18 books like Fear the Fantastic
Discover the Destroyer
There is a place that shouldn’t exist. But does. And there are creatures that shouldn’t exist. But do. Welcome to a land where all of your dreams and nightmares are very real—and often deadly. Welcome to Everworld.
Senna. The one and only reason David, Christopher, April and Jalil find themselves in a place that is magical and terrifying and wonderful all at once. Senna is also the reason they…
Shares: Roman fantastique, Imaginary places, Fantasy fiction, Science Fiction
The Burning Maze
The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg.…
Shares: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
The Tyrant's Tomb
In his penultimate adventure, a devastated but determined Apollo travels to Camp Jupiter, where he must learn what it is to be a hero, or die trying.
It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and…
Shares: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
The Demigod Diaries
Cool awesome
Shares: Mythologie grecque, Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Fantasy fiction
The Capture
The Animorphs are in real trouble when they transform into flies to invade the new base of the alien Yeerks, and Jake becomes the enemy after falling into the Yeerk regeneration pool.
Shares: Metamorphosis, Science Fiction, Children's fiction
Sky Island
Button-Bright's adventures begin when he finds a magic umbrella that will carry him anywhere in the world.
Shares: Imaginary places, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
The Demigod Files
In these top-secret files, Rick Riordan, Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that NO regular human child is allowed to see.These highly classified archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures, a Spotter's Guide to Monsters, a Who's Who in Greek mythology, Percy's Summer Camp report and much more.So, if you're armed with this…
Shares: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
The Hero of Ages
This book is not only the third book in a trilogy, but it’s Act Three of the the three-act structure for the Mistborn Trilogy—it’s the part of the story where the heroes have discovered that what they thought was the problem all along was not the true danger, and now they’re fighting for not only their own survival but that of the world they live in. The mists are killing people and staying out…
Shares: Imaginary places, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
Tales of Greek Heroes
Explore the real Greek myths behind Percy Jackson's story - he's not the first Perseus to have run into trouble with the gods...These are the mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the adventures of Perseus, the labours of Heracles, the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, to Odysseus and the Trojan wars.Introduced with wit and humour by Rick Riordan, creator…
Shares: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Children's fiction
Inheritance
Not so very long ago, Eragon -- Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider -- was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront…
Shares: Imaginary places, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
The Hidden Oracle
How do you punish an immortal?
By making him human.
After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disorientated, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favour.
But Apollo has many…
Shares: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
Blood and chocolate
Vivian Gandillon relishes the change, the sweet, fierce ache that carries her from girl to wolf. At sixteen, she is beautiful and strong, and all the young wolves are on her tail. But Vivian still grieves for her dead father; her pack remains leaderless and in disarray, and she feels lost in the suburbs of Maryland. She longs for a normal life. But what is normal for a werewolf?Then Vivian falls…
Shares: Metamorphosis, Children's fiction
Percy Jackson's Greek heroes
Who cut off Medusa's head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus? It takes a demigod to know, and Percy Jackson can fill you in on the all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes. Told in the funny, irreverent style readers have come to expect from Percy, ( I've had some bad experiences in my time, but the heroes I'm going to tell you…
Shares: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
The Mark of Athena
Annabeth is terrified. Just when she's about to be reunited with Percy—after six months of being apart, thanks to Hera—it looks like Camp Jupiter is preparing for war. As Annabeth and her friends Jason, Piper, and Leo fly in on the Argo II, she can't blame the Roman demigods for thinking the ship is a Greek weapon. With its steaming bronze dragon figurehead, Leo's fantastical creation doesn't…
Shares: Greek Gods, Greek Mythology, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
Hunted
In the world of Erdas, only a rare few are able to summon a spirit animal in the way Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have. The bond they share with their animals is a partnership that allows them to access more-than-human abilities.
But what if there was another way to create a spirit animal--to force the bond, giving the human partner total control? And what if someone with selfish intentions…
Shares: Metamorphosis, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
The Horse and His Boy
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians.
Shares: Roman fantastique, Children's fiction
Midnight's choice
Tess, who has the ability to change into animal form, must choose between good and evil as she tries to decide whether to "Switch" into a phoenix or a vampire for the rest of time.
Shares: Metamorphosis, Children's fiction
Double Star
One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars.
Suddenly he found himself agreeing to the most difficult role of his career: impersonating an important politician who had been kidnapped. Peace with the…
Shares: Science Fiction, Children's fiction