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Blood of Amber

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The Strength of the Few

James Islington · 736 pages

This highly anticipated sequel to The Will of the Many—one of 2023’s most lauded and bestselling fantasy novels—follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could unravel history across alternate dimensions. Book two of the Hierarchy quartet. OMNE TRIUM PERFECTUM The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am. But with

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Blade of Tyshalle

Matthew Woodring Stover · 725 pages

Twenty-seven years ago, they said Hari Michaelson didn't have a chance. He was just a loser, a street criminal from a disgraced family. He'd never make anything of himself. They were wrong. He made himself into Caine: Killer. Superstar. Hero . . .THE BLADE OF TYSHALLESix years ago, Ma'elkoth--a god of Overworld--held Pallas Ril in his merciless grip. Earth's ruling elite wanted her dead. Caine swo

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The Quillan Games

D.J. MacHale · 496 pages

With more questions than answers about Saint Dane, Bobby travels to the territory of Quillan and is forced to play games where only the winner survives.

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Conrad's Fate

Diana Wynne Jones · 375 pages

Chrestomanci #5 When his uncle sends him to work at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic overcomes his bad karma and discovers in the mansion's winecellar the source of the magic that threatens to pull his world into one of the eleven other parallel universes.

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The Hidden Family

Charles Stross · 318 pages

Miriam, a hip tech journalist from Boston, discovered her alternate world relatives in The Family Trade, and with them an elite identity she didn't know was hers. Now, in order to avoid a slippery slope down to an unmarked grave, Miriam, known as Lady Helge to the Family, starts applying modern business practices and scientific knowledge to a trade dominated by mercantilists -- with unexpected con

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The Silver Dream

Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves · 241 pages

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Elven Star

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman · 367 pages

**Elven Star** On steamy Pryan, Realm of Fire, never-ending sunlight and plentiful rain have created a jungle so vast that humans and elves dwell high in the trees and only dwarves live anywhere near the ground. From the treetops the aristocratic elves sell weapons to the other races, whose incessant warfare sends a steady steam of profits and essential resources skyward. Now, generations of diss

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A Darker Shade of Magic

Victoria Schwab · 430 pages

STEP INTO A UNIVERSE OF DARING ADVENTURE, THRILLING POWER, AND MULTIPLE LONDONS. Kell is one of the last travelers--magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel universes connected by one magic city. There's Grey London, dirty and boring, without any magic, and with one mad king--George III. Red London, where life and magic are revered--and where Kell was raised alongsid

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The Fragile Threads of Power

V.E. Schwab · 648 pages

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Roger Zelazny's To Rule in Amber

John Gregory Betancourt · 256 pages

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Eon

Greg Bear · 512 pages

"Perhaps it wasn't from our time, perhaps it wasn't even from our universe, but perhaps the arrival of the 300 km long stone was the answer to humanity's desperate plea to end the threat of nuclear war. Inside the deep recesses of the stone lies Thistledown: the remnants of a human society, versed in English, Russian and Chinese. The artifacts of this familiar people foretell a great Death caused

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Bright of the Sky

Kay Kenyon · 453 pages

Kay Kenyon, noted for her science fiction world-building, has in this new series created her most vivid and compelling society, the Universe Entire. In a land-locked galaxy that tunnels through our own, the Entire is a bizarre and seductive mix of long-lived quasi-human and alien beings gathered under a sky of fire, called the bright. A land of wonders, the Entire is sustained by monumental storm

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John Dies at the End

David Wong · 428 pages

This may be the story of John and David, a drug called soy sauce, and other-worldly beings invading the planet. Or, it may be the story of two beer-drinking friends who live in an unnamed Midwestern town and only think something horrific is going on. But the important thing is, according to the narrator, "None of this is my fault."

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The Blade of Shattered Hope

James Dashner

Mistress Jane has tapped into the universe's darkest secret to create the Blade of Shattered Hope, and in her quest to attain a utopian reality for the future of mankind she is ready to risk billions of lives to set her plan in motion.

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Juxtaposition

Piers Anthony · 358 pages

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The Circle Trilogy

Ted Dekker · 1,190 pages

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The Dark Tower, Books 1-3: The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, and The Waste Lands

Stephen King

have not read yet. I like this writter most works

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Job: A Comedy of Justice

Robert A. Heinlein · 372 pages

SciFi - Alexander Hergensheimer, KS minister, faints after firewalking in Polynesia. When he returns to his ship, it appears very different and he is referred to as Alec Graham. With stewardess Margrethe he goes through a series of changes through alternate Universes at the whim of some higher power. Is it just paranoia or is God (Satan, Loki) out to get him?

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The Marbury Lens

Andrew Smith · 358 pages

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The Book of Atrus

Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, David Wingrove · 496 pages

Myst: The Book of Atrus invites you to traverse the veil of reality and delve into the ancient secrets of a long-forgotten civilization. Brought to life from the remnants of the D’ni, an incredible race with the ability to manifest worlds with mere words, this compelling narrative is the result of diligent research by Rand and Robyn Miller, creators of the globally acclaimed Myst game series, and

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The Bone House

Stephen R. Lawhead · 385 pages

Kit Livingstone is on the run, hunted by the Burley Men, as he tries to piece together a map that reveals the hidden dimensions of the multiverse. Kit, however, is not the only one traveling through time and space to influence the future of the future.

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Fantastical

Kristen Ashley

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