Books like 'The New Hero: Volume 2'
Readers who enjoyed The New Hero: Volume 2 by Robin D. Laws, Alex Bledsoe, Emily Care Boss, Jennifer Brozek, Jesse Bullington, Mat Forbeck, Will Hindmarch, Jean Rabe, Christina Stiles, Greg Stolze, James L. Sutter, John Scott Tynes, James Wallis & Tobias S. Buckell also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong
27 ratingsShanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.”The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution.After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath... -
![Tiger's Destiny by Colleen Houck]()
Tiger's Destiny by Colleen Houck
27 ratingsWith three of the goddess Durga's quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tiger's curse. But the trio's greatest challenge awaits them: A life-endangering pursuit in search of Durga's final gift, the Rope of Fire, on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal... -
![Dawn of a Legend by R.K. Lander]()
Dawn of a Legend by R.K. Lander
12 ratingsBook III in the award-winning series The Silvan. A child becomes a novice, a novice becomes a warrior - the warrior becomes a legend. To the enemy, Fel’annár is just a half-blood bastard, but to the Silvan people, he is their crownless warrior prince...Categorized as:
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![Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk]()
Deosil by Jordan L. Hawk
12 ratingsWhyborne, Griffin, and their friends have faced down cultists, monsters, and sorcerers. But their greatest challenge is now upon them.On the return voyage from Balefire Manor, Whyborne receives the worst news possible: Widdershins has fallen before the onslaught of the Fideles and their servants. There’s still time to stop the return of the Masters, but that window grows shorter by the hour... -
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![Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine]()
Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine
18 ratingsWith the future of the Great Library in doubt, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone must decide if it's worth saving in this thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist plotting his return to power, and the Library under siege from outside empires and kingdoms, its future is uncertain...Categorized as:
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![The Storm by Elizabeth Hunter]()
The Storm by Elizabeth Hunter
12 ratingsOn the darkest night of winter, can he bring light to her wounded heart? Scarred by loss, Irina warrior Renata has held the world at a distance. Fighting the Grigori and protecting humanity are her goals, but her heart remains frozen to the bonds of family and love. Only one scribe, Maxim of Riga, has managed to see through Renata’s armor... -
![The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon]()
The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon
24 ratingsJoan MacKimmie is on her way to Paris to take up her vocation as a nun. Yet her decision is less a matter of faith than fear, for Joan is plagued by mysterious voices that speak of the future, and by visions that mark those about to die. The sanctuary of the nunnery promises respite from these unwanted visitations . . . or so she prays... -
![The Blood Debt by Duncan M. Hamilton]()
The Blood Debt by Duncan M. Hamilton
16 ratingsA blade fit for a hero. An army for a tyrant. A reckoning long awaited, and a tale reaching its end. The riveting conclusion to the Wolf of the North trilogy by Duncan M...Categorized as:
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![Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts]()
Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts
26 ratingsThe battleground has been chosen for the final showdown between those selected by the gods and the minions of the vampire Lilith. But there is one vampire who dares stand against her. And his love for the scholarly queen of Geall will complete the circle of six - and change the face of eternity... -
![Lay the Hate by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole]()
Lay the Hate by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
8 ratingsThe War Begins…The world of Ruin erupts into the flames of war as a great evil rises once more from the Tombs of Eternal Midnight. Werewolves and vampires march from the east, the orcs of Umnoth are on the move, and cities disappear beneath the boots of these savage hordes. Kingdoms field desperate armies in a last desperate bid to stop the tides of darkness, but the truth is clear... -
![The Broken Queen by Penelope Barsetti]()
The Broken Queen by Penelope Barsetti
10 ratingsQueen Rolfe betrayed me.My own mother.The Teeth have my wife, and I can't allow myself to think about what they're doing to her. I need to raise an army to get her back, and if I can't, I'll march in there and do it myself... -
![Fourth Point of Contact by A.J. Sherwood, Lloyd Thomas]()
Fourth Point of Contact by A.J. Sherwood, Lloyd Thomas
12 ratingsListening Length: 12 hours and 25 minutes“Renjimantoro.” Ren’s head snapped up, as Brahms only used his full name when being completely serious. Those dark blue eyes met his levelly, penetratingly, as if he could see every thought going through Ren’s head. And he likely could. The man was exceptionally good at seeing through people. “Come with me.” Oh hell...Categorized as:
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![The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs]()
The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs
24 ratingsThe fate of peculiardom hangs in the balance in this epic conclusion to the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop to find themselves in Florida...Categorized as:
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![A Trip to the Stars by Nicholas Christopher]()
A Trip to the Stars by Nicholas Christopher
14 ratingsA young boy and his adopted aunt become separated when the youngster is kidnapped by his wealthy, eccentric great-uncle, but mysterious ties continue to link the two unknowingly over the fifteen-year separation...Categorized as:
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![Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine]()
Smoke and Iron by Rachel Caine
18 ratingsFor the US hardback, see ISBN13: 9780451489210.To save the Great Library, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone, Paper and Fire, and Ash and Quill put themselves in danger in the next thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.The opening moves of a deadly game have begun...Categorized as:
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![A Radical Act of Free Magic by H.G. Parry]()
A Radical Act of Free Magic by H.G. Parry
8 ratingsA tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Radical Act of Free Magic is the conclusion to this genre-defying series of magic, war, and the struggle for freedom in the early modern world.The Concord has been broken, and a war of magic engulfs the world... -
![Junk Magic by Karen Chance]()
Junk Magic by Karen Chance
8 ratingsHalf werewolf Lia de Croissets is a member of the War Mage Corps, the police branch of the world’s leading magical organization, the Silver Circle. She’s an instructor assigned to train new recruits, a job considered to be significantly tougher than combat—especially right now. There is a war going on in the supernatural world, and the other side has discovered a deadly new tactic... -
![The Three Kings by Penelope Barsetti]()
The Three Kings by Penelope Barsetti
10 ratingsMy husband betrayed me.Forgiveness isn’t an option.I’ll ask Queen Rolfe to break our marriage. We both want it.Not to mention—she owes me... -
![The Rising by Ian Tregillis]()
The Rising by Ian Tregillis
16 ratingsThe second book in the Alchemy Wars trilogy by Ian Tregillis, an epic tale of liberation and war. Jax, a rogue Clakker, has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers' Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames, he must begin his life as a free Clakker, but liberation proves its own burden... -
![The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón]()
The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
39 ratingsBarcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife Bea have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julian, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is about to be wed. But their joy is eclipsed when a mysterious stranger visits the Sempere bookshop and threatens to divulge a terrible secret that has been buried for two decades in the city's dark past...Categorized as:
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![Origins by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson]()
Origins by L.J. Smith, Kevin Williamson
40 ratingsA love triangle that will span eternity… The year is 1864 and the Civil War rages on. But seventeen-year-old Stefan Salvatore is fighting a battle all his own. Engaged to marry someone he does not love, Stefan falls for a mysterious girl named Katherine. With her gleaming curls and mischievous brown eyes, Katherine is beautiful and seduction…but she also harbors a dark secret: She’s a vampire... -
![Beasts of New York: A Children's Book for Grown-Ups by Jon Evans, Jim Westergard]()
Beasts of New York: A Children's Book for Grown-Ups by Jon Evans, Jim Westergard
6 ratingsA violent, epic, action-packed urban quest full of very eccentric, often hilarious, extremely dangerous characters who also happen to be animals -- the wildlife of New York City, to be exact.Treachery leads to a monstrous war amongst the wildlife of New York City, and Patch, a young squirrel, is forced into exile on Staten Island... -
![Bear Next Door by Brittany White]()
Bear Next Door by Brittany White
6 ratingsAll she wants to prove that shapeshifters exist.When Laura was a little girl she saw a human changed into a bear and set out to prove what she’d seen was real. She moved to Mystic, Connecticut with only one goal. With a slew of disappearances and strange animal attacks that she was certain were the work of shifters... -
![A Practical Guide to Conquering the World by K.J. Parker]()
A Practical Guide to Conquering the World by K.J. Parker
10 ratingsA Practical Guide to Conquering the World can be read by itself, but for those who like endings it can also be considered the refreshingly pragmatic conclusion to World Fantasy Award-winning author K.J. Parker’s acclaimed sequence of novels that began with Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City and continue with How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It."Full of invention and ingenuity . . -
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![The Secrets of Pain by Phil Rickman]()
The Secrets of Pain by Phil Rickman
12 ratingsThe elite warriors of the Hereford-based SAS know all about pain and the enduring of it. Syd Spicer, ex-SAS trooper, has found himself back the Regiment—this time as its chaplain, responsible for the spiritual welfare of the hardest men in or out of uniform... -
![Tiger's Promise by Colleen Houck]()
Tiger's Promise by Colleen Houck
16 ratingsBefore the curse, there was a promise. A prequel to the bestselling Tiger’s Curse series, this much anticipated novella recalls the beginning of Ren and Kishan’s story. Before Kelsey there was a girl, raised by a villain, whose love for a hero changed the course of history... -
![Warrior Rising by P.C. Cast]()
Warrior Rising by P.C. Cast
18 ratingsFrom 'a stellar talent'( New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning) comes another 'scorchingly sensual, utterly delicious'( New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter) novel? The Goddesses have had it with the Trojan War. So much devastation?all because of some silly male egos. The worst of the bunch is that cocky, handsome brute Achilles... -
![Rift by Andrea Cremer]()
Rift by Andrea Cremer
20 ratingsChronicling the rise of the Keepers, this is the stunning prequel to Andrea Cremer's internationally bestselling Nightshade trilogy!Sixteen-year-old Ember Morrow is promised to a group called Conatus after one of their healers saves her mother's life. Once she arrives, Ember finds joy in wielding swords, learning magic, and fighting the encroaching darkness loose in the world... -
![The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs]()
The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs
26 ratingsA FRAGILE PEACE. AN APOCRYPHAL WARNING. CHAOS WAITING IN THE HEART OF THE STORM.With his dying words, H—Jacob Portman’s final connection to his grandfather Abe’s secret life— entrusts Jacob with a mission: Deliver newly contacted peculiar Noor Pradesh to an operative known only as V. Noor is being hunted. She is the subject of an ancient prophecy, one that foretells a looming apocalypse... -
![Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs]()
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
42 ratingsA boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom.The adventure that began with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and continued in Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls... -
![Hour of Need by Michael Pryor]()
Hour of Need by Michael Pryor
6 ratingsAubrey Fitzwilliam, renegade and traitor. Instead of clearing his name in Albion, Aubrey has chosen to pursue his enemy, Dr. Mordecai Tremaine, deep into the heart of enemy territory. What he uncovers in Dr. Tremaine's stronghold promises to change the course of the war and the future of humanity itself...Categorized as:
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![Darkness on his Bones by Barbara Hambly]()
Darkness on his Bones by Barbara Hambly
6 ratingsSimon. Something frightful has happened to Jamie. Please come...When James Asher is found unconscious in the cemetery of the Church of St. Clare Pieds-Nus with multiple puncture-wounds in his throat and arms, his wife, Lydia, knows of only one person to call: the vampire Don Simon Ysidro... -
![Pale Guardian by Barbara Hambly]()
Pale Guardian by Barbara Hambly
6 ratingsDuring the carnage of World War One, James Asher joins forces with the vampires of Europe to counter an even deadlier threat.The vampires call them The Others... -
![The Door: Part One by Lizzy Ford]()
The Door: Part One by Lizzy Ford
6 ratingsNovella.There’s only one rule: Never lock the doorGianna believes manual labor to be penance for the mistake that changed her life. Nothing can be worse than serving probation under the supervision of a bitter, elderly woman, known as the Caretaker, running a bed and breakfast in the middle of the Arizona desert.Then the strangers begin arriving... -
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![Flanders by Patricia Anthony]()
Flanders by Patricia Anthony
6 ratings"A harrowing and beautiful novel, demonstrating — again — that Patricia Anthony is one of our great writers." — Publishers WeeklyIn this gritty look at World War I's trench warfare, a young American sharpshooter ventures into no man's land each night to be ready by daybreak for the grim business of slaying record numbers of enemies... -
![Maiden of the Wolf by Tiffany Trent]()
Maiden of the Wolf by Tiffany Trent
6 ratingsWerewolves are on the hunt in this next volume of Hallowmere...With the culmination of Between Golden Jaws, Corrine and all of her friends are thrown into separate fairy worlds. Ilona finds herself in one of these raths, a world controlled by an evil countess so obsessed by youth, she sacrifices young girls to draw their life force into her own... -
![Knight Fall by Joe Ducie]()
Knight Fall by Joe Ducie
6 ratings“The Knights of Atlantis created the Infernal Clock, the Roseblades, and other weapons of celestial illusion. Yet today the Knights are less than a pale shadow of their former glory. A bonfire diminished to dying embers. None of the Order could wield Origin with enough conviction to even blemish the Everlasting.” Emily grinned and gave me a wink. “Well, save perhaps one shadowless fool... -
![Sweet Submission by Kimber White]()
Sweet Submission by Kimber White
6 ratingsPart 2 of Claimed by the Pack serialThe darkest desires always lead to the sweetest submission.From the moment Tucker marked her, Neve’s life changed forever. Mated to a powerful Alpha wolf, her heart beats for him. But, now she must face the rest of the pack. As her love for Tucker grows fiercer by the day, her desire for the pack burns just as bright... -
![Vice: A Knight World Novel by Genevieve Jack]()
Vice: A Knight World Novel by Genevieve Jack
6 ratingsSome cravings can't be denied. Werewolf Laina Flynn longs to break from the patriarchal expectations of Fireborn pack. A successful entrepreneur, she doesn't have time to be bossed around by her alpha brother, Silas, let alone to act as a proper werewolf princess... -
![Alpha Maximus: The Last Lycan by Jazz Ford]()
Alpha Maximus: The Last Lycan by Jazz Ford
6 ratingsAlpha Maximus of the Blood Moon pack is the last of his kind, mateless and shunned by the werewolf community and unable to control his Lycan making him a bigger threat to all around him. He is shunned and disliked even by most of his own pack until he is captured which leads to him finding his mate in dire circumstances... -
![When Danger Bites by Heather Long]()
When Danger Bites by Heather Long
8 ratingsButtoned-up Corporal Kaitlyn Amador is dangerous on every level... -
![The Mind's Eye by K.C. Finn]()
The Mind's Eye by K.C. Finn
8 ratingsA girl with a telepathic gift finds a boy clinging to his last hope during the war-torn climate of Europe, 1940. At fifteen, Kit Cavendish is one the oldest evacuees to escape London at the start of the Second World War due to a long term illness that sees her stuck in a wheelchair most of the time...Categorized as:
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![On Fragile Waves by E. Lily Yu]()
On Fragile Waves by E. Lily Yu
10 ratingsNPR Books We Love 2021, Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2021, Booklist Best of 2021 Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Titles, NYT Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021, Washington Independent Review of Books 51 Favorite Books of 2021.The haunting story of a family of dreamers and tale-tellers looking for home in an unwelcoming world... -
![Prince Ombra by Roderick MacLeish]()
Prince Ombra by Roderick MacLeish
10 ratingsThe World has found its new hero.The problem? Bentley Ellicott is only a kid.Bentley has secret powers. And he's going to need them. Bentley is a hero - the thousand and first to be exact - in a long line of heroes that has stretched all the way back to antiquity. Heroes like Arthur and Hercules. And now: Bentley.That's because there is an evil in the world that never dies... -
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![Queen of Chaos by Kat Ross]()
Queen of Chaos by Kat Ross
12 ratingsPersepolae has fallen. Karnopolis has burned. As the dark forces of the Undead sweep across what remains of the empire, Nazafareen must obey the summons of a demon queen to save Darius's father, Victor. Burdened with a power she doesn't understand and can barely control, Nazafareen embarks on a perilous journey through the shadowlands to the House-Behind-the-Veil... -
![A Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Stirling]()
A Meeting at Corvallis by S.M. Stirling
18 ratingsIn the tenth year of The Change, the survivors in western Oregon have learned how to live in a world without technology-but there are those who would exploit the new world order. On one side stands Michael Havel's Bearkillers and their allies, Clan MacKenzie under the leadership of Juniper MacKenzie...Categorized as:
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![The Dollmaker of Krakow by R.M. Romero]()
The Dollmaker of Krakow by R.M. Romero
18 ratingsIn the land of dolls, there is magic.In the land of humans, there is war.Everywhere there is pain.But together there is hope. Karolina is a living doll whose king and queen have been overthrown. But when a strange wind spirits her away from the Land of the Dolls, she finds herself in Krakow, Poland, in the company of the Dollmaker, a man with an unusual power and a marked past... -
![The Never War by D.J. MacHale]()
The Never War by D.J. MacHale
27 ratingsBobby Pendragon has visited the alternate dimension of Denduron and waded through the endangered underwater territory of Cloral. Now Bobby once again finds himself thrust beyond the boundaries of time and space into a place that seems somewhat familiar: First Earth... -
![Hollow City by Ransom Riggs]()
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
46 ratingsThis second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises...Categorized as:
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![Jade City by Fonda Lee]()
Jade City by Fonda Lee
30 ratingsJADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, magic, and kungfu.The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It's the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities...
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