Item category 1: Fantasy Paperback

'Before They Are Hanged' is the sequel to Joe Abercrombie's novel 'The Blade Itself'. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without trace?

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of Beren and Lúthien will reunite fans of 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' with Elves and Men, Dwarves and Orcs and the rich landscape and creatures uniq...

The ancient gods are alive and well in the modern world in this action-packed collection of short stories - including seven original tales - featuring Atticus O'Sullivan, the tattooed, handsome, two-thousand-year-old Irishman with extraordinary powers from Kevin Hearne's New York Times bestsellin...

Springtime in Styria, that means war. There have been 19 years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes darker power...

A man is about to kill a cow. He discusses life and death and his right to kill with the compliant animal. He begins to suspect he may be about to commit murder, but kills anyway. It began when the animal rights movement injected domestic animals with artificial intelligence in a bid to have the ...

At Montverre, an exclusive academy tucked away in the mountains, the best and brightest are trained for excellence in the grand jeu: an arcane and mysterious contest. Leo Martin was once a student there, but lost his passion for the grand jeu following a violent tragedy. Now he returns in disgrac...

Conquest built the Celes Basin. But when enemies once more threaten its borders, the Lord Reacher declares himself supreme ruler to enforce unity. Old angers erupt, threatening to tear the basin apart from within. Tesha, a glassblower's apprentice, becomes a tribute bride as part of a desperate p...

At age twenty, Selene Bowers desperately hopes to be accepted into Henbane Coven, an academy for young witches. Since one of the requirements for entry is to connect with her powers via a quest through the wilderness, Selene books a trip to South America. When a nefarious supernatural force tries...

Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Kordas has lived his life looking over his shoulder. Under the direction of the Emperor, mages have begun to harness the power of dark magics. But then one of the Duchy's mages has a...

The fog of war is lifted and the conspiracy at the heart of Eidyn finally exposed. Now they know the truth, Aranok and his allies must find a way to free a country that doesn't know it's held captive. But with divided loyalties and his closest friendship shaken, can their alliance hold against ov...