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To get you started, we’ve selected 20 fantasy and sci-fi books that you can read with Kobo Plus right now:
Alchemy of Chaos by Ruth Miranda
FIfteen years after the suicide of two of his friends, Ezra King returns to the prestigious University of St. Cyr, this time as a teacher. Following on the footsteps of his former mentor Darren Whitford, he reopens the elitist study group specialising in Chaos Alchemy, guiding his students in the pursuit of results that will make life easier for all the Nonpareil.When those connected to the prior group, of which Ezra was a part of, start showing up dead, his own demons resurface, and the ghosts lying dormant in St. Cyr threaten to rise from their graves…
Eclipsing the Aurora by Peter J. Foote
When Nigel gets chucked off a dam, he thinks his time is up.
Vivian – an alien from an ancient race that uses Earth’s deep oceans as a retirement home – rescues him and convinces him to join the Consensus.
Now all he has to do is give up his life on Earth.
But he can’t abandon his birth planet when he learns that the Menace plans to attack. To stop the apocalypse, he must find his high school crush, rescue the daughter he never knew he had, and make the case to the Consensus that humanity is worth saving.
It would be a lot easier if he didn’t have amnesia.
If you like found family, unlikely heroes, and unique alien technology, you’ll love Eclipsing the Aurora, a sci-fi adventure from author Peter J. Foote.
Exile by A. J. Calvin
Andrew grew up in the royal palace of Novania, the eldest son of the queen. He went on to achieve fame and glory as a renowned soldier, and was eventually named commander of the king’s army. The kingdom believed he would be named heir to the throne, but he has long known he is ineligible. The king is not his father.
The truth of Andrew’s lineage is only partially known to the king; the identity of his father is a mystery that even Andrew is unaware of. He knows only that his father was a dragon-mage, and the dragons have fled to another world. Andrew is a skin-changer, but the laws of Novania forbid his very existence. If the king were to learn the truth of what he is, he would face execution.
The laws are equally hostile to humans born with the Mark of the Magi and the ability to wield magic. Andrew’s younger half-brother, Alexander, bears the Mark. The pair keep one another’s secrets into adulthood…Until the king dies unexpectedly and Colin ascends the throne.
When Alexander’s Mark is revealed for all to see, Andrew is faced with a choice: To watch his brother be killed, or reveal his true nature in an effort to save him from the headsman’s axe.
Manipulator’s War by Elise Carlson
All roads lead to war.
Tarlah’s first nonbinary heir, Ruarnon, is determined to prove their worth to Tarlah’s perfect King. But when Ruarnon’s parents are abducted, they’re left ruling Tarlah alone, in the shadow of impending war, with absent allies.
Neighbouring King Kyura has no intention of invading. But his warmongering subjects long for the glory of expansion. When Kyura rejects their calls for war, assassins threaten his family and mutiny threatens his reign.
Across the ocean, lost Aussie and feisty history-nerd Linh seizes her only chance to get home; sailing with Ruarnon’s allies.
Monsters at sea threaten everyone. Linh’s learnings could save Kyura’s people and clear her homeward path. If she risks her life aiding Ruarnon.
But to secure peace with Kyura’s unruly subjects, Ruarnon’s ultimate test as heir risks betrayal and Tarlah’s bloody defeat.
Murder for a Song by KM Jackways
Bewitching songs and small town secrets.
Esther, a talented musician, wasn’t even meant to be at the book shop that day. But when the boss goes missing, everyone is a suspect.
Her best friend is taken in for questioning and it’s up to Esther to prove his innocence. With her ukulele that has a will of its own and an uncanny gift to get people talking, she takes over where the police have failed. But investigating her co-workers leads her to some unsettling revelations.
In a small town with more secrets and gossip than there are chocolate chips in the muffins at the excellent local cafe, Esther finds herself on a journey to uncover the witchy family secrets. Can she work in harmony with the local policeman to find out whodunnit and clear her friend’s name by Christmas?
Murder for a Song is the first book in the delightful Musical Mayhem series. If you like witty female sleuths, ghost-hunting, freaky familiars and sweet slow-burn romance, you will love these magical cozy mysteries.
No Land for Heroes by Cal Black
Mildred Berry is down to her last four bullets…
In a wild west where the only things more dangerous than outlaws are dragons, Deputy Berry is struggling to protect her town and keep her family fed. As a last resort, she robs a train for ammunition only to find that the cargo she needs so badly was owned by war hero Frederic Rousseau.
The same Frederic Rousseau whom she served during the Amelior Civil War. The same Frederic Rousseau she’s been hiding from for the last five years.
Millie knows a secret that could ruin Rousseau’s life, and he’ll stop at nothing to keep her from telling the truth. With her violent past bearing down on the life she’s built for herself, Millie has to decide how far she’ll be willing to go to keep her town safe.
Of Potions and Honey by Cara N. Delaney
An unexpected inheritance. A potion shop in a sleepy little town. An aloof neighbour with walls around her heart.
When Mira receives a letter from a distant relative bequeathing her an old potion shop in the small town of Emberglen, she grasps this opportunity to flee a miserable job in the city and start anew. With little experience but ample enthusiasm, Mira throws herself into running her late uncle’s shop right at the edge of the beautiful Honeywood.
While Mira is busy fixing up her new house, making friends with the townspeople, and learning how to brew, things in Emberglen turn out to be not quite as idyllic as they appear. Mira’s former employer is already in town, and the mystical spring that has let the villages along the Honeywood flourish for so long is drying up. With her fledgling business at stake, Mira teams up with her equally grumpy and attractive neighbour Yoni and her childhood friend Kayden to try and save the town that is just beginning to become her new home.
Of Potions and Honey is a cozy sapphic fantasy and small-town romance, perfect for fans of The Spellshop and Stardew Valley!
Pacts Arcane and Otherwise by Joanna Maciejewska
When arcanist Kamira discovers a demon trapped in underground ruins, she immediately knows that the high mages lied about their victory centuries earlier. What she doesn’t know is that the deal she will strike with the demon, to save not only herself and her best friend, mage killer Veelk, but also the city she calls home, will cause ripples across the entire continent and beyond.
Pitted against corrupt mages, scheming demons, duplicitous inventors, and common thugs, Kamira and Veelk will have to navigate both the dangerous dark alleys in the Free City of Kaighal and the vast halls of the High Towers where intrigue and deception are just as common as spellcasting.
And where their magic and blades won’t suffice, they’ll have to use cunning to outsmart their enemies and distinguish allies from traitors, because to save their home, Kamira and Veelk will have to do more than just discover the true intentions of the trapped demon—they’ll have to face his captors, and throughout those battles they’ll need more than witty banter to survive.
This is an omnibus edition of Pacts Arcane and Otherwise series which contains the following books:
By the Pact
Scars of Stone
Shadows Over Kaighal
Demon Siege
Petition by Delilah Waan
In the Dominion of Aleznuaweite, anyone can rise to the greatest heights—if they are willing to pay the price.
Failure is a luxury Rahelu can’t afford. Her family sold everything, left their ancestral home, and became destitute foreigners for the sake of her resonance skills. Now she can manipulate emotional echoes to discern truth from lies, conjure the past, and even foretell the future.
But an act of petty revenge by her rival destroys her chance at joining one of the great Houses. Desperate to prove her family’s sacrifices were not in vain, Rahelu calls upon the most dangerous magic of all—altering fortune.
A slight twist of fate is enough to restore her way forward…with deadly consequences she never bargained for. The Houses make a pawn of her in their bitter struggle for control of the Dominion. A shadowy cult grows ever closer to completing an ancient ritual.
And Rahelu discovers that fulfilling her oath to her family might come at the cost of her mother’s life.
Riyati Rebirth by Kai Zeal
With great power comes your past incarnations and future self playing chess with your existence.
Her whole life, Kylie Rae had been concerned with appeasing her demanding, achievement-focused mother while enjoying an otherwise peaceful teenage life of sleeping late and hanging out with friends after school.
That all changes after she learns she’s the reincarnation of a destroyed magic kingdom’s crown princess after she and her two closest friends end up in a life-threatening situation. Now she has her past incarnations and somehow her own future self as distinct consciousnesses in her head, each with their own agenda — one that doesn’t necessarily line up with Kylie’s own interests.
Even worse, her past two incarnations were killed by the same man… and he’s coming for her next. If she doesn’t adapt to her new life of magic and secrets, making A’s to appease her mom will be the least of her concerns — she’ll be just as dead as the incarnations body-sharing with her.
Smoke and Light by Kristin Ardis
A kingdom at war.
A search for missing memories.
And a tangled web of love, loss, loyalty, and lies.
After months of recovery, Khara Laveya is desperate to leave the medical wing and restore the memories she lost in a brutal rebel attack. Her responsibility to her kingdom as future Sovereigna is a looming distraction from reclaiming them.
Torn between duty and desperation, Khara is haunted by a mysterious grove that calls to her in her dreams. Finding the grove may lead to her missing memories, but venturing beyond the city walls is an act of treason. Worse, it risks another encounter with the ruthless rebel forces.
To enter the forest could mean death … or something far more sinister.
The secrets lurking in the shadows could destroy the life Khara has sacrificed so much to rebuild and unravel the kingdom itself.
Smoke and Light is the first romantic fantasy book in the thrilling Rulers and Rebels trilogy, perfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and Shatter Me. If you love YA fantasy full of complex characters, royalty and rebellion, elemental magic, secrets and lies, magical forests, and no spice romance, you’ll love Smoke and Light!
Tattoo of Crimson by Sarah Chislon
Society, suitors, and…serial murders?
As much as she desires to please her family, gently-bred herbalist Jessa Caldwell has no intention of making a suitable match—not when she’s seeking the truth about the taint of the fae that lies within her. If she’s to escape the madness brought on by fae-touch, she must devote her energies to seeking a cure.
But then mysterious tattoos begin to appear on the citizens of Avons. None recall receiving these harbingers of death, but all die at the hand of an untraceable killer days or weeks after being marked.
When the tattoo appears on her beloved mentor, Jessa seeks the Magistry with information on the case—yet they refuse to consider her findings, so she must risk both social censure and her own safety to hunt for the killer herself.
Her one possible ally represents her greatest fear—the encroaching Otherworld consuming her mind—and may well undo all her efforts to control her fae-touch. Yet if she forsakes the offered aid, the killer will go free.
Something sinister stalks the streets of her city, and she must decide…how far will she go to stop the killing?
Tattoo of Crimson, a gaslamp fantasy novel, is the first book in the Blood of the Fae series. If you like quick-minded heroines who solve cases with logic and intuition, beautiful yet deadly fae, and Otherworldly intrigues, then you’ll love this mystery set in a world of manners and mythical monsters.
The Chiral Agent by L. L. Richman
First, they stole his identity. Now, they want him dead.
Shadow Recon pilot Micah Case awakens above an alien world, with no memory of his past and a mysterious voice inside his head. Worse, his own military is hunting him… and he has no idea why.
His genetic code could destroy all life.
The voice leads to a discovery so unbelievable, enemy nations would kill to control it — to control him. Now, Micah must use every skill in his arsenal to secure the stolen research.
The stakes are impossibly high, but failure is not an option. The alternative could mean the extinction of a people Micah can no longer call his own. Humanity.
THE CHIRAL AGENT is a fast-paced, cerebral thriller that’s part hard science fiction, part spy novel, and one hundred percent adrenaline. It’s sure to keep you guessing every step of the way.
The Diamond Device by M. H. Thaung
After diamond power promises to replace steam, an unemployed labourer and a thieving noble unite to foil an international plot and avert a war.
Alf Wilson resents the new technology that cost him his factory job, especially as his clockwork leg bars him from army enrolment. He daren’t confess his unemployment to his overbearing mother. Desperate over the rent, he ends up in a detention cell with a hangover.
Impoverished Lord Richard Hayes maintains his expensive parliamentary seat by a mixture of charm and burglary. During a poorly planned break-in, he inadvertently witnesses a kidnapping. To cap it all, the police arrest him for the crime. At least he’s using a fake identity. The real criminals make off with not just the professor who discovered diamond power, but her plans for a diamond-fuelled bomb.
When Rich encounters Alf in the neighbouring cell, he sees an opportunity to keep his noble reputation intact. He persuades Alf he’s a secret agent who needs an assistant. This chance association will take them to the oddest locations. But law-abiding Alf’s first assignment? Break Rich out of jail.
The First Sin by Cheyenne Brammah
In the sweeping expanse of the Årdrakin Empire, the people fight and die for honor as elite warriors of the galaxy. But long ago, a prophecy was spoken that presaged the apocalypse. Everyone knows and fears the truth: one day, the empire will fall.
Tårik is a guard for small, independent Clan Tsinna. Instead of pondering the end of his civilization, Tårik’s greatest concern is maintaining his honor while escorting a group of impertinent dignitaries across the treacherous Barren Gale. When the Mother Goddess speaks a passage from the prophecy to him, he has the good sense to be frightened, but he doesn’t heed the significance of Her visit.
Then disaster strikes, and Tårik is branded as an exile, leaving him with no home, no honor, and no future. Forced into a desperate struggle for survival, all Tårik can focus on is living just one more day until luck—or maybe fate—gives him the opportunity to join a new clan. But even this is fraught with danger and uncertainty, and it takes him to an inhospitable world far from the empire where survival seems all but impossible.
Faced with new challenges, including trying to navigate first contact with the low-tech locals, Tårik believes the prophecy can’t reach him. Yet it continues to loom, signaling that his fate and the fate of the empire are irrevocably entwined.
The Outsiders of Orkland by Kenneth Feller
What would you sacrifice for your family?
A plague ravages the Fringe, but a chance encounter with orcs from Bogan Island gives Boele hope for a cure.
With his lad, Willem, a dodgy crew, and a huge pair of stones, he sets off on a mission to once again unite the humans with the horde.
Or he could screw up and start a war. No pressure.
For fans of The Grey Bastards and Dungeon Crawler Carl, The Outsiders of Orkland is a fast-paced, foul-mouthed, dark fantasy with an Australasian twist.
The Stars in Your Soul by Niranjan
This is the omnibus edition of the following titles:
Curse of Souls
The Dragon and the Mage
Endless Lives
Colliding Forces
All four books are queer science fantasy books involving soulmates.
The Thirteenth Hour by Trudie Skies
When the saints fail, the sinners step up.
Cruel gods rule the steam-powered city of Chime, demanding worship and tribute from their mortal subjects. Kayl lost her faith in them long ago, and now seeks to protect vulnerable and downtrodden mortals from their gods’ whims. But when Kayl discovers powers that she didn’t know she had-and destroys a mortal’s soul by accident-she becomes Chime’s most wanted.
Quen’s job was to pursue sinners, until the visions started. Haunted by foreboding images of his beloved city’s destruction, Quen hunts soul-sucking creatures made of aether who prey on its citizens-and Kayl is his number one target.
To ensure Chime’s future, Kayl and Quen must discover the truth of Kayl’s divine abilities before the gods take matters into their own hands.
For a city that bows to cruel gods, it’ll take godless heathens to save it.
Undine’s Blessing by Tessa Hastjarjanto
A dutiful daughter, a mystical archipelago, and a hidden power waiting to command the tides…
Marella spends her days caring for her sick mother and selling her father’s fish. Bound by duty and love, she dreams little of adventure. But when her mother must travel to the city for treatment, her father takes her out to sea, despite her fear of water.
A storm steers them to Emberrain, home to a tribe of magical nymphs and a place of secrets, where Marella discovers a startling truth: her father is a frequent visitor to these mysterious islands. Soon she learns that Emberrain isn’t the only secret he had kept from her.
Marella has the power to control water and communicate with aquatic animals.
Overwhelmed by the magical but dangerous islands, and the secrets of her father, Marella must learn to harness her powers to save herself and her new aquatic friend before they are separated from their parents forever.
Undine’s Blessing is a journey of wonder, where fears are faced and mysteries unravel, and a young girl learns that true adventure begins when you dare to embrace who you truly are.
War of the Space Dragons by L’Poni Baldwin
The dragons of the Draconizica Empire are symbols of power but the lowest subspecies among them suffer from socioeconomic problems that would make a poor human look rich. Sometimes being a dragon shifter means nothing in the eyes of humans.
Ashuton Karrucci is tired of humans constantly taking advantage of his people. He decides to call their empire’s fleets from the stars to assist him in putting humanity in their place. One way or another, humanity will fall at the hands of dragons.
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