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The Half-Drowned King

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The Winter King

Bernard Cornwell · 435 pages

Uther, the High King of Britain, has died, leaving the infant Mordred as his only heir. His uncle, the loyal and gifted warlord Arthur, now rules as caretaker for a country which has fallen into chaos - threats emerge from within the British kingdoms while vicious Saxon armies stand ready to invade. As he struggles to unite Britain and hold back the Saxon enemy, Arthur is embroiled in a doomed rom

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Soul of the World

David Mealing · 656 pages

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Stormbird

Conn Iggulden · 464 pages

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The Grace of Kings

Ken Liu · 640 pages

"Wily, charming Kuni Garu--a bandit--and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu--the son of a deposed duke--seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, soaring battle kites, underwater boats, magical books, shapeshifting gods, and scaled whales who se

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The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson · 1,008 pages

I long for the days before the Last Desolation. Before the Heralds abandoned us and the Knights Radiant turned against us. When there was still magic in Roshar and honor in the hearts of men. In the end, not war but victory proved the greater test. Did our foes see that the harder they fought, the fiercer our resistance? Fire and hammer forge a sword; time and neglect rust it away. So we won the

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When Christ and His Saints Slept

Sharon Kay Penman · 759 pages

In the 12th Century, a king's daughter and her cousin fight for the crown of England. She is Maude, the only legitimate daughter of 23 children sired by Henry I. He is Stephen of Blois, who in a daring move seizes the crown. The people accept him, but Maude will obtain revenge through her son, the future Henry II.

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Shōgun

James Clavell · 979 pages

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and free

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A Fate Inked in Blood: Book One of the Saga of the Unfated

Danielle L Jensen · 448 pages

Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband’s back. Freya’s dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region’s jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess’s

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I Am the Chosen King

Helen Hollick · 592 pages

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The King's Gold

Arturo Perez-Reverte

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God of Vengeance

Giles Kristian · 320 pages

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Return Engagement

Harry Turtledove · 639 pages

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Insurrection

Robyn Young · 586 pages

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Hawkwood's Voyage

Paul Kearney · 380 pages

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The Bridge Kingdom

Danielle L. Jensen · 448 pages

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The Whale Road

Robert Low · 376 pages

A band of brothers, known as the Oathsworn, committed only to each other, feared by many, rises again.

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The Winds of War

Herman Wouk · 960 pages

Follows the various members of the Henry family as they become involved in the events preceeding America's involvement in World War II. Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America's Greatest Generation. Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events, as well as all the drama, romance, heroism, an

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Praetorian

Simon Scarrow · 353 pages

The thrilling Roman adventure from the author of THE LEGION and THE GLADIATOR. The city of Rome in AD 50 is a dangerous place. Treachery lurks on every corner, and a shadowy Republican movement, 'the Liberators', has spread its tentacles wide. It is feared that the heart of the latest plot lies in the ranks of the Praetorian Guard. Uncertain of whom he can trust, the Imperial Secretary Narcissus s

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Raiders From The North

Alex Rutherford · 448 pages

1530, Agra, Northern India. Humayun, the second Moghul Emperor, is a fortunate man. His father, Babur, has bequeathed him wealth, glory and an empire which stretches a thousand miles; he must now build on his legacy, and make the Moghuls worthy of their forebear, Tamburlaine. But, unbeknownst to him, his half-brothers are plotting against him.

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In the Shadow of Lightning

Brian McClellan · 576 pages

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Furies of Calderon

Jim Butcher · 512 pages

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Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse · 454 pages

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