An enchanting and enthralling series opener… Hyrup’s debut installment in The Crystal Warrior series smoothly fuses adventure fantasy, magical realism, and mythic fiction. Aria, the oldest living member of the Order of the Shard, possesses lethal sword skills and superhuman… Read More ›
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The Sentinel of the Chakra Stones by Christine Boucher
A high-octane adventure… The entertaining debut installment in Boucher’s promising the Chakra Stones series is a fast-paced adventure featuring an endearing pair of teenage protagonists. Life for fourteen-year-old Jaden is not so perfect: her mother left her when she was… Read More ›
Bed of Rose and Thorns by Lee Hunt
A beautifully crafted setting with complex character dynamics and layers of political intrigue… A showstopper. Hunt’s ambitious standalone latest has everything—a well-imagined fantasy world, great characters, incredible tension, and fierce love. Sir Ezra, a mystical Elysian Bell, has always kept… Read More ›
Last Worst Hope by Lee Hunt
A Cracking page-turner with an unlikely group of misfits… Hunt’s highly gripping standalone, set in the world of his Dynamicist Trilogy, is as much a cerebral story as an action-driven tale. With the wizard Nehring Ardgour and his pawn from… Read More ›
The Perilous Journey of Gavin the Great by Don Gutteridge
A richly complex, stirring tale sure to keep readers glued to the pages… Gutteridge’s engrossing fantasy gracefully examines courage, adventure, resilience, and survival. After a devastating flood leaves the citizens of Earthwood trapped on a deserted island, they set out… Read More ›
Curse of the Tahiéra (A Series) by Wendy Gillissen
Beautifully written, deeply immersive, and wondrously magical… A thrilling fantasy adventure. Gillissen spins a fantastical narrative that seamlessly intertwines elements of fantasy with past life theories, dreamwalking, and human drama for an original, engrossing spiritual adventure tale. The first book… Read More ›
The Conquest of Kiynan (The Kiynan Chronicles Book 1) by Eric P. Caillibot
Impossible to put down… Caillibot kick-starts his The Kiynan Chronicles series with this fascinating concoction of epic fantasy, mystery, magic, and action. Daimin the Mauve, an ancient Conjurer, has escaped the spirit world and is set out to conquer the… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
The Dagger (The Madigan Chronicles Book 1) by Marieke Lexmond
One magical and thrilling ride… Lexmond’s series kicker in The Madigan Chronicles serves up fiery protagonists, a mystical world-building, and plenty of surprising twists. The Madigan family, a long-line of powerful witches, is the keeper of a magical wand, one… Read More ›