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'Relentlessly entertaining, defiantly idealistic' Sebastien de Castell, author of TRAITOR'S BLADEThe first in an extraordinary new fantasy epic, perfect for fans of Nicholas Eames and James Islington!Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and -...

It's the week before Hallowe'en, and Cooger and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois. The siren song of the calliope entices all with promises of youth regained and dreams fulfilled . . .And as two boys trembling on the brink...

'Fantasy as it ought to be written' George R.R. Martin The second book in Robin Hobb's thrilling fantasy series returns readers to the Six Duchies and the magical world of the Fitz and the Fool. Fitz has been persuaded back to...

Fans of Robert Jordan and George RR Martin alike have found a new champion of epic fantasy in Brandon Sanderson. And now, in the first of two sequels to The Alloy Of Law the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of...

The hotly anticipated sequel to THE SILVERBLOOD PROMISE, the incredible new epic fantasy series perfect for fans of Scott Lynch.Winter has come early to Korslakov, City of Spires, and Lukan Gardova has arrived with it. Most visitors to this famous city...

From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Nine Goblins, a novella of low fantasy and high mischief.A funny cosy fantasy novella, perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and Thornhedge.No one knows exactly how the...

Welcome to Harker Academy for Deviant Defense. Keep your daggers sharp, and your wits even sharper.Viv Abbot is an average twenty-one-year-old girl. She lives in an expensive city where the rent is too high, works long hours at a thankless job, and is...

From the bestselling author of the Mistborn Trilogy and co-author of the final three books of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series comes the tale of a heretic thief who may be an Empire's only hope for survival.Shai is a Forger: a foreigner who can...

Rivers of London meets A Master of Djinn in this warm-hearted, action-packed urban fantasy debut full of workplace found family, queer romance and supernatural creatures straight out of Southeast Asian lore.In the sunny city of Singapore, the government...

The fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Witcher series that inspired the hit Netflix show finds Ciri trapped in a distant world and separated from Geralt and her destiny.After walking through a portal in the Tower of the Swallow, thus narrowly...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063244788Author Kate QuinnFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm *...

Winner of the August Derleth award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Perdido Street Station is an imaginative urban fantasy thriller, and the first of China Mieville's novels set in the world of Bas-Lag.The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the centre...

'Brilliantly twisty, thought-provoking stuff - such enjoyable reading' Jenny Colgan'A moving time-slip romance . . . The Undoing of Arlo Knott is a triumph' GuardianWHAT IF YOUR LIFE HAD AN 'UNDO' BUTTON?Arlo Knott develops the mysterious ability to...

Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older--a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her...

The final volume in the The Library Trilogy, following THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN and THE BOOK THAT BROKE THE WORLD. The secret war that defines the library has chosen its champions and set them on the board ...

The second epic fantasy in The Faithful and the Fallen series, Valour by John Gwynne carries all of the excitement of the first.The Banished Lands are torn by war as the army of High King Nathair sweeps the realm challenging all who oppose his holy...

Everyone needs something to hold onto, even if it's a lie.Discover the stunning second book in the Bristol Keats fantasy duology, filled with swoon-worthy romantasy, faeries and non-stop action, from Sunday Times bestselling author Mary E. Pearson.After...

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day - but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he save himself?One year. 365 days. Twelve months.Harry Dresden has been through a...

'Whoever said you can't fool an honest man wasn't one'The Royal Bank is facing a crisis, and it's time for a change of management. Who would not wish for that job?It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not...

From the bestselling author who completed Robert Jordan's epic Wheel of Time series comes a new, original creation that matches anything else in modern fantasy for epic scope, thrilling imagination, superb characters and sheer addictiveness.In...

'A lush, delicious, sexy page turner - the best of romantasy!' Carissa Broadbent, bestselling author of The Serpent and the Wings of NightHe'll do anything to keep her. She'll do anything to escape. Rhiannon is dying - of what she doesn't know. Kept...

Much like her younger sister Acieth, something strnage has started happening to AlasRamus. To help their baby girl, Maou convinces the reluctant Emi to travel to herfamily's home in mystical...Eifukucho. There, the Demon King is floored by...

SOME PROMISES SHOULD NEVER BE MADE...'A monster of a book...a vast, brimstoned, relentless zinger' NICK HARKAWAYBookish dreamer Arthur Oakes is a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters and beautiful buildings.But his idyll -...

A beautiful new hardback edition of the classic Discworld novel.Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet.It was a tough decision. But he's got...

From the far reaches of space to the hidden corners of Earth, from aliens to wizards and everything in between . . .One of the most influential SFF writers of modern times, Roger Zelazny wrote across a wide range of subgenres and themes, experimenting...

Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - flaneur extraordinaire and Englishman abroad - as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps. 'Gussie' is not one to shun shut-eye himself, however. But his peaceful luxuriation is about to...

SOME PROMISES SHOULD NEVER BE MADE...'A monster of a book...a vast, brimstoned, relentless zinger' NICK HARKAWAYBookish dreamer Arthur Oakes is a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters and beautiful buildings.But his idyll -...

A stunning new edition of the second novel in the bestselling Bone Season series with gorgeous new cover artwork and updated text, by the bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree. 'A trailblazer for young talent' Independent ...

The seventh book in the phenomenally successful Thursday Next series by Number One bestselling author Jasper Fforde. 'Fans of the late Douglas Adams, or, even, Monty Python, will feel at home with Fforde' - HeraldThe BookWorld's leading enforcement...

Book 8 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Leaving his old police life behind, he takes a...

An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, novel'Richard was an alpha werewolf. It was his only serious flaw. We'd broken up after I'd seen him eat somebody.'You never forget your ex-fiance. And when the call came at three in the morning, I thought for a moment it...

Called a 'Hell of a debut' by bestselling author Conn Iggulden, the epic fantasy, Malice by John Gwynne, is the first in The Faithful and the Fallen series.Young Corban watches enviously as boys become warriors, learning the art of war. He yearns to...

Ceda, an elite warrior in service to the kings of Sharakhai, is learning their secrets even as they send her on covert missions to further their rule. She has already uncovered the dark history of the asirim, but it's only when she bonds with them,...

Nicolai Attano is ruthless, relentless, deadly. And he's mine.In a city where criminals rule the streets, I fell for the most dangerous of them all. And our love made me a target...Kidnapped by Nicolai's enemies, I wake up in a prison of enchanted stone...

'The sci-fi romance adventure you never knew you needed'Jennifer L. Armentrout, author of Fall of Ruin and Wrath An action-packed supernatural road trip featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run. The Bones Beneath...

Fallen Gods is a Norse-inspired adult fantasy romance from Rachel Van Dyken, filled with ancient secrets and perilous desire.The world believed the Gods were myth and the Giants were only stories. They were wrong.The Gods aren't dead - they're merely...

'The sci-fi romance adventure you never knew you needed'Jennifer L. Armentrout, author of Fall of Ruin and WrathA thrilling and heart-healing supernatural road trip featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors. The Bones Beneath...

Second novel in the brilliant new series from the bestselling author of Prince of Thorns. In Mystic Class Nona Grey begins to learn the secrets of the universe. But so often, knowing the truth just makes our choices...

'Marvellously entertaining. A cross between Brave New World and Doctor Who' Look MagazineConsidered one of the great dystopian thrillers - alongside A Clockwork Orange and Brave New World- Ira Levin's terrifying glimpse into the future continues to...

Things are going well for Alex Verus. He's on moderately good terms with the Council, his apprentice is settling in and his shop in Camden is gaining quite a reputation.But when a mysterious woman bursts into the Arcana Emporium one night with an...