Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

For lovers of A Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings, comes a book that pioneered the fantasy genre. Published in 1894, The Wood Beyond the World is considered one of the first modern fantasy novels, combining a mystical world and supernatural...

History is but a shadow of the truth.In the heart of 1880s Egypt, Louisa Sophia, a daring thief with a shadowed past, crosses paths with Dr. Ben McGehee, an idealistic archaeologist driven by his obsession with lost civilizations. Their goals couldn't be more different,...

Lies, labyrinths . . . and lost souls?Never bargain with the fae. The society of Byren lives by this rule, but it's one herbalist Jessa Caldwell has broken time and again. So far, she's escaped unscathed, but her sister Ainslie-snared in a bargain she...

This is an alternate history story set at the end of the Roman empire. The empire has split into three competing segments.In the west, the Gallic empire, poorer and weaker than the East, has recruited the aviators to patrol the frontier and bring warning...

Welcome to a world where magic and mythology are real. A world where brave men and women fight alongside majestic unicorns. Where massive kaiju struggle for supremacy. Where elite soldiers strive to bring civilization to the savages. Tales of Ruma is a collection of...

Author: Brad HiggensISBN-10: 1469160013ISBN-13: 9781469160016Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2012Pages: 308Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Forced to flee from the media, thanks to an article by Stéphanie claiming an affair between Peridot and the Mayor, Ricia and Nathalie seek refuge among the immigrants from former French colonies. Ricia receives a summons from Sequana, the Celtic goddess that empowers her,...

It's their last chance to save the future.Gwyn and Michelle face their biggest challenge yet. At the turn of the sixteenth century, Spain is poised to launch a worldwide empire. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand have united their lands, but if the succession is...

There is a barrier that exists between the living and the dead. Between memory and thought, yesterday and tomorrow. A line that cannot be stepped over. Four lives, one island. Four lives, tangled and snarled together creating the future. It is 1843 and the...

Arlen's twin sister was stolen by the fey moments after her birth. When he is sent to be an advisor to the king, Arlen's plan to search for his missing sister must be put on hold - until he realises that she might be...

Cabaret of Monsters is a prequel novella to the Creature Court dark fantasy trilogy.Saturnalia in the glamorous city of Aufleur is a time of topsy-turvy revels, of the world turned upside down. The city's theatres produce an annual display of reversals and surprises. Women...

Can Ihon Iraes survive the growing heaviness on his heart? He's already lost so many human loves, he wonders if his kind-the Wolf-Born-are right in their prejudice against the "lesser race." But how can he not love humans? When returning home to Iraes Valley,...

Inspired by an heirloom family desk, Musings from the Magic Desk invites readers into an extraordinary journey spanning mid-19th-century England during the tumultuous Crimean War, the rugged shores of Prince Edward Island, the bustling streets of Boston and the serenity of Martha's Vineyard. At...

Experience the myth and magic of antiquity's most alluring--and provocative--goddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusa's Sisters. Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite surprises an itinerant...

In the world before the Flood, the memory of Eden is fading, and the power of the Nephilim is on the rise. Enoch, a patriarch of Adam's faithful line, receives a divine vision: journey to the legendary Cave of Sorrows and reclaim the lost...

A mission gone wrong and a villain in need of serious therapy await in this heart-rending danmei (Boys' Love) drama--finally available in English! Medical student Song Qingshi has just awakened inside a historical fantasy novel and bestowed a mission: save the protagonist from a...

My sister promised to take me on an unforgettable summer vacation.I didn't realize she meant a trip to the seventeenth century.Izzy St. Germaine is an overachiever with a charmed life - privileged, polished, and perfectly on track. When her adoptive sister, Anne, invites her...

The sea took the girl. Time took her name.After the wars, Hagåtña fell hushed. Tasi - restless and bright - slipped to the reef where a siren waited with a black opal conch. At home, her mother's patience frayed; her grandmother warned that spirits...

There are countless tales woven around the legendary figure of Santa Claus, but amidst them all, one rings true-the story recounted by none other than Santa Claus himself. Spanning thousands of years, it begins with Nicholas, the son of humble merchants, whose journey unfolded...

During King George II's reign, when ancient magic and dark forces collide, a young woman must navigate dangerous alliances, uncover hidden truths to aid her Romani lover, and retrieve a powerful gemstone that holds the key to immortality.Inspired by an actual event in 1749,...

Story of the trail of tears concerning the Cherokee Indians, their Chieftains, Tennessee tribes that escaped, lived with Melungeon people of Tennessee, resident of Northwest Alabama. Former nun that practiced white man medicine as well as the Cherokee poultices, raised triplet young warriors who...

From New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore, the second novel in the Long London Series, a daringly inventive fantasy novel about murder, mayhem, and magic. It's 1958 and Dennis Knuckleyard has decided to leave his adventures in the Great When...

To look at someone and to truly see them were entirely different. Summer 1814: Moody fae Sage Ravenwing is on his way to the country estate of Wyndham and Roger Wrenwhistle - and very confused as to why he was even invited.Still pining after...

True magic is more astonishing than fantasy! Life is timeless. Esta, the beautiful young Maiden of Massilia, stands before the emperor who rules the civilized kingdoms of the world, Hadrian of Rome! At Esta's side is her childhood friend, Naomi, a Jewess and a...

True magic is more astonishing than fantasy! Life is timeless. Esta, the beautiful young Maiden of Massilia, stands before the emperor who rules the civilized kingdoms of the world, Hadrian of Rome! At Esta's side is her childhood friend, Naomi, a Jewess and a...

When a couple has been married for over eleven hundred years, there's very little they haven't encountered. Join Charles and Renee Fox on their romp through history and meet their family, friends, and contemporaries. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise...

From the jungles of Southeast Asia to smoky casinos and the backroads of Alabama, Strange Battlefields is a gripping tale of honor, love, guilt, and survival.Tony Gianni-former soldier, professional gambler, and son of the Bronx-carries the weight of a decades-old promise and the memory...

* New, Beautifully Illustrated Edition * "See what you have wrought, my beautiful enchantress!" Cwen is a captivating tale of adventure, magic, romance, and destiny, set in ancient Germania and Britannia. Born common, the daughter of an Italian glassblower and a Saxon maiden, the...

The saga continues in Book Two-Ora Gad: High Seas and Middle Passage of the Ora Gad historical fiction trilogy. What is the fate of two teenage girls, kidnapped by slave traffickers in Central Africa, after they had been sold from master to master, to...

"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...

Fae, Humans, ShiftersSeparated, but destined to be united once more.Unnamed. Isolated. Abandoned. Called a human, but not treated like one, she foraged on the street for survival. Her town told her she carried a disease that infected everyone near her, and sacrificed her to...

Insurrection is the very first novel set in the Moreauvia universe. This alternate historical fiction gives us the human-like animals of H. G. Wells' classic, The "Island of Dr Moreau" not only exist, but have become common. In the early 1800s these 'animals' are...

It's a novel that can be best described as a fantasy and love story woven around colonial American history and the twenty-first century. The main character, Jim Arnot, is a computer programmer who works for a company in the state of Maine. After running...

"THREE BOOKS. THREE ERAS OF HISTORY. THREE HUNTERS.""History is their Playbook."The words uttered by those who are referred to as Remnants. The ones who hunt the monsters across the darkness and the light. Those who move in the shadows daily to accomplish the mission....

When a change in the tilt of Earth's axis causes climate patterns to shift, Atlantis's experts warn that in a hundred years, their lush land will become a desert. To save their civilization, the king must relocate a million people to the Atlantean colonies....

Lemuel Gulliver, doctor on a merchant ship, is shipwrecked on the island of Lilliput, where everything, beginning by the inhabitants, is large a fifteenth of persons and objects we know. In the second part instead Gulliver visits Brobdingnag, where the ratio is turned upside...

Over three thousand years ago, all of Egypt lies in ruins. The country that had dazzled the world is now completely annihilated, and the Nile runs red with the blood of her people.Nefertiti's spirit walks the land and looks at the utter devastation she...

An epic war between Good and Evil. . . with no neutral ground. REVERSE EDUCATION'S LIES fill every classroom, every court room, every newsroom. As its hatred infects politicians and corrupts kingdoms, the dreadful Miss Redmund even tries to spy on parents, to take...

Man's plans and God's plans seldom match up. Example: man wants to rebuild the original temple on the original site. One problem, something is occupying that location, only the second holiest site in the Muslim faith (Dome of the Rock). By using the fog...

The lives of Jack Mueller and John Rubaker unknowingly intertwine through the juxtaposition of fiction and reality. Both write in journals as a type of therapy -- Jack needs to understand the unwanted changes in his life, and John grapples with his inadequacies and...

It is the school summer holidays of 2001. Holly, 12, and her sister Beth, 9, are in their Brighton beach hut one day when there is a knock at the door. Marjorie, the little girl they meet, is somehow different, strange. But very soon...

Tonya was a child during the Salem witch trials. She was practicing witchcraft with a few girls from the village and her teacher, Mrs. Tysbourne. During a ritual for a girl named Sarah Williams, the group was caught by someone. Everyone ran home to...

The period is the Revolutionary War, and the setting is a mythical land where the Native Americans' quest for independence is underway. In an attempt to take possession of their ancient lands, the Native Americans call upon the ancient spirit. But when a freak...

Mexican Radio And Other Short Stories originated as a single book, a single collection, of short stories. It was divided into two volumes to make it easier (and cheaper) to download. Volume I begins the journey that ranges from western to science fiction, historical...

The metallic chime of gold coins as they dropped one by one into a traitor's hand. The dull click of a pawn set upon a board. War, famine, dynastic marriage. All part of the game the powerful played with lives and blood and pain.To...

In December of 2003, an Air Force C-5 Cargo plane carrying 96 passengers is hit by a surface-to-air missile outside of Balad, Iraq. Three months later, Major David Allan wakes from a coma to learn he was the only survivor of the event. With...

The third and final book in the Thursday's Child Series: ELEANOR Part Two: The world is at war once again. Eleanor, at odds with the conventions of her time, and after one impulsive act lands herself in hot water. Sent to live in Western...

Wotan never quite fit in with the tribe of the Moon people. He was descended from a mixture of his fair haired, light eyed people of the moon, but mixed in with that was the blood of the Nubians from the far south. His...

The Adammites have invaded Mer'edrynn and established themselves in Elvinhaeme and Segantium, led by the influential Mordecai von Adamm. King Kyneweth up at Draecastle has allied with them and intends to extend his own rulership, aided and abetted by von Adamm. Everywhere are signs...

Ilona resigns to live the simple life of a small-town doctor, but her life goes into a tailspin on her birthday. She finds out she was born into a secretive, ancient clan still hidden among us. She starts to develop unusual powers which she...