Fiction - Fantasy - Dark Fantasy

"Become the greater monster."The God of Order marches on, approaching victory with every stride. Frustrated with the stagnation of politics, Etoli takes matters into her own hands, resolving to find the reborn God and defeat him herself-with the help of her favorite half-demon, of...

A biker and a cowboy must fight the coming apocalypse in the second book of the Blood and Bone contemporary western fantasy series. It's the End of Days, and Gabe and Remi--an ex-con biker and a Texas cowboy--have been conscripted to join the heavenly...

WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND? ​Puk Puck's plan to reform the Magical Kingdom is proceeding smoothly now that she has the help of her new friends Shadow Gale and Snow White...but friendship only goes so far. Uluru has defected from the Puk Faction in...

The Night Land (1912) is a terrifying tale of romance and fantasy in which William Hope Hodgson imagines humanity at the end of the world. Noted for its creative exploration of concepts such as telepathy, futuristic technologies, and reincarnation, Hodgson's novel is an indisputable...

Abigail Kane always lived a perfectly normal life for a witch, that is, until she finds her parents murdered by a rival coven. With the murderer still at large, Abby is sent into hiding at a boarding school in England. But is she really...

The newly fallen angels have quickly adapted and are using their abilities to advantage in their new world. The humans are not happy. The archangels are not happy. The imp is not happy. Sam has not only found herself ruling Hel but also responsible...

If you think having one dragon around messes up your life, imagine what it's like when a second one shows up. I'm Val Thorvald, assassin of magical bad guys and tenuous ally to the dragon lord Zav.He still calls me a mongrel and thinks...

Untested young rulers must cooperate to protect their world from the magical threat of the mysterious kingdom of Norsunder in a new epic fantasy trilogy set in the same world as the popular Inda series. Long-dormant magical forces are moving once again in Sartorias-deles....

The High Citadel cannot be seen to harbor a killer.This is a simple truth, and one that Raz i'Syul Arro has little choice but to respect. As the winter storms fall away in favor of the North's pleasant summer months, Raz finds himself having...

After a brutal and unnatural death, Emma is reborn as a Fury, a descendant of the mythological deities who were tasked with the judgment of man. Now, she along with her fellow Fury must protect the delicate balance of peace between humans and the...

This standalone portal fantasy transports unsuccessful rockstar Theo Vilmos from modern California to a land of magic and mystery Returning to the fantasy genre that made him a coast-to-coast best-selling phenomenon, Tad Williams writes this stand-alone contemporary fantasy novel, set in Northern California--and also...

All power comes at a price...Ruxandra learned everything she knew growing up in a convent. Training to be the perfect nobleman's wife, she relished the prospect of a simple life. But everything changes when her father, Vlad Dracula, retrieves her on her 18th birthday....

This single-volume edition features a pair of H. P. Lovecraft's best and most popular tales of horror and fantasy: "The Call of Cthulhu," praised by Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard as "a masterpiece, which I am sure will live as one of...

She hunts the realm's most dangerous game.Her fees are exorbitant.She's worth every coin she receives.Or is she? Magiere has earned a reputation as the most formidable vampire slayer in the land. Villagers far and wide welcome her with both awe and disdain--grateful to her...

From USA Today bestselling author David Dalglish Fear comes from the hands of prophets. . . The final installment of the Shadowdance series finds Haern the Watcher returning to his beloved city of Veldaren, only to find it has collapsed into chaos. The Sun...

Khan has created a rich, well-crafted world that will appeal to readers of S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass (2017) or Erika Johansen's The Queen of the Tearling -- BooklistThe second novel in Ausma Zehanat Khan's powerful epic fantasy quartet, a series that lies...

Nartan Sagebrush's name may mean "to dance" in Arapaho, but he dances in secret. Forced to abandon his Shamanic apprenticeship, he is overwhelmed with homesteader life, and even his spirit guides are at their wit's end. Nartan takes fate into his own hands. Instead...

The Citadel of Fear (1918) is a science fiction novel by Francis Stevens. Using her well-known pseudonym, Gertrude Barrows Bennett published some of the twentieth century's greatest science fiction stories and novels. The Citadel of Fear, her debut novel, has been recognized as a...

Witch VampBy: Gabby SeilerWitch Vamp tells the story of Rachel, a young girl who discovers the man she thought was her father really isn't. In an effort to get to know her biological father better, she moves in with him and is stunned to...

"The Savior's Sister is utterly unputdownable. It's compulsive, addictive, and mesmerizing. If you love romance, fantasy, and bloodshed, ignore your TBR pile, this is the only dark fantasy novel you need."- Sacha Black, BESTSELLING fantasy and nonfiction writing craft authorIn the thrilling companion to...

In the final book of the Ash and Sand trilogy, Ruka, son of Beyla, faces the emperor of the world, yet even victory may not save his people...With the death of his ally, Farahi Alaku, Ruka 'Godtongue' is alone. Or not exactly... The island...

Deadly magic, a handsome knight, and an evil queen.Yula is a mage, but her volatile magic brings nothing but unhappiness.After the death of her beloved sister, she is sentenced to serve the Sisters of the Light who use their powers to protect villagers from...

Jin the twisted adventure of Alice's nightmare in wonderland Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland is a curious sort of a book. In fact, it is a portal to another world, the dreamworld of Wonderland. As well as the book itself, you will need two dice...

"Your love is worthless, it's your hate I need." Prince Vasili Caville When King Talos Caville surrendered the war to the elves, soldier Nikolas Yazdan vowed never to serve the royals again. He said the same to the prince who tried to buy his...

A chilling tale of African drums and human souls from #1 international bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and legendary Rush lyricist and drummer Neil PeartEarly in their three decades of correspondence, Neil Peart sent Kevin J. Anderson extensive descriptions and travelogues of his adventures...

Even though he passed over 80 years ago, H. P. Lovecraft maintains a visceral influence over a host of contemporary writers. Inspired by the Master of the Macabre's more optimistic writings, this unique collection spotlights the weird works of nine current horror and fantasy...

Out of Body is a dark fantasy thriller from multi-award-winning author Jeffrey Ford. A small-town librarian witnesses a murder at his local deli, and what had been routine sleep paralysis begins to transform into something far more disturbing. The trauma of holding a dying...

On one magical night of the year--when the breeze is scented with dead leaves and pumpkin, when the days have grown shorter and winter's first touch prickles your skin--the barrier between worlds is at its thinnest, and dark magic abounds. Whether it's the legendary...

One great sacrifice will end it all--but can true love ever be forgotten? Would you brave Hell to save the one you love? How can you look forward to the future when you know your days are numbered? Gemma has asked herself that every...

With the nine stories of this collection, Colin Insole conducts a fantastic pavane that depicts human folly and the protracted immolation of dream and ambition. In nineteenth-century Paris, Doctor Colbert, stifled by bourgeois expectations, longs for a life purified by art, but his inept...

Carlton Mellick III, the godfather of bizarro fiction, is back with a tribute to the unintentionally terrifying children's commercials of the '70s and '80s. Only Petey remembers the Fruit Fun cereal commercials of the 1980s. He remembers how warped and disturbing they were. He...

"Signs, wonders, and witchcraft beset 17th-century France" in this "grim but spellbinding" novel of a mother searching for her son inspired by true events (Kirkus Reviews). France, 1673. A young woman from the country, Charlotte Picot must venture to the fearsome city of Paris...

God's Demon is a "fascinating"* dark fantasy novel of a fallen warrior seeking atonement from award-winning author and renowned artist Wayne Barlowe. Lucifer's War, which damned legions of angels to Hell, is an ancient and bitter memory shrouded in the smoke and ash of...

The Monster of Karth has risen once more. Quin Tern of Azbar has met his fate, and his council has borne the price of crossing Raz i'Syul Arro. Now, as the cruel walls of the city fade into the winter storms at his back,...

Raz i'Syul Arro is a hunted man. To the south, the Mahsad n of Miropa are gone. The sef lay dead, slain at Raz's own hands, their cruel will ripped from the shadows of the city. In response, riders careen to every reachable corner...

"Wicked for the Cthulhu Mythos" --Seanan McGuire on the Innsmouth LegacyA finalist for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and the Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel Ruthanna Emrys' Innsmouth Legacy, which began with Winter Tide and continues with Deep Roots, confronts H....

Like others who withstood the pandemic, Sam Sewell lives in a subterranean shelter. The vast catacombs were built before the military's biological weapon leaked out, killing nine out of ten people and leaving the survivors so traumatized that they can barely tolerate each other's...

For the first time in one volume, the best stories of one of America's most popular classic authors of the supernatural.Robert William Chambers' The King in Yellow (1895) has long been recognised as a landmark work in the field of the macabre, and has...

It wasn't supposed to be like this. It was supposed to be Loki the trickster god's happily ever after with Sigyn. They had gone full Midgardian, settling down in California, with Loki doing what he does best-mischief.When Sigyn collapses, Loki senses a grave darkness...

Fate is fixed for those living in the world tree, Yggdrasil. Their cyclical destiny is carved in runes into the tree by the Nornir, three sisters who govern the past, present, and future.But what happens when new runes appear - runes that cannot be...

There are few things worse than waking up hogtied in a locked cell.Waking up hogtied and daisy-chained to four strangers in a locked cell is one of those things.When Kaj, Valma, Ortensia, Gillian, and Ava wake up in a blood-stained and scratch-covered cell miles...

Dante is a struggling artist. His hopes and dreams are shattered by the world harshly looked down upon. Lost his job and tormented by his own demons. But he has more to fear. Something monstrous. Something much, much more...Haunted by horrifying nightmares of a...

Edited by Rebecca Brewer, formerly of Ace/Roc (Penguin Random House), Giving the Devil His Due features sixteen major names and rising stars in Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror today.Author: Stephen Graham Jones, Nisi Shawl, Kenesha WilliamsISBN-10: 1947041894ISBN-13: 9781947041899Publisher: Running Wild PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/25/2022Pages: 290Format:...

The second novel in Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's dazzling Mancer trilogy, Of the Divine takes place seventy-one years before Of the Abyss, in a world where sorcery is still practiced freely--but at what cost?Henna is one of the most powerful sorcerers in the Order of Napthol,...

This fantasy novel follows a scholar's quest to choose the next ruler of her nation amidst lies, conspiracy, and assassination When the death of Iron Queen Sarelin Brey fractures the realm of Elira, Lysande Prior, the palace scholar and the queen's closest friend, is...

We are tuath.We are the hidden people.In Eire, our lives and deeds are behind every story of the fair folk, the sidhe, or faerie. Behind all the old tales, warped and bent by history, is one of us.But what happens when a myth-made-flesh no...

Are some beliefs worth the risk of losing it all? How far can you go before there's no turning back? Special Agent Rochelle Roy must confront skepticism and family tensions when four sex trafficking victims claim to be the reincarnated souls of women who...

With a heart as black as night, Nushka was born different to her kin. Banished by the Gods to rule over a realm of the Afterlife rife with eternal pain, she bides her time... and makes the Pitts of Moor her very own.In this...

When the New Year breaks a pact formed between Heaven and Hell, the earth becomes an unbiased zone, and four angels born as men are awakened in down town Manhattan. Neil, Aurora, Ezekiel and Amanda create the Descended Radiance, the fist of God, to...

Maulkin didn't know dying would mean a new eternity of dungeon delving, monster slaying, and glory hunting. If he had, he wouldn't have been so worried about kicking the bucket on a date gone even more wrong than usual.Reborn in the wild world of...