30 Best YA Sword and Sorcery Books
Massive, savage soldiers slaying an entire field of foes with their swords. A helpless, captive humanity has to be freed from the evil wizards they must confront. Gorgeous princesses that require protection from the malevolent wizards stated earlier. Roguish robbers whose greed prevents them from staying out of trouble.
Although some readers may find these cliches old-fashioned, there’s a reason they’re still relevant today.
Never let it be argued, nevertheless, that the sub-genre of sword and sorcery cannot develop. Though the cliches may persist, writers haven’t stopped contributing their own perspectives. Modern sword and sorcery fantasy novels have something for everyone, regardless of whether they stay close to the tried and true or venture into some deviation. The reader only needs to be adventurous and tolerant of occasional violence.
Here are 30 sword and sorcery books to pique your interest, ranging from the classics that invented the genre to contemporary works for today’s readers.
- 1. Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy)
- 2. Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth
- 3. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
- 4. Divine Rivals: A Novel (Letters of Enchantment Book 1)
- 5. The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air Book 2)
- 6. Powerful: A Powerless Story
- 7. Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment Book 2)
- 8. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orisha, 3)
- 9. The Darkness Within Us
- 10. Skyshade (The Lightlark Saga Book 3)
- 11. The Folk of the Air
- 12. Nightbane (The Lightlark Saga Book 2)
- 13. The Blood of Olympus
- 14. Underworld – Level Up or Die: A LitRPG Series
- 15. Charm (Crave Book 5)
- 16. Rebel Witch (The Crimson Moth)
- 17. The Shadows Between Us
- 18. What the River Knows: A Novel
- 19. Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha, 1)
- 20. The Cruel Prince: Collector's Edition (Folk of the Air, 1)
- 21. A Deal with the Elf King: A Stand Alone Fantasy Romance
- 22. The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air Book 3)
- 23. A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes Book 4)
- 24. What Once Was Mine-A Twisted Tale
- 25. Redwall
- 26. Underworld – Through the Belly of the Beast: A LitRPG Series
- 27. Murtagh: The World of Eragon
- 28. Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha, 2)
- 29. Fable (The World of the Narrows, 1)
- 30. Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, 2)
Best Sword and Sorcery Books
1. Reckless (The Powerless Trilogy)
In this highly anticipated sequel to the epic romantic fantasy trilogy, which is brimming with hot tension and suspenseful betrayal, Paedyn and Kai struggle with duty and passion.
Ilya’s kingdom is in disarray.
Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray killed the King and ignited a resistance movement across the country after surviving the Purging Trials. She was running to this person, but now she was fleeing away from him.
Now serving as Ilya’s enforcer, Kai Azer is devoted to his brother Kitt, the incoming King. He has promised to track down Paedyn and prosecute her.
Kai follows the one person he wishes he didn’t have to, across the lethal Scorches and far into the hostile city of Dor. However, in a city devoid of Elites, the hunter-hunter dynamic changes, and the conflict between duty and passion is lethal.
2. Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth
Blood flowed through the streets that night, the night Rune’s life stood still. Now, following a catastrophic revolution, witches have been reduced from strong leaders to outcasts who are mercilessly hunted because of their diminishing powers, and Rune is forced to conceal who she is.
Rune spends her days feigning to be a shallow young socialite, and her evenings taking on the role of the witch vigilante Crimson Moth, who saves her species from oblivion.
After an unsuccessful rescue attempt, she chooses to court the attractive Gideon Sharpe, a renowned and unforgiving witch hunter who is devoted to the revolution, in an attempt to confuse the witch hunters and obtain the information she so urgently needs. However, she can’t help but fall in love with him.
Gideon despises the superficiality and extravagance that Rune embodies, but he pretends to woo her back and ingratiates himself into her social circles after discovering that the Crimson Moth has been smuggling outlaw witches from the republic via Rune’s merchant ships.
He quickly discovers that beneath her outward show of beauty lies a compassionate and fiercely brilliant person who feels like a wonderful fit for him. But what if she is the extremely bad guy he has been pursuing?
Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli is an exciting preface to The Crimson Moth duology, a romantic fantasy tale in which falling in love is the only thing more dangerous than being a witch.
3. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
He has been hunting her for his entire life.
She has been pretending to be him her entire life.
In the kingdom of Ilya, only the extraordinaryโthe powerful, the Elitesโhave a place. The Plague bestowed upon these Elites the talents they have possessed for decades, albeit not all of them were lucky enough to survive the illness and obtain the benefits. Ordinary people are simply thatโordinary.
Furthermore, Paedyn Gray became a felon by fate and a thief by necessity when the monarch ordered that all Ordinaries be deported in order to maintain his Elite society.
As Paedyn is more aware than most, being an Ordinary in the slums is not an easy feat. Paedyn, who has been raised by her father to be extremely perceptive, pretends as a psychic in the bustling city and does her best to blend in with the Elites in order to avoid difficulty. Easier said than done, though.
Paeydn is thrust into the Purging Trials after she unknowingly saves one of Ilya’s princes. The severe competition serves as a display for the powers possessed by the Elites, which Paedyn does not. The prince she is fighting affections for will murder her if the Trials and the enemies they contain don’t kill her. After all, he will realize that she is nothing special.
4. Divine Rivals: A Novel (Letters of Enchantment Book 1)
Two young rival journalists who fall in love thanks to a supernatural bond have to battle their way through the depths of hell and a gods’ war to seal their doom.
The gods are at battle once more after sleeping for centuries. However, Iris Winnow, who is eighteen, merely wants to keep her family together. Her brother is missing from the front lines, and her mother battles addiction. Her greatest chance is to get promoted to columnist at the Oath Gazette.
In an attempt to distract herself from her anxieties, Iris writes letters to her brother and hides them under her wardrobe door, where they disappear and end up in the hands of Roman Kitt, her chilly but attractive competition at the paper. He writes Iris back in secret, and the two of them create a bond that will accompany Iris to the front lines of conflictโfor love, the future of humanity, and her brother.
5. The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air Book 2)
You have to have the strength to hit repeatedly without getting tired. The first thing to learn is to strengthen oneself.
Jude has to protect her brother after the shocking discovery that Oak is the heir to Faerie. She has made herself the power behind the throne in order to accomplish this, binding the evil king Cardan to her. It would be challenging enough to navigate Faerie’s ever-changing political ties, even if Cardan were an easy target.
But even as his fascination with her doesn’t go away, he does everything he can to degrade and undermine her.
To keep control as a mortal in a Faerie realm, Jude must find the traitor and overcome her complex feelings for Cardan when it becomes painfully obvious that someone close to her intends to betray her, endangering the lives of everyone she loves.
6. Powerful: A Powerless Story
Paedyn and Adena were always meant to be together. Their bond insured that they would always look out for each other and the house they constructed in the Loot slum, even though fate had brought them together when they were young. However, Paedyn, an Ordinary, has now been chosen to participate in the Purging Trials, which nearly guarantees his demise.
With no one to help her, Adena is on her own in Loot. She tries to steal, but a weird man from the market saves her. Mak stands out from the other low-level Elites of Loot due to his mysterious past and enigmatic power. Additionally, the journey puts the pair’s love, loyalty, and lives to the test as they work together to visit their loved ones before the Trials.
7. Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment Book 2)
Iris Winnow came home from the front lines two weeks ago, sad and battered, but the conflict is far from over. Oath remains a city of ignorance and delusion, and Roman has vanished from sight.
It’s only a matter of time until the fight reaches a city that is unprepared and disintegrating beneath the chancellor’s dominion, so when Iris and Attie are offered another chance to report on Dacre’s actions, they seize it and journey westward once more despite the danger.
Roman has not been able to recall his past since awakening below in Dacre’s domain. Though unsure of his role in the larger context of the conflict, Roman starts writing articles for Dacre after being assured that his memories will return eventually. Roman is first suspicious and then interested when a mysterious letter appears by the closet door.
Roman, when he begins writing to his enigmatic pen friend, will eventually have to choose between sticking with Dacre and betraying the deity who restored him. Furthermore, as the days get progressively darker and drive Roman and Iris closer together, they will have to risk everythingโincluding their futures and heartsโin order to turn the tide of the conflict.
8. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orisha, 3)
Zรฉlie believed her conflicts were over when she took control of the royal palace that fatal night. At last, the monarchy had collapsed. The maji had reappeared. Zรฉlie never imagined that she would be stranded on a foreign ship and in a cage. She and her people are now being trafficked across the oceans, far from their birthplace, by warriors wearing iron skulls.
Then everything changes when Zรฉlie meets King Baldyr, the Skulls’ ruler and her real captive who has destroyed countless civilizations in search of her. In an attempt to use Zรฉlie’s strength, Baldyr sends Zรฉlie, Amari, and Tzain to explore foreign territories in search of allies.
However, as Baldyr approaches, disaster rages throughout Orรฏsha’s coast. Zรฉlie needs to use every ounce of strength to defeat her last foe and save her people before the Skulls completely destroy them.
9. The Darkness Within Us
The victor is Chrysantha Stathos. She became a wealthy duchess by disguising her ambition and intelligence as a charming, air-headed girl. Additionally, she will have all the independence, wealth, and security she has ever desired after her aging spouse passes away.
That is, she believed. To take Chrysantha’s inheritance, a man posing as the estranged grandchild of her late, lecherous husband has shown there. Her younger sister is putting the spotlight on her and making things worse.
The only thing left to do, resolves Chrysantha, is to outdo Alessandra at her own wedding. And this grandson is out of here. It doesn’t matter that he has unknown powers, is incredibly attractive, and keeps to himself. No, Chrysantha does not want Eryx Demos alive, and a Stathos girl always gets her way.
10. Skyshade (The Lightlark Saga Book 3)
“Love destroys kingdoms”
Isla is in shock following a vicious battle and the terrible facts it revealed back at Grim’s fortress on Nightshade. Now, her destiny and the fate of the entire universe depend on a broken heart.
Isla from before, who fell in love with the Nightshade king, struggles to control her emotions since she views them as treacherous. Seeing the destruction her abilities can bring about, the Isla of the Present is willing to go to any lengths to preserve Lightlark and its ruler.
Isla is even more determined than before to decipher the last prophesy of the oracle and alter her tragic destiny as the line between friend from foe is tested. But a tempest is on its way. And with it came a long-buried horror beyond anything the realms had ever had to deal with.
Isla Crown will either save the world or destroy it, as the time is ticking on her destiny and the existence of two warring kingdoms rests on the strength of her own broken heart.
11. The Folk of the Air
Naturally, I aspire to emulate them. As stunning as swords forged in heavenly fire. They have eternal life.
Furthermore, Cardan is even more exquisite than the others. I detest him the most out of all of them. Sometimes I can barely breathe when I look at him because I detest him so much.
Jude and her two sisters were abducted to live in the perilous High Court of Faerie when Jude was seven years old, following the murder of her parents. Even though Jude is dying, ten years later, all she wants is to fit in. However, a great number of fey hate humans. In particular, Prince Cardan, the High King’s youngest and most malevolent son.
She must oppose him and accept the penalties if she wants to be admitted to the Court.
By doing this, she finds herself entangled in the plots and deceptions of the palace and realizes her own potential for violence. Jude will have to put her life in peril to form a risky alliance in order to preserve her sisters and Faerie itself, though, as civil war threatens to submerge the Courts of Faerie in bloodshed.
The Folk of the Air trilogy, written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, is a captivating tale of twists and turns as a young girl discovers the true meaning of power after becoming entangled in a web of royal faerie intrigue.
12. Nightbane (The Lightlark Saga Book 2)
Few people are aware of Isla Crown’s true beginnings, despite the fact that she has broken the curses that have afflicted the six realms for millennia and won the affection of two great rulers.
Following a heartbreaking betrayal, Isla is now desperate for diversion and avoids taking on her responsibilities as the recently appointed head of two distinct realms in favor of frequenting Lightlark’s alluring hangouts. Even worse, her fellow monarchs haven’t simply accepted defeat, and some people in Isla’s own ranks don’t think her rise to prominence was justified.
Isla has to balance her loyalty to her people against the desires of the most dangerous traitor of all: her own heart, as inevitable doom rushes near Lightlark and long-forgotten secrets start to come to light.
Following the exciting conclusion of the Centennial games, Alex Aster’s complex universe deepens, exploring Isla’s recollections of her past as her destiny veers toward two distinct outcomes.
13. The Blood of Olympus
The Argo II’s Greek and Roman crew members have advanced in their numerous missions, but they don’t appear to be any closer to vanquishing Gaea, the mother of the earth. All of her giants have risen, and they are more powerful than before. Before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea intends to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens, they must be stopped. To wake up, she needs their bloodโthe blood of Olympus.
The demigods’ visions of a horrific war at Camp Half-Blood are becoming more frequent. Octavian and his Roman legion from Camp Jupiter are nearly within striking range. The companions recognize that the massive monument belongs back on Long Island, where it might be able to prevent a war between the two camps, despite their want to transport it to Athens to use as a covert weapon.
The Argo II will travel eastward, and the Athena Parthenos westward. The gods are useless, still afflicted with multiple personality disorder. How can a small group of youthful demigods hope to survive in the face of Gaea’s army of formidable giants? They had no choice but to travel to Athens, despite the risks involved. They’ve already made far too many sacrifices. And it’s game over if Gaea wakes up.
14. Underworld – Level Up or Die: A LitRPG Series
After completing a VR game, Elorion returns to find a monster waiting for him. He is now at the mercy of a thousand-year-old succubus along with nineteen other students who have also been abducted, and he must make it through to the Underworld, a lost realm located beneath the surface of the planet.
With the power to use magic and grow in strength, he is bestowed with a deadline. Elevate Your Game or Perish!
15. Charm (Crave Book 5)
I can’t get enough of him.
I shouldn’t be shocked by anything after Katmere. include the reality that the Shadow Realm, a place outside of my own, exists. And yet here I am, trapped in this weird and perilous world with the most terrifying supernatural being aroundโHudson Vega, the monster other monsters dread. Despite being absurdly attractive and Jaxon’s brother, he is a real pain in my ass.
Whether we manage to escape before I murder him or run out of time is the question.
She’s taking my heart away.
Everyone knows, at least according to Grace, that I’m to blame for everything. However, I have a strong sense that Grace is trapping us and isn’t as human as she believes herself to be. We will now need to cooperate not just to live, but also to save everyone we have grown to consider family members.
since there is a connection between us. Something far more deadly and powerful than fear.
16. Rebel Witch (The Crimson Moth)
In this dramatic, passionate wrap-up to the New York Times bestselling Crimson Moth duology, the stakes are considerably higher.
A WITCH…
Rune Winters is on the run. Everyone wants her dead since she betrayed who she was to the enemy when the boy she loved, Gideon Sharpe, delivered her to them. Rune must to work with the vicious and dangerous Cressida Roseblood if she is to survive. Cressida needs Rune to help her take back the Republic and reestablish the Reign of Witches.
A WITCH HUNTERโฆ
Rune appears to have deceived Gideon more than once, since she has now betrayed him by siding with the witch that turned his life into a living hell. Gideon will not allow the Republic to return to the horrors of the past and succumb to the witches. All witches must perish to preserve this new world for which he battled, even Rune Winters.
AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE…
Gideon accepts Rune’s irresistible offer, and the two must work together to achieve risky objectives. The more time they spend together, the more Gideon comes to understand that his feelings for Rune aren’t as deep-seated as he had previously believed.
He must now make the horrible decision to either sacrifice the girl he loves to prevent a monster from regaining control or to let Rune live and watch the world he has battled so hard to save burn.
17. The Shadows Between Us
“The body of the first and only boy who crushed my heart has never been located. And they never will.
Alessandra is fed up with being disregarded, but she has a strategy to take charge:
1) Charm the Shadow King.
2) Tie the knot with him.
3) Execute him and seize his realm for herself.
The full scope of the recently anointed Shadow King’s power is unknown. Some claim he can make the swirling shadows around him obey his commands. Some claim they converse with him, muttering the ideas of his adversaries. In any case, Alessandra is determined to obtain what she deserves and will stop at nothing to achieve it.
It’s not just Alessandra, though, who is attempting to murder the king. She finds herself fighting not to lose her heart while attempts are made on his life in an attempt to keep him alive long enough for him to appoint her as his queen. Who better, after all, than a crafty, evil queen, for a Shadow King?
18. What the River Knows: A Novel
Isabel Ibaรฑez’s gorgeous, immersive historical fiction, What the River Knows, is a deadly race, full of adventure, rivalry between loves, and a scene where the Mummy confronts Death on the Nile. The story is set in ancient Egypt.
Bolivian-Argentine Like the rest of the world, Inez Olivera is a member of the glittering upper society of nineteenth-century Buenos Aires, a town steeped in old world enchantment that has mostly been forgotten or left behind. With the exception of her parents’ frequent departures from home, Inez has everything a girl could ever desire.
Inez inherits their enormous inheritance and a strange guardianโan archaeologist working with his Egyptian brother-in-lawโwhen she learns of their untimely deaths. With a golden ring her father left her to keep safe before he passed away and her sketch pads, Inez sets sail for Cairo, yearning for answers.
However, the ancient power connected to the ring draws her on a journey that leads her to realise there is more to her parents’ disappearance than what her guardian initially told her.
Inez has to rely on ancient magic to discover the truth about her parent’s disappearance because her guardian’s obnoxiously attractive assistant is constantly sabotaging her efforts. If she doesn’t, she runs the possibility of becoming a piece in a bigger plot that will ultimately murder her.
19. Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha, 1)
They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zรฉlie Adebola recalls a time when Orรฏsha’s land hummed with wonder. Zรฉlie’s mother, the Reaper, called forth souls, while burners sparked fires and tiders tempted waters.
However, everything changed, and the night magic vanished. Zรฉlie lost her mother and her people lost hope when maji were executed on a cruel king’s command.
Zรฉlie now has a single chance to overthrow the monarchy and resurrect magic. Zรฉlie has to outsmart and outpace the crown prince, who is determined to permanently banish magic, with the aid of a renegade princess.
Orรฏsha is a dangerous place, full of malevolent ghosts waiting in the waterways and predatory snow leoponaires. However, Zรฉlie herself might be the most threat given her inability to control her abilities and her developing love for an adversary.
20. The Cruel Prince: Collector’s Edition (Folk of the Air, 1)
Naturally, I aspire to emulate them. As stunning as swords forged in heavenly fire. They have eternal life.
Furthermore, Cardan is even more exquisite than the others. I detest him the most out of all of them. Sometimes I can barely breathe when I look at him because I detest him so much.
Jude and her two sisters were abducted to live in the perilous High Court of Faerie when Jude was seven years old, following the murder of her parents. Even though Jude is dying, ten years later, all she wants is to fit in. However, a great number of fey hate humans. In particular, Prince Cardan, the High King’s youngest and most malevolent son.
She must oppose him and accept the penalties if she wants to be admitted to the Court.
By doing this, she finds herself entangled in the plots and deceptions of the palace and realises her own potential for violence. Jude will have to put her life in peril to form a risky alliance in order to preserve her sisters and Faerie itself, though, as civil war threatens to submerge the Courts of Faerie in bloodshed.
21. A Deal with the Elf King: A Stand Alone Fantasy Romance
Wives and war are the two reasons the elves arrive. Their goal is death in both situations.
Before the treaty was forged, powerful races using wild magic hunted humans three millennia ago. A young woman from Luella’s community has now been chosen by the elves to be their Human Queen for generations.
The villagers view being selected as a sign of impending death. Luella, now nineteen, is thankful that she was able to flee when she was a young kid. Rather, she has devoted her life to learning about herbology and turning into the lone healer in the village.
That is, until the Elf King shows up out of the blueโฆ to get her.
All Luella believed to be true about her life and herself turned out to be false. Luella finds herself transported to a magical realm where she must assume the role of queen to an icy yet very attractive Elf King. Once there, she discovers that only her has the power to preserve a dying world.
Her home and people tug on one part of her heart, the wonderful country of Midscape tugs on another, but what would destroy her the most is a passion she never wanted.
22. The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air Book 3)
Gaining power is far simpler than maintaining it. Jude discovered this lesson when, in return for unfathomable power, she gave up authority over the evil monarch, Cardan.
Jude, the banished mortal Queen of Faerie, is helpless and still shaken by Cardan’s treachery. With a resolve to recover what he stole from her, she bides her time. Her twin sister Taryn, whose life is in danger, presents herself as an opportunity.
If Jude wants to save her sister, she has to face her lingering love for Cardan and take a chance by going back into the perilous Faerie Court. But Elfhame has changed since she departed. There is impending war. Jude becomes caught up in the brutal dynamics of the conflict when she sneaks past enemy lines.
And she is forced to choose between her ambition and her humanity when a curse that has been dormant but is nonetheless potent is awakened, causing terror throughout the entire country.
23. A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes Book 4)
Taking place just a few months after the events in A Reaper at the Gatesโฆ
The long-imprisoned jinn are back and causing murderous mayhem in both towns and rural. But the Nightbringer’s revenge on his adversaries in humanity is only the beginning.
Commandant Keris Veturia, standing at his side, accedes to the throne and demands the skulls of all those who oppose her. Number one on the list? The Blood Shrike with the rest of her clan.
Now aligned with the Blood Shrike, Laia of Serra is grieving the loss of her two closest companions. She descends into the Nightbringer’s devastation, determined to avert the impending catastrophe. She unlocks an ancient force in the process, which could bring her victory or unfathomable tragedy.
And the Soul Catcher, buried deep in the Waiting Place, wants nothing more than to forget the life and love he left behind. However, doing so entails ignoring the Nightbringer and his jinn’s murderous trail.
The Soul Catcher must search farther than his own territory in order to keep his word and save the world of humans from the paranormal. All that he knows could be destroyed or saved by the assignment he must undertake.
24. What Once Was Mine-A Twisted Tale
The good people of the kingdom search the field for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure their queen and her unborn child, desperate to preserve their lives. However, someone makes the mistake of picking the Moondrop blossom instead. The queen is healed by this glittering flower, and she gives birth to a healthy baby girl with hair as grey and silver as the moon.
But her enigmatic hair also gives her access to powerful magical abilities that can harm rather than heal. Mother Gothel, the strong goodwife, is entrusted with caring for Rapunzel while she is locked up in a tower for the kingdom’s protection.
Rapunzel is kept captive in her tower for eighteen years, knowing that she must keep her enchanted hair safe for everyone. She eventually makes the decision to leave the only house she has ever known in order to view the floating lights that emerge on her birthday, but she is swept up in an unexpected adventure with two thieves: Flynn Rider, a rogue on the run, and Gina, a would-be outlaw.
Rapunzel discovers there is much more to her tale, her miraculous hair, and her future than she ever imagined before she may meet her happily ever after.
25. Redwall
Greetings from Mossflower Wood, where the kind mice have gathered to commemorate a prosperous and peaceful year. Everything is good.Until a dark shadow sweeps across Redwall’s great stone abbey. Rumour has it that Cluny, the dreadful one-eyed rat with his barbaric army, is on his way! Cluny has made it his mission to take over Redwall Abbey!
The renowned Martin the Warrior’s missing sword holds the key to salvation for the beleaguered mice. The daring young apprentice’s epic journey begins hereโa brave mouse who would stand up and fight back.and establish himself as a legend.
26. Underworld – Through the Belly of the Beast: A LitRPG Series
Overcoming Lord Darius’s attack elevated Elorion to a new level. He will soon have to go from the Mistress’s Labyrinth to face the uncharted perils of the Underworld.
He has three options in front of him. Is it better for him to power level his fellow prisoners, absorb all the Blue Magic he can discover, or take on the bone palace by himself?
The Afterlife is poised to act.
27. Murtagh: The World of Eragon
The Dragon Rider Murtagh and his dragon, Thorn, are no longer secure in this realm. Now that the terrible monarch has been overthrown, they must deal with the fallout from their unwilling participation in his terror. They are now banished to the periphery of society, unloved and alone.
Sounds of brittle earth and a slight smell of brimstone drift across the area, and Murtagh gets the feeling that something evil is hiding in Alagaรซsia’s shadows. This marks the start of an incredible adventure into both known and unknown territories, where Murtagh and Thorn will need to employ every tool in their toolboxโfrom cunning to strengthโto locate and outwit an enigmatic witch. a witch who conceals a great deal of depth.
In this compelling book, one of the most well-known figures from Christopher Paolini’s hugely successful Inheritance Cycle franchise, a Dragon Rider tries to find his purpose in a world that has turned its back on him. Murtagh is the ideal novel to happily re-enter the World of Eragon or to read for the first time.
28. Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha, 2)
Zรฉlie and Amari have finally succeeded in restoring magic to the realm of Orรฏsha after fighting against the impossibly difficult odds. However, the ceremony was more potent than they had anticipated, rekindling the abilities of both maji and aristocrats descended from magicians.
Zรฉlie is currently fighting to bring the maji together in an Orรฏsha where their adversary is on par with their might. Zรฉlie, however, has to battle to uphold Amari’s right to the throne and shield the new maji from the monarchy’s fury as the military and royalty band together to maintain power over Orรฏsha.
Zรฉlie has reached a breaking point as a civil war is about to break out; she needs to find a solution to unite the kingdom or else watch as Orรฏsha falls apart.
29. Fable (The World of the Narrows, 1)
Greetings from a world turned perilous by the sea and those looking to take advantage of it. where a little girl struggling to survive in a society made for men must find her family and her place.
Fable, seventeen years old, has only ever known the sea as her home because she is the daughter of the most influential trader in the Narrows. Four years have passed since the night she saw her mother perish in a merciless storm.
Her father left her the following day on a fabled island populated mostly by robbers and lacking in food. She needs to learn to trust no one, keep to herself, and rely on the special abilities her mother gave her in order to survive.
Her determination to leave the island, locate her father, and assert her proper place next to him and his crew is the only thing that keeps her going. To accomplish this, Fable enlists the aid of West, a young trader, in order to get her off the island and towards her father across the Narrows.
But since she last saw her father, his rivalries and the risks associated with his trading business have only grown, and Fable quickly discovers that West isn’t who he seems. If they are to survive together, they will need to withstand more than just the dangerous storms that frequent the Narrows.
30. Daughter of the Siren Queen (Daughter of the Pirate King, 2)
At last, Alosa’s task is accomplished. She has not only found all three pieces of the map leading to a rumoured hidden treasure, but the pirates who first kidnapped her are now detained on her ship. First mate Riden, still incredibly handsome and surprisingly devoted, is a continual distraction, but he’s now following her orders.
She also finds immense solace in the knowledge that her father’s justice would soon be served on the evil Vordan.
Alosa and her crew are forced to compete against the fearsome Pirate King in a dangerous race after Vordan reveals a secret her father has been keeping for years. Since Alosa is the daughter of the Siren Queen, she is certain they will find the wealth before anybody else, even in the face of danger.
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