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Twilight and Dawn: The Unexpected Adventures of Will Daring Book 1 by W.A. Nash

A lyrical, tense, ambitious fantasy.  A reluctant hero gets caught between the shadows of his small Appalachian town and the fractured remnants of a forgotten war in Nash’s atmospheric YA fantasy. Marked by loss, bullied by peers, and haunted by…
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The Minstrel and the Prophet: Book One of the Chronicles of the Lawbreaker by Larry Z. Daily

Riveting from start to finish… Daily’s series opener in The Chronicles of the Lawbreaker immerses readers in a fractured world where a boy’s desperate flight from violence leads him to a chilling prophecy. Chaos engulfs the Federated Kingdoms: deformed beasts,…
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On the Trail of the Sunset’s Dawn (On the Trail #5) by Lynne Armstrong-Jones 

Intricately plotted, carefully nuanced, and thoroughly readable… Armstrong-Jones’s fifth installment concludes the captivating On the Trail series with a poignant exploration of mortality, change, and the power of connections. In the midst of personal grief, Swordsman Nico grapples with loss…
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Secrets of Tanoria: The Crystal Warrior by Lori Hyrup 

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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 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…
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Dreams of the Dying (Enderal #1) by Nicolas Lietzau

An intricate page-turner… In this impressive series kicker in the Enderal series, Lietzau combines psychological horror, mystery, and high fantasy with political intrigue to build a gripping fantasy. Struggling to deal with the traumatic memories of his harrowing past, ex-mercenary…
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The Young by Nicholas John Powter

Thoroughly intriguing and lightning fast… In his engrossing debut, Powter takes readers on an exhilarating journey to a magical fantasy land where history has dwindled into myth, the peace and quiet is gradually becoming the thing of the past, and…
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In Lost Dreams the Four Were Bound (Genean Chronicles #1) by Bradley Blankenship

An expansive and ambitious epic fantasy saga… The bleak dystopian landscape provides an evocative backdrop for characters obsessed with lust, power, duty, and death in Blankenship’s gripping In Lost Dreams the Four Were Bound, the first book in the Genean…
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The Brigands: Players of the Game Book 2 by James McGowan

A tale that crackles with action and occult thrills… McGowan’s troubled antihero, the ruthless pyromancer Ashe Stelfire, is back once again in this riveting second installment in the Players of the Game series. Avril exists as a living ghost while…
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She Runs With Wolves (The Pogrom War #1) by Kimberly T. Hennessy

An enthralling debut… In this compelling dystopian, first in The Pogrom War series, Hennessy seamlessly blends fantasy and artificial intelligence to narrate the complex story of a young woman’s journey to freedom and self-discovery. The fierce Eira is determined to…
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The Empress and the Arctic Tern (The Sky, Earth and Water, #1) by Angie Chasser

A provocative adventure… Those with a taste for swiftly paced adventure fantasy will welcome Chasser’s debut entry in The Sky, Earth and Water series. While helping her parents on their farm comes naturally to Illa, she has always believed there’s…
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The Door Into Whimsy by H.F. Clarke

A stunner … An inquisitive young hero, an endearing cast of mythical creatures, and a wholly original fantasy land feature in Clarke’s charming modern-day fairy tale. When city starts to expand, Tyler Wordsmith’s charming childhood home Bramble begins acting spooky.…