Maledicte

10 best books like Maledicte (Lane Robins): His Dark Materials, Kushiel's Avatar, Naamah's Kiss, The Well of Shades, Summers at Castle Auburn, The Bone Doll's Twin, Blade & Rose, The God Eaters, Deerskin, Corambis

AuthorPhilip Pullman
ISBN0440238609
The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass are available together in one volume perfect for any fan or newcomer to this modern fantasy classic series.

These thrilling adventures tell the story of Lyra and Will—two ordinary children on a perilous journey through shimmering...
AuthorJacqueline Carey
ISBN1405034149
The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassed beauty and grace. It's inhabited by the race that rose from the seed of angels, and they live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt.

Phèdre nó Delaunay was sold into indentured servitude as a child. Her bond was purchased by a nobleman who recognized...
Naamah's Kiss
AuthorJacqueline Carey
Once there were great magicians born to the Maghuin Dhonn, the folk of the Brown Bear, the oldest tribe in Alba. But generations ago, the greatest of them all broke a sacred oath sworn in the name of all his people. Now only small gifts remain to them. Through her lineage, Moirin possesses such gifts—the...
AuthorJuliet Marillier
ISBN0765309971
Juliet Marillier continues the epic fantasy begun with" The Dark Mirror, " which" Interzone" called: "A fascinating evocation of life in Pictish England and an emotional roller coaster of a story." King Bridei is a man with a mission. His wish to unite his kingdom seems almost within his grasp but there...
AuthorSharon Shinn
Review posted on Fantasy Literature:

Summers at Castle Auburn was my first exposure to Sharon Shinn's fantasies, and it was pretty much insta-love for me (I like to think that Shinn returns my affections in a distant and anonymous fan-appreciation kind of way). It instantly set me off on a search...
The Bone Doll's Twin
AuthorLynn Flewelling
ISBN0553577239
Sometimes the price of destiny is higher than anyone imagined....

Dark Magic, Hidden Destiny

For three centuries a divine prophecy and a line of warrior queens protected Skala. But the people grew complacent and Erius, a usurper king, claimed his young half sister’s throne.

Now...
Blade & Rose
AuthorMiranda Honfleur
ISBN0999485415
A kingdom in turmoil or the love of her life. Which one will she save?

Elementalist Rielle hasn't heard from her best friend in far too long. Yet no one at the Tower of Magic seems to care about Olivia’s silence, or the curtain of secrecy surrounding the distant capital. Before Rielle can investigate,...
AuthorJesse Hajicek
ISBN1847288650
The God Eaters is a fantasy, an adventure and a romance that takes place in a totalitarian world that resembles the Old American West.

Kieran Trevarde is imprisoned in Churchrock for murder and Ashleigh Trine for rebellious activities against the government. Churchrock is a high security...
AuthorRobin McKinley
ISBN0441012396
As Princess Lissla Lissar reaches womanhood, it is clear to all the kingdom that in her beauty she is the image of her dead mother, the queen. But this likeness forces her to flee from her father's lust and madness; and in the pain and horror of that flight she forgets who she is and what it is she flees from:...
AuthorSarah Monette
ISBN0441015964
Corambis
Or
Felix Tries Not To Be A Dick For a Change and Seriously Who Designed This Cover?

This was an excellent conclusion to the series. There are dark parts in the story telling, but over all things end on an unapologetically happy note. Which feels right and fair for everything...
False Colors
AuthorAlex Beecroft
ISBN0762436581
1762, The Georgian Age of Sail: For his first command, John Cavendish is given a ship—the HMS Meteor—and a crew, both in need of repair and discipline. He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Aelfstan Donwell will stand by his side as he leads...
AuthorW.A. Hoffman
John Williams, the Viscount of Marsdale, libertine, duelist, dilettante, haphazard philanthropist and philosopher, is asked by his estranged father to start a plantation in Jamaica in 1667. He doesn't realize that he is going to the right island for the wrong reasons until he meets buccaneers and...
At the Going Down of the Sun
AuthorElizabeth Darrell
ISBN0312059043
Agonizingly brilliant!!!

The words: "they painted such a brilliant portrait of lost ideals, lost ambitions and lost men..." says so much about this book about a family of three brothers in WWI Era Britain. What an amazing, agonizing, yet thoroughly descriptive story! I'm blown away!!!

This...
AuthorLynn Flewelling
Under the rule of a usurper king, the realm of Skala has suffered famine, plague, and invasion. But now the time for the rightful heir has come, a return to the tradition of warrior queens. And the Lightbearer's prophecy is to be upheld at last: so long as a daughter of the royal line defends and rules, Skala...
Clockwork Heart
AuthorDru Pagliassotti
ISBN0809572567
A steampunkish romantic fantasy set in Ondinium, a city that beats to the ticking of a clockwork heart. Taya, a metal-winged courier, can travel freely across the city's sectors and mingle indiscriminately among its castes. A daring mid-air rescue leads to involvement with two scions of an upperclass...
AuthorNicole Kimberling
ISBN0978986121
Raised in a remote farming community, Tom Fletcher knows little of his Shifter heritage and less about the dangerous lives that others of his kind lead in the city of Riverside. For Tom the big city is a daydream of opening nights and bright theater lights.

But when Tom meets Cloud Coldmoon —...
Lord of Emperors
AuthorGuy Gavriel Kay
ISBN0061020028
The Thrilling Sequel To Sailing To Sarantium

Beckoned by the Emperor Valerius, Crispin, a renowned mosaicist, has arrived in the fabled city of Sarantium. Here he seeks to fulfill his artistic ambitions and his destiny high upon a dome that will become the emerror's magnificent sanctuary...
AuthorTim Lebbon
ISBN0553588419
Kosar the thief senses that Rafe Baburn is no ordinary boy. After witnessing a madman plunder Rafe's village and murder his parents, Kosar knows the boy needs his help. And now, for a reason he cannot fathom, others are seeking the boy's destruction.

Uncertain where to begin, Kosar turns to...
AuthorStorm Constantine
ISBN0765303469
Hailed as "a literary fantasist of outstanding power and originality" by Michael Moorcock, Storm Constantine is one of the most exciting and innovative fantasy writers of her generation. The author of many acclaimed works of science fiction and fantasy, she is best known for her daring, stylish and...
AuthorCarol Berg
ISBN0451460421
As I was coming to the close of this book, I was telling myself, wow Carol Berg did it again. She writes such deep characters, and just gets the human condition. The Rai-Kirah trilogy was my introduction to Ms. Berg, after which I did not pick up another series by her, because I was saving her for a rainy day....
AuthorMichele Hauf
ISBN0373802412
though it was in the fantasy section, and though the author claimed it only contained a little romance, which tends to be par for most of the fantasy fiction i have read, this story was rife with emotional quandary and sexual tension, the likes of which i find remarkably romance-novel-esque.

hauf...
AuthorCecilia Dart-Thornton
ISBN0765350556
The beautiful maiden Jewel is the center of her parent's joy. She is the embodiment of their true love and she has grown up surrounded by peace and love in abundance.

Jewel's world cruelly shatters when her parents are suddenly killed and she and her uncle Eoin are forced to flee. Leaving the only...
AuthorSarah Ash
ISBN0553586238
In this third novel in her acclaimed Tears of Artamon saga, Sarah Ash once again transports readers to a realm where sorcery collides with political intrigue . . . and where one man haunted by a dark legacy is locked in a fierce struggle between the forces of good and evil battling for supremacy within him....
AuthorHolly Lisle
Lauren Dane discovers a doorway to another reality in Cat Creek, North Carolina -- and she crosses over, driven by a strange compulsion she can neither resist nor comprehend. Molly McColl is brought there against her will -- kidnapped from her trailer and carried into a realm that traps her, terrifies...
AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien
ISBN0007590083
The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.Suitable for tablets. Some special characters may not display correctly on older devices.We recommend that you download...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Visual Companion
AuthorJude Fisher
ISBN0618154019
Houghton Mifflin is proud to present a full-color, large-format, guide to the characters, cultures, and locations of J.R.R. Tolkien's extraordinary creation Middle-earth, as depicted in the movie The Fellowship of the Ring - the first of three blockbuster films from New Line Cinema. Filled with...
The Rough Guide to the Lord of the Rings: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Middle-Earth
AuthorPaul Simpson
ISBN1843532751
This guide to the Lord of the Rings provides an entertaining and informative insight into the books, the films and their creator, J.R.R. Tolkien. It serves as an introduction to those who have seen the films but fear the books are for anoraks and is of sufficient depth for devoted Tolkienites. It tracks...
The Lord of the Rings: Official Movie Guide
AuthorBrian Sibley
ISBN0618154027
An introduction to the talented actors and filmmakers who have labored for years to bring Tolkien's work to the screen.

For several years, a huge team of dedicated moviemakers has been transforming the exotic landscapes of New Zealand into the Middle-earth of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterwork,...
The Coelho Medallion
AuthorKevin Tumlinson
WINNER 2016 SHELF UNBOUND AWARD
The adventure begins in the first Dan Kotler archaeological thriller!
NOTE: This edition has been revised to correct editing errors after an earlier draft was mistakenly uploaded.
An ancient medallion is unearthed in Pueblo, Colorado, revealing a secret...
The Ring of Five Dragons
AuthorEric Van Lustbader
ISBN0812572335
A towering epic of fantasy, The Pearl, is launched in The Ring of Five Dragons. Filled with action, color, and the myriad details of another world, The Pearl is the first great fantasy series of the new millennium, set to rival Robert Jordan, David Eddings, George R. R. Martin, Terry Brooks, and Terry...
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