Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

Prodded by a childhood haunting, an ostensible descendant of KING ROBERT I, the Bruce of Scotland, takes a side road to his mother's family burial ground at the Dunfermline Abbey in Scotland to pay homage. Enlightenment prompts him to join in the seven-century-old debate...

If Elayne thought that her adventures were over with the slaying of the dragon queen... was she ever wrong Because when she and Leo came back from Goloth to New York through the tapestries, Tiamat's three daughters hitched a ride. Elayne had learned that...

Reproduction of the original: The Kipling Reader by Rudyard KiplingAuthor: Rudyard KiplingISBN-10: 3752363967ISBN-13: 9783752363968Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/29/2020Pages: 152Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Gilgamesh, son of the goddess Ninsun and the mortal Lugalbanda, is the arrogant king of the vibrant city of Uruk, a sprawling desert metropolis. In an attempt to quell Gilgamesh's oppressive behavior, the gods fashion the wild man, Enkidu, to be a companion to...

The ship "Glen Carrig" gets lost at sea when it strikes "a hidden rock" and several survivors escape the wreck in two lifeboats. But that is when their agony actually begins, as they become exposed to the Sargasso Sea, also known as "cemetery of...

The Delicate Fire illustrates a fundamental change in Naomi Mitchison's work. The early stories are set in ancient Greece, like many before them. But here Mitchison effectively says farewell to that setting with accounts of the worlds of Sappho and 'Lovely Mantinea'. By the...

The Conquered was young Naomi Mitchison's first novel, published in 1923, just five years after the end of the First World War, in 1918. Mitchison chose to write about wars, but about historic ones, Julius Caesar's bloody and gradual conquest of Gaul. Instead of...

Matthew Beard and Sophie Rundle star in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling novel by Neil Gaiman, narrated by Eleanor Bron. Challenged to retrieve a fallen star, Tristran Thorn leaves the sleepy English village of Wall and crosses into...

Craig never knew his father. But when he stumbles across Logan's diaries from 1894 to 1935, he falls straight into the past, and the story of a little lakeside chalet around Lake Louise and Banff that became one of the most charming tourist destinations...

In a magical Persian Empire, an extraordinary thief will steal a ruthless warrior's heart, upend an empire, and form bonds deeper than blood. When the power to rule all is in your hand, what will you do?Opening portals, controlling shadows, or creating storms are...

Unmasked, hunted, devastated, revealed... Kaveh, Nin, Taline, and Rone must decide what is worth fighting for-and who can be trusted to change the world.Brother against brother. Slayer against survivor. Tormentor against victim. Trust against hatred.Hope, betrayal, family, and love.... The end has come, the...

When a stranger claims to be the rightful demon queller of the Far East, 11-year-old Pingzi worries about losing the life she loves. Pingzi Po is a member of the Imperial Family and the only demon queller in the Far East. That's why she's...

What would you risk so others could live? It is the early months of WWII and Rathna already has an idea of how bad it might get. If she can make the final connections she needs to create a new portal in a matter...

V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, opens another door to a new fantasy series set in the dazzling world of Shades of Magic. Prepare for tangled schemes and perilous adventures with friends old and...

A madcap Regency-era romantic comedy involving a most determined heroine, a baffled scholarly hero, and a surprising number of dragons.Rose Tregarth may have been invited into her uncle's remote home in the heart of Wales as an act of kindness to a poor relation,...

Hekate, the Goddess of Magic, has called all heroes and heroines with a pen.In the ancient age, a carnation with petals of rich color was found in Greece. The botanist who discovered it was so taken with it that he called it Dianthus-The Flower...

The clan of Reinhold fled from the Isle of Light thirteen years ago. Now--armed with her bow and determined to reclaim lost treasures--Princess Arliss wants to go back. One year ago, a mysterious warlord named Thane upturned Arliss's simple Celtic life when he attacked...

As the war drew to a close, its heavy toll weighed mightily on Stella Benson's heart. Any means of escape was viable, as long as it took her truth with it. Living Alone, the most fantastical and delightfully wayward of her first three novels,...

Ell, a millennial of European and Mexican heritage, has one humorous children's book published, but her more serious writing projects are stalled, her boyfriend has dumped her, and she is deeply frightened by a recurring dream. To solve her problems, she delves into family...

In 1718, Charity Rakham finds herself alone when her father and fiance' are killed by the dread pirate Blackbeard and his crew. What happens afterward is pure historical adventure.Legends of The Dragon's Blood is a series of science fiction adventure novels featuring alien vampires...

Abraham! We know him as the father of three of the world's great religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Yet his story begins abruptly, with two words from Genesis: "Lech Lecha" - "Go to yourself" as it is often translated. Who was the unknown Abraham...

The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure,...

Ireland, 279 BC. A nation at war.For two boys, it will be gruelling. For Ireland... it will be bloody.When the first raiding skirmishes of a foreign army are crushed and Ireland mourns her dead, one king knows their newfound peace is destined to fail....

"No series since George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most." --Paste MagazineThe final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which...

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...

Two hundred and sixty-four years after the first awakening, the family line stops momentarily, perhaps forever, in the body of a child. Victor is a second-grader growing up with a very unique family history: he is a direct descendant of the monster created by...

Author: Madlyn A. FafardISBN-10: 1450042066ISBN-13: 9781450042062Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/23/2010Pages: 146Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

A bitter feud in Hell. Powerful birthrights to claim or deny.Lilith and Azazael, Hell's greatest general, make a bet to settle their hatred of each other: Each will have a child with a mortal and their progeny will settle the score.Malachi Ben Sinai, born...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab, soar through the phenomenal Shades of Magic universe in this stunning trade paperback boxed set collecting all three volumes. Kell is one of the last Antari--magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel...

A dark fantasy Viking story that dates before the well-known myths and gods. A continent where nature ruled, except for the mystical inhabitants bordering the only settlement. Traditions of dreams and deals made between them would continue if something darker wouldn't reveal its hunger...

Hunter stopped just shy of the cobblestone path. He wrapped his arms around me. "Not much longer," he whispered. "You won't be confined to the property.""And why is that?""Honeymoon, remember?"Jessica's longtime dream has always been to visit all the places she read about growing...

According to the book's teachings, African spirituality was systematically suppressed and demonized by the Catholic Church, fearing the book's power and the movement it inspired. They created a clandestine subgroup called The Sons of Eve to suppress its teachings and maintain their control over...

On an adrenaline-pumping journey, Master Sergeant Mike Mann and his elite team of soldiers paradrop into unknown territory over the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Something feels different about this mission, and as they secure a defensible campsite, they unleash the power of the extraordinary X-ray Laser...

A noble individual's rise from humble beginnings and the struggle between brothers for dominance form two of the basic stories that attract people to literature and history, both personal and global. In How Nicholas Became Santa Claus, Sandra Jo and Darrell R. Troupe, a...

The New York Times bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games.Geralt of Rivia. A witcher whose mission is to protect ordinary people from the monsters created with magic. A mutant who has the task of killing unnatural beings. He uses a magical sign,...

The popular fantasy novel Tinker introduced the inventor-heroine of the same name, who lives in a near-future Pittsburgh, which shares an interdimensional border with the land of the elves. In this sequel, Wolf Who Rules, the elven noble whose destiny is intertwined with Tinker,...

In this retelling of ancient Greek myth, Circe seeks a new lover, amphibian Glaucus, after Odysseus's departure from the island of Aeaea-but in a twist of fortune, mortal Skylla complicates her plans, leading to an adventure threaded with friendship, jealousy, revenge, and redemption ....

When Pamela Dodd arrives in the sleepy Chesapeake village of River Glen to hunt for treasure, she unleashes a summer of chaos and murder. The wake from her speeding motor yacht erodes a cliff, causing an abandoned cottage to topple off the edge--and revealing...

Frisland Summer 523ADAn immense ship army under the command of Hygelac, King of Geatland has fallen on the northern provinces of the Frisian Kingdom. Rushing to defend his land the armies of the young inexperienced King Ida are defeated piecemeal as the invaders sweep...

Men go to war, gods scheme, and the choices of a queen will change the course of the world, in this powerful sequel to Ithaca from multi-award-winning author Claire North. On the isle of Ithaca, Queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many...

Find out what Nickolas Nikolayevich finds in Tambov where he was dispatched to find Issak and Eugeniia. Mikhail and Tatiana travel across Russia with Rakhil after learning his brother Peter's body has been found. They pick up Peter's body at Mogilev taking it back...

In the beginning there was madness and there was death.A string of occult murders leads veteran holy-man-with-a-big-sword, Cullum Shrike, to Wardbrook, a treacherous place of pagan practices, corrupt leaders, and sinister sorcery. Cullum must purge his beliefs as he is forced to face the...

Fol is a wandering bard who discovers an arcane grove of druids and dryads in Roman Gaul. An evil plot unfolds as the natural priests and nymphs seek out the lost Horned God.Author: R. Scott CambronISBN-10: 1979466351ISBN-13: 9781979466356Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/23/2017Pages:...

In the deep past there was a garden and in it were Dragons who were given the task of guiding human kind but over time the dragons became more like humans and their societies became entangled which blinded the best of dragons. Here in...

A princess seeking to balance duty and her tempestuous heart... A wanderer searching for a purpose... A soldier destined for glory... A doomed civilization. The princess of an exiled kingdom, Gwenwhyfar's marriage was decided at birth. Enter Marcus Duilius, a career soldier with an...

While hedge-witch Mama Grace tends to the needs of the poorer denizens of Bellamdale, respect for her power does not extend to her foster daughter, Sally Founder. Trying to save a cat from local bullies, Sally finds herself in dire straits, until rescued by...

Was love the greatest punishment of all?Repulsed by her ugly newborn, Hera throws him into the sea, where he shatters his ankle. As darkness looms, Thetis the sea witch saves the wounded child and raises him in her underwater grotto.Hephaestus is the only Olympian...

Eupeithis is a princess whose father has no sons. Therefore, she'll marry whomever he designates as Thespiai's future king. But she wants assurances that she isn't merely a consolation prize who comes with a kingdom. When a prince from a powerful city shows up...

"A fantastically nuanced reading experience...Very highly recommended!" -- Historical Novel Society"Readers who love classic stories retold from the feminist perspective, like Circe by Madeline Miller, will enjoy this entire series." -- BooklistShe is a mother, a queen, a villain. However we remember her, her...

The headsman of Nuremburg, Franz Schmidt put an end to hundreds of convicts, each of whom merited a line in his ledger: "Schober was beheaded by favour; Marti was hanged, and the bleachers made him a pair of very white hose, a doublet and...