A prosperous nation abandons the impoverished. A world of love and wonder besieged by a hateful cult. An uncharted paradise bears a terrible curse. To bring the lands together, she must tear herself apart.When Ana Blufelt, arguably the most powerful spellslinger in Tabaria, is offered a divine quest promising vast riches, she can't resist. Setting out with her three fellow mercenaries to what appears to be a blissful paradise, success is almost certain.Almost.Meanwh...

Jordan Koyne plans to kill himself in two weeks. A software engineer who half-asses half-assing it, he's so deeply depressed he barely noticed when the elven Fandorell, orcish Taruk, and dwarven Gurt migrated to Earth a year ago - a man with a plan to kill himself in two weeks. Meanwhile, his business analyst Tyrlok ain Skrlosh, one of the select few Fandorell given a job as part of a pilot program, has been ordered to improve Jordan's performance within two weeks. Otherwise, she will be f...

From Brandon Sanderson comes a short novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive (previously published in Arcanum Unbounded).Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older—a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner she knows only as Darkness,...

New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter presents a classic Lords of the Underworld tale about a warrior trapped by darkness and the woman determined to save himHaving endured weeks of torture in the bowels of hell, Kane wants nothing to do with his beautiful rescuer, Josephina Aisling. The half-Fae female threatens to awaken the demon of Disaster inside him—a beast he's determined to kill, no matter the price.Josephina is hunted by a bruta...

This fourteenth anthology of short stories set in the beloved Valdemar universe features tales by debut and established authors and a brand-new story from Lackey herself.The Heralds of Valdemar are the kingdom's ancient order of protectors. They are drawn from all across the land, from all walks of life, and at all ages--and all are Gifted with abilities beyond those of normal men and women. They are Mindspeakers, FarSeers, Empaths, ForeSeers, Firestarters, FarSpea...

Bara has lived her life knowing that she is going to have to spend every waking moment learning or go mad, and even though she has a boyfriend, friends, and distant family... her future is bleak.With a family letter, she sees her chance to grasp a future, even without magic in it. She has a chance to step into the human world, and with the blessing of her boyfriend and her friends, she decides to go through the extraction of the cursed magic she was born with.The next morning...

The Mireces worship the bloodthirsty Red Gods. Exiled from Rilpor a thousand years ago, and left to suffer a harsh life in the cold mountains, a new Mireces king now plots an invasion of Rilpor’s thriving cities and fertile earth.Dom Templeson is a Watcher, a civilian warrior guarding Rilpor’s border. He is also the most powerful seer in generations, plagued with visions and prophecies. His people are devoted followers of the god of light and life, but Dom harbors deep secrets, whi...

Imprisoned from childhood. Forced to hunt his own kind.Taught from a young age that his arcane powers were a mark of the demon inside of him, Garrett was given a choice: submit to the Sanctum and earn his redemption by hunting others like him... or refuse, and die.The bright side? He probably won't live long enough to grow old with his regrets, anyway. But when he's forced to take a pretty new recruit out for her first day on the job, his terminal career pl...

He once believed true love lasted forever...Prince Richard Hargreave has been raised in the customs of his pack—to wed the mate chosen for him by the Wolf Goddess and become Wolf King of Altaden. He just didn't expect to fall so deeply in love. Justin Turner is perfect for Richard in every way. Not only is the omega wolf gay, but he's sweet, kind, and just a little shy—traits severely lacking in the royal court. But when the king's new Dreamer, the Goddess's oracle and div...

"He has been taken. And you are his only chance."When Jan's boyfriend Tyler disappears for several days, she's worried. And then she's angry.Then two strangers rescue her from a violent attack by creatures out of legend, and tell her that Tyler didn't abandon her — he was stolen away to the fairy court. And Jan's his only chance to come home.But her rescuers aren't human either, and they have their own secrets…."You can always count on (the)...

Save the world, early and often.Three months ago, Jan had a crash course in the supernatural. Werewolves, kelpies, elves, trolls —all real. But reclaiming her boyfriend from predatory, abusive elves was only the start of her story….Now, Jan and her supernatural companions have a new deadline: ten weeks, ten days and ten hours until the elves are able to use the portals again. Until they overrun the unsuspecting world, and destroy it.Our realm has on...

Something ancient has awoken. Primordial and wholly evil, a living shadow emerges from a prison made weak by the magical cataclysm called The Black. Now the Sleeper stalks the land in search of its old enemies, leaving a trail of madness and destruction in its wake.Eric Cross, a Southern Claw warlock, has been sent to find the Woman in the Ice, the only known means to stopping this evil. Aided by a grizzled ranger and a band of wardens and inmates from a sadistic prison, Cross' mis...