Dark fantasy Books

Surviving torture and certain death, Wren now faces a different challenge closer to home. She's spent months in captivity with Thad, who appears to have embraced his half-breed status and joined up with the demons. Not only that, but he's become...

Anger will not be quenched by blood alone.The Missing, a rebel army that is little more than a rumor, may be Kaylo's only path to exact his vengeance against the empire that claimed his home and killed his family. If it means a chance to balance the...

A diverse melange of micro-fictions, from 4.80 to 950 wordseach. Lives in miniature. Bonsai novels . A man wins his dream vacation to Omaha, a woman dies, a child drives a maniac bus, a student pushes the limits of algebra, old women play checkers, it...

I thought once we released the curse, I'd only have one enemy to contend with.Wrong.The queen lives. Not only that, but she knowingly hid herself from me and the rest of this kingdom until the moment the curse was broken. Now she is back, and her desires...

Rogan-the aging, jaded barbarian who gave up his throne-painfully realizes that his most storied childhood heroes are fading into antiquity, becoming mere ballads in the eyes of the younger warriors. And he might be next.He stops at the hometown of his...

Abducted from Earth at a young age, Gage hacked out a living as a thief before being forced into a life of assassination. He became one of the best but finally retired to a life of peace and love. But old scores are never truly settled and it's not so...

Chaos descends on the Between as demons take control. But Heather Billot has stopped running. After discovering a rebellion brewing among the shadow creatures, Heather tries to unite forces and strengthen her pale army with unexpected allies. But, caught...

"Series fans will be delighted to revisit Marr's colorful cast" (Publisher's Weekly on Cursed By Death). Return to the world of Graveminder, Goodreads Choice Winner for Best Horror Novel in this stand-alone Graveminder novel that Publisher's Weekly calls...

A century ago, one Priestess left for the surface world. She vanished. This is her story.Irrwaer is an acolyte serving the Priestesses, yet she lacks the consuming urges which drive their ambitions. She would rather stay small, quiet, and avoid the...

Dare to explore the darkest Elven tales where sunlight never touches.Etaski's dark fantasy epic, Sister Seekers, begins underground with its denizens living and dying in eternal night. A novice Red Sister leads us through much of the...

I've confronted the half-blood mercenary who can help find my sister, wherever she may be. Neither of us will leave until we reach a bargain which yields what we most desire. The Dragonchild has brought me into a city he knows to its...

I escape into a twisted wilderness with a stolen relic protecting me from madness. Behind me is the mysterious stalker from across the plains. He's caught up to us. My sisters are out there somewhere out, and my unborn is here with me. Struggling to...

The helpless Noble I was once is no more. I am Red Sister Sirana, watching my city from the shadows. Once silent and disposable, I've found my place among the Sisterhood of Sivaraus, coarse, crude, and stirring to my blood. In crimson uniform I...

My sister deserved to die, but I didn't kill her. The infamous Sisterhood couldn't care less. It's the perfect excuse to make their move.My name is Sirana. I am a young Noble trapped in a most wretched spot: accused of assassinating my sister, the...

The Storm BuildsEtan Griffith loves his life in Chicago, far from his native Blue Ridge Mountains.Alex Collins escaped Wisconsin to a career he loves, in a city that welcomes him more than his own family.Both seek the missing piece to their puzzle...

Mark Hersch’s life changed for the better when he met Beth Azen. Except for those long drives from Richmond to Hartstown, Virginia, to see her.Mark jumps at a surprise trip for a routine investigation of a polluted stream, never expecting anything...

In the glittering, steam-driven high society of Waldron’s Gate, no one needs to dream.Karl Gilmore spends his days caring for people with broken minds. The Dream Thief fulfills twisted fantasies.The seductive lure of irresistible power...

An innocent girl, a vampire, an old lady, a ghost, and a werewolf must combine their talents to defeat an evil billionaire and his hired professional killer…In Night Home: the Vampire Next Door Book 1, the fact that vampires truly exist was almost...

Magic levies a steep price on anyone brave enough or stupid enough to dabble in it.Wizards never forgave Ned for not being one of them. They didn’t exactly come out and say his life was expendable, but they didn’t have to. He figured it out...

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Time is an ouroboros Fate has long tortured Pandora and her kin. After years of travails she will soon reach a final decision. If she cannot cut through the Tapestry of Fate, she will instead cut down its weavers.Meanwhile, Kirke finds herself...

Exiled princess of a taken empire, Abigail Winter must take up her birth right. Abbigail is running and fighting for survival. She must survive no matter the cost.Can she reunite her people and take back her empire before her foes end her?If...

Weird space holds a dire fateCarina Lin has defeated dark mages, hostile aliens, and evil smugglers to bring her family halfway across the galaxy in her search for Earth.But more obstacles stand in her way.A strange star system awaits them en route,...

Rachaela has never known her father – he was a taboo subject as far as her mother was concerned. All Rachaela’s mother had ever said was ‘Keep away from the Scarabae’, her father’s tribe. Were they bad people, or simply...

Now that humankind is on the edge of extinction and the androgynous Wraeththu have inherited the earth, hara have developed their own spiritual systems, often based upon ancient beliefs that developed when humanity had been closer to the earth.For Songs...

The world of Carn is aflame with war. Six Outlanders, once ordinary college students, have been thrust into an exotic world of intrigue, betrayal and brutality. Now flung to the four corners of this strange world, they must rely on their wit...

Lane Webster's inner dialogue, (ID), narrates this story. The narrator is at his cynical best, taking the reader on adventures of the characters involved. A tale of good versus evil... A story of magic. Seven humans unknowingly share something that...

This stabby nominated, SPFBO7 semi-finalist The Ringlander Series is a fast-paced, epic fantasy adventure full of games, grit and magic.When there is something you can't or won't do yourself, you get a bastard to do it for you. They are thieves, cheats,...

The world of Naeisus hangs on the fragile precipice of centuries of war and discord.The five races-greed in their ravenous eyes-lust after six shards of immense power that, when combined, form the divine Yultah Crystal. With a pure heart and an impulsive...

What does it mean to pursue a dream?Lucifer Armedeus stares down towards a group of human protesters, knowing that they've all but condemned his race, dreaming of destroying the Divinity that created them.And becoming the new god of his world.Newman is...

When a witch is under a spell, just what is she to do?"So she thinks she can just kill my brother Kane and get away with it, huh? I'll show her! It's okay she'll never see me coming! I'll come at her with everything I have!" Ronald O'Kutte, the...

 "Do you know what lurks inside a witch's heart? I do.""I'm Astrid, raven turned man companion of formidable witch, Lady Isra. I will do anything to protect her. I've cloaked our home so not a soul can find it.""Then there's the girl, Contessia...

"They say once you go dark, you don't go back. That remains true for me." "I'm Lady Isra, the most ferocious villain in the land or so I hear. The people say a lot about me. They say I am heartless, cold and wicked. But they don't know what made me this...

Those drawn to the dark side don't always start out that way. There is always a trigger that sends them into that vile world. It turns out that Lady Isra of the Dark didn't always reside in the shadows. She too, had a light side as you will soon discover...

Isra has just awakened from Ronald O'Kuttes evil spell but now she knows all about Astrid's betrayal. Needless to say, things are strained between them but Isra knows his loyalties are to her. James comes to visit Astrid which puts him on shaky ground...

Isra has come of age at nineteen. Astrid has been banished from Shambre Fell and is destined to remain as a raven for all eternity, but little do the light folk know he's still keeping a close eye on Isra. Isra meets the enchanting lovable rogue Alan in...

Isra now walks in the shadows since giving her heart up to the darkness. She finds herself gloating when Everilda shows up but Everilda has her own journey of darkness unbeknownst to Isra when the demonic sorceress Rhiannon reveals a secret that could...

Demetrius Raske strikes a deal with the Devil to stop a monster stalking the city, but he may have unleashed another villain entirely...The Capital of the United League of Nations glitters like jewels on a dame's neck-a city of wicked splendor and...

An intense and historical fantasy from the JAN 2016 Outstanding Paranormal/Supernatural Book of the Year author. In, The Damned Reflections trilogy, Julian M. Coleman weaves a harsh, paranormal saga filled with betrayals, sacrifices, and bloodshed...

What is more deadly: a power you cannot control, or falling for someone you cannot have? Born with unnatural white hair and afflicted with a mysterious illness, Mae Mordaunt's life feels like an inescapable curse. Attacked by the man her cruel father...

Control can either be lost or taken.Ara finds herself locked in the prince's rooms and she wants answers. All of them. But when she doesn't like what she hears, she storms out and begins another journey. Only this time, she's got a prince...

--Epic fantasy for women of stone--Oaths of the heart are not easily broken.Princes Emerald was robbed of that which is most sacred, and surviving her tragic past is a constant struggle. She kept the loss of her virtue a secret in an attempt to maintain...

Ghosts and weird mourners, horrible teenagers and disgraceful instructors. Haunted prisoners and sea folk taken from the shore. H. Pueyo's evocative writing takes notice that the dead, like memories, are often closer than we think, and the guilty are...

It's 1885 and a drunk and rage-filled Nigel Pickford breaks up a phony medium's séance. A strange twist of fate soon finds him part of a team investigating the afterlife. The Eidola Project is an intrepid group of explorers dedicated to...

The ancient, sinister castle located in the isolated Welsh countryside is no mere heap of dead stones. It quivers with an evil life of its own. Sinister powers are reaching through the castle gateway from somewhere out beyond--evil, menacing Old Gods...

Centuries ago ten powerful vampire gods first walked the earth; their blood thirst knew no boundaries. The destruction of mankind was inevitable. Recognizing their weakness, they selected twelve wise human beings to transform with their godly blood...