The Shadow Within (2024 release), Karen Hancock

The Shadow Within

Abramm Kalladorne has returned to Kiriath to claim the crown he thought he would never wear and to prepare his people for the inevitable attack of the Armies of the Black Moon.
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Light of Eidon, Karen Hancock

Light Of Eidon

The Light of Eidon is set in a world of swords and cloaks, of glittering palaces and mystical temples, of galley ships and ancient mist-bound cities.
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The Vanishing at Castle Moreau, Jaime Jo Wright

The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

In 1870, orphaned Daisy François finds a reclusive and eccentric Gothic authoress, who hides tales more harrowing than the ones in her novels.
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The End of the Magi, Patrick W. Carr
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The End of the Magi

Myrad, a young magi acolyte, flees for his life when his adoptive father and others are put to death by a ruthless Parthian queen.
“For these wise but motley men, it’s no easy feat to follow the star.”
Lorehaven review, winter 2019
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Mark of the Raven, Morgan L. Busse
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Mark of the Raven

Lady Selene is torn between upholding her family’s legacy or seeking the true reason behind her family’s gift of dreamwalking.
“Those who walk in dreams wield great power to inspire—or destroy.”
Lorehaven review, fall 2018
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The Shattered Vigil, Patrick W. Carr

The Shattered Vigil

A single terrible choice faces the vigil. Hide in safety and let darkness take over the land or face the growing danger and risk all of their lives.
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Darkness Reigns by Jill Williamson

Darkness Reigns

The god of the soil is furious. Volcanic eruptions, sinkholes, earthquakes—everything points to his unhappiness. At least this is what the people of Armania in the Five Realms believe.
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The Shock of Night, Patrick Carr

The Shock Of Night

In a world divided between haves and have-nots, gifted and common, Willet Dura soon learns he’s been passed the rarest gift of all—a gift that’s not supposed to exist.
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Shadow Hand

This is a story about blood. And love. And the many things that lie between. By her father’s wish, Lady Daylily is betrothed to the Prince of Southlands. Not the prince she loves, handsome and dispossessed Lionheart, but his cousin, […]
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A Draw Of Kings

Their journey to Merakh should have made Errol and his companions heroes of the realm. Instead, they’ve been branded enemies of the kingdom.
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Dragonwitch

No one is safe while the Dragonwitch searches for the sword that slew her twice … and for the one person who can wield it. Book 5 of the Tales of Goldstone Wood fantasy series.
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The Hero’s Lot

When Sarin Valon, the corrupt secondus of the conclave, flees Erinon and the kingdom, Errol believes his biggest job is to befriend the dying king.
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A Cast of Stones, Patrick W. Carr

A Cast Of Stones

Errol must leave behind his past, learn to fight, and discover who is hunting him and how far they will go to stop the reading of the stones.
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Judge

The last thing Kien Lantec expects on his first day of military leave is to receive marching orders from his Creator, the Infinite.
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Starflower

When a cursed dragon-witch kidnaps fairest Lady Gleamdren, the Bard Eanrin sets boldly forth on a rescue mission … and a race for Gleamdren’s favor.
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Prophet

Ela Roeh of Parne doesn’t understand why her beloved Creator, the Infinite, wants her to become His prophet.
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Moonblood

Desperate to regain the trust of his kingdom, Prince Lionheart reluctantly banishes his faithful servant and only friend, Rose Red.
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Veiled Rose by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

Veiled Rose

Rose Red trusts no one with her secret. She hides in the forest, her face veiled in rags, shunning the company of all save her old father and her nanny goat. Her life is bleak and lonely.
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Vigilante

Former elite soldier Nolan Gray decides to defend the helpless, tear down the wicked, and wage a one-man war on the heart of man, and he won’t stop until the world is the way it should be.
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Heartless, Anne Elisabeth Stengl
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Heartless

Princess Una of Parumvir has come of age and will soon marry. She dreams of a charming prince, but when her first suitor arrives, he’s not what she’d hoped.
“Anne Elisabeth Stengl’s Heartless takes the form of a fairy tale while creating a completely new story to delight and inspire.”
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Nightmare

Maia Peter is the daughter of two world-renowned “ghost hunters” who has grown up around the paranormal. To her most of the Ghost Town amusement is just Hollywood special effects. Until the very last attraction.
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Offworld

Nothing could prepare the astronaut crew for what they discover when they step foot back on planet Earth. Everyone … everywhere … is gone.
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Merciless

Grant Borrows has supposedly fallen to his doom, but when something crawls out of the pit–something dark and merciless with unrestrained power.
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The Dead Whisper On

Candace MacHugh’s father promised to contact her from the “other side” if he could … but it’s been eleven long years. But one evening from the shadows she hears a familiar voice — Bud MacHugh’s trademark growl. By T.L. Hines.
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Fearless

The world changed after that terrible day when the sky burned. But an anonymous but powerful hero emerges from the wreckage. He is Grant Borrows, one a chosen few who walk the earth with extraordinary powers.
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Return Of The Guardian-King

Believed dead by all but the handful of supporters who rescued him from his Mataian enemies, Abramm Kalladorne has fled his homeland to the high mountains of northern Chesedh. Book 4, the final volume of the Legends of the Guardian-King fantasy series by Karen Hancock.
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Relentless

Grant Borrows has been Shifted—in the silence between heartbeats, his whole life fundamentally altered. There’s another man in the world wearing his face and living his life. What’s more, the man staring back from his mirror is a stranger.
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Waking Lazarus

Jude Allman is hiding from the world and hiding from God. Because when you come back from the dead three times, the world wants a piece of you … and it becomes clear that God may have something in mind for you, too. By T.L. Hines.
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Shadow Over Kiriath

After months of conflict and opposition, Abramm Kalladorne has finally stepped into his destiny as king of Kiriath–only to find himself facing more problems than ever. Book 3 in the Legends of the Guardian-King fantasy series by Karen Hancock.
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Double Vision

Three secrets. Two women. One man. No time. Romantic technothriller for adult readers, by Randall Ingermanson.
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Shivering World, Kathy Tyers
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Shivering World

Microbiologist Graysha Brady-Phillips accepts a hazardous position assisting in terraforming the planet Goddard.
““This story grows on the reader much faster than bacteria in a barren biosphere. . . . Shivering World is good medicine.””
Lorehaven review, winter 2018
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The Fifth Man

During the first manned mission to Mars, Valkerie Jansen has made the discovery of a lifetime: evidence of past life on Mars.
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Oxygen

In the year 2012, astronaut Valkerie Jansen’s life dreams become nightmares as an explosion cripples her spacecraft on the first voyage to Mars.
“Olson and Ingermanson write fast, fit, and smart. They know their science and characters.”
Lorehaven review, spring 2020
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