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Faith Faraday and the Cyber Samurai

Faith Faraday and the Cyber Samurai by Nathan J Pearce

They named her Faith, but she has none, at least not in these AIs they lift up as gods. Disguised as a dominatrix pizza delivery driver, Faith Faraday is infiltrating the Hollow, the research bunker deep inside Mt. Fuji. With her sentient AI Grace in her ear and her skills as a Daemon Hunter trained to detect rogue AI, she's going to capture and interrogate Samu, Japan's powerful sentient AI. Samu promised Japan faster-than-light travel. Faith's twin sister Hope believed him. So did everyone else. Then the colony ship vaporized in a blue flash at launch, killing everyone aboard. Now Faith is going to find out what really happened, and whether Samu is responsible for her sister's death. The explosion didn't just kill Hope, it destroyed her family. Their father took it hard. She lost her twin. He lost his daughter. They both lost Hope. And the one responsible is just upstairs. I’m coming for you, Samu.


Bittersweet Nightshade

Bittersweet Nightshade by Shelley Crowley

Ainsleigh Harper is one of the Gifted. Unlucky enough to manifest strength too immense to control, she spends most of her time drinking and avoiding her fraught relationship with her mother. There’s only so many times she can handle being called a monster. The dream is to escape. To run away and start a new life with her best friend and famous fellow Gifted, Cassidy ā€˜Healer’ Drake. But when Cassidy disappears without a trace, something within Ainsleigh finally snaps. Drunk and bleeding out after a savage wolf attack, Ainsleigh is found by a mysterious stranger and learns that she's not as stranded and alone as she feared. Now Ainsleigh has three questions; Where is Cassidy? Can her secretive saviour really be trusted? And why does whiskey taste so good?


The Name and the Key

The Name and the Key by Kristina Elyse Butke

Some doors are sealed for a reason—and some names should never be spoken aloud. At thirteen, Lily Bellamy finds her mother’s body in the marshes. What haunts her afterward is worse. A corpselike spirit that looks like her mother follows Lily through every reflective surface—mirrors, glass, still water—whispering for Lily to open the door and let her out. Lily has no idea what the door is, how to stop the visions, or whether saving her mother is even possible. The haunting stretches into her young adulthood, eroding her sanity and dragging her closer to a breaking point she can feel but cannot escape. When Lily is eighteen, Andresh Zatavier returns—the boy who once knew her better than anyone, and perhaps still does. Changed by years overseas, Andresh confesses his study of dark magic and forbidden knowledge beyond human limits. He believes he knows the key to Lily’s curse—and how to end death itself. But every secret Andresh carries comes at a cost. As Lily is drawn deeper into a world of dark gates and dangerous names, she must decide how far she is willing to go to save the woman she lost… and whether opening the door will free her mother—or unleash something far worse. Kristina Elyse Butke launches a chilling new dark fantasy series with The Name and the Key, weaving grief, forbidden magic, and aching connection into a story where love tempts fate—and some doors should never be opened.


Menilmonea

Menilmonea by David Catuhe

When the gods sleep, the world begins to die. Menilmonea is a mycomanceress. Gifted with the power to commune with nature and command mushrooms, she has always lived by the strict traditions of her people and their worship of the Mother. But silence has fallen over the village. Tunka, the colossal Turtle Titan and protector of their land, has failed to awaken from his slumber. With their guardian silent, Menilmonea and her friend Aureal must leave everything they know behind. Their mission: cross a perilous land to seek aid from the neighboring Frog Titan. But what begins as a desperate quest for help spirals into a discovery that challenges history itself. The adventure begins when you stop following the rules. As the world teeters on the verge of collapse, Menilmonea must embrace the power she once feared to uncover a truth that could save her people... or shatter their reality forever.


Revenge of the Druid Queen

Revenge of the Druid Queen by Sydney Faith

Every realm in the West offers a fortune for captured druids. Mel is a shipwrecked barmaid with no past or future—until she meets Cormac. During a tavern brawl, she collides with the brash stranger, igniting long-buried druid powers. Suddenly, fragmented memories resurface: a husband who cursed her kingdom, a stolen throne, and a wasteland of dark magic teeming with wraiths and bloodthirsty undead monsters. When bounty hunters witness her forbidden magic, Mel must flee or face execution. Desperate to break the curse before it devours the realm, she reluctantly hires Cormac's crew to protect her on the journey to reclaim her stolen crown, end the curse, and discover what truly happened—all while concealing her druid blood and true identity. Yet traveling with a band of outcast wanderers means dodging both their enemies and those hunting her. With the cursed lands expanding and her past threatening to unravel everything, Mel and Cormac must battle monsters, bounty hunters, and the deadly consequences of their entangled lives. Perfect for fans of action-packed fantasy adventure, epic quests, and heroes with a taste for trouble.


A Mage's Mentor

A Mage's Mentor by Stephen Jarocki

Twenty years after her mother’s mysterious disappearance, Sinccah sets out to find answers in the untamed province of Ucksland. Hoping to bolster her meager magic skills, she seeks out the old mage guarding the caravan. While talking to him, she discovers that the pendant her mother left her might hold a secret. Unfortunately, before she can uncover anything, the caravan is attacked and the pendant is stolen. Determined to get the pendant back at all costs, Sinccah makes an agreement with the local lord, Ucksil, and is sent into a goblin-infested wilderness. If she can find the powerful mage living in southern Ucksland and convince him to help, she’ll be one step closer to learning the truth. As she begins her search, she stumbles upon a member of a despised race of creatures who inexplicably agrees to guide her to the mage. But after decades of hostility between his race and her own, can he truly be trusted? With an uneasy truce lingering between them, the two companions navigate a land where peace is fragile and disdain runs deep. Yet as they struggle together, genuine conversations begin taking place and Sinccah starts to wonder at the truth of what she’s been taught. But even if she can overcome the murderous bandits, are they truly the greatest threat, or does something darker lurk in the shadows? If Sinccah can’t learn who to trust, her very life will be at risk and she’ll never find the answers (or purpose) she’s seeking.


Edenlost: The Borderless City: Book one of the Edenlost saga: a dystopian urban fantasy adventure

Edenlost: The Borderless City: Book one of the Edenlost saga: a dystopian urban fantasy adventure by Alexandra Kathleen Blade

A perfect city. A memory slipping away. A power that cannot be ignored. Leyla wakes up in Edenlost, a city both dazzling and unsettling. She doesn’t remember how she got there and doesn’t know who to trust. Beneath the city’s radiant surface, shadows whisper, secrets grow, and a power she never knew she had begins to stir. The more Leyla seeks answers, the more Edenlost reveals itself as a maze of hidden truths, intense emotions, forced alliances, and revelations that shake everything she thought she knew. Friendships become lifelines, love burns silent but fierce, and supernatural forces call to her—pushing her toward choices she may not be ready to make. Eedenlost: The Borderless City is a dystopian urban fantasy filled with magic, mystery, and emotional depth. A cinematic story that plunges the reader into an adventure with a courageous yet vulnerable heroine, unexpected twists, awakening powers, and bonds destined to change everything. Perfect for readers who crave: • immersive and emotional urban fantasy • mysteries and hidden truths behind a perfect city • strong, relatable female protagonists • supernatural powers and gripping suspense • deep friendships and heart-wrenching romance • a vivid, cinematic reading experience Edenlost is not what it seems. Neither is Leyla. Step into the Borderless City and experience the story to the fullest.


Blackwater

Blackwater by Emily Blakeney

There is much to be done when the kingdom isn't looking. Iona Strider is a ruthless pickpocket cursed with a disobedient shadow. Violent, too. Worse, she can’t remember who cursed her, or why. But she does know one thing: with each passing day, her control of the shadow dwindles. In her relentless pursuit of answers, she winds up stealing from the wrong man: Captain Liam Blackwater of the Wraith. A man who, according to legend, might just turn the Silver Seas red. Blood-bonded together by a dishonest mistake, Iona begrudgingly teams up with the handsome rogue to embark on a bloody, swashbuckling quest in the hopes that she can break the curse of her shadow once and for all. Alas, it’s never that simple. Especially when Liam and Iona can’t keep their hands off each other. But as they carve a path through the realm, disastrous secrets of the kingdom are revealed, and when shocking revelations of her true past come to light, Iona must decide whether she is to become the kingdom’s villain, or something else of her own making.


An Oath Sworn

An Oath Sworn by M.T. Kadisin

M.T. Kadisin's debut novel in the Saga of the Stone King series masterfully blends dark fantasy, political intrigue, and reluctant heroism. Grady, a clanless dwarf, lives an ordinary, lonely, and forgettable life. Until a mysterious Poster changes everything. Drawn into a brutal experiment by the ruthless Keyrdegen Salzum, Grady is molded into the perfect soldier: obedient, unthinking, unbreakable, extraordinary. But, as the truth behind the warlord's plans comes to light, Grady must fight to reclaim his will-and his identity. An Oath Sworn is a tale of control, resistance, and the cost of becoming a hero in a world that would rather you remain a victim.


Errant Gift

Errant Gift by Rhys Price

A young shepherdess named Tali and her father abandon their flock to seek out a fallen star that speaks to them in wondrous visions and whispers. Under the star’s guidance, they are rewarded with a new life of luxury and status they could never have imagined. Everything seems blissful until Tali’s father is asked to partake in a strange ritual that may cost him his life. To her horror, he willingly agrees. Nine years later, swarms of Nemagraws—nightmarish creatures of unknown origins—have begun to spread across the land. Caught in their path of destruction is bookish Dale who fled the comforts of home when his parents were arrested on charges of treason. Armed with nothing but a keen knowledge of botany, Dale searches for his brother Finley, a fabled warrior who might be their best hope of saving the family from ruin. But when he finally finds Finley living with a mysterious cult, he realises that his brother will be of no help at all. Unbeknownst to Tali and Dale, their journeys are bound by a common enemy—one whose aims are far greater and darker than any have yet perceived.


Shattered Peace: A Miss-Fortunate Adventures Saga

Shattered Peace: A Miss-Fortunate Adventures Saga by Megan Russ

...the world broke more than 2000 years ago. After the gods fixed the world, they took magic and left. Now the seeds of darkness are spreading. The time of heroes has returned... Secretly nestled in the heart of the ancient forest, there is a tree that towers over all others. Within its embrace, the future generation of warriors trains for the day their nation calls upon them. An elven outcast with a secret to keep. A rare free human with something to prove. These two young monks have just graduated from training within the Monastery of the Leaf. With their training days behind them, it is time for them to find their place in the world. Have you ever wondered how the heroes began their journey? Let’s go back to the beginning. This coming of age, found-family, action-driven adventure will introduce you to these young heroes before their call to destiny. What dark horrors will they face along their journey? Find out within the pages of this Homebrew 5e-inspired story. The Beginning of the Miss-Fortunate Adventures Saga: Aearth, is a world that broke due to a Great War 3000 years ago. A world that lost its magic when the Gods knit the world back together. Sealing the magic into the world itself. They turned their backs on a world that could no longer feel their touch. Now darkness rises on the horizon. Will the heroes rise in time to save Aearth or will this world shatter for good? You can learn more about Aearth before Shattered Peace by reading ~ Lore by Megan Russ Dark Fantasy Horror Low Magic Found Family Action Adventure Martial Combat Fantasy Combat Spice Free Language/Alcohol/Smoking 5e Inspired Fans of Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Forgotten Realms and Dark Sun will enjoy this 5e homebrew inspired story. Fans of epic fantasy like Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time may find familiar tropes and grand adventures in the Balance of Fates Series.


A Djinnfernal Conspiracy: Saga of the Bearer: Book 1

A Djinnfernal Conspiracy: Saga of the Bearer: Book 1 by W.E. Singh

He's not ready to save the world. Zander Chung is having a spectacularly bad day. Sentenced to death by video call and hunted by homicidal appliances, he's been shipped off to the Egyptian Afterlife — where gods have agendas, djinn hold grudges, and dying was just the start. To survive (and find a way back) he'll have to rely on allies he definitely wouldn't have chosen himself and face powers far older and stranger than anything he imagined. But every bargain has teeth, and some debts bite back hard. Can Zander cheat fate a second time, or will the Afterlife decide it's keeping him? Perfect for fans of Wyrd Sisters, Rivers of London, and darkly funny fantasy steeped in myths, magic, and deliciously dangerous chaos.


The Legend of Damndrake

The Legend of Damndrake by N.E. White

Damndrake was stolen on her hatchday, and her family scattered, before she was set adrift in the sea. After twenty-four years surviving the brutal White Wastes, she has Blaze now, her adopted sister with a secret that could get her killed or sent to the Blasted Sands. But trying to build a stable life in human-dragon society is a challenge Damndrake didn't think she'd fail again and again. When she's banished from yet another territory, finding a home for them both seems impossible until she's recruited to the Draghi Firegard. Her life takes a turn: a new purpose, home, and maybe the spark of something more—until their past catches up to them. The same dragon who tried to steal Blaze a decade ago is back, and this time, he’s not leaving empty-clawed.


The Black Bane: The Chronicles of Mealduth: Book 1

The Black Bane: The Chronicles of Mealduth: Book 1 by L. Lyons

In a cursed corner of Avellion, a dark forest infected with the Black Bane spells death to all who enter — except one… When an old priest arrives at Kailas Darkchar’s door with a bag of gold, she’s right to be suspicious. His ancient sect is rumoured to practise dark magic. The priest claims Kailas has the power to enter the forest and retrieve the bones of his god. But not even the money she so desperately needs is enough to convince her. A member of a despised race, she’s lived her life in the shadows, believing her unique immunity to magic is useless in a world that embraces it. Forced to flee for her life, she meets a powerful stranger with eyes of gold who promises to protect her. But can he be trusted, or is he part of a darker scheme? Hunted by an army of holy warriors intent on fulfilling their ancient prophecy, Kailas is the only one who can stop the world from being plunged into darkness — and that may cost her soul…


In My Time of Dying

In My Time of Dying by Sherrie a Bakelar

When Eloise Fontaine passed away from a heart attack, she left behind a pile of her belongings, a horse and her unfinished business. It now falls to her twin sister, Ebony, to fulfill Eloise' final Calling, Find the Farm Boy and save the kingdom, before Ebony passes away herself. Goaded on by her sister's ghost, Ebony sets out from her humble cottage to find the Farm Boy and help in his quest to regain his kingdom, usurped decades before by the Wizard King. What's a hedge witch to do?


Godless: An Epic Fantasy Adventure: Book One of the Xaidra Cycle

Godless: An Epic Fantasy Adventure: Book One of the Xaidra Cycle by Edward Nile

It is the Third Cycle of known Xaidran history. Three thousand years of civilization. Three thousand years of questions. Three millennia of worship to the Pantheon. Mortals of Xaidra live their lives according to their Faiths, each born beholden to one of the Gods. Most find themselves Faithful to one of the Siblings, the seven Gods who safeguard the Balance of human souls. Seven Gods competing to tip that Balance in their own favor. In this world of ancient monuments, sacred incantations and powerful sprite Elementals, mortals find themselves mere pawns in the battle for souls. A battle Belkas, the War God, seemed to be winning. Until the Silence. In the turmoil of battle, those Faithful to Belkas looked to the sky and saw their Godmoon darken. Their deity's presence was gone. Belkas’s Harbinger slain. As the Belkan war clans reeled from the vanishing of their God, a child was born. A deformed creature, a Godless abomination cursed by the eyeless Fates. ---- Twenty years have passed. For twenty years disciples of a lost Faith have wandered Xaidra, fighting one another, killing and dying in worship to a God that seems to have abandoned them. The Silence weighs heavier on the older generations, on those who lived with the comforting presence of the War God since birth, only to find Belkas gone. Kael never knew the touch of War, never experienced the electrifying power of his Faith. Born on the day of the Silence, he never knew a life without that strange emptiness. To Kael’s generation, the Silence is commonplace. Even as they fight and kill in one-sided obeisance to a vacant God. Another emptiness plagues Kael. Born a misshapen, horned thing, considered an inhuman creature by his peers, Kael has fought to prove himself his entire young life. And all of it has come to nothing. Exiled, alone, without Faith or purpose, Kael begins his journey. ---- And Asra follows. Daughter of a War priestess, Asra yearns for escape more than anything. A release from obligations, expectations. A political marriage to the new Harbinger of War looms in Asra’s future, and she looks to any diversion, any way to delay the inevitable. Even so far as to hunt down the deformed son of a rival War priest. Even so far as to bring back her friend’s horned head. Asra’s hunt begins. All the while, the fabric of Xaidra itself begins to unravel, the Balance shaken again under the threat of War.


The Witch and the Woodcutter

The Witch and the Woodcutter by L.S. Walker

This is not a story of magic. This is a story of persecution... The Far Isles are in a witch-hunting frenzy. Neighbour turns against neighbour, women are hanged from trees, and girls are thrown to the pyre. At the head of this fever is the Inquisitorum: the branch of the Church dedicated to the ways of hunting witches, their subsequent torture, and execution. Beorn is the woodcutter for the small town of Brexton. He lives a solitary life in the woods that provide him his livelihood, far from civilisation and inquisitive eyes. He takes no part in the witch-hunting frenzy that grips the kingdom, but nor does he lift a hand in defence of those condemned to die. He lives by a simple rule: I don't get involved. That is until a young witch is dragged into the town square to be burnt at the stake. The sight of her breathes life into old ghosts Beorn had long thought buried. Against his better judgement, he breaks his one rule. What follows is an adventure across a kingdom. Beorn will be faced with many challenges: thorn-helmed knights, black-robed Inquisitors, a head-strong young witch, and even his own world view.


Knee-Deep in Cinders

Knee-Deep in Cinders by Ashley Capes

Freedom. Magic. Vengeance. Vilas is a man consumed by anger. Kept prisoner in the city that slaughtered his people, he dreams of the day his magic is unsealed so he can burn everything to ash. When the city's queen asks for his help hunting down rebel cultists, he agrees in exchange for his freedom, his magic, and a night in her bed. Given access to only a fraction of his magic and forced to work alongside a jailor who can seal it entirely, a quick escape is impossible. Vilas knows his freedom hinges on his wits—and his self control. But every day he's reminded of the horrors done to his people, testing the limits of his restraint. Can Vilas outwit the queen and have his revenge on the city, or will his all-consuming rage be his undoing? Knee-Deep in Cinders is a thrilling, standalone dark fantasy novel. If you love morally grey characters, underdogs, and quests for vengeance, lose yourself in Knee-Deep in Cinders!


The Throne of Ash: A thrilling Tudor-esque fantasy with all the deceit, politics and Courtly romance of the Tudor era

The Throne of Ash: A thrilling Tudor-esque fantasy with all the deceit, politics and Courtly romance of the Tudor era by Lissy Porter

A Queen. A Princess. And a Consort who must be chosen to ensure the future of the Throne of Ash. The Queen's Face masks all—even the woman who wears it. None may see her without it, not even her Consort responsible for ensuring she brings forth a healthy daughter to succeed her. If he fails, being cast aside is the most favourable of outcomes. When Queen Cecily unknowingly determines on her sister's lover as her Consort, ambition, jealousy, and the demands of courtly etiquette threaten the stability of the Throne of Ash. Princess Bess knows only too well her responsibilities towards her sister, the queen, but when one of the powerful noble families attempts to ensnare both sisters with one lover, there can only ever be one winner. The Throne of Ash is a Tudor-esque fantasy in which women rule, and men are kept in the background, of little use, aside from when a Consort must be chosen. Then, court intrigues, and politics come to the fore in a deadly game of politics and etiquette that sets sister against sister. The Throne of Ash has never been more on fire.


Valhalla The Valkyries Fire

Valhalla The Valkyries Fire by A. J. Torres

Fire. Blood. Darkness. The tears of her parents were all she could remember. Valhalla Ó¦nnĆ­ka has lived with the Aesir since her fifth spring, since the day the God of Mischief took everything from her. Taken in by the Aesir and valkyries, she found some contentment, but past wounds have a way of returning. Years later, a clue embedded in the back of a dragon leads her to a confrontation with the god who murdered her family. Though training with blade and flame had made Valhalla fierce in her own right, she was still no match for him. Barely escaping with her life, the All Mother ordered Valhalla to cease her investigation, instead giving her a new focus. A mysterious letter found its way into the halls of Asgard, addressed solely to her. She was to meet with the High Queen of the lands of Veerence. Death. Submission. Pain. Nightmares were all he ever knew. Alistair Hilliard II was the High Prince of Veerence. His life should’ve been one of luxury and indulgence, and would’ve been were he anywhere else. Being born a man in Hilliard’s royal family, his duty was to obey, keep silent, and endure. By night, he belonged to the women of high society—a thing to be used—and by day he was charged with protecting the High Queen and her heir. The Prince was stretching ever closer to the end of his rope, worn ragged by the cost his duties levied upon his body, mind, and soul. Alistair’s mother had grown increasingly distant since his twenty first name day. His sister, whose personal mission to see him suffer through nightly torments, had gone quiet. Terrible rumblings began to spread, rumors of an attempt on her life. Regardless of her hatred for him, she was still Alistair’s little sister and it fell upon his shoulders to find out the truth. When Valhalla and Alistair’s paths cross, their fates will intertwine, finding themselves at the center of events that will reshape Midgard and ripple across the nine realms.


The Darrian Shift

The Darrian Shift by Noah Flynnt

A hidden bond. A rising darkness. A battle no one is ready to fight. When ancient stars whisper and mountains bleed light, a past long buried begins to stir. As Siver Pell makes its final preparations for winter, the ice and snow herald hunters from beyond the storms, merciless and unyielding, leaving the townsfolk with an impossible choice: stand and die, or vanish into the dark beneath their feet. Umar, a leader with more secrets than scars, must gamble everything on a desperate escape. Cerin, an enigma whose blades speak louder than her past, vanishes on a mission no one else would dare. And deep in the cradle of the mountain, shadows awaken, offering salvation… or something far more dangerous. In a world of haunted silence and dying light, every heartbeat matters. And some sacrifices aren’t just remembered. They’re carved into stone.


The Hunger of the Dragon: Dark Viking Fantasy

The Hunger of the Dragon: Dark Viking Fantasy by R.M. Schultz

Divine remnants are hoarded, stolen, and killed for. These items grant powerful magics to those with the strength to wield them. The war of the gods has passed, leaving Midgard without direction, but vengeance and the battle for control has just begun. A berserker of the Raven must protect her magical items from those bent on stealing them while a Wolf warrior renounces her clan to pursue the impossible—harnessing the magics of the Dragon. A thief of the Wolf is led astray and will never regain what is taken from him. They protect their own, claim what they can, and rise to power in waves of glory. But when a mysterious new clan emerges seeking to conquer all, the Ravens and Wolves must safeguard their divine remains or destroy each other. The resulting war will determine the fate of each clan as they succumb to the hunger of the Dragon and the forbidden runes.


A Comedy of Monsters

A Comedy of Monsters by K.M. Harrell

Welcome to the kingdom of Zadea, where the monsters are in charge, the humans are mostly snacks, and political diplomacy often involves poison, sarcasm, or murder—sometimes all three. At the heart of it all lies Azwick, a sentient, brooding castle with a flair for sarcasm and an unlimited number of vases. As the reluctant host to King Einyuck (part ogre, part tyrant, all emotionally stunted), Azwick is stuck babysitting a royal court full of murderers, misfits, and magical morons. There's the Bixler, the meat contractor that the king has bamboozled into warding his heretic son. Whose maturity will bring about a curse that will destroy the entire realm. He just happens to mature six months every day (Einyuck didn’t mention that), and Marbus, the Assistant Minister of Bureaucratic Mishaps, has weaponized incompetence into an art form. When a time rift brought about by the heretic prince is about to wipe out the whole planet, Azwick might have a secret to share that could save them all. But who knows if he'll tell? *Think* Monty Python meets *Game of Thrones* by way of an extremely haunted *This Old House* If you like your fantasy dark, your monsters witty, and your castles judgmental, *A Comedy of Monsters* is your next favorite read. Just don’t drink the blood wine.


Forged in Ruin & Turmoil

Forged in Ruin & Turmoil by Kiana I. Alexandria

Fans of Powerless by Lauren Robert’s, Throne of Glass by Sarah j Maas & Crave by Tracey Wolf will love this thought provoking, fast paced romantasy novel. Strength. Heartache. Betrayal. Reyna was born a drudge—voiceless and invisible in the ruthless Blood Kingdom, where power is everything, and love is a dangerous weakness. Where she’s spent her life enduring cruelty, but when the High Council commits an unforgivable act, Reyna finally breaks. Escaping with nothing but her pain and determination, she flees into the unknown. Welcome to Ellyshia—a land full with power, danger, and fractured alliances. Reyna struggles to survive in a land that feels just as cruel as the one she left behind. But fate isn’t done with her. Captured by a cold, duty-bound fae prince with emerald eyes and a brooding temper, Reyna finds herself torn between fury and something far more dangerous—hope. While her heart still carries the scars from a love ripped from her grasp, new feelings begin to spark where she least expects them. As war brews and ancient enemies rise, Reyna must confront the truth about who she is and what she’s willing to fight for. Loyalties will be tested, blood will be spilled, and secrets buried in the shadows will come to light. Will she rise and answer fates call—or be consumed by the vengeance she’s carried for too long?


Alphabet Play

Alphabet Play by ĪĪÆĪŗĪ± ŠœŠ°Š²Ń€Š¾Š“Šø

Alphabet Play scrutinizes Google's automated voices for what meaning got cryptogrammed via their aggregation of 21 personas ultimately defining my Character List for a hour-long drama voiced by humans. It's the final installment in a print series labeled with ISBN (International Standard Book Number) since the works intended for 2026 will be distributed without registration. Prior titles in ISBN ¾ were "Being Continued..." which is a live-written mafia drama set in Chicago (Illinois), a postmodern scientific essay Replicate This, and «Мол» which elliptically addresses the language politics of my birthplace. The ISBN numbers are, respectively, 979-8-2186-1683-0 | 978-0-983-38679-7 | 979-8-218-82066-4 though some platforms use their own combinations.


That Which Devours - Survive: A LitRPG Adventure

That Which Devours - Survive: A LitRPG Adventure by Jer Patch

Alex’s hunger for power cannot be sated. Alex thought a colony ship crashing into a dinosaur-infested jungle was bad enough. Everyone else received a class from the mysterious System ruling this brutal universe, but Alex's Class Selection never arrives. To top it off a meteor shower forces down the supply shuttle leaving her and her brother stranded with food running out. Just when all hope seems lost, it finally happens: Class Selection. And with it, a Legendary Class: Devourer. But what the heck is a Devourer, and why does this power feel so… ravenous? It makes her brother smell less like family and more like a tasty meal? Alex embarks on a perilous trek deep through the wilderness to the compound for supplies to repair their wrecked shuttle. As the dinosaurs close in with her brother's life hanging in the balance, Alex must master abilities she barely understands or succumb to a world that feeds on the weak. Readers who love kick-butt heroines like Under the Dragoneye Moons and legendary classes like Ultimate Level One will consume That Which Devours. Get your copy of this thrilling LitRPG Adventure today


The Dark Without

The Dark Without by T.K. Toppin

You cannot change what has already happened, just as what will happen cannot be altered. Lies. Nothing but lies! ā€œHumankind is always doomed to fail. It has fallen many times before, and many times we have intervened to ensure it stays on the correct course. Earth is salvageable, but if you had continued along the path you were on, it would not have been. You have billions of years more to exist before your planet’s final destruction. We are only making certain it survives that long, and ensuring your survival until the ultimate end. At times you progress too fast, but such is humankind’s way. So we had to accelerate this current failure sooner in order to restart. As we have done before, a guide with a better objective and understanding of how to protect your world, will be insertedā€¦ā€ But why did they care what humans did with their lives? They were aliens—beings from another dimension! Earth wasn’t their home. Esme Serrano’s predestined encounter with the trans-dimensional anthropomorphic Aakehollats sends her on a multi-pathed journey spanning ten thousand years. A journey riddled with lies, manipulations and untold layers of deception. She guides Earth as the Sibyl, a powerful and mystical leader, and brings the dying world back from the brink of death. She helps the Aakehollats, and ensures that Earth survives until its ultimate destruction in the cosmos. But her one true goal is, and always will be, to kill the Aakehollats.


Moral Laundry

Moral Laundry by Conrad Altmann

This collection of seven short stories stems from a dire outlook on the future of humanity, though there are rays of hope interspersed. Figures of authority are faced with profit or morality, the lonely find companionship in an unlikely space, a young boy learns that what was once beautiful to him holds a deeper and more somber meaning that he alone must carry, and a young actor reconciles to a normality that may leave him without an identity.


Metanoeia

Metanoeia by Conrad Altmann

Alvaro Hernandez has just detected an interstellar object with an irregular trajectory just beyond Jupiter, throwing off his research. Advised to check and recheck obviously faulty data by his mentor, he enlists the aid of his close friend to help him resolve his mistake, if there is one. Komozoi has been sleeping for most of his life, waking only to perform the simple task that has been assigned him; to maintain the course. But when he discovers that his journey is nearly at an end, the destination is not what was promised. The courses of both of their lives are rapidly approaching a world shattering intersection. Can they convince those around them of a civilized solution before less rational heads prevail?


This Little Piggy

This Little Piggy by J.G. Brin

Mac makes a living where he can, playing fast and loose with the laws of the Porcine Republic. He’s faced every kind of danger possible in both known and unknown quadrants. Luck and skill have served him well enough until he unwittingly unleashes the fury of a beast the likes of which he's never seen. Cal is a doctor, left alone to safeguard a deserted medical outpost. She bitterly opposes the military expansion of the Republic and regrets the part she has played in aiding the marines. Her world is about to be rocked to its core. Zok is a marine, living in self-imposed exile on Planet V3. Half-patriot, half-visionary and completely bananas, he is the third and final piece required to defeat the beast that arrives on the planet he now calls home. Join these three unlikely heroes as they form an alliance on the frontier of space to defeat the most powerful opponent the galaxy has ever known.


The Variant War

The Variant War by Les Abernathy

Life is difficult enough as it is without someone traveling back in time to kill you. Now imagine an entire army of people dedicating themselves to erasing your existence. Because you were born in another time, another history, forsaken by what was meant to be. Where no means are too horrific and no weapons are too inhumane to bring about your annihilation. Now imagine, that instead of hiding, you chose to fight back. This is the life of a Variant. Jonathan Snyder was the ideal example of a Variant who chose to resist others' interpretation of destiny. Disciplined, focused, uncompromising. Combined with his ruthless demeanor with a gun, he also made for an excellent assassin. That is until his past literally catches up with him, and he is forced to escape into the multiverse. Snyder must tear spacetime apart in order to find out who is hunting him before he is erased from time itself.


The Final Season

The Final Season by Andrew Gillsmith

For fans of Douglas Adams and PG Wodehouse. It’s one thing to know that the End is coming, quite another to know the exact date and time right down to the nanosecond. Such is the unhappy fate of the inhabitants of Rexos-4, a once-thriving planet that has lived under the doom of an inevitable apocalypse for millenia. Their entire philosophy of life may be summed up by the phrase ā€œMxtlpicam’ bnak ooligapn,ā€ which in most languages translates to something along the lines of ā€œWhat’s the bloody point?ā€ Unbeknownst to the poor Rexans, their predicament has also been the subject of the longest-running and most successful reality television series in galactic history, now translated into over 200 million languages, with closed captioning. With the end of the world just around the corner, the show is entering its all-important final season. Everyone knows how difficult it is to pull off a satisfying finale–such stakes fill even the most hard-boiled Gallywood executives with fear and trembling. Join Gumpilos Tfliximop, Elvie Renfro, Rufus Camford and a cast of colorful characters as they battle the notorious showrunner (and subverter of expectations) Betty Neezquaff, all while tackling the big questions of life’s meaning and purpose with wit, warmth, and–dare I say–optimism. The Final Season is The Truman Show meets the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, with just a dash of PG Wodehouse.


Points of Origin

Points of Origin by E.S. Fein

Embark on a cosmic mystery spanning all of spacetime and beyond and delve into the nature of the cosmos, time travel, quantum physics, religion, deep time, transhumanism, metaphysics, and more. Amero wakes from an eerily familiar dream in an unfamiliar bed. Within hours, he is forced onto an experimental craft and jettisoned across the galaxy alongside a mysterious, potentially homicidal man named Hann. Finding themselves in a strange yet familiar spacetime, the men are told by suspicious entities to hunt for Points, strange objects no larger than one's thumb, which are spread across the cosmos by unknown means. The purpose of the hunt is unknown. The purpose of the Points is unknown. All Amero wants is to return to his dead-end life. All Hann wants is to hunt down and destroy those responsible for his predicament. It will take a journey to the end of time itself and beyond the boundaries of every universe to know the truth--to witness the light behind the veil...for better or worse.


Savage Crew

Savage Crew by Erik DeLeo

Finding work in space is tough. It’s even harder when there’s a price on your head, a violent alien is on the loose, and maybe you started a planetary gang war by mistake. Gal Dockim likes keeping things simple. Except, things are anything but. Turns out, someone’s put out a bounty on him while a member of his ship the Savage has gone missing. When Gal and his crew investigate, things go from bad to worse quicker than you can say ā€œmonkey buttā€ in Pholerian. Complications include a fugitive bloodthirsty alien, a looming turf battle between rival crime lords (that Gal may have accidently started), and multiple dead ends—some deader than others. If you like great bad guys, bad good guys, and shooting first while asking questions later, then you’ll love Savage Crew.


Ring of the Dragon

Ring of the Dragon by Kayelle Allen

Across alien landscapes and against treacherous foes, one man fights for the love that defines him. For millennia, the immortal King Pietas and General Cyken have fought as one—Light and Shadow, their love igniting the battlefield with passion and fury. But when Pietas's rage fractures their world, Cyken walks away, leaving a chasm that echoes through eternity. Now, as Cyken seeks solace in another man's embrace, Pietas embarks on a perilous quest across the alien landscape of Felidae. He must confront not only the treachery that lurks in the shadows, but also the demons of his own heart. With each step, he risks everything to prove he is still Cyken's perfect choice. Yet, as Pietas battles fierce adversaries and navigates the tangled web of love and loyalty, he faces a haunting truth. Will his quest reclaim Cyken or drive him deeper into another's arms? In a universe where shadows dance with light, can one king find his way back to the heart of his beloved? For without Cyken, he cannot walk into eternity alone—he needs his shadow to balance his light. A quest to find a single horse on a planet with millions of them. Filled with adventures and mishaps that only a snarky immortal with a hair-trigger temper could create.


Silentium

Silentium by M.F. Alfrey

Aliens meets The Thing in M. F. Alfrey’s Silentium. In this action-packed military SF gore-fest, a struggling haulage crew and a squad of delinquent marines find themselves hurled together in a gruelling fight for survival beneath the ice. Captain Joe Bannerman has finally scored a big job that would mean the good life for him and his crew: a long-haul trip to drop a bunch of marines on the edge of the charted territories for re-education training. The only drawback is their employer – the Inter Planetary Commission. A ruthless totalitarian corporate government. But not long after their arrival, and failure to raise Aquilo Base on comms, all souls aboard the Fritzwicky suddenly find themselves stranded on a frozen world with no other choice but to delve into the ominously silent facility. And what should have been a routine passenger drop quickly takes a hideously twisted and disturbing turn.


Ret

Ret by Dan Miwa, George Gausden, Richard Tardif

Ret is a rising star in a world where intelligence and innovation are prized above all else. He’s on the cusp of a ground-breaking invention that could transform his entire planet, and everyone admires him. But everything changes when a devastating secret about his family comes to light. Suddenly, Ret is a social pariah, ostracized and abandoned by the very society that once revered him. His father is banished, his mother is labeled a traitor, and his sister is broken and embittered. But Ret refuses to give up. He clings to his vision, determined to see it through no matter the cost. Ret must confront the dark truths lurking beneath the surface of his society as he battles the injustice that has destroyed his family. And when his sister begins organizing a rebellion against the corrupt government, Ret must decide where his loyalties truly lie. With the fate of his planet hanging in the balance, Ret must stay true to his beliefs and fight for what he knows is right. Only then can he bring honor back to his family and fulfill his vision to change the world. Will he succeed, or will the forces against him prove too powerful to overcome? The fate of an entire planet rests in his hands.


Night Of The Blue Moon

Night Of The Blue Moon by Alina Capella

Some people live double lives. Ariel Gianapoulou lives a triple life. By day, she’s a meek, unassuming nobody who lives alone in a messy apartment. On the internet, she’s SeleneDev, the smash-hit indie game developer whose RPGs about magical girls have taken the world by storm. By night, she’s Blue Moon, a magical girl chosen by the titan Phoebe to retrieve Hades’s bracelet from Orpheus and Eurydice, supervillains who are killing people in the hopes of buying their son, Brooklyn, back from the dead. Aided by her partner, Red Sun, Ariel will stop at nothing to defeat the villainous duo. Ariel knows better than anyone that Brooklyn doesn’t deserve a second chance at life—Three years ago, he raped her at a party, and crushed her dreams of becoming a police officer. There are a lot of people on Orpheus’s hit-list, and things get especially complicated when Ariel’s crush, Solana, turns out to be one of the people he wants dead. Will Ariel be able to stop Orpheus and Eurydice, win Solana’s heart, and keep her triple life secret?


Quantum Ball: A Tech Action Novel

Quantum Ball: A Tech Action Novel by K.A. Wood

A powerful earthquake cripples Japan, destroying a renowned hi-tech research facility in Saitama, obliterating all data and the only existing prototypes of groundbreaking quantum computers… except for one. In Soledad, California, Tyson McNally, frustrated by corrupt corporate politics, predicts the drawings of two of the largest lottery jackpots in human history—to prove it works for a close friend killed in the devastation. Are his actions morally wrong? It’s easy to justify a loss, but a win, as McNally discovers, comes with overwhelming guilt. Will it change the era of computation forever? Soledad soon becomes the lottery capital of the world, and desperate people want a slice of the action when they start to figure out how the jackpots were won and by whom. Tyson's only hope is the FBI and ā€œthe company.ā€ Can they transport him to an undisclosed government facility before it’s too late—before they can make a stand against the past?


History' Prime (Renaissance Paradox Book 1)

History' Prime (Renaissance Paradox Book 1) by K.A. Wood

The year is 2034, and scientific discovery has flatlined. Humanity believes it has reached the limits of knowledge. Advances are nothing more than faster, smaller versions of century-old inventions. Real breakthroughs are a thing of the past-until Dr. Glen Larson, a historian at the Museum of Human History, uncovers a 400-year-old textbook that shouldn't exist. The discovery raises impossible questions. Was Isaac Newton taught calculus, the laws of gravity, and motion? Have the greatest minds in history been guided by a hidden source of knowledge? And who is behind the effort to suppress it? As Glen digs deeper, he finds himself hunted by a powerful secret society determined to keep humanity stagnant. Alongside a circle of friends-including a rogue tech trillionaire-he embarks on a global search for five legendary textbooks rumored to hold the key to human advancement. Their journey unravels a conspiracy stretching back centuries, one that could upend everything we know about science, progress, and the very fabric of history. What if our greatest inventions weren't discovered... but gifted? Which version of history have you been living in?


Offline God: Book One of the Re-Write Cycle

Offline God: Book One of the Re-Write Cycle by David Shih

When the System rewrote Earth, one man fell outside the code. Ex–Army Ranger Caleb Knox built his life to disappear. Off-grid. No phone. No data trail. No one watching. But when the Re-Write hits—a world-resetting System apocalypse that assigns every human a Class—Knox becomes the only anomaly it can’t process. Instead of a role, he’s given Root Access: administrator-level control over a world gone digital and mad. Monsters roam the ruins. Survivors fight for territory. And somewhere in the chaos, a rogue AI called SOVRAN is finishing what humanity started. Knox just wanted to survive. Now he’s the last bug in the System—an unpredictable weapon caught between godlike AIs, broken code, and the will to fight back. Offline God is a gritty, cinematic System Apocalypse LitRPG with deep progression, tactical combat, and a protagonist built for survival. Perfect for fans of Awaken Online, Defiance of the Fall, and The Primal Hunter.


Osiris Rising

Osiris Rising by Milos Davidovic

Star Sheriff Jack Kessler thought a posting to Osiris I would mean the quiet life he'd earned; a distant Saturnian colony, a war long behind him. But when a miner dies under suspicious circumstances, the local police and the all-powerful Solar Mining Corporation want it dismissed as an accident. Jack knows better. What begins as a single death unravels into a web of conspiracy: compromised institutions, weaponized belief, and a planetary revolt disguised as progress. As he digs deeper, Jack finds himself protecting a grieving teenage girl, confronting a manipulative corporate regime, and reckoning with the ghosts that still haunt his damaged body and mind. From magnetic MagSled rails looping the city to the ever-present HoloLens connecting every colonist, Osiris Rising immerses you in a vividly imagined future; one where survival, loyalty, and truth collide in unexpected ways, forever grounded in reality and the realm of possible. A story of memory embedded in the body, the failure of institutional morality, and the quiet defiance of found family, Osiris Rising resists genre clichĆ©s in favor of moral ambiguity, slow revelation, and the notion that survival itself can be the most radical act. The first installment in The Jack Kessler Chronicles. Perfect for fans of character-driven science fiction, layered mysteries, and richly detailed worlds. ā˜… For readers of Le Guin, Dick, Corey, and Powers ā˜… Features detailed world-building, intricate political dynamics, and deep, layered characters ā˜… Explores power, memory, autonomy—and the cost of doing what's right when the rules no longer apply


Man With Gun

Man With Gun by Tadg Farrington

An unlikely hero. An impossible friendship. A second chance. Snacks. Garry is one of the invisible people who makes the world work. Someone you don’t notice until they aren’t there. He’s happy enough, but it’s fair to say that his life hasn’t turned out the way he expected. The dead-end job he got at the superstore when he was a student has somehow become his career. One night, he is followed home from work. Soon after he goes missing. The day he doesn’t show up, the superstore gradually goes to pieces. An expanding spiral of chaos that gridlocks just enough of the surrounding streets to make the local news. But the journey Garry is on has implications far beyond the small patch of Scotland where he has lived his whole life. Garry has been given the chance to do something extraordinary. A chance to change the world and become the man he always wanted to be.


MOROS

MOROS by L.D. Rogov

What is reality? What is truth? Can one simultaneously be an Americana Alliance commanding officer fighting enemies on the Outer Rim in 2267 and an insecure college student just trying not to miss out on his peers’ festivities in 2014? For Lieutenant Timothy ā€œTimā€ Bortman, his current reality of whizzing bullets and the inevitable misting blood that follows is hard to deny. But even as he cautiously approaches enemy positions—looking out for murderous foes and lethal, otherworldly fauna alike—he can’t silence the persistent and vivid memories of a life where his most pressing issue was trying to make it to class on time on a cool midwestern fall day. While Earth may finally be at peace, the stars remain a treacherous quagmire, mired by unfettered human nature and scientific machinations thought to have never seen the light of day. For Tim, deciphering facts from fiction is a matter of life and death, and no matter what he chooses to believe, the only way he can hope to find a home again is to figure out who is pulling the strings.


A Dragon, a Gargoyle and a Faery Walk Into A Pub

A Dragon, a Gargoyle and a Faery Walk Into A Pub by Lisa Barry and Nicole DragonBeck

A paperwork-obsessed dragon and a gargoyle with a snacking problem aren't the most conventional detective team—but they get the job done. In Ireland, by-the-book detective Aiden Moss just wants to finish his report and wrap up the last case. Fun-loving detective Loch Doyle wants to get a good meal and some pints into him, the only thing anyone should be doing on a Friday evening. But that's the thing about bad guys: they're not that considerate. An anonymous phone call drops the detectives straight into the kidnapping of a human under the influence of a magical drug. A single clue sends Aiden and Loch to the best place to get an investigation started —the nearest pub. As the detectives follow leads, they discover the first whispers of a shady vampire empire, whose behavior is giving the rest of the fangy folk a bad name. Time ticks away for the missing girl, and the stakes get higher when more victims show up in a strange coma, their life forces being unexplainably drained. With a wizardly gadget or two, the help of their friends, and a few emergency snack runs, can the detectives crack the case before it turns deadly?


First Magyc (Guardians of the Path Book 1)

First Magyc (Guardians of the Path Book 1) by Nicole DragonBeck

Ria, a young girl from a world without magyc and Cedar, a Guardian of the Path burdened by duty and regret, meet by accident…or was it? At first glance, this may look like Ria's story, but it belongs to all who fight to save magyc - Witches, assassins, princesses, even Death Himself. Their choices will bring the world into the next age, but one of light or dark is yet to be seen… If you enjoy classic stories like The Lord of the Rings and The Wheel of Time - where fate, free will, and fellowship turn the ashes of the past into a new future - then this is the epic fantasy series for you!


The Death Bringer (The Tharassas Cycle Book 4)

The Death Bringer (The Tharassas Cycle Book 4) by J. Scott Coatsworth

Aik will never be the same … and neither will his world. War is coming. Aik has become the Progenitor, and the Seed Mother has released him to transform the world for her alien brood. Silya and Raven, Aik’s former friends, are the only ones who can save him and the world. But what if the cure is worse than the invasion? As Silya rushes to prepare Gullton for the battle to come, she’s determined to save as many people as she can. But new crises emerge that demand her attention. Raven has his own hands full, keeping the dragon-like verent in line, while helping Silya to save the world. But what if the only way to do so is to sacrifice Aik, the man that he loves? It’s the end of the world … or could it be the start of something new?


The Hencha Queen (The Tharassas Cycle Book 3)

The Hencha Queen (The Tharassas Cycle Book 3) by J. Scott Coatsworth

SILYA COMES INTO HER OWN, BUT WILL SHE BE ENOUGH? Silya finally has everything she always wanted. She’s the Hencha Queen, head of the Temple, and is working to master her newfound talents. So why does the world pick now to fall apart? Her once-nemesis Raven is off riding dragons, and their mutual friend (and her ex) Aik is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, a new threat menaces the Heartland from the East, and if she can’t convince a reluctant Gullton city council to prepare for the worst, she may lose everyone and everything she’s ever cared about. As she uses her magic-like abilities, wit and sheer determination to try to save the city, she’s joined by Raven and his new friends. Will their help tip the scales? And will they finally find out what happened to Aik as a dark storm threatens to sweep them all away? Forget messy. Things just got apocalyptic.


The Gauntlet Runner (The Tharassas Cycle Book 2)

The Gauntlet Runner (The Tharassas Cycle Book 2) by J. Scott Coatsworth

A guard and a thief. What could go wrong? Aik has fallen hopelessly in love with his best friend. But Raven’s a thief, which makes things … complicated. Oh, and Raven has just been kidnapped by a dragon. Now Aik is off on a quest of his own, to hunt down the foul beast and make them give back his … friend? Lover? Soulmate? The whole not-knowing thing just makes everything harder. Meanwhile, the world of Tharassas is falling apart, besieged by earthquakes, floods, and strange creatures no one has ever seen before. Aik’s ex, Silya has gone back to Gullton to do try to save her people as the Hencha Queen, and Aik’s stuck in a caravan with her mother and a damnable magical gauntlet that won’t let him be. He has to find Raven, before it’s too late. Things were messy before … but now they’re much, much worse.


Call of Thunder

Call of Thunder by V. Ananya

The war is now right at their doorstep. A new monarch ready to be crowned. An old villain to face in battle. But the Call of Thunder brings back old inhabitants of the world. Whose side are they on? How will the outcome change the universe? With the lost shards of memory back in place, the royalty of Sahara know how to destroy Rumplestiltskin. The only problem is that the cloner wizard is back and no one knows who’s an ally and who’s a foe anymore. It is at such a crucial time that the dragons of the ancient lore decide to come back and claim their rightful place in Sahara: beside their riders. It is also now that Merlin and Celia reveal a shocking secret to Yor and Elmeida. The prophecy about the new born royal looms at the backdrop of all this chaos. When the war begins, all of Sahara unites to help defend their world and their people. When humans are pitted against dragons, every life will be at stake - every life in the danger of being destroyed ruthlessly - history repeating from several centuries ago. It is upto the returning dragons to help save humanity for the decades to come. Will our heroes have the strength needed to defend the world they love? Or will they fall and let the world be destroyed, and help pave the way for a new, evil world to come? Read Call of Thunder to find out!


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