After a bloody raid on Golacia by an alliance of the three houses of Daar—Morura, Requuan, and Cafreyn—Tuenor, the high ruler of Morura, wins Pilaer, a beautiful Golacian warrior. Over seventeen years, Pilaer bears Tuenor two children, Mikal and Mirriaer. At twelve, Mirriaer wishes to...

Boudicca’s Knife by Steven James Foreman is a fascinating fantasy. The narrative follows the “life” of a Celtic dagger for a thousand years, its blade variously a knife, a family heirloom, and a ceremonial sword, but always the harbinger of death. A great deal of...

Born of Shadow: Empire of Blades by Nicole Conway follows Violet, a young Viperi, caught and jailed for the murder of a blacksmith. Having no hope of anything other than the executioner's block, Violet seemingly has no choice but to trust the cloaked man offering...

Demon Seed by W.D. Kilpack III is the third book in the acclaimed New Blood Saga, following Crown Prince and Order of Light. Previously in book one, Natharr serves as the Guardian of Maarihk, a role originating in the Firstborn Age, where his Firstblood grants...

The Hollow King by Aaryan Mehta is a young adult fantasy centered on Teagan Spawn, a teenage girl dealing with loss. After finding a hidden alley and a strange library filled with unfinished books, Teagan opens a book called The Hollow King and is pulled...

Mancala Moon by Asa Bowers is a fantasy about breaking a cursed cycle of pain. The story is about grief, the overshadowing presence and influence of ancestral ties, and inheritance. Micah is a 21-year-old struggling with the loss of his parents. He can’t come to...

Bart Carroll’s Bolted to the Bone is an exciting, gritty, and tightly interwoven tale of fantasy and science fiction. The story is set in the Emerald Remanant, a broken fragment of Earth, when Earth was fractured to its very core. Emerald is in orbit around...

Deborah Cohen’s Boleyn Time: The Boleyn Bloodline Book 2 is a well-crafted, character-driven, and immensely enjoyable fantasy interwoven with historical fiction, time travel, witchcraft, and romance. The story is told across two time lines, in 1519 and in the present day. Much of the story...

After creating seven children—Pride, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, Envy, and Sloth—Lucifer wanted only one thing from them: that they dedicate their lives to serving and worshipping him. He sends them to the world to fetch human souls, which he devours for more strength and power....

Richard Lewis’s Falcon: The Whole Story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight takes us back to the earliest days of the Arthurian legend, where power and betrayal go hand in hand. Arthur is born after Uther Pendragon tricks Igrayne by using Merlin’s magic, a...