Wen Corvin is the shorter daughter of the harbourmaster's family, which means the tide-locks went to her sister and the boats went to her, and she has never once minded — except when Sylla is being Sylla. Then a foreign ship docks with a navigator who has a chart of the drowned quarter, the part of the old city that has been under the river for two centuries, and Wen ferries him out to see it. Somebody is opening the locks at night. Not much water. Just enough. And what is coming through, ...

She was raised to kill him. He was raised to be worth killing. Neither of them was raised to survive the other.Sera has spent ten years preparing for one moment: the murder of the warlord who sacked her city and killed her mother. She gets the assignment, the knife, and the servant's uniform. She gets months inside his house.What she finds is a broken man quietly funding the orphans his own raids created, keeping a roster of names he refuses to forget, and wearing a wedding...

This debut historical novel tells the story of three bold, young women in 1667 who answered Louis XIV’s call to help France settle the New World.They are known as the filles du roi, or “King’s Daughters” —young women who leave prosperous France for an uncertain future across the Atlantic. Their duty is to marry and bring forth a new generation of loyal citizens. Each prospective bride has her reason for leaving—poverty, family rejection, a broken engagemen...

The Imager Porfolio is a bestselling and innovative epic fantasy series from L. E. Modesitt, Jr. that RT Book Reviews says “shines with engrossing characters, terrific plotting, and realistic world-building.” Continue the journey withRex Regis.Only the land of Khel remains uncommitted to Bhayar's rule. Their decision could mean a lasting peace, or more conflict across an already war-ravaged realm.While the...

First in the Crossroads series from the New York Times –bestselling author: "A splendid, grand epic that sweeps the reader into this magical world." —Dennis L. McKiernan, national bestselling authorWorld Fantasy and Nebula Award finalist Kate Elliott breaks new ground in a brilliantly original new fantasy set in a unique world of fabled cities, mysterious gods, and terrible dangers. From the first page readers will be swe...

In a land where true heroism is more likely to be rewarded with accusations of treason, comes a recounting of past adventures by the unsung heroes of the realm.It all begins innocently enough; a cool night, a warm fire, and finally, a moment to relax after saving the kingdom. Then, one by one they reminisce about the defining moments of their lives.From meeting a witch willing to sacrifice all in defense of her companions, to the discovery of hereunto unkno...

An oppressive empire forces a young girl to embrace her destiny in this "ruthless and heartwrenching" epic military fantasy trilogy opener (Robin Hobb).The Sacred Throne trilogy begins! Myke Cole's first epic fantasy series will enthrall readers. Follow Heloise from her humble beginnings to her world-shaping destiny in this story of religious tyrants, arcane war machines, and underground resistance.In a world where any act of magic could open a portal to hell...

Erika ja Leora is a powder mage in northern Kez, a place where that particular sorcery is punishable by death. She is only protected by her family name and her position as heir to a duchy.When she decides to help a young commoner—a powder mage marked for death, fugitive from the law—she puts her life and family reputation at risk and sets off to deliver her new ward to the safety of Adro while playing cat and mouse with the king's own mage hunters and their captain, Duke Nikslaus.

The captivating, bestselling Spirit Gate swept readers into the turbulent world of the Hundred, where the peace and order of life under the protection of the immortal Guardians has given way to chaos and violence. In the face of a vast horde of marauders led by a rogue Guardian, the bravery and resourcefulness of a lone eagle-reeve and others who risk their lives for the common good have prevented death and destruction from overwhelming the Hundred.Now in Shadow Gate

Go back to before the beginning, with New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Moon’s brand new collection of short stories set in the world of Paksenarrion, featuring beloved Paksworld characters alongside unknown future favorites, as they navigate all the challenges, opportunities, failures, and triumphs inherent in the deeds (and misdeeds) of their youth.Spanning from a time predating the events in Deed of Paksenarrion through to the Paladin’s Legacy

The award-winning author of The Way of the Gladiator brings to life medieval Paris and the wolves who held it hostage, in this novel based on real events.Praised as "nature writing at its best," The Wolves of Paris takes readers to fifteenth-century France, a country so decimated by the Hundred Years' War that its people became prey for marauding wolf packs ( Hartford Courant). With France split among the English, the Burgundians, and the ...

The first installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling historical fiction series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.This is the exciting—yet little known—story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his son and grandson defeated the Danish...