18 books like Daughter of the Blood

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Shalador's Lady Anne Bishop · 2010 · ★ 4.4 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Return to the "intense...erotic...and imaginative" (Nancy Kress) world of the national bestselling Black Jewels novels in this sequel to The Shadow Queen. For years the Shalador people suffered the cruelties of the corrupt Queens who ruled them, forbidding their traditions, punishing those who dared show defiance, and forcing many more into hiding. Now that their land has been cleansed of tainted… Shares: Queens, Witches, Fantasy

DERYNI RISING (Chronicles of the Deryni) Katherine Kurtz · 1970 · ★ 4.3 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In the kingdom of Gwynedd, the mysterious forces of magic and the superior power of the Church combine to challenge the rule of young Kelson. Now the fate of the Deryni -- a quasi-mortal race of sorcerers -- and, indeed, the fate of all the Eleven Kingdoms, rests on Kelson's ability to quash the rebellion by any means necessary . . . including the proscribed use of magic! Shares: American Fantasy fiction, Magic, Science Fiction, Fantasy

The Elfstones of Shannara Terry Brooks · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 619p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Ancient, ultimate evil threaterned the Elves and the Races of Man. For the Ellcrys, the tree created by long-lost elven magic, was dying, losing the spell of Forbidding that locked the hordes of ravening Demons away from Earth. Already the Reaper, most fearsome of demons, was free. Only one source of protection was powerful enough to stop it: The Elfstones of Shannara. The stones and the right… Shares: American Fantasy fiction, Good and evil, Magic, Fantasy

Mistborn Brandon Sanderson · 2001 · ★ 4.5 · 1712p · ≈ 57h · Moderate This discounted ebundle includes: Mistborn: The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn trilogy is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand… Shares: Prophecy, Magic, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Otherworld Nights Kelley Armstrong · 2014 · ★ 4.7 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Rare and never-before published short stories featuring fan favorites from the New York Times bestselling series It's been more than ten years since Kelley Armstrong began the Otherworld series and drew legions of fans to a realm roamed by witches, werewolves, necromancers, vampires, and half-demons. Many of the novels have become bestselling favorites, but not all of the Otherworld adventures… Shares: American Fantasy fiction, Paranormal, Science Fiction

The dark tower Stephen King · 1990 · ★ 4.5 · 704p · ≈ 23h · Moderate "Roland's ka-tet remains intact, though scattered over wheres and whens. Susannah-Mia has been carried from the Dixie Pig (in the summer of 1999) to a birthing room - really a chamber of horrors - in Thunderclap's Fedic; Jake and Father Callahan, with Oy between them, have entered the restaurant on Lex and Sixty-first with weapons drawn, little knowing how numerous and noxious are their foes.… Shares: American Fantasy fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Cackle Rachel Harrison · 2021 · ★ 3.8 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider… Shares: Witches, Paranormal, Magic, Fantasy

Strange Weather Joe Hill · 2017 · ★ 3.9 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "Snapshot" is the disturbing story of a Silicon Valley adolescent who finds himself threatened by "The Phoenician," a tattooed thug who possesses a Polaroid Instant Camera that erases memories, snap by snap. In "Loaded," a mall security guard in a coastal Florida town courageously stops a mass shooting and becomes a hero to the modern gun rights movement. But under the glare of the spotlights,… Shares: Good and evil, Paranormal

The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time Book 2) Robert Jordan · 1990 · ★ 4.3 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Now in development for TV! Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age,… Shares: American Fantasy fiction, Good and evil, Magic, Fantasy

Outlaw of Gor John Norman · 1967 · ★ 3.6 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate In this second volume of the Gorean Series, Tarl Cabot finds himself transported back to Counter-Earth from the sedate life he knows as a history professor on Earth. He is glad to be back in his role as a dominant warrior and back in the arms of his true love. Yet, Tarl finds that his name on Gor has been tainted, his city defiled and all those he loves have been made into outcasts. He is no… Shares: American Fantasy fiction, Science Fiction

Song of Sorcery Elizabeth Ann Scarborough · 1984 · ★ 3.8 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The Witchmaid's Quest - Maggie Brown was a hearthwitch, good at whipping up banquets and starting up fires. But her magic was not much good for tracking down her faery step-sister who'd run away with a gypsy. So she set out with Ching, the talking cat, and Colin Songsmith, a travelling minstrel, to bring back the beautiful Amberwine. Meeting a unicorn, a lovesick dragon and an enchanted bear.… Shares: American Fantasy fiction, Witches

The Greyfriar Clay Griffith · 2010 · ★ 3.8 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate In the year 1870, a horrible plague of vampires swept over the northern regions of the world. Millions of humans were killed outright. Millions more died of disease and famine due to the havoc that followed. Within two years, once-great cities were shrouded by the gray empire of the vampire clans. Human refugees fled south to the tropics because vampires could not tolerate the constant heat… Shares: Queens, Paranormal, Fantasy

Dragons of Spring Dawning Margaret Weis · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 447p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Dragons. Creatures of legend. Stories told to children. But now dragons have returned to Krynn. The darkness of war and destruction engulfs the land. Hope dawns with the coming of spring. Armed at last with the dragonlances, the heroes lead the people in the final desperate battle against the dragons. Knight and barbarian, warrior and half-elf, dwarf and kender and dark-souled mage; they… Shares: Queens, Good and evil, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Foundation Isaac Asimov · 1951 · ★ 4.3 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building. The story of our future begins with the history of Foundation and its greatest psychohistorian: Hari Seldon. For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. Only Hari… Shares: Prophecy, American Fantasy fiction, Science Fiction

Of blood and bone Nora Roberts · 2018 · ★ 4.3 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate "They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed. Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before -- the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a… Shares: Witches, Magic

The Darkest Pleasure Gena Showalter, · 2008 · ★ 4.3 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Reyes is a man possessed. Bound by the demon of pain, he is forbidden to know pleasure. Yet he craves a mortal woman, Danika Ford, more than breath and will do anything to claim her--even defy the gods.Danika is on the run. For months she's eluded the Lords of the Underworld, immortal warriors who won't rest until she and her family have been destroyed. But her dreams are haunted by Reyes, the… Shares: Good and evil, Paranormal, Fantasy

A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony · 1977 · ★ 4.2 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled - where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs, dragons and basiliks.But poor Bink alone had no magic. And unless he got some - and fast - he would be exiled. The Good Magician Humfrey was convined that Bink did indeed have magic, magic as powerful as any possessed by the King or Good Magician Humfrey… Shares: Magic, Fantasy

The City We Became N. K. Jemisin · 2020 · ★ 3.9 · 442p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power. In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her. In… Shares: Good and evil, Magic, Fantasy

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