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Series
Wake the dragon novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Thousands of years ago the god Kur created the wreth, beautiful and powerful in magic. Then he commanded them to destroy Ossus, the dragon at the heart of the world, and disappeared telling them that only when the dragon was destroyed would he return. The wreth created a lesser race -- the humans -- as servants, slaves and soldiers. Millennia later the land is fertile again. Humans have survived; the wreth and Osus are tales of a legendary post.......
43) The Raven tower
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Following her run in science fiction, Ann Leckie -- winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, and Locus Awards -- brings her talent to an epic fantasy novel about the hidden forces that guide our fates. Having helped win a war -- at great cost in human lives and to its own power -- the god known as the Raven of Iraden was forced to continue to fulfill its commitment to its followers and slowly regain its strength through the steady flow of prayers...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"This is the age of storm and murder. After the old gods warred and drove themselves to extinction, the cataclysm of their fall shattered the land of Vigrio. Now, power-hungry jarls carve out petty kingdoms, and monsters stalk the shadow-haunted woods and mountains. A world where the bones of the dead gods still hold great power, promising fame and fortune for those brave - or desperate - enough to seek them out. As whispers of war echo over the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Queen Aqreen of Aquila leaves her husband Jarsun and flees across the Red Desert. She is determined to keep her daughter from being used by Jarsun to stake his claim to the Burning Throne of Hastinaga, seat of the all-powerful Burnt Empire. But Jarsun is vengeful and can summon legions of demoniac forces at will. The Red Desert is vast, and the journey dangerous.
Author
Series
Dragonships of Vindras volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
400 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
47) Dead country
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down monsters, averted wars, and saved a city, twice. She thought she'd left her dusty little hometown forever. But that was before her father died. As she makes her way home to bury him, she finds a girl, as powerful and vulnerable and lost as she once was. Saving her from raiders twisted by the God Wars, Tara changes the course of the world.
Author
Series
Age of the seventh sun volume 3
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
To the Chicome people, an eclipse is a time of terror. When darkness falls, the barrier separating the heavens and the earth becomes unstable. Then come the ravening Tzitzimime--the star demons who thirst for human blood. Mayana and Ahkin know the full extent of the coming danger, but they must gather support or the Chicome Empire is doomed. As the eclipse nears, many maneuver for power in this deadly game of worlds ending. Metzi, Ahkin's treacherous...
Author
Series
Warring gods volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Reina arrives at Aguila Manor, her heart stolen from her chest, she's on the verge of death--until her estranged grandmother, a dark sorceress in the Don's employ, intervenes. Indebted to a woman she never knew, and smitten with the upper-caste daughter of the house, Celeste, Reina will do anything to earn--and keep--the family's favor. Even the bidding of the ancient god who speaks to her from the Manor's foundations. To save the woman she...
Author
Series
Spirit fire volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Fool's gold volume 3
Publisher
DAW
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
xii, 576 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Lex Trent volume 1
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
53) Godkiller
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless gods in the world--but after a great war, the new king outlawed them and now pays "godkillers" to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows. As a child, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Having narrowly saved the metropolis of Tevanne from destruction, Sancia Grado and her allies have turned to their next task: sowing the seeds of a full-on magical-industrial revolution. If they succeed, the secrets behind scriving--the art of imbuing everyday objects with sentience--will be accessible to all of Tevanne's citizens, much to the displeasure of the robber-barons who've hoarded this knowledge for themselves. But one of Sancia's enemies...
55) Inkmistress
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Asra is a demigod with a dangerous gift: the ability to dictate the future by writing with her blood. To keep her power secret, she leads a quiet life as a healer on a remote mountain, content to help the people in her care and spend time with Ina, the mortal girl she loves. When bandits threaten Ina's village, Asra uses her blood magic to try and help but her spell goes horribly wrong. Ina takes a savage dragon as her manifest, and swears revenge...
56) For the throne
Author
Series
Wilderwood novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Red and the Wolf have finally contained the threat of the Old Kings but at a steep cost. Red's beloved sister Neve, the First Daughter is lost in the Shadowlands, an inverted kingdom where the vicious gods of legend have been trapped for centuries and the Old Kings have slowly been gaining control. But Neve has an ally--though it's one she'd rather never have to speak to again--the rogue king Solmir. Solmir wants to bring an end to the Shadowlands...
57) The God engines
Author
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Devoted to the Bishopry Militant and to his crew, ship captain Ean Tephe is given a secret mission to a hidden land.
58) Black goat blues
Author
Series
Mythos war volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Red Right Hand, Charlie Tristan Moore was thrust into a nightmarish world of lurking Lovecraftian horrors when The Man In Black, a diabolical Elder God, chose her as his unwilling Acolyte. Discovering her own power, Charlie ultimately defied The Man In Black, but at a cost. Now armed with a magic coat made from the skin of a flayed angel, Charlie is out to destroy The Man In Black and save her boyfriend Daniel--and she doesn't care how many bloodthirsty...
59) Beguiled
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Since her father's death Ella's livelihood depends on her loom. In order to buy her supplies she goes into debt. Then her loom breaks, and Ella turns to the old washerwoman spirit called the Bean-Nighe who will grant any one wish-- for a price. Her loom is fixed, and now Ella is creating beautiful pieces she could have never imagined before. All she has to do is feed the loom a drop of blood each time she weaves. At the home of a rich client she...
Author
Series
Ramayana volume 1
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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