Download or read book Dire coming of age urban fantasy written by Thea Atkinson and published by Thea Atkinson. This book was released on with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unearthed amphora could contain the stuff of dreams…or the start of a nightmare. The only thing Ayla is good at is running away. That won't work this time. This time, she faces curses, prophecies, and a host of new supernatural monsters that she is supposed to reap. But none of it is easy. In fact, most of it is downright deadly. A strange discovery right in her backyard poses a new threat. These three ancient looking urns they've unearthed aren't just any normal every day containers. They look like resurrection jars, and the only way to find out, is to look inside. But what will she be risking by peering into the unknown? Worse: what will she be risking if she doesn't? It's only when the Angel of Death arrives, that the full and awful truth comes to light, and Ayla realizes the choice is immaterial. Because this might be her last reap… Keywords: Fiction with grim reapers and fallen angels, angel of death, paranormal romance, YA fantasy, dark fantasy, coming of age fantasy, morally grey character, strong female characters, YA fantasy romance, mythology, gods and goddesses, teens with power and magic, wounded characters, books with reapers, complete YA fantasy series

Download or read book Blood Is Thicker Than Magic written by Jay S. Willis and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient family feud. Strange magic. Can one uncertain boy heal an eldritch rift? Thirteen-year-old Daniel Waldera is struggling with life's changes. Realizing he has feelings for his best friend is hard enough, and the idea of confessing them to her is even more terrifying. But when he's attacked by a malevolent apparition and turns a flashlight into a lightsaber to vanquish it, the young teen faces a whole new level of confusion. Discovering he's heir to powers from both his grandfather and his dad, Daniel finds himself caught in the middle of a long-running family rivalry. And with his bestie afraid of his growing abilities, fulfilling a prophecy is the last thing he wants. Can Daniel defeat his own fears in time to become the master of magic he was born to be? Blood is Thicker than Magic is the page-turning first book in The Arcana Chronicles teen urban fantasy series. If you like everyday heroes, unexpected destiny, and coming-of-age adventures, then you'll love Jay S. Willis's riveting tale.

Download or read book Rise written by Thea Atkinson and published by Thea Atkinson. This book was released on with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To save the angel of death, will she have to make a pact with the angel of hell? Ayla has enough on her hands without finding out she has acquired a supernatural allure that enthralls Callum. If he likes her, she wants it to be for herself, not because of magic. Her decisions have thrown her world into chaos and the Angel of Death is demanding she do something about it. All Hell is about to break loose. And Ayla opens the gates. Everyone she holds dear is at risk and if Ayla can't close those gates, the entire community, maybe even the world will end in ruin. But does that mean she must make a pact with the devil himself? Keywords: Fiction with grim reapers and fallen angels, angel of death, paranormal romance, YA fantasy, dark fantasy, coming of age fantasy, morally grey character, strong female characters, YA fantasy romance, mythology, gods and goddesses, teens with power and magic, wounded characters, books with reapers, complete YA fantasy series

Download or read book Grim written by Thea Atkinson and published by Thea Atkinson. This book was released on with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsters don't exist. Period. Unless they do... Nothing can convince Ayla to believe in the things that go bump in the night. Not her grandfather's insistence that he's some sort of wizard. Not her friend’s spine-tingling stories of witchcraft and dark magic that haunted her dreams until her friend disappeared. And her nightmares after that. Then she gets 'the text'. And since it’s from Sarah, alive and well after three years, Ayla will do what she must to help. Even if it means breaking into the abandoned Gothic cathedral in the middle of town. At midnight. Alone. But while she’s prepared to face whatever dangers lurk in a creepy church in the middle of the night, she couldn’t possibly be ready to face what she finds when she arrives… Readers who love Luanne Bennett and Amanda Bouchet will enjoy curling up with Grim. Pick it up today and see if you believe in monsters. Keywords: Fiction with grim reapers and fallen angels, angel of death, paranormal romance, YA fantasy, dark fantasy, coming of age fantasy, morally grey character, strong female characters, YA fantasy romance, mythology, gods and goddesses, teens with power and magic, wounded characters, books with reapers, complete YA fantasy series

Download or read book Prince of Thorns written by Mark Lawrence and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOK ONE IN THE BROKEN EMPIRE TRILOGY “Prince of Thorns deserves attention as the work of an iconoclast who seems determined to turn that familiar thing, Medievalesque Fantasy Trilogy, entirely on its head.”—Locus When he was nine, he watched as his mother and brother were killed before him. By the time he was thirteen, he was the leader of a band of bloodthirsty thugs. By fifteen, he intends to be king... It’s time for Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath to return to the castle he turned his back on, to take what’s rightfully his. Since the day he hung pinned on the thorns of a briar patch and watched Count Renar’s men slaughter his mother and young brother, Jorg has been driven to vent his rage. Life and death are no more than a game to him—and he has nothing left to lose. But treachery awaits him in his father’s castle. Treachery and dark magic. No matter how fierce his will, can one young man conquer enemies with power beyond his imagining?

Download or read book The Cost For Surviving written by W J May and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it really living when you spend your life in a cage...The wait is over, the dust has settled, and the captives have finally been claimed. Elise thought the deadly game was finished, but the more time she spends in the palace, the more she begins to fear the real game has only just begun.In the aftermath of the ceremony, each of the friends try to adjust to their new life. But some are having more trouble than others. Will's perpetual defiance lands him in trouble with the queen herself, while Elise is playing a dangerous balancing act, trying to understand the affections of the prince. The man can be sweet, but also psychotic. At times, he seems to truly care-but with a snap of his fingers, she'd be sentenced to death.Danger is brewing. In the royal court, nothing is as it seems. They are told repeatedly to content themselves with the life for which they've been chosen. But how can you live with monsters without becoming a monster yourself? Is it really a life, or just going through the motions?The more time they spend in the palace, the longer the days drag on, the more a single word keeps rising in each of their minds...escape.Royal FactionsThe Price for Peace - Book 1The Cost for Surviving - Book 2The Punishment for Deception - Book 3Faking Perfection - Book 4The Most Cherished - Book 5The Strength to Endure - Book 6

Download or read book Ember of Night written by Molly E. Lee and published by Entangled: Teen. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “What to read after A Court of Thorns and Roses! Full of twists you’ll never see coming!” –UppercaseYA I’ve never been a stranger to the darkness. But when darkness comes knocking and looks that good, who wouldn’t invite him in? Draven is mysterious, evasive, and hot as sin. The only thing more infuriating than his silence is how obnoxious he is every time he does open his mouth. But when a group of strangers attacks me and he fights back—causing them to vanish into a cloud of black dust—I know Draven is more than he seems. Now I know the truth. There’s a veil separating the world I know from a world of demons living all around us. Turns out, good and evil are just words. Some of the demons don’t fall into either category. And I’m realizing just how easily I fit in among the ancient warlocks, the divine soldiers, and the twisted supernaturals... There’s so much more to me and my past that I don’t know—let alone what I am truly capable of. So when all signs point to me having the ability to unleash Hell on earth? I’ll have to decide if I want to do the world a solid and save it...or give it one hell of a makeover. The Ember of Night series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Ember of Night Book #2 Shadow of Light Book #3 Spark of Ash

Download or read book Uncanny Collateral written by Brian McClellan and published by Brian McClellan. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alek Fitz is a reaper, a collection agent who works for the supernatural elements of the world, tracking down debtors and solving problems for clients as diverse as the Lords of Hell, vampires, Haitian loa, and goblins. He’s even worked for the Tooth Fairy on occasion. Based out of Cleveland, Ohio, Alek is the best in the game. As a literal slave to his job, he doesn’t have a choice. When Death comes looking for someone to track down a thief, Alek is flung into a mess of vengeful undead, supernatural bureaucracy, and a fledgling imp war. As the consequences of failure become dire, he has few leads, and the clock is ticking. Only with the help of his friend Maggie—an ancient djinn with a complex past—can he hope to recover the stolen property, save the world, and just maybe wring a favor out of the Great Constant himself. It’s a hell of a job, but somebody’s got to do it . . .

Download or read book Magician Master written by Raymond E. Feist and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He held the fate of two worlds in his hands... Once he was an orphan called Pug, apprenticed to a sorcerer of the enchanted land of Midkemia.. Then he was captured and enslaved by the Tsurani, a strange, warlike race of invaders from another world. There, in the exotic Empire of Kelewan, he earned a new name--Milamber. He learned to tame the unnimagined powers that lay withing him. And he took his place in an ancient struggle against an evil Enemy older than time itself.

Download or read book The Lies of Locke Lamora written by Scott Lynch and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy meets crime caper in the first book of a landmark, enduringly popular epic series about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin has called “fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.” An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges relentless danger, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentlemen Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game—or die trying.

Download or read book Kalista Chronicles Book 2 A Brave Sacrifice written by Jenn A. Morales and published by Jennifer Williams. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2nd book of the Kalista Chronicles: A BRAVE SACRIFICE SPRING IS HERE... And Kalista feels the metaphorical noose of the Master's hold tightening around her throat. After training with him and his most trusted servants all winter long, her abilities are at their best and her body is a weapon. Any day someone could find out about their deal, and she needs a way out. When the entire Senior Class heads to the Outskirts to be groomed for a position at the new Government Agency back on earth, everything comes crashing down around her. She can't be the Master's informant and an Agent. Can she get out of her deal with the Master without risking the life of her soulmate? What will happen if everyone learns that she's been feeding him information? Find out in this Urban Fantasy coming of age story. Disclaimer: This book contains some violence and drama, not recommended for anyone under the age of 13.

Download or read book Rhetorics of Fantasy written by Farah Mendlesohn and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping study of fantasy literature offers “new and often surprising readings of works both familiar and obscure. A fine critical work” (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts). Transcending arguments over the definition of fantasy literature, Rhetorics of Fantasy introduces a provocative new system of classification for the genre. Drawing on nearly two hundred examples of modern fantasy, author Farah Mendlesohn identifies four categories—portal-quest, immersive, intrusion, and liminal—that arise out of the relationship of the protagonist to the fantasy world. Using these sets, Mendlesohn argues that the author's stylistic decisions are then shaped by the inescapably political demands of the category in which they choose to write. Each chapter covers at least twenty books in detail, ranging from nineteenth-century fantasy and horror to some of the best works in the contemporary field. Mendlesohn discusses works by more than one hundred authors, including Lloyd Alexander, Peter Beagle, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Crowley, Stephen R. Donaldson, Stephen King, C. S. Lewis, Gregory Maguire, Robin McKinley, China Miéville, Suniti Namjoshi, Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Sheri S. Tepper, J. R. R. Tolkien, Tad Williams, and many others.

Download or read book The Order of Light written by Wesley Rowlette and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world was not as it used to be. The population had divided itself into those who live during the day and those who run the streets at night. Inhaling deeply, Jacob Featherstone felt the dense night air fill his lungs and pulse through his body. The Order of Light frowned upon people who came out in the power of Night. They claimed that Darkness, and the power drawn from it, was a lesser power than that of Light. The Dark was easier to use and pushed harder and faster, but supposedly the Light would outlast, and would have more power in the long run. And, unlike the power of Darkness, the Light isn't addicting... Jake couldn't argue with them about the addicting part. But was the Light really more powerful? What would happen if he learned to harness both powers within himself? At a turning point in his life when Jake was about to leave the comforts of his family home to become a man, would his desire to embrace both Light and Dark make him more powerful, or would it tear him apart?

Download or read book Dark Chaos Book 1 written by Chrissy Peebles and published by Dark Shadows Publishing. This book was released on with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a five book, fantasy adventure and Sci Fi series. The dream vacation that might just turn deadly... Seventeen-year-old Casey Smith can't wait to embark on her summer vacation, not least because she's finally shed her tomboy image, and now heartthrob Mike seems interested. What starts out great, with lots of flirting, taking her a step closer to winning her crush's heart, soon turns into her worst nightmare. Tossed out to sea during a freak storm, Casey is washed up on what she presumes to be a mysterious tropical island that's on no map she's ever seen. With creatures that should've been extinct thousands of years ago, Casey fights for survival. Can they find a way to escape and get back home? Teen & Young Adult, Romance, Love, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, coming of age, dark fantasy, Chrissy Peebles, Crush, mystery, series, Young Adult, fantasy, Popular Page-Turners, shipwrecked, island, mysterious island, creatures, dinosaurs, thriller, action, adventure, fantasy adventure, science fiction, sci fi, fantasy romance, storm, castaway, action, coming of age, coming of age fantasy series, coming of age paranormal series, fantasy series, first love, forbidden love, new adult fantasy, new adult romance, new adult scifi, new adult science fiction, Paranormal, paranormal fantasy, paranormal romance, paranormal romance series, romantic suspense, science fiction romance, SciFi romance, speculative fiction, strong female, strong female protagonist, teen, teens, teen love, teen romance, urban fantasy, urban fantasy paranormal suspense, urban scifi, urban science fiction, YA, young adult, young adult coming of age fantasy, young adult fantasy mystery, young adult fantasy series, young adult modern fantasy, young adult science fiction, young adult science fiction romance, young adult urban fantasy, free, free science fiction, Freebie, free book, free ebook, free novel, Permafree, free reads, free first in series, free, free books, free novels

Download or read book Fire Shadow written by T.G. Ayer and published by Infinite Ink Books. This book was released on with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normal people sneak out to a party and have fun. Maya Rao ends the evening by incinerating the guy who attacks her. Nik Lucas, sexy, new in town and totally forbidden, happens to walk in on her. Normal guys would run for the hills. Nik knows a whole lot more than he’s telling. Maya doesn’t believe the gods are real, doesn’t waste her time with mere mythology. But when gods, goddesses, demons and hellhounds become the new normal and wielding the fire of a powerful goddessbecomes her new skill, she must decide what it is she really believes. Maya must accept that normal is something she will never be. Because it isn’t normal to be ... The Hand of Kali. A new Young Adult Urban Fantasy coming-of-age series delving in the fantasy, magic and mythology with a plethora of gods, demons, legends & untold power. If you enjoyed the Valkyrie Series, then you’ll love Fire & Shadow.

Download or read book Wooded Discovery written by B.B. Swann and published by BB Swann. This book was released on 2022-04-20 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as Out of the Woods by B.B. Swann. His senior year just turned magical. Now if only he can win his crush’s affections without getting killed. Seventeen-year-old Zaidyn Mitchell would rather not be weird. But nothing can be stranger than when the self-proclaimed bookworm wakes up one night, floating several feet above his bed. Still desperate to fit in after his parents unceremoniously unlocked his abilities, all Zaidyn wants is to date the girl of his dreams. With his magic a little uncontrolled, the budding wizard finally makes a move and promises his beautiful classmate to help stop a construction project from destroying the nearby woods. But when an unknown force attacks and tries to separate them, Zaidyn fears this supernatural world is about to send them to their doom. Can the teen would-be hero find a way to save them both? Wooded Discovery is the delightful first book in the Spellbound Chronicles YA urban fantasy series. If you like humor and drama, fun twists and turns, and a dash of danger and romance, then you’ll love B.B. Swann’s coming-of-age adventure. Buy Wooded Discovery to awaken hidden enchantment today!

Download or read book Forget Me Not written by Anca Antoci and published by Whiteboard. This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deceiving the vampire that saved her could get her killed, but it’s a risk she’s willing to take. After a devastating tragedy that takes away her sister, Rae struggles to find purpose until she discovers that supernatural beings are real. But when she ends up hunted by vampires in the Tongass rainforest, Rae must fight for survival while uncovering secrets that make her own struggles feel insignificant. With a chance that her sister might be among the undead, Rae’s discovery takes on new meaning. When she outsmarts her savior and wanders deeper into the wilderness, Rae’s life takes a dangerous turn because vampires aren’t the only supernaturals roaming this forest. And when she falls in love with a wolf shifter, she faces a forbidden romance that could destroy them both. But to return to her old life, Rae must comply with Ari, the vampire who saved her, and allow him to wipe away any memory of the supernatural realm, including her love for the wolf shifter. With her knowledge as her only weapon, Rae must decide if it’s worth risking everything to keep her memories and fight for her heart. In this thrilling urban fantasy novel, Rae must confront the monsters within and without, and decide if the cost of knowledge is worth risking everything. Note to readers: Forget Me Not is an Urban Fantasy novel with a female lead (coming of age). It features supernatural beings like vampires, wolf shifters, and witches that live in secrecy amongst humans. Vampires are the bottom feeders of the supernatural world because they are made, not born, and relationships with other supernaturals are strained. However, everyone in the supernatural world must obey the Code and maintain their secrecy under penalty of death. Chimera Trilogy puts a new spin on old mythology and offers a fresh perspective on the origins of vampires, witches and other creatures and realms. ***TRILOGY NOW COMPLETE!*** Recommended reading order: 1. Blood Knight (Chimera, Book 0.5) 2. Forget Me Not (Chimera, Book 1) 3. Blue Shadow Prophecy (Chimera, Book 2) 4. Blue Shadow Legacy (Chimera, Book 3) 5. Snow Moon Rising (Chimera, Book 3.5)