Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

*Winner of the Aurora Award for Best Novel* 'Spellbinding' JJA Harwood'An entertaining and dark read' Stylist'An absorbing novel' Guardian'Beautifully written' Elizabeth Chadwick 'Power is not something you are given. Power is something you take. When you are a woman, it is a little more...

Once upon a time in the T騏ta, the ground shook. The cliff fell, and boulders came tumbling down, crushing everything and everyone in their path. The surviving villagers blamed Welo, the nightmare giant, for the disaster.When little blind Kaikos notices mysterious spiritual activity on...

Filled with the lyrical beauty of a now-vanished world, this magnificent novel unfolds during the last great ice age, amid the mist-shrouded mountains of the Pyrenees in prehistoric France. When tainted spring water fatally poisons the women of the tribe of the Horse, the...

At the peak of Rome's might a dragon is born among eagles, an heir to a line both blessed and cursed by the Gods for ages. Children of Apollo is the tale of Lucius Metellus Anguis, a young warrior who is inspired by the...

SPFBO8 Semi-Finalist 2022When Princess Hette refuses a sorcerer's proposal, he retaliates by stealing her heart-literally.Desperate to resist his influence, Hette makes herself emotionless, stifling all feelings until she can find her heart and win it back. Only Konrad, the despised Court Fool, knows where...

The Spindle is the classic fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, retold from the dark fairy's point of view...Set in the Celtic world of the fifth century, the Faeries, elemental spirits charged with caring for the earth and all its inhabitants, are being forgotten and facing...

The wildly popular danmei/Boys' Love novel series from China set in the universe of The Husky and His White Cat Shizun! A historical fantasy epic about two war generals who were once close...until dark circumstances ripped them apart. Noble-born Mo Xi is the foremost...

What if the Fountain of Youth is real?A 60-year-old virgin discovers the fountain of youth in her Miami backyard.Lorelei, the 60-year-old virgin, is part-owner of a Miami lingerie shop. When her well runs dry, she hires Juan, a Cuban well-digger, who taps into a...

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART BURN HOTTER Chu Wanning has slumbered for five years since Mo Ran rescued his soul from the underworld. He wakes to find the world changed--and the greatest change of all is to his disciple Mo Ran. Now grown up, Mo...

Richard III...with a Twist is a collection of short stories, from alternate history to paranormal to straight-up historical, inspired by the life and time of King Richard III. This book is dedicated to Ricardians everywhere who have wondered, "What if..." Loyaulté me Lie!Author: Kathy...

IN THE BATTLE OF GOOD VERSUS EVIL, THE WAR IS NOT OVER UNTIL EVERYBODY WINS!We've been at war with them for our entire existence, yet completely blind to their machinations. Etheric parasites are secretly infecting the world's population, feeding off the cosmic light of...

"A thrilling, transportative adventure that is everything promised-Chakraborty's storytelling is fantasy at its best." -- R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War"An exhilarating, propulsive adventure, stitched from the threads of real history, Amina's adventures are the reason...

FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR NGHI VO COMES A DAZZLING NEW NOVEL WHERE IMMORTALITY IS JUST A CASTING CALL AWAY It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. "No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers." Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and...

It is 1194, and the devil is indeed loose-In Sherwood Forest.Ransomed from captivity, a Christian king rides through royal forest, intent upon reclaiming his realm. Yet Sherwood already has a king-the Pagan outlaw known as Robyn Hood.The Old Religion is regaining its strength through...

Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town, in a new world of dark fantasy from...

Diana, the Roman Goddess of the hunt, lives alone on the far edge of the Roman Empire. When an old friend arrives looking for help, Diana finds herself thrust back into her old life, and old problems. With innocent lives caught in the crossfire,...

As World War II dawns over the United States, the newly-formed Office of Strategic Services calls upon the Conjurus, people born with the ability to control various elements, to assist in the war effort. Among them is Jay Loalin, and his first mission hits...

Karueq wages war against the Eleverians on the edge of history. He commands the forces of darkness against their armies of light. It is a war to win souls, define freedom, and give that freedom to the world. But this war is at a...

An epic portal fantasy unfolds...A pair of aimless Navy vets wash up in a world as baffling as the civilian one when their boat sinks off the coast of Antarctica. It's cold, but not as cold as it should be. There's no food, no...

An epic portal fantasy unfolds...A pair of aimless Navy vets wash up in a world as baffling as the civilian one when their boat sinks off the coast of Antarctica. It's cold, but not as cold as it should be. There's no food, no...

Critical Mass - is it really fiction?The world is at a crossroads of a discovery that will rewrite history and change the balance of power on Earth. Destruction or the betterment of mankind is at hand.The fate of the planet rests in the hands...

I have produced two dragonling sons, but only one has become a full dragon. Without another crystal, my second son will fade away. Together with my dragonmancer girlfriends and an army of soldiers, we're going into the Subterranean Realms to find more crystals. But...

Paul Dear is a good and clever boy, but he's special in ways that even his adoring parents could never have imagined. For by day, in London's Kensington Gardens, he walks and talks with the pixies and sprites and other magical creatures that dwell...

High above the blood- and mud-soaked trenches, a young girl pits herself against army mages in high stakes aerial duels with bullets, spells, and bayonets. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff and she is the Devil of the Rhine, one of the greatest soldiers the...

In Gemma Files's horror-fantasy debut, former Confederate chaplain Asher Rook has cheated death and now possesses a dark magic. He uses his power to terrorize the Wild West, leading a gang of outlaws, thieves, and killers, with his cruel lieutenant and lover, Chess Pargeter,...

Set in a world of human conflicts, fantastical martial arts, sorcery and celestial magic, Alice Poon's debut fantasy, The Heavenly Sword, follows a martial maiden's heartbreaking adventures in her quest for love and justice.The goddess Chang'e, reborn as Shandong village girl Tang Sai'er, is...

"You may think you know my story. My name has been bandied in ballads and jests, for good and (mostly) for ill. High Queen, priestess, adulterer... but first and always a woman. Courage and honor shaped me; ecstasy transported me; grief, betrayal and terror...

Brown's ambitious debut follows the deal-with-the-devil tale of James Harris, an aspiring entrepreneur who finds himself in need of money for his latest foray into the information technology sector. His prayers are answered when a mysterious benefactor known as "The Chairman" offers an exorbitant...

In 500 AD, in old Welsh Briton, King Arthur has died, leaving behind a devastated kingdom. Drowning in despair and disillusion, Merlin, a man in his prime, abandons Arthur's realm to fall into ruin and begs for his own death to come. But when...

Since he became the guardian of the Gate between our world and Feirie sixteen hundred years ago, Nick Medea, once Saint George, has battled to keep the darkest Feirie--the Wyld--from invading the mortal plane. With the dragon an unwilling part of him, Nick maintains...

Real heroes never die. But they do get grouchy in middle age. The beloved King Ik is dead, and there was barely time to check his pulse before the royal throne was supporting the suspiciously shapely backside of an impostor pretending to be Ik's...

Now betrayed by the Emperor he once protected, master swordsman Saukendar leaves the way of the sword behind him forever--so he thinks. When a headstrong peasant girl burning to avenge her murdered family demands that he train her, Saukendar is faced with a momentous...

The Minotaur stirs. Evan is drugged to forget the gods' quest.Evan and his companions are entrapped by the Amazon Queen Antioche and her warriors. Memories and allegiances are tested. The Dark Master's victorious revenge over the gods is almost complete. The plight of the...

"The single most beautiful, solid, unearthly, and unjustifiably forgotten novel of the twentieth century ...a little golden miracle of a book." -- Neil Gaiman Lud-in-the-Mist is a flourishing town and the capital of the Free State of Dorimare, located at the confluence of two...

Dreams are pointless when you're destined to serve the Devil.Alexander Pike VI inherited far more than a name from his father. He has been saddled with the family curse for the past seven years, tasked with completing jobs for the Devil.Hope.Joy.Love.Freedom.These were never in...

At the peak of Rome's might a dragon is born among eagles, an heir to a line both blessed and cursed by the Gods for ages. In Killing the Hydra, Lucius Metellus Anguis returns to North Africa, determined to investigate the death of his...

A love triangle. A medieval world. A superpower to die for.On a rescue mission to save her spurned lover, Sophie is exiled to a terrifying realm. Her ex, her dog, and her soulmate are sent there too.Fortunately, in this parallel universe, Sophie has a...

John Dee is a confidant of Queen Elizabeth I. He is a scholar and mathematician who dabbles in the occult and is known as 'the Queen's magician'. He unearths a remarkable object which appears to have fantastic powers, and uses it to save his...

The mind-blowing new novel from C. S. E. Cooney, author of Saint Death's Daughter"World Fantasy Award winner Cooney imagines angels as Lovecraftian monsters . . . Plenty of charm!" --Publishers Weekly"Many have spoken about how angels can be both terrifying yet beautiful, but few...

Inspired by the classical ancient world and authors such as C J Sansom, Retribution is the second Drakenfeld novel, in Mark Charan Newton's thrilling fantasy crime series.When justice fails, revenge follows . . .Having just solved a difficult case in his home city of...

Inspired by the classical world of Ancient Rome and authors such as C J Sansom, Drakenfeld marks the start of the thrilling fantasy crime series by Mark Charan Newton.They'll kill to hide the truth. He'll kill to find it.The monarchies of the Royal Vispasian...

In 1897, following the death of their parents, the three Pearson brothers have reached a crossroads in their lives. Having grown up on the family farm it was always assumed they would continue with the tradition, but two of the brothers have ambitions of...

From acclaimed short fiction writer Nisi Shawl comes a brilliant alternate history set in the Congo, where heroes strive for a Utopia and endeavor to live together despite their differences. Now with a beautiful new cover and a foreward from award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull....

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Diana Gabaldon returns with the "vast and sweeping" (The Washington Post) newest novel in the epic Outlander series. War leaves nobody alone. Neither the past, the present, nor the future offers true safety, and the only refuge is...

A woman discovers an impossible connection that transcends time and place in this stirring, unforgettable novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Memory Thief. "A splendid mix of time travel, romantic yearning, and moving on after grief."--Publishers Weekly Isabel Griffin has...

Outer Banks of North Carolina-Hatteras Island, 1868Just two remain...After losing their mainland family, Emily Bennett convinces her brother, Joel, to move their lives to the barrier islands of North Carolina for a fresh start.Owning and managing a bed-and-breakfast sounded easy enough, but when Emily...

To thwart a curse, a fake king enters a fake marriage-but his sacrificial death will be all too real.As the king of Sippar, Ahsan is surrounded by unparalleled luxury, fawning attendants, and a gorgeous wife. It's the life he's always dreamed of, except for...

Rosaline's ex-fiancé is a god. At least, that's what he claims to be. He could be a purple gnome for all Rosaline cares, she just wants him out of her life. Unfortunately, his presence is the result of a curse she brought upon herself...

Jessica Sierra takes us on a journey through both space and time on a quest for existential belonging. A hyper metaphorical exploration of the relationship between the earth and the self. This is a gripping tale of personal discovery laced in vivid imagery and...

Having released Egypt from Ay's clutches, Ankhesenamun returns to Crete to retrieve Intef from the underworld. But a deal struck with a god, even a minor one like a gate guardian, cannot easily be undone. Once again, Ankhesenamun will be tested. Once again, she...