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Beneath the Swirling Sky, Elizabeth Groening
Skate the Seeker by Jeff Ayers
The Red Door, Chris Solaas
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New books for teens + young adults

Best for readers ages 13–18—and beyond!
The Looking-Glass Illusion, Sara Ella
The Eternity Gate, Katherine Briggs
Calligraphy Guild, R. M. Archer
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Challenging novels for wise readers 18 and up.
The Looking-Glass Illusion, Sara Ella
Light of Eidon, Karen Hancock
Wandering, Loren G. Warnemuende
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The Little Mermaid’s Live-Action Remake Fares Better Than Critics Forecast

Some new songs may flounder, but Ariel’s voice and Triton’s character redeem the 2023 Disney film. · Marian Jacobs
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King's Warrior, Jenelle Leanne Schmidt

King’s Warrior

Threat of invasion sends Princess Kamarie on a quest to seek out the legendary king’s warrior to request his aid.
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Fortified, V. Romas Burton

Fortified

When Devora’s future shatters, she must decide whether to live to fight or fight to live.
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Canaan Sleeps, Daniel Camomile

Canaan Sleeps

Teens living in a “Christian utopia” that twists the gospel for gain and oppression must decide to follow prosperous crowds or Jesus himself.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Alight, J. F. Rogers

Alight

Three friends with unique abilities must forge their way through a vampire infested world where evil seeks to corrupt them and devour their souls.
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Shadow of Honor, Ronie Kendig

Shadow of Honor

Held captive, tortured by monsters of a nightmarish alien race, Marco Dusan clings to a final goal: keep these beasts from the Quadrants, even if it means orchestrating his own death.
Reader ages: adults
Rats of Dweltford, Matt Barron

Rats of Dweltford

A former convict must defend his duchess from a threat within her own walls.
Reader ages: adults
Prentice Ash, Matt Barron

Prentice Ash

Trained as a knight, condemned as a heretic, exiled as a convict, Prentice’s every moment is a struggle just to survive.
Reader ages: adults
Amok, Anna Tan

Amok

When his city falls to the enemy, Mikal must find a way to regain Kudus’ favour—and His supernatural Amok Strength—to liberate his people.
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Dawn of Vengeance, Ronie Kendig

Dawn of Vengeance

A haunting prophecy upended his identity. Now it demands his life. Marco Dusan is plagued by insecurity as he tours the realm he now rules.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Mantle, Oliver D. King

Mantle

Winter breaks all the rules to stop Xaphan before he destroys the world.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Acolyte, Oliver D. King

Acolyte

Xaphan sends a demon to hunt down Winter, and Winter doesn’t know what to do to stop it.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
A Weight of Reckoning, C. S. Wachter

A Weight of Reckoning

Though young Prince Rayne triumphed over Sigmund’s demonic evil, will he survive the demon’s plans birthed within the false cult of scroll worship?
Reader ages: adults
Diondray's Roundabout, Marion Hill

Diondray’s Roundabout

A young man purses his destiny but will become sidetracked by a culture that doesn’t believe in things outside of humanity.
Reader ages: adults
The Light Unbound, C. S. Wachter
Reviewed

The Light Unbound

Alone and weak, Rayne lashes out at the One and turns his back on his quest; can he learn to trust again before it’s too late?
“Ambitious in scope and relentless in speed, this novel concludes C. S. Wachter’s saga on a high note.”
—Lorehaven review, summer 2020
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
The Deceit of Darkness, C. S. Wachter
Reviewed

The Deceit of Darkness

Sigmund puts a new plan to thwart prophecy into action while Rayne struggles to face the residual darkness coiling within him.
““The third installment in C. S. Wachter’s epic fantasy series crystallizes the series’ Christianity.””
—Lorehaven review,
Reader ages: adults
Rebirth, R. J. Amezcua

Rebirth

Rogue elements of the sisterhood by divine providence are captured, while a dreadful prophecy has begun to unfold.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
The Light Arises, C. S. Wachter
Reviewed

The Light Arises

Rayne must face the darkness within himself, accept his calling as Light Bringer of the One, and find the golden-haired girl from his dream.
“The Light Arises will leave readers craving the next word for the next world.”
—Lorehaven review, winter 2018
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
The Reluctant Disciple, Jim O'Shea
Reviewed

The Reluctant Disciple

Is the increase in paranormal phenomena across the globe a harbinger of amazing things to come, or something much more sinister?
“The Reluctant Disciple tours popular thematic attractions via disquieting paths.”
—Lorehaven review, spring 2019
Reader ages: adults
Realm: The Age Between Breath and Fire, John Leslie Battenfield

Realm: The Age Between Breath and Fire

In a renewed, Edenic age under God’s rule, one family must redesign civilization and battle an unseen evil.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Decimation, R. J. Amezcua

Decimation

Rogue elements of the Marium Kahnet discover and destroy a secret enemy base where the Leviathan races are being created.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
The Null Prophecy, Michael Guillen

The Null Prophecy

Space weather scientists in Northeast Canada have spotted holes opening in Earth’s magnetosphere.
Reader ages: adults
Spark, J. M. Hackman

Spark

In an alternate reality, a young teen must find her missing mother and warn a city of an invading army.
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Retribution, R. J. Amezcua

Retribution

Decades after global infanticide, the merciless Necrogog legions seek to to kill the promised Mantis messiah.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
The Emperor's Harvest, R. A. Denny
Reviewed

The Emperor’s Harvest

Based on a prophecy, three youths are chosen to travel to Tzoladia to save the world.
“In The Emperor’s Harvest, R. A. Denny reimagines elements from the biblical account of Christ’s birth in a fantasy setting.”
—Lorehaven review, spring 2019
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

The Foundlings

The world’s only hope is in a prophecy hardly anyone believes in anymore. Tenna and Tander strive to save their world—a world that may not want to be saved.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

Prophet

Ela Roeh of Parne doesn’t understand why her beloved Creator, the Infinite, wants her to become His prophet.
Reader ages: teens + young adults

Allon Book 5: Gauntlet

Prince Titus, son of King Tyrone and Queen Tristine, is kidnapped, and the suspects are Tunlundian pirates. But what do they want with a 7-year-old boy?
Reader ages: teens + young adults

Allon Book 4: A Question Of Sovereignty

Determined to save her father, Tristine meets two unlikely allies: a blacksmith and a crippled beggar. But how can they stop a coup? And what will become of the Great King? Book 4 of the Allon series, fantasy for teen readers and older.
Reader ages: teens + young adults

Allon Book 3: Heir Apparent

Emperor Kamu sends an ambassador to Allon offering a royal marriage between his daughter and sixteen-year-old Prince Nigel. But soon, strange things start happening. Book 3 of the Allon series, fantasy for teen readers and older.
Reader ages: teens + young adults

Allon Book 2: Insurrection

With the Dark Way defeated, King Ellis starts restoring the House of Tristan. To him and Shannan, a son and heir is born, Prince Nigel. But not all is blissful in Allon. The Dark Way doesn’t die easily. Book 2 of the Allon series, fantasy for teen readers and older.
Reader ages: teens + young adults

Allon: Book 1

The land of Allon was a paradise until the fall of the Guardians paved the way for the rise of the Dark Way. But an ancient prophecy speaks of a time to come when the Guardians will return and Allon will be restored — led by its rightful heir. Book 1 of the ​Allon series, fantasy for teen readers and older.
Reader ages: teens + young adults

The Squire And The Blacksmith

Garrett Scott’s father, a blacksmith, has disappeared from the village of Melas — and no one seems to know how or why. Yet rumors swirl that he’s been kidnapped. Book 2 in The Book of Squires series by Randall R. Adams.
Reader ages: middle grade, teens + young adults

The Last Of The Nephilim

With giants battling dragons, and a rogue dragon taking the side of the forces of evil, a cataclysmic battle erupts, endangering every life in the land of Second Eden. Book 3 in the Oracles Of Fire fantasy series by Bryan Davis.
Reader ages: teens + young adults

Gideon’s Dawn

Another Gideon has appeared in The Inherited Lands. He may be the answer to ancient prophesies of doom and deliverance. Or he may just be Gideon Dawning, a graduate student from Texas, in over his head in a world beyond time. Adult epic fantasy by Michael D. Warden.
Reader ages: adults

The Immmortal

Claudia is stunned by Asher Genzano’s story. Who is he? A fanatic? A religious zealot? A raving lunatic? Or is he what he says he is-a 2000-year-old man cursed with immortality and on a holy mission to prevent a global cataclysm? By Angela Hunt.
Reader ages: adults

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