Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...