Dark Ages Fiction

Victor Standish: Urban legend, abandoned child, mocker of monsters: “I learned to walk on cat-feet by living on the streets of too many hard cities for six years...since I was seven. I know why dogs howl at the dark and why cats prick up their ears after midnight. All too often I hear the beating of black wings and the scratching of half-seen shapes on the pavement hidden by shadow. I have always known I am an outsider, a stranger no matter where I roam among those who are still men".

It would be easier for Thomas Mullen to move on from what he'd seen if Sarah stopped calling. It would be even better if she stopped appearing to him, and only him, to remind him of what he was powerless to stop. But months later, after Thomas loses his phone and the random woman who recovers it arranges to return it to him, his predicament intensifies. This woman tells him that while she's had his phone, his mother has called. His mother really needs him to call her back. And who is Sarah?

Each year, Democryos sends his brightest student into the war-torn countryside to work magic. But when his wife leaves him for a mysterious stranger, he finds his own life ravaged. Forsaking the comfort of the citadel, he searches for her, traveling through the same forgotten lands where he sent his students. Along the way, he befriends an elusive member of the king’s harem, a holy man harboring guilt, and a maimed soldier.

Darkness is coming... Der Auftakt einer überraschenden, neuen Fantasy-Trilogie. Einst lenkten sieben Propheten die Welt, doch sie sind längst verschwunden. Geblieben ist nur ihre letzte, geheime Prophezeiung. Sie sagt ein Zeitalter der Dunkelheit voraus und die Geburt eines neuen Propheten, der entweder die Welt retten oder ihr Untergang sein wird.

The third book in the Age of Dawn series continues in The Silver Tower, where our heroes face harrowing challenges and make startling discoveries. The demon god Asebor prepares his Death Spawn army to put humanity in graves or in chains. Will the realm be prepared for Asebor's onslaught? Or will the future skies of men be forever blotted in Asebor's shadow?

Placed by the hands of a god into the womb of Dragoloth's royal family, Pharun has struggled all his life to prove that he is worthy to inherit the throne. But now the throne sits empty, with more than one candidate vying for its seat. Violence erupts, and corruption is unearthed as a game of gods and thrones threatens to make the greatest empire in the world crumble. All Pharun ever wanted was to prove he was a worthy son. Now he has to prove himself a worthy king.

The first entry in an epic multi-system LitRPG / GameLit series set in a vast cyberpunk world. Follow the brute Black Knight on a dark adventure into a violent digital hellscape where he must fight to escape and get back home! When death came knocking, the Black Knight wasn't ready...It didn't matter how strong or fierce he was, Crinnan Jamiso couldn't escape the inevitability of his demise. It descended upon him quickly and unexpectedly, and before he knew it he found himself ascending into the sky, finally free of the chains of life.

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The 1950s ocean liner Queen Isabella is making her final voyage—a retro cruise from Long Beach to Hawaii and back—before heading to the scrapyard. For the guests on board, it’s a chance to experience a bygone era of decadent luxury, complete with fine dining, classic highballs, string...

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In the turbulent summer of 1968, four high school friends make a pact that will change their lives forever. As the Vietnam War rages overseas, four friends make a vow. For the next two weeks, they will live for each other and for each day. Then, at the end of the two weeks, they will sacrifice...

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Following her father's mysterious disappearance, Elara discovers his workshop filled with cryptic journals, ancient texts, and an obsidian orb that seems to pulse with temporal energy. As she delves deeper into her father's past, she uncovers his involvement with the Chronomasters, a secret society that manipulates time, and learns of a catastrophic temporal fracture threatening to unravel Aevum's existence.

Cam's plan to usurp death and fight back against those plotting against him worked. Almost a little too well. Now he must learn his new cultivation aspects to grow stronger for what is to come. He must learn the ways of the spirit beasts and fit two hundred years of training into his life as quickly as possible, for war is on the horizon. The Empire of the Creator is on the move. Storming the Rezzen Empire and converting humans and the other races into soldiers for their machinations. The goddess herself has descended upon the world to lead her forces and Cam is a prime target.

Meet Gabriela, a young and naive woman whose life takes a wild turn on her first visit to the city. She accidentally sends Viscount Brynmor Highgate, the Marquess of Melodis, tumbling down a flight of stairs to his untimely demise. But Gabriela is no ordinary girl; she's well-versed in the necromantic arts, and she promises Brynmor that she can fix this - or at least maybe her mother can - as she binds his ghost to her side. Joined by her loyal and hilariously eccentric knight protectorate, Lord Sebastian, they embark on a madcap journey across the bottomless Crack.

In the old days, people whispered about the wolf, said he came only at night, and only by the light of the full moon. The truth is, no one is safe, because the wolf walks in the skin of the man. Harlow Hayes is a runaway, thief, and failed Southern belle. Forced to grow up fast after what her mama delicately referred to as "the incident", she learns the hard way not all strangers are kind, real monsters hide in plain sight, and family can be found in the most unexpected places. Harlow Hayes is about to meet the Wolf.

A lonely outcast. A chieftain’s son. A passion to warm the depths of winter. When Erea opens the door to a handsome stranger on a stormy night, her solitary existence shatters. Tadhg mac Fortrenn can’t believe his good fortune when a lovely young woman lets him shelter from a snowstorm in her hovel. However, he soon learns she is the daughter of a woman who was banished from his fort years earlier, after being accused of witchcraft.

Brace yourself for the second installment of the Da’Valia Trilogy. Neva’s adventure picks up after Born at Dawn with our favorite teen thief trying to revive her Lynx identity, but she’ll get far more than she bargained for with her next job. Eighteen-year-old thief Neva Roberts has been living on the run since absconding with the Eye, a powerful piece of the greatest weapon ever created. But she's running from more than just the Da'Voda clan's cold-hearted ruler. She has exiled herself to a barren land, alone and far from everyone she loves, trying to forget the pain she caused.

Invisible to the man she loves, Reeve Lennox fights to reclaim him from a dark world. As her wedding day nears in Acarsaid, her betrothed Arden offers only his wayward soul and saucy tongue. At night she desperately tries to reach Bran, the young soldier of nightmarish Tenebris who holds her heart. However, her king insists that the realms of Tenebris and Acarsaid must remain separate, lest the evil wizard Rancore brutally conquer all. But the dark magic of Tenebris defies mere distance.

A land has fallen. An escape was made. It's a victory, but at what price? Shaleigh has made a terrible mistake - one she may not ever be able to fix. Lost and in a strange land with anger and death all around her, she must navigate her way through treacherous lands on her quest for redemption.