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Enter the world of warriors and wizards, a world of swashbuckling heroes and violent conflict. The personal battle is the aim, and saving the world is not necessarily the goal. These are the action/adventure stories of the Fantasy genre.

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  • An orphaned boy learns that he is a powerful man's son, and that he also has power. Gavin Guile, the high priest and emperor, known as the Prism, has just learned that he has a son, and that son could tear his world apart.
    Book, 2010New York : Orbit, 2010. — SCIENCE FICTION WEEKS
  • Karigan G'ladheon was just suspended from school. On her way home she encounters a dying Green Rider, one of the King's magical messangers, on the road. He has a message that must get through to the King, and he charges Karigan with it, making her a…
    Paperback, 1998New York, NY : Daw Books : DAW Books distributed by Penguin Putnam, ©1998. — SCIENCE FICTION BRITAIN
  • Elric

    the Stealer of Souls

    Moorcock, Michael, 1939-
    A collection of stories featuring a bold hero Moorcock created to break with tradition and form a new kind of fantasy adventure.
    Book, 2008New York : Del Rey Ballantine Books, c2008. — SCIENCE FICTION MOORCOCK
  • Set in the Forgotten Realms universe. Dark elf Jarlaxle and human assassin Artemis are sent on a quest for magical books.
    Book, 2005Renton, WA : Wizards of the Coast : Distributed in the U.S. by Holtzbrinck Pub., c2005. — SCIENCE FICTION FORGOTTEN REALMS
  • Insane god-kings, disguises, double-crossing and sentient animals. The city-sized ship Chathrand sets sail in effort to make peace (by offering up a 16-year-old princess). Or maybe it's just another political gambit.
    Book, 2008New York : Del Rey-Ballantine Books, c2008. — SCIENCE FICTION REDICK
  • Wen is on personal quest for redemption after she failed to protect her King during a rebellion. Things start looking up when she saves a teen heiress from kidnapping and other things. . .
    Book, 2008New York : Ace Books, 2008. — SCIENCE FICTION SHINN
  • A collection of stories that put a whole new (often feminist) spin on the traditional portrayal of females in sword and sorcery tales.
    Book, 1995Riverdale, N.Y. : Baen ; New York : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c1995. — SCIENCE FICTION CHICKS
  • Isak sees very little future for himself. As a slave, he has few options, and his white eyes and temper don't help his prospect either. Everything changes when Aracnan, a sorcerer, hands him a scroll, and he learns that he is the focus of a…
    Book, 2008Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2008. — SCIENCE FICTION LLOYD
  • Although set in the same universe as Lackey’s Valdemar tales, the novels featuring Tarma and Kethry are not about Valdemar. The Oathbound tells of the exploits of Tarma, a swordswoman sworn to the service of her Goddess and the only survivor of her…
    Paperback, 1998New York : DAW Books, 1998, 1988. — PBRACK SCIENCE FICTION
  • Theft of Swords

    Volume One of the Riyria Revelations

    Sullivan, Michael J., 1961-
    No prophecies or long-lost heirs here. Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melborn are simply thieves and mercenaries who happen to be good guys. They steal from blackmailers, save a king by kidnapping him and protect a village from a monster. With…
    Book, 2011New York : Orbit, c2011. — SCIENCE FICTION SULLIVAN
  • A atmospheric quest for a missing Sceptre of Mercy. But first Lanius (bastard son of a king) and Grus (a leader of the royal navy) need to deal with the nobles.
    Book, 2003New York : Roc, c2003. — SCIENCE FICTION CHERNENKO
  • One part Robin Hood, one part Ocean's Eleven and completely intriguing in this tale of an audacious criminal and his band of confidence tricksters.
    Book, 2006New York : Bantam, c2006. — SCIENCE FICTION LYNCH
  • Geralt of Rivia is a witcher. He is a cunning sorcerer; a merciless assassin—and a cold-blooded killer. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good. .…
    Paperback, 2008New York : Orbit, 2008. — PBRACK SCIENCE FICTION
  • Unpredictable, compelling, funny with vibrant characters, noir fantasy with a cutting edge.
    Book, 2015New York : Orbit, 2015. — SCIENCE FICTION ABERCROMBIE
  • One of the last members of a massacred warrior race. A young and inept if earnest magician's apprentice and a quest for rebels agains a mad ruler of a small country.
    Book, 2005New York : Eos, [2005] — SCIENCE FICTION NICHOLLS
  • After Bahzell Bahnakson rescues a young woman he finds himself on the run in human lands. Since Bahzell is a hradani—a race known for their bezerker rages—the humans aren’t happy. As he's still fleeing the woman’s abuser Bahzell doesn’t want to…
    Paperback, PBRACK SCIENCE FICTION
  • The strong African influences and ties create a singular epic with intriguing characters and culture as Tau pursues his revenge against those responsible for his father's death.
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Orbit, 2019. — SCIENCE FICTION WINTER
  • Badass gangs of tattooed half-orcs on the backs of giant war hogs roaming the badlands, protecting the frail humans.
    Book, 2018New York : Crown, [2018] — SCIENCE FICTION FRENCH
  • For those who ever wondered what happened to mercs after they retire.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Orbit, 2017. — SCIENCE FICTION EAMES