Showing results by publisher "Tantor Media" in Dark Fantasy

All or nothing. Life or death. There is no third option. Neither the ancients, nor outside forces, nor Chaos itself can find any other way to preserve the integrity of the world other than to destroy Archduke Maximilian Valevsky. They send him on a mission that can only be completed under one condition—Maximilian must die. And if he doesn't fulfill this mission, everyone he holds dear will perish in his stead.

Her only hope is that Danica Grey, Jilly the Fae Dragon, and the crack team at Spellbound Security can find out who's after her and stop them before they succeed in killing her. It won't be easy. She's a famous actress at the top of her game, and taking time off from her career would relegate her to the D-list. It will require all their special talents to protect her. Bodyguards on the set, investigating the threats, infomancy, and that added edge only magic can bring.

No longer only a warrior. Not just a queen. Persinette Basile has a new purpose. The chains she's carried since the curse began are gone, replaced by a crown. But freedom can't exist while enemies surround Bela on all sides. La Dame lurks on the border in Dracon, waiting for her revenge. In Gaule, magic folk are hunted and punished for their Belaen heritage. A journey into Gaule brings her face to face with the one person who can destroy her with one simple act: dying.

The Wolf's Point werewolf pack, born from the magic that calls small groups of middle-aged women to embrace their inner and outer wolves, has been protecting the town for generations. Now Becca Thornton and the Pack have their hands (and paws) full of all the trouble they can handle. Plus a bit extra. Pack member Erin Adams just found a dead body in the trunk of her car and confessed to murder. But no one's sure who the victim is and Erin can't remember what happened. Did Erin fall off the wagon and murder a former foe? She doesn't trust herself and Becca's beginning to have her doubts.

Just when the alpha queen believes that she and her mates can return home, her victory is snatched away yet again. The desperate mother makes the only choice she can. Kayla Redclaw will go into hell and face the king of darkness himself. Sid Blackfang has loved Kayla silently and patiently from afar. When she took him as her mate, he believed that their quiet, peaceful life together could finally began. When he winds up alone in hell, he must find the inner strength to persevere when all seems lost.

All she wanted was to feel again, but when Kisa stumbled into Dolor's life, she didn't know it would change her entire existence. Being told that one is destined and damned to destroy the world isn't what she had in mind.The more she learns, the more questions she has, and getting answers is harder than she thought. And then there's Dolor. Mysterious, sexy, dark, he pulls her into his gravity, challenging her to surrender to her feelings and what her body tells her is right.

Our mother wants to push our aunt off the tallest turret. Malvolia won't stop trying to seduce Helian. Our father is possessed. The dragons have revolted. Finn, Nikkos, and Blaze are missing. Fae-eating spiders are ravaging the countryside. An army of ghost demons is sailing toward our shores. Zombie giants are attacking our fortifications. A vindictive demon sorceress has the power to erase our memories.

Years have passed since Marlene's death, and Gretel, unable to cope with her mother's descent into madness, has fled the Back Country for the solitude and anonymity of the Old World. But one quiet day in the remote village of Stedwick, Gretel is taken by Gromus, an ageless mythical figure known only by locals, but whose reputation and power is steadily growing.

They will protect me. They will break me. They will consume me. And when I'm left picking up the pieces, the power inside me will be unleashed.

Scyth, known in the Inferno as the tiefling Hakkar, decanus in the worst legion of them all, must gain an audience with Prince Belial to get his hands on the Coals of Hellflame. His friends are also keeping busy. In the meantime, the legates of the Destroying Plague gather an undead horde to march on Kharinza . . .

Want to know what's worse than being torn away from everything you knew? Try finding out that everything you knew was a lie. Yeah. That's where I'm at. Turns out there's a lot I didn't know. About myself. My parents. Hell, about everything. It seems like for every answer I find, I'm handed two new questions—ones even more difficult to unravel than the last. I'm done with secrets. Finished with lies. It's time for some damned truth for once.

The mysterious disappearance of a gifted student at Miskatonic University spurs his troubled roommate, Elliot Raslo, into an investigation of his own. But Elliot already struggles against the maddening allure of a ceaseless chant that only he can hear. When Elliot's search converges with that of a Greenland Inuk's hunt for a stolen relic, they are left with yet more questions. Could there be a connection between Elliot's litany and the broken stone stele covered in antediluvian writings that had obsessed his friend?

The picturesque coastal town of Florence was known for millennia as a pleasure resort for the Nobility. As retribution for their decadence, the cruel and beautiful vampire inhabitants were "punished," driven out more than a thousand years ago by a solitary traveler in black. Only one—Baron Meinster—refused to leave, only to be thrown to the waves by the mysterious assassin. Summoned to contemporary Florence by Su-in, sister of a murdered village girl, the enigmatic Vampire Hunter D discovers a vampire curse ravaging the town's human inhabitants.

All your favorite characters from the hugely popular and critically acclaimed Twice as Dead are back in this exhilarating follow-up to the first book in the City of Shadows series. Jack Mitchell, the hardboiled ex-military private eye is asked to help musician Oscar Ricks investigate Grampus...

The Fae King claims me as his own, but a fairytale ending is not in my foreseeable future. Half of the kingdom supports our union. The other half of the kingdom wants to hunt me down. I keep getting visions, and I must run to escape that possible truth. How am I supposed to convince the kingdom I'm not evil? I can't even convince myself.

When ex-priest Travis Dominick and former-FBI-agent-turned-private-investigator Brent Lawson investigate a series of dangerous hauntings, they discover that something is powering up old ghosts and adding mojo to the monsters. The Sinistram seems to be at the heart of the situation, a secretive order of warrior priests sworn to fight supernatural threats. Travis left the Sinistram years ago because of the organization's corruption and double standards.

The walls of the School have been seen by thousands of students like you. This is a place where you will be taught how to survive in this cruel world. However, bear in mind that here they value only your battle achievements and successful Ascension. And it's exactly this that'll guide you forward despite failure and punishment.

Despite her best efforts, Agathe didn’t kill the King, but she did escape with something even more valuable. Stealing back her magic was a good start. Now, she must find a way to save the Kingdom from the rising mist and the threats within. The spells that used to protect are fading fast with deadly consequences.

Hauntingly beautiful, with lush prose and a vividly creepy atmosphere, A Dance with Death is a compulsively juicy story that will wind its way into your psyche. Part horror, part magic—this is the gothic love story you didn't know you were missing.

With the Reality Editor in hand, Jack thought the assault on Skalahólt would be a short victorious war, but his army has been stopped cold, and worse, someone close to him has been taken by the Overmind of Death. Every second counts if Jack wants her back alive, but to even have a chance, he'll have to leave his troops behind and dive into Thanatos's twisted game within a game.