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Nine Princes in Amber
by Roger Zelazny
A man discovers he is a member of a royal family from another world and embarks on a quest to reclaim his rightful place.
Carl Corey wakes in a medical clinic, with little to no knowledge of who he is or how he got there. He suspects he is being over-medicated, so he overpowers the nurse and doctor and escapes his room. ... (Wikipedia)
The Courts of Chaos
by Roger Zelazny
A fantasy adventure of a young man's quest to reclaim a magical throne.
Corwin sulks in Castle Amber's library while Oberon gives the family orders. Random persuades Corwin to leave, but they are held back by an invisible force. They watch as Corwin's sword appears and ... (Wikipedia)
Sign of the Unicorn
by Roger Zelazny
A man embarks on a quest to save the kingdom from a mysterious force.
Corwin returns to Castle Amber bearing the body of one of the spined, bloodshot-eyed humanoid creatures that had pursued Random to Flora's house on Earth—one that had moments earlier killed his ... (Wikipedia)
Guards! Guards!
by Terry Pratchett
A group of misfits join forces to save Ankh-Morpork from a dragon terrorizing their city.
This is where the dragons went. They lie ... not dead, not asleep, but ... dormant. And although the space they occupy isn't like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put ... (Goodreads)
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan
Epic fantasy, filled with adventure and danger, as a group of heroes attempt to save the world.
The Eye of the World revolves around protagonists Rand al'Thor , Matrim (Mat) Cauthon , Perrin Aybara , Egwene al'Vere , and Nynaeve al'Meara , after their residence of "Emond's Field" is ... (Wikipedia)
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious journey through a hidden realm of London, filled with danger and unexpected allies.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew and his trials and tribulations in London. At the start of the story, he is a young businessman, recently moved from Scotland and with a normal life ahead. ... (Wikipedia)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Douglas Adams
Quirky sci-fi adventure following a group of time travelers seeking to save the future.
Arthur Dent , Ford Prefect , Trillian , and Zaphod Beeblebrox leave the planet Magrathea on the Heart of Gold . A Vogon ship attacks them, and Arthur's attempt to have the ship's computer make him a ... (Wikipedia)
The Illearth War
by Stephen R. Donaldson
Epic fantasy adventure as a group of unlikely heroes fight against a tyrannical evil.
Several weeks after returning to his world from The Land , the leper Thomas Covenant is taking a phone call from his ex-wife Joan when he falls and hits his head, waking to find himself back in the ... (Wikipedia)
Lord Foul's Bane
by Stephen R. Donaldson
Epic fantasy quest to save a magical land from a dark lord's evil forces.
Thomas Covenant is a young author whose world is turned upside-down when he is diagnosed with leprosy . After six months' treatment and counselling in a leprosarium, he returns home to find himself ... (Wikipedia)
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
A hacker's quest in a futuristic America dealing with a mysterious computer virus.
Hiro Protagonist is a hacker and pizza delivery driver for the Mafia. He meets Y.T. (short for Yours Truly), a young skateboard Kourier ( courier ) who refers to herself in the third person , during ... (Wikipedia)
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
A young boy's journey through a graveyard, learning the secrets of the dead.
The story begins as the man Jack murders most of the members of a family (later revealed to be the Dorian family) except for the toddler upstairs. Unknown to him, the toddler has climbed out of his ... (Wikipedia)
Last Argument of Kings
by Joe Abercrombie
War-torn kingdom in chaos, as a ruthless ruler seeks to expand his empire.
The end is coming. Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him but it's going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the King of the Northmen still stands firm, and there's only ... (Goodreads)
Small Gods
by Terry Pratchett
A humorous fantasy tale of a god struggling with his dwindling power and followers.
The Great God Om tries to manifest himself once more in the world, as the time of his eighth prophet is nigh. He is surprised, however, when he finds himself in the body of a tortoise, stripped of ... (Wikipedia)
Wielding a Red Sword
by Piers Anthony
A young man must wield a magical red sword to save his world from destruction, but at a great personal cost.
Mym , an Indian prince, defies his father's plans for an arranged marriage, instead joining a travelling circus . He meets Orb, who teaches him to manage a stutter through song. He is soon ... (Wikipedia)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein
Revolutionary group fight for freedom from an oppressive lunar colony.
In 2075, the Moon (Luna) is used as a penal colony by Earth's government, with three million inhabitants (called "Loonies") living in underground cities. Most Loonies are criminals, political exiles, ... (Wikipedia)
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
A thrilling journey through the past and present, combining tech, history and adventure.
The action takes place in two periods—World War II and the late 1990s, during the Internet boom and Asian financial crisis . In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse, a young United States Navy code ... (Wikipedia)
The Color of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
A comedic fantasy adventure full of humor, absurdities, and unexpected turns.
The story takes place on the Discworld, a planet-sized flat disc carried through space on the backs of four gargantuan elephants – Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon and Jerakeen – who themselves stand on ... (Wikipedia)
The Rise of Endymion
by Dan Simmons
A perilous adventure in a post-apocalyptic future, with a hero set on fulfilling a mysterious destiny.
The Rise of Endymion is set more than 275 years after the fall of the Hegemony of Man, an interstellar organization connected by farcaster portals. At the time of this novel, the Roman Catholic ... (Wikipedia)
Silverthorn
by Raymond E. Feist
Epic adventure of a young man with a mysterious past, uncovering secrets of a hidden kingdom.
A year after his brother Lyam's coronation as king, Arutha returns to his city as the new Prince of Krondor, to begin plans for his wedding. Jimmy the Hand , a young thief, foils an assassination ... (Wikipedia)
The Great Hunt
by Robert Jordan
A daring adventure to recover a powerful artifact, with a kingdom's fate at stake.
Ba'alzamon presides over a clandestine meeting. In addition to Forsaken and Darkfriends (the antagonist 's known subordinates), the meeting includes two Aes Sedai . At Fal Dara in Shienar, following ... (Wikipedia)
Endymion
by Dan Simmons
Epic adventure of a man's journey through space and time, in search of the divine.
274 years ago, Hegemony CEO Meina Gladstone ordered the destruction of all farcaster portals to stop the TechnoCore from eliminating humankind. This resulted in the collapse of civilization on most ... (Wikipedia)
The One Tree
by Stephen R. Donaldson
A heroic quest to save the world from a mysterious evil force, with unlikely allies.
Following the vision he received from the Clave at Revelstone, Thomas Covenant seeks to fix the corruption of the Land after the Staff of Law's destruction. He is accompanied on his quest by Linden ... (Wikipedia)
The Silmarillion
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Epic saga of the history of Middle-Earth, a world filled with mythical creatures.
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of ... (Goodreads)
For Love of Evil
by Piers Anthony
The story of a man who becomes the devil and his journey through the underworld.
Parry, an orphan, is taken in and is accidentally adopted by a wizard who teaches him the benefits of white magic and how it can be used to help others. A musician and adept white magician , Parry ... (Wikipedia)
Xenocide
by Orson Scott Card
A space-opera style adventure of survival, where a group of humans battle against an extraterrestrial force to save their planet.
On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together. However, Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but ... (Wikipedia)
The Path of Daggers
by Robert Jordan
The eight novel in the Wheel of Time series, wherein a war-torn world faces a powerful new threat.
The Seanchan invasion force is in possession of Ebou Dar. Nynaeve, Elayne, and Aviendha head for Caemlyn and Elayne's rightful throne, but on the way they discover an enemy much worse than the ... (Goodreads)
Pawn of Prophecy
by David Eddings
A young man must accept his destiny and fulfill an ancient prophecy to save the world.
A magnificent epic set against a history of seven thousand years of the struggles of Gods and Kings and men - of strange lands and events - of fate and a prophecy that must be fulfilled! THE ... (Goodreads)
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
A human raised by Martians must find his place in a hostile Earth society.
The story focuses on a human raised on Mars and his adaptation to and understanding of humans and their culture. It is set in a post- Third World War United States, where organized religions are ... (Wikipedia)
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
Epic science-fiction story of a journey to the distant planet Hyperion.
In the 29th century, the Hegemony of Man comprises hundreds of planets connected by farcaster portals. The Hegemony maintains an uneasy alliance with the TechnoCore , a civilisation of AIs . Modified ... (Wikipedia)
Black House
by Stephen King
A police detective and an ex-FBI agent investigate a mysterious murder in a small town.
A series of murders has begun to plague the town of French Landing, Wisconsin . The murderer is dubbed "The Fisherman", due to a conscious effort by the killer to emulate the methods of serial killer ... (Wikipedia)
