A.M. Woodbury brings us an epic fantasy in A Shroud Undone. Vaelorian has been trapped in an endless war for more than a thousand years. In the south of the continent, in a little village called Wyrnhollow, Theron lives with guilt he refuses to share,...

In Mehdi Mejri's The Fives' Oath: Legacy of the Bloodborn, at nineteen, Bryn Blackskull belongs to a warrior clan protecting the mountain realm of the Iron Vales. To earn the clan’s highest rank, he must survive the Maw of Shadows, an underground trial that has...

Adel BinTamim’s Before the Emergence opens with President Jasmine Wallace balancing leadership and motherhood at the White House before leaving for Baghdad to sign a cultural accord. She touches a faceless clay statue older than civilization itself at the Iraqi National Museum and is changed...

Deanna Brownson’s Lyra: The Awakening pulls readers into a fierce battle between nature and the violent greed of mercenary forces. Left entirely on her own after the tragic murders of her parents, Lyra looks for shelter in the deep wilderness, slowly building a rare telepathic...

In Shards of Ember by Mitchell Lecoultre, Alexa is one of Elgion's dedicated Rangers, patrolling the untamed Eukarian Forest alongside her close friend and fellow ranger, Gilneas. Far from the safety of the growing frontier settlement, the pair rely on each other's experience and unwavering...

Echoes of the Forgotten Relics by J. Whitaker follows Gildan, a young hunter from the quiet village of Raven, who has always felt destined for something beyond the ordinary life his father expects him to live. After experiencing a haunting dream that urges him to...

There Be Dragon by Michael Tars follows Kwe, a highly trained agent, whose final mission ends in disaster when he's caught in an explosion and seemingly dies. Instead of waking up in a hospital, he finds himself in the snowy kingdom of Kalador, where three...

Echo of Atlantis: The Ūmdëdŭ Codex by KP Gillen is an enthralling YA fantasy with likeable characters. It has been sixteen years since Grand Elder Elijah Brightwater and his council successfully defeated Maximilian Obsidian, who wanted to open a dimensional gate. The next generation has...

Stephanie Cotta’s Beneath the Crescent Shadow follows Naja, a sixteen-year-old Karahvelan warrior in an isolated seaside village where children are sacred and outsiders are feared. During a monsoon, Naja and her best friend Sylda rescue a pregnant albino woman from a wreck off the Zahari...

Nat’s House of Echoes is an engaging fantasy novel that focuses on Rian, a teen boy who can hear strange frequencies inside the mechanical structures of his world. After spending his childhood working with fishing nets in a waterlogged community, he travels up to a...