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AC Cobble
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The fate of empire is to crumble from within.
A heinous murder in a small village reveals a terrible truth. Sorcery, once thought dead in Enhover, is not. Evidence of an occult ritual and human sacrifice proves that dark power has been called upon again. Twisting threads of clues lead across the known world to the end of a vast empire, and then, the trail returns home.
Duke Oliver Wellesley, son of the king, cartographer, and adventurer, has better things to do than investigate a murder in a sleepy fishing hamlet. For crown and company, though, he goes where he’s told. As the investigation leads to deeper and darker places, he’ll be forced to confront the horrific spectres rising from the shadows of his past. When faced with the truth, will he sacrifice what is necessary to survive?
Samantha serves a church that claims to no longer need her skills. She’s apprenticed to a priest-assassin that no one knows. Driven by a mad prophecy, her mentor has prepared her for a battle with ultimate darkness, except, sorcery is dead. When all is at stake, can she call upon an arcane craft the rest of the world has forgotten?
The fate of empire is to crumble from within. Do not ask when, ask who.
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Boston, 1765: In D.B. Jackson's Thieftaker, revolution is brewing as the British Crown imposes increasingly onerous taxes on the colonies, and intrigue swirls around firebrands like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. But for Ethan Kaille, a thieftaker who makes his living by conjuring spells that help him solve crimes, politics is for others…until he is asked to recover a necklace worn by the murdered daughter of a prominent family.
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I wanted to like it more...
- By Alison on 12-21-13
By: D. B. Jackson
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Prodigy of Thunder
- Chronicles of Anna Atticus Stone, Book 1
- By: Sever Bronny
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 24 hrs and 24 mins
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The youngest warlock to ever wield lightning, 14-year-old Anna Atticus Stone dreams of attending the prestigious Academy of Arcane Arts. Except her life is a mess. She's friendless, her older sister keeps knocking her teeth out, and her parents constantly argue.
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On the fence
- By Tracey M. Bare on 03-05-22
By: Sever Bronny
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What Angels Fear
- Sebastian St. Cyr, Book 1
- By: C. S. Harris
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then a beautiful young woman is found savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient church near Westminster Abbey. A dueling pistol found at the scene and the damning testimony of a witness both point to one man - Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a brilliant young nobleman shattered by his experience in the Napoleonic Wars.
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An Addictive Series
- By Bibliophile1963 on 10-17-16
By: C. S. Harris
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The Dragon Waiting
- By: John M. Ford
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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In a snowbound inn high in the Alps, four people meet who will alter fate. A noble Byzantine mercenary.... A female Florentine physician.... An ageless Welsh wizard.... And Sforza, the uncanny duke. Together they will wage an intrigue-filled campaign against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester - and make him Richard III.
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Read not listen.
- By Anna Marie on 08-08-21
By: John M. Ford
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Rise of the Shadow Rogue
- By: Mike Truk
- Narrated by: Ryan West
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
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Betrayal cuts deepest when someone you love wields the knife. For Kellik, a once-rising star of Port Gloom's guild of thieves, it also leaves him floating in the bay, bleeding out and without hope or allies. Saved by an urchin and healed by a disgraced saint, Kellick is consumed by a single desire: to find out why his guild master ordered him cut down moments after passing his initiation trial. Burning with injustice, Kellik recruits a number of gorgeous rogues to his side: fallen assassins, dark elf witches, and unnervingly polite necromancers.
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not the harem book I expected, in a good way.
- By Jeffrey on 04-30-19
By: Mike Truk
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Incursion
- The Necromancer's Key, Book 1
- By: Mitchell Hogan
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
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Seventeen years have passed since the Necromancer Queen Talia was overthrown and slain, and her capital city destroyed by the Knights of the Order of Eternal Vigilance. Anskar DeVantte, raised in the sacred disciplines of the Order, is now ready to face the brutal initiation trials to become a consecrated knight-sorcerer. But the further Anskar rises in the ranks the more his faith wavers. As troubling powers awaken within him, a schism grows between Anskar and his hallowed Order, and he draws the hungry gaze of the vanquished queen’s fanatical followers.
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Michael Kramer!
- By Momof3inSLC on 07-24-20
By: Mitchell Hogan
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Blood of the City
- By: Robin D. Laws
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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Luma is a half-elven druid who can read city streets like a book. Together, she and her siblings form one of Magnimar's most infamous mercenary companies, solving problems for the city's elite. Yet when a job gone wrong lands Luma in the fearsome prison called the Hells, it's only the start of Luma's problems. For a new web of bloody power politics is growing in Magnimar...
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Excellent story in a fantasy setting I adore.
- By Dtrapp on 12-05-18
By: Robin D. Laws
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The Tethered Mage
- Swords and Fire, Book 1
- By: Melissa Caruso
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
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In the Raverran Empire, magic is scarce and those born with power are strictly controlled - taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon Army. Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate, hiding her mage-mark and thieving to survive. But hers is a rare and dangerous magic, one that threatens the entire empire. Lady Amalia Cornaro was never meant to be a Falconer. Heiress and scholar, she was born into a treacherous world of political machinations. But fate has bound the heir and the mage. War looms on the horizon....
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A hollow, but enjoyable read
- By Maia Czwornog on 09-15-20
By: Melissa Caruso
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The Prof Croft Series
- Books 0-4 (Prof Croft Box Sets, Book 1)
- By: Brad Magnarella
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 34 hrs and 17 mins
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Join scholar and spell-caster Everson Croft in this five-book urban fantasy set, from the discovery of his magic in the prequel novella, Book of Souls, to his battle against a mind-warping evil in the shocking finale, Death Mage.
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Plagiarize much?
- By robyn K on 04-26-21
By: Brad Magnarella
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City of the Fallen Sky
- By: Tim Pratt
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Once a student of alchemy with the dark scholars of the Technic League, Alaeron fled their arcane order when his conscience got the better of him, taking with him a few strange devices of unknown function. Now in hiding in a distant city, he's happy to use his skills creating minor potions and wonders - at least until the back-alley rescue of an adventurer named Jaya lands him in trouble with a powerful crime lord.
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Two stories in one
- By Kirk MacNeil on 10-18-15
By: Tim Pratt
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Time's Children
- By: D.B. Jackson
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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Fifteen-year-old Tobias Doljan, a Walker trained to travel through time, is called to serve at the court of Daerjen. The sovereign, Mearlan IV, wants him to Walk back 14 years to prevent a devastating war that will destroy all of Islevale. Even though the journey will double Tobias' age, he agrees. But when he arrives, he discovers that Mearlan has already been assassinated, and his court, destroyed. The only survivor is the infant princess. Still a boy inside his newly adult body, Tobias must find a way to protect the princess from assassins and build himself a future...in the past.
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Love this!
- By Julie K. on 09-03-20
By: D.B. Jackson
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Low Town
- A Novel
- By: Daniel Polansky
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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Drug dealers, hustlers, brothels, dirty politics, corrupt cops...and sorcery. Welcome to Low Town. In the forgotten back alleys and flophouses that lie in the shadows of Rigus, the finest city of the Thirteen Lands, you will find Low Town. It is an ugly place, and its champion is an ugly man. Disgraced intelligence agent. Forgotten war hero. Independent drug dealer. After a fall from grace five years ago, a man known as the Warden leads a life of crime, addicted to cheap violence and expensive drugs.
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Noir and fantasy walk into a bar...
- By Reviews by L on 12-16-15
By: Daniel Polansky
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The Devil and the Dark Water
- By: Stuart Turton
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
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It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent. But no sooner are they out to sea than devilry begins to blight the voyage. A twice-dead leper stalks the decks. Strange symbols appear on the sails. Livestock is slaughtered. And then three passengers are marked for death, including Samuel. Could a demon be responsible for their misfortunes?
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A decent yarn
- By Molly on 10-16-20
By: Stuart Turton
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- Anonymous User
- 09-07-19
Supernatural Horror, Delectable Pacing
I thoroughly enjoyed this title - Simon Vance is an excellent narrator as always!
A slow, secret build up of bloody murder, supernatural intrigue and fairly well written (and somewhat subversive) sex scenes. The characterisation at the start might cause a wince, but all the main characters grow on you, and the minor ones are well voiced.
If you enjoyed The Aching God, definitely give this a stab.
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- 09-07-19
Started slow ended great
At first I wasn’t sure I’d like it however it turned out that it’s one of the best I’ve ever read. I’m old I’ve read thousands of fantasy books. I started reading them in 1973 while in the Marines in San Diego after getting back from the jungle. Thanks
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- Marlon
- 09-01-19
A great start
I'll have to say this is a great start to a storyline that has mystery, Magic and Technology all in one. The characters are a lot more developed than I thought they would be but the one thing I found to be bothersome was some of the glaring hints that were left behind that weren't picked up on by the characters. If those issues are fixed I think this will be one for the ages. I am looking forward to the next book and hoping the story continues to get better.
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- Jbrit
- 05-22-21
Engaging
This is a classic storyline with great details. If you're wanting a story to keep you interested this is it.
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- Wes
- 09-14-19
Great occult book!
Great book and narration. If you like occult mystery/fantasy/steam punk books I highly recommend. Also not childish meant for adults.
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- BubbaTree
- 10-15-19
Why
I’ll never understand the need to switch to vulgarity and sex with the fantasy world. It is a well written book but leave the sex out there’s no reason for it and it’s just dumb to include it.
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- golddustmommy
- 10-22-19
I never give 5 stars ...
But this story was superb. There was a some sexual content that some might not appreciate, and I was a bit taken aback by it initially, but it led to character development which I think was important in the end. I just figured I’d give people a heads up.
I honestly can’t wait for the sequel to come out. Simon Vance was as awesome as he always is. They better get him to read the sequel. It just wouldn’t be right without him. He’s literally perfect for this story.
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- CPC
- 08-08-19
Great Mix of Adventure and Mystery
Loved the story and the performance. Simon Vance has the perfect voice for this and does his usual excellent work. It's a little bit murder mystery, a little bit high seas adventure, a little bit drunken bar brawl, a little bit epic fantasy, and a lot of fun. I really loved the interactions between Oliver & Sam and can't wait to hear more about them. There is a good bit of sex in the story, so be aware of that if you're coming from the author's Benjamin Ashwood series. I thought it made things more exciting, though, so if that doesn't bother you then jump in with both feet!
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- Jake
- 10-16-19
Meh, Just Meh
I actually bailed with about 2 hours remaining. Too many glaring plot holes made it impossible to care about the ridiculous characters.
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- Julie Snow
- 05-20-20
the sex was annoying...
You can tell the smut was only there to up the page count. I found myself extremely frustrated by it because almost all of the sex felt forced and random. The worst part is the this would have been a five star book had the soft porn been cut out. Nevertheless, when the characters aren't attempting to get in each other's pants the plot was truly enjoyable. I guess I'm trying to say I hope book two will be more plot focused
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