Risingshadow: August 2023 Edition

(Dungeon Crawler Carl #6)

A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend. It is bedlam on the eighth floor. As management reels from the unexpected conclusion of the seventh level, the surviving crawlers stumble onto the eighth and find themselves scattered. It’s a map based on Earth’s final days before the collapse, where ethereal, intangible ghosts of ... [read more]

FantasyLitRPG

(The Curse of Saints #1)

As an elite spy and the Queen's Third-in-Command, Aya has dedicated herself to a life of discipline and duty, using her gods-given abilities to keep dark magic from ever returning to the realm. Her oath ensures she will always act to protect those she fights alongside―including Will, the Queen's Enforcer and Aya's bitter rival. Forced by circumstance to work together, Aya and Will struggle to come to an uneasy truce. But when tragedy strikes, Aya instinctively reacts, unleashing a power that ... [read more]

FantasyRomance

(Red Rising Saga #6)

Darrow returns as Pierce Brown’s New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age. The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend. Marooned far from home after a devastating defeat on the battlefields of Mercury, Darrow longs to return to his wife and sovereign, Virginia, to defend Mars ... [read more]

Science FictionDystopia

(Songs of Chaos #3)

The great powers are stirring, and Holt and Ash are ready to return to the fight. A summons from the Life Elder sets them on a perilous mission, leading to steaming jungles and blistering islands where ancient secrets will challenge everything they know of magic and dragons. Talia, the Red Queen, is beset on all sides by pirate raiders and marauding mercenaries. Empress Skadi has abandoned her, battling uprisings in her own lands. As the noose tightens on Feorlen, Talia faces a difficult ... [read more]

FantasyYoung AdultDragons

(Blood and Ash #5)

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout revisits the first novel in her phenomenal Blood and Ash series. But this time…it’s Hawke’s turn to tell the story. Filled with new scenes, insights, and a few surprises, A Soul of Ash and Blood is a must-read for fans of From Blood and Ash and the love story of Poppy and Hawke. Only his memories can save her… A great primal power has risen. The Queen of Flesh and Fire has become the Primal of Blood and Bone—the true ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceVampiresRomantasy

(Liaden Universe #25)

A NEW NOVEL IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING LIADEN UNIVERSE® SERIES A door never closes, but a window opens . . .  With origins in the Old Universe, the malevolent, acquisitive intelligence of Tinsori Light sought to infect others with itself and send those agents out into the wide new universe to infect even more. For centuries, two heroes stood between Tinsori Light and the vulnerable universe—Light Keepers Jen Sin yos'Phelium and Lorith of the Sanderat. Just when it seemed that ... [read more]

Science FictionSpace Opera

(Kindred's Curse #2)

An unexpected gift offers the power to change everything. Keeping it could cost Diem her life. The threat of war has arrived at Diem’s doorstep, along with a new discovery that could save her people. To use it, she must survive the next thirty days by forming a devil’s bargain with the people she hates most: the royal family of House Corbois. But as she dives into the world of the Descended elite, Diem quickly realizes good and evil aren’t as simple as they seem. Old prejudices are ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceRomantasy

(Quest Academy #1)

A world infested by demons. An Academy designed to train Heroes to save humanity from annihilation. A new student’s power could make all the difference. Humans have been pushed to the brink of extinction by an ever-evolving demonic threat. Portals are opening faster than ever, Towers bursting into the skies and Dungeons being mined below the last safe havens of society. The demons are winning. Quest Academy stands defiantly against them, as a place to train the next generation of Heroes. ... [read more]

FantasyLitRPG

(Hades Saga #3)

Told in multiple POVs, A Game of Gods is the final installment in the Hades Saga by USA Today Bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair. Hades, God of the Dead, has finally made Persephone his in every way possible. With their wedding on the horizon, the couple should be ecstatic. But Demeter is wreaking havoc on their bliss by battering the whole of New Greece with erratic and dangerous weather. At the same time, Theseus continues with his agenda against the Gods, allying with the hate-group ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceMythology

(Star Bringer #1)

Firefly meets The Breakfast Club in this snarky, new adult romance. The sun is dying…and it’s happening way too damn fast. With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets’ only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artifact it’s carrying. Which is why it really sucks when some jackass doesn’t want the universe saved and blows that station up—while you’re still on it. So if your only choices are flaming death or stealing a flying hunk of space junk—you pick ... [read more]

FantasyScience FictionRomance

(Adventures of Takuan from Koto #3)

Adventures of Takuan from Koto, Part 3. Envoys of Celestials When gods give a mission to jump, mortals jump. Powerful sorcerer Alastar receives a visit from the Under Lord himself. He travels to a different side of the world and brings along Bricabrac, a lesser able man. Desperate in their lust for power, the two sorcerers hunt anyone who has even a smallest magical implement. We won't join their journey. Or will we? The Goddess of the West gives her envoys new tasks. Soliang brings his ... [read more]

FantasyYoung AdultAdventureFairy Tale

(System Universe #4)

He didn’t know he was looking for a home until he found one. Savannah was unlike any city Derek had ever been to. For the first time since his arrival in Cydaria, Derek actually met a respectable city lord. Natalie Savannah and the city she ruled were much more than he’d imagined. With this combination, Derek made the decision to put down roots by building a shop from scratch and moving his people in. He was even able to get Silvi the beloved kitchen that she so desired, along with ... [read more]

FantasyLitRPG

(Bewitched and Bewildered #14)

Priest Vi’Aerdan wants nothing more than for his mate to be safe, but nightmares plague him with images of her being torn to shreds. Despite consulting Meryn, his anxiety persists. He remembers the helplessness associated with his failure to help his unit brothers when they were trapped in the caves of Noctem Falls. As ice forms on the palace walls, Priest needs his animal more than ever, even if it means asking for help from the people who turned their backs on him. Cassandra Vi’Illiya ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceParanormal RomanceShapeshiftersVampires

(Defiance of the Fall #10)

A storm of fate is gathering, and Zac finds himself at its center. Having escaped the Orom's prison, Zac has finally returned to Earth. Much has changed during his years off-world, with war brewing in the Zecia Sector. Struggle is the System's mandate, where the strong thrive, and the weak suffer. Zac and the Atwood Empire are racing against time to accumulate the power needed to survive. With danger comes opportunity, and all clues points toward the chaotic Million Gates Territory. That's ... [read more]

FantasyLitRPG

(Dungeon Diving #3)

Ken and party are training with his grandparents, preparing themselves to the next semester of Haylon. Yet, even after the Gransmens' deaths there are still plots from the Kaiming targeting Ken. After thwarting an attack on him at the Nagato Clan, Ken heads back to Haylon to get the strength he needs. After all, at the end of this semester, Crimson owes him almost a week of personal training and she sets ambitious goals for him. If he can complete them, he'll be going to the Elven World for summer break. Now Ken just needs to get rid of all these magazines that are cluttering up his inventory! [read more]

FantasyRomanceLitRPGHarem

(The Rise and Fall #3)

In the imperial city of Percepliquis, a boy on the verge of expulsion from a seminary school for fighting is instead sent to the Teshlor Academy. Two idealistic ambassadors are determined to re-establish relations with the forbidden elven realm. An old adversary returns with a plan certain to work. And in a far away remote village, a destitute child is exiled to die in the jungle on suspicion of being a demon. Between them, they will change the course of the greatest empire the world has ever ... [read more]

FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy

(Court of Ravens #1)

Liv Zander's new dark fantasy romance, complete with feather edge design, map, and chapter header artwork on both paperback variations! More treacherous than war... are the battles within a heart. Perched between branches and shadows,We watch, we scheme,Fighting for a kingdom forgotten and forlorn. Until we rip her away with our claws,Our prisoner, our pawn, our plaything. She’s innocent and pure,Fragile and helpless……but oh so guilty by blood. She calls us beasts,Wicked and ... [read more]

FantasyRomanceRomantasyDark Fiction

Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of devastating ruthlessness, unseemly femininity, dangerous philosophies, and ungovernable gender who are ready to make history—or tear it apart. In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own. Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, training the Emperor's soldiers in sword and truncheon, battle axe and spear, lance and crossbow. Unlike bolder friends who flirt with challenging the unequal ... [read more]

FantasyHistorical Fiction

(Clecanian #7)

Sophia never thought she was unlucky until she was kidnapped by aliens. Twice... Sophia had simple expectations for her planetary tour. She assumed she’d see the sights, meet new people, and fend off her boredom. She never thought she’d end the trip as an alien captive. But here she is, the guest of a grumpy, sexy, warrior king who looks at her like he’s not sure if he wants to kill her, or claim her as his own… Sikthand hadn’t planned to take the stubborn little human hostage. But ... [read more]

Science FictionRomanceParanormal Romance

(Dragonlance: Destinies #2)

A courageous heroine trapped in the distant past is determined to return to her own time—without changing the shape of the world forever—as the New York Times bestselling Dragonlance series continues in this thrilling sequel to Dragons of Deceit. A clash of powerful magical forces sets off the Graygem of Gargath, sending Destina Rosethorn and her companions deeper into the past than she intended—to the age of Huma Dragonsbane and the Third Dragon War. Now, with the Device of Time ... [read more]

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