Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

In this retelling of ancient Greek myth, Circe seeks a new lover, amphibian Glaucus, after Odysseus's departure from the island of Aeaea-but in a twist of fortune, mortal Skylla complicates her plans, leading to an adventure threaded with friendship, jealousy, revenge, and redemption ....

When Pamela Dodd arrives in the sleepy Chesapeake village of River Glen to hunt for treasure, she unleashes a summer of chaos and murder. The wake from her speeding motor yacht erodes a cliff, causing an abandoned cottage to topple off the edge--and revealing...

Frisland Summer 523ADAn immense ship army under the command of Hygelac, King of Geatland has fallen on the northern provinces of the Frisian Kingdom. Rushing to defend his land the armies of the young inexperienced King Ida are defeated piecemeal as the invaders sweep...

Men go to war, gods scheme, and the choices of a queen will change the course of the world, in this powerful sequel to Ithaca from multi-award-winning author Claire North. On the isle of Ithaca, Queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many...

Find out what Nickolas Nikolayevich finds in Tambov where he was dispatched to find Issak and Eugeniia. Mikhail and Tatiana travel across Russia with Rakhil after learning his brother Peter's body has been found. They pick up Peter's body at Mogilev taking it back...

Fol is a wandering bard who discovers an arcane grove of druids and dryads in Roman Gaul. An evil plot unfolds as the natural priests and nymphs seek out the lost Horned God.Author: R. Scott CambronISBN-10: 1979466351ISBN-13: 9781979466356Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/23/2017Pages:...

In the deep past there was a garden and in it were Dragons who were given the task of guiding human kind but over time the dragons became more like humans and their societies became entangled which blinded the best of dragons. Here in...

A princess seeking to balance duty and her tempestuous heart... A wanderer searching for a purpose... A soldier destined for glory... A doomed civilization. The princess of an exiled kingdom, Gwenwhyfar's marriage was decided at birth. Enter Marcus Duilius, a career soldier with an...

While hedge-witch Mama Grace tends to the needs of the poorer denizens of Bellamdale, respect for her power does not extend to her foster daughter, Sally Founder. Trying to save a cat from local bullies, Sally finds herself in dire straits, until rescued by...

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...

"A fantastically nuanced reading experience...Very highly recommended!" -- Historical Novel Society"Readers who love classic stories retold from the feminist perspective, like Circe by Madeline Miller, will enjoy this entire series." -- BooklistShe is a mother, a queen, a villain. However we remember her, her...

The headsman of Nuremburg, Franz Schmidt put an end to hundreds of convicts, each of whom merited a line in his ledger: "Schober was beheaded by favour; Marti was hanged, and the bleachers made him a pair of very white hose, a doublet and...

Hardcover Exclusive: Four pages from Vec's Sketchbook & artwork of Atticus.From author Abelia Sumpter comes a dark MM fantasy told from the perspective of a playboy villain hell-bent on revenge.I was only twelve years old when the immortals killed my family. When they broke...

Whispers of Love: In the world of Victorian England, where societal expectations loom large, a resilient young woman named Eleanor finds herself swept up in a whirlwind of love, passion, and societal judgment. Through heartfelt kisses in twilight gardens, a romantic proposal, a joyous...

SHIPPING August 1, 2023Penelope Augusta Gertrude Farquhar, a woman struggling with schizophrenia, finds herself lost in the Amazon rainforest after a fateful airplane crash. But she's not alone: her voices, now personified as historical figures such as René Descartes, Ada Lovelace, and Ernest Shackleton,...

For three thousand years a hatred burns. In seventeenth century France two souls incarnate, one born the child of a prosperous merchant, the other, determined to continue an incarnation begun long ago. In ancient Egypt, there were two brothers, disciples of the pharaoh, Akhenaten....

ABOVEVictorian London is 'the monster city" -- a place of industry and progress, poverty and disease, with veins of iron threading through its flesh.BELOWThe Onyx Court is dying -- its queen missing, its criminals unchecked, and the very fabric of the Onyx Hall itself...

"I love these stories"Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hugo- and Nebula-award winning author of The FeyELVES WENT INTO THE WEST-TO AMERICA.GENERATIONS LATER, ORCS FOLLOWED.1927 Detroit. Orcs fight Prohibition, avoid police, and labor hard for their children. All while doing their best to navigate the narrow human...

The Jasmine Throne has been hailed as a series opener that will undoubtedly reshape the landscape of epic fantasy for years to come (Booklist, starred). Now, award-winning author Tasha Suri's provocative and powerful Burning Kingdoms trilogy continues with The Oleander Sword.The prophecy of the...

What connects an ancient map carved in a cane, a disgraced descendant of Chinggis Khan, and a secret Chinese society?1257 AD, Kaifeng, China: Dailus, a European bronzecaster taken as a slave by the Mongols, builds mighty siege cannons for the Khan, but discovers there...

Will a foreign land offer the protection she seeks?While Brannagh prospers under her brother's reign, Princess Fiona and her daughter, Clare, are finally enjoying the freedom they have desired. The young widow hopes a tranquil life by the sea will provide healing from past...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The second book in Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. "A triumph! A powerful tale layered in history and myth. I loved every page."--Nora Roberts With her classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced...

S. A. Chakraborty continues the sweeping adventure begun in The City of Brass--"the best adult fantasy I've read since The Name of the Wind" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir)--conjuring a world where djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger...

Angela Graham is a Tome Traveller.She can walk in worlds made of words, and her favourite novel, WildWood, is the perfect escape from memories of the Great War. However, her Uncle Clement insists Travelling is more dangerous than it seems, and as WildWood crumbles...

The Tales of the Otori continue...After the devastating battle of Takahara, the Otori have allied with the Saga clan to defeat the Arai and give their clan any chance of survival. But their fragile alliance is threatened by Lord Saga's descent into paranoia and...

The Roman Empire never fell. The Gods are real. Ships are alive. In the Province of Britannia, ruled by descendants of King Arthur and on the brink of an industrial revolution, young Maia Abella is on the run. Something unseen has murdered her cruel...

It's been almost three years since Gwen, a 21st century librarian, fell back through time to become King Arthur's Queen Guinevere. Arthur's drawn the legendary sword from the stone and beaten his jealous brother. The only thing left to do is prove to his...

Lilith can't remember ever having a roof over her head, warm clothes, or enough food in her belly. So when Lord Graves offers those things in exchange for a simple theft, she happily takes the chance. She soon finds that the situation is far...

A curated collection of magic...and murder.When a set of bound manuscripts written on magician-made paper is brought to the Glass Library, Sylvia and the professor send the owner away. After all, the library collects books about magic, not containing it. But the murder of...

A wanderer. An outcast. A Queen. Against the customs of the land, Kigal is amongst the few still willing to bury the dead. It is a life that has left her wandering, without friend or home, but she spreads her message of justice for...

If you are looking for a traditional retelling of the history of the great fornicating lovers Tristan and Iseult, why, just keep on looking. This book is not for you. But, if you want to see the hidden secrets of this ancient tale clarified...

"You will become a banshee," said the Wise Woman. "Your people need your powers."Shona Campbell, the daughter of a Scottish chief, expected an arranged marriage with a distant cousin, a nice gentleman from the Highlands. No problem...until she is told she will marry a...

A massive collection of wonderous science fiction and fantasy stories from New York Times best-selling Mercedes Lackey. Includes Fiddler Fair and Werehunter for the first time in one volume. A massive collection of wonderous science fiction and fantasy stories from New York Times best...

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood. Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua's College. Isolated and ancient,...

It the year 790 A.D. Thord? and Zivh have reached the pirate slavers town of Aldeigjuborg, Staraya Ladoga in Russia and must make a life for themselves in the terrifying world of the Viking Rus. My Enemy s Head is the second book in...

From New York Times bestselling author Owen King, who "writes with witty verve" (Entertainment Weekly) comes a "richly imagined" (The New York Times) Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers...

A heroine's story of alchemy, love, and battle continues in The Pawns of Isolda, Part 2 of the Herlot of Alonia Medieval Fantasy Series. Herlot and Movo escaped execution in Herlot of Alonia, yet their journey has only begun as they search for a...

Kyle Murchison Booth, archivist at the Parrington Museum, has heard of Thirdhop Scarp. Everyone has. The house has been notorious ever since the night that homeowner J.A. Cathcart murdered his entire family, and was found cupping the heart of his eldest daughter in his...

The headsman of Nuremburg, Franz Schmidt put an end to hundreds of convicts, each of whom merited a line in his ledger: "Schober was beheaded by favour; Marti was hanged, and the bleachers made him a pair of very white hose, a doublet and...

Legend says Guinevere spent her final days in penance in a convent, but that is far from the truth.Having escaped death at the stake, Guinevere longs to live a peaceful life in Brittany with Lancelot, but the threat of Arthur's wrath quickly separates the...

BANDOLEROHell-bent on a spree of murder and mayhem, the infamous Juan Rubio Latorro, El Bandolero, strikes terror into the hearts of the innocent and bathes the west in blood. Unstoppable, he robs and kills with impunity, leaving a trail of broken bodies and destruction...

Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro has been promoted to Japan's elite Narcotics unit--and with this promotion comes a new partner, a new case, and new danger. The underboss of a powerful yakuza crime syndicate has put a price on her head, and he'll lift the...

India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether,...

In the spring of 1955, new-minted vampire Diana Chilton rejoins civilization after the Fae boot her out of her self-pity, and meets an old friend, Jack Garrett, who recognizes her as a vampire. Jack proposes that he and Diana start a secret magical group...

Return of the Richmond Vampire tells a cryptic tale of the Church Hill Tunnel collapse and the urban legend that it spawned. In October of 1925, one of the most catastrophic railroad disasters in history occurred in Richmond, Virginia. In the aftermath of the...

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,...

In the depths of night, customs officers board a galley in a harbor and overpower its guards. In the hold they find oil and silver, and a naked boy chained to the bulkhead. Stunningly beautiful but half-starved, the boy has no name. The officers...

Long before George MacDonald and William Morris, Charles de Fieux, Chevalier de Mouhy (1701-1784), a one-time friend of Voltaire, prolific author of popular and mildly scandalous potboilers (including the first sensational novel about the Man in the Iron Mask) and polemicist, penned one of...

The Tiber Bridge tells the story of Ancus Marcius, Romes fourth king, a man of power and ability haunted by the ghosts of his past, and of Vel Prasanai, a cast-out Etruscan who becomes his bridge builder. Conflict between gods and mortals intensifies over...

The body slave of a violent and perverse aristocrat, Apollonius dreams of murdering the Roman senator who engineered the fall of his wealthy family. When he is befriended by a mysterious physician from Thessaly, a man reputed to be a magician, Apollonius finally gets...