Fantasy
Dark Angels
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Wolf is a novice monk, driven by the cruelty of his master to run away. The story begins with his…
Deathless
Catherynne Valente understands the power of threes, of repetition and incantation, the stuff of fairy tales. In Deathless, her powerful…
The Moonlight Brigade: A Millenial Novel
Nazi-hunting vampires, led by an undead Roman general bent on rescuing Italy from Fascism? Why not? You can’t fault Stratford…
The Night Circus
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Le Cirque des Rêves arrives unannounced. No posters, no parade, no invitations. Overnight, black and white striped circus tents appear…
The Twelfth Enchantment
Lucy Derrick does not want to marry Mr. Olson, a dull mill owner, but as a poor orphan with a…
The Taker
When Lanny arrives in police custody at the St. Andrew ER, she meets Luke, the physician on duty, a man…
Red-robed Priestess
This fourth of The Maeve Chronicles returns our heroine – the Celtic Maeve raised on a lone island by witches,…
With Fate Conspire
The rise of technology during the Victorian era is killing the Onyx Court, a faerie city that once thrived beneath…
In Winter’s Shadow
The third volume of Bradshaw’s Arthurian trilogy (originally published in 1981) is narrated by Gwynhwyfar, wife of King Arthur Pendragon,…
The Last Seal
Back in the 12th century, Cornelius Silver, a member of the secret group Praesidium, used his mysterious sorcery to save…
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