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1st March – Thaumaturgic Tapas: Succulent Food & Magical Guests (Hidden Dishes #3) by Tao Wong
Cozy Fantasy
With Magic Comes Mayhem
For the Nameless Restaurant, once a discreet hole-in-the-wall meant for a cast of supernatural regulars, the increasing levels of background magic has brought with it that most dreadful of locusts – new customers.
The staff of the Nameless Restaurant are finding the influx of new customers – both mortal and magical – to be a challenge. They’re reaching a breaking point and something has to give.
The only question is, will it be Mo Meng’s rules on magic or the restaurant itself?
3rd March – Skadi’s Saga #2 by Phil Tucker
Epic Fantasy, Progression/Cultivation
Let the world burn, for vengeance demands no less.
On the desolate Draugr Coast, Skadi’s name has become legend—giantslayer, shieldmaiden, wyrd weaver, and jarl’s daughter. She has conquered all who stood in her path. But now, her quest for vengeance leads her to an ancient, festering evil buried deep within the Coast—a force so malevolent that even the mightiest warriors tremble before it.
They tell her it is hopeless. To fight this darkness is to condemn the land to ruin. Surrender, they say, and accept your fate.
But Skadi bows to no one but her goddess. And when dread Freyja commands her, Skadi will defy the impossible and let the world burn to ashes.
4th March – Blade Broken (The Echelon #1) by Niranjan K
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
A spy lurking in the shadows, a nation on the verge of an invasion, a man desperate to protect his home.
Lucian is the Blade of Castrial, the kingdom’s spymaster and first line of defence, lauded for his success in repelling an invasion from Garaner. But the war has left Castrial’s economy in shambles, and when the neighbouring kingdom of Sarian musters their armies and sends spies into Castrial, Lucian realises two things: they have a spy in their midst, and they can’t afford the cost of fighting off another invasion.
And if that wasn’t trouble enough, there is Alaric, the Shield of Castrial and the only man in the Echelon whose power is equal to Lucian’s. Returned from banishment like the vengeful spirit of their long-lost relationship, Alaric carries a deep-set grudge against Lucian, a grudge that may well be justified.
Lucian’s desire to protect his nation is nearly equal to his wish to reconcile with Alaric, but if he cannot get his act together and convince the Shield to work with him, Castrial will fall.
4th March – Starbreaker #1 by Luke Chmilenko
Sci-Fantasy, Progression/Cultivation
“Born of a pyre ten thousand souls strong. When stars are right his home will die.
Hollow of heart; black hunger unending. Eater of light. Vanquishing kings.
Doom in hand; pour loose the sands of time. Ender of hope. Feller of storms.
Twinmaidens blood stains; on sorrowful soles. Fast claimed war’s domain. Glad of war. Glad of pain.
Beast eyes close for him. Vault’s gates open.
Starbreaker, thrice named.
Starbreaker, awake.”
—Prophecy of Aion Origin, date unknown
Sylvas Vail is a big fish in a small pond, the most powerful mage on his planet. But when the doors to the cosmos come crashing open and all the untold wonders and terrors of the universe come pouring in, he is left with only two options:
Ascend or die.
5th March – Son the Thunder Goddess (The Lays of Athewain #1) by Andrew LiVecchi
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
EVEN GODS DIE.
The city of Bridunum is besieged.
Saorlach the demigod leads an army of thousands to its walls, eager to pillage and kill. Covered from head to toe in tattooed runes, he bears the blessing of the gods themselves. No weapon can pierce his skin.
One by one, Saorlach challenges the champions of Bridunum, taunting and killing them at will. Heroes fall. Morale weakens. Saorlach’s victory is imminent.
Only one man can stand against him.
Athewain, a lowly shepherd of Logren’s countryside, longs for a life of heroic adventure. When Saorlach’s warriors slaughter his village, he sets out on a quest for vengeance, assisted by an ancient, long-forgotten god known only as the Maker.
Now, Athewain must wield the power of this unknown deity to defeat his divinely-protected enemy and thwart his bloody dreams of conquest.
But there are enemies within Bridunum as well as without. And the gods, once angered, do not forgive.
If Athewain fails, his dream of justice dies with him. And all of Logren will fall to ruin.
5th March – Mists of Memory (Sea of Souls Saga #2) by N.C. Scrimgeour
Epic Fantasy, Grimdark
She had no need for the tides to be kind, not if she became the storm…
The Selkie Isles were meant to be a safe haven for Isla Blackwood, a place she could finally call home. Instead, she finds herself hunted across the sea for a pelt the Grand Admiral will do anything to recover.
But the Admiralty isn’t the only threat on the horizon. A terrible mist sickness plagues the isles, carried by the vengeful spirits of fallen selkies. To stop it, Isla will need to learn the lost secrets of her mother’s rare magic—if she can earn the trust of those who call her an outsider.
Back in the capital, Darce Galbraith prepares to set sail with the enemy fleet. Surrounded by danger, he will do all he can to sabotage their search—even if it means risking the wrath of the Grand Admiral himself.
A storm is ready to break on human and selkie alike, and only the tides know what’s waiting on the other side…
7th March – Lady Drakeslayer (The Divine Godsqueen Coda #2) by Bill Adams
Epic Fantasy
Never forget the truth of who you are.
An orphan, having uncovered the truth of her past, shuns the destiny of the blood coursing her veins. Despite slaying a goddess, the path to Eminence slowly shackles her as the other seals beckon.
A drake, burdened by the loss of his ward, can think of none more unworthy to bear the holy horns of a wardkeeper. Hounded by failure, he clings to the hope of repaying the gods’ faith.
A princeps, saddled by grief, drowns his sorrow at the bottom of a mug. Hounded by the specter of his dead beloved, he shrinks from his duty, only to be drawn into the fight for his homeland.
A captain, fearless, dashing, and egoless, remains as confident and committed to enhancing her renown. But her legend may end abruptly when she takes on her most damnable contract to date.
Old nemeses return. Age-old plans rekindle. A daemon horde marches on the Golden Throne of Kalderim, while a blooddrake hunts another seal in the City of Sin. Split and broken by their failings, each must rise, but one thing remains: blood rules all.
11th March – Storm Captain #1 by E.L. Reeves
Sword & Sorcery
A runaway slave. A woman with the power to summon storms. An assassin itching for adventure.
And a mystery that could leave them all dead.
Benjamin has been a slave his whole life, whipped for every mistake and misstep. Desperate to escape, he risks stowing away aboard a smuggler’s ship in the hope of finding freedom.
Discovered and dragged onto deck in the fury of a storm, Benjamin fears for his newfound freedom. Instead, he witnesses a woman summon lightning, tearing the very fabric of the world open.
Benjamin suddenly finds himself on an unfamiliar world, in the company of people with inexplicable powers.
Before the Captain can decide the fate of the unwelcome stowaway, disturbing rumours reach her from an isolated town deep in the forest. The Captain takes her crew to investigate, offering Benjamin a chance to prove his worth to them.
As danger closes in, Benjamin must fight to survive, carving out a place for himself amongst these extraordinary people.
14th March – The Secrets We Save (The Whisperers #1) by Kel E Fox
Romance, Gaslamp
Expelled from university after an accident stripped her of magic, Ursa Torpalfab returns home gutted. The spectacular career she’d envisioned flying among the stars is over – unless her father, a powerful magician, can help her get her magic back. But when she goes to meet him, he’s missing, and her family can’t – or won’t – tell her where he is.
Disavowed spy Del Fevre is hiding from his former agency, painting illusions to pay the bills. But the charmed art that keeps food on his table is illegal, so when his latest piece is stolen, he scrambles to find it before the illicit painting can be traced back to him, revealing him and his illusion magic to the agents hunting him.
Despite finding each other unbearably rude, Ursa and Del agree to work together when they learn that the missing man and stolen art might be connected. As they get closer to each other and the truth, their inquiries become more dangerous. If they don’t find answers soon, Ursa won’t just have lost her magic for good, but her father too. And with the secrets he knows, Del will not be left alive.
14th March – Blood of Drakgar: Bound by Freedom by Nadine Luis
Sci-Fantasy
he Dominion rules. The rebels bleed. The extremists burn. And the Drakgar are awakening.
The galaxy is crumbling under the Dominion’s rule. Guided by the Sentient AI Core—a machine worshiped as a god—the Dominion crushes all who defy it. The rebels fall for freedom, while the extremists will destroy everything to end the Dominion’s reign at any cost.
Rakasa wants no part of their war. As a former slave and pit fighter, freedom is all she has left to fight for, and she’ll burn the stars to keep it. But when her mentor is captured, she’s thrust into a mission with a smuggler whose secrets could ruin them both.
When the mission shatters into chaos, Rakasa is forced to question how far she’s willing to go to save the only person she trusts.
The deeper Rakasa delves into the mission, the more she senses a connection to the force buried within her bloodline—a power both deadly and divine.
Now, hunted by the Dominion, stalked by extremists, and shadowed by rebels, Rakasa must choose: keep running from what she is—or embrace it and carve her own fate.
15th March – The Source of Strife by Alex Arch
Epic Fantasy, Weird West
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Only stolen.
Mages feed on catalysts like Dinnie to enhance their spells, and since she’s the most formidable weapon alive, they will stop at nothing to control her. Even her parents, leaders of warring realms, wage a battle for her custody, imprisoning her to prevent the other from gaining the upper hand.
No more.
For the first time in her fourteen years, Dinnie isn’t alone. With the help of Ghost, a glum deserter shackled to his past, she intends to flee this madness. But as they witness the horrors unleashed to retrieve her, one thing becomes clear: Her parents will never abandon their claim.
Death and destruction follow in Dinnie’s wake, and she must decide if her freedom is worth the cost.
25th March – The Queensblood Crown (Darkling Souls #2) by Alex Bree
Epic Fantasy, Romance
Death is only the beginning.
Queen Rianne was always fated to die. Born to be ritually sacrificed, her time has come. The only queen that matters to her people is a dead one. With a thousand murdered ancestors whispering in her head, she won’t go easily, and she won’t be forgotten.
Warbringer Rhydian rushes to save her even as his own curse threatens to consume him. One death at his hands and he’ll lose his mind entirely—and monster-slayer immortal elf Nesryn won’t hesitate to uphold her oath to cut him down when he succumbs.
Across the continent, High Seer Aurienne and Theo vie to prevent their country from tearing itself apart from the inside. Their own terrible deeds and the vampires they freed are all that keeps the invading forces at bay. A thousand threads of fate must come together, or they will all fall to a prophecy foretelling inescapable destruction.
25th March – Cello’s Gate (The Sky Pirates of Imperia #1) by Maurice Africh
Epic Fantasy, Sci-Fantasy
Captain Grey and his crew of sky pirates have a reputation for doing the impossible. From breaking into high-security military research facilities to conning the iCity elite—there isn’t a lock they can’t pick, a safe they can’t break, or a hidden treasure they can’t find. Until now.
Returning from a harrowing heist involving a neon battery and a trash chute, Grey and his crew are approached by Dalia, the immortal daughter of the infamous ArchGovernor—and she has an offer.
The job? Locate and steal the Stones of Indigo—seven fabled rocks invested with godlike power. The search for the first stone is a bona fide treasure hunt, guided by an ancient map to a deadly, uncharted island that’s protected by a mysterious guardian. The score? One million credits per crew member, per stone. The catch? Well, that’s where things get a little complicated.
The stones don’t exist. They’re a myth. A bedtime story told to little pirates to make them believe that power and wealth are attainable if you just work hard enough.
And to make matters infinitely worse, Grey’s never trusted immortals, and Dalia’s definitely hiding something. Something bad. And if they don’t figure out what it is, it might cost them their lives.
ONE CREW OF SKY PIRATES
SEVEN MYTHOLOGICAL STONES
A RACE TO FIND THEM ALL
25th March – Whispers of the Storm (Song of the Damned #1) by Z.B. Steele
Epic Fantasy
REDLIN OF THE WOLVES
VANGUARD, LEGEND, ASSASSIN, REAPER
Listen to my story:
I wasn’t always the monster they see me as. Half of the songs they sing are stories of my grandeur. The other half are tales of my misdeeds.
The sad truth is that they’re all true.
So, listen to my tale and learn why it all happened. Learn the reason for the war, the reason for all the death.
Listen to my tale and listen well. I won’t be alive long enough to tell it again.
31st March – The Devil’s Tangle (A Woven Fate Tale) by C.E. Page
Romance
A stolen rose, a mad prince, a sister’s sacrifice, and the dark curse that binds them.
Music is Dahlia’s life. Born with the uncanny ability to play any instrument she picks up, her songs seem to possess the power to transfix, soothe, and even heal their listeners. But in her world of expected propriety and dutiful acceptance of her future as the wife of Lord John Beaumont such a gift has no place. Like the ruined castle at the center of the wildwood it reminds people of the old stories. Stories of enchanted beasts, changelings, and immortal bargains. Stories better forgotten. But on the night of solstice those ancient tales come crashing into reality when Dahlia’s younger sister, Helena, plucks a rose from the ruined castle’s overgrown garden.
For centuries Caspien Greythorn has been a loyal servant of the Master, the fae prince who guards the forgotten castle that was once a bridge between realms. But when a foolish mortal girl steals from the palace garden and her equally foolish sister begs to be punished for the theft in her sister’s place that loyalty is stretched to breaking point. Who is this strange young woman with eyes like burned honey and the exiled prince’s gift of song? Is she the soul rumoured to be able to break the Master’s curse or is she just a deadly distraction?
What is the price of a single rose? For Dahlia and Caspien, it just might cost them everything.
31st March – Of Empires and Dust (The Bound and the Broken #4) by Ryan Cahill
Epic Fantasy
The balance of power in Epheria is shifting.
Gods are waking.
The world is burning.
Ashes and dust are all that will remain.
