Fantasy

Under an Azure Sky by Wil Chan

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

Under an Azure Sky by Wil Chan

They call me…Hero…Mercenary…Dragon Slayer.
But that wasn’t always the case.
There was a time when I thought that dragons were beautiful…

During my childhood, I believed that I was friends with a dragon, except the dragon never knew of this friendship. Days after my thirteenth birthday, my secret was no longer mine to keep. Soldiers arrived to slay the dragon so that a feudal lord could make his name amongst the nine kingdoms. It ended in abject failure. They were left to soak in a bloodbath of their own making. In a rage, the dragon destroyed the place that I called home, and killed the people that I called family. She also dismantled a thing that I called love. Reborn under a mound of ashen corpses, my empty shell vowed vengeance, forging a fiery path of retribution that could not be undone. Not by my own design, I inadvertently became a slayer of dragons. Curiously, dragon slaying isn’t my next job…
A princess is being held for ransom at a goblin fort. Wearing the stolen armour of a goblin knight, I attempt to rescue her to claim my prize. When I met her, she was Winter. Now, she is Spring. Maybe I can learn to love again…

Wishless by Sibylla Nash

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

In this fairytale world, not everything is sugary and sweet…

Max, a young fairy godmother, fresh out of training, is in over her head. She has to grant the one true wish of a girl who seems to have everything. If not, Max may be stuck in the human realm forever! Oh, and her own realm might be destroyed as well. Things only get worse when she discovers an evil force stealing fairy magic. No pressure.

Follow Max on a fairylicious adventure full of mythical twists and turns as she tries to save her realm one wish at a time in the first book of the Wishless series.

Targeted Age Group:: 8-12

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I’ve always been interested in stories that explored fate and destiny. Why we are who we are and if there is any choice in that. Wishless started out as an idea for a picture book that focused on the tooth fairy that just grew into a novel as I started poking at the idea and asking why.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol 38 by Multiple Authors

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol 38 by Multiple Authors

L. Ron Hubbard, Frank Herbert, David Farland, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Diane Dillon, and 12 winners: Azure Arther, Desmond Astaire, J. A. Becker, Lazarus Black, Z. T. Bright, John Coming, Em Dupre, N. V. Haskell, Michael Panter, Brittany Rainsdon, Mike Jack Stoumbos, M. Elizabeth Ticknor, and finalist: Rebecca E. Treasure

In the World of Sci-Fi & Fantasy…
…this Anthology stands out for three reasons.
Will you love the stories, the art, or the extras most?

Standing on the shoulders of giants, these writers of the future have earned their place in the hallowed pages of volume 38. With 25-award winning authors and illustrators, this collection is a master work.
These stories will fill you with satisfaction.

And a few just might break your heart.

The Order of the Dark Rose by P. H. Solomon

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

The Order of the Dark Rose by P. H. Solomon

Arch-mage Manny Mandeheim fell under a curse, watched his fiancé die, and then lost his job as a spy. What’s an unemployed arch-mage to do? Start his own magical investigation service while he works to clear his good name and avenge his lost love.

With his very un-magical partner, Wish Ackford, Manny discovers the menace of a conspiracy looming behind his curse. But the limitations from the hex leave him at a distinct disadvantage as he and Wish investigate.

Assassins lurk at every corner or in every tram car. The threat of an unknown mastermind with murky intentions lingers just out of sight. A questionable source offers the hint of a secret order hounding Manny’s footsteps. A murder leads to wrenching discoveries.

Nothing an arch-mage can’t handle…

Unless the curse limits how much magic he can use or kills him outright.

Featured Book: Yesterday, TIME, and Tomorrow by Edward Rabroziss

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

About Featured Book: Yesterday, TIME, and Tomorrow by Edward Rabroziss

Yesterday, TIME, and Tomorrow
A modern-day fantasy, time travel, romance adventure with a couple, Ward and Jade, on a journey into unknown worlds and into the mystery of time. While trying to understand the mystery of their very existence and why they were alive as human beings living in a world of day and night, their lives become merged in the wonder of waking and dreaming. A fantasy adventure with the couple caught in the excitement and thrill of being alive and being in love, together seeking the answer to the mystery of life. Be as their journey takes them into different worlds and through the mystery of time, into dreams, and into a world of illusions, their lives are also threatened with never-ending darkness; a darkness that reaches out to the endlessness of time.

A lifetime journey of a man and a woman searching for the meaning and true nature of their lives as human beings while living in this world of birth and death, this world that offers the glorious wonders of life while at the same time it’s a disturbing world that has no mercy for the living. A journey of self-discovery while trying to understand the wonder and mystery of life in this world of yesterday, TIME, and tomorrow. This world of mystery and hope.
Yesterday, TIME, and Tomorrow

This book is a single work of fiction, a work of imagination. All events in the story are imaginary. This is a “Surreal Fantasy, Metaphysical Mystery, Time Travel Fantasy, Romance Adventure.”

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

Buy Book Here.

Featured Book: The Secrets of the Kings by Nora Delzelle

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

About Featured Book: The Secrets of the Kings by Nora Delzelle

Alex Kincaid is 24 years old and leads a relatively quiet life in a small college town. As an employee of Galen Industries, she spends her free time with her co-workers like Emma Bastian, who wants to constantly meddle in Alex’s love life. That’s what friends do, right?

But Alex is too preoccupied with the odd letter she’s received – one that grants her a large inheritance from a total stranger, including a magical mask that’s going to change Alex’s life forever.

After an attempt on her life, Alex is horrified to see the mask take the shape of her face. It’s endowed with the powers of the ancient sky deity Horus, the protector of order. But now Alex is in danger because Set, the god of storms and chaos, has vowed to take revenge against Horus for killing his lover. And since the mask fuses the personalities of its previous owners, Alex’s own identity is in danger of being lost forever.
[Read more…] about Featured Book: The Secrets of the Kings by Nora Delzelle

Featured Book: The Guardians by Louise Saville

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

The Guardians: Witch Child (Book 1)
Debut Novel. The start of an epic tale that will span Ages and Generations.

Two ill-fated souls are trying to escape the control of their elders, instead collide with each other and discover they are forever bound together by the same infernal curse. The darkness they fear is found in their own hearts and for good or ill they are doomed to replay the calamitous events that destroyed a kingdom.

From the time of his chaotic birth that sent his mother mad, Jett Storm’Heart has lived under the shadow of an unspoken curse and an ominous prophecy. Despite no parents, Jett was treated with indifference by his people. Passed between families as a child or living on his own, he never felt he belonged among them. Their aloofness reared in him an unruly and turbulent spirit, causing him to be at odds with his Elders. Due to his rebellion, his activities are controlled and his travel restricted. He grew to despise their authority. Driven by a need for answers to the fall of his family, he was met with apathy and silence. Angry and frustrated by the restrictive confines of his society and the layers of rules and myriad degrees of traditions, he is desperate to escape their watchful eyes and take up the search for his missing father.

Since she could remember, Mara had only ever lived under the rule of her cruel mother. Her ambition was to become as powerful as her mother in witch-craft. Now she was appointed the most significant task of her short life, opening a Gate to another world. Ordered to meet with an acquaintance of her Mother, a mysterious stranger on the outskirts of Ryne, her true destiny lurches into view, the dark mysterious stranger was not the one she was expecting, but perhaps in the end the one she needed.

Buy The Guardians Here

Louise Saville’s Website
Louise Saville’s GoodReads Profile

Featured Book: Immortal Souls by Phoenix Vieira

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

About Featured Book: Immortal Souls by Phoenix Vieira

Immortal Souls is the fast-paced first book in an epic new fantasy series that blends unexpected mythology and faerie lore, romance and intrigue into an unforgettable read.

A fallen Empire. A forbidden royal romance. An ancient treaty with the Fae.

In a world tainted by greed and rebellion, death prowls the shadows of the once glorious Sun Empire, waiting to devour those who dare fight back.
[Read more…] about Featured Book: Immortal Souls by Phoenix Vieira

Featured Book: War of the Staffs by Steve Stephenson

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

About Featured Book: War of the Staffs by Steve Stephenson

War of the Staffs takes place on a world called Muiria, where a powerful vampire wizard named Taza is brought through the void, space between the planets, by a vengeful goddess named Adois. She lends him her powerful staff so that he can take over the planet and turn it from good to evil. Taza slowly convinces the Illanni, a race of dark elves, to take on the cloak of vampirism.

Nearly two thousand years pass before the scheming wizard makes his move. But his careful planning is jeopardized when Prince Tarquin is born to fulfill a prophecy and confront the evilest creature Muiria has ever known. The prince, however, cannot succeed alone, and when Morganna, an Illanni noblewoman, threatens Taza’s plans by starting an underground movement against him, she strikes her severest blow when she saves Tarquin’s life as he is struck down at the end of the book.

He is also championed by the wizard Celedant, and the young man is sent to the dwarvan army to learn combat skills. Tarquin joins an elite group of soldiers known as the Borderers to better prepare him for the coming quest. Then the wizard begins his search for the Staff of Adaman – the only object capable of defeating the Staff of Adois. [Read more…] about Featured Book: War of the Staffs by Steve Stephenson

The Princelings of the East Books 1-3 by Jemima Pett

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

The Princelings of the East Books 1-3 by Jemima Pett

A time tunnel, a pirate king, a lost city. In three separate adventures, Princelings Fred and George set out to solve trifling problems, and uncover dangerous and sometimes desperate foes, each with his or her own agenda, threatening the peace of the Realms.

The Princelings of the East: the saga starts with Fred and George leaving their cosy Castle in the Marsh. They encounter the mysterious cola vendor Hugo, the playboy Prince Lupin, and the over-worked innkeeper Victor, and have to use their own wits to decide who to trust, and how to prevent their ordered society descending into chaos.

The Princelings and the Pirates sees our heroes setting out to discover what has gone wrong at Castle Dimerie. It’s a simple errand that ends in kidnap, shipwreck, and a battle in which no quarter is given. Princeling Fred rescues a damsel in distress, not that she thinks she is.

The Princelings and the Lost City introduces George to the delights of flying, and Fred to the tortures of true love. Their inventions and experiments take a back seat as the puzzle of the Lost City and its all-female society lead to questions that may be too difficult to solve.

And having experienced a time paradox in the first adventure, George is under pressure to achieve a new method of providing the world with energy from strawberry juice. It’s a project that, for all the benefits it brings, creates far-reaching changes in their ordered society.

Praise for the books

“Princelings of the East is a suspense-filled mystery strong on character development, with a deliciously complex and engaging plot, that is sure to be enjoyed by older tweens and adults alike.” (Mother Daughter Book Reviews)

“The plot is absolutely brilliant. It’s sci-fi mixed with mystery and action, and I would recommend it to everyone!!!!” (Joshua A, aged 13, for Published Bestsellers)

“Another hazardous adventure, complete with swashbuckling pirates and beautiful princesses. As in the first book, the story is narrated in a fun and engaging style. The writing throughout is top quality and I love the witty chapter sub-headings.” (Wendy Leighton-Porter, author of the Shadows from the Past series)

“Lost City, book 3 in the [series], is a great read for those who love fantasy with young male protagonists. The plot is new, interesting, and will engage your mind in the story. A great work was created by the author with this trilogy. (Anna Dye, Readers’ Favorite)

These three adventures are also available as standalone ebooks, paperbacks and now as audiobooks (no 3 is in preparation).
This is a revised box set edition of the three titles, complete with their chapter illustrations, updated to match the audiobooks.

Imagining Dragons by Robert Gaspari

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

Imagining Dragons by Robert Gaspari

Tom dreamed of the spirit of a dragon who encouraged him to help bring the beast back to life on our world. He found the dragon’s seed hidden away in his uncle’s collection of archeological artifacts after the young man inherited the professor’s estate.
This began a strange journey for Tom, as the dragon spoke to him each night, bestowed psychic powers upon him, and groomed the man to become a Dragon Master. Tom relished this opportunity and willingly engaged in every task assigned to him by this mythological creature. That is until certain things went against his moral fiber…
Would you do what the beast in your dreams demanded if it gave you unlimited power? That was Tom’s dilemma and it could have one of two possible outcomes.

THIS BOOK IS TWO BOOKS IN ONE!

After the original ending, I step back six chapters and provide a totally different alternate ending. I hope you enjoy them both.

The Serpent and the Swan by Ashland Pym

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

The Serpent and the Swan by Ashland Pym

“Beautiful and cruel”

She’s not quite human, but is she as dangerous as they believe?

Cygna has been kept under the shadow of secrecy for two decades. Not only is she the King’s illegitimate firstborn, she’s also an extraordinary half-fae with a wing in place of an arm who instills fear and suspicion in those close to her.

But now a terrifying evil is ravaging the kingdom. A Lindworm is making a path straight for the castle, and the King and Queen believe Cygna has the power to stop the serpent. Except Cygna knows what her hateful stepmother really wants is to keep Cygna from inheriting the throne.

They send Cygna on a dangerous journey to the underworld where she meets others like her. She begins to see she’s not the unnatural creature she was brought up to believe. But will Cygna have the bravery to confront the terrifying serpent and defeat her darkest fears? Her freedom and life will depend on it.

A Queen To Come by Frances Ellen

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

Synopsis:
A Queen To Come is the first in a trilogy of prequel novellas featuring Asters and Affinites battling Dark Kings and their Disciples for the Surface of the world and the safety of humans. Dive into a unique fantasy world based on Nordic mythology, featuring diverse magic, multi-cultural characters, globe-trotting action and adventure, and with a truly stunning cliff-hanger ending.

The five Asters, brothers and sisters in magic, battle an unknown Dark King to ensure their new Queen ascends to the throne, in this debut YA fantasy prequel series. Together with Affinites, who have no magic but unique affinities for specific skills, the Asters have been protecting humans from the Dark Kings’ reigns of terror for generations; even since their first and, until now, only Queen bestowed six Affinites each with one of her own magic powers 500 years ago. The one unique magic that the original Queen didn’t pass on would only return if there was a dire need of it: to bring balance back into the world. Now, 500 years later, her reincarnation predicts a threat to the peaceful existence that generations of Asters had created and protected.

Up until her eighteenth birthday the new Queen was brought up as human in a secret location, with no knowledge of the crown she will be expected to wear or the rare magic she possesses. She will join the Asters, and she will become the most powerful creature to ever live. But a Dark King knows of her upcoming accession, and will do whatever it takes to stop it. He starts abducting Affinites in the hopes that one of them might know the Queen’s secret location. He wants to steal her magic before she learns how to use it against him. It is up to the five Asters to make sure that he doesn’t.
[Read more…] about A Queen To Come by Frances Ellen

Featured Book: Angels & Patriots: The Cause of 1776 (Book 2) by Salina B Baker

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

About Featured Book: Angels & Patriots: The Cause of 1776 (Book 2) by Salina B Baker

Award-Winning Finalist in the Fantasy: Historical category of the 2021 American Fiction Awards

Angels and Patriots is the struggle for faith and liberty in the face of the complex and often irrational actions of war, men, and angels. Download today for free.

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

Buy Book Here.

Featured Book: The Order of the Dark Rose by P. H. Solomon

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

In a city that relies on the advances made by sorcery, arch-mage Manny Mandeheim hunts for the secret of the curse that ruined his life. But his investigation leads him to the heart of a much larger conspiracy… A spellbinding recent release for fans of Sherlock Holmes!

Buy The Order of the Dark Rose Here

P. H. Solomon’s Website
Follow P. H. Solomon on Facebook
Follow P. H. Solomon on Twitter
P. H. Solomon’s GoodReads Profile

Featured Book: The Fleeing Company (The Drifters’ Road Part One) by Kyle McCurry

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

The goblin chief, under the command of an evil lord named Vyroun, is hunting Adroegen and looking to retrieve a magic jewel that Adroegen once stole. Adroegen’s friends will be killed if he does not return this jewel, and so he must lead them on a trying adventure as they run on foot through the wild from a pack of goblins that ride upon wolves.
Their only advantage is that goblins do not come out in the day, as the sun’s light is blinding to them. Therefore, each day Adroegen and his friends must cover as much distance as they can before nightfall. Adroegen tracks how close the pack is by listening to the wolves howling in the night. The louder the wolves are, the closer the pack appears to be, and the greater the reason for worry.
But another trouble for Adroegen is that the goblin chief once helped to kill all in his family. Thus, Adroegen struggles to not vengeful desires take him, as he tries to protect his new family from the enemy who took his old one.

Buy The Fleeing Company (The Drifters’ Road Part One) Here

Kyle McCurry’s Website
Follow Kyle McCurry on Facebook
Follow Kyle McCurry on Twitter
Kyle McCurry’s GoodReads Profile

Featured Book: The Tempter’s Bane (The Drifters’ Road Part Two) by Kyle McCurry

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

The Tempter’s Bane is the second book to The Drifters’ Road fantasy series, continuing after the events of The Fleeing Company. Though the goblin chief has been defeated, his master, Vyroun, will soon wage war upon the north. To make matters worse, Adroegen falls over a cliff, while Caitren is taken captive and will be brought before Vyroun.
The rest of the company decides to split up in hope of saving both Adroegen and Caitren. Edelbir and Kattalin choose to find Adroegen, and then search for a hidden dwarven kingdom that Adroegen hoped would help fight Vyroun’s army. Gleowan and Vaenn search for Caitren in hope of saving her from certain torment and death.
Each member of the company is afraid as they enter into lands unknown to them, unsure of where their friends are or if they even still live, and in despair over the coming assault from Vyroun’s forces.

Buy The Tempter’s Bane (The Drifters’ Road Part Two) Here

Kyle McCurry’s Website
Follow Kyle McCurry on Facebook
Follow Kyle McCurry on Twitter
Kyle McCurry’s GoodReads Profile

Featured Book: Hexed in Texas: A Humorous Fantasy by Kathy Burford

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

A Russian witch steps through her magic mirror. The heir of a voodoo queen makes more conventional travel plans. But why are they headed for Texas?

Once upon a time (a year ago, if you’re a stickler for details), chaotic magic leaking from Alamo excavations triggered an improbable event, drawing the attention of two unlikely rivals in search of a rare prize.

The Russian witch Baba Yaga has been living in her chicken-legged hut in the forest since–even she can’t remember how long.

M. C. Laveau, the CEO of Laveau Pharmaceuticals, merchandizes products that exploit the magic of her grandmother Marie (yes, that Marie).

Book 1 of the Baba Yaga Chronicles, described by reviewers as “full of humor and surprises,” “unexpected and satisfying,” “a delightful magical romp,” and “the perfect read.” Available for free on Kindle Unlimited.

If you like light-hearted fantasy with offbeat humor, clever plot twists, and quirky characters, read the Baba Yaga Chronicles!

Buy Hexed in Texas: A Humorous Fantasy Here

Kathy Burford’s Website
Follow Kathy Burford on Facebook
Kathy Burford’s GoodReads Profile

Featured Book: KINGS & CAPTIVES by Dana Pratola

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

ONLY 99¢
From the author of the Superhuman Romance series, DESCENDED ~ This series has it all: Kings, Captives, Faeries, Warriors, Princes, and Traitors. Even Sasquatch!
Ryor’s father wishes him to marry an Earth. He agrees, though for different reasons. Not only does he need her to bear him a child, but wishes to use her as a negotiating tool. When he finds a woman wandering in the woods of Washington State, she’s disagreeable and resistant to being taken from her home world. How could she not want to be a princess?
Evangeline wants to live life on the edge, but she’s found more excitement than she knows what to do with when she and her best friend Daniel are kidnapped and dropped onto an alien planet in another dimension. Her captor is literally prince of this world. And doesn’t he know it? She doesn’t want to marry him, but becoming princess of this strange world may be her only hope of saving Daniel. Though, it might not be so easy if Ryor learns she found his mother’s secret journal.

Buy KINGS & CAPTIVES Here

Dana Pratola’s Website
Follow Dana Pratola on Facebook
Dana Pratola’s GoodReads Profile

Featured Book: Of Flames & Embers by I.R.

Posted By Fantasy Books Curator Leave a Comment

The second my brother appeared at my front door I knew my life would be turned upside down. Sure, I’m no longer a dirty pickpocket who’d do anything to survive, but that doesn’t mean my struggles are over. Not when I’m still on the run from a madman who has been after me since I was a kid. As if that wasn’t enough, the kingdom I’d been forced to abandon as a child is on the brink of complete obliteration. According to those around me, I’m the kingdom’s last hope of survival. But tell me.
How could a mistake be anyone’s source of hope?

Buy Of Flames & Embers Here

Follow I.R. on Facebook