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Featured Fantasy: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

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Featured Fantasy: The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks

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The Sword of Shannara is the first volume of the classic series that has becomeone of the most popular fantasy tales of all time.

Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil ruined the world. In peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles. But the supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything in his wake.The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Sword of Shannara, which can be used only by a trueheir of Shannara. On Shea, last of the bloodline,rests the hope of all the races.

Thus begins the enthralling Shannara epic,a spellbinding tale of adventure, magic, and myth . . .

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks’s The Measure of the Magic.

Featured Fantasy: Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices I) by Cassandra Claire

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First in Cassandra Clare’s internationally bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy about the Shadowhunters.

Love is the most dangerous magic of all… First in the bestselling prequel series to The Mortal Instruments, set in Victorian London. 

Something terrifying is waiting for Tessa Gray in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Tessa seeks refuge with the Shadowhunters, a band of warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons.

Tessa finds herself fascinated by – and torn between – two best friends…

Read all the sensational books in The Shadowhunter Chronicles: The Mortal Instruments, The Infernal Devices, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, The Bane Chronicles, The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours and The Shadowhunter’s Codex.

Featured Fantasy: The Unbelievables Omnibus Books 1-3 by K.C. Tansley

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Featured Fantasy: The Unbelievables Omnibus Books 1-3 by K.C. Tansley

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Haunted by the dead. Trapped in the past. And running out of time.

Some people tell themselves white lies to protect their ego. I do it to protect my soul. I’m Kat and I’ve had to actively disbelieve in ghosts since one tried to possess me when I was nine. Disbelieving keeps me safe…

Until my junior year, when my favorite professor asks me to work with my handsome rival Evan to help solve a century-old murder mystery—an opulent wedding night gone horribly wrong. A bloody turret room, a missing bride and groom, hints of a haunting, and whispers of a curse.

I refuse to spend my summer working with Evan at a haunted castle. I won’t risk the ghosts invading my life again. But a single photograph of the wedding party seals my fate. The ghost that saved me and the ghost that tried to possess me were living, breathing bridesmaids at that doomed wedding.

Now, I need to stop running from my past and face the ghosts. Evan thinks this is just a school project, but he’s wrong.

While exploring the turret room, we stumble upon the castle’s greatest secret when we slip through a magic portal and wake up with our souls trapped inside the bodies of two wedding guests in 1886. Which changes everything.

With only each other to rely on, we race to stop the wedding-night murders and find a way back to our own time—and our own bodies—before we disappear forever.

If you’re seeking a gothic mystery filled with the paranormal to keep you reading beyond your bedtime, a heart-pounding twist ending, an irresistible slow-burn romance, and a race through time you won’t forget, join Kat on her thrilling adventure!

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Featured Fantasy: Vegas Slayers Books 1 – 3 by Christine Pope

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Featured Fantasy: Vegas Slayers Books 1 - 3 by Christine Pope

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Three novels. One part-demon house flipper, one ghost-hunting realtor, and a Las Vegas where every winning streak has a body count. Ante up for the first three books of the Vegas Slayers series — where the odds are rigged, the stakes keep climbing, and Hell is always looking to collect.

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Featured Fantasy: Soulbound (The Return of the Elves Book 1) by Bethany Adams

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Soulbound (The Return of the Elves Book 1) Kindle Edition by Bethany Adams (Author)

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A deathbed promise.

Arlyn’s quest is simple: Find her father and let him know her mother is dead. After all, Arlyn had promised her mother she’d go. The problem? Her father’s people are myths and legends, and he doesn’t even live on Earth. But despite a long journey through the mysterious mists of the Veil, finding him turns out to be the easy part.

A dream long-buried.

After five hundred years, Kai has given up on finding his soulbonded. So when he stumbles across Arlyn after returning from his latest mission and recognizes her as his mate, Kai starts their bond in haste. But he never could have imagined that his bonded is his best friend’s newfound daughter. Whoops.

A hidden conspiracy sparked to life.

Though the sight of Kai makes Arlyn’s heart pound, she isn’t sure she can forgive him for starting their bond without her permission. But her love life is the least of her problems. Her father is an elf lord, and his sudden acknowledgment of a half-human heir reignites the same conspiracy that took him away from her mother in the first place. Now Arlyn and her family must face iron wielding assassins, bigotry, and her newly awakened magical abilities if they hope to come through in one piece.

Arlyn thought she would return to Earth after meeting her father. Now she must fight to save the family she never knew she wanted.

Featured Fantasy: Speak of the Devil (Vegas Slayers Book 1) by Christine Pope

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Featured Fantasy: Speak of the Devel (Vegas Slayers Book 1) by Christine Pope

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Their supernatural talents could make them the perfect team — if Hell doesn’t claim them first.

Caleb Lockwood has a foolproof system for winning big in Las Vegas. Being part demon helps. Fresh from his escape from Hell, he’s looking to lie low and build a new life, starting with flipping a haunted house. Too bad his realtor has a knack for spotting supernatural trouble.

Delia Dunne’s business card might advertise “luxury real estate,” but her true expertise lies in cleansing properties of unwanted spectral tenants. When a casino executive hires her to investigate a streak of suspicious wins, she never expects her newest client — the charming house flipper with seemingly unlimited funds — to be at the center of it all.

From the moment Caleb and Delia step into a ghost-infested property, things get complicated: sparks fly between them, spirits vanish mysteriously, and demons start showing up with deadly intent. As Delia digs deeper into Caleb’s past, she uncovers a two-year-old disappearance, a rebellion in Hell, and a secret that could get them both killed. Worse, the powerful figure behind it all is closer than either of them realized — and he’s playing for keeps.

The stakes are high, the odds are stacked, and in Vegas, the house always wins. Unless you’ve got a quarter-demon and a ghost hunter in your corner.