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The Winds of Khalakovo

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The Shadowed Sun

N.K. Jemisin · 523 pages

Gujaareh, the city of dreams, suffers under the imperial rule of the Kisuati Protectorate. A city where the only law was peace now knows violence and oppression. And nightmares: a mysterious and deadly plague haunts the citizens, dooming them to die screaming in their sleep.

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Darien: Empire of Salt

Conn Iggulden · 352 pages

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Truthwitch

Susan Dennard · 415 pages

"On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a 'witchery,' a magical skill that sets them apart from others. In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble--as two desperate young women know all too well"--Front jacket flap.

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A Feast for Crows

George R.R. Martin · 864 pages

Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in *A Feast for Crows*, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying cour

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The Emperor's Blades

Brian Staveley · 479 pages

The children of an assassinated emperor try to stay alive and avenge their father's death while continuing down their individual life-paths, one in a monastery, another training with elite soldiers, and one appointed a minister determined to prove herself to her people.

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The Throne of the Five Winds

S.C. Emmett · 654 pages

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Defy the Night

Brigid Kemmerer · 496 pages

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Flight of the Nighthawks

Raymond E. Feist · 400 pages

A new evil threatens Midkemia, its web stretching from the deepest criminal underworld all the way up to the highest seats of power in ancient Kesh. And the Conclave of Shadows, charged unexpectedly with the training of two apprentices, must also best powerful agents of the darkest magic . . . for the fate of two worlds lies in the balance.The New York Times bestselling author and master of fantas

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Furyborn

Claire Legrand · 501 pages

When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light, and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed ... unless the trials kill her first.

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The Way of Shadows

Brent Weeks · 645 pages

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned the hard way to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint. But to be accepted,

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Dragon Wing

Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman · 430 pages

**The Death Gate Cycle** *Ages ago, sorcerers of unmatched power sundered a world into four realms - sky, stone, fire, and water - then vanished. Over time, magicians learned to work spells only in their own realms and forgot the others. Now only the few who have survived the Labyrinth and crossed the Death Gate know of the presence of all four realms - and even they have yet to unravel the myste

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The Wolf of Oren-yaro

K.S. Villoso · 488 pages

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Odalisque

Fiona McIntosh · 487 pages

Captured by slave traders in the inhospitable desert, Lazar fought his way to freedom, earning the coveted position of Spur of Percheron. Charged with protecting his adopted city from enemies on both sides of its walls, he has led a charmed life as confidant to and protector of Zar Joreb for many years. But now Joreb is dead. . . .Though Joreb's well-intentioned fifteen-year-old heir, Boaz, will t

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Shadow and Betrayal

Daniel Abraham · 624 pages

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Wolfblade

Jennifer Fallon · 640 pages

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Unclean

Richard Lee Byers · 352 pages

The realm of Thay has long been ruled by the uneasy peace of an alliance of wizards, but all along there has been one who believes he is the true master. And when that one wizard finally moves against his former allies, his homeland could be only the first of his conquests.

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The Queen of the Tearling

Erika Johansen · 464 pages

"On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her

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The Axe and the Throne

M.D. Ireman · 493 pages

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Suldrun's Garden

Jack Vance · 448 pages

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Stronghold

Melanie Rawn · 544 pages

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Sins of Empire

Brian McClellan · 640 pages

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The King's Bastard

Rowena Cory Daniells

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A Throne of Bones

Vox Day, Theodore Beale · 924 pages

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