Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

An entry in Cabell's fantastic "Poictesme" series.Author: James Branch CabellISBN-10: 1592242820ISBN-13: 9781592242825Publisher: Wildside PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2003Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 8.62h x 5.66w x 0.96d

"Like the sacred bird, I will rise again. We will all rise again, and when we do, I will find you and we will be together." Travel with Vincent and Leena through the history of mankind as they search for one another across time,...

World Fantasy Award Finalist for Best Novel! A fantastical novel based on the story of America's greatest hoax, "the Cardiff Giant"-shows up even the legendary P.T.Barnum! All with a great twist from award-winning and regular F&SF author Harvey Jacobs, called "one of the country's...

"You know nothing. Nothing about Tanzia or its people. You would never have agreed to dog me if you didn't want to see the Black Continent, and only I can show it to you. You have only one option anyhow: follow me, Commander Sharp."...

Enter "The Waiting Room" if you dare! This spine-chilling collection of ghost and horror stories, woven with mystery and suspense, will have you on the edge of your seat. As you step into the Earl of Ranleigh's exclusive club, you'll quickly realise that membership...

The last Bennet daughter remaining at Longbourn, Mary leads a quiet life in Hertfordshire, where gossip about the intriguing new vicar provides the only entertainment. Having developed a taste for novels, Mary lives vicarious adventures through their heroines. But when a mysterious book arrives...

THE BOATS OF THE GLEN CARRIG Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward. As told by...

At the end of World War II, Ranger Will McManis patrols an empty Yellowstone National Park, his mother's recent death on his mind. But among the geysers with his young grandson Chuck, something extraordinary happens that he simply can't explain.Author: M. M. JustusISBN-10: 1492364592ISBN-13:...

"Renegade half-breed samurai Gonji Sabatake has left the survivors of devastated Vedun, certain that his unknown Enemies---with their mysterious agenda, their monsters and their sorcery---are gathering strength for yet another attack on him and his allies. Seeking the aid of misanthropic werewolf Simon Sardonis,...

With her murder well behind her, Penny has a new adventure to contend with: uncontrollable time travel. And she's made a powerful enemy right off the bat. Claudius, the evil, ancient Roman merchant, needs to get Penny and her abilities as a seer out...

Edin is a mage, an abomination: his very life is a crime against the gods!The childlike dreams of adventure are long gone. They've turned to a nightmare, one he cannot wake from. He's alone now, his friends, his family are all dead while all...

Demons don't die. They must be killed.Zita finds her grandfather dazed, battered, confused, trapped in his garden shed. His forehead bears self-inflicted scratches.According to him, he needed to open his third eye, tear the skin away from it, so that he could see the...

ULLSAARD HAS CONQUERED THE KNOWN WORLD. All have fallen before his armies. Now it's time to take the long journey home, back to the revered heart of the great Empire he had helped create for his distant masters. But when he returns to the...

Born under an omen of great mana, Puna's childhood was plagued with strange dreams and visions. Soon after her secret was discovered, a powerful enemy struck her with a crippling mental disability. To save herself, Puna committed murder. Now on the run, she finds...

Magical contemporary fantasy meets fantastical memoir in the new novel from a cult favourite, Jeff Noon. The Dust tells the story... 1968, Lancashire: It is Joe Sutter's last summer before going to secondary school. His world is like ours but beyond and beside what...

Halden Mile, based in North Florida, is a versatile artist whose talents span amateur acting, writing, YouTube blogging, ASMR, security work, and cosplay. With a captivating on-screen presence, sharp storytelling skills, and engaging online content, Halden embodies creative range and dedication. Whether bringing characters...

Carriages, corsets, candlelight...and a rake with fangs. Welcome to the seductive, perilous world of Regency London's undead elite.London, 1804. Viscount Voss Dewhurst has spent centuries savoring every sinful pleasure Society can offer. As one of the Dracule-a secret brotherhood bound to Lucifer-he lives by...

Mtumé grows up in a small village in Eastern Senegambia in the early 1800s, learning to become the village shaman from his mother. Those dreams are dashed when Portuguese slavers invade the camp, killing over half of the villagers and securing the rest for...

A hidden botanical manuscript sparks a centuries-long battle between profit and preservation, leaving a trail of murder, madness and encounters with the supernatural.In the midst of war and cultural upheaval, Marguerite, a half-French, half-Native American woman, and her British lieutenant lover create a botanical...

Queenswood is a lush, lyrical historical fantasy debut that transports readers to twelfth century Ireland.In twelfth-century Ireland, girls go missing--fleeing arranged marriages, carried off by outlaws, abducted by faeries. Rhiannon, treasured daughter of nobility, believes herself secure, shielded by her parents' stone manor and...

Nobility doesn't marry for love. That means she needs to get creative.They call her the Gladiator Queen. Leyli might be the first female heir to the throne, but she never wanted this - yet her cousin's scheming leaves no other option. Now, she'll do...

A HEAVEN TURNED INTO A HELL The Greater Gods have migrated humans to the immortal lands ruled by the tyrannical Asura King Hiranyakshipu.PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPLE Wishing to return his people to their mortal home, the Water Buffalo God Isha binds himself in servitude...

One, two, three. Three tears. Three girls. Three wishes. Three debts left to be paid.Sélie Bell is perfectly content. Both of her sisters are back home; Corliss is getting married, and Aven is becoming more like herself every day. Plus, Sélie gets to spend...

A lost journal. A legendary queen. A war that never truly ended.The discovery of the ArdRighian Tara Prima's journal could change the fate of Eirlandia. The warrior-scholar Maeve, tasked with retrieving this ancient text, soon realizes its contents hold the key to ending a...

In the final days of the war, Sergeant Kapp Johnson is being held prisoner in the dungeon of a medieval castle in the Black Forest. While he and another soldier from his all-black battalion await ceremonial execution, an even more sinister struggle between life...

A hidden traitor. Two deadly artifacts. After many travails, Caina has reached the ancient city of Iramis, where the power and wisdom of the loremasters will protect the necromantic Sword and Dagger of the Iron King. But a traitor lurks within the mighty walls...

WHAT IF LOVE TURNED YOU INTO A MONSTER? Forget petticoats and demure female behavior. Melusine Doré prefers armored corsets and knives and slays evil creatures for a living. The grim and gruesome don't frighten her; she'll take on a cyclops or a dragon and...

Proserpine is a verse drama written for children by the English Romantic writers Mary Shelley and her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley. Mary wrote the blank verse drama and Percy contributed two lyric poems. Composed in 1820 while the Shelleys were living in Italy, it...

In the story, a student arrives in a small town looking for a quiet place to stay while preparing for his examination. Making light of the local superstitions, he moves into an old mansion where a notorious hanging judge once lived. He is comfortably...

On hallowed ground... With over three thousand burials and memorials, including seventeen monarchs, life for the ghostly community of Westminster Abbey was never going to be a quiet one. Add in some fiery Tudor tempers, and several centuries-old feuds, and things can only go...

How naughty does a demon get in the dark? Date Nights In Rogue stone lets you into their secret world with erotic stories and twist for your own date night fun. Short stories in a three mini book series for adults only.Author: McKayla JadeISBN-13:...

It is 1800 BCE Saraswati Valley civilization is at its peak. River Saraswati flows in the a with speed of a horse, coming down from the great him a want and brings to her dwellers prosperity and fertility. It's a tale of our forefathers,...

In The House on the Cliff, the Hardy Boys face an eerie and dangerous mystery that tests their courage and detective skills to the limit. The story begins when Frank and Joe Hardy, along with their father, Fenton Hardy, a famous private investigator, are...

In The Missing Chums, the Hardy Boys are thrust into a new mystery when two of their close friends suddenly vanish without a trace. The disappearance of Chet Morton and Biff Hooper shocks the town of Bayport, and Frank and Joe Hardy waste no...

The story of a brave soldier who is fired from his unit and rejected by his father after being judged guilty of cowardice in the field on false evidence. He changes his name, and his son subsequently falls in love with the daughter of...

A dark force has awakened in the Highlands.Scotland, 1388. After Fergus Scott of Eildon travels north to investigate reports of a malevolent presence, he encounters the ferocious Alistair Mor.Drawn into battle against enchantment and death, Fergus is aided by the lovely but quick-tempered Seonaid....

Melcorka and Bradan are returning from Cahokia.Their plans change abruptly when a storm sends them hundreds of miles off course. After their encounter with the demon Kanaima, Bradan notices something strange in Melcorka's behavior.After countless days at sea, they find themselves in a strange...

Slip into Celtic prehistory with this romantic, time-travel, thriller.When a feisty archaeological gets trapped in Iron Age Ireland, a Wicca priest/goth magician demands that the Ancient Horned God take him back through time to rescue her. The Horned God can deny the magician nothing...

An Enchanting Victorian FantasyIn a whirlwind of change, Victoria Haversham plans to leave London behind. Dreaming of a life with her newfound family in paradise. Determined to choose her own future.A bit worse for wear but healing, Rob McDuff prepares for upheaval of his...

"S.P. Somtow doesn't write like anyone else" - Dean R. KoontzVirgin. Mother. Goddess. Miriam of Nazareth was all three. S.P. Somtow's deconstructive retelling of the life of the most famous woman in history is set in a richly pagan world, where hellenism coexisted with...

"Unholy fun, and wholly fun . . . an elegant riposte, dazzlingly executed."--Gregory Maguire"Spiced with humor and spot-on period detail."--Library Journal (starred review)Sent to live with her uncle, Katherine imagines a rich and luxurious life. Her dreams evaporate when she discovers her uncle wants...

From beyond time and space they come to walk the earth once more: the Guardians of the Tall Stones, the Lords of the Sun...Deva is the beautiful and headstrong daughter of the High Priest of the greatest of the mighty stone circles. She seeks...

Ankhesenamun has never been safe in all her short life -- not even with her beloved husband and half brother Tutankhamun. Daughter of Pharaoh Akhenaten and the fabled Nefertiti, and married at one time to her father, she is forced to marry Tutankhamun by...

It has been thirteen years since southern war wizards decisively defeated the Union Army and gained independence for the Confederate States of America. In 1876, the United States is a shattered nation. It stands alone, beset by enemies in a world torn apart by...

Freya was thrust through a whirlpool into a world long lost and forgotten because victors write history. It was beyond her comprehension and she struggled to understand just how it all happened. Time slowed down and she observed a single drop gently and slowly...

What would you do if a black skull materialised out of thin air, right in front of your nose? Scream? I did.That skull was Gileada, first of the powerful off-world crystal Skulls of Light. Created in long forgotten times by races of benevolent beings,...

Trace: a country where magic is dying out. A country at war with itself. A country where the prophecies of the Book of the World have started to come true. Bligh: a young foreigner, drawn irresistibly to the war in Trace. A man who...

Villainsac is a small market village situated in Southwest France which was constructed during the 13th century by Count Alphonse de Poitiers. The Count begets an illegitimate son called Charles who was tyrannical and mentally unstable. The Count therefore built a Chateau where he...

The 'strife' is a competition among noble families to win the throne. The contenders are tested with a series of challenging events to see if they are worthy enough to be the king of the country. Only a few people have made it out...

This is a journey of a boy named Kalki who is a great devotee of Lord Vishnu, he was born and bought up in a middle-class Brahmin family. one day he decided to leave his house in search of Lord Vishnu and will not...