A Conjuring of Light
Kell, Rhy, Lila, and Alucard face a hungry shadow as magic thins across the Londons in the 2017 Shades of Magic finale. Old debts close as doors strain between…
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To Kill a Kingdom
A siren princess turned human must steal a siren-hunting prince's heart to win back the sea.
2,248-word summary · 10 min read
The Shadows Between Us
Alessandra plans to woo the Shadow King, marry him, and kill him for his throne, then finds someone else wants him dead first.
2,571-word summary · 11 min read
The Fires of Heaven
Rand leads the Aiel to war over Cairhien while the White Tower splits, in book five of The Wheel of Time.
2,287-word summary · 10 min read
Sword of Destiny
Geralt hunts a golden dragon, faces a doppler in Novigrad, and meets Ciri in Brokilon as old promises close around him.
2,256-word summary · 10 min read
Fire
A human monster who reads minds is pulled into war in the Dells and must decide how to use her power.
2,727-word summary · 12 min read
Equal Rites
A dying wizard passes his staff to a baby girl, and Granny Weatherwax escorts Esk to Unseen University in Pratchett's third Discworld book.
2,871-word summary · 13 min read
A Deadly Education
El can level mountains with a word, but surviving magic school takes allies, control, and a hard choice about power.
2,959-word summary · 13 min read
Warbreaker
Two princesses trade places in an arranged marriage to a god king, while a mercenary chases a sentient sword.
2,043-word summary · 9 min read
Two Twisted Crowns
Elspeth and Ravyn hunt Providence Cards to free the kingdom while Elm courts danger and the Nightmare bargains.
2,052-word summary · 9 min read
The Tempest
Prospero raises a storm to wreck his enemies on his island, where his daughter meets a prince and old wrongs face trial.
2,890-word summary · 13 min read
The Starless Sea
A graduate student finds a book that retells his childhood and follows its clues to an underground Harbor of stories.
2,582-word summary · 11 min read
The Dream Thieves
Ronan pulls things from dreams while Gansey hunts a dead king and Blue tries to stay alive by staying apart.
1,922-word summary · 9 min read
Sabriel
A girl who grew up outside the magic kingdom must take up her father's bells and sword to stop the dead from rising.
2,021-word summary · 9 min read
Royal Assassin
Fitz grows into Skill and Wit while Regal starves Buckkeep and Verity fades on a mountain road.
2,135-word summary · 9 min read
King of Scars
King Nikolai fights a monster inside him while Nina spies in Fjerda and old saints wake in Ravka.
2,934-word summary · 13 min read
Blood of Elves
Geralt shelters Ciri at Kaer Morhen while Triss and Yennefer train her wild Source talent as Rience hunts her and Northern kings and Nilfgaard plot open war…
3,394-word summary · 15 min read
A Great and Terrible Beauty
Sent to a Victorian boarding school after her mother death, Gemma finds a magic realm tied to it.
2,016-word summary · 9 min read
A Gathering of Shadows
Kell and Lila reunite for magical games in Red London while a new power hunts Antari blood.
2,055-word summary · 9 min read
Wizard's First Rule
Woods guide Richard joins Kahlan and wizard Zedd to find the Boxes of Orden before Darken Rahl, learning why people believe lies.
2,220-word summary · 10 min read
Uprooted
The Dragon takes messy Agnieszka instead of perfect Kasia to his tower, and she must learn wild magic to face the corrupt Wood.
2,338-word summary · 10 min read
The Shadow Rising
Rand the Dragon heads for Rhuidean with the Aiel, while Perrin defends the Two Rivers and Elayne and Nynaeve hunt trouble in Tanchico.
3,194-word summary · 14 min read
The Atlas Six
Six rival magicians join the Alexandrian Society where five survive.
2,028-word summary · 9 min read
The Alloy of Law
Wax and Wayne chase Vanishers by rail in a gunpowder Mistborn city 300 years later.
2,535-word summary · 11 min read