Dark fantasy Books

Winner, This Is Horror Award Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award Finalist for the Bram Stoker AwardA collection of 15 stories that feature, among others, zombies, a hardboiled detective, a giant space-traveling lobster, an enigmatic alien, Rod...

The astonishing first volume in Raymond E. Feist’s bestselling Serpentwar Saga… A nest of vipers is stirring. . .Ancient powers are readying themselves for a devastating confrontation. A dark queen has raised her standard and is gathering armies of...

The stars are fading, and darkness threatens everything…The spicy epic fantasy romance sensation that has gripped readers on Booktok!'Just when I thought it wouldn't get better, you go and throw the curve ball and I am stuck devouring page after...

A ruthless assassin. A chance at vengeance. A deadly secret… The slow-burn epic fantasy romance sensation that has gripped readers on Booktok!‘A great plot, perfect tension, and sweet betrayal’ Reader reviewA cageOwned by a ruthless assassin lord,...

Step back into Westeros with this brand new colouring book featuring over 75 illustrations of your favorite scenes, characters, and show logos from the hit series House of the Dragon. Long before the Wall fell, the Targaryens reigned with fire and blood...

The hugely anticipated final volume of The Wars of Light and Shadow brings this widely acclaimed, masterful epic fantasy series to its powerful, earth-shattering close. ‘It ought to be illegal for one person to have so much talent’ STEPHEN...

The highly anticipated sequel to the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE 'Bloody brilliant' V.E. Schwab‘A ripping read’ Joe Abercrombie Gabriel de León has saved the Holy Grail from death, but his chance to end the endless night is lost...

The thrilling epic fantasy sequel to No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller, GODKILLER. THE INSTANT NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!War is coming, godkiller.The gods are stirring, whispering of war.Godkiller Kissen sacrificed herself to save her friends. But gods...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash. So began the Targaryens’...

The thrilling and heart-breaking conclusion to Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling Nevernight Chronicle. Pale Daughter. Kingmaker. Crow. A killer of kings. Gladiatii. Escaped slave. Infamous assassin. Mia Corvere is on the run.After winning the...

Nona Grey’s story reaches its shattering conclusion in the third instalment of Book of the Ancestor. THEY CAME AGAINST HER AS A CHILD. NOW THEY FACE THE WOMAN.The ice is advancing, the Corridor narrowing, and the empire is under siege from the Scithrowl...

Second novel in the brilliant new series from the bestselling author of PRINCE OF THORNS. In Mystic Class Nona Grey begins to learn the secrets of the universe. But so often, knowing the truth just makes our choices harder. Before she leaves the Convent...

The never-before-seen history of Westeros and the lands beyond. With hundreds of pages of all-new material from George R.R. Martin. If the past is prologue, then George R.R. Martin’s masterwork—the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our...

From the publisher that brought you Game of Thrones… Prince of Thorns is the first volume in a powerful new epic fantasy trilogy, original, absorbing and challenging. Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but...

‘Grabbed me and refused to let go’ George R.R. Martin Thorn Bathu was born to fight. But when she kills a boy in the training square she finds herself named a murderer.Fate places her life in the hands of the deep-cunning Father Yarvi as he sets out to...

A classic coming-of-age tale set in a vivid and richly-imagined world from Sunday Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie.‘A fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page one and refused to let go’ GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Prince Yarvi...

The second book in the Darkwar series, from world-wide bestselling author of Magician, Raymond E. Feist. Chaos threatens to overwhelm two worlds as the most dangerous force ever encountered threatens to invade Midkemia, while the most treacherous...

Be careful what you wish for...We've all heard childhood fairy tales and hearthside stories passed from generation to generation warning us of unseen dangers lurking in the dark forest, the glimpse of a future in watery reflections and to be wary of...

The first adventure in the New York Times bestselling fantasy trilogy from the legendary million-selling author and creator of Drizzt Do’Urden.In Pinquickle’s Folly, New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore returns to his signature world of...

In the midst of the Third Crusade, an exceptionally brutal Templar Knight finds himself accidentally transported to a dangerous realm of magic and monsters.A nameless Templar Knight from the Third Crusade finds himself magically transported to a...

When your kink involves eating a demon’s guts, what else is there to do but summon a bewitching demon to feast on?Makoto summons a demon to grant his every twisted desire, and in exchange for getting to eat the demon’s guts, Makoto will give him his...

In midst of the Underworld's war against Heaven and Hell, the factions of Flesh and Bone collide for the ultimate showdown!Three factions lead the Underworld in their secret rebellion against Heaven and Hell. Only through their unity will they defeat the...

When your kink involves eating a demon’s guts, what else is there to do but summon a bewitching demon to feast on?Makoto summons a demon to grant his every twisted desire, and in exchange for getting to eat the demon’s guts, Makoto will give him his...

When your kink involves eating a demon’s guts, what else is there to do but summon a bewitching demon to feast on?Makoto summons a demon to grant his every twisted desire, and in exchange for getting to eat the demon’s guts, Makoto will give him his...

A poignant story of love and atonement in the afterworld.Calen, the new reaper in Limbo, develops feelings for his purehearted caretaker, Makoto. But can love flourish in a place where even existence can be fleeting?Calen, who has no memory beyond being...

High fantasy and true love come to life in this novel based on the hit video game.A boy with horns, marked for death.A girl who sleeps in a cage of iron.The Castle of the Mist calls for its sacrifice: a horned child, born once a generation. When, on a...

Tales of suspense for the twilight hour...Dark Encounters is a collection of classic and elegantly unsettling ghost stories. A spine-tingling collection, these tales are set in the brooding landscape of Scotland, with an air of historic authenticity -...

From Ellen Datlow - 'the venerable queen of horror anthologies' per the New York Times - comes a new entry in the series that has brought you thrilling stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman, the best horror stories available.For...

Blood soaks the earth. The ground is carpeted in corpses. Carrion birds feast as power-crazed warlords indulge their bloodlust in never-ending battle.An ancient convent watches over the ceaseless struggle. A sanctuary from war, the Convent of Sacred...

Calvaria Fell is a stunning collaborative collection of weird tales from two acclaimed authors, Kaaron Warren and Cat Sparks. It features previously published stories from both authors, along with a new novella by Kaaron Warren and four new stories by...

It was an age of adventure.An age of sorcery.An age of unrelenting horror.Sword and sorcery and pulp horror go hand-in-hand. Sinister enchanters working foul magic. Hideous beasts lurking in shadowy dungeons. Blasphemous elder gods uncoiling from...

Fifteen years ago, Papa Lucy fell.Now, a new threat emerges in the savage world of the Now. Towns burn and survivors flee, lest they be hunted and murdered in the name of a new god.The Dawn King.With the Boneman captured and broken, and Jesus and John...

Shirley Jackson Award-winning author J. Ashley-Smith's first collection, The Measure of Sorrow, draws together ten new and previously acclaimed stories of dark speculative fiction. In these pages a black reef holds the secret to an interminable coastal...

Edited by Rebecca Brewer, formerly of Ace/Roc (Penguin Random House), Giving the Devil His Due features sixteen major names and rising stars in Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror today. 'In Giving the Devil His Due, sixteen of speculative...

Thrall, wise shaman and the warchief of the Horde, has sensed a disturbing change . . .Long ago, Azeroth's destructive native elementals raged across the world until the benevolent titans imprisoned them within the Elemental Plane. Despite the titans'...

Age range 12+Set in the world of Blizzards award-winning video game franchise Diablo, witness the birth of a hero!Jacob has fled from his homeland in the north led by the visions of an ancient prophet.Jacob finds his destiny in the sword of an archangel...

From Ellen Datlow - 'the venerable queen of horror anthologies' per the New York Times - comes a new entry in the series that has brought you thrilling stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman, the best horror stories available.For...

Tales of tentacles, terror, and madness from the publisher who brought youWastelands, The Living Dead, andBrave New WorldsFirst described by visionary author H. P. Lovecraft, the Cthulhumythos encompass a pantheon of truly existential cosmic...

From Ellen Datlow ("the venerable queen of horror anthologies" (New York Times) comes a new entry in the series that has brought you stories from Stephen King and Neil Gaiman comes thrilling stories, the best horror stories available.For more than four...

"Greg Keyes has always been . . . a skilled storyteller."-Terry Brooks, New York Times bestselling authorThe Curse shaped Aster's life from birth. At first, she believed her father was its only victim, and determined to save him from it. In doing so she...

In the Northlands of Davvieana, power rests in the hands of the High Priest of the Order of Believers. But his earthly supremacy is contested. Those few Piijkij that remain continue to honour the oath of the Brethren of Hunters: protect the Olmmos people...

In the dystopian world of Mafinga, Jasmin must contend with a dictator's sorcerer to cleanse the socialist state of its deadly pollution.Mafinga's malevolent king dislikes books and, together with his sorcerer Atari, has collapsed the environment to...

Seraphina Ramon will stop at nothing to find out the truth about why her sister Eff is in a coma after a very suspicious "accident." Even if it means infiltrating the last place Seraphina knows Eff was alive: a once-abandoned amusement park now populated...

Aodhan comes from a lineage that includes some of Azeroth's most heroic paladins and warriors, but the whip-smart young man is not built for physical combat. He's thin, bookish, and he desperately wants to be a mage. After his controlling father forbids...

Since the beginning of time, the angelic forces of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in the Eternal Conflict for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now spilled over into Sanctuary - the world of men...

In the final, apocalyptic chapter of this epic trilogy, the dragon-mage Krasus and the young druid Malfurion must risk everything to save Azeroth from utter destruction. Banding together the dwarves, tauren and furbolg races, the heroes hope to spark an...

For more than three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror. Bringing you the most frightening and terrifying stories, Datlow always has her finger on the pulse of what horror readers crave. Now, with the tenth volume of the series, Datlow...

The third of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all...