The Legend of the Dragon Child is the first book in a young adult fantasy series by Cheryl Rush Cowperthwait and details the legend that is to bring two warring races together. Kaida is a young girl raised by dragons, until she is snatched from...

The Moon Shines Red by Pamela Sparkman is the first book in the fantasy/science fiction romance series Heart of Darkness. This is a book and series that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy cursed love stories filled...

The Black River Chronicles: The Ursvaal Exchange by David Tallerman is the second book in the Black River Academy series, a compelling story that features magic and characters that are as genuine as they are relatable. Student ranger Durren Flintrand has been through much trouble...

The Huntress of Woodmyst is book five in the The Woodmyst Chronicles by Robert E Kreig, a spellbinding epic fantasy that transports the reader into an exciting world. This entry follows the story of Alice Warde who, in the tradition of her aunt and mother,...

King Havlen of Valgard is dying. Eris, his eldest daughter and heir, blames the youngest of the four siblings, for Cora dared to marry an outsider and bring him to their world. The bedridden king bequeaths a stone of the gods to each of his...

In Thief of the Night Guild: Queen of Thieves Book 2 by Andy Peloquin, Ilanna is the best thief among all the Hawks of the Night guild. She’s proud of her skills, and proud of her status within the guild, but is determined to raise...

The Grey Mage by Aidan Hennessy pulls you in immediately with the pursuit of an escaped elf, Aelzandar, by his Qardleean slavers. Though a short read, The Grey Mage isn’t lacking in action, well-defined characters or interesting plot developments. It’s a novella you could read...

In The Sacred Band: Sacred Band Series (Volume 8) by Janet Morris and Chris Morris, ethos and mythos combine; history remakes itself, dimensions are crossed, and realities diverge as the gods and Fates demand. The story opens over three hundred years before the birth of...

The Ancestral Odyssey: The Utopian Dream is an epic fantasy by Duncan William Gill. Lethaniel had been thought dead, yet this lone figure was found plodding through a field of death, a field of the countless lives lost to the horror of war and death...

Every war brings tragedy, death, and a new path forward through history, but it seems that some wars are more fateful, more important, and more decisive than others. None of the ancient wars I have read about seem as bitter or hard fought as the...