Books like 'Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy'

Readers who enjoyed Unfettered III: New Tales By Masters of Fantasy by Shawn Speakman, Tad Williams, Naomi Novik, Megan Lindholm, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Katherine Arden, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Peter Orullian, Terry Brooks, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Delilah S. Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Todd Lockwood, Cat Rambo, Robert V.S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Scott Sigler, Anna Smith Spark & Marc Turner also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

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  • Vultures by Chuck Wendig

    Vultures by Chuck Wendig

    11 ratings
    In the sixth and final thriller of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam tries to break the curse of her powers, but first she must face The Trespasser a final time...
  • Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

    Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

    25 ratings
    From holy cup comes holy light;The faithful hands sets world aright.And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,Mere man shall end this endless night.It has been twenty-seven long years since the last sunrise. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness...
  • Zero Hour by Will Hill

    Zero Hour by Will Hill

    12 ratings
    Jamie Carpenter and the rest of Department 19 know when the world will end. It ends when Zero Hour comes. And Zero Hour…is here.As Dracula continues his rise, Department 19 is desperately trying to keep the forces of evil at bay. Then, an unexpected source brings a ray of hope, sending Jamie and Larissa on a dangerous mission to find the one thing that could turn back the darkness for good...
  • The Waste Lands by Stephen King

    The Waste Lands by Stephen King

    42 ratings
    Several months have passed, and Roland’s two new tet-mates have become proficient gunslingers. Eddie Dean has given up heroin, and Odetta’s two selves have joined, becoming the stronger and more balanced personality of Susannah Dean. But while battling The Pusher in 1977 New York, Roland altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers, a boy who—in Roland’s where and when—has already died...
  • Imajica: The Reconciliation by Clive Barker

    Imajica: The Reconciliation by Clive Barker

    16 ratings
    The magical tale of ill-fated lovers lost among worlds teetering on the edge of destruction, where their passion holds the key to escape. There has never been a book like Imajica...
  • The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

    The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

    43 ratings
    While pursuing his quest for the Dark Tower through a world that is a nightmarishly distorted mirror image of our own, Roland, the last gunslinger, encounters three mysterious doorways on the beach. Each one enters into the life of a different person living in contemporary New York...
  • The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    The Thirteenth by L.A. Banks

    12 ratings
    The entire Neteru Guardian team is on the run, having now been labeled as America’s most-wanted terrorists following the gruesome demon battle that felled the Washington Monument and crashed the front doors of the White House. The Antichrist is positioned for emergence, the powers of darkness have released the pale horse of the apocalypse, and half of the Neteru team is pregnant...
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    dark  epic  adult  angels  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction
  • Battle Lines by Will Hill

    Battle Lines by Will Hill

    14 ratings
    It's always darkest before dawn. Secret government unit Department 19 is recovering from evil vampire Valeri Rusmanov's deadly attack on their base. The Department’s newest member, teenage operator Jamie Carpenter, is tasked with training up a new squad, as his friends and colleagues desperately search for ways to try to stop what is coming...
  • Hunted by K.F. Breene

    Hunted by K.F. Breene

    24 ratings
    Book two in the Bestselling SeriesWith a new Chosen coming forward, Shanti has lost sight of her duty. With her plans unraveling, she does the only thing she can think of-- frees her brother and a mysterious stranger from a Graygual camp before heading back to beg for Cayan's aid.Unfortunately, that stranger was precious to the enemy, guarded by one of the elite...
  • The Calamitous Bob by Álex Gilbert

    The Calamitous Bob by Álex Gilbert

    8 ratings
    The world of Nyil, with its monsters, its knights and its mildly sociopathic gods. Come and see! A soul flees and a soul arrives, blessed by luck. Will she survive? Will she thrive? Will she become a calamity?After all, luck is such a fickle thing...
  • Heritage by S.M. Boyce

    Heritage by S.M. Boyce

    10 ratings
    Kara Magari isn't normal, even by Ourea's standards--and in a world of shape-shifters and soul stealers, that's saying something. To the royalty, she's a loose cannon. To the masses, she's a failure. But Kara doesn't have a home to go back to anymore. This war-torn world is all she has left, and she'll save it even if she dies trying...
  • Treason by S.M. Boyce

    Treason by S.M. Boyce

    12 ratings
    Kara Magari ignited a war when she stumbled into Ourea and found the Grimoire: a powerful artifact filled with secrets. To protect the only family she has left, she strikes a deal that compromises everything she believes in... but things don’t go as planned. To survive this world of death and darkness, Kara can’t just overcome the evil knocking at her door… she must become it...
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    dark  epic  action-adventure  alpha-mc  book  dark-fantasy  drama  fae
  • Priest of Lies by Peter McLean

    Priest of Lies by Peter McLean

    14 ratings
    Tomas Piety has been many things: soldier, priest, gangster...and spy. As Tomas's power grows, the nobility better watch their backs, in this dark and gritty epic fantasy series.People are weak, and the poorer and more oppressed they are, the weaker they become--until they can't take it anymore. And when they rise up...may the gods help their oppressors...
  • The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    The Forsaken by L.A. Banks

    14 ratings
    The Chairman of the Vampire Council is dead, and Lilith, the consort of the Unnamed One, and the Unnamed One himself are out for revenge against Damali Richards, the Vampire Huntress, and her lover, Carlos Rivera. A ruthless and carefully planned strategy---one that not even Damali will anticipate---has been developed...
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    dark  epic  adult  book  dark-fantasy  demons  fiction  horror
  • Wagga by Alex Kozlowski

    Wagga by Alex Kozlowski

    14 ratings
    In the apocalypse, the first weapon he’ll have to upgrade is himself.The end of the world as we know it couldn’t come at a worse time for Adrian.One minute, he’s an operations manager who’s overseeing a construction job in the wilderness. The next, an unknown energy force changes the very nature of life itself, from the smallest organism to the top of the food chain...
  • Marked by Benedict Jacka

    Marked by Benedict Jacka

    18 ratings
    Mage Alex Verus is hanging on by a thread in the ninth urban fantasy novel from the national bestselling author of Burned.When Mage Alex Verus ends up with a position on the Light Council, no one is happy, least of all him. But Alex is starting to realize that if he wants to protect his friends, he'll need to become a power player himself...
  • Sidewinders by Robert V.S. Redick

    Sidewinders by Robert V.S. Redick

    6 ratings
    Two brothers flee an army of fanatics across a vast and magical desert in this white-knuckle sequel to Master Assassins from Robert V.S. Redick, author of The Red Wolf Conspiracy.   The worst of rivals, the closest of friends, the two most wanted men in a war-torn world: Kandri and Mektu Hinjuman have cheated death so often it’s begun to feel like a way of life...
  • Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley

    Matt Archer: Redemption by Kendra C. Highley

    6 ratings
    “There’s more to me than you know…”When Matt Archer’s sister, Mamie, said those words to him three years ago, he had no idea how prophetic they were, or what this would mean for his family.Now, he knows. And it changes everything, bringing the war right to Matt’s doorstep.In the epic conclusion to the Matt Archer series, the endgame is near...
  • Reunion by Ariana Nash

    Reunion by Ariana Nash

    8 ratings
    After a vicious storm delivers Eroan and Lysander's battered ship to the new world, where elves are in power and dragons must follow the law, the peace seems almost too good to be true. Until Lysander ends up on the wrong side of those laws, and discovers the real reason Eroan brought him half way around the world: The brother he thought was dead, is very much alive. *** Akiem is missing...
  • Skulduggery 2 by Logan Jacobs

    Skulduggery 2 by Logan Jacobs

    8 ratings
    Building a Criminal EmpireLord of the Rings + Breaking Bad + The Sopranos = Skulduggery We’re starting to make some coin, but I’m always looking to improve. So, how can I sell more whiskey and make even more gold? Double cross my distributor? Buy new businesses to serve as fronts for my operations? Steal a few precious artifacts from those blue-blooded elves? Yep...
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    dark  epic  adult  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  harem
  • Skulduggery 3 by Logan Jacobs

    Skulduggery 3 by Logan Jacobs

    8 ratings
    Building a Criminal EmpireLord of the Rings + Breaking Bad + The Sopranos = Skulduggery The best part of being a human is everyone constantly underestimates you, and that means they never see it coming when your dagger plunges into their heart. Our business is growing, but so is our list of enemies...
  • Imajica by Clive Barker

    Imajica by Clive Barker

    26 ratings
    Imajica is an epic beyond compare: vast in conception, obsessively detailed in execution, and apocalyptic in its resolution. At its heart lies the sensualist and master art forger, Gentle, whose life unravels when he encounters Judith Odell, whose power to influence the destinies of men is vaster than she knows, and Pie 'oh' pah, an alien assassin who comes from a hidden dimension...
  • This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant

    10 ratings
    The Venislarn. Vastly intelligent aliens from another dimension or dribbling insane gods from a distant realm? It’s impossible to tell. What’s certain is that they’re here and they’re going to destroy our world...
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    dark  dystopia  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • A Dance of Chaos by David Dalglish

    A Dance of Chaos by David Dalglish

    14 ratings
    FEAR COMES IN THE HANDS OF PROPHETS... The final installment of the Shadowdance series finds Haern the Watcher returning to his beloved city of Veldaren, only to find it has collapsed into chaos. The Sun Guild has conquered the former thief guilds, destroying the peace Haern fought so hard to obtain...
  • The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    The Minority Council by Kate Griffin

    16 ratings
    Matthew Swift, sorcerer, Midnight Mayor, is in charge. Or so he'd like to think. London, being London, is having its issues. Drug use is rampant. Teenage vandalism is driving away business. Violent crimes are on the rise. Once upon a time, Matthew Swift wouldn't have cared. Now it's his mess to clean up...
  • A Crown of Petals and Ice by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare

    A Crown of Petals and Ice by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare

    16 ratings
    Queen of the fae courts. Faced with an impossible battle. Destined to never be with the Unseelie I love.The magical tea has worn off. My eyes are wide open. And it’s with horror that I realize the fate of two realms rests on my shoulders after my mother’s ultimate sacrifice to trap Rubezahl in Underhill...
  • Cast in Secret by Michelle Sagara

    Cast in Secret by Michelle Sagara

    20 ratings
    Still avoiding magic whenever possible, Corporal Kaylin Neya relished investigating a regular theft once again. Until she found out the mysterious box was taken from Elani Street, where the mages and charlatans mingled, and it was sometimes hard to tell the difference between the two...
  • Pale Moon by Elizabeth Kelly

    Pale Moon by Elizabeth Kelly

    6 ratings
    Unlike his siblings, Nicholas Williams has no desire to find a mate. But when a group of strange Lycans arrive at his home, bringing with them a human woman named Max, Nicky finds himself oddly attracted to her. On a dangerous quest to the outskirts to save his birth father's life, Nicholas is drawn to Max in a way he does not understand...
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    dark  dystopia  adult  apocalyptic  book  dark-fantasy  fae  fiction
  • Black Rose Queen by Connie Suttle

    Black Rose Queen by Connie Suttle

    6 ratings
    "If you desire the lightning, you must also prepare for the storm." Az-ca's Kings have never invaded the land of their enemy. Will a Queen be so bold? Sherra devises new ways to strike at the Supreme Leader of Ny-nes, only to discover that he is stronger and more devious than she and Kerok could ever imagine...
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    dark  epic  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark-fantasy  female-mc  fiction
  • Scarlett by Rachel Morgan

    Scarlett by Rachel Morgan

    6 ratings
    Deadly power. Stunning beauty. She will not be controlled. Sixteen-year-old Beth’s ordinary life is shattered the night her dormant magic awakens and she almost kills her boyfriend. Horrified at what she’s done, she flees into the fae realm to find the siren mother who disowned her a decade ago. When it turns out her power cannot be controlled, she is once again cast out from the siren community...
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    dark  epic  audiobook  book  coming-of-age  dark-fantasy  fae  feminism
  • The Shades of Time and Memory by Storm Constantine

    The Shades of Time and Memory by Storm Constantine

    8 ratings
    A young harling comes of age in the ruined City of Ghosts, unaware of his heritage and the secrets his father has kept for so long. In the city of Immanion, Calanthe has ousted Thiede from power and a new age has dawned for Wraeththukind; the reverberations of its arrival shake every corner of the earth...
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    dark  dystopia  epic  adult  book  dark-fantasy  female-author  fiction
  • One Man: A City of Fallen Gods Novel by Harry Connolly

    One Man: A City of Fallen Gods Novel by Harry Connolly

    8 ratings
    One Cursed City. Two Dead Gods. Ten Thousand Murderers and Thieves. One Orphaned Girl.As a child, Kyrioc was groomed to be the head of one of the most powerful noble families in Koh-Salash, a city built inside the skeletons of two murdered gods. Kyrioc himself dreamed of becoming head of the High Watch, the highest political position in the land.Those dreams have turned to dust...
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    dark  epic  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  grim-dark  horror
  • Dead Stars - Part One by Ben Galley

    Dead Stars - Part One by Ben Galley

    8 ratings
    The sky is falling. The world trembles beneath it.Emaneska is crying out for a saviour. Somebody is hunting down the Written mages in the wilds. Murdering and skinning them alive. Who? A mere girl. A girl who was born to rip the stars from the sky and bring them crashing down to earth. The direst enemy Emaneska has ever faced.In the wake of the Battle of Krauslung, the world has changed...
  • Catalyst by H.M. Ward

    Catalyst by H.M. Ward

    8 ratings
    Blood is power. Since the world froze and the humans died off, blood has become scarce. There's barely enough to sustain the vampire population, even though their masses have dwindled. Many vampires are reduced to the measly few drops of blood rationed to them by the Regent, which is enough to keep them alive, barely. It's survival; an undesirable existence...
  • A Discovery of Demonology by Amelia Hutchins

    A Discovery of Demonology by Amelia Hutchins

    8 ratings
    This book was previously released as part of the BABE23 anthology.What if Neverland existed?What if Peter Pan wasn’t a boy in tights?What if, instead, he’s a demon so powerful that he commands Hell’s Army?Rowan Teivel is the last man I should be feeling anything for. He is arrogant, dominant, and arouses something dangerously depraved within me...
  • The Nightshade's Touch by Pippa DaCosta

    The Nightshade's Touch by Pippa DaCosta

    10 ratings
    Be careful which star you wish upon... The unseelie--banished by Oberon long ago--are stirring awake, and there's one name on their dark lips: Nightshade. Kesh is beginning to settle into her role as Halow's messenger, saving people from the fae with the help of Kellee, Talen, Arran and Sota, but if she has any hope of making her wrongs right, she must trust those around her...
  • Crown of Darkness by Bec McMaster

    Crown of Darkness by Bec McMaster

    12 ratings
    Thiago and Iskvien survived a dangerous curse, but will they survive the coming war?Princess Iskvien made a dangerous bargain with an ancient goddess in order to break her mother’s curse. Now she must find the Crown of Shadows within a year, or the goddess will take her firstborn child.Thiago—her heart and soul—stands at her side, but their love has never been tested like this...
  • The Lord of the Sabbath by Mariana Palova

    The Lord of the Sabbath by Mariana Palova

    14 ratings
    The abyss watches him. Nightmares hunt him. And now, a battle begins.Terrifying creatures, unseen to all around him, have tormented Elisse since he was a little boy. These “night terrors” and the cruel life as a young Westerner in a refugee camp have left him isolated and alone...
  • Undercover by Tamsyn Muir

    Undercover by Tamsyn Muir

    16 ratings
    When a stranger comes to town, secrets are sure to come out. New York Times bestselling author Tamsyn Muir spins a twisty—and twisted—short story of revenge and survival.A fresh-faced newcomer arrives in an isolated, gang-run town and soon finds herself taking a job nobody else wants: bodyguard to a ghoul. Not just your average mindless, half-rotted shuffler, though...
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    dark  dystopia  fantasy  horror  lgbtq  fiction  wlw  audiobook
  • Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks

    Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks

    24 ratings
    Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. His twenty-three international bestsellers have ranged from the beloved Shannara series to stories that tread a much darker path...
  • Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams

    Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams

    25 ratings
    With Sea of Silver Light, Tad Williams completes his massive Otherland quartet, one of SF's more intriguing explorations of the eroding boundaries of the human and the nonhuman, the living and the dead. Otherland is a sequence that contains many secrets, and Williams plays fair by unpacking all of them in the final book...
  • Lost & Found by Ariana Nash

    Lost & Found by Ariana Nash

    6 ratings
    What use is a blade without a war? After giving their lives to the Order, the Ashford assassins are in crisis. The battles are over, the war is no more, but assassins cannot retire from who they are. Trey knows this. He may not have been an Assassin of the Order for long, but it was long enough to leave him scarred...
  • Eden Forest by Aoife Marie Sheridan

    Eden Forest by Aoife Marie Sheridan

    6 ratings
    Sarajane Anderson is your regular twenty one year old. With family, friends and a normal job. She also happens to be the only person who can save Saskia, a world parallel to earth.When Sarajane is taken to Saskia, she could never have imagined the reality of the world she steps into, a world where magical abilities are in everyone's possession...
  • Guardian Of Magick by Jessica Wayne

    Guardian Of Magick by Jessica Wayne

    6 ratings
    Captured.Tortured.Persecuted.  Sienna isn't sure how much longer she can hang on to the shred of humanity left within her.Not when her only chance at escape would be to destroy what is left of her soul. Daxon is hell-bent on tearing apart the realm in order to find the Sage who has saved his life more times than he can count...
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    dark  epic  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  magic  magical-realism
  • Judgement Day by Joseph Nassise

    Judgement Day by Joseph Nassise

    6 ratings
    Cade Williams’ worst nightmare has come true. The Necromancer’s black magick has not only released the Adversary from the infernal realms where Cade imprisoned it, but allowed the fallen angel to possess the body of Cade’s beloved wife, Gabrielle, in the process. When the Templars interrupt the ritual and kill the Necromancer, the Adversary sprouts wings and escapes into the darkness...
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    dark  epic  adult  angels  audiobook  book  dark-fantasy  demons
  • Prince of Demons 3 by Victoria Danann

    Prince of Demons 3 by Victoria Danann

    6 ratings
    WISHES ARE MYSTERIES FILLED WITH SHADOWS and LIGHT. New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author, Victoria Danann, brings us a tale of romance, suspense, and high adventure.Prince of Demons is a spin off of Knights of Black Swan. It shares characters and references with the award winning series.The third and last part of the Prince of Demons trilogy...
  • Grim Solace by Ben Galley

    Grim Solace by Ben Galley

    6 ratings
    Nothing is certain in Araxes. Not even death. Stolen from the widow’s clutches, master thief and ghost Caltro Basalt must learn new ways to survive the cutthroat society of the Arctian Empire. His one hope for freedom and justice? A gift from the dead gods, who continue to beg for a saviour. Breaking a soul takes time, and Caltro’s spirit is far from broken...
  • City of Storms by Kat Ross

    City of Storms by Kat Ross

    6 ratings
    For the Shadow is a tight passage, a narrow door, whose painful constriction no one is spared who goes down the deep well . . .After decades of civil war, the Via Sancta has declared victory over humanity’s basest instincts. Anger, hatred and greed are suppressed by intricate Marks on the skin. Wards have tamed the wild psychic magic of the ley...
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    dark  epic  romance  fantasy  paranormal  magic  urban-fantasy  fiction
  • Kingdom in Exile by Jenna Wolfhart

    Kingdom in Exile by Jenna Wolfhart

    8 ratings
    A promise is as deadly as a sword. Once a Shieldmaiden for her beloved kingdom, now Princess Reyna Darragh is nothing more than a captive of the exiled Shadow Court. The shadow fae believe in strange visions that foretell of the upcoming war. If Reyna helps them, they will win. If she refuses, their realm will fall. The High King gives her an ultimatum...
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    dark  epic  assassins  book  dark-fantasy  fae  fated-mates  fiction
  • A Wind in the Night by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee

    A Wind in the Night by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee

    8 ratings
    In her quest to find the Orb of Spirit, Wynn Hygeorht is torn between two men who hate each other—her vampire protector, Chane Andraso, and the elf Osha, who has tender feelings for her. Now a strange series of clues leads them to a remote keep built on the dark cliffs of the coast of Witeny...
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    dark  epic  adult  book  dark-fantasy  fiction  horror  paranormal
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