Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

Dream of the Dragon Pool - A Daoist Quest is a novel-length tale woven around the historical fact of the death-sentence exile of China's greatest poet, Li Bo (701-762 A.D.). This is a wuxia adventure story of magic, myth, and occult powers written as...

When a corrupt chief dies, the ancestors refuse to welcome him into their ranks. Instead, they send him back to try it again. With his short temper and confused memories, he faces a hard road to redemption. But he gets some help from spirits...

Obsessed with the acquiring the Holy Grail for the Lasombra clan, the vampire Montrovant sets out on a quest that leads him through the establishment of the Knights Templar, the lair of an ancient Egyptian evil, and the deserts of the Holy Land. Dark...

The end of the world approaches. The people don't believe. They don't even remember. Yazid Valerion is alone with the truth, but his warnings fall on deaf ears. His people are far more concerned about the wars of today and tomorrow than those of...

London, 1812. Sophia Westlake is an Extraordinary Seer, gifted with the ability to See past, present and future in Dreams and Visions. When she accuses a prominent politician, Lord Endicott, of embezzling from the Army, her Dream is "proved" false and she is disgraced,...

April 1294. With David returned from Ireland and Anna from Avalon, the time has come to confront the traitors who sought to assassinate David and take his throne. But before that can happen, David is tested yet again by his inability to account for...

March 1294. Ireland is at a crossroads. The different factions--Irish, Danish, and English--are tearing the country apart with their constant warfare. Hoping to hammer out a treaty, David calls the Irish Parliament into session. Unfortunately, some lords are far more interested in fighting than...

November 1288. Bereft of a king or rightful heir, England hurtles towards civil war for the second time in a generation. When David, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Lili, travel to London to attend the wedding of William de Bohun and Princess Joan,...

Three years have passed since the events chronicled in Prince of Time ... Anna has made a place for herself in thirteenth century Wales as a wife, mother, and healer. David has taken more of the kingdom's rule on his shoulders, even as his...

Open a door to the world of the After Cilmeri series With chapters on historical context, the Welsh language, characters, places in the books, and the writing process, and including hundreds of photographs, maps, timelines, and family trees, this guide highlights the characters, places,...

Nominated for the 2019 Bram Stoker Award in First Novel" category.Jacqueline is a young Creole slave in antebellum New Orleans. An unusual stranger who has haunted her dreams since childhood comes to stay as a guest in her master's house. Soon after his arrival,...

When an Irish knight dies mysteriously at a banquet she is hosting' Queen Guenivere is charged with murder and faces death at the stake if found guilty. Her loyal page' Gildas' rushes to the woods to track down Merlin and convince him to take...

In this, the second book of The Swan Knights Trilogy, Verena, a teenage girl from suburban America, finds herself entwined in an ancient enterprise to protect the Holy Grail. She becomes the latest in a long line of Swan Knights -- the descendants of...

Verena, an American teenage girl, develops an obsession with Germany and with King Ludwig II of Bavaria, a German king who died mysteriously in 1886. Verena's pursuit of her obsession leads her to the discovery of a manuscript written by King Ludwig. It reveals...

From the author of Black Iron Mercy comes the extraordinary journey of a young man searching for identity and purpose against the backdrop of the American Civil War. EZ Webster of the 14th Indiana Regiment isn't himself today. He wasn't himself yesterday, either. In...

African history as you've never read it before.A warrior queen.A capricious god.A kingdom hanging in the balance.As foreign invaders close in on her kingdom, Amina must prove herself worthy of the crown. She is the only thing standing between her people and their downfall....

Charlie thought building a spaceship had been tough, so being king should be a piece of cake. Unfortunately, it was like a cake made of cement. Hard to chew, and just might kill him.It was good being king, or so Charlie had believed. After...

Absolute obedience, servitude, neutrality. These were the laws that once governed Bartholomew, an immortal soulcatcher, until one ill-fated night when he was forced to make a choice: rebel against his masters or reveal an ancient, dangerous secret. He choose defiance.Imprisoned for centuries as punishment...

Weak of leg and strong of arm, Osric is a man who from an early age is forced to face the world alone. A dwarf, standing barely four feet tall, his childhood in an church-run orphanage leaves deep emotional scars that never fully heal....

Joining the King's Guard is something every kid growing up in the Midlands dreams about. Onin never dared imagine such a life for himself, even after distinguishing himself in battle. When offered a rare opportunity to train within the Heights, he must balance honor,...

Dragon Airways - One way or another, you're going to fly. Emmet is a boy with special needs and unusual talents. His ability to sense magic makes him valuable to both sides of the war. Fleeing those sent to capture him, he and his...

Joining the King's Guard is something every kid growing up in the Midlands dreams about. Onin never dared imagine such a life for himself, even after distinguishing himself in battle. When offered a rare opportunity to train within the Heights, he must balance honor,...

This is the first in a new series of historical fiction that is somewhere between "Treasure Island" and "Black Sails" that will be cross marketed by the tabletop game "Blood and Plunder" Eamon Maguire has captined the pirate brigantine Bonnie Kate through the Caribbean...

It is 1806; a powerful and criminal secret society has almost complete control over many of the elected officials, international finance, and commerce in the young nation. Its leaders arrange for a dissident to be brutally murdered and left floating in the Potomac River...

It's 1855, but not as we know it. The schism between the One True French Catholic Church and the heretical Italian Catholic Church has stoked three centuries of conflict, imploding the dream of European ascendancy. Thousands flee the Spanish Inquisition for havens in Germany,...

Growing up during the centuries-long conflict between the empires of Egypt and Hatti, the young princess Istara is taken hostage by the King of Hatti to secure the loyalty of her father, the King of Kadesh to the empire. Soon her new life in...

"We are like secret friends..."Dragged from New York to Texas by her newly-divorced father, Scarlet Beldon braces for a lonely summer in a Victorian house that allows only the faintest of wifi signals. A stack of letters dated 1910 introduces her to the house's...

Having escaped being burnt at the stake, the reluctant sorcerer Fursey is back in this sequel, trying to make a quiet life for himself as a grocer in the realm of King Ethelwulf. But when his old enemies seize his wife, Fursey resolves to...

Demons Vampires Time Travelers A Giant Chicken?The creators of Twelve Hours Later and Thirty Days Later are back for another time-turning read with adventure in the offing, steam in the air, and tongue occasionally in cheek. Join us for fantastical stories from fifteen authors,...

Hang on to the edge of your seat with this exciting anthology of Steampunk flash fiction, featuring pairs of stories thirty days apart. Filled with rayguns and corsets, ghosts and gamblers, dragons and airships, Thirty Days Later features stories of intrigue and deceit, of...

Aria has left home with one goal. Find the weapon used to defeat the horde of the black knight and save the what remains of the kingdom. But things are not going a planned. She dressed as a man. Savior of the young prince...

On the cusp of receiving his spurs and becoming a knight, Prince Shane, the heir apparent, learns he isn't who he was raised to be. He embarks on journey to discover the truth and retain the crown. But when his search digs up an...

Award-winning author Juliet Marillier's "lavishly detailed" (Publishers Weekly) Blackthorn & Grim series continues as a mysterious creature holds an enchanted and imperiled ancient Ireland in thrall. Disillusioned healer Blackthorn and her companion, Grim, have settled in Dalriada to wait out the seven years of...

Beautiful Sorcha is the courageous young woman who risked all to save her family from a wicked curse and whose love shattered generations of hate and bridged two cultures. It is from her sacrifice that Sorcha's brothers were brought home to their ancestral fortress...

This is the secret history of your world. Since the thunderous dawn of creation, there has been a secret war between what is and what was. The Khaous, survivors from the universe before the Big Bang twisted into a cancerous, eldritch force, seek to...

Moving in time in search of a lost love. A saxophone playing a specific song while reciting an inscription takes the person to a time and place where they have been if only in their mind.Author: Paul H. RobesonISBN-10: 1519442998ISBN-13: 9781519442994Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

Functioning alcoholic Evie McFagan thought her family was safe. She was wrong. Forced to choose between her estranged brother, Richard, and the family she created, Evie embarks on a dangerous journey with an unlikely ally-Nomia, the same aqua-maniac who almost killed her three years...

Laura Beth's seventh and final book of her exciting series tells how the magical and mysterious destiny finally weaves its intricate web to bring families together across time and save its treasured land forever.Author: Laura BethISBN-10: 1517083524ISBN-13: 9781517083526Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/24/2015Pages:...

Robin Fitzhood returns from the Crusade to find England a very different place from when he left. With King Richard being held hostage, Prince John schemes with the Sheriff of Nottingham to claim the throne. Robin quickly runs afoul of the law and takes...

First -time Irish author, Donach DeRoiste uses a seamless blend of action, humor, romance and hard-hitting irreverent dialogue to highlight truths that many are afraid to tell and many more do not want to hear. The book illustrates that our natural inclination to defer...

AT THE CITY OF LONDON, ENGLAND. We, the undersigned, as true believers in the profit, do most solemnly affirm, that all the adventures of our friend Baron Munchausen, in whatever country they may lie, are positive and simple facts. And, as we have been...

The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by Fran輟is Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father, Gargantua, and his son Pantagruel and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant,...

Sax Rohmer had written a mystical play titled Wulfheim in the 1920s. In 1950, he rewrote and expanded the play into the novel you now hold in your hands.Author: Sax RohmerISBN-10: 1515422852ISBN-13: 9781515422853Publisher: Black Curtain PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2018Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w...

After several hundred years of slumber Idunn, the Goddess of youth, awakens unsure of what is happening. The last thing she remembers is being in battle with her mortal fianc , Porsteinn. Now, a strange new clan called the Christian has started to invade...

Past the Last Island The South Pacific Islands, 14,000 years ago - crossroads of cultures from Asia to Australia After their island is ravaged by tidal flooding, some villagers turn to a brutal leader for protection, but others flee by night, taking to the...

Up in the Hills "is too richly humorous, too full of wit, wisdom, gentle irony, salutary satire and the wonder which Spring offers to the welcoming eye to be read only by Dunsany's devotess."--New York Times"No one can imitate Dunsany, and probably everyone who's...

Author: Avram DavidsonISBN-10: 158715143XISBN-13: 9781587151439Publisher: Borgo PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2000Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.04w x 0.53d

Author: Phyllis Ann KarrISBN-10: 1587150123ISBN-13: 9781587150128Publisher: Borgo PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1982Pages: 348Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.12h x 5.74w x 0.86d

Odysseus has been to Hell and back. Deserted by the Gods, and now in bitter conflict with his friend Eperitus, times look bleak. He dreams of returning to his home; to Ithaca. But back on Ithaca things look little better. His son Telemachus and...

Spilled Blood, book #2 of Clay Warrior Stories: In the Capital of the Republic, politics and scandal are normal. When a powerful citizen conspires with outside forces, normal becomes treason. Welcome to the world of 266 B.C.Lance Corporal Alerio Sisera is in transit to...