Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

Book two in the sumptuous Wolves of Llisé trilogy.As the son of Llisé's ruler, Devin Roché knows its laws only too well. It's a land where keeping historical records is forbidden. To do so would mean imprisonment - or death.Only bards may share the...

Alex Adams never considered herself a hero, much less the hero of the magical war she found herself a part of. She was only a mage because worlds never meant to interact were doing so. Merlin and Morgana trained her to control her powers,...

Magic arises when invaders from other worlds threaten the Earth and it empowers mages to fight back the threat. Legend and history blur when mages emerge to protect the world and now they are needed once more. The newest generation of mages is struggling...

When the physical forces of multiple worlds come into conflict, magic appears. On our world certain humans are given the ability to control this energy in order to fight back the threat. In Ravenslake, home to a small university, a new generation of mages...

Author: V. E. SchwabISBN-10: 1250344182ISBN-13: 9781250344182Publisher: Tor BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/14/2024Pages: 432Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 8.52h x 5.79w x 1.34dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.8Point Value: 16Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 506299 / Darker Shade of Magic

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE As the day of Nangong Si and Song Qiutong's wedding draws near, a scandalous rumor circulates among the guests at Rufeng Sect. The gossip implicates not only the bride and groom, but also Nangong Si's childhood companion and Song Qiutong's savior:...

Lucretia has been helplessly drowning in her own grief for centuries. Nothing has mattered to the lost beacon for so very long. However, when the Catuvellauni people, who she has been living amongst at the edge of the world, are threatened by an invading...

An epic novel about Civil War-era Nashville's "public women," an age-old secret society, and the earth-shaking power of the female"A beautiful spinning knife of a story that whirls back through the 1800s, the 1500s, the 4th century BC, and the age of myth to...

Set in Athens, Greece, during the 1970s and 1980s, Kostas and Nikos are twin brothers who find themselves abandoned by the adults in their lives. After a traumatic childhood filled with loneliness, heartache, crime, foster homes, abuse, and forced child labor, they find opposite...

A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends.Thomas Hart and Grace Macaulay have lived all their lives...

While the Great War is raging, a terrifying monster is unleashed. It leaves a trail of death in its wake, and others like it may soon follow. Fleming, a man with a tragic family history and head of the Special Branch of the British...

The Winter Seas series continues as a prisonbreak to save Benedict leaves him, Sam and Mary trapped in a desparate race for survival in enemy territory. Expect epic adventure, intrigue and espionage, and fleet battles on the high-seas, perfect for fans of Adrienne Young,...

#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...

As a child, Merlin was tormented by his mothers secret past. As an adult, he searched for his own identity. This led him to realize that he was the heir to a greater power. He became the rope in a tug-of-war competition between the...

A daring and thrilling journey into a fantastical world of shamans and vampires where aboriginal Dreaming and Gothic horror are woven together to create a powerful and seamless narrative.I'm the stranger with strange habits which make me avoid the full light of day, enter...

Grace Evans is a Watcher. A Watcher's job is to protect the future and the past, making sure history happens as it should.Her next mission, given to her by The Council, is her most demanding yet.Grace must travel back to the Scottish Highlands of...

Worried about strange happenings near you? Freaking out over demons and death cults stopping by to order a cup of sugar or steal your memories? Don't know what to do?Then turn to Paige Never.That was the best advice around--until recently. These days she's nowhere...

Reproduction of the original: A Woman of the Ice Age by L.P GratacapAuthor: L. P. GratacapISBN-10: 3752406925ISBN-13: 9783752406924Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2020Pages: 122Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

The adventure continues After a mysterious ritual fusing Bran's soul with that of an ancient warrior, he, the wizardess Sato and the shrine apprentice Nagomi flee Kiyo, pursued by the Yamato authorities - and by the associates of a shadowy figure in Crimson Robe....

Three novellas (books 4-6) in the Legends of Havenwood Falls historical fantasy series, sharing the legacies of our town's supernatural residents.Trapped Within a Wish by Brynn MyersWhen Nathan Wade learns that some of his father's belongings from an archaeological dig in Egypt somehow ended...

The world has been remade in winter and twilight, and life in Victorian England will never be the same again. These three short stories show us a frozen apocalypse and two very different paths to salvation. While communities grow embittered with each passing year,...

History is a weapon, and Taukudo-an historian traveling between solar systems aboard an interstellar trade ship-is about to discover its power.A drain on the ship's bottom line, Taukudo dreams of a way to convince the rest of the crew of the value of history-and...

The Remembrance Album of Harriet Pruden effectively fuses an authentic 19th century pioneer-settler poetry collection with 21st century narrative, revealing an endearing story spanning eight decades; a true American love story from the Old West.Author: Richard K. PateISBN-10: 1609100336ISBN-13: 9781609100339Publisher: Booklocker.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/04/2009Pages: 166Format:...

Dominica is an island rich in culture and with a history that encompasses various forms of the country's transformation from colonialism to independence. African slaves, brought to the island to work on the British plantations, carried with them their various myths, beliefs, languages and...

Vankara, an island nation founded by runaway mages, finds itself besieged by a series of mysterious plagues which decimates half of the world's population. When the Queen of Vankara falls ill from one of the plagues, she calls upon the talents of Sarah Harker....

At an 1847 revival of Meyerbeer's opera Robert le Diable, the ghost of Blaise Thibodeaux, the author of La R駸onance du temps, appears in one of the boxes, just as Thibodeaux had predicted to Auguste Dupin that it would, thirteen years before. Unfortunately, Dupin...

8th of September, 1560 A body is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs at Cumnor Place, the body of Amy Dudley, wife of Robert Dudley, favourite and some say lover of Queen Elizabeth I. Was it accident, suicide or murder? Everyone...

If you've ever wondered if the fairy tales and nursery rhymes you grew up on have any basis in reality, this book holds the answers you seek. Included in this collection are the real-life events that inspired the exploits of "Little Red Riding Hood,"...

#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the fifth installment in the bestselling Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia as well as brothers Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma only to break apart before...

Control the magic--or burn! Seventeen-year-old trick rider Vandy Petruska is no stranger to the paranormal. When he inherits his Romanian mother's tarot magie--a psychic ability that allows him to see into the minds of men and beast--Vandy soon realizes there is a family curse...

Sophie's back in Shorten, fighting to protect her family, her friends, and her remarkable dog.But now Sophie has a price on her head that will destroy the Manor and everyone in it.One man's centuries-old secret could have changed their fate, but he's gone, murdered.Can...

Mabel Sinclair never planned to become a pirate.All she wanted was to escape her dull life as a debutante and conquer the world of fashion. One fateful night at a ballroom ends when Mabel's foolish brother is kidnapped and transformed into a toad. To...

Exiled by his uncle even if not in name, Yudhishtira is determined to gain allies, something he cannot do when under the eyes of his uncle's and cousins' spies in Varanavata. Faking his death may seem a bit extreme, but he's sure he has...

Empires rise and fall but the stars remain the same.Renowned French astronomer and expert on Halley's Comet Joseph Nicollet is shown a bizarre map by a Scottish noblewoman who believes it tells the location of the Philosopher's Stone. When the noblewoman is murdered and...

"He was dead-and strangely, I couldn't recall why I should care."When Cl?na Goddan's tutor deems her a master healer, relief washes through her like a flood. Finally, at four-and-twenty, she has the title she needs to escape her grief-stricken life in the Daor highlands...

John, the Long Arm, leads a life as a bounty hunter at the Three Heads. His name has spread far and wide across the north while plenty of gold weighs down his pockets. Just when everything seems to be going well for him, a...

The past and the present blur as Alex dreams of lives and times not her own. With the magically bound Fae still out for blood, the mages need a way to break the spell. Merlin seeks Mjǫllnir, the Iron Hammer forged by the Iron...

"A very entertaining read that carried me right to the end. My Life in Ruins meets The Mummy." -Edward J. Leahy, author of Past GriefDestiny doesn't care if you want it or not.Having made the time jump to her destiny, Shelby Starling finds herself,...

The remnant of the Five Realms has finally found a home in ErRets. However, peace is much harder to secure, and forces from within and without threaten Trevns new rule. The Hadar family and their allies prepare to make one final stand in the...

From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, about the quest to steal the mystical bones of a long-dead saint The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian port city of...

In this lush and lyrical fantasy, Ryan Graudin transports readers to the hidden magical pockets of early 1900s Paris, a place of enchanted salons, fortune tellers who can change your stars, and doorways that can take you to the most unexpected places--and introduces readers...

'This is the original game of thrones' George R.R. MartinFrom the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin's epic work."Accursed Accursed You shall be accursed to the thirteenth generation "The Iron King - Philip the...

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...