Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel
An Instant USA Today & Indie Bestseller
An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022
A Vulture Best Fantasy Novel of 2022
An NPR Best Sci Fi, Fantasy, & Speculative Fiction Book of 2022
A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee

From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure.

*The very special hardcover edition features a gold foil stamp on the casing and custom endpapers illustrated by the author.*

This isn't the kind of fairy tale where the princess marries a prince.

It's the one where she kills him.

Marra — a shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter — is relieved not to be married off for the sake of her parents’ throne. Her older sister wasn’t so fortunate though, and her royal husband is as abusive as he is powerful. From the safety of the convent, Marra wonders who will come to her sister’s rescue and put a stop to this. But after years of watching their families and kingdoms pretend all is well, Marra realizes if any hero is coming, it will have to be Marra herself.

If Marra can complete three impossible tasks, a witch will grant her the tools she needs. But, as is the way in stories of princes and the impossible, these tasks are only the beginning of Marra’s strange and enchanting journey to save her sister and topple a throne.

Half-fae, half-human—entirely unprepared to face the war my bloodline dragged me into.

The moment I touch the broken rescue stallion, scars thicken like armor across his back and wings begin to regrow. I've barely processed this when a gruff man with glowing eyes and a pulsing energy shows up on my ranch, claiming I'm half fae...and the key to saving three realms.

I refuse to let anyone else decide who I become, but that doesn't stop my fae "guardian" from black mailing me to follow him to his realm, where small folk are vanishing, only to return stripped of their magic and dying slow, tortured deaths. And while my healing magic is stirring here, it’s barely enough to help with the demons hunting us, let alone save anyone.

As for my guardian? Seems like even being near me is painful, and I can’t tell if it’s from resisting the connection between us, or something darker. Especially when it feels like his blood commands mine... and my own might destroy him.

But distraction could cost us everything; if I fail the prophecy, demons will enslave the fae, destroy the human realm, and take the creature I care about most: my Leath Pegasus.

They say I’m the key to saving the realms, but as time runs out, I can't help but wonder if anyone can stop what’s coming.

Fans of Anne Bishop’s Pillars of the World and Faith Hunters' Jane Yellowrock Series will love this fast-pace, hidden magics, and forbidden love between a grumpy fae guardian and a sunshiny but reluctant chosen one.

Two men who hate each other. One impossible mission. A legend in the making.

Hadrian Blackwater, a warrior with nothing to fight for, is paired with Royce Melborn, a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Hired by an old wizard, they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the impregnable remains of the grandest fortress ever built and home to the realm's most prized possessions. But it isn't gold or jewels that the wizard is after, and if he can just keep them from killing each other, they just might succeed.

Ten years ago an inexplicable energy wave warped Earth forever…

Monsters and bandits infest the Sonoran Desert and challenge Trev Leon at every turn. No one can guarantee his survival but him. Trev can’t even be sure who’s on his side and who wants him dead.

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Trev Leon grew up in the shattered remains of the once proud United States. He was blessed and cursed like everyone else with a special ability in a world where weak governments are still trying to regain a semblance of control over the superpowered bandits and grotesque mutant animals that now prowl at the edges of civilization. With the death of his parents and a warning to keep the nature of his power hidden, Trev moves far away to the desert southwest to start a new life.

A race in the desert uncovers a sinister agenda…

Starting over in a broken world isn’t cheap. Trev’s plan is to win the monster-hunting Sonoran Baja Hunter-Tourist Rally to score quick cash and a strong reputation in his new home.

Navigating the treacherous desert landscape with his best friend and co-driver Jack and an alluring tourist harboring secrets of her own, Trev realizes that winning the race is no longer his only concern. The event requires him to go fast, fight monsters, and keep the tourist safe, but he’s not so sure she cares all that much about whether he survives.

Facing dangerous monsters, explosive confrontations, and a deepening web of deception, Trev must unravel the hidden mysteries of the southwest.

Will Trev and his companions survive the ultimate race and emerge victorious, or will they become the next team to vanish without a trace in an unforgiving desert?

From lonely little girl… to the people's princess.

She is the last hope of a kingdom crushed under the heel of tyranny.

At first alone in the world, everything changed the day she met Gerald; once a forgotten old warrior, now the General of her army.

With the aid of those willing to sacrifice their lives for the cause of good, she prepares to wage war against her brother, a king more corrupt than even her dead father.

All her life has led up to this.

Now, they seek to unite the ancient races in a desperate race to win the crown before the Dark Queen enslaves them all.

Fate of the Crown is the fifth book in the Heir to the Crown medieval fantasy series. If you like unexpected twists, chuckling under your breath, and shedding the occasional tear, then you will love Paul J Bennett's tale of a princess who fights for her people.

Seize your copy of Fate of the Crown, and watch the battle unfold!

New to the series? Meet Gerald Matheson, the steadfast warrior in ‘Heir to the Crown: Book One, Servant of the Crown’, available in eBook & paperback.

The stunning sequel to Daughter of the Moon Goddess delves deeper into beloved Chinese mythology, concluding the epic story of Xingyin—the daughter of Chang’e and the mortal archer, Houyi—as she battles a grave new threat to the realm, in this powerful tale of love, sacrifice, and hope.

After winning her mother’s freedom from the Celestial Emperor, Xingyin thrives in the enchanting tranquility of her home. But her fragile peace is threatened by the discovery of a strange magic on the moon and the unsettling changes in the Celestial Kingdom as the emperor tightens his grip on power. While Xingyin is determined to keep clear of the rising danger, the discovery of a shocking truth spurs her into a perilous confrontation.

Forced to flee her home once more, Xingyin and her companions venture to unexplored lands of the Immortal Realm, encountering legendary creatures and shrewd monarchs, beloved friends and bitter adversaries. With alliances shifting quicker than the tides, Xingyin has to overcome past grudges and enmities to forge a new path forward, seeking aid where she never imagined she would. As an unspeakable terror sweeps across the realm, Xingyin must uncover the truth of her heart and claw her way through devastation—to rise against this evil before it destroys everything she holds dear, and the worlds she has grown to love . . . even if doing so demands the greatest price of all.

How did they expect her to play the game if she didn’t even understand the rules?

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Huntress Initiate:

Abandoned as an infant, Quinn Faust is about to discover she’s not just a normal human being.

Bounced from foster home to foster home, she came to rely on her street smarts, martial arts skills, and the tiny silver amulet that was the only link to her lost family.

Hired by a video game company to test new Virtual Reality gear to train soldiers, Quinn quickly learns there’s more to the game than they told her.

Now strange happenings reveal a world hidden in the shadows, the existence of supernatural creatures, magic and mystical powers.

Does Quinn have what it takes to claim the birthright of long-lost Hunter clans?

Huntress Apprentice:

It’s a fight just to survive. VR assassins and demonic forces lurk in the shadows in this hidden world. Doesn’t help that there’s something, or someone, else gunning for them too.

Can an apprentice Huntress, a grizzled veteran, a lone sorceress, and a tech witch find a way to stop a newer, even greater evil?

As Quinn finds her way with her new abilities, she and her new clan continue their work to counter the efforts of demons bent on invading our world.

Caught in an epic battle between the light and the dark as old as time, the Huntress and her team may only have one chance to save those she’s sworn to protect.

Will it be enough?

Huntress Cadet:

Vampire Hunts, Lost Power, and Betrayal.

Huntress Quinn Faust and her friends search for a master vampire in hiding. Her new clan deals with the aftermath of their battle with John Handon and his minions. All the while, Quinn fights for control over her abilities following the destruction of her magical amulet.

A thin glimmer of hope leads them on a quest for ancient Hunter knowledge. Even the intrigue of Fae power struggles won’t deter Quinn as she seeks to replace what she lost.

Huntress Scout:

Kidnapped Shifters, Fae Plots, and a Second Huntress.

Quinn Faust used to be the only Huntress in town. Now a stranger threatens to upset everything.

Building the new Huntress Clan holds all Quinn’s attention. Now, though, new distractions might undo all her hard work.

With an entire shifter community disappearing from the city, and the arrival of a new player on the scene, Quinn must focus on being true to herself and her unique Huntress skills.

Huntress Adept:

Magic, a Dragon Egg, and Dark Fae Plots

Huntress Quinn fights for her life against unknown magical threats.

But just as she discovers the source, she faces trial for a crime she didn’t commit.

Can she rally the city’s defenses, hold her new clan together, and meet the challenge of a trial by Fae?

Huntress Defender:

In the sixth and final book of the Huntress Clan Saga, Huntresses Quinn and Avery are the last line of defense protecting six powerful little girls. Their hidden power holds the key to the seals on a demonic portal.

Dark Fae seek the girls in their last play to defeat the Huntresses once and for all.

Now, it’s a race across two continents to get to Baltimore first.

I’m a wedding planner. I coordinate chaos for a living. But nothing prepared me for Saltford Bay’s grumpy werewolf sheriff, especially not when he kissed me like a feral beast… and then asked me to be his fake mate.

Planning a dragon wedding is hard enough. Add a stolen tiara, a brewing scandal, and one scowling werewolf with eyes like wildfire and a permanent stick up his tail, and suddenly I’m wondering if I should’ve stayed in bed.

Sheriff Adrian Wolfsbane is stern, broody, and impossible to work with. He’s handling security for the dragon wedding of the century, so when the bride’s priceless tiara vanishes and things start catching fire, of course he takes charge of the investigation.

When the suspect list starts looking a little too close to home, he makes me an offer: pretend to be his mate, and he’ll give me full access to the case. The plan? Convince everyone we’re bonded, sniff out the thief, and avoid catching feelings.

Easy, right?

Except now I’m staying at his cabin, wearing his scent, and trying to ignore the way he looks at me like I already belong to him.

And if he keeps acting like I’m more than just his fake mate… I’m not sure I’ll want to keep pretending. It was supposed to be a temporary arrangement.

No touching.
No feelings.
Definitely no biting.

Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugely-anticipated sequel to TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, one of the best-loved and best-selling fantasy novels of the past decade.

A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.

Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one.

He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there.

Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the children ever feel the neglect and pain that he once felt as an orphan on that very same island so long ago. He is not alone: joining him is the love of his life, Linus Baker, a former caseworker in the Department In Charge of Magical Youth. And there's the island's sprite, Zoe Chapelwhite, and her girlfriend, Mayor Helen Webb. Together, they will do anything to protect the children.

But when Arthur is summoned to make a public statement about his dark past, he finds himself at the helm of a fight for the future that his family, and all magical people, deserve.

And when a new magical child hopes to join them on their island home—one who finds power in calling himself monster, a name that Arthur worked so hard to protect his children from—Arthur knows they’re at a breaking point: their family will either grow stronger than ever or fall apart.

Welcome back to Marsyas Island. This is Arthur’s story.

Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told, about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts?

Presented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, FantasticLand pieces together the grisly series of events. Park policy was that the mostly college-aged employees surrender their electronic devices to preserve the authenticity of the FantasticLand experience. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human flesh. This new social network divides the ravaged dreamland into territories ruled by the Pirates, the ShopGirls, the Freaks, and the Mole People. If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost?
FantasticLand is a modern take on Lord of the Flies meets Battle Royale that probes the consequences of a social civilization built online.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Dragons rule the world. Their claws are into every aspect of human life, from government to industry. But Kristen Hall is about to throw a wrench into all of that.

Because she’s a dragon, too. She just doesn’t know it…yet!

A dragon raised by humans, in the human world.

Get all 15 books in the best-selling Steel Dragon series to dive into Kristen's story.

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After graduating from the police academy, she’s dropped right into the ranks of Detroit’s elite SWAT team. A rookie, in SWAT? Unheard of. But what the dragons want, they get.

The reasons behind their machinations become clear as her dragon powers begin to surface.

Will Kristen rise to the challenges her new life delivers? What designs do the dragons have for her future? And perhaps most pressing of all — how did she come to be a dragon with human parents?

Two Asian American superheroines take on killer cupcakes, karaoke battles, and a demon invasion in this snarky urban fantasy series for fans of KPop Demon Hunters!

Being a superheroine is hard. Working for one is even harder.

Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco’s most beloved superheroine. She’s great at her job—blending into the background, handling her boss’s epic diva tantrums, and getting demon blood out of leather pants.

Unfortunately, she’s not nearly as together when it comes to running her own life, standing up for herself, or raising her tempestuous teenage sister, Bea.

But everything changes when Evie’s forced to pose as her glamorous boss for one night, and her darkest secret comes out: she has powers, too. Now it’s up to her to contend with murderous cupcakes, nosy gossip bloggers, and supernatural karaoke battles—all while juggling unexpected romance and Aveda’s increasingly outrageous demands. And when a larger threat emerges, Evie must finally take charge and become a superheroine in her own right . . . or see her city fall to a full-on demonic invasion.

We all start as strangers. Why does that make me so nervous?

I can't imagine life without Mom, Dad, Bubbe or my friends in Salem. And that's what I'll be living at Hawthorn Academy, the campus between worlds. But Hawthorn Academy's the place to be if I want to join the family business as a veterinarian for magic critters.

It's magi only at my new school, so I'm going without my besties. The only person I'll know there is my snarky big brother. At least I've already bonded with a familiar. But my dragonet means I'm destined for above-average power levels.

The last thing I want to do is scare people off. You only get one chance at first impressions, after all.

But will I make friends or enemies?

"Perfect for fans of C.S. Lewis."—Bookmarked (Reedsy Discovery)

"Enidor clearly felt that something awful was happening to him, but he could do nothing about it. He had been toughened up by distant expeditions and the wielding of various weapons, which he had proven more than once in sea battles or skirmishes with pirates and slave traders. However, he could not fight the demonic forces from another world that lurked in the distant seas and about which he had heard in old sagas and legends. To fight the invisible creatures of the Underworld or the Mysterious Land, who could take on different shapes, one needed a weapon of the most powerful kind—a weapon that was not at all like a sword or an enchanted amulet. A weapon called Eithua.

No one really knew what Eithua was, but according to legends, many in the world knew how to use this weapon and could perform amazing miracles with it."

Getting confessions from notorious serial killers? Easy.
Stealing priceless Egyptian artifacts? No problem.
Doing it with a cocky, too-handsome-for-his-own-good bad boy? Impossible.

My name is Harleigh Sinclair, and I’m a Neotact. That’s a fancy word for a person who has special powers using touch. My special power? I can touch a person, see into their mind, and find any object they’ve physically contacted. Comes in handy when you’re employed by San Antonio’s wealthiest entrepreneur who’s in the business of finding lost relics. However, my job description does come with a few hitches.

My most recent client is a man named Jagg Ransom. He’s arrogant and too attractive for his own good. My mission is to purchase an ancient Egyptian ankh from him and deliver it to my boss. Sounds easy, right?

But Ransom refuses to cooperate, so I have no choice but to break into his apartment and steal the location of the amulet from his mind. Bad idea. Like, really bad idea.
I find out that this relic happens to be the relic that gave five percent of Earth’s population Neotact powers. I also learn that Ransom isn’t who he says he is, and I’m forced onto a path that will take me from my home in Texas to a hidden dungeon of a Scottish castle, and then into the heart of a deadly Egyptian desert. Finding the ankh is hard enough. Fighting my feelings for Jagg Ransom is worse.

If I can’t find the ankh in time, not only will I be out of a job, but I’ll lose everything I value—including my own life.

Fate has a way of defying expectations.

Chosen in the womb to be a dragon rider, Kai Lin has waited her entire young life to meet her dragon in person. But when she stands before him at the Ceremony of Oaths, the unthinkable happens, and Kai’s world is sent spinning into chaos.

Secrets come to light, and a powerful enemy attacks. Forced to flee for her safety, Kai must seek out the only one who can help her... before it’s too late.

Vampire elite. College freshman. Double life.

Claudia Richelieu excels at taking down human operatives, but her temper is her Achilles' heel.

Tasked with a solo mission at UN-NC, Claudia must balance her black ops work with campus life.

One slip could blow her cover and jeopardize Haven's secrets.

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But this job is a far cry from the adrenaline-fueled operations she's used to. This assignment is more than just homework and frat parties. Claudia must keep her vampire identity hidden while navigating the complex social landscape of university life.

As she delves deeper into her mission, Claudia confronts an unexpected adversary: herself. Can she rein in her impulsive nature and complete the assignment? Or will her fiery temperament be her undoing?

With each passing day, the lines between her two worlds blur.

Will Claudia’s undercover operation uncover more than just intel? Can a vampire trained for combat find her place in the world of textbooks and term papers?

Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City.

In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power.

In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her.

In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.

And they're not the only ones.

“This book is fast, furious, compelling, and angry as hell." -- Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author

The Boys meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman discovers the greatest superpower—for good or ill—is a properly executed spreadsheet.

Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. Working for a monster lurking beneath the surface of the world isn’t glamorous. But is it really worse than working for an oil conglomerate or an insurance company? In this economy?

As a temp, she’s just a cog in the machine. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called “hero” leaves her badly injured. And, to her horror, compared to the other bodies strewn about, she’s the lucky one.

So, of course, then she gets laid off.

With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the hands of a hero is far from unique. When people start listening to the story that her data tells, she realizes she might not be as powerless as she thinks.

Because the key to everything is data: knowing how to collate it, how to manipulate it, and how to weaponize it. By tallying up the human cost these caped forces of nature wreak upon the world, she discovers that the line between good and evil is mostly marketing. And with social media and viral videos, she can control that appearance.

It’s not too long before she’s employed once more, this time by one of the worst villains on earth. As she becomes an increasingly valuable lieutenant, she might just save the world.

A sharp, witty, modern debut, Hench explores the individual cost of justice through a fascinating mix of Millennial office politics, heroism measured through data science, body horror, and a profound misunderstanding of quantum mechanics.

An exiled faerie. A mysterious mirror. A city full of secrets.

Eila Snowshadow never expected to find herself banished from the Winter Court, much less hurled into the bustling streets of London.

Armed with unpredictable magic and a knack for trouble, Eila is determined to carve out a new life for herself. But when she stumbles upon a plot involving missing children and a magical artifact, she can’t help but get involved.

Pick up this complete trilogy and join Eila on her urban fantasy London adventure!

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Teaming up with Corvus, a shapeshifting raven with a penchant for shiny objects, and Grimrock, a reclusive troll, Eila must navigate the treacherous underbelly of London’s paranormal society. From dodging Oathkeepers to infiltrating secret hideouts, she’ll need all her wits - and a hefty dose of sugar - to unravel the mystery.

With time running out and powerful forces closing in, Eila must master her erratic powers and confront her own past.

Can Eila save the missing children and prevent a catastrophe that threatens both worlds? Or will her exile become a death sentence in a city that shows no mercy to outsiders?

Included in this boxed set:

1. Banished
2. Blackwing
3. Frostfire