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1st November – Dragon Your Bones (A Forging of Age #2) by Tatiana Obey
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
Rasia is determined to slay a dragon for her Forging, a trial each child must succeed to come of age. All she needs to do is find the dragon’s den, slay the winged bastard, and haul it home before the deadline ends. Not so easy. But Rasia has Kai on her team—who may or may not have some secrets up his shroud.
Nico needs to prepare for the bloodrites, a ritual ceremony as bloody as the name. If she succeeds, she’ll earn the title of Ohan, but first she’ll have to dodge assassins and hunt whomever placed the hit on her head and hopefully kill them before they kill her.
In the Grankull, coming of age isn’t easy. There are always greater dragons to slay.
1st November – The Threadlight Trilogy (BOXSET) by Zack Argyle
Epic Fantasy
THEIR CHILD WILL SAVE THE WORLD, IF THEY CAN KEEP THE DAMN KID ALIVE.
A protective father with a voice in his head.
A sheltered young woman addicted to threadlight.
A reckless young man whose life changes after he dies.
Together, they will change the world—whether they intend to or not.
INCLUDES: 1) Voice of War, 2) Stones of Light, 3) Bonds of Chaos
2nd November – Beelzebub’s Bargain (Infernal Contracts #3) by Tessa Hastjarjanto
Urban Fantasy, YA, Romance
The Devil is coming, and he’s bringing friends.
When Nora finds out Ben was banished from the Angelic City she needs to know what happened—even if it means going to Hell.
Beelzebub’s right-hand, Jack, forces Ben to revisit a painful part of his past while the demon lord thwarts Nora’s attempts at rescuing him.
After a narrow escape Nora joins Lucifer on a trip to Hades in the Underworld, while Ben finds some much needed help from the Valkyrie in Purgatory.
Together they must find a way to stop Beelzebub, or he will make Earth Hell for the living.
3rd November – The Rising World Company (Rising World #2) by Kris Schnee
Steampunk, LitRPG, Cozy
Vonn the Engineer has invented the airplane in a magical world, using his secret knowledge from Earth. He’s just crashed next to a living, unholy dungeon with a prisoner to save. And when he returns, there’s real work to do.
So far Vonn has used the arcane rules of the “System” to earn spells and other powers. There’s no dark overlord to slay, so he and his friends are free to build. This kingdom’s technology is just starting to take off, partly thanks to airships and tools powered by the physics of magic crystals. It’s time to fly farther, get richer, and make discoveries. And get noticed by the powerful… which is not always a great idea. The biggest change Vonn and company set in motion might not be a machine at all.
4th November – Saviour of the Pack (The Other Wolf #3) by Heather G. Harris
Urban Fantasy
My mum told me I could be anything I wanted to be – and it turns out that I want to be an alpha werewolf. I’m finally starting to get a hang of this alpha malarkey when destiny sticks her oar in once again.
There’s a prophecy about me, and it’s time for me to find out what it says. So when my best friend Jess cooks up a hare-brained scheme to get hold of the prophecy through fair means or foul, I’m along for the ride before you can say ‘bail money’.
Getting my wolfy paws on the prophecy is only the beginning, though, because I’m not the only one aware of its existence. Some of my enemies will stop at nothing to prevent the prophecy from coming true. I’ve a battle on my hands, so it’s lucky that I have super soldier Greg Manners by my side.
I’m a pretty chilled-out alpha, but when unknown wolves slink onto my land and attack my unicorn, all bets are off. No one attacks my murderous little Ares and gets away with it.
Beckett Frost is coming my way with vengeance in mind; the black witch is still free, ready to steal powers and destroy lives; I have enemies piling up around me – so I do what any girl would do and call in my family, my weirdly Other birth family. I need allies, and fast, because war is coming to Home Counties Pack whether we’re ready or not.
Luckily, Esme was born ready.
Bring it on.
8th November – The Dragon Healer (The Eldrasian Chronicles #1) by Tiani Davids
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, YA
Elinta Ferran can feel the emotions of a dragon….
Sixteen year old Elinta has wanted to be a healer her whole life and is in her third year as an apprentice when she stumbles upon something impossible; a dragon.
The laws of Eldras mandate that the beast be killed, but the dragon is injured and Elinta won’t put aside her training. When she’s discovered with the beast Elinta’s world is turned upside down and she’s forced to flee her home on the dragon’s back. But an unusual bond has begun to form between them, one that hasn’t been seen in over one hundred and fifty years.
When Lorrin, Prince of Eldras, stumbles upon them while going against the king’s wishes, Elinta must decide whether their fate lies together or apart. One road could lead Elinta to a life of loneliness, but the other will lead her straight into danger. If she goes to the palace with the prince, she’ll be hiding in plain sight of the very people who want the dragon killed.
But the officials of Eldras aren’t the only ones after the dragon. Someone sinister is lurking in the shadows and he’s ready to make his move, and Elinta might just be in the way.
8th November – Under the Earth, Over the Sky by Emily McCosh
Epic Fantasy, Cozy
In the woods where human lands meet fae, an ancient king born before the history of men finds a dying baby.
Iohmar will take in the child and care for him until a suitable home in the human realm is found. But best laid plans often go awry in the lands of Látwill, where winds carry fae across the star-strewn sky, the woods ensnare the weak-minded with their sinister song, and even Iohmar, King Beneath the Earth, is susceptible to the will of the immortal mountains.
Magic long tethered to Iohmar’s soul will crumble. Unknown shadows and monsters of mirrored glass will encroach upon the borders of their land. And memories thousands of years lost will unravel as Iohmar struggles not only to properly rule his fair folk, but protect the fragile human son he never should have saved in the first place.
8th November – Flight of the Scions (Kaneko #1) by D. Moonfire
YA, Steampunk
Can she survive without magic?
Kanéko’s childhood fantasies died the day the letter came to confirm she had no ability to use magic. She would never hear the whispers of her mother’s clan spirit. Nor would she be able to follow in her father’s footsteps as a mage-knight of Kormar.
Soon she found a new purpose: to prove to her father she wasn’t a delicate flower that required protection. Without magic, she latched onto the new world of mechanical devices and engineering. But, her self-taught experiments went awry and her father sent her away in a fit of fury. Two others would join her on a trip across the country, a dog girl with a short temper and a boy with an unnatural presence.
When she didn’t think it could get any worse, a wanted poster sets off a frantic race home for safety. As ancient and modern forces fought to claim her, she and her friends would test the abilities their parents gave them: knowledge, loyalty, and drive.
8th November – Blood of a Novice (The Eternal Ephemera #1) by David Ashura
Progression/Cultivation
Cam Folde will shake the very fabric of creation… or see all his hopes turn to ash.
The son of the town drunk, Cam never figured on letting his family name hold him down. He always strove to dream bigger, to fight for something better, to achieve more than what everyone else expected of him.
But as they say, ‘once a Folde, always a Folde’, and when a decision to rescue a friend leads to disaster, fortune’s favor is lost. Cam spirals away from his dreams and ambitions; his fall finally ending at the bottom of a bottle.
However, all hope is not lost. Cam rises, supported by family and friends. And when a powerful Master of Ephemera offers him a chance to walk the Way into Divinity and achieve redemption, Cam seizes the opportunity. All he has to do is survive the Ephemeral Academy, the very school where the next generation of Masters are trained. There, Cam just might achieve the greatness he’s always sought, and with friends at his side, including an irrepressible Awakened panda, it even seems possible.
And yet Cam will soon discover that the Way into Divinity is as steep as it is arduous, and there are more fearsome things than humans who brave its perilous climb…
14th November – Dungeon Incursions #3 by Adam Bright
LitRPG
The government has come along and spoiled Lance and his team’s fun. No longer are they supposed to go into Incursions to gain experience and coins. Good thing they aren’t the kind to sit back and listen. What the government doesn’t know won’t hurt them.
15th November – The Threads of Theseus: Eschatan Cycle (Tapestry of Fate #5) by Matt Larkin
Epic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Grimdark
There is no escape from the Labyrinth of Fate.
In search of answers about the Fate’s ultimate designs, Pandora joins the crew of the Argo in venturing east. In desperation, she throws her lot in with heroes and demigods in search of glory.
Young Theseus all but worships Herakles and would do anything to carve his name alongside that of his hero in the bedrock of history. But Fate has dark weavings for Theseus as well, and he soon finds himself facing dangers and beasts unlike even those Herakles has overcome. Even if Theseus can survive the perilous voyage of the Argo, his darkest hour will still lay ahead.
15th November – Credible Threats (The Sam Adams Series #1) by Daniel Meyer
Urban Fantasy, YA
15th November – Blood Empire Burning (Luke Irontree & The Last Vampire War #7) by C. Thomas Lafollette
Urban Fantasy
Revenge is a dish best served explosively.
Luke and his werewolves are juggling multiple plots throughout several countries in their quest for vengeance. But after rescuing Roxi, Luke adds one more problem to his slate. The compulsion Mithras placed on them is killing her.
Luke must convince the god to show mercy to Roxi, or he’ll add the god to his list of enemies. But with a masquerade ball to plan and several traps to lay, his plans dangle by a fraying thread. The brutal leader of the vampires is on the hunt for the mysterious the man subverting his werewolf minions.
In this deadly game of cat and mouse, Luke must ensure he remains the cat if he doesn’t want to wind up in the trap. But one mistake could bring the whole house of cards exploding around his ears…
15th November – The Blade of Revelation (The Menocht Loop #5) by Lorne Ryburn
Sci-Fantasy, Progression/Cultivation
Ian must pull off the impossible.
Achemiss is a thousand-year-old necromancer with potent shadow magic and a trove of artifacts. To save his world and honor his deal with Karanos, Ian has one task.
Assassinate him.
With Maria, Karanos, and the ever-charming Crystal at his side, Ian seeks out artifacts to level the playing field. He explores treacherous planes and participates in a trial run by the white faction.
He’ll learn that the upper limit on power is far greater than he thought.
18th November – Dream of Death City (Red Kingdom #1) by PJ Nwosu
Epic Fantasy, Grimdark
Pale moths haunt an icy frontier. Beneath the shadow of a drowned death god, a frozen body is unearthed from the snow.
Investigators arrive to a superstitious island to solve a brutal crime. Among them is a lowly slave desperate to prove her worth and a soldier with dark dreams. Neither are prepared for what they find.
Death City is a strange and violent frontier, and no one who survives comes back clean.
First though, Thora and Diem must survive.
Welcome to the Red Kingdom.
19th November – Shadow War (The Shadow Winged Chronicles #3) by Jileen Dolbeare
Urban Fantasy
Werepredators are bad, but ancient gods and monsters are much, much worse.
Things have been going downhill since Piper discovered who she really was and whom she descended from. Now her best friend has paid the price. An ancient goddess has forced Bran into an artifact changing her, and to make it worse, she won’t leave Bran alone.
You can only run, hide, and muddle through so long before the final chess moves are complete. Weasel is coming for Bran. An unknown monster is stalking Piper, and war between the ancient gods, the shadow winged, and the weres is lurking on the horizon. If Piper’s side wins, humanity will continue on, ignorant but safe. If they lose, it is the end of everything.
How much can one bush pilot do?
22nd November – Tea and Totalitarianism (The Three Vases #2) by Chad Retterath
Epic Fantasy, YA
The Apocalypse threatens to destroy humanity. Only the three legendary vases of Parmenthius can stop the end of the world.
With one vase down, Kebin and Lawrence are left to pursue nothing more than vague rumors of a blue vase hidden deep in the Fintropian Mountains.
Fintropia, land of the cats, is a dangerous place ruled by the empress Jorna Jenoon. Cats and humans alike are ready for war, even as the Creator crushes the world around them.
29th November – Heliotrope by Palmer Pickering
Sword & Sorcery
Teleo is a retired soldier descended from Mages, who were cast out of power generations ago. After years of war and sorrow, he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life on his farm and work his stonemason’s craft.
His wife and daughter had been murdered during a war raid several years earlier and his young son stolen by the enemy side. He spent years unsuccessfully searching for his son and returned home broken-hearted. At the local castle, he comes upon a war orphan stolen by his side from the enemy and rescues him from abuse, adopting him as his foster son.
Teleo is working at the castle when he finds himself in the middle of a coup. This launches a journey to protect his new family, uncover the secrets of the ancient ways, and reclaim the magic of the Mages.
29th November – The Crew (The God Dust Saga #1) by Sadir S. Samir
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
Varcade fled to the deserts of Harrah to escape his past as an Educator, a member of an order of zealot warrior-monks that aims to shape the world according to their sacred Teachings by force. Varcade makes his living as a reckless sword-for-hire, caring only about himself, until his self-centered lifestyle is turned on its head when he is contracted to recruit a misfit team of unruly assassins and take out the mighty Bone Lord of Akrab.
But the Bone Lord is aware of the plot and sends her band of Dusters to stop them; individuals who have gained bizarre and lethal magical powers by snorting the pulverised bones of dead gods. Hunted by Educators and Dusters in a city-state where an escalating conflict between the human and demon population threatens to boil over in a civil war, will Varcade and his ragtag crew save Akrab from the cruel Bone Lord, or will they make things even worse?
