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Rift: Book Three of the Obluvium Series by R. Dawn Hutchinson

A dangerous journey filled with darkness, mystery, betrayal, and intrigue… Troubled characters, complicated bonds, dark supernatural magic, and power politics mark Hutchinson’s third installment in the Obluvium Series. With the tyrannical king of Stromboden and the mad Count Carvil out…
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Scion of Lightning: an epic fantasy adventure (The Stormcrafter Chronicles Book 1) by J.T. Moy

Thoroughly immersive, wholly satisfying… A page-turner. Moy takes readers on a heart-racing adventure in his debut installment in The Stormcrafter Chronicles series. Struggling with his traumatic past, Jaks has always found it hard to overcome his self-doubts and insecurities, becoming…
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Veronica: A Musketeer’s Story by Jody Studdard

Wickedly readable and thrilling … Feminism, bravery, and integrity collide to make a rip-roaring high fantasy that draws heavy inspiration from the original Three Musketeers in Studdard’s latest. Hailing from a family of top-notch male matador champions, Verónica Espinosa knows…
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The Beast Hunters (The Beasthunter of Ashbourn ) by Christer Lende

A promising start to an intriguing series…              Lende’s debut fantasy gets his The Beasthunter of Ashbourn series off to an impressive start. 17-year-old Ara is living a life of abuse and neglect until a vicious attack by a terrifying monster…
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The Perpetual Now by Jerome J. Bourgault

Gripping, powerful, and unforgettable… An emotion-packed must-read. Bourgault infuses his exceptionally well-built world with small town intrigue, old secrets, treacheries, and human drama in his deeply engrossing debut. Ferguston, Ontario. 12-year-old Justin Lambert has seen his father struggling with the…
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Shadow’s Apprentice (The Namyria Chronicles Book 1) by Marta Robyne

Vivid, layered, and thoroughly gripping… Robyne’s debut in The Namyria Chronicles series takes readers on an exhilarating journey to a richly imagined fantasy world. Hoping to earn a residency, the ambitious and passionate Macayla Michaels, an apprentice healer, is ready…
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Far Forest Scrolls Na Cearcaill by Alpha Four

An action-packed and remarkably inventive fantasy…. Alpha Four layers his series kicker in the Far Forest Scrolls series with this thrilling tale of magic and mayhem. It’s been decades since the White Wizard stormed across the Dark Sea and ravaged…
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Iris of the Willow: Part 1: February 29th by Michael DeDominicis

Ingeniously structured and damn engrossing… The intriguing fantasy land of Dea Dominion serves as the setting for DeDominicis’s sparkling debut. Trying to come to terms with the suffocating conditions of her life, Iris Paisley finds a friend and companion in…
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The King of Minear’s Son by R.J. Passer

An entirely fresh and addicting medieval fantasy… Passer merges myth, magic, adventure, and dark intrigue in her debut, a tale of one young man’s quest to shape his own identity in a forever shifting world of political alienations. Prince Taelor…
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The Holy Grail War: The Hedgehog by Armanis Ar-feinial

An intense, moving page-turner… Betrayal, brutal killings, and relentless tension drives Ar-feinial’s fast-paced, exhilarating latest. It’s been eight years since the bombing of Area 51 left every one of the Task Force Seven dead except for Ted Anderson. Now living…
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A Wicked Wind: Book 2 of The Archanium Codex by Nicholas McIntire

An emotional and remarkably inventive fantasy… McIntire continues his The Archanium Codex series with this emotionally rich, sweeping tale. The realm of Ilyar is devastated by the civil war. But Prince Jonas Belgi is fighting his own battles: trying to…
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The Ashes of Madonna 13 (The Last Nevergate Chronicles Book 4) by E. T. Ellison

A gripping page-turner with an exceptionally fleshed-out world… Set in a magnificent SF/fantasy world, Ellison’s spellbinding latest in The Nevergate Chronicles thrusts its characters into turmoil by an invasion of deadly foes. The residents of the pacifist IsoTown of St…
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The Mask of Madonna 13 (The Last Nevergate Chroniclers Book 2) by E. T. Ellison

Smart, funny, humane, and superbly well-written, this is science fiction at its most entertaining… The hilarious second installment in Ellison’s The Last Nevergate Chronicles continues Glendyl’s exhilarating adventure as she finds herself transported to a sinister underground realm. Glendyl Fenderwel…
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The Deadly Crocus (Falling Sky Book 1) by E. T. Ellison

Pure madcap fun… Award-winning Ellison’s series kicker in the Falling Sky series is a thrilling ride, featuring a winning mix of dystopia, fantasy, and hard SF. When the first skyfall blasts a huge hole in the lively planetoid of Hallah,…
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The Well of Life (Falling Sky Book 2) by E. T. Ellison

Brisk, propulsive, and entertaining throughout… Ellison has outdone himself in this spectacular second installment of his Falling Sky series, which pits the plucky, oblivious Glix Larue against a horde of dangerous enemies. While Hallah is on the brink of destruction,…
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Dirge of the Dead (The Baku Series Book 2) by Reed Logan Westgate

A dazzling, solid tale… Genuine page turner… Westgate’s immersive second in The Baku Series moves at a steady clip, thrusting Xlina into a whirlwind of deceit and betrayal as she sets on to reclaim Amber’s soul from Hell. Amber is…
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The Guardian Of Magic by Andrew Sharp

An intricate, consuming, and unsettling dark fantasy… Deeply engrossing and poignant, Sharp’s debut takes the reader on an action-packed journey into a fantastical world full of powerful magic, grave dangers, and frightening monsters. In a world when everyone possesses some…
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The Gathering: The Haugernaut Wars by Paul Hacker

Intricate, fast-moving, and compelling… Hacker continues his The Gathering saga with a fantastic magical struggle between light and darkness as Rondo continues his journey to save the lands. Betrayed by the evil lurking in the dark recesses of the world,…
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Queen of the Skour: Book Two of the Bloodstone Dagger by K E Barron

Entirely fresh and addicting… A tantalizing adventure. Barron ingeniously combines magic and mystery in her outstanding latest, the second in the Bloodstone Dagger series. With the Overlord of Herran threatening to destroy the whole kingdom, Tiberius, King of Del’Cabria, has…
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The Binding Tempest (The Luminance Saga, #1) by Steven Rudy

A dazzling, powerhouse high fantasy… Rudy makes good use of elements borrowed from both classic high fantasy and steampunk fiction in his spectacular series kicker in The Luminance Saga. It’s been forty years since Ellaria fought in the Great War…