Dark Ages Fiction

High school is supposed to be about studying, socializing, and marching-band practice. Not fighting vampires. Then one night flipped my world inside out-now, my life sucks. But it isn't all bad. I'm at a slayer academy, learning things like the real origin of vamps and how to make serious weapons out of thin air. Every last one of them will pay for what they did. I'm doing great. Until I come face-to-face with the actual vampire prince.

Bingeable dark romance featuring a chilling cat-and-mouse suspense subplot from Italian bestseller and TikTok sensation Kira Shell. Neil Miller looks for the slightest inkling that could lead him to uncovering Player 2511, the violent masked stalker threatening his family and his girlfriend...

I have nothing. My father's death left my world ruined. All that remains is my ancestral home, but my stepmother will do all that she can to take it from me. Broken and alone, things can't get any worse… Until he arrives. Nico Andretti. A dangerous mobster with a soul so dark the Devil himself would fear him. He claimed me as his Cinders, but he treats me with disdain. His men desecrate my family home and ruin my last shred of hope. I want him gone. But then I realize he hates my stepmother even more than I do. Could my enemy's enemy be my friend?

American Royals meets Gossip Girl in this scandal-driven sequel where four teenage royals team up to defend their beloved school from an unknown threat, risking their futures and their hearts in the process. It’s been eight months since King Leander named Ashland’s heir apparent and a new...

Set ten years after Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom’s death, Rabbit Remembered returns readers to the small Pennsylvania town where Harry’s widow, Janice, and his son, Nelson, still reside. They are faced with a surprise when Annabelle, Harry’s 39-year-old illegitimate daughter, arrives on the...

King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian times, the tales of this legendary figure have blossomed and multiplied. And in more recent times, there has been a continuous stream of books claiming to have discovered the "facts" about, or to unlock the secret or truth behind, the "once and future king". Broadly speaking, there are two Arthurs.

Travelling to the Ice Kingdom, along with her bodyguard Dylan - who continues to be bound to her - to where the holder of her magic dwells. The War of Faerie amplifies and her only chance to save it will be to resist the enchantments of the Ice King, one of the ancient rulers of Faerie. But he has his own agenda and will do anything to stop her from making it to the Summer Kingdom, with her family, to claim back her throne.

Endlich! Lyn darf ihre Ausbildung am renommierten Institut für Moderne Magie beginnen. Es wäre alles perfekt, gäbe es da nicht diesen verflixten Fluch: Sobald Lyns Herz für jemanden höherschlägt, bricht riesiges Chaos über sie herein. Und nur der wahren Liebe erster Kuss kann sie erlösen. Die wahre Liebe finden, das ist verflucht schwierig! Besonders, wenn es an der Schule auch noch Zwillinge gibt, die auf sehr unterschiedliche Weise Gefühle in Lyn wecken.

Love, heartbreak, and second chances collide as Aria and Wyatt decide if their hearts are too broken to be healed in this spicy, emotional, bestselling new adult romance from #1 International bestseller Ayla Dade set against the backdrop of Aspen’s snowy mountains and winter sports. He's...

Traue niemandem! Das wurde Tabby immer wieder eingebläut. Und: Hüte dich vor dem Kreis! Mit ihrer Mutter Cate ist sie ständig unterwegs, zieht viel um - bis Cate plötzlich verhaftet wird und für Tabby eine Welt zusammenbricht: Cate war nie ihre Mutter, sondern hat sie als Kleinkind entführt! Die 16-Jährige versucht, sich in ihrem neuen Leben mit ihren echten Eltern zurechtzufinden. Doch der einzige Ort, an dem sie sich wirklich zu Hause fühlt, ist das Meer. Eine innere Stimme lockt Tabby in die Tiefe, und sie stellt fest, dass sie unglaublich lange tauchen kann.

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.

This much-anticipated sequel to the acclaimed fan-favorite novel Suicide Notes is a funny, touching look at what happens when you give up trying to be someone people want you to be and become exactly who you are. Jeff spent forty-five days in the psych ward of a hospital after a suicide attempt...

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.

Dirk Lloyd has a dark secret. He is the earthly incarnation of a Dark Lord, supreme ruler of the Darklands and leader of armies of orcs and warriors intent on destruction. Following a final battle between the forces of good and evil, the Dark Lord was defeated and hurled into the Pit of Uttermost Despair. At the bottom of the Pit is a supermarket car park in the town of Whiteshields, in modern day England. When he is found, and tries to explain that he is the Dark Lord, people think he means Dirk Lloyd.

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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From Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Spot of Bother, and The Red House, nine dazzling stories diverse in style but united in emotional power The tales in Mark Haddon’s lyrical and uncompromising new collection take many forms—Victorian adventure...

In the playful style of Tom Robbins, Ed Abbey, and Kurt Vonnegut, Shawn Hartje’s Pipeliner is a laugh-out-loud journey through ‘90s culture. Idaho, 1993: Seventeen-year-old Jason Krabb falls for a girl from the other side of town who’s mixed up with a ragtag crew of pipeliners bringing gas lines through the high desert. Jason’s hilariously naive struggle to distinguish himself as one of the crew while attempting to leave his mark on the ‘90s grunge scene is a stirring reflection on adolescence.