Jamesy Perkins's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 21 Oct 2023 13:17:44 -0700 60 Jamesy Perkins's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)]]> 30244 368 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425209067 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.14 1997 The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)]]> 50027 Discover the origin story of one of the greatest heroes of the Realms—Drizzt Do’Urden—in this thrilling first installment of the Dark Elf Trilogy

Drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre’s standout characters. With Homeland, Salvatore pulls back the curtain to reveal the startling tale of how this hero came to be—how this one lone drow walked out of the shadowy depths of the Underdark; how he left behind an evil society and a family that wanted him dead.

As the third son of Mother Malice and weaponmaster Zaknafein, Drizzt Do’Urden is meant to be sacrificed to Lolth, the evil Spider Queen, per drow tradition. But with the unexpected death of his older brother, young Drizzt is spared—and, as a result, further ostracized by his family. As Drizzt grows older, developing his swordsmanship skills and studying at the Academy, he begins to realize that his idea of good and evil does not match up with those of his fellow drow. Can Drizzt stay true to himself in a such an unforgiving, unprincipled world?

Homeland is the first book in the Dark Elf Trilogy and the Legend of Drizzt series.]]> 343 R.A. Salvatore Jamesy Perkins 5 4.26 1990 Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.26
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)]]> 55401
Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, Deadhouse Gates is a novel of war, intrigue and betrayal confirms Steven Eirkson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination and originality--a new master of epic fantasy.]]> 604 Steven Erikson 0765310023 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.27 2000 Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
author: Steven Erikson
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average rating: 4.27
book published: 2000
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[War of the Spider Queen Gift Set, Part I (Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, #1-3)]]> 58347
When the evil goddess of spiders stops answering the prayers of her faithful, the matriarchal theocracy of the dreaded dark elves teeters on the brink of ruin. A hand-picked team of powerful drow embark on an epic quest to answer a simple Where is the Queen of the Demonweb Pits? The question may be simple, but finding the answer could either save or destroy an entire civilization.]]> 1112 Richard Lee Byers 0786941863 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.34 2006 War of the Spider Queen Gift Set, Part I (Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, #1-3)
author: Richard Lee Byers
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2006
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]> 3437 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.]]> 272 Mark Haddon 0099450259 Jamesy Perkins 4 3.87 2003 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
author: Mark Haddon
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail]]> 13722077 400 Thomas McFadden 1466817321 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.18 2003 Marching Powder: A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail
author: Thomas McFadden
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2003
rating: 5
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]]> Great Expectations 2623
Pip must discover his true self, and his own set of values and priorities. Whether such values allow one to prosper in the complex world of early Victorian England is the major question posed by Great Expectations, one of Dickens's most fascinating, and disturbing, novels.

This edition includes the original, discarded ending, Dickens's brief working notes, and the serial instalments and chapter divisions in different editions. It also uses the definitive Clarendon text.]]> 544 Charles Dickens 0192833596 Jamesy Perkins 4 3.78 1861 Great Expectations
author: Charles Dickens
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1861
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Crippled God (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #10)]]> 8447255
Her enemy, the Forkrul Assail, seek to cleanse the world, to annihilate everything. In the realm of Kurald Galain, home to the long lost city of Kharkanas, a refugees commanded by Yedan Derryg, the Watch, await the breaching of Lightfall, and the coming of the Tiste Liosan. In this war they cannot win, they will die in the name of an empty city and a queen with no subjects.

Elsewhere, the three Elder Gods, Kilmandaros, Errastas and Sechul Lath, work to shatter the chains binding Korabas, the Otataral Dragon. Against her force of utter devastation, no mortal can stand. At the Gates of Starvald Demelain, the Azath House sealing the portal is dying. Soon will come the Eleint, dragons, and a final cataclysm.]]> 921 Steven Erikson 0593046358 Jamesy Perkins 0 currently-reading 4.50 2011 The Crippled God (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #10)
author: Steven Erikson
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average rating: 4.50
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]]> <![CDATA[Dust of Dreams (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #9)]]> 4703427
In Letherii, the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen.

And in these same Wastelands, others gather to confront their destinies. The warlike Barghast, thwarted in their vengeance against the Tiste Edur, seek new enemies beyond the border and Onos Toolan, once immortal T'lan Imass now mortal commander of the White Face clan, faces insurrection. To the south, the Perish Grey Helms parlay passage through the treacherous kingdom of Bolkando. Their intention is to rendezvous with the Bonehunters but their vow of allegiance to the Malazans will be sorely tested. And ancient enclaves of an Elder Race are in search of salvation--not among their own kind, but among humans--as an old enemy draws ever closer to the last surviving bastion of the K'Chain Che'Malle.

So this last great army of the Malazan Empire is resolved to make one final defiant, heroic stand in the name of redemption. But can deeds be heroic when there is no one to witness them? And can that which is not witnessed forever change the world? Destines are rarely simple, truths never clear but one certainty is that time is on no one's side. For the Deck of Dragons has been read, unleashing a dread power that none can comprehend�

In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the final chapter of 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' has begun…]]> 1280 Steven Erikson 0765316552 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.30 2009 Dust of Dreams (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #9)
author: Steven Erikson
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Guardians of the Lost (Sovereign Stone, #2)]]> 29164 For two centuries the portion of the great Sovereign Stone belonging to the humans of Loerem was lost from sight and memory. But there are those who dare never forget ...

A magical relic has been miraculously recovered -- and the battle for the future of Loerem begins. It is a nightmare conflict that will ensnare dwarf, human, elf, and orken beings, as the immortal dark lord Dagnarus launches terrible war from the blackest depths of the Void. And now heros must emerge from the most unlikely corners of the world to deny Dagnarus the awesome power of the Stone -- or suffer the hideous damnation of his hellish reign.]]> 652 Margaret Weis 0061020583 Jamesy Perkins 3 3.79 2000 Guardians of the Lost (Sovereign Stone, #2)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Journey Into the Void (Sovereign Stone, #3)]]> 28538 From acclaimed New York Times bestselling fantasists Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman comes the spellbinding conclusion to the epic adventure of wonder, courage, magic, and ambition that is the breathtaking world of the Sovereign Stone.

Over two hundred years have passed since the mystical Sovereign Stone was shattered and the world of Loerem faced its most dangerous test ever—the rise of the dark lord Dagnarus. But now Dagnarus has stirred from the Void and seeks the utter conquest of all Loerem. Leading a seemingly unstoppable horde of bestial, powerful minions and a host of insidious undead, Dagnarus captures mortal kingdom after mortal kingdom, until he stands before the very gates of New Vinnengael, as traitors within the city plot to yield the crown to the undead lord.

In the darkness and turmoil that follows, all heroes must first master their own fears and weaknesses before they can take up the fight to stop Dagnarus, and the company spreads across many lands to face many perils. Mortally wounded by a Blood-knife wielded by an undead Vrykyl knight, the Baron Shadamehr lies dying, and even the many skills of his beautiful, beloved Alise may not be able to save him. Others face desperate journeys through hostile lands and difficult tests of character. And, unsuspected, a deadly Vrykyl stalks the pecwae Bashae—and his precious burden, the human portion of the Sovereign Stone—through the streets of New Vinnengael.

Yet the gods have their own plans for this imperiled land, and drawn by an unknown call, the Dominion Lords head for the Portal of the Gods, the mystical, haunted site of Dagnarus’s terrible treachery two hundred years beforehand. For if all the parts of the sundered Sovereign Stone can be reunited, the Dominion Lords can stop Dagnarus’s unholy plans for domination. But one piece is still missing. . . .

As the past and present converge in a desperate race to determine the future, an unlikely hero will arise. A man who will become far more than he ever dreamed possible and who holds the fate of all Loerem in his hands. And to save Loerem he must venture into a realm of utter terror and darkness . . . into the very blackness of the Void itself.]]> 578 Margaret Weis 0061020591 Jamesy Perkins 3 3.85 2003 Journey Into the Void (Sovereign Stone, #3)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Well of Darkness (Sovereign Stone, #1)]]> 28533 562 Margaret Weis 0061020575 Jamesy Perkins 3 3.68 2000 Well of Darkness (Sovereign Stone, #1)
author: Margaret Weis
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Forge of Darkness (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #1)]]> 13038833 Now is the time to tell the story of an ancient realm, a tragic tale that sets the stage for all the tales yet to come and all those already told...

It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power. and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold...]]> 662 Steven Erikson 0593062175 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.11 2012 Forge of Darkness (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #1)
author: Steven Erikson
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average rating: 4.11
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)]]> 938544


Hidden hands pluck the strings of tyranny like a fell chorus. While the bards sing their tragic tales, somewhere in the distance can be heard the baying of Hounds...And in the distant city of Black Coral, where rules Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness, ancient crimes awaken, intent on revenge. It seems Love and Death are indeed about to arrive...hand in hand, dancing.



A thrilling, harrowing novel of war, intrigue and dark, uncontrollable magic, Toll the Hounds is the new chapter in Erikson's monumental series - epic fantasy at its most imaginative and storytelling at its most exciting.]]> 1008 Steven Erikson 0765310082 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.37 2008 Toll the Hounds (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #8)
author: Steven Erikson
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Reaper's Gale (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #7)]]> 459064
Erikson’s � Malazan Book of the Fallen � has been recognised the world-over by writers, critics and fans alike � in a recent review of The Bonehunters, the sixth chapter in this remarkable tale, the UK’s Interzone magazine hailed it ‘a masterpiece� and ‘the benchmark for all future works in the field�, while the hugely influential genre website, Ottawa-based SF Site, declared ‘this series has clearly established itself as the most significant work of epic fantasy since Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant�.

Now comes Reaper’s Gale � the seventh Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen � and neither Erikson nor the excitement are showing any sign of letting up. Mauled and now cut adrift by the Malazan Empire, Tavore and her now infamous 14th army have landed on the coast of a strange, unknown continent and find themselves facing an even more dangerous the Tiste Edur, a nightmarish empire pledged to serve the Crippled God�

A brutal, harrowing novel of war, intrigue and dark, uncontrollable magic, this is fantasy at its most imaginative and storytelling at its most thrilling.


From the Trade Paperback edition.]]> 1280 Steven Erikson 0593046315 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.38 2007 Reaper's Gale (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #7)
author: Steven Erikson
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #6)]]> 478951

Here is the stunning new chapter in Steven Erikson magnificent 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' - hailed an epic of the imagination and acknowledged as a fantasy classic in the making.]]> 1203 Steven Erikson 0553813153 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.48 2006 The Bonehunters (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #6)
author: Steven Erikson
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average rating: 4.48
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]]> <![CDATA[Midnight Tides (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #5)]]> 345299 960 Steven Erikson 0553813145 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.41 2004 Midnight Tides (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #5)
author: Steven Erikson
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average rating: 4.41
book published: 2004
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)]]> 55398 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove to be an extraordinary destiny.
Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Tavore, the Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of Seven Cities. New to command, she must hone twelve thousand soldiers, mostly raw recruits but for a handful of veterans of Coltaine's legendary march, into a force capable of challenging the massed hordes of Sha'ik's Whirlwind who lie in wait in the heart of the Holy Desert.
But waiting is never easy. The seer's warlords are locked into a power struggle that threatens the very soul of the rebellion, while Sha'ik herself suffers, haunted by the knowledge of her nemesis: her own sister, Tavore.
And so begins this awesome new chapter in Steven Erikson's acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen.]]> 1015 Steven Erikson 0765348810 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.33 2002 House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)
author: Steven Erikson
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)]]> 175983 925 Steven Erikson 0765348802 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.46 2001 Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)
author: Steven Erikson
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.46
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]]> <![CDATA[The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)]]> 977841 New York Times bestselling The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, perfect for fans of The Maze Runner and Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

He holds the secret that can end the world.

The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly 700 years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life.

The records show that he died in 1418.

But his tomb is empty.

The legend: Nicholas Flamel lives. But only because he has been making the elixir of life for centuries. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the book he protects—the Book of Abraham the Mage. It's the most powerful book that has ever existed. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. That's exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. Humankind won't know what's happening until it's too late. And if the prophecy is right, Sophie and Josh Newman are the only ones with the power to save the world as we know it.

Sometimes legends are true.

And Sophie and Josh Newman are about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time.




Praise for The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series:


The Alchemyst

[STAR] “[A] A riveting fantasy…While there is plenty here to send readers rushing to their encyclopedias…those who read the book at face value will simply be caught up in the enthralling story. A fabulous read.â€â€�School Library Journal, Starred
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The Magician

[STAR] “Readers will be swept up by a plot that moves smartly along, leaving a wide trailer of destruction and well-timed revelations.â€â€�Kirkus Reveiws, Starred
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The Sorceress

“Master yarnspinner that he is, Scott expertly cranks up the suspense while keeping his now-large cast in quick motionâ€�.This page –turner promises plenty of action to come.â€â€� Kirkus Reviews
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The Necromancer

“Unrelenting forward momentumâ€�.This book will thrill fans.â€â€� School Library Journal ]]> 375 Michael Scott 0385733577 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.80 2007 The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)
author: Michael Scott
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> <![CDATA[Kiss the Dead (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #21)]]> 12383252
But even vampires have monsters that they're afraid of. And Anita is one of them...]]> 359 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425247546 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.83 2012 Kiss the Dead (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #21)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[Hit List (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #20)]]> 8935153 320 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425241130 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.95 2011 Hit List (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #20)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[Divine Misdemeanors (Merry Gentry, #8)]]> 6098691
While I may have rejected the monarchy, I cannot abandon my people. Someone is killing the fey, which has left the LAPD baffled and my guardsmen and me deeply disturbed. My kind are not easily captured or killed. At least not by mortals. I must get to the bottom of these horrendous murders, even if that means going up against Gilda, the Fairy Godmother, my rival for fey loyalties in Los Angeles.

But even stranger things are happening. Mortals I once healed with magic are suddenly performing miracles, a shocking phenomenon wreaking havoc on human/faerie relations. Though I am innocent, dark suspicions of banned magical activities swirl around me.

I thought I’d left the blood and politics behind in my own turbulent realm. I had dreamed of an idyllic life in sunny L.A. with my beloved ones beside me. But it becomes time to wake up and realize that evil knows no borders, and that nobody lives forever—even if they’re magical.]]> 333 Laurell K. Hamilton 0345495969 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.06 2009 Divine Misdemeanors (Merry Gentry, #8)
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Bullet (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #19)]]> 7121598
Anita Blake is back in St. Louis and trying to live a normal life-as normal as possible for someone who is a legal vampire executioner and a U. S. Marshal. There are lovers, friends and their children, school programs to attend. In the midst of all the ordinary happiness a vampire from Anita's past reaches out. She was supposed to be dead, killed in an explosion, but the Mother of All Darkness is the first vampire, their dark creator. It's hard to kill a god. This dark goddess has reached out to her here-in St. Louis, home of everyone Anita loves most. The Mother of All Darkness has decided she has to act now or never, to control Anita, and all the vampires in America.

The Mother of All Darkness believes that the triumvirate created by master vampire Jean-Claude with Anita and the werewolf Richard Zeeman has enough power for her to regain a body and to immigrate to the New World. But the body she wants to possess is already taken. Anita is about to learn a whole new meaning to sharing her body, one that has nothing to do with the bedroom. And if the Mother of All Darkness can't succeed in taking over Anita's body for herself, she means to see that no one else has the use of it, ever again. Even Belle Morte, not always a friend to Anita, has sent "Run if you can..."]]> 356 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425234339 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.85 2010 Bullet (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #19)
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average rating: 3.85
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]]> <![CDATA[Flirt (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #18)]]> 6726595
But what she also knows, though Tony Bennington seems unwilling to be convinced, is that the thing she can do as a necromancer isn't the miracle he thinks he needs. The creature that Anita could coerce to step out of the late Mrs. Bennington's grave would not be the lovely Mrs. Bennington.

Not really. And not for long.]]> 192 Laurell K. Hamilton 042523567X Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.75 2009 Flirt (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #18)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
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average rating: 3.75
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]]> <![CDATA[Swallowing Darkness (Merry Gentry, #7)]]> 2798094
Bearing an heir has placed me halfway to my aunt’s throne, that much closer to my reign over the Unseelie Court–and well ahead of her son, my cousin Cel, in this race. Now I must stay alive to see my children born and claim my place as queen.

But not all in faerie are pleased with the news, and conspirators from every court in the realm plot against me and mine. They seek to strip my guards, my lovers, from me by poisoned word or cold steel. But I still have supporters, and even friends, among the goblins and the sluagh, who will stand by me.

I am Meredith Nic Essus, and those who would defy and destroy me are destined to pay a terrible price—for I am truly my father’s daughter. To protect what is mine, I will sacrifice anything—even if it means waging a great battle against my darkest enemies and making the most momentous decision ever made as princess of faerie.]]> 365 Laurell K. Hamilton 0345495934 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.16 2008 Swallowing Darkness (Merry Gentry, #7)
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[A Lick of Frost (Merry Gentry, #6)]]> 1406197 8 Laurell K. Hamilton 1423340418 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.15 2007 A Lick of Frost (Merry Gentry, #6)
author: Laurell K. Hamilton
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[Mistral's Kiss (Merry Gentry, #5)]]> 30224
My aunt, Queen Andais, will have it no other way. And so I am virtually a prisoner in faerie–trapped here with some of the realm’s most beautiful men to serve as my bodyguards . . . and my lovers. For I am compelled to conceive a child: an heir to succeed me on the throne. Yet after months of amazing sex with my consorts, there is still no baby. And no baby means no throne. The only certainty is death at the hands of my cousin Cel, or his followers, if I fail to conceive.

Now Mistral, Queen Andais’s new captain of the guard, has come to my bed–defying her and risking her terrible wrath in doing so. But even she will hesitate to punish him in jealous rage, because our joining has reawakened old magic, mystical power so ancient that no one stands against it and survives. Not even my strongest and most favored: my Darkness and my Killing Frost. Not even Mistral himself, my Storm Lord. But because Mistral has helped to bring this magic forth, he may live another day.

If I can reclaim control of the fey power that once was, there may be hope for me and my reign in faerie. I might yet quell the dark schemes and subterfuges surrounding me. Though shadows of obsession and conspiracy gather, I may survive.]]> 212 Laurell K. Hamilton 0345443586 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.06 2006 Mistral's Kiss (Merry Gentry, #5)
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #17)]]> 5215879
Anita Blake's reputation has taken some hits. Not on the work front, where she has the highest kill count of all the legal vampire executioners in the country, but on the personal front. No one seems to trust a woman who sleeps with the monsters. Still, when a vampire serial killer sends her a head from Las Vegas, Anita has to warn Sin City's local authorities what they're dealing with. Only it's worse than she thought. Several officers and one executioner have been slain - paranormal style...

Anita heads to Las Vegas, where she's joined by three other federal marshals, including the ruthless Edward hiding behind his mild-mannered persona. It's a good thing Edward always has her back, because, when she gets close to the bodies, Anita senses "tiger" too strongly to ignore it. The were-tigers are very powerful in Las Vegas, which means the odds of her rubbing someone important the wrong way just got a lot higher...]]> 486 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425227723 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.93 2009 Skin Trade (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #17)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Stroke of Midnight (Merry Gentry, #4)]]> 30226
Enemies watch my every move. My cousin Cel strives to have me killed even now from his prison cell. But not all the assassination attempts are his. Some Unseelie nobles have waited centuries for my aunt Andais, Queen of Air and Darkness, to become weak enough that she might be toppled from her throne. Enemies unforeseen move against us–enemies who would murder the least among us.

The threat will drive us to allow human police into faerie for the first time in our history. I need my allies now more than ever, especially since fate will lead me into the arm of Mistral, Master of Storms, the queen’s new captain of her guard. Our passion will reawaken powers long forgotten among the warriors of the sidhe. Pain and pleasure await me–and danger, as well, for some at that court seek only death.

I will find new joys with the butterfly-winged demi-fey. My guards and I will show all of faerie that violence and sex are as popular among the sidhe as they are among the lesser fey of our court. The Darkness will weep, and Frost will comfort him. The gentlest of my guards will find new strength and break my heart. Passions undreamed of await us–and my enemies gather, for the future of both courts of faerie begins to unravel.]]> 385 Laurell K. Hamilton 0345443608 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.09 2005 A Stroke of Midnight (Merry Gentry, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Seduced by Moonlight (Merry Gentry, #3)]]> 30243 My aunt, the Queen of Air and Darkness, no long distracted by her sadistic pastimes, now focusses unwaveringly on me. I spend each night with my immortal guards, but still no child has come of our decadent pleasures. But something IS happening to me. I appear to have awakened a force that's lain dormant for thousands of years and I haven't the damndest idea how or why...
It all began with the chalice. I dreamed it, and there it was - cool and hard - when I awoke. My guards know this ancient relic well - its disappearance so many ages ago stripped them of their vital powers. And here it is with us now. My touch resonates with its force. A strange, dazzling magic now courses through my half-mortal half-Sidhe body. But while my guards cherish me for this unexpected gift, there are those who loathe me for it and would rather the Unseelie court suffer than have it ruled over by me, a mongrel queen. My enemies grow in number every day. If only they knew what I am capable of. But come to that, if only I did too.
This is the world of Meredith Gentry, a twilight world of gods, shapeshifters and immortal souls, a world full of sensuality, wild magic, treacherous deceits and latent powers about to be unleashed...]]> 409 Laurell K. Hamilton 0553816322 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.08 2004 Seduced by Moonlight (Merry Gentry, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #16)]]> 2149535 Readers can't get enough of the #1 New York Times bestselling author.

A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blake's werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a fullblown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean- Claude's reign, and makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queen's new rise to power.]]> 340 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425222195 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.87 2008 Blood Noir (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #16)
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]]> Dubliners 11012 I regret to see that my book has turned out un fiasco solenne.' James Joyce's disillusion with the publication of Dubliners in 1914 was the result of ten years battling with publishers, resisting their demands to remove swear words, real place names and much else, including two entire stories. Although only 24 when he signed his first publishing contract for the book, Joyce already knew its worth: to alter it in any way would 'retard the course of civilisation in Ireland'.

Joyce's aim was to tell the truth � to create a work of art that would reflect life in Ireland at the turn of the last century and by rejecting euphemism, reveal to the Irish the unromantic reality the recognition of which would lead to the spiritual liberation of the country.

Each of the fifteen stories offers a glimpse of the lives of ordinary Dubliners � a death, an encounter, an opportunity not taken, a memory rekindled � and collectively they paint a portrait of a nation.]]> 352 James Joyce Jamesy Perkins 5 3.86 1914 Dubliners
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]]> <![CDATA[A Caress of Twilight (Merry Gentry, #2)]]> 30240
After eluding relentless assassination attempts by Prince Cel, her cousin and rival for the Faerie crown, Meredith Gentry, Los Angeles private eye, has a whole new set of problems. To become queen, she must bear a child before Cel can father one of his own. But havoc lies on the people are dying in mysterious, frightening ways, and suddenly the very existence of the place known as Faerie is at grave risk. So now, while she enjoys the greatest pleasures of her life attempting to conceive a baby with the warriors of her royal guard, she must fend off an ancient evil that could destroy the very fabric of reality. And that’s just her day job. . . .]]> 348 Laurell K. Hamilton 0345478169 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.07 2002 A Caress of Twilight (Merry Gentry, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Micah (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #13)]]> 30228
There are lots of reasons to raise the dead-some private, some public. In this case, the feds have a witness who died before he could speak on the record. They want him raised so his testimony can be taken. So here I am, on a plane to Philadelphia, flying off to do my job.

But I'm not alone. Micah is with me. Micah, head of the St. Louis wereleopard pard. King to my Queen. The only one of my lovers who can stir my blood with just a glance from his chartreuse cat's eyes. I was happy to have him at my side.

Until he mentioned that this will be our first time alone together. No Master Vampire. No Alpha Werewolf. Just me and Micah. And all my fears and doubts...]]> 245 Laurell K. Hamilton 0515140872 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.67 2006 Micah (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #13)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Harlequin (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #15)]]> 30225
Long-time rivals for Anita's affections, Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of the City, and Richard, alpha-werewolf, will need to become allies. Shapeshifters Nathaniel and Micah will have to step up their support. And then there's Edward. In this situation, Anita knows that she needs to call the one man who has always been there for her...]]> 422 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425217248 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.93 2007 The Harlequin (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #15)
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]]> <![CDATA[Danse Macabre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #14)]]> 121927 Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1

These days, Anita Blake is less interested in vampire politics than in an ancient, ordinary dread she shares with women down the ages: she may be pregnant. And, if she is, whether the father is a vampire, a werewolf, or someone else entirely, he knows perfectly well that being a Federal Marshal known for raising the dead and being a vampire executioner, is no way to bring up a baby.]]> 517 Laurell K. Hamilton 0515142816 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.84 2006 Danse Macabre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #14)
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]]> <![CDATA[Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #12)]]> 30271 722 Laurell K. Hamilton 0515139750 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.81 2004 Incubus Dreams (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #12)
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]]> <![CDATA[Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #11)]]> 30245
Anita Blake is trying to get her life back to “normal� after a break-up with her werewolf lover. She has settled into a pattern of domesticity, which means that the new man in her life, the leopard shapeshifter Micah, has no problem sharing her with Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of the City. Things are as peaceful as they ever get for someone who raises the dead, when Jean-Claude receives an unexpected and unwelcome visitor: Musette, the very beautiful, very twisted representative of the European Council of Vampires. Anita soon finds herself caught up in a dangerous game of vampire power politics.

To add to her troubles, she is asked to consult on a series of brutal killings, which seem to be the work of something un-human. The investigation leads her to Cerulean Sins, a vampire-run establishment that deals in erotic videos, videos that cater to very specific tastes. Anita knows one creature of the night who has such interests � Jean-Claude’s visitor. But if Anita brings Musette down, the repercussions could cost her everything she holds dear.

Once a sworn enemy of all monsters, Anita is now the human consort of both Master Vampire Jean Claude and leopard shapeshifter Micah. When a centuries-old vampire hits St. Louis, Anita finds herself needing all the dark forces her passion can muster to save the ones she loves.

Anita Blake returns to find hell hath no fury like a vampire scorned.]]> 529 Laurell K. Hamilton 0515136816 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.87 2003 Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #11)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Kiss of Shadows (Merry Gentry, #1)]]> 139417
I fled the high court of Faerie three years ago and have been in hiding ever since. As Merry Gentry, I am a private investigator for the Grey Detective Agency: Supernatural Problems, Magical Solutions. My magical skills, scorned at the courts of Faerie, are valued in the human world. Even by human standards, my magic isn't flashy, which is fine by me. Flashy attracts attention and I can't afford that.

Rumour has it that I am dead. Not quite. I am Princess Meredith NicEssus. To speak that name after dark is to call down a knock upon your door from a hand that can kill you with a touch. I have been careful, but not careful enough. The shadows have found me, and they are going to take me back home, one way or another.

So the running is over. But the fighting has just begun...

Rich, sensual, brimming with dangerous magic, A Kiss of Shadows is a dazzling tour-de-force where folklore, fantasy and erotically charged adventure collide.]]> 480 Laurell K. Hamilton 0345490657 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.03 2000 A Kiss of Shadows (Merry Gentry, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #10)]]> 30248
Just returned to St. Louis after six months away, Anita is still no closer to choosing between her lovers—Jean-Claude, a vampire, and Richard, a werewolf. But she has to rely on both for help after two of the wereleopards that she has been watching are abducted at a seedy club called Narcissus in Chains.

Anita and her boyfriends rescue the wereleopards from the sinister people holding them, but Anita is wounded in the fight and put at risk of becoming a wereleopard herself. Richard angrily captures the wereleopard he believes is responsible and threatens to execute him.

Anita must now rescue that wereleopard from Richard and the werewolves he leads, even as she mourns the apparent end of her relationship with him. Then she realizes that those who kidnapped the first two wereleopards are targeting other lycanthropes. Maybe she will be next.

With plenty of steamy sex and graphic violence, this is engaging reading for vampire cultists.]]> 644 Laurell K. Hamilton 0515133876 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.92 2001 Narcissus in Chains (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #10)
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]]> <![CDATA[Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #9)]]> 190361
In her ninth adventure, vampire hunter Anita Blake owes a favor to a friend-a man almost as dangerous as the ancient evil she's about to face.]]> 596 Laurell K. Hamilton Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.10 2000 Obsidian Butterfly (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #9)
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]]> <![CDATA[Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7)]]> 30242
That's what I've always said. That's what I've always believed. But now I'm the one sharing a bed with the Master Vampire of the City. Me, Anita Blake. The woman the vampires call the Executioner. From part of the solution, I've become part of the problem. So it hits close to home when an arsonist begins to target vampire-owned businesses all over town -- an arsonist who seems to want to destroy more than just property. It's the monsters who are in danger now. And it's up the the Executioner to save them from the inferno...]]> 392 Laurell K. Hamilton 0515134473 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.09 1998 Burnt Offerings (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #7)
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)]]> 30241 336 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425205673 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.13 1996 Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)]]> 30273 352 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425201376 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.14 1996 The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #2)]]> 15309
In The Laughing Corpse Anita will learn that there are some secrets better left buried-and some people better off dead...]]> 304 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425204669 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.14 1994 The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #2)
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3)]]> 30274 336 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425201392 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.18 1995 Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3)
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average rating: 4.18
book published: 1995
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Blue Moon (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #8)]]> 30246 418 Laurell K. Hamilton 0515134457 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.07 1998 Blue Moon (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #8)
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)]]> 30281 355 Laurell K. Hamilton 0425197549 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.05 1993 Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #1)
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1)]]> 42899 The only purebred vampire left on the planet and the leader of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, Wrath has a score to settle with the slayers who killed his parents centuries ago.

But when his most trusted fighter is killed -- orphaning a half-breed daughter unaware of her heritage or her fate -- Wrath must put down his dagger and usher the beautiful female into another world.

Racked by a restlessness in her body that wasn’t there before, Beth Randall is helpless against the dangerously sexy man who comes to her at night with shadows in his eyes. His tales of the Brotherhood and blood frighten her. Yet his touch ignites a dawning new hunger one that threatens to consume them both…]]> 393 J.R. Ward 0451216954 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.16 2005 Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)]]> 6065215
In a pawnshop in Spanish Harlem, a former professor and survivor of the Holocaust named Abraham Setrakian knows something is happening. And he knows the time has come, that a war is brewing.

So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets. Eph, who is joined by Setrakian and a motley crew of fighters, must now find a way to stop the contagion and save his city - a city that includes his wife and son - before it is too late.]]> 403 Guillermo del Toro 0061558230 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.81 2009 The Strain (The Strain Trilogy, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fall (The Strain Trilogy, #2)]]> 6723348
Ignited by the Master’s horrific plan, a war erupts between Old and New World vampires, each vying for total control. Caught between these warring forces, humans—powerless and vulnerable—are no longer the consumers, but the consumed.

Though Eph understands the vampiric plague better than anyone, even he cannot protect those he loves from the invading evil. His ex-wife, Kelly, has been turned by the Master, and now she stalks the city, in the darkness, looking for her chance to reclaim Zack, Eph’s young son.

With the future of the world in the balance, Eph and his courageous team, guided by the brilliant former professor and Holocaust survivor Abraham Setrakian and exterminator Vasiliy Fet, must combat a terror whose ultimate plan is more terrible than anyone first imagined—a fate worse than annihilation.]]> 308 Guillermo del Toro 0061558222 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.82 2010 The Fall (The Strain Trilogy, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Night Eternal (The Strain #3)]]> 6945530
Now, at this critical hour, there is evidence of a traitor in their midst. . . And only one man holds the answer to the Master's demise, but is he one who can be trusted with the fate of the world? And who among them will pay the ultimate sacrifice—so that others may be saved?]]> 371 Guillermo del Toro 0061558265 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.69 2011 The Night Eternal (The Strain #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)]]> 55399 Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire in this first book in a major epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson.

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins.

For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze.

However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand...

Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice.]]> 666 Steven Erikson 0765348780 Jamesy Perkins 5 3.91 1999 Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders]]> 105992 687 Vincent Bugliosi 0393322238 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.05 1974 Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> My Shit Life So Far 6484260
In My Shit Life So Far there is also an already legendary sequence where Frankie is in a job much like yours and opportunistically murders two women in a motorway service station. This finally allows him to cry about his upbringing. You hold in your hands The Illiad of child murder. This book will make you attractive to hermaphrodites. They will ask you to club them senseless with it.]]> 291 Frankie Boyle 0007324499 Jamesy Perkins 5 3.42 2009 My Shit Life So Far
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]]> Work! Consume! Die! 12886609
Interwoven with this numb hymn to show-business are chapters detailing Boyle's worldview, an incessant fusillade of laughter and despair, the hollow clanging scream of a dying mechanical God and an honest attempt to describe the world by refusing to take it seriously.

Work! Consume! Die! is the collected wisdom of an idiot. (Nobody's looking, just stick it under your coat and run out of the shop.)]]> 331 Frankie Boyle 000742678X Jamesy Perkins 0 currently-reading 3.48 2011 Work! Consume! Die!
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]]> <![CDATA[City of Dragons (Rain Wilds Chronicles #3)]]> 11801463 City of Dragons. Continuing the enthralling journey she began in her acclaimed Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven, Hobb rejoins a small group of weak, half-formed and unwanted dragons and their displaced human companions as they search for a legendary sanctuary. Now, as the misfit band approaches its final destination, dragons and keepers alike face a challenge so insurmountable that it threatens to render their long, difficult odyssey utterly meaningless. Touching, powerful, and dazzlingly inventive, Hobb’s City of Dragons is not to be missed—further proof that this author belongs alongside Raymond E. Feist, Terry Brooks, and Lois McMaster Bujold in the pantheon of fantasy fiction’s true greats.]]> 334 Robin Hobb 0061561630 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.07 2011 City of Dragons (Rain Wilds Chronicles #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Dragon Haven (Rain Wilds Chronicles #2)]]> 7011403 508 Robin Hobb Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 4.07 2010 Dragon Haven (Rain Wilds Chronicles #2)
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]]> Forest Mage (Soldier Son, #2) 45106 Forest Mage.

The sequel to 2005's Shaman's Crossing finds protagonist Nevare Burvelle -- the second son of a nobleman and destined for a career in the military -- with his world turned upside down. After surviving a plague that wiped out many of the students and instructors at the king's military academy, Nevare returns home for his brother's wedding, only to learn that he has been medically discharged from the school. The plague usually leaves its survivors skeletally thin, but Nevare, inexplicably, has begun to gain massive amounts of weight. With his family believing he's a glutton, Nevare is disowned by his father and eventually ends up finding work as a lowly cemetery guard in a frontier town near the border with the Specks, a race of dapple-skinned forest dwellers who possess powerful natural magic. But in a world where technology never stops advancing, can the Specks survive? And what does the suddenly bloated Nevare have to do with their struggle?]]> 718 Robin Hobb 0060757639 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.42 2006 Forest Mage (Soldier Son, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles #1)]]> 4703450
Thymara, an unschooled forest girl, and Alise, wife of an unloving and wealthy Trader, are among the disparate group entrusted with escorting the dragons to their new home. And on an extraordinary odyssey with no promise of return, many lessons will be learned--as dragons and tenders alike experience hardships, betrayals . . . and joys beyond their wildest imaginings.]]> 553 Robin Hobb 0007273746 Jamesy Perkins 0 to-read 3.94 2009 The Dragon Keeper (Rain Wild Chronicles #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mad Ship (Liveship Traders, #2)]]> 45101
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here]]> 906 Robin Hobb 0006498868 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.29 1999 The Mad Ship (Liveship Traders, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders, #3)]]> 45102 here.

As Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city's inhabitants together against a momentous threat. Meanwhile, Althea Vestrit, unaware of what has befallen Bingtown and her family, continues her perilous quest to track down and recover her liveship, the Vivacia, from the ruthless pirate Kennit.

Bold though it is, Althea's scheme may be in vain. For her beloved Vivacia will face the most terrible confrontation of all as the secret of the liveships is revealed. It is a truth so shattering, it may destroy the Vivacia and all who love her, including Althea's nephew, whose life already hangs in the balance.]]> 789 Robin Hobb Jamesy Perkins 5 4.27 2000 Ship of Destiny (Liveship Traders, #3)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2000
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]]> <![CDATA[Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)]]> 45100
For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy unjustly denied her--a legacy she will risk anything to reclaim. For Althea's young nephew Wintrow, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard ship, Vivacia is a life sentence.

But the fate of the Vestrit family--and the ship--may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider. The ruthless pirate Kennit seeks a way to seize power over all the denizens of the Pirate Isles...and the first step of his plan requires him to capture his own liveship and bend it to his will....


From the Paperback edition.]]> 880 Robin Hobb 000649885X Jamesy Perkins 5 4.20 1998 Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)
author: Robin Hobb
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average rating: 4.20
book published: 1998
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]]> Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1) 68488 alternate cover for ISBN 9780006486015

Fifteen years have passed since the end of the Red Ship War with the terrifying Outislanders. Since then, Fitz has wandered the world accompanied only by his wolf and Wit-partner, Nighteyes, finally settling in a tiny cottage as remote from Buckkeep and the Farseers as possible.

But lately the world has come crashing in again. The Witted are being persecuted because of their magical bonds with animals; and young Prince Dutiful has gone missing just before his crucial diplomatic wedding to an Outislander princess. Fitz’s assignment to fetch Dutiful back in time for the ceremony seems very much like a fool’s errand, but the dangers ahead could signal the end of the Farseer reign.

Cover illustration by John Howe

]]> 661 Robin Hobb Jamesy Perkins 3 4.35 2001 Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> Fool's Fate (Tawny Man, #3) 45108 914 Robin Hobb 0553582461 Jamesy Perkins 3 4.45 2003 Fool's Fate (Tawny Man, #3)
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average rating: 4.45
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]]> Golden Fool (Tawny Man, #2) 45109 Farseer and Liveship Traders trilogies established Robin Hobb as one of the most splendidly imaginative practitioners of world-class fantasy.

Now, in Book 2 of her most stunning trilogy yet, Hobb continues the soul-shattering tale of FitzChivalry Farseer. With rich characters, breathtaking magic, and sweeping action, Golden Fool brings the reluctant adventurer further into the fray in an epic of sacrifice, salvation, and untold treachery.

Golden Fool

Prince Dutiful has been rescued from his Piebald kidnappers and the court has resumed its normal rhythms. But for FitzChivalry Farseer, a return to isolation is impossible. Though gutted by the loss of his wolf bondmate, Nighteyes, Fitz must take up residence at Buckkeep and resume his tasks as Chade’s apprentice assassin. Posing as Tom Badgerlock, bodyguard to Lord Golden, FitzChivalry becomes the eyes and ears behind the walls. And with his old mentor failing visibly, Fitz is forced to take on more burdens as he attempts to guide a kingdom straying closer to civil strife each day.

The problems are legion. Prince Dutiful’s betrothal to the Narcheska Elliania of the Out Islands is fraught with tension, and the Narcheska herself appears to be hiding an array of secrets. Then, amid Piebald threats and the increasing persecution of the Witted, FitzChivalry must ensure that no one betrays the Prince’s secret—a secret that could topple the Farseer throne: that he, like Fitz, possesses the dread “beast magic.�

Meanwhile, FitzChivalry must impart to the Prince his limited knowledge of the Skill: the hereditary and addictive magic of the Farseers. In the process, they discover within Buckkeep one who has a wild and powerful talent for it, and whose enmity for Fitz may have disastrous consequences for all.

Only Fitz’s enduring friendship with the Fool brings him any solace. But even that is shattered when unexpected visitors from Bingtown reveal devastating secrets from the Fool’s past. Now, bereft of support and adrift in intrigue, Fitz’s biggest challenge may be simply to survive the inescapable and violent path that fate has laid out for him.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 709 Robin Hobb 0553582453 Jamesy Perkins 3 4.35 2002 Golden Fool (Tawny Man, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)]]> 68487
Regal’s treasonous attempt to usurp the Six Duchies throne from his half-brother Verity has been foiled.
Now, as Fitz recovers slowly from the foul poison administered to him, the King’s Fool prophesies:
‘We are here, Fitz, you and I,
to change the future and the world…�

Cover illustration by John Howe

]]> 752 Robin Hobb 0006480101 Jamesy Perkins 3 4.21 1996 Royal Assassin (Farseer Trilogy, #2)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1996
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)]]> 45107 alternate cover for ISBN 0006480098

Fitz is a royal bastard, cast out into the world with only his magical link with animals for solace and companionship.
But when Fitz is adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and learn a new life: weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly. Meanwhile, raiders ravage the coasts, leaving the people Forged and soulless. As Fitz grows towards manhood, he will have to face his first terrifying mission, a task that poses as much a risk to himself as it does to his target: Fitz is a threat to the throne� but he may also be the key to the future of the kingdom.

Cover illustration by John Howe

]]> 460 Robin Hobb Jamesy Perkins 3 4.14 1995 Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
author: Robin Hobb
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1995
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood And Gold (The Vampire Chronicles, #8)]]> 31341 752 Anne Rice 0099271494 Jamesy Perkins 4 3.93 2001 Blood And Gold (The Vampire Chronicles, #8)
author: Anne Rice
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, #6)]]> 31332 Interview with the Vampire, the first of The Vampire Chronicles, the novel that established its author worldwide as a magnificent storyteller and creator of magical realms.

Now, we go with Armand across the centuries to the Kiev Rus of his boyhood - a ruined city under Mongol dominion - and to ancient Constantinople, where Tartar raiders sell him into slavery. And in a magnificent palazzo in the Venice of the Renaissance we see him emotionally and intellectually in thrall to the great vampire Marius, who masquerades among humankind as a mysterious, reclusive painter and who will bestow upon Armand the gift of vampiric blood. As the novel races to its climax, moving through scenes of luxury and elegance, of ambush, fire, and devil worship to nineteenth-century Paris and today's New Orleans, we see its eternally vulnerable and romantic hero forced to choose between his twilight immortality and the salvation of his immortal soul.]]> 457 Anne Rice 0345434803 Jamesy Perkins 4 3.80 1998 The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, #6)
author: Anne Rice
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.80
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)]]> 43763
Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires--a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined.

Originally begun as a short story, the book took off as Anne wrote it, spinning the tragic and triumphant life experiences of a soul. As well as the struggles of its characters, Interview captures the political and social changes of two continents. The novel also introduces Lestat, Anne's most enduring character, a heady mixture of attraction and revulsion. The book, full of lush description, centers on the themes of immortality, change, loss, sexuality, and power.
source: annerice.com]]> 346 Anne Rice 0345476875 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.04 1976 Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
author: Anne Rice
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average rating: 4.04
book published: 1976
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)]]> 43814 481 Anne Rice 0345476883 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.10 1985 The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2)
author: Anne Rice
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[War of the Spider Queen Gift Set, Part II (Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, #4-6)]]> 58346
This striking new boxed set contains the last three titles from R.A. Salvatore’s War of the Spider Queen six-book Extinction, Annihilation , and Resurrection . All three titles hit the New York Times best-seller list upon hardcover release. Each author is a veteran writer who is well-known to Forgotten Realms fans, and multiple-time best-selling author R.A. Salvatore consulted on the entire series of titles.]]> 1113 Lisa Smedman 0786943076 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.31 2006 War of the Spider Queen Gift Set, Part II (Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, #4-6)
author: Lisa Smedman
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dark Elf Trilogy Collector's Edition (Forgotten Realms: Dark Elf Trilogy, #1-3; Legend of Drizzt, #1-3)]]> 68418 Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn.]]> 808 R.A. Salvatore 0786915889 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.36 1995 The Dark Elf Trilogy Collector's Edition (Forgotten Realms: Dark Elf Trilogy, #1-3; Legend of Drizzt, #1-3)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Sojourn (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #3; Legend of Drizzt, #3)]]> 66695 320 R.A. Salvatore 1560760478 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.22 1991 Sojourn (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #3; Legend of Drizzt, #3)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1991
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Exile (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #2)]]> 66678 343 R.A. Salvatore 0786939834 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.24 1990 Exile (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #2; Legend of Drizzt, #2)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1990
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #4)]]> 66693 344 R.A. Salvatore 0786942460 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.13 1988 The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #4)
author: R.A. Salvatore
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Last of the Wilds (Age of the Five, #2)]]> 28246 576 Trudi Canavan 0060815914 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.05 2006 Last of the Wilds (Age of the Five, #2)
author: Trudi Canavan
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average rating: 4.05
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Voice of the Gods (Age of the Five, #3)]]> 28247 574 Trudi Canavan 0060815922 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.10 2007 Voice of the Gods (Age of the Five, #3)
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[Priestess of the White (Age of the Five, #1)]]> 28248
Auraya is one.

Her heroism saved a village from destruction; now Auraya has been named Priestess of the White. The limits of her unique talents must be tested in order to prove her worthy of the honor and grave responsibility awarded to her. But a perilous road lies ahead, fraught with pitfalls that will challenge the newest servant of the gods. An enduring friendship with a Dreamweaver—a member of an ancient outcast sect of sorcerer-healers—could destroy Auraya's future. And her destiny has set her in conflict with a powerful and mysterious, black-clad sorcerer with but a single purpose: the total annihilation of the White. And he is not alone . . .]]> 598 Trudi Canavan 0060815701 Jamesy Perkins 4 3.89 2005 Priestess of the White (Age of the Five, #1)
author: Trudi Canavan
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average rating: 3.89
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)]]> 3227063 New York Times Bestselling author Brent Weeks...
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist.

For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint.

But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death.]]> 645 Brent Weeks 0316033677 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.15 2008 The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
author: Brent Weeks
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2008
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The High Lord (The Black Magician Trilogy #3)]]> 28251
Sonea has learned much at the magicians' guild and the other novices now treat her with a grudging respect. But she cannot forget what she witnessed in the High Lord's underground room - or his warning that the realm's ancient enemy is growing in power once more. As Sonea learns more, she begins to doubt her guildmaster's word. Could the truth really be as terrifying as Akkarin claims, or is he trying to trick her into assisting in some unspeakably dark scheme?]]> 644 Trudi Canavan 1841493155 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.14 2002 The High Lord (The Black Magician Trilogy #3)
author: Trudi Canavan
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[The Novice (The Black Magician Trilogy #2)]]> 28250 577 Trudi Canavan 1841493147 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.08 2002 The Novice (The Black Magician Trilogy #2)
author: Trudi Canavan
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magicians' Guild (The Black Magician Trilogy #1)]]> 28249
This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables. Cloaked in the protection of their sorcery, they move with no fear of the vagrants and miscreants who despise them and their work-—until one enraged girl, barely more than a child, hurls a stone at the hated invaders...and effortlessly penetrates their magical shield.

What the Magicians' Guild has long dreaded has finally come to pass. There is someone outside their ranks who possesses a raw power beyond imagining, an untrained mage who must be found and schooled before she destroys herself and her city with a force she cannot yet control.]]> 467 Trudi Canavan 1841493139 Jamesy Perkins 4 3.98 2001 The Magicians' Guild (The Black Magician Trilogy #1)
author: Trudi Canavan
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Shadow's Edge (Night Angel, #2)]]> 3754016
Kylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. The Godking's successful coup has left Kylar's master, Durzo, and his best friend, Logan, dead. He is starting over: new city, new friends, and new profession.

But when he learns that Logan might actually be alive and in hiding, Kylar is faced with an agonizing choice: will he give up the way of shadows forever and live in peace with his new family, or will he risk everything by taking on the ultimate hit?

Devour this blockbuster tale of assassination and magic by Brent Weeks, which has delighted readers all over the world--with over one million copies in print!]]> 636 Brent Weeks 0316033650 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.25 2008 Shadow's Edge (Night Angel, #2)
author: Brent Weeks
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average rating: 4.25
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]]> <![CDATA[Silverthorn (The Riftwar Saga, #3)]]> 149302
To save his beloved,ÌýArutha sets out in search of the mystic herb calledÌýSilverthorn that only grows in the dark andÌýforbidding land of theÌýSpellweavers.

Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel, and a cleverÌýyoung thief, he will confront an ancient evil and doÌýbattle with the dark powers that threaten theÌýenchanted realm of Midkemia.]]> 432 Raymond E. Feist 0586064176 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.11 1985 Silverthorn (The Riftwar Saga, #3)
author: Raymond E. Feist
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1985
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Beyond the Shadows (Night Angel, #3)]]> 3754026
In the north, the Godking's death has thrown Khalidor into civil war. To gain the upper hand, one faction attempts to raise the goddess Khali herself. But they are playing with volatile powers, and trigger conflict on a vast scale. Seven armies will converge to save - or destroy - an entire continent.

Kylar has finally learnt the bitter cost of immortality, and is faced with a task only he can complete. To save his friends, and perhaps his enemies, he must assassinate a goddess. Failure will doom the south. Success will cost him everything he's ever loved.]]> 689 Brent Weeks 0316033669 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.27 2008 Beyond the Shadows (Night Angel, #3)
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average rating: 4.27
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]]> <![CDATA[Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)]]> 45112
But Fitz will not wait. Driven by loss and bitter memories, he undertakes a quest: to kill Regal. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within him--currents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was.]]> 757 Robin Hobb 0553565699 Jamesy Perkins 3 4.17 1997 Assassin's Quest (Farseer Trilogy, #3)
author: Robin Hobb
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average rating: 4.17
book published: 1997
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[A Darkness At Sethanon (The Riftwar Saga, #4)]]> 13813
Here be dragons and sorcery, swordplay, quests, pursuits, intrigues, stratagems, journeys to the darkest realms of the dead and titanic battles between the forces of good and darkest evil.

Here is the final dramatic confrontation between Arutha and Murmandamus - and the perilous quest of Pug the magician and Tomas the warrior for Macros the Black. A Darkness at Sethanon is heroic fantasy of the highest excitement and on the grandest scale, a magnificent conclusion to one of the great fantasy sagas of our time.]]> 527 Raymond E. Feist 0586066888 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.19 1986 A Darkness At Sethanon (The Riftwar Saga, #4)
author: Raymond E. Feist
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1986
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Magician (The Riftwar Saga, #1-2)]]> 43916 Raymond E. Feist's classic fantasy epic, Magician, has enchanted readers for over twenty years. The revised edition was prepared to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its publication, and incorporates over 15,000 words of text omitted from previous editions.

At Crydee, a frontier outpost in the tranquil Kingdom of the Isles, an orphan boy, Pug, is apprenticed to a master magician � and the destinies of two worlds are changed forever.

Suddenly the peace of the Kingdom is destroyed as mysterious alien invaders swarm the land. Pug is swept up into the conflict but for him and his warrior friend, Tomas, an odyssey into the unknown has only just begun.

Tomas will inherit a legacy of savage power from an ancient civilization. Pug’s destiny is to lead him through a rift in the fabric of space and time to the mastery of the unimaginable powers of a strange new magic.]]> 681 Raymond E. Feist 0586217835 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.32 1982 Magician (The Riftwar Saga, #1-2)
author: Raymond E. Feist
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average rating: 4.32
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)]]> 65605
Narnia... a land where the woods are thick and cold, where Talking Beasts come to life—an entirely new world where adventure begins.

One cold, wet summer in London, Digory and Polly meet and become fast friends. Their lives take a sudden turn when Digory’s Uncle Andrew, who fancies himself a magician, sends them hurtling to... somewhere else. They arrive in Narnia, just as it is born from the song of the great Lion, Aslan. Along the way, they encounter the evil sorceress Jadis, whose dark magic threatens everything. After a whirlwind adventure, they finally find their way back home.]]> 221 C.S. Lewis 0060764902 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.06 1955 The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
author: C.S. Lewis
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)]]> 43615
He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.]]> 231 Stephen King 1501143514 Jamesy Perkins 4 3.95 1982 The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
author: Stephen King
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1982
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]]> <![CDATA[The Talismans of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, #4)]]> 34919 440 Terry Brooks 1857239016 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.04 1993 The Talismans of Shannara (Heritage of Shannara, #4)
author: Terry Brooks
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average rating: 4.04
book published: 1993
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]]> <![CDATA[Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)]]> 113436 An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780375826696 can be found here.

One boy...
One dragon...
A world of adventure.

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself.

Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.

Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands.]]> 503 Christopher Paolini 0375826696 Jamesy Perkins 3 3.96 2002 Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
author: Christopher Paolini
name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)]]> 43889
His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the best of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them—for reasons Richard can't imagine and Kahlan dare not say.

In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword—to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed . . . or that their time has run out.

This is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.]]> 836 Terry Goodkind 0765346524 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.12 1994 Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1)
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average rating: 4.12
book published: 1994
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]]> <![CDATA[The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)]]> 18512 here.

The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by SmEagol--Gollum, still obsessed by his 'precious'. After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive--in the hands of the Orcs. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing. J.R.R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labeled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.]]> 404 J.R.R. Tolkien Jamesy Perkins 5 4.54 1955 The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
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average rating: 4.54
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]]> <![CDATA[The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)]]> 15241
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs.

Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 322 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346260 Jamesy Perkins 5 4.45 1954 The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]]> 5907 Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent. The text in this 372-page paperback edition is based on that first published in Great Britain by Collins Modern Classics (1998), and includes a note on the text by Douglas A. Anderson (2001).]]> 366 J.R.R. Tolkien Jamesy Perkins 5 4.29 1937 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 481774
From his fortress tower in Mordor, the evil sorcerer Sauron sends forth a darkness that creeps across the enchanged land of Middle-earth. Men and elves and dwarves have raised armies in futile efforts to combat this evil. Great wizards have failed to keep it in check. Sauron's shadow threatens to engulf all.

But in the peaceful, far-off Shire, a hobbit named Frodo Baggins holds a ring that may be the key to defeating Sauron. Joining together in a fellowship of his closest friends and a mix of unlikely allies, under the guidance of the wizard Gandalf, Frodo prepares for a perilous journey in a desperate quest that may be the only hope for restoring light to the land.

Let master narrator Rob Inglis guide you through all the awesome beauty and terrifying evil of J.R.R. Tolkien's timeless world. This first part of the only completely unabridged recording of one of the most beloved stories of all time includes Tolkien's original Forward and Prologue to The Lord of the Rings.
--back cover]]> 16 J.R.R. Tolkien 0788789813 Jamesy Perkins 4 4.35 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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name: Jamesy Perkins
average rating: 4.35
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