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Call of the Crocodile by F. Gardner
14 ratingsA dark fantasy horror novel, set during Halloween. After a boy is eaten alive by a crocodile, his family begins a descent into madness and terror in this odyssey of modern horror.Part of a series of interconnected horror novels that can be read in any order. Each book serves as a stand alone story, yet builds a greater picture behind a sinister mystery in Chicago... -
Portal to Nova Roma: The Rhine by J.R. Mathews
9 ratingsAs the dust settles on the battlefield of Carthage, Alexander finds himself struggling to cope with the aftermath of war. Plagued by demonic corruption and mental exhaustion, he searches for any means to restore his strength and secure his rapidly expanding empire.In his desperation, Alexander turns to a mysterious prisoner who offers a unique form of power that could help him achieve his goals... -
The Sixth Strand by Melissa McPhail
10 ratings"The strands are as interwoven as the visible spectrum, yet upon closer inspection, one may be found to bind the rest."- Isabel van Gelderan, Epiphany's ProphetThe First Lord's game has reached a critical apex. For the first time in millennia, the teams are equally matched. The field itself holds a kind of equilibrium... -
Transcendence and Rebellion by Michael G. Manning
10 ratingsThe world is on the cusp of destruction as Mordecai’s power grows beyond the limits of his own control, yet most of the powers that rule the world are oblivious. The only hope of salvaging their civilization lies with his children, but they have been scattered and branded outlaws... -
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System Overclocked by Randi Darren
10 ratingsWrench is a Fixer.Someone born to maintain, fix, and correct any and every issue that could go wrong in the Habitat that he lives in. To make sure he and his fellow humans can remain on display and entertain their owners as any good human pet would.Or at least that’s what he was born to be.He’d taken a different route in his life and had joined a resistance faction to help free Humanity... -
The Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison
12 ratingsIn April of 1949, Harlan Ellison was a lonely little kid living in Painesville, Ohio. A time traveler, observing him from within an invisible bubble, would not have marked him as anything more interesting than an undersized fourteen-year-old, seemingly always in hot water. Lively blue eyes, but basically just another kid... -
Black Legion by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
12 ratingsAbaddon returns from exile and raises the dreaded Black Legion. The Sons of Horus may be no more, but rising from their ashes come the Black Legion. Returning after his long self-imposed exile, Abaddon offers the disparate Chaos Space Marine warbands within the Eye of Terror a simple choice - join him or die... -
Blood Reaver by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
14 ratingsDriven on by their hatred of the False Emperor, the Night Lords stalk the shadows of the galaxy, eternally seeking revenge for the death of their primarch. Their dark quest leads them to a fractious alliance with the Red Corsairs, united only by a common enemy. Together with this piratical band of renegades, they bring their ways of destruction to the fortress-monastery of the Marines Errant... -
Succubus Lord 9 by Eric Vall
6 ratingsJacob and his friends might have made it out of Hell, but now they face something even more daunting: Heaven. Someone has been killing in Jacob’s name, and the Exalted One and his minions are not happy. Now, Jake’s on trial, and he’s got to figure out how to clear his name. In order to do that, he must gain allies, battle evil cultists, and take on Demon King Beelzebub himself... -
Grog III (The Ebon Blades Book 3) by RW Krpoun
6 ratingsProvine Sael and her weary band have put the great northern plains behind them, and are heading south into the Empire, winter quarters beckoning to them after a long, hard summer. But crossing the raid-torn northern frontier holds new problems and challenges as the little group re-enters an empire burdened by war and war's demands... -
Monster Girl Islands 13 by Logan Jacobs
6 ratingsBen and his growing empire of monster warrior women have celebrated yet another victory, but if they are going to win this war against the orcs, they need to change the game.And to do that will require Ben convincing twenty-six different dragons to join their cause and fight against the orcs.But first Ben has to make sure the Council of Dragons doesn’t kill him... -
Chaos Volume 2: Books 4-6 by Claire Farrell
6 ratingsBooks 4-6 in the Chaos series (including bonus novella, Kings). Usurper It’s been a year since Cara returned to the human realm with her daughter, and the fae have come knocking again. The game of kings is still being played, power is the ultimate prize, and Scarlet is an asset every court wishes to acquire... -
Summoner School 4: A Reverse Portal Fantasy by Eric Vall
6 ratingsAndrew and his classmates at the Magia Schola are caught in a three way battle for control of the magical world with the insidious forces of shadow magic and the technomages who wield arcane powers of mechanical mayhem... -
Arising Son: Part One: The Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine
10 ratingsRyan is successful working independently as a doctor's assistant until his world comes crashing down on him: protecting the woman he's falling for, he discovers he has strength unlike a normal human and a great thirst...for blood.He confronts his mother, Cassandra, on who he really is... -
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Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds by Alastair Reynolds
13 ratingsLibrarian's Note: an alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here.The very best of Alastair Reynolds’ more than sixty published short stories are gathered in this anthology, a sweeping 250,000 word career retrospective spanning more than fifteen years... -
Tujuh Lukisan Horor by Lexie Xu
14 ratingsFile 2 :Kasus lenyapnya sejumlah orang secara misterius di SMA Harapan Nusantara.Tertuduh :Algojo bertampang monster dan bersenjata parang yang mengerikan, yang konon keluar dari Tujuh Lukisan Horor karya Rima Hujan. Gosipnya, dia berniat menjatuhkan hukuman kepada orang-orang yang terlibat dalam tragedi tahun lalu. Tidak diketahui apakah tokoh ini nyata atau hasil imajinasi... -
The Nine by D.J. Molles
6 ratingsChange the tides of history.A tall order for a runt named Perry McGown and his ragtag band of friends. But Perry is bound and determined to complete this mission, no matter the odds. He must prove himself in the face of a gathering storm of powers beyond his imagination... -
Void's Tale: A Schooled In Magic Novella by Christopher G. Nuttall
6 ratingsA hundred years before Emily, just after the fall of the Empire and the start of the Necromantic Wars, Void worked for the White Council as an agent of last resort, the sorcerer they called upon when no one else could complete the mission. But this mission may make or break him... -
Duck, Duck, Noose by Sara C. Roethle
6 ratingsWhat do the Morrigan, a necromancer, and an ancient Viking have in common? Nothing, except for a common goal. Now that Madeline has been reunited with Alaric and the others, she must align herself with her enemies if she hopes to succeed in what she originally set out to do. Together, Madeline, Alaric, and Mikael will try to take down Estus once and for all . . -
Tribe Master 4 by Noah Layton
6 ratingsExpand the tribe. Fight mercenaries. Free slaves.With a new alliance established with the sun-elves, Jack turns his attention to improving his tribe’s perimeter defences and commanding the new ship they have acquired.But after a run-in with a beautiful stowaway, Jack ends up crossing paths with a vicious gang of mercenaries in search of the very woman he is protecting... -
The Last Witch: Volume Two by M.J. Lawrie
6 ratingsHow much can one person go through until they break? The chains around Lilly’s wrists are gone. The doors once locking her in, unbolted. But Lilly Hooper is as far from free as could be. Her magic has been stolen, and her power and freedom are held ransom by her coven leader... -
Ramonst by A.F. Knott
6 ratingsHidden in the mountains of East Tennessee, an eleven-year old goes about the business of being a boy during the summer of 1970. Within a balance of terror and innocence, he bears silent witness to ghosts of the dead and the cruelties of a teenage killer while local justice plays out in a community carved from legacies of coal mining and religion... -
Grog II: Book 2 of the Ebon Blades by RW Krpoun
6 ratingsThe Dusmen are invading, and nothing will stop Provine Sael from leading an investigation into the many questions about the northerner’s late start, and so Grog and Burk must march north as well. With the onset of the war, both sides have stripped the border of troops, and it may well be safe for the small band to slip into enemy territory and poke into odd corners in search of the truth... -
Scholomance 9 by Logan Jacobs
6 ratingsThe Devil's Academy The struggle between Cole and the elder goddess Samara is coming to a head.And Cole will stop at nothing until she has submitted to him in body and soul and renounced her holy ways.Even if he has to storm the elder heavens to tear her from her throne... -
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Aether Mage 2 by Dante King
6 ratingsOnly a month ago, I found out that I was a mage. Then the Agency that was meant to teach me magic up and disappeared.Thankfully, I've made some friends who can help me learn how to use my new abilities. But with the Agency gone, the supernatural monsters that were kept at bay are plaguing Portland.Protecting the mundane world from monsters has now fallen to me. And it means I'll need more allies... -
Dragon Born 3: The Shifter's Hoard by Dante King
6 ratingsIt’s been four months since I defeated Ivan Grozny, King of the Nightlords. He ran off with his tail tucked between his legs, and no one has seen anything of the Nightlords since.The Dragon’s Hoard has not remained idle. Two of my mates are days away from giving birth to my children, and I’ve been slowly expanding and perfecting my base while hunting interlopers... -
Werebear Barbarian King 2 by Eric Vall
6 ratingsNow that we’ve conquered the werewolves, my village is expanding by the day. Werecreatures of every species are flocking to live beside their new king, but the rogue wolves are still on the loose.My subjects won’t be safe until the last of our enemies are tracked down and taken out, but the further we travel, the stranger things become... -
Red by Calvin Demmer
6 ratingsInside, the red raged. Its true intentions had united with near-surface primal instincts. It wanted to hunt, kill, and devour...A short story... -
Monster Girl Trucker: An On-The-Road Portal Harem Adventure by Simon Archer
6 ratingsI only got into trucking because my Grandad was a trucker, and he was the best damn person I ever met. I'd always thought I was your average dude with an eighteen-wheeler and an addiction to energy drinks, but it turns out there might be something more brewing in my blood... -
All Tomorrows: The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man by C.M. Kosemen, Beware the Qu
14 ratingsThe story begins in the near future, as burgeoning population pressures force humanity to terraform and colonize Mars. After a brief but violent civil war between the two planets, the genetically engineered survivors begin a new wave of colonization, spreading across the galaxy. Everything is looking up for the human race.. -
The Gap Into Madness: Chaos and Order by Stephen R. Donaldson
19 ratingsAs the planetoid Thanatos Minor explodes into atoms, a specially-fitted cruiser escapes the mass destruction and hurtles into space only a step ahead of hostile pursuit. On board Trumpet are a handful of bedraggled fugitives from an outlaw world, old enemies suddenly and violently thrown together in a desperate bid for survival... -
Elemental Dreams by Phaedra Weldon
6 ratingsLady Darksome! Thought I was gone, didn’t you? So did I. But apparently slipping into that good night wasn’t my plan. I just wish I’d have left myself a note. Or a Facebook message. Hell, even a Snapchat…chat. That way I could have prepared everyone, including me, for what was to come. And I could have saved my love from so much heartbreak... -
Eve of Destruction by Sherrilyn Kenyon
6 ratingsEve Erixour is a mercenary with a past no one would envy and more enemies than anyone should have. Death stalks her relentlessly. So when she gains the attention of a League assassin, she considers it par for the course.But Jinx Shadowbourne isn’t after Eve. Someone has it in for him and his brethren. High-ranking assassins are falling, and Jinx is convinced one of their own is selling them out... -
I'm The Bad Guy by Simon Archer
6 ratingsLevel Up. Kill Everyone Else. Take Their Stuff.All Dantem ever wanted was one teeny tiny, almost insignificant thing…Vengeance on those who wronged him.When he’s suddenly recruited by the world’s largest video game company, he will finally have a way to achieve his dream.Assuming, of course, he has no problem being the bad guy... -
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Shoots and Tatters by Sara C. Roethle
6 ratingsThe old gods have returned, and there will be hell to pay. Now that Yggdrasil has been regrown, Madeline must face the old gods' judgment. She shouldn't exist, and they know it. The world has been irreparably changed, and perhaps the Vaettir no longer have a place in it. Madeline had thought that once she destroyed her rival she would be safe. Now she knows just how wrong she was... -
Bones by Andrew Cull
6 ratings'Bones' brings together four chilling ghost stories by award winning writer-director Andrew Cull. Four monsters collected in paperback for the first time. 'Did You Forget About Me?'"He had written to me a month or so before he died. I'd ignored the letter the same way I'd ignored all the others... -
Savage Claws by John P. Logsdon, Ben Zackheim
6 ratings*** THOUSANDS OF READERS HAVE FOUND A HOME WITH THE PARANORMAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. GET YOUR BADGE TODAY! *** Getting claws raked across your face isn't all that fun... The New York Paranormal Police Department is still reeling from the beating they took while saving Mike, the weretiger... -
Mourning Grey: Part One: The Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine
6 ratingsCassandra Wynstrom auditions for a play at the Queen's Theatre that depicts the last war between the Humans and Empians, thus between Light and Dark.When she is pursued by the last Empian named Lharkin, she learns he has created vampires out of desperation; to continue his bloodline. When she sees visions of an ancient temple that defy the story told in the play, she is confronted with choices:... -
Mourning Grey: Part Two by Marie Montine
6 ratingsHaving joined Lharkin's family of Kins and becoming a vampire, Cassandra believed she was getting closer to Lharkin. When they both learn the startling truth behind both of their pasts, Lharkin becomes more distant... -
Mourning Grey: Part Three The Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine
6 ratingsHaving reached the land belonging to the ancient Empians, Cassandra's visions become stronger just as does her powers. Being the prophised woman to end the last Empian, she is conflicted as she has also grown close Lharkin's family... -
Arising Son: Part Two: Guardians Of The Temple Saga by Marie Montine
6 ratingsRyan arrives in Empia to further investigate his bloodline. But while searching the temple and exercising his uniques powers, he meets an ancient entity: one of the Guardians, and it challenges all that he is by asking him to do a task.When the person closest to him commits the worst betrayal, the Dark becomes even more enticing... -
By the Light of His Lantern: A Novel by Abe Moss
6 ratingsA nightmarish tale of revenge, anguish, and human connection, BY THE LIGHT OF HIS LANTERN is thrilling, chilling, and heartfelt in equal measure... Naked in the sand, Lewis coughs seawater from his lungs. Disoriented, he blinks his eyes, rubs them for good measure, but the result is the same. The sky is as black as the beach below it. In this place, the sun and moon and stars are long dead... -
The Second Reality by R.R. Haywood
6 ratingsWhat are dreams? They are the mind processing the images, memories and emotions that each of us experience. They are unique to the individual and no two persons can ever experience the same dream. Or so Doctor Charlotte Henson thought when she started treating the enigmatic and charming Michael. The Second Reality. A beautiful tale of love conquering all... -
Sacred Honor by May Dawson
6 ratingsChased by the Elder Dragon Royals, my men and I flee our beloved kingdom and sail across the sea to the unknown Fae lands. We're ready to unravel all their lies.The Elders claim that prophecy says the first female dragon shifter will end the kingdom.What if the first female dragon shifter will just end them? But I'm not the only one with secrets in my past... -
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Witching Hour by Bradford Bates, T.S. Paul
6 ratingsWhat would you do if you lost it all? Rebecca was your not so normal everyday college kid. School was almost over, and that meant she would start training to take over her mother's coven. That didn't mean she wanted to, but she had years of brutal training to endure before she would be shackled by that responsibility. Hopefully, years where she wasn't forced to live at home like she was now... -
Tribe Master 2 by Noah Layton
8 ratingsExpand the land. Kill monsters. Build your tribe. Hot off the heels of his first adventure, Jack begins to expand his tribe. To build his wealth, Jack will have to venture downriver into predator-infested swamps in search of a treasure-laiden shipwreck... -
My Graphic Bipolar Fantasies: & Other Short Stories by R.B. Le`Deach
8 ratingsThis book is the product of a sick mind; a product of the "Southern Madman." There are 104 Fantasies inside that are not based in reality, interspersed with 70 Short Stories of somewhat sane thought of heavy opinion. The theme of the Fantasies is Law and Order and the author and the good guys always win. In a few places, it is quite tame... -
Sleep and Spirit by Courtney Thorne
8 ratingsAs the only female born into a royal family in over four hundred years, freedom was never going to be an option.Gifted with the elements of all five kingdoms, Aurelia had never known a minute of peace. No Virium was ever meant to hold all five elements and now they war inside her, keeping her from rest... -
Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance, #2 by Robin Furth, Stephen King
10 ratingsThe Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris ElbaA Concordance, Volume II is the definitive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters, and cross-references— within Stephen King’s bestselling epic Dark Tower series and among the rest of King's work—that appear in Books V through VII: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower... -
Burnside's Killer by Timothy Ellis, Scott Sakatch
10 ratingsOne Detective. A Killer on the move through human space. The ultimate Target.The name's Burnside, and I always get the weird cases.I built my detective career taking down the strangest bad guys in Earth Sector.No matter how crazy the case, I always managed to get it off the books.After 20 years of pounding my beat, I was ready to pack it in, and I'd called it a day...
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