the tender age to marry, but that is the last thing on her mind. Her dream is to race and raise horses in anticipation of...

Saranna Stowell was sent to Tiensin, a manor near Baltimore, to act as governess for a young relative. She soon discovered that there was an impenetrable mystery hidden at the manor which seemed connected to treasures collected by the last owner, a sea captain...

THE ALCHEMIST'S MANUSCRIPT of the Travels of the Merchant of Yemen and His Servant in the Erythrean Sea as Related to the Alchemist of Gozo, the Younger, is a tale of adventure that takes the sailors from Morocco to Palermo, Mecca, Zanzibar, Yemen, Cochin,...

Leaving the safety of his family behind, Siddhartha embarks on a lifelong quest to seek answers wherever he might find them. But the road to enlightenment is fraught with perils, and the path of the seeker never seems to end. Siddhartha's only hope is...

After the death of her mother, young Charity Chastine comes to post-Revolutionary War America in 1789 looking to begin a new life. She settles in a small Connecticut town where she acquaints herself with a gallery of people from both the privileged and common...

Jim Morrison, rock star, poet, and libertarian, one of the most talked-about and controversial singers of his era, escapes from Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris after his death and reunites with his friend Ray Manzarek, keyboardist of the Doors, before embarking upon a most extraordinary...

He was a prince, forced into a new life as a pauper. Luc, a poor but proud man in 1775 Paris, is confused by his dreams of gilded ballrooms and unknown people in lace and jewels. And, the fact that most of his life...

An Ill Wind Blows from the SouthAs corruption seeps from the southern kingdom of Nanyue, Wu Ying sets out on a dangerous journey to uncover its source. Spirit stones have become corrupted, with twisted daos embedded within. If left unchecked, this corruption threatens to...

In the always eventful worlds of Jodi Taylor, it's never Christmas without illegal expeditions, riotous misbehaviour and stories you just can't put down . . . This festive collection takes readers from Frogmorton Farm to Time Police HQ via the Institute of Historical Research...

Destiny. Death. Change. 1850 AD. English archaeologist Fred Baker has identified the location of the lost city of Assur. To lay claim on the site he must venture into the heart of the Ottoman Empire. Luckily, he has something rarely afforded to archaeologists, the...

A love triangle. A medieval world. A superpower to die for.On a rescue mission to save her spurned lover, Sophie is exiled to a terrifying realm. Her ex, her dog, and her soulmate are sent there too.Fortunately, in this parallel universe, Sophie has a...

"I would advise you, young man, to take care around anyone with the surname Firefax. I know not if the rumors be true that they be king killers, but they are, without any doubt, a dangerous family."Legend tells of a city of gold on...

Nobody said the end of the world would be easy.In the days before the Great Flood, Noah's prophecy of impending doom incites opposition wherever he goes.Although Jayfeth is an unlikely hero, being the son of the doomsday prophet thrusts him into extraordinary adventures and...

Faith is limited only by what she believes to be impossible... and the Guild Master who will do anything to stop her.In 1816 New York City, there is no place for women in the world of art, especially not for Faith, the gifted step-daughter...

In 1920s Los Angeles, Cornelia Jones moves in the top circles of society, thanks to her privileged upbringing as well as her marriage to the brilliant scientist and inventor, John Jones. But when John, on the verge of completing his latest invention that has...

1862: Albertian Britain is in the grip of conflicting forces.Engineers transform the landscape with bigger, faster, noisier and dirtier technological wonders; Eugenicists develop specialist animals to provide unpaid labour; Libertines oppose restrictive and unjust laws and flood the country with propaganda demanding a society...

A dark curse. A deadly secret. The ill-fated girl at the heart of both.Antonetta Ostwind is about to get everything she's ever wanted. If all goes to plan, she'll end the fae, steal back what was stolen, and win the post she's always dreamed...

"The rousing conclusion to Files's remarkable Hexslinger trilogy . . . A bravura performance" from the author of A Book of Tongues and A Rope of Thorns (Publishers Weekly). A new Civil War is brewing. With the city of Bewelcome as its headquarters, Allan...

The second book in the "top-notch horror-fantasy saga," following A Book of Tongues, is "a spectacular blend of Aztec religion and Western gunslinging (Publishers Weekly). Welcome to Hex City. Population: magicians. Thanks to hexslinger "Reverend" Asher Rook, sorcerers now have a sanctuary where they...

Deep in the shadows under the Paris Opera House resides Erik the Phantom, mysteriously enduring through the decades as the mastermind behind a strange and secret agency. A revolving door of female agents are charged by wealthy Parisians and the French Government to investigate...

1920s Oxford: home to C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien... and Anna Francis, a young Greek refugee looking to escape the grim reality of her new life. The night they cross paths, none suspect the fantastic world at work around them. Anna Francis lives in a...

Why, has thousands of books been issued about every conflict, battle and war ever fought, except the greatest one? Why? THE WAR FOR HEAVEN, where Satan was at one time the commanding leader for God's entire armies of heaven. That is until Satan informed...

A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this "utterly terrifying and wholly immersive . . . story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood" (Library Journal, starred review). "Castro is one of...

Viktor Brandewyne finds himself tasked with finding the most flighty of the Sisters of Power. He tracks her from New England to the ends of the earth. She sets him the task of retrieving three things as the price for a portion of her...

Desiring to become famous by performing a death-defying feat, a crippled conjuror falls prey to a scoundrel's plot against the son of King George II. The actual story took place in London in 1749. Advertisements were placed throughout London describing impossible feats of conjuring...

Ekaterini, born in Greece at the beginning of the twentieth century, is a woman who knows her own mind. Against the wishes of her family, she marries an immigrant worker and follows him from the port of Thessaloniki to Belgrade. There, Ekaterini is not...

The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals (dinosaurs and other extinct creatures) still survive. It was originally published serially in the...

Gaby Kasun, alpha of the Kasun Canyon Pack, is responsible for protecting her people and the magical falls hidden in the mountains in the Wild West. With the threat of war looming, hostile natives, and an emerging new world, she rules with desperate determination,...

In his childhood, Wiglaff's qualities were different from those valued by his father. His insight into the natural world set him apart. As he develops his shamanistic skills, his sister is trainng to become a leader of female warriors.Wiglaff is protected by his mother...

The gauntlet is thrown. One must die. Refusal is not an option.Arthur the High King of Breatein has fallen captive of a longtime enemy, the Saxon warrior-princess Camilla, who lusts to avenge the death of her betrothed at Gyan's hands and will stop at...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: H. Rider HaggardISBN-10: 1503005275ISBN-13: 9781503005273Publisher: Createspace Independent...

In Book Two of the Disenchanted & Co. steampunk series, Charmian (Kit) Kittredge confronts native magics and mechanical menaces in Toriana--an alternate America that lost the Revolutionary War. As the proprietor of Disenchanted & Co. in a steampunk version of America, Charmian "Kit" Kittredge...

Was love the greatest punishment of all?Repulsed by her ugly newborn, Hera throws him into the sea, where he shatters his ankle. As darkness looms, Thetis the sea witch saves the wounded child and raises him in her underwater grotto.Hephaestus is the only Olympian...

From one of the most original voices in fantasy comes a heart-warming tale of peace, love, and battlefield salvage. If you're going to get ahead in the battlefield salvage business, you have to regard death as a means to an end. In other words,...

G.A. Henty's "The Boy Knight: A Tale of the Crusades" is a thrilling historical adventure that follows the journey of Cuthbert, a young Englishman, during the time of the Crusades. It captures the excitement, challenges, and trials faced by Cuthbert as he joins King...

Time is an ouroboros Fate has long tortured Pandora and her kin. After years of travails she will soon reach a final decision. If she cannot cut through the Tapestry of Fate, she will instead cut down its weavers.Meanwhile, Kirke finds herself enslaved by...

A Today.com & Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2024 "For anyone who's ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting." --Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame "If you love King Arthur as much...

Time is running out for Philadelphia's Divine Hotel One woman is tasked with saving two children who have gone missing from the once majestic hotel but she soon learns that there is more to this rescue than she ever thought. To save them she's...

No girl likes a stalker.Especially if they even chase her into the memoryscape.Sarah loves exploring history, especially the glories of ancient Rome. But a mysterious man in a wide-brimmed hat threatens to enslave her soul and destroy the facetaker powers.Think again, pal.Sarah might just...

Operatives from an alien culture struggle to survive in medieval Italy, in the SF sequel to the astonishing Quietus. The transdimensional empire, the Unity, has dissolved, its ruling powers forced into exile - but empires don't die easily. The living planarship Ways and Means...

Winner of the Yomiuri Prize and recipient of the 2022-23 William F. Sibley Memorial Subvention Award for Japanese Translation.Introducing Tatsuhiko Shibusawa--Japan's Italo Calvino--in this fantastical tale of a Japanese prince who encounters both beauty and danger on a pilgrimage to India.A fantasy set in...

The Jotunheim giants poured through the rift at Andersonville and annihilated both the Union and the Confederacy. Only the desperate efforts of a few heroes stopped them in the West, at the battle of Golden City, Colorado. Those heroes became legends.So when Giant Killer...

This next spellbinding installment of Juno's "irresistible" fantasy series Her Majesty's Royal Coven (Lana Harper) takes us back to the reign of Henry VIII and the origins of Her Majesty's Royal Coven under the beautiful, the bewitching, Anne Boleyn. It's 1536 and the Queen...