Fantasy fiction

  • The hundred thousand kingdoms

    Creator

    Jemisin, N. K.

    Abstract

    In this brilliantly original debut fantasy, a young woman becomes entangled in a power struggle of mythic proportions. Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky. There, to her shock, Yeine is named an heiress to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with cousins she never knew she had.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Not specified
  • The heir

    Creator

    Cass, Kiera

    Abstract

    Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has enchanted readers from the very first page. In this fourth romantic novel, follow Illéa's royal family into a whole new Selection--and find out what happens after happily ever after. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon's heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story ...

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperAudio

    Not specified
  • The golden compass : His dark materials, book 1

    Creator

    Pullman, Philip

    Abstract

    When Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon decide to spy on a presentation her uncle, the commanding Lord Asriel, is making to the elders of Jordan College they have no idea that they will become witnesses to an attempted murder, and even less that they are taking the first steps in a journey that will lead them into danger and adventure unlike anything Lyra's unfettered imagination has conjured up. Though she has been reised at the college in an atmosphere of benign neglect that has allowed her to become a half-wild child of the streets, Lyra soon finds herself apprenticed to the elegant Mrs.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group

    Not specified
  • The god of lost words

    Creator

    Hackwith, A. J.

    Abstract

    To save the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, former librarian Claire and her allies may have to destroy it first. Claire, the rakish Hero, the angel Rami, and the muse turned librarian Brevity have accomplished the impossible by discovering the true nature of unwritten books. But now that the secret is out, Hell will be coming for every wing of the library in its quest for power.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Random House Digital

    Not specified
  • The girl in the tower : The winternight trilogy, book 2

    Creator

    Arden, Katherine

    Abstract

    A remarkable young woman blazes her own trail, from the backwoods of Russia to the court of Moscow, in the exhilarating sequel to Katherine Arden's bestselling debut novel, The Bear and the Nightingale. Katherine Arden's enchanting first novel introduced readers to an irresistible heroine. Vasilisa has grown up at the edge of a Russian wilderness, where snowdrifts reach the eaves of her family's wooden house and there is truth in the fairy tales told around the fire.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Random House Audio

    Not specified
  • The gilded cage

    Creator

    Noni, Lynette

    Abstract

    Kiva trades one cage for another when she leaves behind a deadly prison for a deceptive palace in this dark and dangerous sequel to The Prison Healer, which Sarah J. Maas called "a must-read."Kiva Meridan is a survivor. She survived not only Zalindov prison, but also the deadly Trial by Ordeal. Now Kiva's purpose goes beyond survival to vengeance. For the past ten years, her only goal was to reunite with her family and destroy the people responsible for ruining their lives. But now that she has escaped Zalindov, her mission has become more complicated than ever.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    [Boston]

    HarperAudio

    Not specified
  • The gate of gods

    Creator

    Wells, Martha

    Abstract

    Tremaine Valiarde and a small, brave band of heroes ventured into a wondrous new realm on their desperate mission to save Ile-Rien from the conquering Gardier. Now, as a relentless enemy creates chaos and destruction-with the fate of the magical city of Lodun hanging in the balance-the last hope of a land besieged may rest on the far side of a secret portal. But the doorway leads to a mysterious ruin hidden behind the awesome Gate of Gods-and to perils that dwarf anything Tremaine and her allies could have possibly imagined ...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Old Saybrook, Conn.]

    Tantor Media

    Not specified
  • Captains & conspiracies

    Creator

    Glatt, Jane

    Abstract

    Dagrun and her Intelligencer friends have survived the winter, but spring does not bring safety. The mastermind behind the plot against the Fair Seas Alliance is still at large, and the assassin Rahm is playing his own game that may have far-reaching consequences.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Tyche Books Ltd.

    Not specified
  • Pirating pups

    Abstract

    Enter a world of Barking Buccaneers, where piratical dogs sail the seas, seeking one tail-chasing adventure after another. Featuring thirteen daring "tails" of dogs, puns, and fun.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    Tyche Books Ltd.

    Not specified