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Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman · 304 pages

Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales. In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly stro

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Odin's Ravens

K.L. Armstrong, M.A. Marr · 355 pages

When Ragnarok--the apocalypse--threatens, the human descendants of the gods band together to fight monsters, and Matt Thorsen and his friends must journey to the underworld to save a descendant.

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The Necromancer

Michael Scott

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The Sunbearer Trials

Aiden Thomas · 352 pages

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The Secret of the Nagas

Amish Tripathi · 414 pages

Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga warrior has killed his friend Brahaspati and now stalks his wife Sati. Shiva, the Tibetan immigrant who is the prophesied destroyer of evil, will not rest till he finds his demonic adversary. His vengeance and the path to evil will lead him to the door of the Nagas, the serpent people. Of that he is cert

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The Islands of the Blessed

Nancy Farmer · 496 pages

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Axie Oh · 325 pages

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The Subtle Knife

Philip Pullman · 352 pages

As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife. She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once. Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld – Cittàgazze, where soul-eating Spectres

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Dreamless

Josephine Angelini · 500 pages

With help from her new friend Orion, seventeen-year-old Helen Hamilton descends into the Underworld in search of a way to break the Furies' blood curse and prevent the start of another Trojan War. With help from her new friend Orion, 17-year-old Helen Hamilton descends into the Underworld in search of a way to break the Furies' blood curse and prevent the start of another Trojan War. The plot con

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The Goddess Test

Aimee Carter · 298 pages

Eden, Michigan, high school student Kate Winters strikes a bargain with Henry, Greek god of the underworld, if he'll cure her dying mother of cancer. The bargain she strikes with him is a grim one, but the full enormity of what she has undertaken--"live forever or die trying"--is not revealed until it's too late to recant.

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The Fury of the Gods

John Gwynne · 536 pages

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Kiss of Frost

Jennifer Estep · 374 pages

Now in her second year as a warrior-in-training at Mythos Academy, Gwen Frost learns that one of her fellow students is secretly a Reaper who wants her dead.

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Mortal Gods

Kendare Blake

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Descendant

Lesley Livingston · 325 pages

After Mason crosses over into the realm of the Norse gods, Fenn descends into the underworld and races against fate to find Mason and bring her home before she can be transformed into a Valkyrie, which would set the end of the world in motion.

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The Lost Sun

Tessa Gratton · 334 pages

"In an alternate U.S.A. (the United States of Asgard), Soren Bearskin, the son of an infamous beserker, and Astrid Glyn, daughter of a renowned seer, embark on a road trip to find Baldur, the missing god whose absence has caused panic throughout the country."--

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The Games Gods Play

Abigail Owen

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Mort

Terry Pratchett · 276 pages

Terry Pratchett's hilarious fourth Discworld novel established once and for all that Death really is a laughing matter.... 'He is screamingly funny. He is wise. He has style' Daily Telegraph 'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elepha

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The One-Eyed Giant

Mary Pope Osborne, Homer · 112 pages

Retells a part of the Odyssey in which King Odysseus fights the cyclops.

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Emperor Mage

Tamora Pierce · 344 pages

When she is sent as part of the delegation from Tortall to negotiate a peace treaty with Carthak, fifteen-year-old Daine must use her powers to communicate with animals for more than healing the Carthak emperor's dying birds.

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Flight of the Fire Thief

Terry Deary · 240 pages

Flight of the Fire Thief continues the hilarious fantastical adventures of Prometheus, the Greek demigod who stole fire from the gods and gave it to the human race. To escape the gods' revenge, Prometheus time-travels to Eden City, arriving in 1795. There he befriends a brave and resourceful twelve-year-old girl named Nell. Deary skillfully interweaves two plots, with the action jumping at a whir

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Frostborn

Lou Anders · 320 pages

Destined to take over his family farm in Norrøngard, Karn would rather play the board game, Thrones and Bones, until half-human, half frost giantess Thianna appears and they set out on an adventure, chased by a dragon, undead warriors, an evil uncle, and more. Karn, who would rather be playing the board game Thrones and Bones, and Thianna, half-frost giant, half-human, team up when they are chase

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James · 640 pages

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The Age of Odin

James Lovegrove

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Fantasy Lover

Sherrilyn Kenyon · 368 pages

Dear Reader, Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a loveslave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day. As a love-slave, I know everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all, how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfil

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