The New York Times bestselling novel. This is the riveting first-person narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a...more

This novel is often thought of as Thomas Hardy's best work, not only for the elaborate structure of the plot, where small and subtle details lead to the character's ruin, but in the themes that range from how human loneliness and sensuality can stop a person from trying to fulfill his dreams; to how, when free from the trap of marriage, one's dream...more

Imriel de la Courcel's birth parents are history's most reviled traitors, but his adoptive parents, the Comtesse Phedre and the warrior-priest Joscelin, are Terre d'Ange's greatest champions. Stolen, tortured and enslaved as a young boy, Imriel is now a Prince of the Blood; third in line for the throne in a land that revels in art, beauty and desir...more

Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a d...more

A sizzling new fantasy series from a hot new talent. Some are drawn to the light. Some are drawn to the dark. Some desire both… Grayson of Concordia, known on countless worlds as the Duke of Ombra, is a mercenary, a sorcerer of shadows—a man whose soul is consumed by darkness. For Gray, the bleak savagery in his heart is manifest in an entity h...more

Award winning author Catherine Asaro, creator of The Skolian Empire, returns to the world of Aronsdale, a place rich with magic and power. One generation after war had nearly destroyed three nations, evil was returning. And only Mel Dawnfield's daring sacrifice could stop it. The promise of peace rested on this young woman's noble vow: to m...more

Award-winning author Catherine Asaro continues to explore her Shape Mage world, introduced in "CHARMED DESTINIES. The story follows the lives of two potential shape mages, Chime and Muller, both introduced in the prequel. Set free to choose their own destiny because they are "flawed" shape mages, no longer in line to rule Aronsdale, Chime and Mulle...more

AWAKENED BY A KISSLaura Fairleigh needs a husband. If she is to keep a roof over her siblings’ heads, the prim rector’s daughter must wed by her twenty-first birthday. When she finds a mysterious stranger with the face of an angel and the body of Adonis unconscious in the forest and with no memory of his name or his past, she decides to claim h...more

A New York Times Bestseller Gabriel Fairchild's valor in battle earns him the reputation of hero, but costs him both his sight and his hope. Abandoned by the fiancee he adored, the once proud man secludes himself in his family's mansion. When prim nurse Samantha Wickersham arrives and finds him behaving more like a beast than a man, she engages ...more