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An Hour You Do Not Expect by D H Crites

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Orphaned at birth and raised by an abusive aunt and uncle, Apo flees Thelbe, where he was born, to seek his fortune in the nearby town of Blandford. A kindly blacksmith and a helpful priest become his mentors, and he eventually finds himself called to be a priest, warrior, and prophet on the magical world of IR. His world is moving into dark times, and he must warn the “kind” of his world and offer them hope for a way out. While Apo struggles to understand his calling, the charismatic Lord Hevrel grows in strength and enacts diabolical schemes to consolidate all power to himself and to fool even the wise, no matter the lives destroyed. War, plague, and famine scar the land. Inspired by Apo’s messages, the Church will fight to reach and save some. Faced with persecution and death, all the “kind” of IR will be affected. As the end of times approaches, difficult decisions will be made, good people will be martyred, and lives will be forever changed.

An Hour You Do Not Expect is filled with characters from all walks of life. Some you will root for. Others will evoke your anger. Yet others will strike a chord with your heart. All of them will be forever changed.

“Crites novel is filled with tension, betrayal, love, forgiveness, mystery, and friendship. The fight between good and evil will keep you turning the pages. As a reader of fantasy novels, I highly recommend adding this one to your library.” – Amazon Customer⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Targeted Age Group:: 12-Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I wrote the first half of An Hour You Do Not Expect in the summer of 1993. I had been woken around midnight by a vivid dream – a grand battle between a knight struggling with his faith and a demon-possessed dragon. Now I typically don't have fantasy dreams (only one ever), and my dreams are never so lucid. I was compelled to write. I proceeded to write the first 25 pages before going back to bed. Then a few hundred pages came that summer. Then I got a real job.

Last summer, I buckled down and carved out dedicated time to write. I finished it in 5 months. My inspiration for this book, besides the dream, was to show what the end times in the Bible might look like if it was occurring in a fantasy world and see how the characters would deal with it. Characters from various walks of life and experiences will struggle with what is happening to them. Some will find hope and faith; others will find despair and sorrow.

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

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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.

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Featured Book: Rand by Silvia Shaw

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An epic story of magic, heroism, love, and treachery, Rand is a magical world ruled by an imperial line of Queens.
Three hundred years ago, its most powerful talisman, a magical medallion, was taken through the portal and lost. When Dr. Savannah Cole is on an archeology dig in Algeria, she takes shelter from a violent sandstorm and discovers the mysterious artifact under a Berber ruin. She soon learns unknown forces are at play, powerful secret forces beyond her control. Compelled to wear the medallion, she’s swept through the portal into Rand. There she must forge a new life and embrace her role as the wielder of ancient magic.
Never before has someone from the ‘other world’ been chosen to bear the medallion, someone not a warrior. It’s a puzzle Savannah must solve before it’s too late. Why has she been chosen? As she battles demonic creatures and dark sorcery, she fights to take her place as the rightful bearer in the long line of warrior women.
But the question remains. What is coming that the lost medallion must resurface after so many years?

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Order of Light: Book Two of New Blood by W.D. Kilpack III

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Despite the Guardian of Maarihk being condemned as anathema, and his very existence relegated to legend, Natharr resumes his ancient responsibilities as Mankind’s protector. He joins with a mysterious Firstborn companion, Ellis the Elder, to journey into the snowy reaches of Biraald, where his Sight promises he will find those who secretly adhere to the ways of the Olde Gods.

Although Biraaldi bloodlines show their Firstborn heritage more clearly than even in Maarihk itself, the two nations have never enjoyed peace. It has been far worse since the rise of Brandt the Usurper to Maarihk’s throne. Natharr and Ellis must navigate threats not only against the Firstborn, but the Maarihkish, as they seek out the sympathizers he Saw who are brave enough to resist Maarihk’s tyranny. Only then can the damage be repaired from when Natharr chose personal happiness with Darshelle and the young crown prince over his weighty responsibilities as Guardian of Maarihk.

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I had a dream that stuck with me for weeks, just resurfacing over and over. I finally started working out a storyline around it. To get the same emotional response that I felt, though, took time. As a result, the most poignant moment in that recurring dream doesn't appear in books one (Crown Prince) or two.

Steel, Blood & Fire by Allan Batchelder

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Steel, Blood & Fire by Allan Batchelder

On the march, around the campfire, and in the taverns, they tell incredible stories about Tarmun Vykers, the Reaper – how he’s never been cut in battle, how he once defeated hundreds of men by himself, how he exterminated an entire people over an insult. These stories make Vykers seem like a god, but he is a man, an arrogant, ruthless and bloodthirsty man. For all that, he may be the only thing standing between the human race and utter annihilation at the hands of the mad wizard who calls himself the End-of-All-Things. Against this backdrop, smaller, lesser folks struggle to fulfill their own destinies, folks like Aoife, burdened with a secret so dark she is driven to do the unimaginable and seek an alliance with fey powers no mortal has ever encountered.

Featured Book: War of the Staffs by Steve Stephenson

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War of the Staffs is a fantasy trilogy set on a world called Muiria, where a goddess named Adois brings a vampire wizard named Taza through the void. Then Taza convinces the Illanni, dark elves, to take on the cloak of vampirism.
Meanwhile, Prince Tarquin is born to fulfill a prophecy to confront Taza’s plans. However, he cannot succeed without the help of Morganna, a dark elf and championed by the wizard Celedant. He begins his search for the Staff of Adaman – the only object capable of defeating Taza.
War of the Staffs is the search for two pieces of the ancient staff Adaman to counter Taza’s will. The darkness is rising with Taza’s eyes fixed on the land and people of Muiria. Using the black power of the Staff of Adois and an army of dark elves, he will begin a reign of terror to the world of Muiria.

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Featured Book: The Elemental Trilogy Box Set: Elemental Rising, Elemental Betrayal, Forbidden Elemental by Toni Cox

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Dragons, Elves, and Magic. What more could you want from a fantasy trilogy?

Maia returns home from a stay of absence to complete her final test to become an Elemental, only to find her world in chaos. Suddenly faced with responsibilities she thinks she is not ready for, a love she does not reciprocate, and a threat to her people that might kill them all, she may be forced to become what she was born to be – a Prime.

An army more terrible than the nation of Grildor has ever had to face has invaded the lands and is killing the Elves by the thousands. Lord Longshadow invokes the Rule of Kings and gathers the forces of Greater Grildor to their aid.

Maia, aided by her dragon Midnight and the mysterious Death Elemental, seek help of their own. All the while, Maia and Blaid must come to terms with their opposing powers and the disaster it could spell for their entire world.

The race is on to save the planet of Elveron from the invading forces. Will they be in time to stop their total annihilation?

“I fell in love with this world and its characters and became utterly invested in their trials and tribulations. Toni Cox has a wonderfully rich imagination and brings Elveron and the Elves, and Midnight the dragon, to glorious life. Utterly entrancing.”

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Song of the Fairy Queen by Valerie Douglas

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It’s said of Fairy that if you’re in dire need and you call their name they’ll come. With his castle under siege and his young son in his arms, High King Oryan couldn’t be in any more dire need if he’s going to survive to regain his throne.

Targeted Age Group:: 18+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Oddly enough, a statue called Night Descending, and another of the Goddess Nike, of a winged woman, and the story started to write itself, from the opening battle scene as High King Oryan finds his castle under siege. He looks up to see the sky filled with gossamer wings as Kyriay, the Fairy Queen, and her people come to his aid.

Crown Prince: Book One of New Blood by W.D. Kilpack III

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Natharr is Guardian of Maarihk, one of a long line of protectors dating
back to the Firstborn Age, before the Aa Conquest. Natharr’s is an ancient role, rooted in his Firstblood, giving him Sight to see what is yet to be, adhering to his sacred duties even in the centuries since the Firstborn were forced to the brink of extinction by the Aa.

Natharr still stands guard over all men, Aa or Firstborn, Seeing what will come to pass, deciding what is unavoidable and what is not. Spending decades planning, even for saving the life of the newborn Crown Prince Vikari so he may one day reclaim the throne of the land where Mankind was created in the time when the Olde Gods still walked.

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

Featured Book: Runes and Red Sails by Ander Levisay

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Aelfhild always tried to keep her world small. She served the future queen; she did her duty. She kept quiet. But the world had other plans.

When the assassins came for her mistress, there was only one choice: run. Swept into a world of longships and bloodthirsty raiders, of sky-splitting storms and heaving seas, of old gods and treachery, Aelfhild has to find her footing—and fast. She’ll tangle with scheming lords and stand alongside stoic shieldmaidens. She’ll raise a mug with drunken warrior-poets and set sail for unknown lands with a crew of restless misfits. It’s going to take all the strength and courage she can muster. And more than a little luck.

This is the story of how she learned to stand and fight. This is the story of how she found her voice.

This is her story.

Runes and Red Sails is the thrilling first installment of the Queenmaker series, an epic fantasy adventure set in a world influenced by Scandinavian and Old English mythology.

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Raging Falcon by Stephen Perkins

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Raging Falcon by Stephen Perkins

He helped build an evil world.
He betrayed his only son.
But now in another life where nothing is what it seems and against great odds, he has a chance to make things right.
In the 21st century, wars are won in the mind rather than on battlefields. One man – sorcerer disguised as soldier – will forever alter American history with black magic! Major Stacey Truman Keogh is a specialist in psychological operations and a terrorist disguised in military uniform. Both ambitious and evil, he will do anything to further his interests whether sacrificing the operatives under his command, his family and even his only son. In the end, will he discover spiritual redemption and use his immense magical powers in the service of good? Can a grand technological miracle save the son he betrayed so long ago?

Featured Book: Symbiote: Book Two of The Peradon Fantasy Series by Daccari Buchelli

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To save the one you love, be prepared to risk it all.

Five years have passed since the fateful day that led to her husband’s demise: Violetta prays that her daughter never learns the truth, but that’s not the only thing she hopes never rises to the surface.

With a mysterious storm blanketing Peradon, Violetta, Lord Jork, and Xyhoni set out to uncover its source. The last thing they expected was for her young daughter to vanish. As troubling rumours swell, Violetta reaches her wits end. Now she must journey through the four realms to find answers and recover her daughter before it’s too late.

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The Surge by Willow Rose

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The Surge by Willow Rose

“We knew they were coming one day, we just never imagined anything like…this.”

Imagine being invaded by the Chinese and they want something only you have. However, giving it to them would mean the death of someone you love.
What would you do?
When The Chinese arrive in Ridge Manor, Florida; Sheriff Wayne is the only one who knows they are coming. He tried to warn the rest of the town, but no one would listen, and now it is too late. Joanna Marks has just come back to town after ten years on the run from her parents who did not want her to have the child she was carrying at only sixteen. The sudden death of her husband and father of her child forces her to come home just in time for the invasion.  As the days pass in the small town, now heavily invaded by soldiers, Joanna and Wayne both realize something is off with this invasion and with their invaders. Why are there so many of them, especially in their little town, and why is the highest in command settling at City Hall? Why are there no airplanes in the sky, tanks or bombs going off? Where is their military and how could they invade the entire country so quickly?  Each step closer to the truth is more terrifying than the last, and Joanna finds herself moving further from the world she knows and soon she dives into a world she did not know existed.

˃˃˃ This exhilarating new novel serves up a double dose of nail-biting, chilling suspense, twists, and shocking revelations as only Willow Rose can. This is determined to terrify you. No one is more addicting than the Queen of Scream.
Fans of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Blake Crouch, George Orwell, A.G. Riddle, and Andrew Mayne will be gripped by this page-turning Post-Apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, guaranteed to keep you reading till the next morning.

Chronicles of the Half-Emrys Box Set (Books 1-3) by Lisa Rector

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Chronicles of the Half-Emrys Box Set (Books 1-3) by Lisa Rector

The Chronicles of the Half-Emrys series boxed set contains Master of Lies, The Two Masters, and Master of Time. Follow the stories of the half-emrys—Immortal children who can harness the powers of light and darkness. The Chronicles of the Half-Emrys series are epic paranormal fantasy.

Master of Lies

Lost to the lies. Consumed by revenge.

Unaware of her immortal heritage, Ahnalyn learns she’s a child of two worlds—a half-emrys with the ability to wield the light and the dark power. When Ahnalyn is captured and thrown on a journey beyond her control, she must sift through the lies to uncover her true self and true potential, before the darkness consumes her.

The Two Masters

Choose the light or choose the darkness, but you cannot have both.

Einion is fearful of the dark power inside that could lead to his corruption. Rhianu, a ruthless Dark Emrys, stumbles into his life, challenging everything that was once always so black and white. As despairs over Einion’s heart increase his uncertainty, he is thrust on a path where he must face his worst fears to save who he truly loves. Meanwhile Rhianu is torn between power and love, between the past and the future. Knowing betrayal, she must follow her master’s plan—no matter what her heart tells her.

Master of Time

Time is only one enemy.

A malicious shadow trails Catrin and Meuric after they find themselves thrown back in time. Only Meuric knows the enormity of this evil that wants to claim Catrin. Meuric’s light could save her, but using it will diminish his dark power, hindering his ability to pass through the ether to their own time. Discovering the way home has just become the least of his problems . . . if there’s a way home at all.

The Shylmahn Migration by David R Beshears

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The Shylmahn Migration by David R Beshears

The Shylmahn Migration brings gritty realism to the nightmare of an overwhelming alien invasion of earth.

This is not ‘slam, bam, welcome to earth’ stuff. There will be no fairy dust sprinkled into the atmosphere to miraculously kill off the bad guys.

This could happen.

The miniseries screenplay adaptation of the novel won the Pacific Northwest Screenwriters Competition.

For the Shylmahn, it was a wonderful adventure…

“Intelligent science fiction”
William C. Brown, Ph.D.
Author of ‘The Evolutionary Science of Extraterrestrial Life’

“Outstanding writing in a fine story”
“Very well designed and very well executed”
David L. Powell, Ph.D.
English and American Literature

Featured Book: Phantammeron Book One by Mitchell Stokely

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In Book One of the Phantammeron, a new world is created by the Essence Eternal for his children, the Primordial Ones. But their savage conflicts soon destroy the world he had made. Those that survive must confront the sad fate of their world and the horrors of the Emptiness and Nothingness sent to doom them. But a mystical tree in the haunted forests of Phantaia and the strange waters of a cursed pool will lead them to a greater truth.

All of the books in the Phantammeron series will cover the mythical history of the children of Phantaia, whose creation and conflict revolves around the enchanted waters of an ancient pool. The global struggle surrounding the pool and the redemption of the characters tragically affected by it is the main theme in the series.

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Featured Book: Flight of the Elves by Cathbad Maponus

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The Mountain Elves have lost the battle against the Plains Elves. Now, the enemy has sent a cavalry unit to destroy the Clans! A lone survivor, sub-Chieftain Adrianna Ayalla, races to save the Clans and lead them to a high plateau, where she hopes to defend them. Along the way, she takes some of her own revenge – and leads the Clans into the dangerous cursed caverns. She has also unwittingly made an enemy of a powerful dragon – and that enemy could spell the end of the Clans, if the cavalry doesn’t do it first!

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Featured Book: Knightswrath by Michael Meyerhofer

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In the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning novel, Wytchfire, Rowen Locke has finally achieved his dream of becoming a Knight of the Crane, and he now bears Knightswrath, the legendary sword of Fâyu Jinn. But the land remains torn, and though Rowen suffers doubts, he would see it healed. His knightly order is not what it seems, though, and allies remain thin. When Rowen and his friends seek an alliance with the forest-dwelling Sylvs, a tangle of events results in a midnight duel that teaches Rowen a dangerous lesson and leaves him with a new companion of uncertain loyalties.

The sadistic Dhargots still threaten the kingdoms, but another menace lurks in the shadows, playing a game none can see. As Rowen struggles to prove his worth—to his allies and to himself—chaos raises its hand to strike. A price must be paid, and not even the wielder of Knightswrath will remain untouched.

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Featured Book: Seeking a Scribe: Enchanted Bookstore Legend One by Marsha A. Moore

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Lyra McCauley is a writer and loves fantasy novels, but until she opens a selection from bookstore owner Cullen Drake, she has no idea he’s a wizard character who lives a double life inside that volume…or the story’s magic will compel her from the edge of depression to adventure, danger, and love.

His gift to Lyra, the Book of Dragonspeir, was actually her copy, misplaced years ago. Lost in her pain following divorce and death, she fails to recognize him as her childhood playmate from the fantasyland. Friendship builds anew. Attraction sparks. But Lyra doubts whether a wizard is capable of love. She’s torn—should she protect her fragile heart or risk new love?

Opening the book’s cover, she confronts a quest: save Dragonspeir from destruction by the Black Dragon before he utilizes power of August’s red moon to expand his strength and overthrow the opposing Imperial Dragon. Lyra accepts the challenge, fearing Cullen will perish if evil wins. Along with magical animal guides, Cullen helps her through many perils, but ultimately Lyra must use her own power…and time is running out.

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Featured Book: Ghosts of the Asylum: Book I of The Horrors of Bond Trilogy by Ty Johnston @HTJohnston

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The streets of the city of Bond boil with discontent.

Political struggles within a power vacuum bring dreams of dominance to some among the lower levels of the city’s underbelly. Common thugs and guild bosses alike conspire together, their goal to eliminate the figure of Kron Darkbow.

Permanently.

Kron has become a symbol on the streets, and his removal would not only clear the way for others, but also would be a sign of who has the real power in Bond.

Amidst the chaos, buildings burn, riots go nearly unchecked, and even the city guard find themselves forced to retreat.

Through it all sits the Asylum, a building in ruin, a building with history, a history that involves Kron Darkbow. For if the street scum fail to get the man in black, perhaps the spirits of the dead will prevail.

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