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THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This enthralling novel, inspired by the 2006 film, illustrates that fantasy is the sharpest tool to explore the terrors and miracles of the human heart You shouldn't come in here. You could get lost...

The much-anticipated stand-alone prequel to the bestselling Queen of the Tearling trilogy . . . A decadent kingdom . . . a descent into darkness . . . alliances forged under fire . . . a prophecy that will change the course of history . . . 'A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374536329Author Lian HearnFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Fsg OriginalsPublisher Fsg OriginalsWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 191mm * 127mm * 19mm

The Forest House tells of an era of upheaval and change. The Roman grip on their empire was slackening; the Druidic Order - far stronger that the tiny Christian sect - was itself in turmoil. Caught in the centre of the conflict is a young British girl of...

The Quicksilver Court continues the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and ambition, questioned loyalties and broken magic that began with The Obsidian Tower.Ryxander has failed. Unsealed by her blood, the Door hidden within the...

'Truly ex cellent fantasy' Locus on The Obsidian Tower The Ivory Tomb concludes the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and ambition, questioned loyalties and broken magic that began with The Obsidian Tower.The Dark Days have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Nebula Awards 2001.Book InformationISBN 9780441008292Author Patricia A. McKillipFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S...

The long-awaited return of the great master of horror. Mister B. Gone is Barker's shockingly bone-chilling discovery of a never-before-published demonic 'memoir' penned in the year 1438, when it was printed - one copy only - and then buried until now by...

From USA Today bestselling author comes an original, subversive fairytale about a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways, perfect for fans of Alix E. Harrow and Katharine Arden. There's a princess...

Available for the first time in paperback, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a significant role in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The Song of Middle-earth takes a fresh look at The Lord...

The third book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.History...

In the westernmost province of the Kingdom of the Isles, upon the world of Midkemia, an orphan kitchen boy named Pug was made apprentice to the magician Kulgan. Here starts an adventure that will span lifetimes and worlds. Discover where the...

Desperate for the next Game of Thrones? Prince of the Spear continues the Sunsurge Quartet and delivers a full-on fix of epic fantasy.The unthinkable has happened. With the Leviathan Bridge critically damaged and its towers unable to control the skies...

One day every hundred years, a town appears, its location and character different every time. It is home to the greatest miracle a man could imagine: a doorway to Heaven itself. The town's name is Wormwood, and it is due to appear on the 21st September...

It is 1918 and Dracula is commander-in-chief of the armies of Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war of the great powers in Europe is also a war between the living and the dead. As ever the Diogenes Club is at the heart of British Intelligence and Charles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952868016Author J D L RosellFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Jdl RosellPublisher Jdl RosellWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 21mm

The eighth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.Because,...

The life story of Belgararth the Sorcerer: his own account of the great struggle that went before the Belgariad and the Malloreon, when gods stills walked the land. Here is the full epic story of Belgarath, the great sorcerer learned in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952868047Author J D L RosellFormat PaperbackPage Count 458Imprint Jdl RosellPublisher Jdl RosellWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 26mm

The triumphant conclusion to both the Fall of Shannara series and the entire Shannara saga - a truly epic final adventure from the master of modern fantasy. As the Four Lands reels under the Skaar invasion, its defenders must decide what they will risk...

DEATH HAS COME TO AEMILIUS.It is the twentieth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius Caesar Augustus. The Empire spans the known world. No power is greater, and nothing can threaten the peace it brings. And no one must know of the horrors that haunt it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345477675Author Morgan LlywelynFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

The penultimate volume of the mighty Riftwar Cycle from best selling author Raymond E. Feist. War rages in Midkemia but behind the chaos there is disquieting evidence of dark forces at work. Jim Dasher's usually infallible...

Gloriana rules an Albion whose empire embraces America and most of Asia. A new Golden Age of peace, enlightenment and prosperity has dawned. Gloriana is Albion and Albion is Gloriana; if one falls, so too will the other. And Gloriana is oppressed by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781797653037Author Karl GantnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, this illustrated paperback of the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings...

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the extraordinary story of the final days of England's legendary hero, King Arthur. The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends...

Following his good fortune in Pazzio, Lawrence is confident that he is on the path to realizing his dream of becoming a town merchant. One ill-informed business decision, though, leaves him teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and ruin! With no assets to...

Two worlds bound by a pomegranate gateToba Peres can speak but she can't shout; she can walk but she can't run; and she can write in five languages... with both hands at the same time.Naftaly Cresques dreams every night of an orange-eyed stranger; when...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939681010Author Elizabeth CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780441013128Author Patricia BriggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

An intrepid young woman journeys across Victorian London and beyond in search of the truth behind the presumed death, and reappearance one icy evening, of her brother-in-law, in this gripping and mysterious gothic horror. Perfect for fans of The Haunting...

Nobleman sleuth Daidoji Shin returns for a brilliant new investigation deep in the Emerald Empire, in this exciting novel set in the fantastical world of Legend of the Five RingsDaidoji Shin, former louche layabout turned amateur investigator, and his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939681560Author E. CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing...

An epic historical adventure set in an alternate 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape. ...

INQUISITION is the latest thrilling novel from Sunday Times bestselling author David Gibbins. Jack Howard will be tested to his limits on the trail of the fabled Holy Grail. '[The] Da Vinci Code of the deep sea' Daily Express258As the blood of martyred...

Now in print for the very first time, this unmissable collection brings together seven short stories from the internationally bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series, and one special guest tale from somewhere completely different. **Includes brand-new...

The first book in an action-packed, poignant duology inspired by Nigerian mythology Demi just wants to survive: to avoid the suspicion of the nonmagical Ajes who occupy her ancestral homeland of Ife; to escape the King's brutal...

THE HOUSE OF THE DRAGON MEETS SUCCESSION IN AN EPIC REIMAGINING OF THE MAHABHARATA 'An unforgettable wild journey set in re-imagined Vedic India' SF Book Review 'Like Game of Thrones in an Indian alternative universe... exhilarating... heralds the...

Leo Carew's much-lauded UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY trilogy draws to its spellbinding conclusion...Albion continues to be divided by revolt and bloodshed, as alliances collapse and are made anew.Driven obsessively for glory, the upstart Bellamus and his...