Mildred Berry is down to her last four bullets…In a wild west where the only things more dangerous than outlaws are dragons, Deputy Berry is struggling to protect her town and keep her family fed. As a last resort, she robs a train for ammunition only to find that the cargo she needs so badly was owned by war hero Frederic Rousseau.The same Frederic Rousseau whom she served during the Amelior Civil War. The same Frederic Rousseau she's been hiding ...

‘The Bayou wants its Butcher back’Ghosts of Mildred Berry’s past stalk her dreams, dredging up memories she’d rather forget. Struggling with the return to city life and a surprise marriage, Millie finds her strongest ally is distracted, preparing for the Colfield Massacre trial.When the trial’s key witness goes missing, a bloody message makes it clear to Millie that the city of Marigot is done waiting for its vengeance against the man who betrayed ...

Legends say a dead god is buried under the stone city of Ishcairn, protecting its inhabitants by dashing enemy fleets into the jagged coast of Craeburn. Adjunct professor Corrie Ecksley doesn't believe any of that, but she knows from her work excavating nearby burial sites that the ancient Craeburn people believed it enough to name the city after their dead god, Ish.When the ripples of a great war finally reach Craeburn's shores, a terrifying new weapon is unleashed on the city tha...

A city threatened by unimaginable horrors must trust their most hated outcast—or lose everything—in this sword and sorcery debut with a grimdark twist.“Epic fantasy meets hardboiled noir, with a foul-mouthed, seen-it-all narrator you won’t soon forget.” —Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy BlogAfter 10 years on the run, dodging daemons and debt, reviled magician Edrin Walker returns home to avenge the brutal murder of his friend. Lynas had unco...

In the final entry of the Alchemy Wars trilogy, the epic battle between humanity and machines comes to an explosive end."Brilliantly imagined and beautifully written, Tregillis has created a perfect end to his series, filled with heroism and horror all the way to the finish." —Christopher Farnsworth, author of Blood OathI am the mechanical they named Jax.My kind was built to serve humankind, duty-bound to f...

The Burnished King has escaped his tomb.In the demi-god's wake, a stone-plague creeps across the lands and Never must stop the ancient decay before it swallows everyone he cares for.Despite his determination, there is no cure and no guarantee that even his Amouni blood will be enough. Never's search for the means to fight back leads him to the Amber Isle once more, where the island continues to hold its secrets close.But it is there that Never encou...

"The King of High Adventure," Starlog."Immediately convincing, classically brooding," Steve Tompkins, The Cimmerian.com.To the world at large, he is a mercenary and assassin, a brutal killer with a deadly blade. In reality Kormak is a Guardian, one of an ancient order sworn to protect humanity from the servants of the gathering darkness.Millennia ago, the Shadow Lord Vorkhul vanished leaving only terrifying legends of his awesom...

Morgant the Razor is the most feared assassin in three nations, and no foe has ever been able to overcome him, whether through sword or spell.But now an enemy attacks through his mind, through his dreams, and Morgant has no defense.Unless he finds a way to break the power of the Eye before its sorcery devours him forever…

Knowing the future is not about knowing the future. It's about knowing which path to take.Ilven comes from a family of Saints—future-tellers—but she knows her father didn't waste more than a few grains of the precious drug scriv to see her fate. Now she's facing an arranged marriage to a man she's never met. So, inhaling stolen scriv, she reads three possible futures for herself, searching for the path that will lead to her heart's desire."Mother, Crone, Maiden" is...

In a Dying Earth of wizards and walled cities, a boy climbs out of poverty when he becomes an assistant to a moneylender’s debt collector, then enters a career as henchman to a young, ambitious thaumaturge. But Baldemar’s career as a wizard’s minion goes sideways after a powerful entity left over from the creation of the cosmos finds him useful for its own ends.Now he must tread a perilous path peopled by dukes and demons, spellslingers and secret agents, assassins and academics, p...

The haunted depths of the Qazaluuskan Forest hold death for the unwary.Niara is one of the First Magistri, the most powerful wizards in the realm of Andomahim. Pursuing one of the dreaded spider-devils, she has traveled far into the heart of the Qazaluuskan Forest.The orcs of the forest are almost as dangerous as the urdmordar.But one of them is willing to offer Niara a bargain.She has everything to gain, but the price might be her life...

A Space Marine AnthologyThe successor Chapters of the Space Marines number in the hundreds, founded to fight for the survival of the Imperium. Across 13 short stories by 10 different authors, discover the history, customs, and stories of 12 different successor Chapters, from famed warriors to unsung heroes.READ IT BECAUSEDiscover successor Chapters new and old within this anthology of short stories by some of Black Library's premier ...