Dragon Mind (Blood of the Ancients #5) – Dan Michaelson and D. K. Holmberg

A discovery of the source of Rob’s essence leads him home.

Now that Rob has progressed to dragon heart, he’s called upon to help the artic cats find their leader. The journey leads him deeper into a dangerous land, where he must find a way to stop the ice king and his servants.

There he discovers the way to protect those he cares about is to head back to where he first learned of essence.

What he learns is the true danger hidden until now—and the source of the Spread—but it might already be too late to stop it.

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Legacy of Queens: Embers & Ash (Eldros Legacy #7) – Marie Whittaker

Princess Mahaela Bellagrave nearly escapes her fate as queen, but murder accelerates her ascension to the throne of Pyranon. Denying her birthright is no longer an option; she must embrace the magic she’s possessed since birth but hidden out of self-preservation.

Banu Liin, an immortal demon construct and ancient palace knight, lives on as the royal advisor. He’s ruled Pyranon through its queens and their magic for centuries. He’s hidden truths and kept the loyal kingdoms of Pyranon in the dark about life-and-death threats that imperil the mortality of every living soul on the continent.

Banu sets his trap for the new queen. He refuses to lose his long-lived and lasting power over the fiery continent of Pyranon and the reigning queen of the empire.

In a world plagued by centuries of evil possession, can a determined young queen embrace inherited magic and free Pyranon from a throne long tarnished by a deadly legacy of deceit?

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Sleeper Protocol (The Protocol War #1) – Kevin Ikenberry

How far would you go to remember your past?

Kieran Roark awakens in a wheelchair, unable to remember anything. As part of a classified experiment, he will have one year to learn his identity and recover his memory, or he will be euthanized by the state.

Scientist Berkeley Bennett has one mission: manipulate Kieran’s emotions in an attempt to bring back his memory. But when she falls in love with him, she is forced to make a harrowing decision that may cost Kieran his life.

What Kieran knows could save Earth from a coming war. Whether he believes the future is worth saving is another matter. Racing across an unfamiliar world in a body he does not recall, Kieran needs to discover who he was and, more importantly, who he is.

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The Tyr: Ordeal (The Tyr Trilogy #2) – Richard Fox

The human invaders will have the Tyr’s planet. No mercy. No survivors.

The corporation continues to grind the Tyr into dust. With cities under siege, their armies shattered and against an enemy they can barely comprehend; the Tyr must find a way to fight back or be doomed to extinction. The Clay family struggle to find a way to stop the corporation before all hope is lost. Daniel Clay and General Fastal launch a secret and dangerous mission to steal the only weapon that can turn the tide. Sarah Clay, surrounded by a faction she can’t trust, must win over the Hidden cabal to infiltrate behind enemy lines. Their son, Michael, fights to survive amidst a sea of refugees and to keep his true identity secret.

The ordeal of the human invasion continues. The Clay family are beset by enemies and threats on all sides as they search for a way to save the Tyr…and to save their family.

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Vigil’s Justice – James Hunter

Magic weapons. Deadly monsters. Epic quests. All just another day in the life of a Vigil.

Boyd Knight found his calling when he joined the Marines and qualified for the elite Force Recon. He’d found a tribe and a family, so when a hand grenade landed near his team, he jumped on it without thought or regret.

But instead of winding up dead, he wakes up butt naked in a cave full of monsters with a knife in one hand and a pistol in the other. He’s been chosen by Raguel, Five-Faced God of Justice, and entrusted with the power of the Vigil Bound. Every kill makes him stronger, and thanks to the Ascendant System, Boyd can level up, unlock increasingly powerful spells, and even harness the abilities of the monsters he’s been dispatched to hunt.

If he can survive the deadly shapeshifter stalking him from the shadows, Boyd’s second life promises to be even more ass-kickingly epic than his first.

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A Warrior’s Penance (Saga of the Known Lands #1) – Jacob Peppers

The path to peace is paved in blood.

Or so Cutter tells himself during the long nights as he travels deeper into the Black Wood, wrestling with his inner demons and battling those creatures which emerge from the shadows seeking his life.

Meanwhile, in New Daltenia a violent organization thought long-extinct reappears and assassins roam the castle.

Matt, Chall, and Priest search for the truth about the Crimson Wolves, a search that will lead them to unimaginable peril.

Meanwhile, hoping to stop the attempts on their lives, Maeve is forced to return to the Assassin’s Guild, where any wrong move might mean her death and the death of those she’s come to love.

In the Black Wood, the Fey stir.

In the Known Lands, the shadows lengthen, stretching across the world.

And one man, known as the Crimson Prince, carries his axe, and the world’s hope, as he walks the bloody path before him.

He can do nothing else…

For such is a warrior’s penance.

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Worlds Collide (Architects of the Apocalypse #2) – Jasper T. Scott

Mysteries abound in the new world: who are the so-called architects that built the Menagerie System? Why are people being brought to Novus, and why is no one allowed to leave?

With dozens of new arrivals appearing by the day, the abductees must hurry to organize themselves if they are to defend against the many dangers on Novus.

Meanwhile, trouble is looming on Earth. With the discovery of Planet B’s healing water, superpowers are racing faster than ever to colonize the new world.

Little do they know, someone is coming to colonize the old one—and not for any of the reasons they might think.

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Wizardom Legends: Thief for Hire – Jeffery L. Kohanek

Meet Jerrell Landish: A thief, a con artist, and an utter rogue. Clever, inventive, and skilled, he executes plots that astound his patrons and confound his enemies.

When Jerrell hires out his services, he soon discovers that the schemes of ambitious wizards involve risks any sane person would avoid. Well, this thief is just crazy enough to manipulate the ruling wizard class against one another…until he finds himself the victim of even greater machinations.

Follow this quick-witted young man’s rise to fame as the greatest thief in the Eight Wizardoms.