By Robin Hobb
Series Farseer Trilogy

As Fitz, an outcast and the bastard son of Prince Chivalry, grows to manhood, a legacy of magical skill and other mysterious talents propels him into the role of protector of the kingdom, if his initial perilous mission does not destroy him first.

By Robin Hobb
Series Farseer Trilogy
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

"From an extraordinary voice in fantasy comes the stunning conclusion to the Farseer trilogy, as FitzChivalry confronts his destiny as the catalyst who holds the fate of the kingdom of the Six Duchies and the world itself (From the Publisher)."

By Glen Cook
Series Chronicle of the Black Company
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian
With Stacey Mencher, Readers' Services Librarian

Monday, January 11, 2016. 7 PM.

The tough mercenaries of the Black Company risk their lives and their souls as they set out to find the White Rose.

By Joe Abercrombie
Series The First Law
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies.

By Brent Weeks
Series Lightbringer Series

Learning that he has less than a year to live, Gavin Guile struggles to resolve problems in the form of refugee needs, an illegitimate son, and a treacherous ex–fiancée in a world where out–of–control magic forces him to seek help from the brother he betrayed years earlier.

By George R.R. Martin
Series Song of Ice and Fire
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Martin, George R.R. – A Clash of Kings* Six separate factions vie for control of the Seven Kingdoms, while an ancient form of magic, an everlasting winter, and an unearthly army threaten to return.

By Jim Butcher

In the land of Alera, where people bond with the furies - elementals of earth, air, fire, water, and metal - young Tavi struggles to cope with his lack of magical talent, until his homeland erupts into conflict between rebels and loyalists and Tavi discovers that he holds the key to his realm's survival.

By Jim Butcher
Series Codex Alera Series

When the High Lord of Kalare enters into a dangerous alliance with the Canim, and treachery destroys the Aleran army’s command structure, an inexperienced, young Tavi of Calderon leads a poorly equipped legion against the Canim horde.

By George R. R. Martin
Series Song of Ice and Fire
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian

New threats emerge to endanger the future of the Seven Kingdoms, as Daenerys Targaryen, ruling in the East, fights off a multitude of enemies, while Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, faces his foes both in the Watch and beyond the great Wall of ice and stone.

By Laura Resnick
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

“The sequel to In Fire Forged brings to a conclusion Resnick's epic tale. Strong storytelling and a sense of mythic overtones lend depth to a well-developed tale of personal courage and high adventure (From Library Journal).”

By Brandon Sanderson

"Arriving in the kingdom of Arelon to enter a marriage of state, princess Sarene discovers that her intended has died and that she is considered his widow, leaving her a lone force against the imperial ambitions of a religious fanatic (From the Publisher)."

By Terry Brooks
Series Shannara Novels
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Thousands of years after the destruction of the age of man and science, new races and magic now rule the world, but an imminent danger threatens. A horde of evil Demons is beginning to escape and bring death upon the land. Only Wil Ohmsford, the last of the Shannara bloodline, has the power to guard the Elven Princess Amberle on a perilous quest to the save the world, while the leader of the Demon force aims to stop their mission at any cost.

By Robert Jordan
Series Wheel of Time Series
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

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, and Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

By George R. R. Martin
Series Song of Ice and Fire
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian

The uneasy peace that exists following the death of Robb Stark is threatened by new plots, intrigues, and alliances that once again will plunge the Seven Kingdoms into all-out war for control of the Iron Throne.

By J. R. R. Tolkien
Series Lord of the Rings
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian

Frodo the hobbit and his companions set out to deliver the One Ring of Power to the dark land of Mordor in order to destroy the ring in the forge of its creation.

By N. K. Jemisin
Series The Broken Earth Novels

After the empire Sanze collapses and the vast continent Stillness becomes ravaged by a red rift which darkens the sky, Essun, whose daughter has been kidnapped by her murderous husband, crosses Stillness in a desperate attempt to save her daughter.

By George R. R. Martin
Series History of House Targaryen
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian

The first volume of a definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros is set centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones and answers key questions about the dynasty's origins, conflicts and relationships with dragons.

By Brian Ruckley

After overthrowing the oppressive monarchy in the Hommetic Kingdom, a mercenary, Yulan takes on one last contract before setting down his weapons forever.

By George R.R. Martin
Series Song of Ice and Fire
Recommended By Sonia Grgas, Reference Librarian

“The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes (From the Publisher).” 

By George R.R. Martin
Series A Game of Thrones
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Acclaimed novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson bring George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones to majestic new life.

By Robert Jordan
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

“In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion… The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow (From the Publisher).”

By Patrick O'Leary

A boy and a king must confront the Usher of the Night and the evil rook Tomen to rid their land of an old, nearly forgotten magic that has gone awry.

By Kristin Cashore

In a world where some people are born with etreme and often feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace of killing and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.

By Robert Jordan
Series Wheel of Time
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

Rand al'Thor attempts to avoid his destiny of becoming the Dragon Reborn, by joining a search for the Horn of Valere.

By Kristen Britain
Series Green Rider
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

“After an unexpected confrontation with a dying knight, Karigan G’ladahon becomes the unlikely bearer of a vital message to the King, on a mission during which she faces assassins and other deadly dangers in a world of complex magic (From the Publisher).”

By Laura Resnick
Series Firebringer Trilogy

When innocent villagers are forced into the mines by the evil Valdani, five people of Sileria are brought together by fate and prophecy to begin work on a plan that will set them and all their people free from the grasp of the foreign conquerors.

By Catherynne Valente
Series Orphan's Tales

“A collection of interconnected fairy tales for adults journeys into a fantastical world populated by living stars, wild horsewomen, snake-gods, and beast-princesses, in the first of a two-volume set by the author of The Labyrinth (From the Publisher).”

By Peter S. Beagle
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist

“Three powerful women (each with her own secret past), a stable boy, a weaver's son, and an innkeeper set in motion a series of events that brings each of them face to face with the forces of magic and the workings of fate… A finely crafted piece as well as a rich, evocative fantasy… (Library Journal).”

By Erika Johansen
Series Queen of the Tearling
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

After Queen Kelsea Glynn stops slaves from being shipped to Mortmesne, the Red Queen sends her ferocious army, backed with dark magic, into Tearling.

By V.E. Schwab
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian , Kaye Spurrell, Readers' Services Librarian

Making a Faustian bargain to live forever but never be remembered, a woman from early eighteenth-century France endures unacknowledged centuries before meeting a man who remembers her name.

By Nicholas Eames
Series Band Novels
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best — the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help. His daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. Rescuing Rose is the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for. It's time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld.

By Robert Jordan
Series Wheel of Time Series
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, prepares for a confrontation with the Dark One in order to save humanity, a feat that is challenged by the murderous Forsaken and Rand's need to acquire the remaining seals on the Dark One's prison.

By Robert Jordan
Series Wheel of Time Series
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

Struggling to unite his nations for the battle that would release the Dark One into their world, Rand al'Thor is unaware of the White Tower leader's plans to silence his efforts.

By J.R.R. Tolkien

With the fate of the world in his hands, Frodo Baggins must journey to Mordor with the help of his companions to destroy the One Ring of Power before Sauron conquers all of Middle Earth.

Became 3 movies: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

By Sarah Gailey
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist

When a gruesome murder is discovered at The Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches Theoretical Magic, reluctant detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into the world of untold power and dangerous secrets. She will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister—without losing herself.

By Robert Jordan
Series Wheel of Time
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

In the conclusion of the “Wheel of Time” series, all of humanity is in peril as Rand al’Thor moves forward to break the seals on the Dark One’s prison and the Last Battle will determine the fate of the world.

By Brandon Sanderson
Series Mistborn
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian, Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler who has enslaved his people for a thousand years, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.

By Patrick Rothfuss
Series Kingkiller Chronicles

A hero named Kvothe, now living under an assumed name as the humble proprietor of an inn, recounts his transformation from a magically gifted young man into the most notorious wizard, musician, thief, and assassin in his world.

By Brian McClellan

Successfully staging a coup to expose corruption and bring relief to the poor, Field Marshal Tamas inadvertently provokes a war with the Nine Nations and is betrayed by greedy former allies.

By Mark Lawrence
Series Red Queen's War

The drinking, gambling and womanizing grandson of the Red Queen, Prince Jalan Kendeth, travels across the Empire to undo a spell linking him with a Norse warrior.

By Kacen Callender
Series Islands of Blood and Storm
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

An ambitious young woman with the power to control minds seeks vengeance against the royals who murdered her family, in a Caribbean–inspired fantasy world embattled by colonial oppression.

By Erika Johansen
Series Queen of the Tearling
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Coming out of exile to ascend her rightful throne, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, with a cadre of soldiers and the magical Tearling sapphire to protect her, makes a daring decision that evokes the wrath of the evil Red Witch, forcing her to embark on a quest to save her kingdom and fulfill her destiny.

By Kurtis J. Wiebe

The Rat Queens, a group of four adventurers consisting of an elven mage, a dwarven fighter, a human cleric, and a smidgen thief, must defend themselves against assassins when they are sent on a quest that turns out to be a trap.

By Terry Pratchett
Series Discworld
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist

“To get the fresh start he deserves, Windle and the rest of Ankh-Morpork's undead and underemployed set off to find DEATH and save the world for the living and everybody else, of course (From the Publisher).”

By David Eddings
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

“As the battle continues between the forces of good and evil, Althalus, a disreputable thief and rogue, is forced into an uneasy alliance with Dweia, a powerful goddess, as they embark on a mission that could hold the key to the world’s salvation (From the Publisher).”

By Rachel Hartman

In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals.

By Stephen R. Donaldson
Series Great God’s War
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Prince Bifalt, the eldest son of the king of Belleger, makes difficult sacrifices and discovers that he has been rendered a pawn as he searches for a powerful repository of sorcerer knowledge in order to reverse the fate of his land.

By James Islington
Recommended By Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

Twenty years after the god–like Augurs were overthrown and killed, Davian, a Gifted who discovers he wields the forbidden power of the Augurs, sets in motion a chain of events that changes everything.

By Brent Weeks
Series Night Angel Trilogy
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

In the wake of the Godking’s successful coup and the deaths of his master, Durzo, and his best friend, Logan, Kylar, a young assassin, abandons the way of shadows to build a new life in a new country, until he discovers that Logan may still be alive and in hiding, and is forced to make a difficult choice between his past and his future.

By Patrick Rothfuss
Series The Kingkiller Chronicles

Living in the abandoned tunnel system beneath the University, the enigmatic Auri reflects on her bittersweet life while making unique observations about the broken world she seeks to survive.