Fiction - Fantasy - Historical

A vivid and moving reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved her. "A gorgeously crafted retelling of Greek mythology, Medusa's Sisters is a celebration of the many faces love can wear." --BookPage (starred review) "Perfect for fans of Circe, this...

The lives of two women--one desperate only to save her missing sister, the other a witch destined to become queen of Norway--intertwine in this spellbinding, powerful Viking Age historical fantasy novel from the acclaimed author of The Witch's Heart. Oddny and Gunnhild meet as...

From Cherie Priest, the award-winning author of Maplecroft, comes a new tale of Lizzie Borden's continuing war against the cosmic horrors threatening humanity... Birmingham, Alabama is infested with malevolence. Prejudice and hatred have consumed the minds and hearts of its populace. A murderer, unimaginatively...

Some choices are inescapable and change everything. Having reached the age of decision, Gwendolin Ahlgren finds she has no viable choices, or at least none her family will agree to let her pursue. She's resigned that her life will be anything but what she'd...

A queer, deconstructed version of the "Beauty and the Beast" fairy taleTrans sailor Darragh Thorn has made a comfortable life for himself among people who love and accept him. Ten years after his exile from home, though, his sister asks him to reconcile with...

Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and a finalist in the USA Best Book Awards in the Historical Fiction category, Devil Knows: A Tale of Murder and Madness in America's First Century is a mystery-in-the-archives thriller written with great charm and cinematic flair. In the...

Book Two in the time travel, fantasy romance trilogy, Highland Secrets She's always been a dutiful daughter... Janet MacLeod has spent the last ten years dedicated to her clan, acting as the Lady of the castle-at the cost of her own happiness. She aches...

Winner of the Gival Press Novel Award A violent and unusual crime is committed in a frankly imagined rural Texas of 1936: two ranchers attempt to castrate a neighbor under circumstances deriving from standard gender and social relations. The daughter of prominent landowners, regarded...

The arrowhead was the key to everything. Wild Flower watched, unable to do anything, as the lone archer let loose and the flint arrow flashed in the sunlight as it bore down on her father. Some 6,000 years later, Henry was suffering from slightly...

In nineteenth-century Victorian England, a young widow finds that she has inherited more than her late husband's property: The Furnavals serve as the ancestral keepers of supernatural portals scattered around the globe. When demonic entities begin crossing over from the Netherworld, Lady Diana realizes...

Sequel to Trapped Within a Wish, this novella is the continuation of Amani and Nathan's story in Havenwood Falls.Nathan found more than he bargained for when he came to Havenwood Falls in search of his father's camera, and freeing Amani was only the beginning....

Every town has stories of its past, and Havenwood Falls is no different. And when the town's residents include a variety of supernatural creatures, those historical tales often become Legends. This is but one . . . For eighteen years, Nathan Wade has searched...

THE YEAR IS 1910. Eighteen-year-old Will Edwards has landed a prestigious apprenticeship at Detroit's Tesla Industries, the most advanced scientific research center in the United States. It's a plum prize for a young man who dreams of a career in the new science of...

Charlie's the kind of boy that no one notices. Hell, his own mother can't remember his name. So when a mysterious clockwork man tries to kill him in modern day Philadelphia, and they tumble through a hole into 1725 London, Charlie realizes even the...

This is the seventh in a series of seven volumes presenting the classic works of J.-H. Rosny A n , the second most important figure in French science fiction after Jules Verne. Until now, Rosny, a member of the Goncourt literary academy, has best...

Could it be... the ape-man?... The pithecanthrope, the missing rung in the ecological ladder between the gorilla and man There are claims it is not extinct. Travelers have met it in certain old-growth forests... Hemo, Gulluliou, and Jocko wear clothes, are modest, even cultivated,...

The calm after the storm of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the US moves from curious observation to full obsession as former FBI agent William Besson plots a nuclear attack on New York City. Convinced that an attack of such proportion will unite America...

Domestic tranquillity reigns at the castle of Lord Alwynd, where the noble lord lives in happiness with his two adopted children, William and Agatha, his cousin Celwold, and Celwold's ward, Edward. But their peace is threatened when Alwynd is summoned to battle against the...

On the rooftops of the Louvre, Fant mas duels with Zenith the Albino... Meanwhile, in Surrey, the S r Dubnotal and Harry Dickson team up to destroy the Werewolf of Rutherford Grange... Ars ne Lupin joins forces with Kogoro Akechi to thwart the Vampires,...

This collection of William Hope Hodgson's supernatural fantasy novels includes The Boats of the "Glen Carrig," The House on the Borderland, The Ghost Pirates, and The Night Land. Hodgson was a true pioneer in supernatural fantasy/horror, and his impact on contemporary writers is clearly...

A sole survivor. A desperate mother. An impossible quest.Once upon a time...Zoticus the assassin has killed more people than he can count, but when he is the sole survivor in a town wiped out by plague, he vows to stop the scourge before more...

A shrewd servant. A penniless young woodcutter. A priceless stolen treasure.Once upon a time...Melisende joins a crusade, her head full of glory and victory, only to flee from her first battle. Forced to hide as a housemaid while the enemy army occupies the city...

Three siblings. Two shoemakers. One curse that could change everything.Once upon a time...All Alba ever wanted was to be the royal shoemaker, like her father. But her despicable brothers have a very different future planned for her.When a good deed backfires, leaving her cursed...

A brave knight. A lady beset by suitors. An enchanted horse that topples cities.Once upon a time...Disgraced knight Sir Godfrey would do anything to regain his honour. So when the famed Trojan Horse appears at court, Sir Godfrey volunteers to lead a crusade on...

A miller's daughter. A cursed knight. The power of a name. Once upon a time... Molina has one desire: to see her inventions spread throughout the kingdom. When Prince Lubos offers to take her to the capital as his bride, she jumps at the...

A desert princess. A cursed prince. Can a kiss break the spell? Once upon a time... When Anahita picks up a pet frog on her way to marry a distant sheikh, she laughs at his claim to be a prince under a curse that...

A witch's vow. A knight's quest. A wolf hunting to kill. Once upon a time... Six years ago, Rosa lost her family to a wolf attack during the coldest winter in living memory. But now the wolf is back, as bloodthirsty as ever, and...

A princess in danger. A heroic huntsman. A reflection revealing too much truth. Once upon a time... Princess Guinevere and her brother, Prince Xylander, flee the mad king's court in search of a marriage alliance with another kingdom. But when Guinevere's new husband falls...

Strange things are happening at Stamford House. It was not that Mr Fortey was particularly loved, but that he died in such a horrible way, and in the presence of almost the entire household. We must have been only a few feet away, yet...

A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. THE LIBRARIAN OF CROOKED LANE is an intriguing new fantasy from C.J. Archer, the USA Today bestselling author of the Glass and Steele series.Librarian Sylvia...

Running out of time to perfect the Dance that determines his future career and success, Dallon practises for hours on end. His sister Dasha watches and supports him-but longs to choose a Dance for herself outside the scope of those delegated to women. The...

The last competition Belasko won was the catch a slippery pig contest at his village fair.Now he has to beat the best warriors in the kingdom.Belasko, a farm boy who ran away to war, is a decorated soldier and war hero. When Markus, the...

An historical novel with a dash of science fiction.There are many mysteries surrounding the building of the Egyptian pyramids.Djoser and the Gods takes us back more than 4000 years, to a time just before the first pyramid was constructed.Pharaoh Djoser is leader of the...

Few remain to resist the implacable advance of the dark forces unleashed by Diis. In the ice wastes of distant Halvia, Rabigar must locate the spear of the legendary Giants. In the vast expanse of the Lantinen Sea, Soren must search for the lost...

The weapon takers have bought themselves some time to complete their quest. But when their enemies return, they will find that they have become more ruthless and terrifying than ever. In the steppe lands of the far north, Soren must seek out the bow...

This dark, lush, and beautiful reimagining of the story of Rapunzel presents the witch's perspective in this tale of motherhood, magic, and the stories we pass down to our children.Smart, swift, sure-footed and fleet-winged, The Book of Gothel launches its magic from a most...

Max's life takes an unexpected turn the day his best friend Sam makes him an accomplice to her theft of a handful of figs. He is forced to run as a pack of angry merchants cry for his head. Shaken, Max ducks into the...

In 2022, Dan Hunt and his wife drive to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, to visit the Titanic Museum for a weekend get-away. Instead of the vacation that he had planned, Dan finds himself pulled into a situation well beyond his control and understanding. Dan awakes...

The highly anticipated Scrarth and Avangar duels are fast-approaching. While the ancient evils of the Ra-amawl forest are behind them, there is much more wickedness that lies ahead. Contestants Jeda, Spoena, and Artil are under the careful watch of the sinister Hod-ya as the...

Between 1894 and 1914, Paul d'Ivoi (1856-1915) wrote a series of 21 volumes, collectively entitled The Eccentric Voyages, clearly inspired by and updating Jules Verne's classic Extraordinary Voyages.While not quite matching Verne for verve and invention, d'Ivoi succeeded in appealing to a new generation...

Long before there was a Winter King, there was a Summer Queen-Gwendolyn of Cornwall, a fierce warrior princess who raised an army to unite a nation.If you love British lore, and you ever longed to dive headlong into its spirit...If you ever hoped to...

An pseudo historical based anthology of cosmic horror inspired short stories based on real people and events set in the year 1816.Author: Dickon SpringateISBN-10: 1645707873ISBN-13: 9781645707875Publisher: Beyond Death Publishing LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/12/2019Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.71d

"Two Gun Witch is a fully loaded fantasy adventure in a darkly brutal and beautiful landscape, an unforgettable weird western."-Laura Bickle, author of the Wildlands series She's got two guns loaded with magic.Will they be enough? Talen is a Stalker, a bounty hunter hired...

"Two Gun Witch is a fully loaded fantasy adventure in a darkly brutal and beautiful landscape, an unforgettable weird western."-Laura Bickle, author of the Wildlands series She's got two guns loaded with magic.Will they be enough? Talen is a Stalker, a bounty hunter hired...

Sworn enemies. A dying world. A looming destiny.Luke has vowed to avenge his father and protect Sagebrush from the drifters in the Dead Lands.Kaia lives in the mountains, safe from the murderous soshos who roam the desert below. But when her cousin goes missing,...

Forged by fire. Bound by blood. Tortured by fate.Lightning decimates the land, but the people of Ebonpeak know there are greater threats than tempests and firestorms. Raiders pillage the coastline, destroying everything and leaving none unscathed.Six years ago, Desolation Day stole everything from Samara-except...

What can you say about an old Lt. who never let the truth spoil a good story?Fact-checking here is almost impossible because of my skill of twisting what has to be lies into believable prose. Time and time again, I've been told to write...

A British secret agent is caught in a plot to assassinate archangels who settled Earth after WWII in this classic thriller from the World Fantasy Award winning author! "Sharp, brutal, cool--yet also stunningly imaginative and perfectly realised." --Michael Marshall, bestselling author of The Straw...

Winner of the 1989 Nebula Award Award for Best Novel of 1988. "A brutal and beautiful book" that follows the surreal, fantastical journey of a Vietnam War nurse (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).A literary departure for acclaimed fantasy author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, The Healer's War draws on...

The sequel to Presidential Spirits. If you thought the story ended with the McFaddens leaving Washington on Marine One and Thomas Jefferson stranded in the White House Blue Room, you are sorely mistaken. That was merely the beginning of the story . . .In...