by admin | Jun 30, 2025 | Fantasy |
“Feist constantly amazes.”
—SF Site
“Feist has a command of language and a natural talent for keeping the reader turning pages.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
The Chaoswar—the fifth and final Riftwar—is in full, explosive swing in Raymond E. Feist’s A Crown Imperiled, the second book in the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling fantasist’s monumental saga of courage, conflict, and bitter consequence. Once again, Midkemia, the author’s brilliantly conceived fantasy milieu, is in gravest danger from outside invaders—and from treacherous forces within—as the death of a powerful leader throws the world into chaos and threatens all hope of enduring peace. Returning in A Crown Imperiled are some of Feist’s most memorable characters—including the great sorcerer, Pug, who has been a fan favorite since his introduction in the author’s beloved classic, Magician—and the action, as always, comes fast and furious. The Chaoswar Saga is the master fantasist working at the peak of his powers, and further proof why Raymond E. Feist, like Terry Goodkind, George R. R. Martin, and Terry Brooks, is one of the true giants of epic fantasy fiction.
by admin | Jun 30, 2025 | Fantasy |
The First Book in Bestselling Author Kylie Chan’s Thrilling Celestial Battle Trilogy
When the ancestry of Xuan Wu’s fiancée, Emma, is revealed, it threatens the harmony of the whole Celestial realm. The demons are gathering, powerful alliances are being made and stone Shen are under threat. However, Xuan Wu is distracted—he must save Emma from the Demon King and give her the elixir of immortality, but at what cost?
by admin | Jun 30, 2025 | Fantasy |
An artist in glass and light, Angel has loved with passion and fire — and learned the true depths of sadness when what she loved was taken from her. When she first meets Miles Hawkins — a solitary, distant man — their mutual mistrust seems insurmountable. Hawk has never known what Angel has freely enjoyed, having experienced only cruelty and betrayal from the women in his life. But Angel is willing to risk everything that proud, silent Hawk cannot, as she strives to bring truth and love to a tormented soul who believes in neither. Yet giving her heart again could be a gamble with stakes too high and too painful for her to endure — for she fears that, by loving Hawk, she will surely lose him.
by admin | Jun 30, 2025 | Dystopian & Apocalyptic |
This is The Diggers Edition 2 – It is still read-in-one-sitting, but now with a bonus tale – Rest Home !
A note from the editor –
‘When Jonathan Maas sent me the read-in-one-sitting manuscript for The Diggers, it left me shaken – because tales of the undead tend to do that.
But at the same time, this is no ordinary tale of the undead.
The standard tropes of power outages, societal collapse and roving militias –
No, those aren’t in The Diggers.
But something far, far worse lies beneath the soil.
And the characters herein are more than willing to dig it up.
Originally published in the collection Thylacine Dreams, this is a page-turner novella that will hook you from the first word to the last. So download it today, and see what lies beneath our feet. You’ll find that there are terrors far greater than the roving undead – far greater indeed.’
– J. Shaw, editor, Cynical Optimist Press
For fans of – Read-in-one-sitting tales, short fiction, zombies, the undead, The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, 28 Days Later, Stephen King, horror, philosophy, and tales from the perspective of the Universe
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by admin | Jun 30, 2025 | Science Fiction |
The first novel in a brilliant collaboration between the visionary Discworld® creator Terry Pratchett and acclaimed science fiction novelist Stephen Baxter, The Long Earth transports readers to an infinity of new worlds—a series of parallel “earths” with doorways leading to adventure, intrigue, excitement, and an escape into the furthest reaches of the imagination. All it takes is a single step. . . .
The possibilities are endless. (Just be careful what you wish for. . . .)
1916: The Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong and the wind in the leaves. Where have the mud, blood, and blasted landscape of no-man’s-land gone? For that matter, where has Percy gone?
2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Police officer Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive—some say mad, others allege dangerous—scientist who seems to have vanished. Sifting through the wreckage, Jansson finds a curious gadget: a box containing some rudimentary wiring, a three-way switch, and . . . a potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way humankind views the world forever.
The Long Earth is an adventure of the highest order and willcaptivate science fiction fans of all stripes, readers of Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen, and anyone who enjoyed the Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman collaboration Good Omens.
Other books in the Long Earth series include:
The Long War
The Long Mars
The Long Utopia
The Long Cosmos
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