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Eragon

Christopher Paolini · 526 pages

One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is

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Kaz the Minotaur

Richard A. Knaak · 314 pages

But, the beast-man, scorned and hunted, knows, Without honor there is nothing, not even death. So, driven by the only ghosts that matter, Huma and himself, Kaz alone faces the scourge. After the defeat of the Dark Queen and the death of Huma Dragonbane, the most famous of the Knights of Solamnia, Kaz, the renegade minotaur, wanders throught Krynn, telling the true tale of the land's most legendary

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In Sylvan Shadows

R.A. Salvatore, Jeff Easley · 312 pages

In sylvan shadows is the second novel in a new series (the cleric quintet, set in the forgotten realms tm fantasy world) involving a young scholar-priest Cadderly, who is cloistered away in an ancient library in the mountains. Trouble has spread from his home to a neighboring forest, where the resident elves are being slaughtered & their ruling prince placed in jeopardy. Cadderly must stop the ons

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The Two Swords

R.A. Salvatore · 357 pages

DROW STALK THE SHADOWS.TROLLS INFEST THE LOWLANDS.ORCS HAVE CLAIMED THE MOUNTAINS.AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.Mithral Hall is under siege, Nesme is overrun, and even powerful Silverymoon braces for war. Through it all, Drizzt has fought alone, but as the conflict draws to a bloody conclusion, the Hunter will have to find allies both new and old--or die along with the rest of the civilized North.The co

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Arena

William R. Forstchen · 297 pages

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Trickster's Queen

Tamora Pierce · 537 pages

Aly's adventure continues. . . . No longer a slave, Alanna's daughter is now spying as part of an underground rebellion against the colonial rulers of the Copper Isles. The people in the rebellion believe that a prophecy in which a new queen will rise up to take the throne is about to be realized. Aly is busy keeping the potential teenage queen and her younger siblings safe, while also keeping her

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Magician: Apprentice

Raymond E. Feist · 485 pages

An orphaned kitchen boy named Pug becomes selected as the Kingdom of Midkemia's apprentice to the local sorcerer. A rift opens between this world and another and a great war rages between the two. Pug is captured and a secret magic within him discovered as that war between the two planets continues. There is great magic, fantasy and personal connections between memorable characters.

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The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie · 531 pages

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glo

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The Oathbound

Mercedes Lackey · 304 pages

The first book in the Vows and Honor trilogy unites swordmaster and sorceress in a quest for revenge in this thrilling epic fantasy She was Tarma. Born to the Clan of the Hawk of the nomadic Shin’a’in people, she saw her entire clan slain by brigands. Vowing blood revenge upon the murderers, she became one of the sword-sworn, the most elite of all warriors. And trained in all the forms of death

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The Pillars of Creation

Terry Goodkind · 583 pages

Jennsen, the illegitimate daughter of Darken Rahl, flees her home into the shadows of Lord Richard Rahl's domain with a spy sent by Emperor Jagang, the enemy of D'Hara. Pursued by dark forces Jennsen searches for a sorceress she thinks holds the keys to her destiny.

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The Dragonbone Chair

Tad Williams · 672 pages

In the peaceful land of Osten Ard, the good king is dying-and a long-dreaded evil is about to be unleashed. Only Simon, a lowly castle scullion apprenticed to a secret order dedicated to halting the coming darkness, can solve the dangerous riddle that offers salvation to the land.

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The Warded Man

Peter V. Brett · 416 pages

The time has come to stand against the night.As darkness falls each night, the corelings rise--demons who well up from the ground like hellish steam, taking on fearsome form and substance. Sand demons. Wood demons. Wind demons. Flame demons. And gigantic rock demons, the deadliest of all. They possess supernatural strength and powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of ye

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Annihilation

Philip Athans · 363 pages

The New York Times best-seller, now in paperback! This paperback edition of the New York Times best-selling title expands the civil upheaval among the drow, one of the most popular races in the Forgotten Realms setting. Best-selling author R.A. Salvatore wrote the prologue to Annihilation and continues to consult on the series, lending his expertise as the author who brought drow society to th

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Pawn of Prophecy

David Eddings · 276 pages

The first book of the Belgariad.A magnificent epic set against a history of seven thousand years of the struggles of Gods and Kings and men - of strange lands and events - of fate and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!THE BELGARIADLong ago, so the Storyteller claimed, the evil God Torak sought dominion and drove men and Gods to war. But Belgarath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that protec

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The Sword and the Chain

Joel Rosenberg · 250 pages

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Insurrection

Thomas M. Reid · 351 pages

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The Last Guardian

Jeff Grubb · 308 pages

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Dalamar the Dark

Nancy Varian Berberick · 310 pages

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Giantslayer

William King · 288 pages

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Soulbinder

Sebastien de Castell · 432 pages

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The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss · 667 pages

My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone has a right to. The Adem call me Maedre. Which, depending on how it's spoken, can mean The Flame, The Thunder, or The Broken Tree. "The Flame" is obvious if you've ever seen me. I have red hair, bright. If I had been born a couple of hundr

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Orcslayer

Nathan Long · 416 pages

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Furies of Calderon

Jim Butcher · 512 pages

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The Wyvern's Spur

Kate Novak, Jeff Grubb · 316 pages

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