Her Amethyst Pendant: A Contemporary Portal Fantasy Novel


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Enjoy this thrilling portal fantasy series by USA Today Bestselling urban fantasy author Sarah Biglow... ?When peace falters, can she keep her kingdom safe? Camelot is finally starting to feel like home for Morgan. She’s bonded with the mother she never knew and her best friend is at her side in this fantastical new world. When a massive cyber attack on Camelot’s defenses throws her people into chaos and leaves the tentative peace with the Seelies on the precipice of war, Morgan must heed the call of a new quest to find a much-needed ally. Morgan’s search leads her to the heart of Boston where she must track down a witch capable of protecting her kingdom and strengthening her sisterhood of knights. Finding her way in a city steeped in magic may be more than she bargained for. The roots of power run deep and the secrets she unearths about her own history may prove more dangerous than she realizes. Even if she can convince this newfound companion to join the cause, not everything is as it appears. Returning home to Camelot may not be enough to stop the drums of war from sounding. Will Morgan be able to protect her people before its too late? HER AMETHYST PENDANT is the third book in the Arthurian-inspired Guardians of Camelot portal fantasy series by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah Biglow and is part of the Seasons of Magic universe. The Guardians of Camelot series is best enjoyed in order. You can begin Morgan's journey in book 1, Her Sapphire Blade.







Her Amber Chalice: A Magical Quest Portal Fantasy Novel


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Enjoy this thrilling portal fantasy series by USA Today Bestselling urban fantasy author Sarah Biglow... Reclaiming her throne is only the beginning… Morgan le Fey may have returned to modern-day Camelot, but settling into her new role as heir apparent is anything but easy. A simple witch at heart, the scrutiny of her every move proves stifling. When the threat of war looms over her newfound home, Morgan leaps at the chance to act. Morgan’s magic leads her back to the streets of London on the hunt for the Holy Grail. Her return to the city also reunites her with her childhood friend and her first witch knight. Along the way, Morgan struggles to blend her old life with the destiny unfolding before her. Their search takes them from the Tower of London to ancient abbeys and through the city’s magical underbelly. The closer Morgan and her companions get to unearthing the Grail’s true location, the more danger lurks. Even if Morgan can lay hands on the mythical object, will she be able to control its power and keep it from falling into enemy hands? Or will her first quest end in tragedy? HER AMBER CHALICE is the second book in the Guardians of Arthurian-inspired Camelot portal fantasy series by USA Today Bestselling Author Sarah Biglow and is part of the Seasons of Magic universe. The Guardians of Camelot series is best enjoyed in order. You can begin Morgan's journey in book 1, Her Sapphire Blade.




Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld


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Originally published in single magazine form in Legion of super-heroes 298; Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld 1-12; Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld Annual 1; DC Comics presents 63; Amethyst 1-11.




Birth by Fire's Embrace


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A taut fantasy for all ages, Birth by Fire's Embrace explores how drastically things can change when the world that lies just beyond our senses begins to surface. When all that is familiar vanishes from Shar's life, she begins to look inside and find the strength and courage to carry on in a harsh world, and look towards another world that lies ahead.




Luxury Arts of the Renaissance


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Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.




Ninth House


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"The best fantasy novel I’ve read in years, because it’s about real people... Impossible to put down." —Stephen King The smash New York Times bestseller from Leigh Bardugo, a mesmerizing tale of power, privilege, and dark magic set among the Ivy League elite. Goodreads Choice Award Winner Locus Finalist Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. In fact, by age twenty, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities on a full ride. What’s the catch, and why her? Still searching for answers, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street’s biggest players. But their occult activities are more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. They tamper with forbidden magic. They raise the dead. And, sometimes, they prey on the living. Don't miss the highly-anticipated sequel, Hell Bent.




Panpocalypse


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During the coronavirus pandemic, a queer disabled woman bikes through a locked-down NYC for the ex-girlfriend who broke her heart. Orpheus manages to buy a bicycle just before they sell out across the city. She takes to the streets looking for Eurydice, the first woman she fell in love with, who also broke her heart. The city is largely closed and on lockdown, devoid of touch, connection, and community. But Orpheus hears of a mysterious underground bar Le Monocle, fashioned after the lesbian club of the same name in 1930s Paris. Will Orpheus be able to find it? Will she ever be allowed to love again? Panpocalypse—first published as an online serial in spring of 2020—follows a lonely, disabled, poly hero in this novel about disease, decay, love, and revolution.




Night of the Necromancer


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Death is not the end...You are a knightly warrior, returning to your ancestral castle having been away for a number of years fighting a crusade against the forces of darkness in the Mauristatian principality of Bathoria. You are just within sight of home when you are struck down by a band of murderers. Driven by the need to know why you have been killed, and on whose orders, you rise again as a ghost. This is where your adventure begins, as you set out to solve the mystery of your own murder. All that follows occurs during the course of one night.




Ulysses


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