Anyone else ever notice how impractical it is to find "true love" and still avert the apocalypse, solve a mystery, or break a curse? These books are perfect for those who want an epic adventure without that pesky notion of romance getting in the way!
Since Ragnarok—the great war between the gods and the forces of chaos—the human realm of the Midlands has become a desperate and dangerous place, bereft o...Show more
Since Ragnarok—the great war between the gods and the forces of chaos—the human realm of the Midlands has become a desperate and dangerous place, bereft of magic.
Eiric Halvorsen is among the luckier humans, but he stands to lose everything when he’s wrongly convicted of murdering his modir and stepfadir. A powerful jarl offers to pay Eiric's blood price if Eiric will lead a mission to the Temple at the Grove, the stronghold of the last practitioners of sorcery.
Spellsinger, musician, and runecaster Reginn Eiklund has spent her life performing at alehouses for the benefit of her master, Asger, a fire demon she is desperate to escape. After an exceptional performance, two sorcerors in the audience make Reginn an irresistible offer: return with them to the Temple to be trained in seidr, forever free of Asger.
Their journeys converge in New Jotunheim, a paradise fueled by magic and the site of the Temple. They soon realize that a great evil lurks beneath the dazzling surface and it will require every gift and weapon at their command to prevent another great war.
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Since Ragnarok—the great war between the gods and the forces of chaos—the human realm of the Midlands has become a desperate and dangerous place, bereft o...Show more
Since Ragnarok—the great war between the gods and the forces of chaos—the human realm of the Midlands has become a desperate and dangerous place, bereft of magic.
Eiric Halvorsen is among the luckier humans, but he stands to lose everything when he’s wrongly convicted of murdering his modir and stepfadir. A powerful jarl offers to pay Eiric's blood price if Eiric will lead a mission to the Temple at the Grove, the stronghold of the last practitioners of sorcery.
Spellsinger, musician, and runecaster Reginn Eiklund has spent her life performing at alehouses for the benefit of her master, Asger, a fire demon she is desperate to escape. After an exceptional performance, two sorcerors in the audience make Reginn an irresistible offer: return with them to the Temple to be trained in seidr, forever free of Asger.
Their journeys converge in New Jotunheim, a paradise fueled by magic and the site of the Temple. They soon realize that a great evil lurks beneath the dazzling surface and it will require every gift and weapon at their command to prevent another great war.
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Aderyn only cares about two things: her family, and their graveyard. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping a meager ex...Show more
Aderyn only cares about two things: her family, and their graveyard. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping a meager existence as gravediggers in their remote village at the foot of a mountain range that was once home to the fae, where the dead don't always stay dead. When the arrival of Ellis, a mapmaker with a mysterious past, seems to provoke the risen corpses (known as bone houses) to attack, Ryn and Ellis must travel into the heart of the mountains in hopes of breaking the curse and saving the town.
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Aderyn only cares about two things: her family, and their graveyard. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping a meager ex...Show more
Aderyn only cares about two things: her family, and their graveyard. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping a meager existence as gravediggers in their remote village at the foot of a mountain range that was once home to the fae, where the dead don't always stay dead. When the arrival of Ellis, a mapmaker with a mysterious past, seems to provoke the risen corpses (known as bone houses) to attack, Ryn and Ellis must travel into the heart of the mountains in hopes of breaking the curse and saving the town.
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Felicity Montague is in England with two goals in mind: avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. Th...Show more
Felicity Montague is in England with two goals in mind: avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. The window of opportunity presents itself when a doctor she idolizes is to marry an old friend of hers in Germany, and a mysterious young woman offers to pay Felicity's way, so long as Felicity is disguised as her maid as they travel. When the woman's mysteries reveal themselves, Felicity becomes part of a perilous quest that will take her from the German countryside to secrets lurking beneath oceans.
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Felicity Montague is in England with two goals in mind: avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. Th...Show more
Felicity Montague is in England with two goals in mind: avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. The window of opportunity presents itself when a doctor she idolizes is to marry an old friend of hers in Germany, and a mysterious young woman offers to pay Felicity's way, so long as Felicity is disguised as her maid as they travel. When the woman's mysteries reveal themselves, Felicity becomes part of a perilous quest that will take her from the German countryside to secrets lurking beneath oceans.
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Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spi...Show more
Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living.
When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint’s relic. Wielding its extraordinary power almost consumes her—but death has come to Loraille, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has any chance of stopping it.
As she unravels a sinister mystery of saints, secrets, and dark magic, a hidden evil begins to surface, and she discovers that facing this enemy might require her to betray everything she has been taught to believe—if the revenant doesn’t betray her first.
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Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spi...Show more
Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living.
When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint’s relic. Wielding its extraordinary power almost consumes her—but death has come to Loraille, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has any chance of stopping it.
As she unravels a sinister mystery of saints, secrets, and dark magic, a hidden evil begins to surface, and she discovers that facing this enemy might require her to betray everything she has been taught to believe—if the revenant doesn’t betray her first.
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Katrell can talk to the dead, but the money she brings in for her services is barely enough to keep her family out of deep poverty. As she begins to draw ...Show more
Katrell can talk to the dead, but the money she brings in for her services is barely enough to keep her family out of deep poverty. As she begins to draw and attention and accidentally raises someone from the dead, her increasing success comes with a warning; stop, or there will be consequences. Magic isn't free, and Katrell now faces a choice - resign herself to poverty, or confront the darkness before it's too late.
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Katrell can talk to the dead, but the money she brings in for her services is barely enough to keep her family out of deep poverty. As she begins to draw ...Show more
Katrell can talk to the dead, but the money she brings in for her services is barely enough to keep her family out of deep poverty. As she begins to draw and attention and accidentally raises someone from the dead, her increasing success comes with a warning; stop, or there will be consequences. Magic isn't free, and Katrell now faces a choice - resign herself to poverty, or confront the darkness before it's too late.
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Sirscha comes from nothing, but she’s intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen’s next royal spy, her plans are derailed w...Show more
Sirscha comes from nothing, but she’s intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen’s next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend Saengo.
And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life.
Unveiled as the first soulguide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King. For centuries, he has used his influence over the Dead Wood—an ancient forest possessed by souls—to enforce peace between the kingdoms. Now, with the trees growing wild and untamed, only a soulguide can restrain them. As war looms, Sirscha must master her newly awakened abilities before the trees shatter the brittle peace, or worse, claim Saengo, the friend she would die for.
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Sirscha comes from nothing, but she’s intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen’s next royal spy, her plans are derailed w...Show more
Sirscha comes from nothing, but she’s intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen’s next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend Saengo.
And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life.
Unveiled as the first soulguide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King. For centuries, he has used his influence over the Dead Wood—an ancient forest possessed by souls—to enforce peace between the kingdoms. Now, with the trees growing wild and untamed, only a soulguide can restrain them. As war looms, Sirscha must master her newly awakened abilities before the trees shatter the brittle peace, or worse, claim Saengo, the friend she would die for.
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Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal ...Show more
Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.
But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie’s entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister’s killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.
When West McCray, a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America, overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he starts his own podcast and tracks Sadie's journey. As Sadie hunts for her sister's killer, West follows, hoping to find her before it's too late.
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Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal ...Show more
Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.
But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie’s entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister’s killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.
When West McCray, a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America, overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he starts his own podcast and tracks Sadie's journey. As Sadie hunts for her sister's killer, West follows, hoping to find her before it's too late.
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When Marigold moves into a picture-perfect home on Maple Street in the Midwestern city of Cedarville, she hopes that a fresh start is all she needs to kee...Show more
When Marigold moves into a picture-perfect home on Maple Street in the Midwestern city of Cedarville, she hopes that a fresh start is all she needs to keep the phantoms of her old life from haunting her. However, the seemingly perfect house has secrets, not least of all is her ten-year-old stepsister talking about a friend who wants Mari gone. As the house closes in, Mari learns that the danger isn't limited to Maple Street, that all of Cedarville has its secrets, and secrets will always find their way through the cracks.
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When Marigold moves into a picture-perfect home on Maple Street in the Midwestern city of Cedarville, she hopes that a fresh start is all she needs to kee...Show more
When Marigold moves into a picture-perfect home on Maple Street in the Midwestern city of Cedarville, she hopes that a fresh start is all she needs to keep the phantoms of her old life from haunting her. However, the seemingly perfect house has secrets, not least of all is her ten-year-old stepsister talking about a friend who wants Mari gone. As the house closes in, Mari learns that the danger isn't limited to Maple Street, that all of Cedarville has its secrets, and secrets will always find their way through the cracks.
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Quinn and her father moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs to find a fresh start. But Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition a...Show more
Quinn and her father moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs to find a fresh start. But Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It’s a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now.
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Quinn and her father moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs to find a fresh start. But Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition a...Show more
Quinn and her father moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs to find a fresh start. But Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It’s a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now.
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When Miuko, who's never longed for adventure, is hit with a curse that begins to transform her into a demon, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse a...Show more
When Miuko, who's never longed for adventure, is hit with a curse that begins to transform her into a demon, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life. Continuously thwarted by a demon prince, she must negotiate tricksters, demon hunters, and feral gods with the assistance of a thieving magpie spirit. However, with her transformation comes power and freedom she never dreamed of, and she'll have to decide if a normal life is what she wants after all.
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When Miuko, who's never longed for adventure, is hit with a curse that begins to transform her into a demon, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse a...Show more
When Miuko, who's never longed for adventure, is hit with a curse that begins to transform her into a demon, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life. Continuously thwarted by a demon prince, she must negotiate tricksters, demon hunters, and feral gods with the assistance of a thieving magpie spirit. However, with her transformation comes power and freedom she never dreamed of, and she'll have to decide if a normal life is what she wants after all.
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Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will—she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods.
Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identi...Show more
Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will—she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods.
Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within.
Sloane rises through the ranks and gains strength but, in doing so, risks something greater: losing herself entirely, and becoming the very monster that she ahbors.
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Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will—she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods.
Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identi...Show more
Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will—she is a Scion, a descendant of the ancient Orisha gods.
Under the Lucis’ brutal rule, her identity means her death if her powers are discovered. But when she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army on her fifteenth birthday, Sloane sees a new opportunity: to overcome the bloody challenges of Lucis training, and destroy them from within.
Sloane rises through the ranks and gains strength but, in doing so, risks something greater: losing herself entirely, and becoming the very monster that she ahbors.
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Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruth...Show more
Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocent—but he’s one of the monsters. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate, who’s just been kicked out of her sixth boarding school and returned home, August jumps at it. But Kate discovers August’s secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives.
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Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruth...Show more
Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocent—but he’s one of the monsters. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate, who’s just been kicked out of her sixth boarding school and returned home, August jumps at it. But Kate discovers August’s secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives.
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The first Brume is a waking nightmare, overrun by literal monsters and cutthroat survivors. For Quinn, who is openly genderqueer, the only silver lining i...Show more
The first Brume is a waking nightmare, overrun by literal monsters and cutthroat survivors. For Quinn, who is openly genderqueer, the only silver lining is their friendship with Lia—and the hope that there might still be a safe place somewhere else in the world.
The second Brume is a prison with no bars. Forced to “sort out” their sexuality with other teens at Camp Redemption, Quinn must also figure out why presenting as female has never felt quite right.
The third Brume is a warzone. For Quinn, who presents as male, leading the Resistance against an authoritarian government is hard, since even the Resistance might not accept them if they knew Quinn’s truth.
As Quinn starts to realize that they might be one person alternating among these three worlds and identities, they wonder: Which world is the real one? Or do they all contain some deeper truth?
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The first Brume is a waking nightmare, overrun by literal monsters and cutthroat survivors. For Quinn, who is openly genderqueer, the only silver lining i...Show more
The first Brume is a waking nightmare, overrun by literal monsters and cutthroat survivors. For Quinn, who is openly genderqueer, the only silver lining is their friendship with Lia—and the hope that there might still be a safe place somewhere else in the world.
The second Brume is a prison with no bars. Forced to “sort out” their sexuality with other teens at Camp Redemption, Quinn must also figure out why presenting as female has never felt quite right.
The third Brume is a warzone. For Quinn, who presents as male, leading the Resistance against an authoritarian government is hard, since even the Resistance might not accept them if they knew Quinn’s truth.
As Quinn starts to realize that they might be one person alternating among these three worlds and identities, they wonder: Which world is the real one? Or do they all contain some deeper truth?
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