Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

She spent years following the path reserved for highborn men. When she's thrust back into a subservient role, how will she forge her own destiny?Rome is marching. Cities and temples are falling. On the outskirts of the empire, Princess Andrada convinces her father to...

A heartbroken prince. A secretive guard. A voyage at sea. There are three things Prince Joran thinks he will never get over: the way his mother used him, the way his father ignored him, and the way an assassin murdered his fiancee. Angry at...

Mariah, a bookbinder's daughter, seems doomed to a life of domesticity, betrothed to a man twice her age on the other side of the world. She is on her way to her dreaded wedding, sailing from England to Jamaica, when her ship stumbles upon...

Under the full moon of World War I, a baleful curse threatens to tear apart a witch's found family in a novel by the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Raven Spell.Petra Kurková--a witch who wields magic worth its weight in...

In a realm of ancient enchantment, a life of opulence shatters like fragile glass. Can a young girl shield her brothers from the clutches of a centuries-old curse?Pre-Celtic Ireland. Fae princess Fionnuala knows no greater love that that for her family. But when tragedy...

Now, for the first time, we are bringing to you the weird story of what happened on that fateful day. We are bringing you all the evidence, based on secret testimony. The incidents, the places, the people involved, including Horsey, Mickey and Donald. We...

What if saving the girl could cost you your life?Introducing Casimir "Caz" FitzDuncan, a resident of the medieval kingdom of Aquileia. He makes his living retrieving things when the law will not help.A woman has come to him, seeking his assistance in escaping a...

The heist is on. Molly Sinclair is a pirate and a witch, and if there's a chance at gold, she's going to take it.The isles are a magical world, bordered by ice but never cold. A world where everyone is born human or witch,...

Colors of Atlantis: Book One of the Golden Age Series. DD Adair's sparkling debut, Colors of Atlantis gathers years of research into a rollicking fantasy that is "historically probable", and set in the Golden Age of Atlantis. Step into the intrigue, the crystal technology,...

Steampunk superheros in Victorian-era New York The Society of Paragons is gone--destroyed from within by traitors and enemies. With the death of The Industrialist and the rebirth the Iron-Clad as a monstrous half-human creature known as The Shell, Lord Eschaton now has almost everything...

World War II veteran Edward Bond's recuperation from a disastrous fighter plane crash takes a distinct turn for the weird when he encounters a giant wolf, a red witch, and the undeniable power of the need-fire, a portal to a world of magic and...

All his life, Dr. Peter Northcott has been plagued by disturbing dreams--apocalyptic scenes of angels and demons and visions of fire and blood. Concentrating on his scholarly life in Rome, Peter is approaching his thirty-third birthday when he is accosted by a mysterious priest....

Success as a warrior is one of the few paths to advancement in early medieval Britain and Stefan, a young Saxon peasant, has fought his way up to the rank of captain, serving under an earl who in turn serves the king of Atheldom....

Tilrog, orc lord of the windswept Northern Wastes and the fortress of Baerval, has been eager to find any reason not to return to the cold stones of his keep. Five years ago he lost his beloved wife in childbirth. His young children need...

"Combining history, the occult, human greed, and a touch of feminism, this is a fine addition to the gothic genre." --ALA's Booklist on The Last Heir to Blackwood Library In the midst of the Napoleonic Wars and the rise of the floriography craze in...

A Today.com & Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2024 "For anyone who's ever craved a seat at the Round Table. Utterly enchanting." --Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame "If you love King Arthur as much...

1150: The Whale Road. An epic medieval adventure, set in the Viking world of 12th century Orkney. To change their doom, Skarfr and Hlif must pay the price.Warrior-poet Skarfr embarks on a death-defying pilgrimage with his ruler, Jarl Rognvald, from the wind-whipped shores of...

September 1297. David and his family and friends have come to Carew Castle in Wales to participate in a tournament held in the spirit of King Arthur. Two years have passed since the events in Hidden in Time, and questions remain not only as...

From the million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. 'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time' C. K. MCDONNELL --- 'I'm just stepping outside. I might be some Time.' Is this Luke Parrish sacrificing himself to save others? A ghost...

In the rolling mountains of northwest New Jersey, a powerful magic stone is passed on through millennia, often into the wrong hands, until it ends up in the present day with Cobb: a middle-aged borderline recluse unprepared for the existential upheaval that occurs when...

A "charming, uplifting, and utterly enchanting" (Lana Harper) debut novel about three clairvoyant sisters who face an unexpected twist of Fate at the bottom of their own delicate porcelain cups. Ever since the untimely death of their parents, Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley have...

Whom the gods would recruit, they first tick off . . . Our Hero: The unlikely Paladin, Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer Hradani. He s no knight in shining armor. He s a hradani, a race known for their uncontrollable rages, bloodthirsty tendencies,...

The widowed Mrs. Dorrit lives a marginal existence with her brother, a vicar, and twin daughters in a cottage on the estate of her wealthy cousin, Lord Chuzzlewit, in the West London village of Little Chiswick. As the season dawns and a rakish Earl...

Sir Donnavinne of Tripoli had fought his way through the holy land and lived through some of the most brutal battles of the Second Crusade, but none of that prepared him for the strange place he now found himself. Nothing appeared as it should...

A band of mercenaries fight deadly enemies and solve ancient riddles to plunder the tomb of Egypt's robber pharaoh in this break-neck historical adventure-thriller. 701 BCE. Assyria lays siege to Jerusalem, last stronghold of the Judeans. In an audacious raid, a band of Kushite...

The fate of the mysterious criminal mastermind known as Dr. Cornelius was left uncertain at the end of Gustave Le Rouge's 1913 classic The Mysterious Doctor Cornelius. Now, Brian Gallagher reveals how the diabolical Doctor escaped justice, selling his surgical skills to whomever pays...

When the river Nile doesn't flood like it's supposed to, the gods turn to hippo goddess, Taweret, to help with the problem. Even with Taweret and Sobek's collective magic, they fail to find the problem, until they come across Isis on the side of...

⚓ Faced with dire consequences, two pirates wage war against their rivals and themselves. ⚓Buy the third and fourth books in both The Voyages of Queen Anne's Revenge and The Pirate Priest series' for a discounted price. In The Voyages of Queen Anne's Revenge:...

On a rainy night in Philadelphia's Ninth Street Market, sixteen-year-old Fiora, newly-orphaned by the 1918 influenza epidemic, is dumped at an old man's door. Daughter of the local fortune teller, Fiora arrives with a little money, a lot of attitude, and her mother's formidable...

A Novella of Mystery, Magic, and Marionettes in 19th Century Burma. A traditional Burmese puppetry troupe is more than meets the eye: these puppets hold living spirits.Disaster strikes on the eve of a performance for a royal wedding, when one of their puppets is...

The Famine Cycle comes to its startling conclusion in Book 3, REQUIEM OF SILENCE.Every world has its end. With Famine returned and freed of his restraints, Airene must find a way to stop the daemon god from devouring the world - no matter the...

An American soldier in Vietnam is guided through the war by a supernatural spirit in Robert Goswitz's The Dragon Soldier's Good Fortune. Pvt. Ed Lansky is a fresh recruit in Vietnam, trying to navigate his way through the war-torn region. It will take more...

Author: V. E. SchwabISBN-10: 125034445XISBN-13: 9781250344458Publisher: Tor BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/09/2024Pages: 640Format: Hardcover

LONDON, 1888When her mentor is brutally murdered, Hazel Locke is dragged into the investigation as the newest agent at Her Majesty's Paranormal Investigation Agency. To solve the case, she must summon a demon partner called a Hound, a creature who can track down others...

A grand house at war. A quest for revenge. And this time, there's nowhere to hide.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...

For fans of Nghi Vo, P. Djèlí Clark, and Alix E. Harrow: a new stand-alone set in the world of the critically acclaimed Murder and Magic series during Prohibition. The Improvisers is the tale of Velma, a barnstorming pilot and former magic bootlegger, who...

Amidst the power and peril of Egypt's 20th Dynasty, a haunting mystery unfurls. As Kassaya embarks on a quest to unravel the truth of Nebtu's disappearance, another woman goes missing - and this time, it's someone very dear to her.As Kassaya's search for answers...

The ocean between them isn't the only thing keeping them apart. Thanks to the machinations of the evil pirate and marauder, Uriah Smith, and Azazel's cold-hearted leader, Lord Janus Auberon, an ocean now separates Sela from her beloved Caleb. When the unthinkable occurs, she...

A spark smolders within every fading ember. Awaiting the right moment to reignite. To blaze into an inferno.Eighteen-year-old Sadie's fiery ambitions have faded to embers. Her dreams of escaping the shackles of her conventional life and seeking heroic adventures have been doused by an...

Bruja hunts her, hungry for power. Japh waits for her, trusting in a promise. The Remnant plans for her. And I guide, watching as the storm breaks. Escaping sacrifice, Kerim is tired of running. Her hands ache and her weary body needs rest. She...

Embark on a timeless adventure into the heart of the wild with Rudyard Kipling's classic masterpiece, "The Jungle Book." Set against the lush backdrop of the Indian jungle, this captivating collection of stories weaves a tapestry of enchanting tales that have captivated readers for...

Miss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker has always spoken with spirits as they leave this life on their way to the next, so a visit from a senior nurse asking to unburden herself was business as usual. But when the nurse's confession reveals...

Despite the challenges, Ceres must trust the Divine timing of her quest and have faith that the ancestors will appear when she is truly ready to receive them. While under going this process of radical transformation to receive her Divine inheritance.Author: Luna CharlesISBN-10: 0984888748ISBN-13:...

The half-demon girl who calls herself the Hunter never really considered why she wanted all demons dead, but when she's presented with the one responsible for killing her parents, she loses all rationality, going on the warpath.It started with a crying widow and a...

An Indie Next and LibraryReads "Hall of Fame" Pick! Now in paperback with exclusive new content! A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske's beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light. "Messy people...

After resolving a major source of tension in the Winfiel Kingdom, Col and Myuri have certainly earned their rest. Their respite doesn't last for very long though because a messenger has come looking for the Twilight Cardinal with news about a conference eighty years...

"Wake up, mermaid. Balance has been disrupted, and we must fight. Nature as we know it needs restoration. We need our water back."Lake Superior is home to hundreds of shipwrecks . . . but only one mermaid. "H" doesn't know where she came from....

Before the men of myth and legend, there was Otrera, first Queen of the Amazons.It wasn't until the prince's blood coated Otrera's hands that she realized she'd sentenced herself to death. In her darkest hour, Artemis offers her a second chance at life and...

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...

A determined young woman in 1950s Los Angeles walks a darker city than she ever imagined in a spellbinding novel about the power to make dreams come true--whatever the sacrifice.Los Angeles brims with opportunity in 1959--though not for aspiring fashion designer Cordelia Mai Yin,...