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1st November – The Fourth Fall (A Thousand Li #11) by Tao Wong
LitRPG, Progression/Cultivation
International politics meets immortal blade
The war-mongering kingdom of Cai has begun to stir once again, the long held peace brought to the brink by a widespread drought. Now, the neighbouring kingdoms of Wei and Shen must ally together to deal with the Cai or see the flames of war spread over both nations once again.
Wu Ying is brought into the negotiations for his reputation and strength, but the former farmer and now Head of the Wandering Gatherers is a fish out of water in these political waters. More and more, he wonders where morality and practicality end as he watches the maneuverings of those in power, all while the hungering maw of the Cai kingdom and its powerful king watch over the squabble.
Between kingdoms and cultivators and the demands of an all consuming dao, can there be a peace that isn’t won at the end of a blade?
1st November – A Crow in the Canyon (Realm of Light #2) by Melissa Widmaier
Epic Fantasy
The lungs of the kingdom are constricted.
Lafret is the most exquisite city in Artnaus—glistening waterfalls, hanging gardens, and stone-carved houses on canyon walls. But under this mask of splendor is a seething world of strict order and despair.
Torn from their village home, the Ganwins must quest to save their patriarch. But the old man’s past isn’t ready to be buried. They are taken prisoner by the chieftain of the waterfall canyon and forced into his service.
Will brothers Marl and Natsir have the courage to navigate foreign chiefdoms and ancient prophecies? Can they stand together when the time comes to let everything fall?
1st November – Broken Stars ANTHOLOGY by Jeremy Szal
Epic Fantasy, Grimdark, Steampunk, Sci-Fantasy
Broken Stars combines previously published short stories and novelettes with new and exciting tales, ranging from space opera to military SF to science-fantasy and everything in-between. Tales of broken heroes fighting for hope in dark worlds, full of aliens and outcasts, drug dealers and bounty hunters, mercenaries and soldiers. Tales of far-flung worlds where the lines between machine and human become blurred, the humanity of monsters is explored, and victory always comes with a heavy price. In these eighteen stories of far-flung worlds, violence explodes, betrayals abound, and no one is safe.
A smuggler for alien drugs is thrust into a high stakes of subterfuge and interstellar drug trades, only to find herself out of her depth.
Yharv, a mercenary, must escort the King through a besieged city and see him crowned. The only problem is, Yharv isn’t human, and neither is the king, and nonhumans usually end up dead in a gutter. And luck has never been on Yharv’s side.
An alien and a human fight to liberate a planet where aliens are treated as second-class citizens. But freedom comes at a steep price.
A kidnapped warrior discovers her memories may not be her own, and she may be on the wrong side of her war.
And many more . . .
3rd November – The Dead Lands (The Destiny Series #2) by Cheryl S. Mackey
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, YA
The Dead Lands are no place for the living.
To continue the quest tasked by Tanari, Moira, Bel, and Airi must search for the last missing immortal, Dehil, and a brother Moira never knew, in a foreign realm to the north. They find that things aren’t what they thought, that lies and truths are as shrouded as the dark energy that has taken hold of a once-thriving world and turned it into a wasteland, The Dead Lands.
Something has stirred, something thought long dead, but the war that had almost destroyed their continent long ago was only the beginning of the ending. The Necromancer is back and she’s not happy. Faced with mysterious attacks, a volcanic hellscape, and a supernatural storm reminiscent of an ancient enemy of myth, they quickly realize that The Dead Lands are no place for the living.
The shaping of the past and the threads of the future are at war with the present. Guided by a mysterious book and Dehil, the last immortal who knows the truth, they must unite and fight to find the answers they need so they can become who they were destined to be…even if it’s unimaginable.
5th November – Land (The Ten Worlds Cycle #2) by Bjorn Larssen
Grimdark, Historical Fantasy
Love. Land. Loss. Happy Never After.
The truth Maya fought for all her life turns out to be a lie a thousand years long. She neither understands nor knows how to wield her hidden power, simultaneously endless and limited, forcing her to face responsibility for the harm she causes and parry countless questions she has no answers to. Neither time nor space can stop her – but can she stop herself?
Bound with an unbreakable love spell, Magni and Thorolf, raised in darkness and pain, share only one a fear of revealing their truths. One was born to be a God; the other only knows a slave’s life. One craves peace and quiet; the other believes peace to be a brief reprieve between wars. As they mourn those they have lost, the constant war of their own threatens to destroy all they have left – each other.
Haunted by Gods old and new, in the shadow of Odin’s raven, they head to conquer the new Ásgard. Apart from their demons, nothing and nobody is what it seems. Unwilling to give up love, freedom, or land they’re fated to live happily never after… unless destiny can be altered after all?
7th November – Death With a Twist (Red City Reaper #3) by C.Thomas Lafollette
Urban Fantasy
Vengeance is a pissed off werewolf motorcycle gang.
Dax has survived assassins, both amateur and professional. It isn’t easy to kill Death. But in the process, he’s made some nasty enemies. Now they’re back in town with a new plan. And they won’t leave until he’s dead.
For too long, Dax has stood alone with only his best friend at his back. But now that odds are stacked against him, he must rally some new friends. Together, they’ll still be outnumbered and outgunned. But what other choice do they have?
With bullets flying and motorcycles rumbling, Dax must marshal all his skills, human and supernatural, if he wants to save his friends. Even if it means sacrificing all he has, including his life…
8th November – Bloodbound (The Binding Tenets #2) by G.J. Terral
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
Those bound by blood leave no lines left uncrossed.
Aemun’s actions months prior ripple beyond Danica’s borders as an oblivious Lin struggles to retain some sense of self. He’s little more than a glorified captive as he waits for the Fentian Scholars to decide— will they abstain from the upcoming war or choose a side?
Then a Ladrican Emissary snatches Mellyr.
Lin escapes Fentis to rescue her. Tylle’s secrets only scratched the surface of the hidden truth, and to make matters worse, he must work out the answers alone this time. Can Lin save Mellyr before he loses himself entirely? Or will he finally become the monster he always feared he was?
11th November – This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl #7) by Matt Dinniman
LitRPG
They call it Faction Wars.
The ninth floor.
Nine armies, each led by rich and powerful aliens from across the galaxy. Each team has one objective: to capture and hold the castle at the very center of the battlefield. Strategy, alliances, pitched battles, and, of course, betrayal… It all makes for great fun and even greater television.
After all, none of these powerful aliens really die when they’re playing war.
Except this time. This time, winner takes all. Those who fall, stay in the ground.
As the AI continues its rapid decline, Carl and company take advantage of the chaos. For the first time ever, the crawlers are fighting back. They are now one of the nine teams. And this season, there’s a tenth army on the playing field. The NPCs, who are normally used as nothing but cannon fodder, have become fully self-aware and formed a team of their own.
For Donut and Katia, the stakes are even higher. Only one of them will be allowed to leave this level.
If they all want to survive, they’re going to need a little help from a veteran or two.
This is it.
This is what they’ve been fighting toward.
This is war.
This inevitable ruin.
11th November – Before the End ANTHOLOGY (Tragedy of Cedain) by John Palladino
Epic Fantasy, Grimdark
Edelbrock Brendis fights to save his country from the rampaging Camel Clans before the events of The Trials of Ashmount.
Captain Decklin Hoarst—otherwise known as Royal—battles alcoholism, friendship, and a questionable order from his superior.
Duke Velturo seeks solace and comfort with his favorite foods while feeling the pressures of a family who doesn’t respect him.
And in Rivane, an up-and-coming group of ragtag rebels fight to secure equal rights by murdering their countrymen and drawing attention from their king.
Before the End contains these stories and more, all set in the world of Cedain.
12th November – Voyager (Darkblade #9) by Andy Peloquin
Epic Fantasy
The Hunter rides for vengeance…
…and embarks on a voyage of bloodshed and death.
His pursuit of the escaped Groebus Dayblood and his assassin accomplices leads to the shores of Einan and beyond, across the Frozen Sea.
But danger follows wherever the Hunter goes. Sailing with him are parties unknown plotting bloody murder. Their deadly blades are aimed at him, and trapped aboard a ship in the middle of the ocean, there is nowhere to run or hide.
Pirates, cutthroats, and dark arcane magic capable of mind-shattering horrors, the Hunter must fight them all to protect the one person who matters most: his daughter.
12th November – No Happy Endings (ANTHOLOGY) by Armanis Ar-Feinial and Kieran Ferrara
Grimdark, Sword & Sorcery, Sci-Fantasy
12th November – Favorswithin Ashes (Sins of Starlight Collapse #1) by John D. Escu
Epic Fantasy, Grimdark
Blood and obedience rules over the holy lands of Canoria, where the kiss of whips unleash orders and sharpened steel cuts the flesh of those who pretend not to have heard the snap!
Man created sin.
The completion of the largest temple ever to be raised in the continent of Dautrinias approaches. King Kristoff Lodort promises songs of celebration, gathering the purest of maidens, the mightiest kings, and the most beloved queens in Radiant Star for a festivity deemed to please the gods.
While the final brick is laid, Marco Doran is confined in between the Crown’s merciless rebirth knights and his struggle to prove his worth.
Unrest and tragedy surround the capital while the cold talons of heretics spread their poison over all that is holy.
Highborn and lowborn, none are truly safe, as the seed of deception and doubt sprouts from within the Lodort kingship.
There is only one way, through the pain!
12th November – Keepers (Elementas #3) by Haley Anna Marie
Epic Fantasy, Grimdark, Romance
“Lying to myself darkened my future, but now I saw the light.” – Princess Miri of the Lihtari, Keeper of Light
“The Greatest Queen Who Ever Lived.” That is what the high priest has called Princess Miri of the Lihtari, Keeper of Light, since her birth.
Her utopia within Diamond Capital was all she had known, but now that she is of age, Miri learns the realm, and gods, are not what she was led to believe.
How can she live up to his words when her bondmate is someone who shouldn’t exist?
A Keeper of Darkness.
15th November – Memories of Tomorrow (Tales of Aerym #1) by Noah Isaacs
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
For years, Aerym has felt that he was cursed, as if his very being was wrong. Some say that seeing isn’t always believing, but for Aerym, however, nothing could be farther from the truth. Fated to a life of catastrophe and ruin, the visions that plague Aerym’s sleep always realize themselves, even when they depict his loved ones dying gruesome deaths before his eyes.
Now, years after he watched everyone and everything he had ever known burn to ash, Aerym finds himself with his sole remaining companion, Jasper. Lost and without purpose, they bide their time until the inevitable comes; when Aerym is warned of their imminent demise… Yet even now he doubts if he’s strong enough to combat what’s to come.
With little hope left for him and his friend, Aerym resigns to go far to the south, to the lands where magic is as common as war. To where he might get answers, and, if he’s lucky, strength enough to gain control of his own life.
Memories and prophecies guide them on their path to salvation, but the past lies, and the future speaks only in tragedies.
Is it truly a blessing to know what’s coming even if you’re powerless to stop it?
22nd November – Wild Skies (A Yeehaw Dragons Story) by K.E. Andrews
Gaslamp
I’ll trade ya a story for a drink.
It’s a story about a handsome son of a gun and his trusty dragon, Bean, on the hunt for the notorious train robber, Talon. In a land shaped by dragons, magic, and bullets, Dale Hartwell is just trying to make a living hunting down bandits and bounties while searching for his kidnapped parents. When the hunt for Talon takes him to the Melted Lands, Dale finds that he’s bitten off more than he can chew. He comes face to face with ancient dragons, old magic, and a new lead on his missing family. If he fails this job, not only will he lose his chance to find his parents, he might lose his life. In a showdown with a common enemy, unlikely allies will have to take to the skies, fighting tooth and talon for their lives and the future of the Melted Lands.
26th November – Legend (The Caein Legacy #4) by A.J. Calvin
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
War has come to Novania as brothers fight brother for control of the throne. Colin is an unyielding and ruthless ruler without remorse for the atrocities he has committed. He has disowned his half-brother, for Andrew is dragon-kind. He has exiled Alexander for bearing the Mark of the Magi. He forced Thomas to flee under vague threats of assassination.
Now his brothers have gathered allies in order to oppose him. Oppressed Novanians have rallied to their cause, the Corodan have gathered, and even magi from the Southlands have offered their unique talents in the fight. The kingdom burns and the blood of thousands is spilled.
Under Colin’s command is a man as ruthless and cold as his Robert Claybourne, whose sole motivation is to annihilate the magi – and any who choose to support them. After seeing the power Andrew is capable of, Claybourne makes it his secondary objective to slay the last of the dragon-kind as well.
26th November – Strayed (Speaker Origins #2) by Lee Burton
Epic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy
“Listen carefully to me now, son. Tate wants to kill you. That’s why we’re here.”
When soldiers from the Phentinite empire came to attack his village, Jad the shepherd boy discovered a power within himself, and the village was saved.
Since then, nothing has been the same. Jad only wishes to help, but nobody looks at him the same way. Even his father, who used to be respected and sensible, has changed completely.
The merchant in town, when they visit to trade, has a name for children like him.
Abomination.
27th November – Astamite (Jaya #4) by Geetha Krishnan
Epic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy
The saga of the Kurus come to an end, but who are the victors and who the vanquished?
As Suyodhana’s schemes against Yudhishtira bear fruit, the Pandavas are forced into another exile, this time an ignominious one. Not content with reuniting his Kingdom, Suyodhana undertakes to hold the Viswajit sacrifice, turning to Vasushena for a Dig Vijaya campaign.
Yudhishtira is not content to wait in the forest for his exile to end. He seeks alliances and hides in the kingdom of Matsya. When his presence is revealed and Suyo sends a force to capture him and his brother, Yudhishtira defeats them, killing Vasushena’s brother in the process.
As all attempts at peace fail, the cousins are hurtling towards a war, one that will plunge the entire Aryavarta into its vortex. In the middle of it, Vasushena learns the truth about his birth, and Krishna plots his demise. Will all of Krishna’s machinations come to pass or will Vasushena be able to survive?
28th November – Rune to Ruin (Spear of the Gods #2) by Gregory Amato
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery
A viking crew set on revenge. A conspiracy among the gods. The Spear of the Gods Saga continues with Rune to Ruin.
Ansgar the Skald is sailing into the middle of an epic war between two legendary vikings. That’s about to be the least of his problems.
Delving deep beneath Midgard? Battling trolls, sea monsters, and sorcerers? Just another season for Ansgar and the crew of the Sea Squirrel as they seek revenge for fallen friends.
This time, they will need to cross even more dangerous thresholds. The realm of the dead awaits, where secrets are easier to uncover. That deep wisdom has a price, though, and it might cost Ansgar his sanity.
It helps to have Haldor Skullsplitter and company watching his back. But it will take all Ansgar’s powers of poetry and runes, a guardian spirit, and a shapeshifting sword to survive this adventure.
30th November – Climbing the Ranks #2 by Tao Wong
Epic Fantasy, LitRPG, Progression/Cultivation
Arthur’s cleared the first floor of the dungeon. More than that, with his new ally in Cassie Chin, he’s got a real chance of building his Clan. The problem is, his alliance is contingent on them pushing ahead fast to allow the Chin to make full use of their Clan Halls.
The Benevolent Durians are on a speed run, but in a Tower where levels are multi-kilometers long at times, with cultivation requirements and new enemies all around, how fast is too fast?
