Two stories from the Catskill Mountains: one featuring a man who sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world; and the other, a superstitious schoolmaster who encounters a headless horseman.
Fantasy fiction
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Author:Irving, WashingtonSummary: - Author:Schrefer, EliotSummary:
Deep in the desert there sits a beautiful oasis, ruled by a monarch unlike any other in Erdas. His name is Cabaro, the Great Lion, and he reigns over a kingdom of animals, jealously guarding his golden talisman. No human has ever set...
- Author:Feist, Raymond ESummary:
Roo Avery, recently returned from a harrowing brush with the armies of the Emerald Queen, is now free to choose his own destiny and his ultimate ambition is to become one of the richest and most powerful merchants in Midkemia. But...
- Author:Sullivan, Michael J.Summary:
The birth of the Nyphron Empire has brought war to Melengar. To save her kingdom, Princess Arista runs a desperate gamble when she defies her brother and hires Royce and Hadrian to perform a dangerous mission behind enemy lines.
- Author:Ricci, RobertoSummary:
Violence sweeps the Territories as the Black Nation continues to bite at the heels of Asheva and Cestia, the fallen Red Princess. Cestia has to rise above her own personal tragedy to uncover the truth about the Chromes, the Harlequins,...
- Author:Wright, MelissaSummary:
Memories and magic recovered, Frey is restored to the throne. But as she works to regain control of the North, a small silver dagger nearly brings her end. Someone wants her dead. She raises the Seven of her guard and proves her...
- Author:Redwine, C. J.Summary:
The first in a YA political fantasy duology about a fierce princess determined to bring lasting peace to her kingdom regardless of the cost to her heart--from C.J. Redwine, the author of the Defiance series and the New York Times...
- Author:Raasch, SaraSummary:
Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Gladiator in this epic duology conclusion about two elemental gladiators swept up in an ancient war between immortals and humans - from Sara Raasch, the New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like...
- Author:Bhathena, TanazSummary:
The true king waits ... With King Lohar dead and a usurper queen in power, Gul and Cavas face a new tyrannical government that is bent on killing them both. Their roles in King Lohar's death have not gone unnoticed, and the new...
- Author:Kay, Guy GavrielSummary:
An epic tale of prideful emperors, battling courtiers, nomadic invasions, and of a woman at war in her own way to find a new place for women in the world. A world inspired by the glittering, decadent Song Dynasty of China. Sequel to...
- Author:Farmer, Philip JoseSummary:
Three stories of a world shared by resurrected humans from all times and places-plus ten more tales by the Hugo Award-winning author of the World of Tiers series. On author Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld, humans from every era and...
- Author:West, TraceySummary:
Lalo the baby lightning dragon has been taken by Eko, a rogue Dragon Master, who ran away with her thunder dragon years before--now she is back looking to make allies of the other dragon masters, and so gain control over all of the...
- Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
Earth-scientist Rocannon has been living on a world shared by three native humanoid races: cave dwellers, elves, and warriors. When the planet is suddenly invaded, Rocannon leads the battle to free this new world.
- Author:Kagawa, JulieSummary:
Even with Talon after her, Ember Hill is determined to rescue Garret Xavier Sebastian, a dragon-slaying Order of St. George soldier who saved her from an assassin. But Ember discovers that a reckoning is brewing and she must decide:...
- Author:Royce, EdenSummary:
"A poignant, necessary entry into the children's literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and...
- Author:Howard, A. G.Summary:
This YA novel from New York Times bestselling author A.G. Howard marks the beginning of a new era for fans of the Splintered series. Rune Germain moves to a boarding school outside of Paris, only to discover that at this opera-house-...
- Author:Blackburne, LiviaSummary:
A healer who cannot be healed... When Zivah falls prey to the deadly rose plague, she knows it's only a matter of time before she fully succumbs. Now she's destined to live her last days in isolation, cut off from her people and unable...
- Author:Mullin, Caryl CudeSummary:
Caliban, born to a great sorceress, grew up on an island. Having escaped to live amongst kingdoms and courtiers, he now finds himself returning with his young charge Chiara, a girl who has a power within her that no one suspected. This...
- Author:Hobb, RobinSummary:
Young Fitz, the illegitimate son of the noble Prince Chivalry, is ignored by all royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has had him tutored him in the dark arts of the assassin. He has barely survived his first, soul-shattering...
- Author:Shvarts, AndrewSummary:
Being a bastard blows. Tilla would know. Her father, Lord Kent of the Western Province, loved her as a child, but cast her aside as soon as he had trueborn children. At sixteen, Tilla spends her days exploring long-forgotten tunnels...
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