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A Crucible of Souls: Book One of the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence

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A Crucible of Souls
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Winner of the 2013 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy! Mitchell Hogan, an imaginative new talent, makes his debut with the acclaimed first installment in the epic Sorcery Ascendant Sequence, A Crucible of Souls, a mesmerizing tale of high fantasy that combines magic, malevolence, and mystery. The authors definitive edition When young Caldan’s parents are brutally slain, the boy is raised by monks who initiate him into the arcane mysteries of sorcery. Growing up plagued by…

The Codex of Her Scars (Sorcerers’ Isle Book 1)

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“Steven Pacey’s (The Blade Itself) narration is superb!” (Audible Reviewer)

Injured in a freak accident, Tey Moonshine is good for only one thing: an apprenticeship as a clan sorcerer.

But under the scrutiny of her new master, she can no longer keep her secret concealed. For years now, guided by a demon that lurks within, Tey has cut magical symbols into her flesh.

As her training begins and her powers awaken, death creeps from the shadows, and Tey draws unwanted attention from across the sea.

Ravine of Blood and Shadow: Soldier, Outlaw, Hero, King: Annals of the Nameless Dwarf, Book 1

Ravine of Blood and Shadow: Soldier, Outlaw, Hero, King
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Fantasy Faction semifinalist for the SPFBO 2019A babe is born in the shadows of the ravine city, a child who will end the self-imposed exile of the dwarves and usher in a new age of glory.Years later, Ravine Guard Carnac Thayn discovers a break-in at the Scriptorium. A dwarf has been murdered and a book stolen, but the ruling council do nothing.Then, when Carn is called to investigate thuds and crashes from the mines, old…

A Shadow in Summer: Book One of The Long Price Quartet

A Shadow in Summer
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The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is a bastion of peace and culture, a major center of commerce and trade. Its economy depends on the power of the captive spirit, Seedless, an andat bound to the poet-sorcerer Heshai for life. Enter the Galts, a juggernaut of an empire committed to laying waste to all lands with their ferocious army. Saraykeht, though, has always been too strong for the Galts to attack, but now they see an…

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

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‘Comparable to Tolkien at his best’ WASHINGTON POST Instantly recognised as a modern fantasy classic, Stephen Donaldson’s uniquely imaginative and complex THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT, THE UNBELIEVER became a bestselling literary phenomenon that transformed the genre. Lying unconscious after an accident, writer Thomas Covenant awakes in the Land – a strange, beautiful world locked in constant conflict between good and evil. But Covenant, too, has been transformed: weak, angry, and alone in our world, he now holds powers beyond imagining and is greeted as a saviour. Can this man truly become the hero the Land requires?

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Tales of the Greatcoats Vol. 1: Swashbuckling Fantasy Storie

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A disgraced magistrate on the run. A Daring Swashbuckler hunted by an unstoppable assassin. An explorer of the supernatural faced with a corpse that won't stop dancing. Here are eight tales of the Greatcoats, lengendary sword-fighting magistrates brought together by an idealistic young king and disbanded after his execution as a tyrant. Follow along through their swashbuckling adventures, their triumphs and defeats, their darkest hours and their moments of shining redemption as they struggle to…

Eragon: Book One (The Inheritance cycle 1)

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Beautifully written and taut with suspense, "Eragon" is the first installment in an epic fantasy trilogy about a 15-year-old farm boy who discovers his destiny as a Dragon Rider.

House of Blades (The Traveler’s Gate Trilogy Book 1)

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a collection of shorts stories also exist in the same universe here

Simon can only watch, helpless, as his family is killed and his friends captured by enemy Travelers-men and women who can summon mystical powers from otherworldly Territories.

To top it off, another young man from Simon’s village discovers that he’s a savior prophesied to destroy evil and save the realm.Prophecy has nothing to say about Simon. He has no special powers, no magical weapons, and no guarantee that he’ll survive.

But he sets off anyway, alone, to gain the power he needs to oppose the Travelers and topple their ruthless Overlord. It may not be his destiny, but Simon’s determined to rescue his fellow villagers from certain death.Because who cares about prophecy, really?

Of Sea and Shadow (The Elder Empire – Sea Book 1)

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Part of a 6 books serie with a parallel  trilogy “Of Shadow and Sea“

The Guild of Navigators has ruled the Aion Sea for centuries, using their fleet of mystical ships to collect trade for the Aurelian Empire.Now the Emperor is dead.For Calder Marten, Captain of The Testament, the Emperor’s death is not an end, but an opportunity.

He and his crew seek the legendary Heart of Nakothi, an artifact that could raise a second Emperor…and earn Calder a fortune.But they’re not the only ones who want the Heart.The Consultant’s Guild, an ancient order of spies and assassins, will stop at nothing to keep the world in chaos.

They seek to destroy the Heart, and prevent the world from uniting under a single Emperor ever again.On the seas, a man works to restore the dying Empire.In the shadows, a woman seeks to destroy it.Will you explore the seas here with Calder? Or will you walk the shadows with Shera, in the parallel novel “Of Shadow and Sea”?

Of Shadow and Sea (The Elder Empire – Shadow Book 1)

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Part of a 6 books serie with a parallel  trilogy “Of Sea and Shadow”

The Consultant’s Guild has served the Aurelian Empire for over a thousand years, working in the darkness to hunt dissension and eliminate traitors.Now the Emperor is dead.For Shera, an assassin in the employ of the Consultants, the Emperor’s death is the beginning of a nightmare.

Powerful forces hunt the Heart of Nakothi, a cursed artifact that can raise a second Emperor…and corrupt him in the process.But some desire power at any cost.The Guild of Navigators, an infamous collection of swindlers and pirates, has been paid a fortune to secure the Heart.

Their only lord is greed, their only loyalty to gold, and they would sell the Empire’s freedom for the promise of a quick coin.In the shadows, a woman works to set the world free.On the seas, a man seeks to raise a lunatic to lord over mankind.Will you walk the shadows here with Shera? Or will you explore the seas with Calder, in the parallel novel “Of Sea and Shadow”?