Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries,...
Fantasy fiction
- Author:Rothfuss, PatrickSummary:
- Author:Weaks, CharissaSummary:
Every harvest moon, the Witch Collector rides into our valley and leads one of us to the home of the immortal Frost King, to remain forever. Today is that day-Collecting Day. But he will not come for me. I, Raina Bloodgood, have lived...
- Author:White, T. H.Summary:
King Arthur is on the throne, and trying to establish the rules of chivalry and noble questing that will come to mark his reign. Meanwhile, in one of the great love stories in English, Lancelot and Guinevere fall for each other at the...
- Author:Pratchett, TerrySummary:
A follow-up to Dragons at Crumbling Castle, this second batch of storytelling gems features short stories written when Sir Terry Pratchett was a seventeen-year-old junior reporter.
- Author:Addison, KatherineSummary:
Katherine Addison returns to the glittering world she created for her beloved novel, The Goblin Emperor, in this stand-alone sequel.
When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his...
- Author:Chima, Cinda WilliamsSummary:
Acclaimed author of The Warrior Heir, Cinda Williams Chima delivers this riveting sequel - a VOYA Perfect 10 and a New York Public Library 2008 Book for the Teen Age.
Booted from one exclusive school to the next since his foster... - Author:Wells, MarthaSummary:
Ile-Rien is in peril. A mysterious army known only as the Gardier has surrounded the country, attacking in ominous black airships. Hope is not lost though, for a magical sphere created by Ile-Rien's greatest sorcerer may hold the...
- Author:Koller, Jackie FrenchSummary:
Princess Arenelle completes the quest to become the Imperial Wizard. However, she may not get to fill the position when her father, King Einar, discovers he has a son. Does Arenelle dare to defy her father?
- Author:Duane, DianeSummary:
Teenage wizard Nita travels to other universes to find a cure for her mother who has brain cancer.
- Author:Reid, AvaSummary:
When soldiers arrive to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice, the powerless Évike is surrendered. But when monsters attack, Évike and a one-eyed captain will have to rely on each other.
- Author:Smith, DouglasSummary:
A shapeshifter hero battles ancient spirits, a covert government agency, and his own dark past in a race to solve a murder that could mean the end of the world. Cree and Ojibwe legends mix with current day environmental conflict in this...
- Author:Baum, L. FrankSummary:
Spoiler alert: there are no songs, and the slippers are silver. Luckily, there’s still a Yellow Brick Road and flying monkeys. Colorful characters, frightening villains and amazing landscapes make this beloved childhood classic a treat...
- Author:Thorpe, KikiSummary:
Lainey's day is turned upside down when she's captured by the Lost Boys while visiting Never Land! Tinker Bell and the Disney Fairies star in a magical early chapter book series for readers ages 6 to 9--The Never Girls!
- Author:Farmer, Philip JoseSummary:
The first three adventures set in the amazing realm created by the Hugo Award-winning author of Riverworld. His past a mystery and his present unbearably mundane, Robert Wolff is simply trying to buy a new house in Arizona when he...
- Author:Farmer, Philip JoseSummary:
From a multiple Hugo Award winner: Four more novels in a brilliantly imaginative series. In the second half of the World of Tiers series, Kickaha embarks on a journey to the eternally shifting landscape of the Lavalite World of Lord...
- Author:Showalter, GenaSummary:
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter returns with a new book in the tantalizing Rise of the Warlords series, featuring a brutal Hell king and the irresistible beauty who upends his world. For centuries, Rathbone the Only,...
- Author:Farland, DavidSummary:
On a world brimming with dark magic and ruled by a creature of unrelenting evil, one who is gathering monstrous armies in a bid to conquer the universe, Fallion Orden lies in shackles. His allies must risk everything in an attempt to...
- Author:Anthony, PiersSummary:
Three installments of the New York Times-bestselling series set in a land of enchantment filled with magic, surprises, adventure, and-best of all-puns! The world of Xanth is a wacky one full of offbeat heroes and surprising journeys. In...
- Author:Robinson, Kim StanleySummary:
History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed by the Black Death. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? Robinson rewrites history and probes the most profound questions as only he...
- Author:Bow, JamesSummary:
Rosemary Watson and Peter McAllister think their future is clear: they’re finally heading off for university. They’re thinking about finding apartments, picking courses, living like adults.But what happens when the future becomes the...