Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

Can an angel also be a monster? Gregorie Babin has existed in a gently lulling darkness for so long he's not even sure he's human anymore. Surrounded by four walls, without light or space in which to move, he has become what he envisions...

It is the mid 1930s. Having discovered Atlantis and long lost technology at the end of the 19th century, Britain waxed into an all powerful superpower dominating the seas and skies with mighty dreadnaughts capable of levelling entire armies.But something evil is abroad seeking...

A thousand years ago, a shadow fell across the world, killing the gods and poisoning the sun.The Cities of Wisdom survive only through submission to the Mazdas, vestigial priests of the ancient pantheon. Venerating the dead gods, and the clergy who keep their memory...

William Elliot Griffis' "Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks" is a delightful collection of traditional Dutch folktales that take readers into a realm of enchantment and wonder. Through compelling anecdotes, Griffis demonstrates his passion to conserving and sharing the rich cultural history of the...

It is 1870, and the immortal magician Celwyn, the automat Professor Xiau Kang, and Bartholomew, a scientist and widower from Sudan, set out on another adventure.The adventurers leave the North Sea aboard Captain Nemo's Nautilus, chasing a pirate ship and Captain Dearing. The pirates...

It is 1870, and the immortal magician Celwyn, the automat Professor Xiau Kang, and Bartholomew, a scientist and widower from Sudan, set out on another adventure.The adventurers leave the North Sea aboard Captain Nemo's Nautilus, chasing a pirate ship and Captain Dearing. The pirates...

An old Scottish storyteller gathers the people of Kinghorn, Scotland to reveal the misunderstood truths of their history. He tells them the story of a Scottish king, Alexander III, whose death heralded an age of uncertainty. They had heard the stories, but the truth...

At last, the haunting sequel to Morgan Llywelyn's phenomenal epic Druids. The Greener Shore unfurls the story of a brave and mystical people who learned to manipulate the forces of nature--in order to control magic. As druids in Celtic Gaul, they had been the...

Author: Diana L. PaxsonISBN-10: 0451460286ISBN-13: 9780451460288Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2005Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 8.94h x 6.10w x 0.82dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 7.2Point Value: 22Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 85588 / Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Blue skies, empty land--and enough wide-open space to hide a horrifying secret. A woman with a past, a mysterious trunk, a town on the edge of nowhere, and an "absorbing, powerful" (BuzzFeed) new vision of the American West, from the award-winning...

The year is 1878, and it all starts with a faint vision fueled by desperation and Madeira wine. Miguel Mirante, a Portuguese farmer, has a wife and four children to feed, but his crops are failing on S縊 Miguel island. He does not read,...

She was bred to be lovely. She turned out lethal. After escaping an evil king bent on reviving an extinct, magical line, Roya promised to dedicate her life to ridding the world of abusive tyrants. But when her mentor, Thorn, flunks her out of...

From the author of TIME'S FICKLE GLASS...Susanne Bruante, the conniving antagonist in TIME'S FICKLE GLASS, is featured front-and-center as the main character that readers will love to hate, in this concluding sequel to Charles J. Schneider's exciting time-travel two-book series. A brilliant neuropsychologist and...

William's Angel (1838) is based on the story of William FitzOsbert, who led a popular uprising by the citizens of London in the spring of 1196, and was executed. S. Henry Berthoud goes on to weave a semi-mythical retelling of this incident, that includes...

A young man leads his people from slavery to freedom, and must lead them home, a home that for a millennium has been called 'Land of the Dragons'. He will have to face off with his captors, rogue tribes, empires and of course dragons....

Author: M. Therese CaseyISBN-10: 1441592679ISBN-13: 9781441592675Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2009Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Author: Harvey Franklin Sr. GreenwellISBN-10: 1441583556ISBN-13: 9781441583550Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/19/2010Pages: 698Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.53d

In the gilded embrace of 17th-century Sweden, amidst the tapestry of rustic life, a tale of untamed yearning and ethereal connection unfolds. Meet Liv, a woman poised at the precipice of her destiny, her heart a canvas painted with the hues of longing and...

Hearthender tells the story of a demented Oracle, who preaches the destruction of Amagiraea at any cost. Of men desperate to protect their homes, as war slowly engulfs the entirety of the known world. Of women who, bereft of worthy idols, become gods to...

What happens when the King becomes so full of rage that he creates a Dark Sorcerer to destroy Airmid and her people? What happens when the Sorcerer grows more powerful than the King? As Airmid is collecting herbs for her medicines, the queen fairy...

Where Sword and Soul ends and before Steamfunk begins, there is the Age of Spring Technology and Clockwork. Imagine an alternate universe where chronomancer Benjamin Banneker crafts a world of automatons, clockwork airships and other marvels; where Nat Turner leads a rebellion, killing hordes...

A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historical fantasy that shines a light on the drowned Black towns of the American South. "Our home began, as all things do, with a wish." Jane...

A masterful gothic chiller, Immortal with a Kiss is a paranormal historical adventure that fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Jane Austen alike are certain to cherish. In a starred review, Booklist called Descent into Dust, Jacqueline Lepore's first novel to feature Victorian...

Growing up on a poor farm in Missouri and learning how to sing opera from her war-scarred father, young Christina Cross has no idea the powerful forces of good and evil, of music and war, will one day pull her into the maelstrom of...

Like other high school juniors, Dante appeared to have it all, good grades, friends, a close family. But there was a darker side. As a biracial black kid living in an affluent Atlanta neighborhood, Dante struggled to find his place in a world fixated...

Robyn o' the Hood, the Greenwood King, is growing older along with his band of Wolfsheads. King John has signed Magna Carta, but England still groans beneath his oppression--and now the French are invading. Robyn is offered a pardon for his entire band if...

She owns his heart . . . The Beast rules his soul. Derek Rudliff was an ordinary man...or so he thought. Spared a brutal death, Derek's reward as the future king is to spend eternity with his beloved mortal wife, but he must kill...

"Beautiful, inventive, ambitious and nuts."--The Times (London)"Our nearest contemporary equivalent to Blake, our sweetest-natured screwed-up visionary."--London Evening StandardAlasdair Gray's unique melding of humor and metafiction at once hearken back to Laurence Sterne and sit beside today's literary mash-ups with equal comfort. Old Men in...

Robin of Locksley, Lord of the Hood, continues his mission to help the people of Sherwood against the oppression of the Sheriff of Nottingham, even though his wife Marian, wounded in body and soul, has left him for the safety of Kirklees Priory. Mourning...

In this classic science fiction novel, Romain S馮騁an, a brilliant scientist whose creativity is intimately linked to his erotic experience, particularly in its visual dimension, is struggling to develop a technology to capture and control the "waves of time," which will allow recurrent images...

Ess Fremont already hated her boarding school before discovering the headmistress was trying to steal her inheritance. With her archeologist grandparents presumed dead in South America's turmoil, and her older brother missing, she struck out for freedom. Guided by her grandparents' maxim to always...

Three magic spies. Two clashing empires. A deadly game few survive.Thrown behind enemy lines in a war-torn world, three reluctant misfits embrace the power of their magic to survive their dangerous mission.Ana fled her evil mother. Ion enlisted to help his family. Corbu needed...

A dazzling gothic tale of Faustian bargains, jealousy, and murder set in a spectacular circus, where star-crossed lovers' destinies are forged at an unexpected price--perfect for readers of V. E. Schwab​'s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. In Victorian London, where traveling sideshows are...

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...

Welcome to Pippington, where motorcars bump down old, city lanes, elegant shoes appear by magic, and an ordinary shoemaker can become a hero. Peter Talbot could use a little magic. Cheap factory-made shoes are putting his shop out of business, his nagging sisters will...

With the knowing eye and fiery voice of an accomplished storyteller, Alice Borchardt takes us back to the amazing world of a re-envisioned Camelot in the continuing Tales of Guinevere. Remarkably strong, magically talented, a match for friend and foe alike, Guinevere has come...

This collection of short stories and poems by Ada Hoffmann traverses extraordinary universes packed with faeries, cyborgs, talking otters, punitive gods, lovestruck sea creatures, fossil hunters, extraterrestrials, and much more. Exploring themes of love and self-existence, community and otherness, and perseverance, Resurrections is a...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare's most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her. "Lady Macbeth doesn't retell Shakespeare so much...

In old Edo, the past was never forgotten. It lived alongside the present in dark corners and in the shadows. In these tales, award-winning author Miyuki Miyabe explores the ghosts of early modern Japan and the spaces of the living world--workplaces, families, and the...

"Sorcha's fingers flew to the fey butterfly tattooed on the back of her neck. Sometimes the butterfly brought her joy; other times, inspiration, but always a sense of hope. And she needed all three in this moment for her heart was breaking to see...

As a proud member of Kavadan's elite guard, Cicur Sakeri's life is centered around upholding honor, loyalty, and the unyielding pursuit of justice. However, the reemergence of the enigmatic Adiel outlaw, Vercus Ambrose, sets Cicur's world teetering on the edge of profound upheaval. Tasked...

An ancient relic, an evil power, a magical priestess. As they collide, the fearless, no-holds-barred battle erupts.Ariela is surprised when she arrives in Carthage in yet another unknown time reality. Her mission is guided by ancient divinity and no-one is expecting her-or so she...

The adventures of the two kinds of witch.Author: Gloria MayaISBN-10: 1665512334ISBN-13: 9781665512336Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/15/2021Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.08d

Fourteen-year-old Maggie Ogden thinks she knows everything there is to know about Grandfather Clement Clarke Moore and his legendary poem, Twas the Night Before Christmas. All this changes Christmas Eve 1854 when Chelsea Manor receives an unexpected visitor - Henry Livingston; a young man...

1821. Thanks to the technique recently discovered by Victor Frankenstein, it is now possible to resurrect the dead. The British Crown put their best man, former Scotland Yard Superintendent Gregory Temple on the trail of criminal mastermind Henri de Belcamp, a.k.a. John Devil, who...

This exciting novel is a brilliant blend of fantasy, myth and history. In AD 60 the Roman Empire occupies Britannia, destroying its ancient culture. Under the leadership of Boudicca, the Iceni rise up against Nero's forces but it is a losing battle. Yet the...

Author: Theodore BrunISBN-10: 1786496151ISBN-13: 9781786496157Publisher: CorvusLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2020Pages: 496Format: Hardcover

Forged in fire. Bound by honor. Haunted by loss. 8th Century Sweden: Erlan Aurvandil, a Viking outlander, has pledged his sword to Sviggar Ivarsson, King of the Sve rs, and sworn enemy of the Danish king Harald Wartooth. But Wartooth, hungry for power, is...

At the great summer fair at the capital, a little less than a year ago, the Gylden Sirklene challenge--Sommerhjem's ancient way for choosing rulers--was called, forcing Regent Cedric Klingflug to step down. The governing of the country was turned over to an interim ruling...

Ireland 1st Century: In the deep, green depths of the Great Wild, a naked girl awakes in a forest clearing.With no belongings - bar a cloak and a bloody knife - and no memory to guide her, she must adapt and survive in an...