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Trading Into Shadow
C.M. Simpson - 2019
She doesn’t need a deserted farm to complicate things… or a parentless pup… or to be hunted by a hoshkat. What she needs is to find a way home… through the dark… but the predators are out in force, and home is a very long way away.
Can she discover what happened at Leon’s Deep, in time to stop it from happening again? Or did she escape the ambush, only to see the rest of her world fall to the ones behind it?
Join her as she fights to survive and solve the mystery of Leon’s Deep. Pick up Trading into Shadow, today.
The Serpent's Orb
Guy Antibes - 2019
As part of his duties, Jack is ordered to travel the length of Corand to the capital city to bring back a priceless object of power, the Serpent’s Orb. He soon finds that he is not the only one after the orb and someone is willing to kill to get it.
Resistance to Magic
Peter Glenn - 2020
Will it kill her too?The amulet Sariah found buried in the mines looked liked her ticket out of her half-starved backwater life. The pendant was surely very valuable. The assassin who tried to steal it apparently agreed.Now all she wants is revenge. Or at least justice.With a little help from a friendly mystic she learns about magic. Only with its help does she stand a chance to vanquish the forces that destroyed her life.She hates magic. But will her thirst for vengeance drive her into magic’s open arms?
Knight's Creed
P.J. Cherubino - 2018
They call themselves Movers.
To fight them, she has to rely on all her magical skills as Knight of the Wellspring. She can’t do it alone.
Astrid needs help and she finds it in the most unlikely places.
Join Astrid and her righteous friends as they stand up to the enemies of humanity.
Set on the foundation laid by the Kurtherian Gambit Series, Knight's Creed begins an entirely new story in the Age of Magic
Heart of a Huntsman
Liam Reese - 2017
He grows into a hunstman of some note, suitable to put food on the Duke’s table, if unfit to join the meal. His simple, meager life is thrown into chaos when he finds himself approached by Zaynorth, an illusion mage who has come in search of Besmir, bearing a remarkable truth: the huntsman is far more than he knows himself to be. Along with his apprentice, Keluse, Besmir follows Zaynorth to a new and distant land where he will vie for a throne stolen by the very man responsible for his parent’s death. In Heart of a Huntsman, an orphan of noble birth must rally the people of a foreign land to his cause and lead them against a treacherous king – one whose army includes the very legions of Hell.
Rise of the Night
Orlando A. Sanchez - 2014
Home to creatures of unimaginable power, they are kept imprisoned by the wards that surround the park. Now those wards are failing and people are dying. Creatures, called the Unholy, are escaping into the night. Only the Hunters, an elite force of warriors can stop them. Sepia Blue is a new hunter, with little experience. Together with her gunman and partner, Cade, they must stop the wards from failing completely. Can a hunter with a dark past and a darker sword stop the Unholy before they destroy all of humanity?
Proven
H.M. Clarke - 2019
And it is up to the Blackwatch to root it out.
All Ryn Weaver ever wanted was to be a warrior. To protect others unable to protect themselves. But on her Proving to join the prestigious Blackwatch Order she finds herself accidentally Paired with Dagan Drake, a Tribunal Mage. Theirs is a reluctant partnership. Given no choice in the matter, Ryn must now work with Dagan to complete his mission to capture a traitor to the realm. With rogue mages and brutish blades coming at her from every turn, will Ryn be able to gain the respect of her new partner and prove herself worthy of her blade? Or will Ryn and her Order fall to the machinations of the evil set against them? Proven is the first installment in a new epic fantasy romance series. If you like electrifying action, rich characters, and magical battles, then you'll love H.M. Clarke's series starter. Click to read Proven now.
The Sleeping God
Violette Malan - 2007
Learning that this is not an isolated incident and realizing that Dhulyn's own unique gift will make them a target, the two take ship for safer climes. Once ashore the partners take on a seemingly simple mission of escorting a young woman to distant relatives. But not even Dhulyn's talent can warn them of the threat that awaits at the far end of their journey.
Keep Your Friends Close
N.D. Roberts - 2019
What is a (powerful) mother to do when she needs to fight a war and her children need to grow up FAST?
The universe is a dangerous place for the children of an empress in exile, and helping themselves to their mother’s favorite battleship did nothing to convince their parents they were ready to take on the responsibility of active duty.
What does Bethany Anne do when she has to leave the twins on Devon to fight for the Bakas’ freedom?
She creates a gameworld that has to be lived in to be believed.
Once that challenge was accomplished, she sends Alexis, Gabriel, and friends K’aia and Trey to learn what it takes to be true leaders.
Lost in time and separated in space, the twins and their friends must navigate a world designed to challenge their preconceptions at every turn.
DO THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO GROW UP?
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The Kurtherian Endgame 06: Enter into Valhalla,
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Dawn of Destiny
Amy Hopkins - 2017
Her mental magic might even be getting stronger... it's hard to tell when her practice time is eaten up by paperwork and leading her people.
That is, until a rogue mystic cult shows up, trying to drag Julianne into their plot for world domination.
Crossing the dangerous Madlands and issuing a slap down to the bad guys is just the kind of trip she needs - some quiet solitude and the chance to kick some ass. If only her smartass companions had stayed at home...
Set on the foundation laid by the Kurtherian Gambit Series, Dawn of Destiny tells an entirely new story in the Age of Magic.
Madness Unleashed - A Kurtherian Gambit Series
Hayley Lawson - 2018
Keeping his head down for the last few centuries, a mutated vampire has taken advantage of the new post-apocalyptic normal.
Now, Ryder is provided an opportunity to escape his tyrannical rule… But she won’t stand for simply disappearing, it’s time for justice.
Taking one mutated vampire down should be no problem, right?
Wrong!Throw in a newly developed herd of zombies, and Ryder is facing a full recipe for disaster.
Get ready to enjoy the ride!
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** As noted in other series set in the Kurtherian Universe, there IS cursing in this book, occasionally, it's funny, too. **
Shades of Light: Age Of Magic - A Kurtherian Gambit Series
Justin Sloan - 2017
On the run, having left all they knew behind they have to rely on those who hate Paladins. All magic is evil, the High Paladin taught... But Alastar starts to understand that he might have been mislead.If his sister uses magic, and she isn't evil...what does that mean for his beliefs?Brother and sister soon find themselves aligned with magic users and thrown in with the clans in a war against sorcerers and paladins alike, with only one hope of uniting the land--the legendary Sword of Light. It was lost years ago, and quest after quest by the holy paladins could not retrieve it.When you know the truth about magic... anything is possible.Set on the foundation laid by the Kurtherian Gambit Series, Shades of Light tells an entirely new story in the Age of Magic--and of the heroes and villains who battle for control of its destiny.
Restriction
C.M. Raymond - 2017
Clarke She didn’t mean to use magicShe didn’t even know she HAD magicShe just wanted to save her brother, who was dying in her arms.Accused of using illegal magic, and sentenced to a cruel death at the hands of the city’s guards, Hannah has no choice but to trust in the aid of a strange old man who wields unimaginable power.The Founder has returned to correct the wrongs of unjust. But to do that, he needs Hannah, a young woman from the city slums. She has a key to unlocking a power even greater than his own--if she can only learn to trust herself and the magic flowing within her blood.Restriction is a fantasy set in the far future, where magic and monsters ravage the land of Irth and only the strong survive.Set on the foundation laid by the Kurtherian Gambit Series, Restriction tells an entirely new story in the Age of Magic--and of the heroes and villains who battle for control of its destiny.Read now and Enter the Age of Magic...
Sword of Fire and Sea
Erin Hoffman - 2011
For love, he unwittingly doomed his family to generations of a rare genetic disease that follows families who cross elemental boundaries. Now Vidarian, the last surviving member of the Rulorat family, struggles to uphold his family legacy, and finds himself chained to a task as a result of the bride price his great-grandfather paid: the Breakwater Agreement, a seventy-year-old alliance between his family and the High Temple of Kara’zul, domain of the fire priestesses.The priestess Endera has called upon Vidarian to fulfill his family’s obligation by transporting a young fire priestess named Ariadel to a water temple far to the south, through dangerous pirate-controlled territory. A journey perilous in the best of conditions is made more so by their pursuers: rogue telepathic magic-users called the Vkortha who will stop at nothing to recover Ariadel, who has witnessed their forbidden rites.Together, Vidarian and Ariadel will navigate more than treacherous waters: Imperial intrigue, a world that has been slowly losing its magic for generations, secrets that the priestesshoods have kept for longer, the indifference of their elemental goddesses, gryphons—once thought mythical—now returning to the world, and their own labyrinthine family legacies. Vidarian finds himself at the intersection not only of the world’s most volatile elements, but of colliding universes, and the ancient and alien powers that lurk between them.
Greatshadow
James Maxey - 2012
The Church of the Book has assembled a team of twelve battle-hardened adventurers to slay the dragon once and for all. But tensions run high between the leaders of the team who view the mission as a holy duty and the super-powered mercenaries who add power to their ranks, who view the mission primarily as a chance to claim Greatshadow's vast treasure trove. If the warriors fail to slay the beast, will they doom mankind to death by fire?