Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

Caroline Hartley has a magic key. It has allowed she and her brother Martin to secretly step through an attic door and time-travel back to 1912, at a castle where they are staying with their father in Central Europe. One evening, whilst in 1912,...

Caroline Hartley has a magic key. It has allowed she and her brother Martin to secretly step through an attic door and time-travel back to 1912, at a castle they have been staying at in Central Europe. In the present, their father Chris has...

Travels with Ernie is a story about a newly retired newspaper reporter, Robert Samuels, who is involved in a violent car crash. Regaining consciousness, he finds himself in a strange room with peculiar properties. It is able to read his thoughts, as does the...

As Europe enters a new century of unprecedented prosperity, many beliefs compete to shape the coming years. Pacifism, nationalism, socialism, and other ideas offer a vision of new utopias while older institutions and beliefs struggle to maintain order and relevance.Four young Parisians are caught...

Tristan Pen Dragon is in the magic wilderness to explore the place we know of today as the Okefenokee Swamp. Daughters of the sun, elves, shadow stick people, gnomes, pick wicks, albino and grey nan-o-push, and magic humans add to deception, betrayal, loss, love...

Fantasies exploring 'what if?' What if an assassination plot had succeeded? What if a certain person had not gone into politics? How might the world have changed? Would it have changed at all?Author: Gordon LangISBN-10: 1530183669ISBN-13: 9781530183661Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2016Pages: 292Format:...

"The Misfortunes of Elphin" is a 1829 novella by English novelist and poet Thomas Love Peacock. The fifth serious fictional work that he completed, it is set in England at the time of the legendary King Arthur and contains many elements of Welsh legend,...

A unique perspective on history and time, SkyView draws readers into a seven-hundred-year struggle between good and evil. Eight family lines are on a quest to discover and control the family's centuries-old accumulation of wealth. William Ward, the twenty-first century heir to this wealth,...

The Sword-Princess is called to save the Kingdom, nay, save the world from the menace of the Mamluk Empire. The desperate Queen Olympias and her people have suffered long from the Mamluk predations and now they are ready to strike back, if only they...

SKETCH EDITION with Black and White illustrations. Flesch-Kincaid Reading Grade Level is 4.9 suitable for 10 to adult. This edition is the full length 33,000 word edition. An abbreviated edition for 8 to 12 is available with 7500 words. Another edition for 8 to...

What if you woke up in someone else's life?All Gabrielle wanted was to sell the last remaining piece of her father so she could pay the bills. But When her mom moves them to the small town of Envisage, Gabrielle finds herself drawn to...

Each morning, Ed woke with a heavy heart, the weight of despair pressing in. Before the feelings could fade, he seized his notepad-his only weapon against the darkness. Writing wasn't just an outlet; it was defiance, a battle against the melancholy that shadowed his...

A FINALIST for the JukePop/Black Hills Press Summer Writing ProjectHarry Houdini has a hidden talent unlike any other-and it isn't magic. The world's most famous illusionist has escaped death countless times because of his supernatural ability to see potential outcomes. But his secret ability...

Lord Dalyn Tilden is captured and forced to become a pirate. Having lost everything worth living for, he discovers the seafaring life suits him. The young pirate is content until he learns his shipmates are planning to raid the Fayre Sea Guardians and plunder...

Vengeance was the only burial gift he could bestow.When Angli cattle thieves slaughter his wife and son, Dwras son of Gwyn vows revenge upon their murderers. But how can a mere farmer prevail against ruthless, trained warriors? For the answer Dwras must look not...

When one thinks of the story of Camelot, the immediate thoughts are those of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot and all of the Knights of the Round Table. One barely considers the many trials of the champions of Camelot, hardly wondering how the...

Set against the backdrop of myth and legend, history is rewritten by those who did not get to tell their side of the story. Guy of Gisbourne, said to be a notorious villain hounding the good people of Nottingham and Morgaine Avalon, future Duchess...

A young Achaean prince (from northern ancient Greece) is captured in a raid. His younger brother Orfeo, and a group of warriors are sent on a mission to look for him. Telemon, a legendary warrior, and Zurga, an elderly wanderer, are soon joined by...

In the 1800s, a family of ex-slaves and their children settle on the banks of Cane Creek in Arkansas. The family follows the Yoodoo religion, a Christian group that is guided by the Holy Bible but views women, not men, as natural rulers. Yoodoo...

A humorous Sherlock Holmes pastiche placing the familiar figures of detective fiction within an imaginative and unconventional setting. In The Pursuit of the House-Boat, John Kendrick Bangs incorporates Holmes and Dr. Watson into his broader cycle of satirical tales, where literary and historical figures...

A late nineteenth-century maritime novel combining elements of adventure, mystery, and seafaring narrative within the traditions of nautical fiction. The Ghost Ship: A Mystery of the Sea presents a tale set against the uncertainties and dangers of life at sea, where rumour, superstition, and...

Dark skies loom over the continent of Ersellis. The ambitious Artem Harroll and the dutiful Seralynd Westerberg are on the verge of forging an alliance between their kingdoms. Together they will shatter the balance of power in Ersellis and drag the continent to the...

A Certain Hour (1922) is a collection of stories by James Branch Cabell. Recreating the lives of some of history's most celebrated poets, A Certain Hour is a relative outlier among Cabell's body of work, and is included in a series of novels, essays,...

What begins as a simple mission to win a dowry for a bride spirals into political and social unrest as a famed hunter, Allan Quatermain, witnesses a nation slip into a civil war. Known for his outdoorsman skills, Quatermain's friend, Saduko, approaches him to...

The Jolly Roger: A Story of Sea Heroes and Pirates (1891) is a novel by Hume Nisbet. Published at the beginning of his career as a leading ghost story writer of the Victorian era, The Jolly Roger: A Story of Sea Heroes and Pirates...

Now contains all three of the Londum Christmas books: A Londum Yuletide, Quantum of Solstice and Winter Shorts. From an alternate Victorian England called Albion, a collection of spooky stories set during the Yuletide season: Pub Talk Trial by Gravity Unfinished Business The Last...

Deep beneath the temple, young Tarith uncovers a discovery that changes everything-one that draws her into a journey of danger, knowledge, and awakening power. The Dreaming God is stirring, and Tarith alone holds the fragile balance that keeps the world from tipping into chaos.Her...

An immortal woman battles the mysterious with skills taught to her by a god. A lone woman is sent to Japan during the Nara period to defend the country from what lurks in the shadows. In a world of men and monsters, how does...

Ready to escape the bustling city life in Sacramento, California, Dr. Bob Bannard travels with his family to view some acreage for sale, over the Sierra Nevadas on the east side of Lake Tahoe. Wandering about to amuse themselves while their parents talk with...

A family moves from the hustle and bustle of a big city to a small seaside town. Justin was not happy with the move. He finds friends and learns of an unbelievable mystery of this new town that he never expected. Justin learns to...

The Koradjies, or clever medicine men as white men call them, are important and powerful men in Australian Aboriginal culture and communities. And in 1818, Tunggaree is the greatest Koradji of his time. Tarrapaldi is Tunggaree's daughter. She was sent to find and bring...

Of Gods, Kings and Heroes is a detailed telling of the links between history and family, written with affection and insight. This book explores the triumphs and truths of Greek Cypriot history whilst relating the contemporary story of Christopher whose experience on visiting the...

When the parents of a Norse family are killed by Viking raiders the four surviving children are forced to flee for their lives. They then embark upon an incredible journey in search of the Weavers of Time - the fabled Norns - who alone...

Author: Janet L. FreemanISBN-10: 1499048203ISBN-13: 9781499048209Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2014Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Ashton Gament was born into slavery but those bonds were broken the night her sire made her into a vampire. But even vampires have laws to follow and she along with all vampires are ruled by a secretive group known as the Council. They...

Orphaned as a child, Irisi became a mercenary to survive. Captured by the Egyptian army and made the spoils of war, she finds herself forced to fight in the ring for entertainment. In a desperate attempt to regain her freedom she throws herself on...

Murder, mystery, and magic in a land reminiscent of Ancient Egypt. "You'll be trained as feminators, to fight death bouts for the priesthood's entertainment. You will never leave these iron-impregnated walls. Welcome to the Ferrasium." For centuries, guided by the Destiny's Oracle, the Bera-Bera...

Author: Yvette Brooks TylerISBN-10: 149315611XISBN-13: 9781493156115Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/14/2014Pages: 58Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d

This story, the fifth in the Back to .... Series, takes us with Philippe, the blind French boy, and his sister, Sophie, back to early 19th century France. They are spun there by the magic carousel and their great horses lead them to meet...

Each book blends history with adventure and a little bit of magic. They tell of 2 young brothers (Max and Archie) who have an understanding of history and great hunger for learning new things and solving problems, the magical adventures introduce them to all...

Each book blends history with adventure and a little bit of magic. They tell of 2 young brothers (Max and Archie) who have an understanding of history and great hunger for learning new things and solving problems, the magical adventures introduce them to all...

Join Billy Brighteyes, a modern Sioux native-American boy, on an astonishing adventure as he is whirled back on a magic merry-go-round to South Dakota in 1876. There he has a crash course in Sioux culture, getting his own spirit symbol and being blooded before...

Clint has everything money can buy: expensive cars, beautiful women, and a villa in Cannes. It was the life he had always dreamed of living. Clints life was suddenly thrown into turmoil so he attempts to find solace by traveling to Wales to visit...

It is 1988-the height of the Cold War. At Randolph Air Force Base in Texas, David Balzen is a straightforward, decisive, and ethical security police sergeant. But when he finds himself the solo hostage negotiator at a top secret research hangar, Balzen soon learns...

Liberian President Roberts is seen as too non-aligned, and he appears to be drawing his nation away from its traditional United States sphere of influence-a dangerous strategy in the 1970s during the Cold War. Maxwell Forkpa and Samuel Dahn, two young and dashing military...

There is a lot of talk in the United States today about energy independence, specifically the desire for America to get out of the Middle East and to stop relying on its oil. But it takes courage. In NOIS E, author Charlie Pedersen takes...

"A well-written and addictive first novel." -Blue Ink Review "Beware of the full moon. This one is for all the werewolf lovers!" -Top Book Reviewers "A well-developed, tightly plotted fantasy; readers will want installments two and three." -Kirkus Reviews In the mid-fifteenth century, the...

Alexei inherits his grandfather's magical wolf-pelt and thereby assumes the position of village "metsatöll" (Werewolf) in rural late 1880s Estonia to protect the area by fighting the terrible storms in the sky that could devestate the farms and fields. But he breaks the terms...

In the wild north, secluded from city populations, the small mining town of Coalmont harbored secrets of vile origins. During the early 1900's, the land was cursed. A mysterious traveler bridged a peculiar link to the strange occurrences which ultimately led to the town's...

In ancient days when the island was new, the three elements-Mountain, Sun and Moon-came to threaten Man. One by one, the hero SutaKe challenged these great figures, and with his cunning conquered them. The island now is ruled by Man alone, and SutaKe's legend...