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1st February – In Solitude’s Shadow (Empire of Ruin #1) by David Green
Epic Fantasy, Grimdark, Sword & Sorcery
War Comes For Those Who Forge It. And It Never Forgives…
Haltveldt is a nation built on bloodshed. With the Order of Sparkers brought to heel, Emperor Locke wields his mages – and their magic the Spark – like a weapon as he wages a war of genocide.
But the enemies of his empire multiply.
In the almost-forgotten north, the ancient citadel of Solitude, filled with two-hundred exiled Sparkers, watches over the mysterious Banished. With a new apprentice under her wing, Zanna Alpenwood pines for her estranged daughter when everything changes – for the first time in centuries, The Banished are on the move.
Miles away in Haltveldt’s southern frontlines, Calene Alpenwood makes a startling discovery in the most unlikely of places and her estrangement from her mother is tested. As is her faith in the Order of Sparkers and loyalty to the Empire.
And in Haltveldt’s capital, Kade Besem – whose son Arlo is training with Zanna – scrambles to react to the events at Solitude in a den of vipers.
Haltveldt is an empire forged in fire and nothing is at it seems. But one thing is with the Banished returning, and the elves to the south on the brink of annihilation, Zanna, Calene and Kade stand on the brink of earth-shattering change.
A great game, millennia in the making, is coming to its stunning conclusion. Who will survive? And who is the true enemy of Haltveldt? ‘In Solitude’s Extended Edition‘ – now with all new chapters, expanded scenes and including the prequel ‘Before The Shadow‘, reveals all…
1st February – The Trial of Rooker Flynn (Locke Institute #2) by A. R. Witham
Epic Fantasy
Rooker Flynn made his choice.
He cut the bond that tied him to the only person who could hold him back. Now free to pursue his own path, Rooker must discover a way to thrive inside the Locke Institute, outlasting entire gangs of criminals, outrunning giant spiders, and outfoxing Headmistress Gerba Whipmarples herself, never forgetting that sunset is always coming, and with it…the horrendous shiq.
But there are more secrets on this tropical island than Rooker ever imagined, and each answer leads to another mystery.
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Why does the Institute collect the prisoners’ blood?
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How did the Headmistress master a spider-dragon?
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What secret lies at the heart of Huánghūn?
…and, perhaps most importantly…
“Where’s the dog, Rooker?”
2nd February – Blade of the Wanderer (Scars of Magic #1) by Steven Raaymakers
Grimdark, Sword & Sorcery, Horror
When the stars fell, the world died.
Magic claimed Esterra’s arm when she was a child. For her curse, she was exiled into the weird, pockmarked world of Verpace. The magic eats away at her, twisting her bones and psyche to its own will, the curse spreading with each use.
Now an adult, she wanders the world as a tractwalker, making her living through hunting, mercenary work, and whatever opportunities arise. It is a dangerous life. Deranged cultists cry out to the red-dwarf sun, deformed beasts prowl in every shadow, creatures born from myth lurk in broken temples, and every night brings the threat of the lethal lichtvallen.
Yet some greater danger lurks on the horizon, and there are whispers in the dark. Will Esterra survive, or will she succumb to the incessant call of the magic?
3rd February – Dungeons & Dragon Dating
Cozy Fantasy, Romance
WHAT KIND OF DRAGON SENDS A BLIND DATE TO A CURSED FOREST?!
Quiet café owner Lyra Stranglevine knows that she’s too broken for romance. So, she never expected to wind up killing zombified bugbears with her Great Gram’s favorite sewing machine on a first date. And especially not with an adventure-hardened battle mage. Even if she is distractingly gorgeous…
Fire mage Kiara Mefysta DOES NOT date—no one deserves to have a partner who risks her life on a regular basis—and no “love dragon” matchmaking service is going to change that. But the curvy café owner who keeps descending from cursed vines like a sylvan goddess is seriously testing Kiara’s resolve…
One thing Kiara and Lyra both agree on, though, is having words with the tiny purple and green dragon who trapped them in this cursed forest to begin with. If they survive, that is.
4th February – The Child of the Greenwood (The Song of the Sleepers #1.5) by Joshua Walker
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
WHAT BEGINS WITH WATER WILL FINISH IN FLAMES.
On the day the river destroyed his people, Jilo took up his father’s spear. Years later, when the heirloom is taken from him, he vows to do anything to get it back.
The river is sick and putrid.
The magic is in the wrong hands.
The spear is the answer to it all.
4th February – The Assassin’s Code (Assassin Without a Name #3) by Scott Marlowe
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
The Assassin’s Code is simple. Never let a job become personal, and never have regrets.
The Nameless Assassin has bent the Code’s rules without breaking them for years. But as bodies pile up and alliances crumble, the lines between duty, loyalty, and revenge fade like shadows in the dusk.
With a vengeful blood witch on the loose in the Shambles and the Warders tightening their grip on power in pursuit of the elusive Heart of the Dragon, the Assassin Without a Name must navigate a treacherous landscape where enemies become allies and every decision could lead to tragedy.
Immerse yourself in this gripping dark fantasy thriller where master assassins clash with blood witches, merchant princes conspire with sorcerers, and the lines between ally and adversary fade with every passing shadow.
In a city seething with dark magic and darker intentions, following the Code means nothing. Breaking it means everything
5th February – Duet of Pernicious Eel (Paladins of the Harvest #2) by Kaden Love
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
Peace is no more.
The Harmony Allegiant have grown in Kzhek, preparing for the next stage in their revolution. Phenmir has returned home to witness the rise of a new Krall and the path of his son as a Patriarchal Scholar.
Aerhee must face her past once again as secrets of Facet threaten its structure.
Yetrik finds new allies in the Priessmen, hoping to join them to his people in Court Gruth.
Nature speaks as vines rise from their rest in the Middlelands.
Players both familiar and new have entered the war over harvesting. In a battle of preservation and progression, there can only be one victor.
6th February – Nimble Hog (Legend of the Awakened Goblin #2) by Chad Retterath
Epic Fantasy, LitRPG
With the Great Forest behind him, Owin heads to Atrevaar with one thing on his mind: Find the Nimble Hog Hero Company.
When alchemists come searching for a hero to escort them through a section of the Ocean Dungeon, Owin steps up and volunteers to bring them safely into the dangerous depths.
Unknown dangers, both mobs and humans, await Owin in a new dungeon as he tries to gain strength, make a name for himself, and prove he is worthy of the Nimble Hogs.
7th February – Magic Kingdom at War #10 by Tao Wong
Epic Fantasy, Sci-Fantasy, Progression/Cultivation, LitRPG
What’s Better than a Two Front War? A Three Front One
Lizards, Goblins and the Created. Pick one and they were coming from all directions. As Matt expands, he finds himself in ever greater conflicts. Now his opponent’s are striking at him from all sides, with previously safe directions at risk.
Good thing he’s got new Heroes, new units and new tricks up his sleeves. The only question plaguing him now is, why him? And what, if any, is the end game?
11th February – The City that Would Eat the World (More Gods than Stars #1) by John Bierce
Epic Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Progression/Cultivation
Thea is a washed-up mimic exterminator who expected more out of life, not some hero from stories. Aven is an impulsive wandering adventurer whose personal goddess is constantly getting her into trouble. Neither of them have the slightest interest in getting involved in world-shaking historical events.
History doesn’t care what they want, unfortunately, and it’s fallen right into their laps in the shape of a godslaying weapon from a fallen civilization. Thrown together out of chance, Thea and Aven will have to learn to work together if they want to survive their pursuers.
Because if they fail, and the weapon falls into the wrong hands? The results won’t be pretty. No one’s going to be using it on some random street corner goddess, teakettle god, or any of the other countless teeming millions of divinities on Ishveos.
No, there’s one target that sits above all others.
Cambrias, Whose Watch Never Ends. Cambrias, whose power has given rise to Cambrias’ Wall, the greatest city in the known multiverse- a city that has already covered much of a continent, and is strip mining entire mountain ranges for space and building material. A city that threatens to spread across the entire surface of Ishveos.
And there’s no shortage of folks willing to kill Thea and Aven in order to stop the Wall, no matter the consequences.
14th February – The Black Mantle (The Shadowbinders #2) by Andrew Watson
Epic Fantasy
The war of shadows is being drawn into the light.
Rai faces a past he swore he’d never return to. Tarris is on the brink of civil war and Rai may have set the fuse for the oncoming devastation. But he is a different man now. A man with a darker shadow.
Darkness leaks into Yontar, but Nya refuses to let it take those she loves. If the darkness can be held at bay, she will have everything she has ever wanted. Everything should be perfect. But no one can outrun their shadow.
All the while, ancient mysteries are being uncovered. A past lost to the sands of time. However, the past was buried for a reason.
The dark beckons to them. And it shall not go unanswered.
20th February – The Diplomacy of the Knife (Four of Mercies #2) by C.M. Caplan
Steampunk
Petre Mercy’s had a rough time since he rode home on a cyborg horse. He’s lost a hand that’s been replaced with a mess of steel and piano string, broke his thyroid-powered sword, and helped ignite a civil war that’s engulfed the countryside.
His sister, The Queen, has ordered him to root out any traitors in Mercy House. But Petre can hardly ferret out the truth from his siblings, let alone a vast network of spies with counterplots. And every day more turncoats move against him.
If he has any hope of putting down this uprising, he’ll have to work with a sister he’s still learning to trust. But his enemies are one step ahead of him at all times. And they’re hiding in the last place he’d think to look.
24th February – The Dragon of the Ice (Legends of Elessia – Age of Rekindling #5) by Luis Falcao de Magalhaes
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
Five legendary heroes. One godlike beast. No turning back.
After a ruthless war, Johan, Erika and Cassandra have pushed back the undead armies of The Ice, forged an uneasy truce with the elves, and retaken the Golden City… but the price was steep.
The Holy Kingdom of Lohander lies in ruins, and the dreaded Eregar, Champion of The Ice, has one final card to play. While the heroes regroup, he unleashes a colossal dragon, long dead and brought back to life through the power of a bound god.
Now, as the armies of men and elves alike flounder, prophecy is their only a tale of heroes wielding holy weapons, baiting the dragon back into its lair to strike a killing blow.
Erika holds one such weapon. So does Cassandra. With the aid of the sun-priestess Aurora and the tiger-man Jamaal, they must secure the third, for Johan to the dragon-forged spear Goldwind.
Yet the weapon lies sealed within Eregar’s domain, surrounded by a shadow that they can barely comprehend… one that knows their deepest fears and regrets.
25th February – Death on the Rocks (Red City Reaper #4) by C. Thomas Lafollette
Urban Fantasy
Death is a beast better left sleeping.
After surviving the latest attempt on his life by werewolf bikers, Dax isn’t waiting for the next hammer to fall. Getting shot sucks. And he’s tired of pulling magical bullets from his body. His enemies may have awakened a power they can’t handle.
Nazi werewolf bikers are flooding into Red City. Despite building a crew, Dax is massively outnumbered. He’s going to have to take the fight directly to the bikers. If he waits, he’ll be overwhelmed, and what’s left of his quiet life will be destroyed.
But as Dax reaches for his old powers, the death gods who banished him are taking notice. He walks a tight rope between defeating the bikers and being obliterated by his watchers…
25th February – Taking Flight by Kelly Scriven
YA, Gaslamp
To become an airship pilot, Sira must survive her final exam—and the pirates determined to kill her.
Everyone assumed Sira was going to ace the practical exam. Top of her class at the Academy, she’s proven she can fly an airship. What she can’t seem to do is make it home. Shot down in the dead of night, she and James Hawk, the frustrating mage assigned to her exam, are stranded in the Bellever forest. Sira doesn’t trust magic, or the mage she’s stranded with, but they’re the only survivors of the attack and it will take both their talents to get back to the city.
Pursued by mercenaries and low on supplies, Sira and James flee to a hidden Fae village for refuge. There, she realizes this is no random act of piracy. Someone powerful wants to keep them from finishing their journey at any cost.
With a target on her back and a growing sense of uncertainty, Sira must decide who she can trust—and what she’s willing to sacrifice—to make it home alive.
28th February – Gatebound (Illborn #3) by Daniel T. Jackson
Epic Fantasy
ONLY ONE CAN CLAIM THE POWER.
After the four Illborn have remembered their recurring dream in full, each of them must decide what they are going to do with their newfound knowledge.
On the island of Abass, Arion and Leanna must both choose between a return to Angall, and a dangerous journey into the war-torn Holy Land. In Andar, as Allana continues her ascent to power, she begins a deadly game of cat and mouse with Aiduel’s Guards and the Archlaw. And in Bergen, Corin must decide whether he needs to leave his homeland to pursue and to kill the others of his kind.
As their powers continue to grow, will fate draw the four together? And if so, are the dire prophecies of the Illborn destined to come true?
28th February – Hell to Pay (Tear Down Heaven #3) by Rachel Aaron
Urban Fantasy
It’s been one month since Bex’s rebel crew took over the Seattle Anchor and things have been suspiciously good. They’re emancipating slaves by the busload, earning money from their thriving Free Market, and basically living the Gilgamesh-free life of their dreams. It’s what Bex always wanted for her people, so why does she feel so uneasy?
It could be because she’s working twenty-hour days desperately trying to free her wrath demons. Or because Gilgamesh has sealed off all the Anchors still under his control, creating a worldwide shortage of the magical quintessence their new fortress needs to stay afloat.
Everywhere Bex looks, timers are ticking down on the safe haven she’s built for her demons, but the biggest threat is the one she doesn’t see, because Heaven hasn’t been idle. The man who killed the gods knows how to handle a rebellion. The closer the demons get to victory, the tighter the invisible noose becomes, and when the Queen of Wrath crosses the final line, there will be Hell to Pay.
28th February – Vainglorious: Long is the Night by Maikel Yarimizu
Sci-Fantasy, LitRPG
It’s All Hallow’s Eve, and at the Union Cinema in Metrovale, Pennsylvania, a marathon of B-movie schlock is about to conclude. Eight friends have laughed it through to the end, only the end suddenly flips to a new beginning as strange forces engulf the building and bring a new reality to its tales.
Now, Mistral Kennedy finds herself thrust into the role of protagonist for a game that could have been designed by the Devil Herself, running through worlds beyond the imagination of their creators and brimming with strange plots and new dangers.
For LitRPG fans, Vainglorious: Long Is the Night brings a Metroidvania touch to the genre with a heavy helping of B-movie kitsch. Deadly monsters, jealous mummies, mad science, desperate aliens, a coven of lesbian vampire witches, and more await Mistral as she tries to make sense of it all on far too little sleep.
Maybe she’ll even get everyone out safe, sound, alive, and human.
