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Rebellion and ruin await in the gripping second installment of Evan Leikams debut fantasy series, perfect for fans of Joe Abercrombie, R.F. Kuang, and Nicholas Eames.The king is dead. Shes still alive. The revolution is yet to come... The riveting adventure continues in the sequel to Evan Leikams breakout fantasy debut Anji Kills a King.Anji has survived a dozen different deaths. The king is dead, her family is dead, the fabled mercenaries of the Menagerie are deadand shes still here, the price that was on her head now jingling as coins in her own pocket.In the wake of her journey, the city she once called home has changed, and a revolution is brewing in a camp on the riverbank. A revolution Anjis new windfall was meant to fund, and still could if she can forgive them for being willing to throw her life away to do it. But building a bright new kingdom wont be as simple as cutting one kings throat... and in a city of dark alleys and desperate times, her path will take her to shadowy places she never could have expected.

The Trinity is revealed at last, but the key to unlocking its power remains unknown. Tor and Alyssa are surrounded by danger. Old enemies return, and a new threat is looming: a god has installed himself on the throne and is determined to kill Tor and those he loves.The battle lines are drawn for the final confrontation between the two most powerful sentients ever to walk the land. Was Tor doomed from the start, or can he protect Tallinor from its ultimate enemy?

A vengeful god is about to break free and destroy the land. Only the Trinity can stop him wreaking vengeance.Saved from death by a powerful act of Spiriting, Torkyn Gynt lives in hiding from his enemies, threats that loom from many directions. In Tallinor, Alyssa believes her beloved Tor is dead and must find the strength to forgive the king who ordered his execution.But the Trinity itself remains a mystery. Can Tor discover its identity to fulfil his destiny?

Return to Sunday Times-bestselling author Adrienne Youngs lush Greco-Roman inspired fantasy, where young lovers Luca and Maris must traverse the bloody warzone that their city has become to spite the gods and rekindle their romance.The war is just beginning.When the city fell, Maris lost everything--her freedom, her future, and the man she loved. Now, with Luca trapped behind the gates of Isara, she makes a choice that will change her life forever: to don the armor of the enemy and march back into the heart of the city she was forced to flee. Every step brings her closer to Luca, but also deeper into the blood-soaked machine of war.Inside Isaras walls, Luca wrestles with a truth more dangerous than any sword. Once the symbol of the Loyal Legion, he has lost the thing he was truly fighting for--Maris. The shift of the war has left him to question whether he has become a pawn of the gods, and with betrayal lurking in every shadow, Luca must decide who he is: the dutiful soldier forged by rebellion, or the man willing to risk everything for love.Across battlefields and through broken temples, Maris and Lucas treacherous paths through Isara are set to collide. And when the gods demand sacrifice, it comes in a form no one could have expected.

A housemaids quiet life is disrupted when the arrival of a mysterious visitor causes her to question the nature of her charming cottage home in this atmospheric Sapphic romantasy with a dark heart.A tale of love against all odds and across many worlds, for fans of Alix E. Harrow and V. E. Schwab.Step into the Oubliette and forget your troubles....Housemaid Tansys days are all the same. Her only duties are to tend to her charge, old Lady Aster, and take care of their quaint cottage home. The seaside house is charming, peaceful, and above all, isolated. Tansy cant remember the last time she left... or when she arrived.Merit is a Carrion Knight. A servant of the dark entity the Unmaker, she has been raised to be a monster. But when shes wounded during a routine raid, she stumbles through a mysterious door and finds herself tumbling into the Oubliette.When the two meet, an instant connection forms, and a crack appears in Oubliettes perfect façade. As the bond between Merit and Tansy grows and powerful feelings rise to the surface, Tansy must question not only what she wants, but who she is. Because the origins of this charming world are darker than she could imagineand the key to uncovering them might lie with Tansy herself.

A chance encounter with a gorgeous cosplayer sends a young woman hurtling through a portal into a world of hunky orcs and fated mates.This funny, sexy monster romance is perfect for fans of Tusk Love and Katee Robert.MEET CUTES BACK ON THE MENU, BOYS.Thena just wants to survive FantastiCon with minimal human interaction and maximum sarcasm. She didnt plan for a seven-foot-plus cosplayer built like a Norse god, painted green, who smells like he was forged in the wilds of Valhalla and seems hell-bent on ruining her day.But Viggo Klausson isnt a cosplayer. Hes the High Chieftain of the Eastern Orcs, and hes spent two years in the human world searching for his soulmate. The moment he scents Thena, he knows she belongs to him. But despite the thrumming attraction that leads her straight through a portal into Viggos world Thena doesnt believe in destiny, or some cosmic mating bond, and she absolutely did not sign up for this.When an ancient power wakes inside Thena, shes forced to learn the rules of Viggos complicated world, fast. If she wants to survive, shell have to navigate a new world and a future she never asked for, all while fighting against the one thing more dangerous than the world around her: her growing, undeniable attraction to the man who swears shes his.

Deep in the folklore of Tallinor lies a dark legend: the story of a powerful sentient who almost destroyed the entire land.Now, centuries later, any sentient who is discovered is executed. But in a village far from the royal city, a young scribe, Torkyn Gynt, blazes with undetected power and healing abilities. To fulfil his destiny, Tor must leave his home and his love, Alyssa to become apprentice to the royal physic.Guided by a falcon and a mysterious woman who appears to him in his dreams, Tor embarks on a journey that will test his courage and his heart.A journey that can only end in triumph or betrayal.

A twisty and colourful retelling of Christina Rossettis Goblin Market that sees changeling Toast navigate the dangerous den of faerie dealers to save her human sister for being framed for murder. Perfect for readers of conniving unscrupulous fairy tale fantasies like After the Forest by Kell Woods and Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher.Toast is a changeling child whose life has always been for trade. Ever since her goblin parents ripped her away from the human family that raised her, Toast has struggled to find security in the transactional world of the fabled goblin market, where anything can be bought and everything has a price. As a guide for humans that stumble into the Market, shes learned that the fae world is cruel to the unwary.The only fae friend she trusts is the enigmatic Kulm, the ageless guardian whose existence anchors and protects the Market. But when the wayward human Sam stumbles into the Market and Kulm is found murdered, Toast will have to barter harder than ever before. Sam is accused of the murder though Toast knows shes innocent. With the begrudging help of a goblin fruit-addicted artist, a reluctant kelpie, and a fae princess with her own agenda, Toast will traverse the strange, fluid and twisting halls of the Market in search of the rarest commodity amongst the fae: the truth.When the high fae courts take advantage in the power vacuum left by Kulms death, its Toasts home and her strange community that is threatened by stakes greater than one murder. Whats more, the abduction of Sams sister by the high faewhich caused Sam to seek the Market in the first placemakes their role in Kulms death suspect. Exactly what trade are the power-hungry fae scheming? And can any of Toasts market-bound family afford the dangerous cost?Ultimately, when bartering for the very heart of the Market itself, Toast will have to decide where her loyalties lie, the value of a home, and whats not for sale.

13 original stories of dark fantasy inspired by the classic tales of L. Frank Baum and the land of Oz, from the masters of fantasy and science fiction, including M. R. Carey, Christina Henry and Adrian Tchaikovsky.Journey beyond the yellow brick road, click your heels together and enter the dark heart of the tornado... if you dare.Join the award-winning Marie ORegan & Paul Kane as they bring together some of genre fictions bestselling and acclaimed authors as they explore the wild imagination of L. Frank Baum and his wonderful Land of Oz.Featuring stories by Simon R. Green Caitin Rozakis Louise Carey Adrian Tchaikovsky Ian Whates M. R. Carey Paul Magrs Delilah S. Dawson Robert Shearman Stark Holborn Christina Henry Una McCormack Jonathan Maberry

The triumphant conclusion to the Villains trilogy from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.The ExtraOrdinary of Merit City, a secret group of individuals gifted with a power connected to their manner of near-death experience, have been keeping a low profile, avoiding the ever-watchful eye of EON in the wake of the showdown with Marcella, Eli, and Serena.But when EONand its relationship to the ExtraOrdinaries begins to change under the leadership of a new director with a terrifying agenda, the time for hiding is over. The path to the truth of what happened to EON leads Victor, Sydney, Mitch and the rest into the enemys lair at EON headquarters, where they encounter unexpected allies, shocking new abilities, and the ultimate confrontation.Against all the years, the betrayals, and the oddsthe arch rivals and their allies will meet for a final time, on a chess board laid out by a rival they didnt expect.

A darkly magical retelling of Hans Christian Andersens "The Snow Queen" for fans of Ava Reid and Katherine Arden,from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Nettle & Bone. Gerta has been in love with her neighbor, Kay, for as long as she can remember. Kay thinks Gerta is...fine.When Kay is stolen away by the mysterious Snow Queen, its up to Gerta to find him. Her journey will take her through a dangerous land of snow and witchcraft, spirit roads and shape-shifters. Accompanied by a talking raven and a strangely entrancing bandit girl named Janna, Gerta travels further north than north to confront the Snow Queen and rescue Kay.The journey will be dangerous, but the unpredictable currents of her own heart might be the most frightening thing of all.

The official prequel to Life is Strange: Reunion, the thrilling finale to the Max and Chloe saga. "In my dreams, Im always dying."Chloe Price is not having a good time. Harrowed by recurring nightmares featuring her own violent death, missing Max and living in her truck, she could use a bit of luck. After a chance encounter with Izzie Margolis, she becomes the new manager for the up-and-coming band Drugstore Makeup. In the years since the split with Steph in Haven Springs, Izzie has recruited a full band to bolster her energetic sound and heartfelt lyrics. Chasing success and fighting for greater recognition, Drugstore Makeup find themselves on the cusp of their next big break.So when Chloe kicks them out of their comfort zone, Izzie and the band enter a tornado of activity: writing and rehearsing fresh songs as they prepare to record an album, embarking on a tour of grimy live music venues to grow their fandom mosh pit by mosh pit, and vigorously debating the optimum ratio of band merchandise to sleeping bags in the back of their shared touring van.But with a drummer who cant keep time, debts that wont stop piling, venues that never live up to the photos online, and a manager who seems more troubled than the band, will this year, and this tour, see Drugstore Makeup reach the next level - or see them wiped out?!

In the last jittery years of the eighteenth century, England is hungry for marvels. In rides Doctor Gustavus Katterfelto, a celebrity conjurer who once performed for Kings and now lives by his wits, with his battered stage gear and his black cat Cleo.He is joined by Roger Gossage, a young Moroccan Jew stranded in Britain. When a river accident leaves Katterfelto injured and Roger combing the Severn for lost property, he finds a dented silver horn, cold as a grave coin. When breathed into, it answers with a womans voice - she speaks of far-off cities, strange machines and in riddles, and soon "the Oracle of Clevelode" is the sensation of the Midlands. Crowds pack Duvernets theatre and fields at dusk. Doom-preachers chant her phrases. Rival magicians and zealots circle. But then a shadowy Constable of the Night sets a trap.As hysteria rises, Roger begins to suspect the horn is not a trick at all. In Nottingham a scientific committee is formed to test the oracle. What begins as theatre becomes obsession, and ends in a public trial for "pretending to sorcery", with Roger fighting to save Katterfelto and the voice inside the horn.Told as a breathless true account, The Trial of Katterfelto is a darkly comic historical fever dream about spectacle, belief, and the price of hearing the future.

Terrifying and thrillingly romantic, this is horror romance at its absolute best: steamy, haunting, and sharpMolly OSullivan, author of The Book of AutumnThese violent delights have violent ends.After surviving a shadowed childhood marked by ghost stories and loss, Mallory Webb is ready to start fresh as a theater major at her mothers alma mater, a sanitarium turned liberal arts university in Rhode Island. Landing the lead role in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet feels like a dream until the blood-soaked spirit she suspects caused her mothers death resurfaces after years of quiet. With nothing to go on but cryptic symbols in an old college notebook, Mallory hopes the reason behind her mothers haunting lies somewhere on campus, and resolves to find answers before she meets the same fate.Shes surprised to make an unexpected ally in Ezra Pierce, the magnetic fourth-year directing the play, and takes solace in their undeniable chemistry. But Ezra is a master secret-keeper, and its clear he knows more than hes letting on about Saskia Garin, Mallorys elusive understudy whose past eerily mirrors her own.When an ancient, bloodthirsty evil calls to collect on a bargain that dates back to the New England vampire panic, Mallory, Ezra and Saskia will have to untangle the tragic ways in which their histories are linked and face the devastating consequences of their own star-crossed love story.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alive comes a pulse-pounding horror novel set in 18th century colonial America amid a reimagined French and Indian War, in which a member of the legendary Rogers Rangers with indigenous ancestry must protect his fathers homeland from a monstrous supernatural threat. Perfect for fans of historical horror and readers of Stephen Graham Jones, Daniel Kraus and Alma Katsu.A gripping and gruesome tale of courage, loyalty, and sacrifice set in a horrifying 18th-century Colonial America.Amidst the brutality of the French and Indian War, an officer in the legendary Rogers Rangers is thrust into a nightmare that will challenge both his leadership and his lifelong quest to leave his Native American heritage behind. Lieutenant Geoffrey Rapelje is tasked with guiding a ranger platoon to his birthplace to preserve a fragile treaty between the British and his fathers people.What Geoffrey finds is not the idyllic village of his youth, but a landand a triberavaged by a vicious, unknown force.He and his rangers embark on a harrowing journey across a North American wilderness beset by violence, betrayal, and inexplicable terrors. To defeat a genocidal enemy, Geoffrey must embrace a dark truth he has long denied.

Brace yourself for an exhilarating epic fantasy trilogy with a diverse cast, polyamory, and chaotic sentient magic, for fans of V.E. Schwab and Antonia Hodgson.In the twisted city of Amaris, magic spawns from chaos. Prone to driving humans mad, it can only be wielded safely by the Wraithsseven immortal beings magically bound to obey the king.Esme is the most notorious Wraith. She has spent the last century forced to kill on behalf of the nation that stole her from her homeworld while building a secret life for herself and her wife away from violence.That is, until the current king turns up murdered, and a magical will demands his successor be chosen through three trials. Esme cannot break the magical shackles that bind her, but she will suffer no more tyrants. She rigs the kings succession trials in favour of her chosen candidate: the righteous General Balthazar, who she cant help but fall for.As Esme weaves together the threads of the court on Balthazars behalf amid a strange tide of sentient magic in the city and a growing war on the horizon, she will come face to face with Balthazars bloody past, troubled present, and countless betrayals.He isnt the man Esme thought he wasbut she was born to make and break kings.

The stunning final entry in the Guardians of Dawn series, from New York Times bestselling author S. Jae-Jones, perfect for fans of Sue Lynn Tan and Judy I. Lin. Shadows fade. Illusions break. The dawn returns.Min Suhwa has always longed to see the greater world outside the small, cloistered convent in which she was raised. Hidden there for her safety when she was a small child, Suhwa has learned to keep her unusual illusion magic to herself, but when the Bangtan Brothers come to town to perform, she cant resist the chance to go see them for herself. But the world outside her convent is dangerousthe Morning Realms have fallen to civil war, and Huntsmen prowl the land in search of magicians and the fabled Guardians of Dawn, legendary elemental warriors with incredible powers. When Suhwas illusion magic brings her afoul of one of the Huntsmen, she must flee for her life.Meanwhile, the Guardians of Dawn and their allies are fighting a war on two frontsagainst the northern insurrection seeking to claim the Sunburst Throne and destroy all magicians, and against the rising threat of the Mother of Ten Thousand Demons. Zhara, Ami, and Yuli must travel to the Azure Isles to seek the Guardian of Water and save the Morning Realms from annihilation, restoring balance to order and chaos once and for all.

From the author of the Mirror Visitor quartet, a new, heart-stopping adventureEveryone has an Instinct. And everything is perfect.In a world ruled by "We" each person has a role, a direction, a mission assigned by their Instinct. No choice. No deviation. No freedom. But when some students disappear into silence, Claire, who has always felt out of place, and Goliath, determined to become a Saint before time runs out, find themselves questioning everything. As they follow forbidden trails, escape a murderous Archangel, and discover that "We" is not at all what it seems, all their certainties will be shattered.

Discover bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutantos debut dark fantasy following an assassin, a scholar, a con man, and a guard racing to save their world from a miracle gone wrong.Mara has no memory of life before her assassin training behind the fortress-like walls of Tchu-Morrokhai, which has been her world since she was five. Practicing discipline and strategy, sacrifice and solitude, she has dedicated herself to resisting the Divine Empresss plans of eradicating the all-but-forgotten magic. She longs for a world once again filled with magicand freedom and love. And shell do whatever it takes to find those things.In the faraway city of Velingard, Livya is the privileged daughter of the revered scientist whose invention of an indestructible new metal was the catalyst for a great revolution. Yet Livyas bored of suitors and balls, more interested in philosophical debates. But when an invite to a secret salon leads to a kidnapping attempt, Livya is suddenly on the runwith the unlikely aid of charming con man Kaian, a once dear childhood friend inexplicably turned frosty stranger.Captain Fonde has served Velingard faithfully in the twenty years since the revolution, and all has been peaceful... until now, when hes informed that their "indestructible" metal is inexplicably starting to crumble. Ships, bridges, buildings, statuestheir entire post-revolution world is literally about to come apart. Could it be that the metaland therefore the revolutionwas flawed all along? Or is there something darkerevil, ancient, inhumanat play?With stunning world-building, Jesse Q. Sutanto weaves an epic tale of characters whose lives irrevocably intertwineand unravelas paths collide across continents, racing toward an explosive twist that will forever change all of their fates...

In this thrilling sequel to The Gryphon King, old rivalries and new threats pull Bataar and Nohra into a swirling cauldron of gods, monsters and djinn.Sweeping Southwest Asian-inspired epic fantasy starring morally gray characters and lady knights, perfect for fans of Godkiller and Shannon Chakraborty. Bataar Rhah, the gryphon king, has conquered the kingdom of Dumakra. Victorious, he turns his attention on Aglea in the north, where pagan berserkers rule over inhospitable, monster-infested marshes. Prince Nassar and his entourage have also fled to Aglea to rally his supporters against Bataarspreading the terrible ghoulish plague they unearthed from the abandoned city of Anhabar wherever they go.Princess Nohra is soon to be married to Bataar. Nohra has not forgiven the rhahs sins against her country or her family, but her thirst for vengeance wars with her feelings for Bataars wife, Qaira. Now, as Bataar forces her to participate in the conquest of her mothers country, wielding her best friend Daryas terrifying demonic powers as a weapon, Nohras conflicted loyalties threaten to tear her apart.Nobody knows Daryas limits. Bataars strange supernatural gifts are growing more powerful by the dayand beginning to slip from his control. Only one thing is certain: everywhere, the eyes of monsters, gods, and djinn are watching. One wrong move could tip everything into chaos.