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Sylvanus: Book of Alce by R. P. O’Ryan

Sylvanus: Book of Alce by R. P. O'Ryan

An ancient prophecy tells of the coming of the Promised One, who would restore peace and harmony to the land. When the twins, Michael and Lucero, are born, they believe one will be the Promised One.
The two are mandated to travel and spread the word of God, Eyu. Lucero travels to the outerworld, where he befriends Dancing Elk, a young Taloosh native, the next tribal shaman. Meanwhile, Michael remains behind to spread the word in his world.
Corrupted by greed, Sceagga, a powerful monk, follows Lucero. He tricks him into imbibing the dark life force, the grey pacú, corrupting his mind and turning him into a mighty demon, Sceagga’s tool for conquering the land. However, Lucero’s ambitions are bigger. Intent to conquer both worlds, he turns on Sceagga, who escapes the demon and returns to his homeworld. Now Lucero seeks the next powerful source of pacú, Dancing Elk.
Two years have passed, and no word from Lucero. Concerned for his brother, Michael travels to the outerworld seeking Lucero, and now Michael is missing.
As the demon’s rampage continues, the only one who can stop him rests on the shoulders of the young shaman-to-be, Dancing Elk.
So who did they say was the Promised One?

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The Crimson Fathers

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In a post-apocalyptic world where tyranny and medieval torture reign supreme and witch burnings are an everyday occurrence, a top Witchfinder must confront the very Church he serves when he learns of its dark past and twisted plans for the future.

With the Fifth Order in complete control of the Church of the Deiparous, Malachi Thorne and his friends must find “the Flame,” a powerful weapon which may be the only chance they have of halting the evil of the Crimson Fathers.

As they navigate the Tex’ahn lands and work with the resistance, Thorne discovers a devastating secret that may destroy them all and everything they have worked for.

Filled with swift action, unusual creatures, dungeon crawls, and an engaging cast of characters, The Crimson Fathers is a must-read for fans of epic fantasy and post-apocalyptic fiction.

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The Bow of Destiny by P. H. Solmon

The Bow of Destiny by P. H. Solmon

A quest for the fable Bow of Hart drags reluctant hero, Athson, into danger between a shapeshifting dragon and a deadly wizard. Hunted by trolls serving his enemies while plagued by disorienting hallucinations, Athson battles danger and himself. But his destiny just might kill him before he completes the quest when he finds an item that might just destroy his grasp on reality.

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THE ELFKIN JOURNALS: Book2 – STAR SINGERS by JDeVereS

THE ELFKIN JOURNALS: Book2 – STAR SINGERS by JDeVereS

CHAPTER 1: KNIGHTFALL IN THE DARKNESS
“When the war beats cease, and the singing ends – for a second time. Bolts from above will change the tide. A power will fail, and darkness descend. But, a new instrument will ascend through the light and with the song. What was before will be again.”
Final prophecy from “The Book of Recounted Millennium”
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“This is a bad thing.” Swathed in darkness, Knightfall Graywings perched atop a large rectangular stone watching the activities in a valley far below. Tanned features shaped a grim expression as he considered his options. With a focused effort, he forced himself to relax. Long gray wings softened and draped across his back, assuming the shape of a ground-length cloak. Whenever he shifted position, seeking a better vantage point, the wings fluttered like a cape caught in a gentle breeze.
“Ha! You have a gift for understatement, my king.” Twig Shadowhooks barked out a laugh as he nodded in agreement. “Even this far away, I can smell the stench of burning flesh.”
“They remember nothing about the ancients who built our pillars, yet they try to alter the balance for their own purpose. Once, our ancestors could change the stars. Now we hunt and fight with bows and swords. Little more than animals.” The young king of the Graywings clans knew he must take action soon. Despite his youth, he ruled a large Federation composed of many tribes, including the Shadowhooks, Silverwings, and Smalltooth families. These citizens counted on him to make intelligent decisions. With a casual motion, he pressed back the hood of the chain mail he wore beneath his battle harness, causing the tight weave of his single silver hair braid to drop and sway slightly as he swung his head from side to side in thought. Caught in the light of a bright moon, his hood and swaying braid glittered with an ambient glow. “For generations, we have skirmished with this seemingly immortal king and his vast armies, but now he risks the safety of the pillars to bring a war to us we cannot win.”

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Deadly Wands

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A powerful orphan with deadly wands and killer instincts must learn from the best to defeat Genghis Khan before he slaughters his way to global conquest. Only by mastering ancient wands that enable flight and shoot fireballs can he save humanity from world tyranny.

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Avery’s Ghost by Annie Dewell

Avery’s Ghost by Annie Dewell

Seventeen-year-old Evelyn dreams of a career in botany, while acting as an uneasy intermediary for her hapless father and distant mother. When she’s accidentally poisoned during a fortune telling, her mother insists her only hope for an antidote is to sign the curious contract of Hart’s Traveling Circus— the same place her brother, Avery, vanished before her birth.

When her father faces financial ruin, Evelyn offers to write newspaper articles from inside the circus. As she investigates, she’s consumed by questions no carnie will answer. Why do the performers lie about their uncanny performances? What caused the “hideous” scars of Essence, the sideshow freak who draws portraits so vivid they nearly leap from the page?

Terrified into attempting escape by tempestuous Manager Hart, Evelyn is stopped by paralyzing pain. Undeterred, she’ll cajole and blackmail her way to the truth behind the circus mysteries and her brother’s disappearance— truths that uncover long buried secrets and throw her into the crossfire of a plot with explosive consequences.

Featuring illustrations in the style of vintage circus art, Avery’s Ghost throws readers into a macabre world of secrets and magic, set against the evocative backdrop of an Edwardian circus.

Avery’s Ghost will be discounted from a regular price of 0.99 to 2.99 from December 17-22.

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Writers of the Future Volume 37 by L. Ron Hubbard

Writers of the Future Volume 37 by L. Ron Hubbard

Sci-Fi & Fantasy of Tomorrow Selected by Masters of Today

Discover 26 award-winning authors and illustrators. From dark fantasy to dystopian nightmare, magical realism to military science, and paranormal fantasy to post-apocalyptic.

Bonuses by Orson Scott Card, L. Ron Hubbard, Jody Lynn Nye, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

“Highly inventive. Well-crafted.” —Tangent

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Sisterhood by Carol Ann Moore

About Sisterhood by Carol Ann Moore:

Sisterhood is an urban fantasy mixed with magical realism and a strong feminist twist.
It is set in the modern day, with a few chapters of flashback regarding the main protagonist as she tells her story to another character. The story revolves around seven women, all descended from a coven in the 14th century in Italy. It tells of their revenge for the misogyny that they’ve experienced and the ultimate final spell that is cast to rectify the world’s wrongs towards women. The story has a circular narrative as it ends in Italy also.

Seven women. One will make amends. Six will seek revenge.

“The bag sat on a display shelf in the main window of the second-hand shop, waiting for her to come. Captivatingly black, if you looked close enough you could see it almost pulsing with a keen breath…patiently watching, waiting.
Aella Saluagius stood back to admire her handiwork, the glamour was in place and ready, all that was needed now was some good fortune and the pull of the waxing moon.”

She had found them all again. The question was could she help them and in return, would they rise to the ultimate challenge? Misogyny comes in many forms, but then so does vengeance. Seven women’s stories, all different but achingly familiar. Which one will resonate with you?
Take a magical journey of Sisterhood, together we are unstoppable.

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Sylvanus: Book of Alce by R.P. O’Ryan

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Sylvanus: Book of Alce – Rise of the Demon
They thought he was the savior
An ancient prophecy tells of the coming of the Promised One, who would restore peace and harmony to the land. When the twins are born, Michael and Lucero, people believe one will be him.

Lucero travels to the otherworld to spread the word of God, Eyu, where he befriends Dancing Elk, a local native.
When an evil mage meddles, a beast arises, things change, and all belief is called into question. Now, the monster roams, and the fate of all creation is thrust upon Dancing Elk, an unwilling bystander who doesn’t know what to do.

In Rise of the Demon, the trilogy’s first volume, Lucero battles his inner evil during his mission to spread the word of Eyu. In the outerworld, he encounters Dancing Elk, a local native who becomes entangled in the ancient prophecy.
It is up to Dancing Elk to stop the creature’s rampage before all creation is destroyed. The only problem….he doesn’t know how.

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Shem’s Quest by Bill Eckel

Shem’s Quest by Bill Eckel

The time of Tierra’s awakening, the sleeping Goddess of the Central Lands, approaches. The once-in-a-hundred cycles Ascendency of Mieze, Goddess of the Western Lands, also nears. If Mieze can prevent the raising of her sister’s conduit until her own Ascendency occurs, she can usurp her sister.

In the first volume in a series of four, “Shem’s Quest: Shem o’ the West,” Shem battles his inner demons as his is chosen to raise the Heartstone, or Hjerte, the conduit necessary for Tierra to awaken.

Mieze launches an invasion of the Central Lands to prevent the Heartstone from being used.
Shem is sent to find Wybee, who has information on how to accomplish the quest. As he searches diligently, Shem partners with a pixie-like creature, Nem Elt-til, an acolyte of Fiona, and a Free Goatherder.

Together these not quite friends travel a roundabout route to Grimval Fortress, unknowingly dogged by Shem’s brother Ham, an agent of the West. At the fortress, the final confrontation occurs. Above ground it is the Central Lander army against the Westerner army, below, Shem and his friends battle Ham.

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The Dark Secrets of Oliveto by Stefano Giovannoni

About Featured Book: The Dark Secrets of Oliveto by Stefano Giovannoni

Every state in the U.S. has one…that one small town where mysterious things occur unbeknownst to most of its inhabitants…where the veil between the natural and supernatural converge.

Some say these towns are built on mystical ley lines; others say settlers from Europe brought their local superstitions and magic with them.

For Nico and his best friend Sofia, their spring break trip to his hometown of Oliveto will open their eyes to things they never thought existed; an adventure full of mysterious clues, unique beings, magic, and secrets that will change the course of their lives forever.

This Fantasy book is available in these Formats: eBook, Print

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Eyes of Fire by Oliver Eade

Eyes of Fire by Oliver Eade

Young love, ancient beliefs and a world in peril… Texan teen, Adam, falls for a beautiful yet mysterious Mexican classmate, María. Neither know where the ancient Aztec gold bracelet that she gives him will lead them, and no one, including María, knows who she really is. In a terrifying journey across North America, spanning different cultures, past and present, also involving Adam’s clairvoyant young sister, Chloe, and her African American love interest, Lee, why they must seek out an ancient Anasazi girl in the Mayan underworld, Xibalba, defying the Death Lords and the evil Anasazi warrior, Coyote Spirit, becomes apparent towards the end of this three-part novel in which Native American beliefs conflict and merge with those of White Man of European origin. And can young love really save the planet?

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The Divided Man Book One

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The Wounded Knee Massacre was to be the end of the Lakota, but it was only the beginning. More than 100 years later the prayer of the ghost Dance has been answered in apocalyptic fury. Most of humanity is dead and every god ever known to man has returned.

Out of the ruins, two are called. One to save the Tree of Life. One to drag it to darkness. Stripped of his soul by the elk-headed god Manitou, Luke Kimball is on a spirit quest that binds his fate to the Tree and the dark intent of the Wendigo.

In a land where the roles of god and man have no clear boundaries, time is fluid, and the tragedies of his past await his return, Luke will have to kill a god to succeed. Or become one.

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Orenda by Brenda Trim

Orenda by Brenda Trim

ORENDA #1 – CURSE OF IMMORTALITY

Althea and Maeve never asked for eternal life.
Born in the early sixteenth century, their survival depended on hiding their special abilities from the superstitious village people they lived among. Controlling the elements and healing animals would get a person executed for witchery.

As they grew older Maeve got tired of hiding and that’s when disaster followed. Soon the twin-sisters would come to wish that their abilities included going back in time to change tragic events.

In this New Adult Fantasy trilogy, Elin Peer and Pearl Beacon introduce you to an epic tale that spreads out over centuries. Get ready to fall in love with the lush and magical Orenda and to be intrigued by the secret world of people with magical powers which includes some very handsome and mysterious shape shifters. Expect a slow burn romance.

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Avenging Love

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Sometimes heroes aren’t very heroic. . . Sometimes heroes fail. . .

David had always fought to protect others, even before he knew who he was. He defended those that could not defend themselves. In the eternal battle between good and evil, he balanced the scales. He saved countless. . . but he couldn’t save her. He failed the love of his life.
After three years drunk in an alley, he still refuses to listen to the truth his heart is trying to tell him. But when. . .

the tequila no longer numbs his guilt,

can the mysterious two-thousand-year-old Emma, or the Archangel Michael, get David to wake up in time?

Join David and his battle companion Saint Bernard, Duke, as they embark on an epic tale of loss, guilt, and possible redemption. As the darkness that has settled on David’s soul slowly lifts, a battle that he cannot win awaits. Can David and Duke avenge their loss?

To do so, the very gates of hell await.

Avenging Love is the first novel of the trilogy in the Trinitarian Knights Collection. Filled with fast-paced action sequences, a strong love story sub-theme, supporting characters that will have you cheering, and a pompous prideful Satan that may just have you rolling on the floor laughing, Avenging Love is a must read.

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Broken Souls by Troy Calkins

Broken Souls by Troy Calkins

Bothvar Beorcolsson
Through fire and ice I will fight to find honor. Whether it be giants or creatures of the night, I’ll fight. Pain is my comfort, and sorrow is my companion. Death follows wherever I go. Even the sun hides from my sight.

Bothvar they call me. My journey isn’t an easy one. It follows a long and broken road full of the bones of those who I couldn’t save and those who got in my way. My blades are soaked in the blood of my enemies, but my heart is left in shattered pieces, broken by the costs of my actions. All for what? Honor? Glory? I don’t know anymore.

Maybe I have gained honor, but all I have to show for it is pain. yet I must carry on. I must earn my place among the halls of the gods so I can see my loved ones again. That is why I carry on to fight again. And I will not stop until I am reunited with them.

Whether it be giants or the gods themselves, I will always fight on.
Lura Syllana
I will do whatever it takes to save my family. Afterall, it is my fault they were enslaved. If I had only listened to my father. If I heeded his words and did what was right instead of what was easy they wouldn’t have had to pay for my mistakes with their freedom. Now it is up to me to do whatever it takes to find a way to free them.

Even if it means sacrificing myself and my own freedom. I don’t care what happens to me. I’ll gladly pay any price to save them.

Of course, I said that, but I had no idea what was going to be asked of me. What price I’d have to pay. I didn’t know what I’d have to do to save them. Even so, I’d sacrifice everything to see them free. Even my own freedom. Even my own soul. Which I will soon find out is the very price I must pay.

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Join Bothvar and Lura as they go through pain and sorrow and climb mountains and cross seas, all to save and protect the ones they love. Follow their journey as they discover true love, honor, and glory.

Broken Souls is a Dark Fantasy with a bit of romance. It’s inspired by Viking culture, but it is no way an accurate portrayal of historical Viking culture. It takes place within a fantasy world that’s heavily influenced by ancient mythology and lore of many different cultures among other things. That being said, this book contains some pretty graphic and controversial topics such as slavery, sexual assault, death, war, violence, blood, mental health, drug addiction, and many other controversial topics. This novel includes The Bound Soul and The Damaged Soul which makes up the first third of the book.

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Santa’s Christmas Wish

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Who says Santa can’t have a Christmas wish of his own?
Santa’s love life is a mess – and he has one last chance to get it right.

A girl asks Santa for a man for Christmas. When prompted, he admit’s that he also has a Christmas wish – a baby.
Coincidence? Not a chance!

Audra doesn’t know she has a history with this particular Santa of the Sleigh. His name is Ross Shepard and Santa is his job title. Their association comes from way back, from a time when mists and snow covers most of the world. Winter, when the snow is deeper and food is scarce, is a miserable time of the year for everyone.

In a snowy valley, Ross and his brother devise a magickal contraption they call a sleigh. Santa’s job will be to deliver a little Yuletide cheer to everyone on the night before the Yule log cracks. But before Ross can take the job as Santa, he has to find the right woman to support his new venture and share eternity with him. That year, before the maiden voyage in the sleigh and before the Yule log cracks, Ross’ wife has to be in the family way.

Audra agrees to marry him and to become part of the Santa project, but she absolutely refuses to become immortal. She is in charge of the exact form the cheer will take. In the midst of the excitement to get Project Santa off the snow, Audra and Ross know they are having a baby.

Tragedy strikes when Audra dies in childbirth, her baby with her. Ross searches for her through the ages, always with the same result – they fall in love, marry, and Audra dies giving birth.

Now, in the present, Ross has one last chance to convince Audra to be with him forever, immune to death.

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Shadows and Relics by L.L. Gray

Shadows and Relics by L.L. Gray

A dark ritual. Werewolves on my trail. A single chance to uncover the truth…

Cameron Blaze is my name, living on the edge is my game. Acquiring an ancient artifact? Sure, I like old stuff. Procuring a precious? I’ve got some sticky fingers right here. I will do pretty much anything to make rent and will enjoy the hell out of the ride as I go.

When werewolves turn up in New Orleans for the first time in living memory, I was curious. When they start to disrupt my business, I was annoyed. But when they come at me? I’m ready to open a can of whoop-the-wolf, no matter the consequences.

Adding to my canine conundrum, ghosts are disappearing from the New Orleans cemeteries and rumors of dark rituals are floating around the seedy underbelly of my city. To top it off, a powerful and mysterious relic has gone missing. A relic that, by all accounts, has the power to tear the veil that separates this world from the next to shreds.

With time running out and lives on the line, will I be able to find this ancient relic before all hell is set loose on my city?

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