The Mainland is in tatters. The royal legion has sailed into a misguided war against Stormguard and is not likely to return. The Blue Runa has seized control of Ulmoc, infecting the land itself and hunting humans to the brink of extinction. And it is all because of one young man. The name that is on the lips of every human survivor and noctur soldier alike. Alarik Lyall. In the year since he was tricked into assassinating the royal family, Alarik has been missing and rumors of his death pe...

After a devastating encounter at his familys farmhouse, Alarik Lyall finds his lifes path veering away from his dream and moving headlong into a nightmare. Rather than pursuing his plans for a future within the Merchants Guild, Alarik is forced to enlist at the Lathe, an ancient training facility that shapes the kingdoms youths into elite legionnaires.He doesnt know why he has been sent to the Lathe, and he certainly doesnt know how to excel there. The one thing he does know is who...

'Great action scenes, a fascinating world, and characters of a sort I've never seen before. This is everything I've come to expect from Jim Butcher, but in a delightful new flavour'PATRICK ROTHFUSS'Beware fellow readers, herein lies adventure that will keep you from food or rest . . .'PATRICIA BRIGGSJim Butcher, the number one bestselling author of The Dresden Files, begins a new series set in a gloriously imagined wor...

Barbarian Bahzell, originally an outsider to so-called civilization, has become the first hradani wind rider in history—a position that confers elite status within the territories of the powerful Sothoii. But certain very powerful and very nasty sorts are not at all happy about Bahzells' new status, and resentment stirs. Deadly resentment.To complicate matters even further, Baron Tellian's daughter, the heir to the realm, is convinced that Bahzell is the only man—or hradani—for her...

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Chaos Balance continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one of the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.Nylan, the only man among the matriarchal band of “angels” marooned on the high plateau of Candar. Forced to seek a life elsewhere, Nylan decends into a world of warring kingdoms and strange magics in search of a peaceful life with his wife and infant son. His talents, however, make him a valuabl...

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Fall of Angels continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one of the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.Nylan, an engineer and builder, plans to raise a great tower on the plateau known as the Roof of the World. Here, he and the exiled women warriors will live and survive to fulfill their destiny, spawning a revolutionary new society. But Nylan must learn to control his growing power in order to do so...

THE ROAD HOMEBahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer hradani never wanted to be a champion of the War God. Unfortunately, Tomandk had insisted. Even more unfortunately, Bahzell's own sense of responsibility hadn't let him say, "No."Which was how he found himself in the Empire of the Axe, where even people who didn't actively hate hradani regarded them with suspicion and fear. Of course, that was only the start of his problems.Next, there was the Order of Tomanak, man...

Dive into this binge-worthy epic fantasy series filled with action-packed drama and magic by urban fantasy author Thea Atkinson. Start with the first in series book: Water WitchThe series starter for a completed epic romantic fantasy with coming of age vibes and a morally grey heroine.Her magic is death. Her loyalty is a lie. And the truth may destroy her.Alaysha has been her father’s weapon for as long as she can remember—...

Many tales are told of the Syldoon Empire and its fearsome soldiers, who are known throughout the world for their treachery and atrocities. Some say that the Syldoon eat virgins and babies–or perhaps their own mothers. Arkamondos, a bookish young scribe, suspects that the Syldoon’s dire reputation may have grown in the retelling, but he’s about to find out for himself.Hired to chronicle the exploits of a band of rugged Syldoon warriors, Arki finds himself both frightened and fascin...

The long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to the world of Severian, now the Autarch of Urth, as he leaves the planet on one of the huge spaceships of the alien Hierodules to travel across time and space to face his greatest test, to become the legendary New Sun or die. The strange, rich, original spaceship scenes give way to travels in time, wherein Severian revisits times and places which fill in parts of the background of the four-vol...

The torturer Severian continues his journey of exile to the city Thrax, carrying with him the ancient executioner's sword and the Claw of the Conciliator, a gem of extraterrestrial power and beauty which no one man is meant to possess . . .Winner of the Nebula Award for best novel, 1981

An errand turns deadly when slavers and vengeful ghosts capture Jonmarc and his friends. With the spirits and the slavers out to kill them, Jonmarc and a renegade soldier intend to get free or die trying to escape.Soldier. Fight slave. Smuggler. Warrior. Brigand lord. If you’ve met Jonmarc Vahanian in the Chronicles of the Necromancer and Fallen Kings Cycle books, you don’t really know him until you take his journey.