Dark Myths

Prince Magnus has just witnessed torture, death, and miracles during the bloody confrontation that decimated the rebel forces. Now he must choose between family and justice as his father, the cruel King Gaius, sets out to conquer all of Mytica. All Gaius needs now are the Kindred - the four elemental crystals that give godlike powers to their owner. But the King of Blood is not the only one hunting for this ancient, storied magic...

With the dream of Avalon in ruins, Tamsin and her friends are all that stands in the way of Lord Death's plans to unleash the horrors of Anwnn on the world of the living. As the Wild Hunt carves a bloody path across continents, Tamsin is mustering allies, tracking down powerful artifacts, and traversing into new otherlands in search of a way to stop him. Legend tells of a “Mirror of Beasts,” powerful enough to trap even Lord Death in its accursed glass, but the mirror is not all that it seems.

Growing up on the magical island of Avalon should be great...but I have no magic to speak of. And my parents forbid me from leaving. So when I sneak out to Earth for a night and meet a hottie named Julian, of course I say yes to a date with him. But when Julian pulls me through a magical portal, I realize he isn’t human. He’s a half-blood faerie sent to bring me to his realm of the Otherworld. Because apparently, I’m a half-blood faerie, too. And I’ve been chosen to compete in the annual Faerie Games - a brutal, gladiator-like competition where half-bloods fight to the death.

The assault on the city of Shadowfen has taken its toll. With so many lives lost, the people have begun to rebel while the king desperately searches for answers. How did this happen? Who is to blame for so much bloodshed? Someone must be held accountable. But while the king is doing everything he can to calm his people, barely able to hold his kingdom together by a thread, a deadly force has risen in the north. Unseen, unnoticed, it silently threatens the world of Ayrith from the shadows. Now Viola and her friends must make a choice. Do they defend the humans from this latest threat, or ...

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I’ve made it through all the levels of the Underworld, and I’m about to come up against the man who is responsible for all of this… Ares, the God of War. And I don’t know what’s going to happen. Sure, I’m a demi-goddess, but my power is nothing in comparison to Ares’. Not only that, but I’m alone on this mission. After being wounded in the fourth gate, I’ve left Adonis behind. I can only hope I have an ally in Hades, but I have a feeling the God of the Underworld is playing his own game. I can only hope I can defeat Ares, find my sister’s soul, and make it out of the ...

THE LAST STARSHIP Before her sentencing for a murder she did not commit, River Langstrom had been an external station repair technician aboard the space station Danbury. Hovering in a geostationary orbit above what had once been the North American continent, Danbury, a massive spoked wheel, was home for ten thousand colonials, refugees from Earth. Two hundred years earlier, Earth’s atmosphere was rendered toxic in a catastrophic conflict now long forgotten. Despite its many dangers, River found working in the vacuum of space both challenging and exciting, or at least she did before her ...

Deep in the wood lives a witch queen and her eight tree siren daughters. For centuries, they have harvested souls to feed the heartless tree, using its power to grow their ever reaching kingdom of ash, birch, and oak. Owen Merrick lives at the edge of the forest, mapping the stars for the king in his father’s observatory. For years, he has resisted venturing over the garden wall, until one day he must enter the woods to find his missing sister. But one of the witch’s tree siren daughters, Seren, decides to save his life instead of end it.

The Underworld continues to spring new surprises… after narrowly escaping Gate One of the Underworld, I find new threats and horrors facing me in Gate Two. Led by the infamous Fallen God, Ruric, Gate Two is a land of black, onyx mountain and hordes of flying demons. And Ruric is furious that Azhrea is dead, even though she was planning on wiping him out. Men, right? While I hope to defeat Ruric and move to Gate Three of the Underworld like yesterday (I am on a time crunch), I know I’m in for even more horrors. Because Gate Three of the Underworld is lorded by the fierce Kanto, the King ...

The Chaos lords and their servants, the necromancers, have finally moved to destroy the remnants of mankind. With the wizard, Simon O'Toole, missing and their numbers dwindling, the survivors have accepted aid from the secretive dwarves. They have retreated underground, hoping to find sanctuary from their enemies. But not all is as it appears and they may not be as welcome among the dwarven people as they were led to believe. Can the last members of the human race actually endure? Can they take on yet another enemy, this one born of treachery? Or have they finally reached the end of their ...

He was once an immortal God, now he's an awkward teenager. Things aren't going well for Apollo. There's only one way he can earn back Zeus' favour, and that's to seek and restore the ancient oracles - but that's easier said than done. Apollo must head to the American Midwest where, rumour has it, a haunted cave may hold answers. There are a few things standing in his way though. The cave could kill him, or drive him insane. Oh, and a Roman Emperor, whose love of bloodshed makes Nero look tame.

They carry with them the bizarre fairy tales their father gifted them, stories where celebrities are demigods, and historical figures are ice giants. Violin, desperately searching for her younger sister, goes to the only place that has ever made sense to her: home. What she discovers is long-held family secrets, and a mysterious man with a changing face who wants the truth to come out, no matter the cost.

Now a guardian in training, Maya spends her days patching up veils with her father and cleaning up near-disasters like baby wormholes that her erratic powers create. But when Maya and her friends discover that something went terribly wrong during their journey to bring her father back to the human world, they are forced to return to The Dark and restore what they left behind, the one thing keeping the veil from falling: her father’s soul.

In book seven Xue Wei finds himself on the treacherous seas where danger lurks around every corner. Here he encounters new races, uncovers secrets, and gains a better understanding of the world. He finds new friends, but his life hangs on by a thread. After having experienced grueling dangers and reckless adventures, in book eight Xue Wei finally reaches the Demon Phoenix Continent, where the Sovereign Beasts reign supreme.

Is the Gate Keeper some sort of demon? The people of this new land seem to think so. For years they have been tormented by a being with abilities eerily similar to Eric's. So how is this foreigner who washed up on their shores any different? Why should they trust him or his companions? The Gate Keeper must prove himself once again. Left with no choice, he must transform before their very eyes to show them the truth. In the eyes of the Gods and in those of the people he serves, he must be...reborn. This book is intended for mature audiences. The Legend of the Gate Keeper Series Reading Order...

David Bowles stitches together the fragmented mythology of pre–Colombian Mexico into an exciting, unified narrative in the tradition of William Buck’s Ramayana, and Robert Fagles’ Iliad.

In the moss-draped bayous of Caterwaul County, where secrets fester thicker than Spanish moss, a literary legend long presumed dead is resurrected with terrifying consequences. When a cache of Nullis Nemo Nusquama's lost manuscripts unleashes a feverish obsession in his devoted fans, fiction begins to bleed into reality. Jael Jewel, a woman wielding the South's charm like a weapon, knows the swamp's underbelly better than most. She enlists the help of N. N. Nusquama, pen name for her cousin, the volatile writer Cale, to weaponize the myth and cleanse their community of its violent ...

The Brotherhood never leaves business unfinished. Let the hunt begin… With the help of her new friends, Sillavana once again manages to escape the Brotherhood’s grasp. But safety is an illusion, and she’d better not get too comfortable. One evening when she and Renwin stop to rest for the night, they run into an old acquaintance at the local inn. However, it turns out their old friend is not exactly who she claimed to be. Is there anyone she can still trust? High up in the mountains, Jemaex has made his choice and travels to meet Thaola at the agreed-upon location. This might be his ...

A woman forged by fire. A girl the curse has chosen. A Soldier with a secret. An ancient enemy. A world on the brink of mayhem. Welcome to Brodanna. Only magic or your skill with a blade might save you. Katanya Leshi is one of the most powerful Wielders left in the Kingdom of Brodanna. She spent her life becoming a weapon, as deadly with her magic as she is with a blade. After vowing never to return to Kara's Guild, only a debt to an old friend can bring her back and into the path of Mara Lars. Mara only ever wanted to be a story teller, she never thought she’d wind up the centre in a ...

The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey. Aislinn tends to the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan works from afar to strengthen his court against the coming war. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle....