The Bastard King
10 best books like The Bastard King (Dan Chernenko): On a Pale Horse, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Geist, Brother to Shadows, The Shadow of Albion, Thief of Time, The Guns of August, Night of Knives, Into the Drowning Deep, The Candy Shop War
| Author | Piers Anthony |
| ISBN | 0345338588 |
4.0 stars. Piers Anthony is a MIND-NUMBING ENIGMA to me. He is capable of writing extremely thought-provoking, imaginative stories that are both original and speak to fundamental aspects of the human condition. The mystery is that he does so infrequently, despite being one of the most...
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Except for the whole "science that makes absolutely no sense even if it is set in the future as it has no actual basis in reality, and you need a basis in reality to make the science believable and my biology background made me cringe" thing, the last two books weren't terrible but they weren't great either....the...
| Author | Philippa Ballantine |
| ISBN | 0441019617 |
Between the living and the dead is the Order of the Deacons, protectors of the Empire, guardians against possession, sentinels enlisted to ward off the malevolent haunting of the geists...
Among the most powerful of the Order is Sorcha, now thrust into partnership with the novice Deacon,...
| Author | Andre Norton |
| ISBN | 0380770962 |
Brother to shadows marks the triumphant, long-awaited return of one of the most distinctive voices in the realm of the future-possible - the first sf novel in over a decade by the incomparable Andre Norton, winner of the Science Fiction Writers of America's prestigious Grand Master Award. At the end...
| Author | Andre Norton |
| ISBN | 0312864272 |
Thrust into a volatile world where King Henry IX rules over the English Empire, America never revolted, and Napoleon Bonaparte marches unchecked across Europe, is young Sarah Cunningham, ripped from our history by magic and the machinations of the dying Duchess of Roxbury.Magically coerced into...
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
| ISBN | 0061031321 |
Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed.
And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like underwater -- how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time.
But the construction...
Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to life again the people and events that led up to World War I. With attention to fascinating detail, and an intense knowledge of her subject and its characters, Ms. Tuchman reveals, for the first time, just how the war started,...
| Author | Ian C. Esslemont |
| ISBN | 0593057813 |
Just like the main series, I was determined to finish the Malazan Empire this year but I may have to rethink that decision after my experience of reading this book.
Night of Knives is the first book in the Malazan Empire series, a spin-off to the main series that’s written by the other creator...
| Author | Mira Grant |
| ISBN | 0316379409 |
Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a “mockumentary” bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a maritime tragedy.
Now, a new crew has been assembled. But...
What if there were a place where you could get magical candy? Moon rocks that made you feel weightless. Jawbreakers that made you unbreakable. Or candy that gave animals temporary human intelligence and communication skills. (Imagine what your pet would say!) Four young friends, Nate, Summer, Trevor,...
| Author | Clem Martini |
| ISBN | 1553375742 |
The Mob is the saga of a crow family, the Kinaars, who are faced with troubled times. When the family converges for the annual Gathering, a mob mounts a revenge attack on a cat with disastrous consequences. The Gathering should be a time to rejoice. Instead, it becomes a time of fear, danger and uncertainty,...
| Author | Frances Hardinge |
| ISBN | 0060880384 |
Ryan and his friends don't think twice about stealing some money from a wishing well. After all, who's really going to miss a few tarnished coins?
The well witch does.
And she demands payback: Now Ryan, Josh, and Chelle must serve her . . . and the wishes that lie rotting at the bottom of...
| Author | Vivian Vande Velde |
| ISBN | 0440416108 |
Amy Prochenko has spent most of fifth grade avoiding both the bully Katilyn Walker, whose bark is as bad as her bite, and Sean Gorman, the only kid less popular than Amy. As if life isn't hard enough, along comes Sherlock.
After escaping from a research laboratory, all Sherlock wants is to be an...
The Journal of Curious Letters
| Author | James Dashner |
| ISBN | 1590388313 |
What if every time you made a choice that had a significant consequence, a new, alternate reality was created--the life that would've been had you made the other choice? What if those new realities were in danger? What if it fell to you to save all the realities? Atticus Higginbottom, a.k.a. Tick, is an...
