The Empire of Rakka is dying.Madness grips the emperor, the gods are failing, and in the shadows, something older and darker stirs.At the heart of the chaos sails the Talon, a crew of smugglers, mercenaries, and thieves led by Macland "Mac" Toth, the last son of a disgraced noble house. When a routine heist unearths damning secrets and a mysterious girl named Kye, the crew is drawn into a storm of deception and murder.Hunted by shapeshifters wearing stolen faces, be...

Author Guy Gavriel Kay turns his gaze to the northlands, brilliantly evoking the Viking, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic cultures of a turbulent age. There is nothing soft or silken about the north. The lives of men and women are as challenging as the climate and lands in which they dwell. For generations, the Erlings of Vinmark have taken their dragon-prowed ships across the seas, raiding the lands of the Cyngael and Anglcyn peoples, leaving fire and death behind. But times change, even in the nor...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter King comes a breathtaking new tale of love and adventure set in the mystical land of MystralHe wasn’t supposed to choose her…Seafaring prince Dilys Merimydion has been invited to court the three magical princesses of Summerlea. To eradicate the pirates threatening Calberna and to secure the power of the Sea Throne, Dilys vows to return home with a fierce warrior-queen as his bride. B...

The instant New York Times bestsellerBritannia meets The Mist—with a touch of Evil Dead—in this illusory fantasy horror about a kingdom left to darkness…Jude Maddox knows nothing of love or even light. He knows only his grim duty as the Hand of Death, to lead the Knights of the Eternal Star into a land filled with nightmares and certain demise. It’s only when he sees her—a young woman with wild, ...

What would you risk to find love?Mackenzie Cooper has had it with romance. On her way home from another blind date arranged by her well-meaning sister, she is caught in a snowstorm. While maneuvering the twists and turns of the icy road, Mackenzie loses control of her car and crashes into the rocky hillside.When a rugged Scotsman pulls her to safety, Mackenzie is sure she must be hallucinating. Through the storm’s fury, he takes her to shelter in o...

Best-selling author Garth Nix creates a magical world and an intriguing mystery in this new blockbuster series. Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world -- where one boy is about to venture and unlock a number of fantastical secrets. This is another thrilling, triumphantly imaginative series from Garth Nix, the best-selling author of THE SEVENTH TOWER, SABRIEL, and LIRAEL.

Against all odds, Brynn and Cenric have made a life for themselves in the rugged land of Ombra. The young lovers are thriving, and the shire is flourishing under their rule, but kings do not forget the favors owed to them.Years ago, Cenric was given the warriors to retake his ancestral homeland by the warlord who united the fractured Valdari islands into a single kingdom. Claiming friendship, the warlord turned king now invites Cenric and Brynn to Valdar as his guests for the large...

From Book 1, City of Masks: When a royal conspiracy topples the noble House Falco, Sofia must take up the burden of her father's mantle and assume guardianship of his Greatmask. Yet the sentient bone mask, powerful enough to Compel those around her, will not speak, and Sofia, the first female Protector in a hundred years, is left defenceless.Hunted by the king, she is driven from the palace and must fight for survival, alone in the cold streets of Anaskar. There, s...

Trained to kill from childhood, siblings Bannon and Vree have only known life as assassins in the Imperial Army. The army is both their mother and father, their lives subject to the whims of the Crown.When their latest target steals Bannon's body for his own, Vree saves her brother by dragging his spirit in to share hers. But two assassins in one body is one assassin too many. To save both their lives, they must abandon the only life they've known, risking Imperial ire and possible...

The "unputdownable" third adventure in the epic fantasy series from the acclaimed author of the Smoke Trilogy and the Blood Books ( Voya).Having offered sanctuary to the soul of the man who stole her brother's body, Vree heads north to Shkoder with two kigh struggling to co-exist in a single body. Although the odds aren't in their favor, there's a chance, a small chance, the Bards can find Gyhard a body of his own without anyone else having to die. But whil...

The penultimate book in Garth Nix's masterpiece series! The secret of his own identity. The identity of The Architect. The complete Will of the House. The fulfillment of his fate. Arthur Penhaligon is getting closer and closer to these things... but not without risks, conflict, and adventure.

Greenland, 1408.At the edge of the known world, a group of Norse villagers clings to life through the longest winter in living memory. Food is scarce. Frost covers everything. And something far worse than starvation approaches from the arctic steppe.When the first bodies appear, the survivors realize the endless night is no longer their greatest enemy. An unholy predator has found them, and this monster hungers not for flesh alone, but to erase their centuries-old settlemen...