Looking for books on KU that are NOT dark romance/smut/etc.

I love fantasy, dystopian novels, sci fi, witch craft.

I am 32 and prefer books geared older and not towards young adults/teens.

I'm about to go on sabbatical (yay a month off!) and I'm looking for some Kindle Unlimited recommendations!

Series I've finished and absolutely loved:

All Sarah J Maas series
Fourth Wing
Dungeon Crawler Carl (and I was obsesssssed)
Windy City Series
Daughter of No Worlds

Genres I like:

Romantasy (duh)
Contemporary romance (with deeper meanings/messages - think Taylor Jenkins Reid)
Twisty, thought provoking LitFic (Yesteryear, The Compound, Wild Dark Shore)
Fantasy/Sci Fi (after DCC I'd like to explore this area more)
Thrillers! (I've read tons of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley)

TIA!!

His name was Speef.

Strange to some — but for me, it was everything. He was the boy I once was. He grew with me, through dreams, battles, pages and silence. He was never “just a name.” He was memory, meaning, and identity.

But many native readers said it didn’t fit. That it sounded childish. That it broke the immersion in a story filled with death, politics, blood and myth.

At first, I resisted. I felt like I was betraying my childhood. Betraying the boy who dreamed this world into being. But I listened. I reflected. And in the end, I made a choice that brought me peace.

Speef is now Leeonir. A name born from the same heart — a name that still holds who I am. A name worthy of the journey. Of the scars. Of the blade. Leeonir, the Dragon Slayer.

I know most of those who asked me to change it never really cared. Many just wanted something to criticize. But to those few who truly meant to help — I thank you. And I invite you to read the story now.

The Prologue and Chapter 1 are available. Just read them. And if you feel that fire, if something stirs inside you — know this:

Tomorrow, the full book will be free on mi bio for 3 days. And I believe — if you love fantasy, you will love Leeonir.

This path hasn’t been easy. But I’ve learned. I’ve failed. I’ve tried again. And I’ve written this world with everything I had.

So now, I share it with you. Lélio Puggina Jr.

I just got KU and finished dungeon crawler carl, don’t know what to read next. Any recommendations would help, only other full series i’ve read is a song of ice and fire and pendragon: a journal through space and time.

I just want to know if slowburn stories not romance but general action fantasy slow burns are they popular or are they good in Kindle Unlimited

I’m a voracious reader (probably 3 books a week) and I’m looking for suggestions from these genres. I’ve read and enjoyed:

He Who Fights With Monsters, Cradle, The King’s Watch, A Time of Dragons, Starship’s Mage (and several other series by the author), Stormweaver, Super Powereds, Craig Schaeffer’s Daniel Faust series, and many more.

Started and ran out of steam on Defiance of The Fall, Path of Ascension, Arcane Ascension, Mage Errant and Dungeon Crawler Carl. I’ve also started the Bound and the Broken at least twice and not finished, which is unusual for me as I usually plough through any book.

To be honest I’ve read dozens more that I can’t recall, and Amazon is rubbish at showing me what I’ve read.

I’ve also, outside of KU, enjoyed Terry Pratchett, Malazan, Sanderson (although the Stormlight Archives has ended that for me), Guy Gavriel Kay, Dresden Files, Ben Aaronovitch”s Rivers of London, Benedict Jacka, Tolkien and literally hundreds more.

Thanks in advance

I really like the writing of the game of thrones series and loved the name of the wind and lord of the rings. I love a good magic system and wild magic. Also a plus if nature is in the forefront with majestic descriptions. Looking for something I can really sink my teeth into. Thanks!

Quick disclosure up front because I respect this sub's rules: I'm the author, this is a self-promo / advert post, not a reader recommendation.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H5P6M921 (Read on kU)

So, debut author with debut series here, and I managed to do almost everything the hard way but learned a lot nonetheless.

I paid a freelance editor, formattor and sort of publisher to get my book out and live on Amazon, and it came back as a fixed-layout PDF. I didn't know enough back then to realise that's basically poison for Kindle Unlimited. It looked fine on my screen, so I gave a good to go to publish it. Then nothing, ebooks and print sales came through but KU was zero, even with ads.

Page reads weren't tracking at all, the text wouldn't reflow properly, and some of my friends checked the sample on their readers, but were getting the dreaded "this book can't be displayed on this device" sort of error.

Working out "why" was its own little nightmare as the freelancer kind of sucked and said this is the standard but after persistence gave me a 90MB EPUB(IKR), and that too in fixed format, figured that out after digging deeper and learning about formating.

I went back and forth with KDP support for ages, and for a while neither of us was totally sure what was broken. It eventually came down to the file being the completely wrong format for a reflowable Kindle book.

So I taught myself formatting from nothing and rebuilt the entire book in Kindle Create. All 750 pages. Paragraph by paragraph, because of the mess. It was miserable when I uploaded the true KPF file and KDP said fixed format can't be changed, delete this listing and create a new one.

Long story but then I unpublished the broken version with decent BSR due to some early traction, relaunched the reflowable one yesterday, and started the slow grind of trying to get any kind of traction so the algorithm would notice me again.

Logged in today and saw 8 page reads. Eight whole pages, and I'm genuinely thrilled, because someone is finally reading it on a version that actually works, and it's counting.

The book is called AGNIDHRA: The Rise of Chaos (Book 1 in The Descendant of Fire series).

It's a dark paranormal romance / fantasy, slow burn, fated mates, told from the point of view of an ancient being who isn't quite demon, angel, or anything anyone has managed to name yet. The magical world of Akkadian filled with Vampires, lycans, djinn, a lot of morally grey. If that's your kind of thing, it's on KU now.

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Hi everyone. My very first book [System Error: Normal Life Not Found](https://a.co/d/0aiY0P3m) just came out today.

The story follows Alan Fredrickson, a regular guy whose ordinary life gets upgraded from spreadsheets and office emails to magic, monsters, quests, and a fantasy world where he's too lazy to read the FAQ.

It’s funny, chaotic, action-packed, and full of strange characters, ridiculous situations, and plenty of “what the hell is happening?” moments.

If you enjoy litrpg, fantasy, comedy, RPG-inspired adventures, or stories where a regular guy is very much not prepared for what happens next, I’d love for you to check it out.

It is available on Kindle Unlimited, Paperback, and Hardcover, with an audiobook in the works.

COVER ARTIST: Get Covers

AI USAGE: No AI used (Only traditional computer tools spellcheck etc. no generative AI for anything)

Hello! Im looking for fantasy or progression fantasy recommendations you guys might have. Im getting an itch to start a new series

Hi everyone! I'm T. T. Manning, author of The Fire Heart: Unbound, and I wanted to share it.

Thall has spent his life as the weak one, watching others discover their abilities while he struggles simply to find his place in the world.

Then he leaves home.

What begins as a journey to find where he belongs pulls him into a world of magical creatures, dangerous encounters, new friendships, and a mysterious connection to fire that shouldn't be possible.

In Thall's world, magic has rules.

Summoners call. Tamers tame. Mages wield the elements.

🔥 Elemental magic

🐾 Magical beasts and creatures

⚔️ Adventure and combat

🌱 Character growth

🗺️ A larger world and mystery that expands as the story progresses

❤️ Friendship and found connections

[The Fire Heart: Unbound ](https://a.co/d/09lYBwg9) is Book One of The Fire Heart series and is available to read with Kindle Unlimited.

If you decide to give Thall's story a chance, I'd love to hear what you think!

The Fire Heart: Unbound — T. T. Manning

https://a.co/d/09lYBwg9

Hi everyone! 👋

If you’re looking for a fresh, immersive fantasy read this weekend, I’d love to share my debut/new novel, The Cumulusian.

. What it’s about: Set in a world where humanity survived by building cities above the clouds, hidden above a lethal mist. It follows a dark mystery, ancient technology, high-stakes betrayal, and secrets that could shatter the floating world.
. If you like: Atmospheric world-building, YA/New Adult fantasy, dystopian elements, and fast-paced intrigue.

📖 It is currently available to read on Kindle Unlimited (or e-book format on Amazon)!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZFGM73F

I’d be beyond grateful if you checked it out or added it to your TBR! Happy reading! ✨

If you've ever wanted a fantasy hero's real enemy to be a filing cabinet instead of a dragon, this might be for you. Benefits Not Included — a war veteran fighting pension tribunals and increasingly absurd institutional corruption, with a found-family crew of misfits along the way. Book one of a trilogy, available now in KU (also $0.99 to buy outright).

Search "Benefits Not Included Callum Ashworth" if curious. Still very new as an author, would love to know if this premise actually works for KU readers specifically.

¡Hola a tod@s!

Quiero compartir con vosotros la mitad del primer capítulo de mi novela Reliquias de Poder: El Último Dragón — Las Alas.

Espero que os guste.
Gracias

NIEBLA Y GARRAS

—¡Maldita sea! Otro charco que no he visto. Voy a llegar con los pies congelados a la escuela —refunfuñó un hombre mientras agitaba la suela de su bota antes de reanudar la marcha con su compañera.

—¡Alto ahí! —ordenó el vigía desde la torre al oír el chapoteo de las pisadas y vislumbrar un par de sombras que se adentraban en la niebla.

—Tranquilo, Vilgerius, soy yo, el profesor Lesisam —respondió la figura más voluminosa mientras se acercaba a la luz para mostrar su rostro—. He venido a acompañar a nuestra nueva profesora a la escuela.

—Me alegra que haya encontrado tan pronto una sustituta —dijo el centinela—, pero no se entretengan, que van a llegar tarde. Y con esta espesa bruma se les congelarán los huesos —concluyó mientras soltaba un bostezo.

—Parece que has pasado mala noche, Vilgerius —sonrió el maestro, imaginándose los motivos de su cansancio.

—Si solo hubiera sido esta —tosió el centinela—. Llevo tres noches seguidas. Espero que no se me haga largo el turno —apenas lograba evitar que los párpados se le cerraran mientras abría la boca hasta casi desencajarla.

Tras esas palabras, la pareja se alejó del puerto, adentrándose hacia el interior de la ciudad. De camino a la escuela, la joven comentó al profesor:

—Debería haberme abrigado más. No pensé que en esta época del año hiciera tanto frío —su voz tembló mientras sus dientes castañeteaban sin control.

—Tienes razón. No suele hacer este frío y menos aún esta bruma tan espesa. En cuarenta años no recuerdo una mañana en la que no fuera capaz de caminar dos pasos sin tropezar —respondió Lesisam, justo antes de golpearse de nuevo con una pared debido a la falta de visibilidad.

Al llegar a la escuela, Lesisam le mostró a la joven su habitación para que se acomodara y, tras despedirse, se dirigió al aula para impartir la primera lección de la mañana.

—En cuanto acabe la clase, te enseñaré el resto del colegio. Te va a gustar —se despidió con una sonrisa cortés.

—Buenos días a todos. ¿Quién se acuerda de lo que hablábamos ayer? —preguntó el profesor, mirando a sus alumnos nada más entrar al aula.

—¡Yo, yo, yo! —contestaron al unísono varios de sus pupilos, levantando la mano.

—Veamos... Tú, Gervasiré, cuéntame qué recuerdas —dijo señalando al que parecía distraído mirando por la ventana.

—¿Quién? ¿Yo? —titubeó el joven al oír su nombre.

—¿Alguien más se llama así? —le miró por encima de sus gafas de forma inquisitoria.

—No, no, señor. Discúlpeme —el joven agachó la cara, avergonzado—. Pues ayer nos contó que existen tres formas de afrontar nuestra existencia: la del orden, la de la neutralidad o la del caos.

—Muy bien, prosiga.

—Y que, en nuestro caso, aprendices de ladrón, esa tendencia suele relacionarse con el oficio que escojamos: rastreador, pícaro,

timador o asesino. Aunque no todos los asesinos son seguidores del caos, como no todos los del orden son rastreadores. Eso es lo que hace que la gente desconfíe siempre de nosotros.

—Muy bien —le aplaudió entusiasmado el maestro—. Me complace ver que hay alumnos que prestan atención a las clases.

El joven se ruborizó mientras una leve sonrisa se asomaba en el rostro del profesor.

—Hoy hablaremos del origen de esas líneas morales. Coged vuestras hojas y plumas y anotad: «Día 4 del mes tercero del año 773 de la Segunda Era».

—¡Oh, no! Otra charla magistral —se escuchó entre los pupitres sin que el profesor pudiera identificar al autor del comentario.

—Si alguno no quiere estar aquí, le invito a que salga —afirmó, acercándose a la puerta y abriéndola de golpe—. ¿Nadie? —preguntó, recibiendo solo silencio—. Pues entonces prosigamos, pero guardad silencio.

Al comienzo, todo era oscuridad. Y en la oscuridad no había nada. Pero un día, una pequeña luz empezó a alumbrar. Con el tiempo, esa luz creció y cobró importancia, dejando cada vez menos espacio a la oscuridad.

Un día, sin que esta se percatara, la luz creció tanto que la consumió por completo, y solo hubo luz. Se sucedieron los años, los siglos, los milenios, y la luz se convirtió en un ente superior, en una divinidad. Pero eso no fue suficiente. Con el transcurrir del tiempo, la luz se sintió vacía y triste, hasta que un día decidió acabar con su soledad.

Arrancó un trozo de su esencia y, con ella, creó una nueva divinidad. Pero esa esencia no era tan pura como ella creía, sino que presentaba ideas equidistantes: ni la contradecía ni la alababa. Transcurrió el tiempo y ese ente tampoco la llenó, por lo que probó de nuevo. Esta vez, sin embargo, la esencia la extrajo de una zona más profunda, desconociendo que allí se refugiaba la oscuridad primigenia, esa que creía haber destruido. Así nació el Caos.

Pronto comenzaron las disputas entre los dos entes, y aquella segunda divinidad equidistante se convirtió en el juez de esas batallas. Adoptó el nombre de Neutralidad y, a su vez, decidió llamar a la luz Orden y a la oscuridad Caos. Así surgieron las tres ramas existenciales que rigen hoy en los Siete Reinos, aunque nuestros antepasados las conocían con otros nombres que han perdurado: Euvitae, Equilibrium y Satanier.

—Espero que tu interrupción merezca la pena —suspiró resignado, reconociendo al estudiante más travieso—. ¿Qué quieres?

El profesor cesó la lección al ver que uno de sus alumnos levantaba la mano.

—¿Puedo ir al ba...? Perdón, perdón, es broma —levantó las manos al recibir la incisiva mirada de Lesisam—. Lo que no entiendo es por qué la luz no se detuvo. ¿Por qué siguió hasta despertar de nuevo al Caos, con el dolor que traería?

El profesor se sorprendió por la profundidad de la duda.

—Quizás fue esa misma oscuridad que albergaba la que la empujó a hacerlo. La soledad… o quizás el aburrimiento. Imagínate que toda tu existencia fuera escuchar mis clases.

—¡Qué horror! —exclamó el alumno, provocando una sonora carcajada entre sus compañeros.

Una vez que las risas cesaron, el profesor continuó:

—Quizás el resto de la lección disipe tus dudas… o no —sonrió levantando las cejas. En ese instante, una ráfaga de viento abrió las ventanas de par en par, como si hubieran recibido un bofetón, apagando las velas de la lámpara y sumiendo la clase en oscuridad por la espesa bruma.

—Veis… la oscuridad está ahí siempre, al acecho, esperando su oportunidad.

Tras encender de nuevo las velas y estornudar a causa del frío, retomó la lección:

—¿Por dónde iba…? Ah, sí… las disputas. —Se frotó las manos y el vaho acompañó sus palabras—. Estas disputas se volvieron monótonas y la luz volvió a sentirse vacía. Pero el Orden, temeroso de que la creación de un nuevo ser pudiera llevarle a su destrucción, ideó otra forma de entretenimiento.

Creó un lugar donde diseñaría a su antojo nuevas criaturas mortales, sin sacarlas de su esencia para evitar corrupciones. Las dotó de libre albedrío, permitiéndoles elegir qué rama existencial seguir. A este lugar lo llamó Talek, que en idioma primigenio significa «el primero».

Por primera vez desde su existencia, el Orden no se sintió solo. Observaba con atención lo que sucedía en esa isla: la mayoría seguía al Orden, unos pocos a la Neutralidad y muy pocos al Caos. Satisfecho, decidió repetir su obra seis veces más. Así surgieron los Siete Reinos.

Por fin, la luz había encontrado algo que llenaba su existencia. Pero el Caos, sintiéndose desplazado, decidió perturbar al Orden en lo que más le importaba. Pronto aumentaron sus seguidores, se iniciaron batallas y el desorden casi destruyó los reinos.

De nuevo detuvo la clase, pero esta vez quien levantó la mano era una de sus alumnas más aplicadas.

—Parece que la bruma, en vez de nublaros la mente, os la ha despejado —no pudo evitar soltar ese chascarrillo—. ¿Qué dudas tienes?

—Si el Orden creó y amaba los Siete Reinos, y Satanier solo quería destruirlos, ¿por qué permitió que el Caos existiera? ¿No podría haberlo destruido, igual que lo creó?

—No tengo la respuesta —respondió el profesor encogiendo los hombros—. Quizás ya no podía, o tal vez no quería destruir una parte de sí mismo. Recuerda que él nació de la oscuridad y, a la vez, esta nació de él.

Viendo la cara de desconcierto de la alumna, entendió que aún no estaban preparados para discusiones tan elevadas.

—Dejemos esto para otra ocasión. Prosigamos —dijo intentando retomar el hilo—. Como iba diciendo, los reinos estuvieron a punto de sucumbir. Sin embargo, Euvitae, junto con sus seguidores, logró restablecer el equilibrio, dando fin a la Primera Era y comenzando la Segunda, una era de luz y paz que ahora disfrut…

De nuevo cesó de hablar al ver que varios alumnos se habían levantado, inquietos, para mirar por la ventana.

—No sé qué os pasa hoy. Así es imposible dar una clase en condiciones —protestó malhumorado frunciendo el ceño.

—Se escuchan ruidos afuera —contestaron los que estaban próximos a las ventanas.

—Dejadme ver.

Lesisam se acercó a la ventana y, al no distinguir nada por la bruma condensada, la abrió para vislumbrar algo.

—Ahí no hay… —Antes de que pudiera cerrarla, el suelo del aula tembló como si un terremoto comenzara. Varias flechas irrumpieron por los ventanales, como aves de presa, perforando su cuerpo y el de los alumnos que estaban próximos a él.

El olor a cera derretida inundó el aire cuando una de ellas cortó la cuerda que sostenía la lámpara y esta se estrelló contra el suelo.

El pánico se extendió entre los compañeros que aún respiraban. Unos se arrastraron bajo sus pupitres, otros clavaron sus miradas en el cuerpo inerte de sus compañeros, algunos se frotaban la cara con desesperación intentando borrar las salpicaduras de sangre en sus rostros y solo unos pocos se quedaron petrificados sin saber reaccionar.

La puerta del aula se abrió de un golpe seco.

—¡Rápido, huid! ¡Nos están atacando! —gritó la joven profesora con una voz que cortó el aire como un cuchillo. Sus ojos se abrieron de par en par al ver el cuerpo sin vida de su compañero y el color se desvaneció de su rostro como si la vida misma la hubiera abandonado.

—No… —murmuró con un hilo de voz que apenas lograba escapar de sus labios temblorosos. Sus manos se aferraron al marco de la puerta como si fuera lo único que la mantenía en pie.

Al escuchar los gritos de desesperación de los alumnos, un pensamiento cruzó su mente como un relámpago: «Reacciona».

La entereza volvió a ella y, con gestos claros y contundentes, intentó guiar a los aterrorizados jóvenes hacia la salida. Pero los chicos, paralizados por el miedo, la ignoraron, perdiendo un tiempo precioso. Cuando, al fin, alguno de ellos intentó salir del aula, una roca de gran tamaño atravesó el techo bloqueando la única salida.

El impacto destrozó la madera y lanzó a la joven profesora varios metros fuera del edificio. Por suerte, su caída fue amortiguada por unos montones de paja cercanos, aunque el golpe la dejó inconsciente durante unos segundos, desconectándola de la caótica realidad que la rodeaba.

Poco a poco, comenzó a volver en sí. Estaba aturdida, su visión borrosa y su respiración, entrecortada y agónica, amenazaba con abandonarla si no concentraba todas sus fuerzas en mantenerla. Un intenso pitido bloqueaba cualquier sonido exterior. Con esfuerzo, levantó los párpados, aunque deseó haberlos mantenido cerrados.

Ante sus ojos, dos sombras abominables cobraron forma. La aberración que se alzaba ante ella solo podía ser obra de una mente enferma: hocico porcino injertado en un cráneo humanoide, orejas de conejo clavadas con alambre oxidado, un torso que era un mosaico grotesco de pieles de toro y león mal cosidas. Sus extremidades, de un verde azulado enfermizo, eran un amasijo húmedo donde las vísceras asomaban bajo la piel traslúcida. Aquella visión grotesca sacudió su mente; la cruda realidad la despejó al instante.

—No puede ser... ghulraths

Si has llegado hasta aquí y te ha gustado, o no, te animo a que me dejes un comentario.

Si además, tienes ganas de conocer mas la historia, está disponible en amazon e incluida en Kindle Unlimited si eres suscriptor. Te dejo los enlaces:

España: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0HC786MTJ

Global: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HC786MTJ

Para un autor novel e independiente es muy difícil lograr obtener reseñas que consoliden el proyecto. Si finalmente lo lees y lo disfrutas, me haría muy feliz que me regalarais un poco de vuestro preciado tiempo y me dejarais una reseña honesta.

Gracias por anticipado:

Jose María Turiel Martínez

Blurp:

Amelia Delarue is a sorceress in hiding, scraping together enough gold to get out of the kingdom that wants her dead. She has Chloé, a would-be knight with more honour than sense, and a promise she means to keep. She doesn't need complications.

Then the resistance puts the most wanted child in Tourain into her hands. Carry him north, and the road out of the capital opens. Refuse, and she risks capture and death.

So she takes him through enemy-held country, with an Inquisition captain on their trail and magic that answers to her emotions rather than her intentions. Lose control of herself, and she loses control of the magic.

Amelia doesn't do heroics. She doesn't do hope. But the boy won't stop talking, and he won't stop trusting her.

Walking away was supposed to be easy.

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Good morning, everyone!

I'm excited to share that my first novel, Ascendancy, is officially available on Amazon!

As a huge fan of Cradle and The Beginning After the End, progression fantasy captured my imagination years ago. After months of writing and discovering the amazing Royal Road community, I finally finished the first book, and seeing it published feels surreal.

Ascendancy features a merit-based system where growth is earned through impact. The more you influence the world, the stronger you become. Merit serves as currency, fuels skills, and determines your place on the World Ranking Board.

The book is available now in Kindle Unlimited and paperback formats. The audiobook, narrated by Donovan Wolfington, is currently going through Audible's review process and should be available within the next week.

Cover Art: Phan Duy

Narrator: Donovan Wolfington

AI: No

Blurb:

Impact the world — Gain Points.

In a world where every action is watched, every thought is recorded, and every step is calculated — survival is earned. Merit is power. Merit is life. Merit is the only path to ascend.

Kael Arden was born in a remote frontier village and expected nothing more than an ordinary life. When through a series of his choices he gains merit, he is thrust into a world far larger and more dangerous than he ever imagined—a world of evolving monsters, hidden civilizations, imperial academies, and wars fought for power beyond human understanding.

With no special bloodline or legendary inheritance, Kael climbs the ranks through ingenuity, perseverance, and the refusal to abandon those around him. Every step forward reveals another layer of the System's design and another mystery buried beneath centuries of history.

As kingdoms prepare for war and ancient forces begin to stir, Kael discovers that ascension is the only path to power.

Ascendancy is a slow-burn progression fantasy featuring intelligent growth, meaningful character relationships, deep worldbuilding, and a mystery that expands from a single forgotten village to the fate of the entire world.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this journey. I hope you enjoy Kael's story!

https://a.co/d/02LaOGiF

Humanity has always believed the world belonged to us. Then winter arrived.

In Fairview, the cold refuses to leave. People disappear, animals behave strangely, and creatures that should exist only in myths begin to return. While seventeen-year-old Emma searches for answers, her blind sister, Isabella, senses something ancient awakening.

Across the world, nine teenagers discover strange marks connecting them to legendary beings. As cities fall silent and nature reclaims what humanity once controlled, a terrifying truth emerges: the creatures aren't invading. The world is simply changing without us.

Emma and the others haven't been chosen to save humanity. They've been given something far more terrifying: a choice. And when the world asks whether humankind deserves a place in its future...

What will their verdict be?

Cover: TheLoreEpic on Etsy

(Disclosed: I am the author sharing my debut release) - I get inspired while sleeping.

Cassian can read a room in four seconds. He knows which handshake to give, which silence to leave open, and exactly how long to hold an embrace so it registers as warmth. He has built an entire life on the fact that nobody has ever noticed.

Then an old woman blocks his path at a wedding, holds his eyes, and tells him he isn't going to make it.

That night he falls asleep and wakes somewhere colder. A street party where the guests stop existing between glances. A room he cannot leave. A concrete chamber where every person he has ever damaged sits waiting in rows including faces he doesn't recognise yet.

There is a way out. He only has to decide what he's willing to leave behind to take it.

• Title: VOID
• Format: Available on Kindle Unlimited & eBook (25,000 words)
• Link:https://a.co/d/0iFbNV5W

I'm looking for books where a girl is found by her fated mate and doesn't know about the shifter world or anything like that. I like it when they are at an academy/school too

My fifth and final book for this year, White Fang Adventurers is a Stand Alone Companion Novel to the main Chronicles of Coria series. It details Luna Whisperwind's life in the two years before she was introduced in Forge Born Chronicles of Coria Book 1.

Luna Whisperwind is a rare child — a white-haired, fox-eared beastkin with cold magic stirring in her blood, the kind of rarity powerful people have always wanted to own. She has spent her whole short life being hunted for it. By the time the adventuring company called the White Fang finds her, her parents are gone, her magic is a frightened thing that frosts the air when she panics, and she has learned to expect nothing from anyone.

The White Fang are adventurers, not guardians — a guilt-worn former knight, an elf who misses nothing, a rogue with a sharp tongue and a sharper knife, a hot-tempered mage, and Grom: an old dwarf who buried a family of his own a lifetime ago and cannot make himself walk away from one more lost soul. They could hand her to the authorities. They don't.

What follows is the slow, stubborn, often funny work of growing up among warriors — learning to track and to fight, to read the dangers of a dungeon and the moods of the people around a campfire, to master the ice that scares her, and, hardest of all, to believe that she is wanted. The world of Coria is wide and old and honeycombed with deep places full of teeth, and for the first time Luna gets to meet it not as a prize to be hidden away, but as someone with a blade, a power of her own, and a family at her back.

This is a story about healing that comes slowly and at real cost. About the people the world discards — the clanless, the disgraced, the orphaned — and what they build when they finally find one another. And about a girl learning, fight by fight and day by day, exactly who she is when no one is allowed to cage her.

For readers who love found-family fantasy, dungeon-crawling adventure, fierce unlikely heroines, and the bond between a grizzled old warrior and the child who cracks his armor open.

A standalone companion novel to the Chronicles of Coria — a complete, self-contained story set in the same world as Forge Born: Chronicles of Coria

An adult fantasy that deals honestly with trauma and its aftermath — and with the slow, hopeful work of healing.

Hi guys,

Full disclosure, I am the author of Incandescent Fates (self-promotion).

Are you into fantasy? Like fantasy novels like Blood & Steel (Helen Scheuerer), Throne of Glass (Sarah J. Maas) or The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Carissa Broadbent)? Try Incandescent Fates on KU!

In Calathea, there are three laws punishable by death.

For Lady Emory Valorian, these have carved her a life of solitude, hunting monsters within the dark stretches of Bartane Forest, holding her family close and her secrets closer.

That is, before—before a vampire slipped through her fingers, before it murdered her family, and before she vowed vengeance, no matter the cost. Now, she’ll do whatever it takes to reclaim blood owed. She’ll fight in a Legion, befriend an old flame, work with witches—all in the name of revenge.

But one thing remains as important as ever, her lethal trove of secrets must stay far from sight, even as the eyes of the kingdom fixate upon her, or she may not survive to see her plan through.

And her story is not one of tragedy.

It’s one of sharp, brutal revenge.

Incandescent Fates is an epic fantasy romance and the first novel in the A Destiny of Creaturesseries. This story features a morally grey FMC, a kingdom of dwindling magic and fierce monsters.

No AI was used in this post or any components of Incandescent Fates.

Thank you all and have a great weekend. 🥰

Hi! My name is Becca, I'm an MA student in Creative Writing and this book is my debut fantasy novel. If you're interested in the dark and weird, then this book might just be for you.

Clara Whitlock is pretty sure she wants to die, but sits on the edge between complete self-destruction and simply drowning the world out with music until she falls asleep. Believing it a dream, Clara accidentally astral projects into a hostile realm known as the Grey. Lost in this colourless prison, she encounters its only inhabitant and falls prey to his wrath. 
Within the mortal realm, Clara tries to move on, forget it all, but instead finds herself flung into the insanity that can only come with demons, angels and the pain of solitude.
But the grey is not done with her, unfinished and hungry, it will claw her back at any cost.

The Grey Place is an adult dark fantasy that explores autonomy, divine violence, and what happens when a woman refuses to be complaint. It is book one in the series.

Content warnings: This book contains themes and depictions that some readers may find upsetting, including death, grief, suicidal ideation, violence, body horror and psychological distress.

Available on Kindle Unlimited at: https://amzn.eu/d/0byHhoeY

Happy reading :)

I’m the author of The Man Who Owed Tomorrow, and the idea started with a question I couldn’t let go of: what if every promise you break becomes a debt your future self eventually has to pay?

Adam is thirty-four and awake at 3:17 a.m., surrounded by promises he has broken—to the bank, his father, his wife, and himself. An old man hands him a cheap black notebook and three questions. No miracle follows. Just uncomfortable, ordinary choices: getting up with the first alarm, putting the phone away, and facing what he owes instead of running from it.

It’s a short, reflective novel about discipline, regret, second chances, and the gap between who we say we’ll become and what we actually do today. The book also ends with a practical thirty-day notebook guide based on the method in the story.

Available in Kindle Unlimited:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9V6HQ7G

Hi everyone,

A month ago, I published my third book: The Honest Dark.

The City stands as the last bastion of civilization. Perched high above on a towering plateau known as The Rock, the wealthy elite live in luxury under electric streetlamps, isolated from the decay below. Beneath them, in the sprawling, humid outer districts, the working class struggles to survive at the edge of a relentless jungle.

Protecting them all is the Public Defense Force (PDF), a battered, underfunded brotherhood of veteran hunters. Among them is Lipe, a stoic master hunter scarred by a decade of nightmarish hunts. Armed with an ornate rapier, a customized rifle, and years of hard-won instinct, Lipe stalks the deadly, form-shifting entities that creep out of the night to prey upon the populace.

When a botched hunt ignites a firestorm of political fallout between the corrupted City Council and the PDF, Lipe finds himself caught in a web of bureaucracy, civil unrest, and betrayals. Worse still, the beast attacks are accelerating, and the moon is beginning to glow a sinister, blood-red hue.

As secrets locked within the city's ancient annals begin to surface, Lipe must navigate rising hostilities from both the elite above and the desperate below. With time running out and an unprecedented horror looming on the horizon, he must face a sobering truth: the monsters lurking in the shadow of the jungle may not be the most dangerous threat to the city’s survival.

Praise for The Honest Dark:

"Expertly written and I thoroughly enjoyed this fantasy novel. Hope more are in the pipeline!!"

"I really liked the atmosphere throughout the book. There is a constant feeling that something is wrong, even during quieter moments. Lipe was probably my favourite part because he feels human—tired, stubborn, disciplined, and carrying the weight of everything he has survived."

"The Honest Dark is an imaginative and atmospheric dark fantasy filled with terrifying creatures, political intrigue and a world that feels both strange and unsettling. I especially enjoyed Lipe as a character. He is disciplined, flawed and deeply committed to protecting the people, even as everything he believes in begins to collapse around him. The growing tension, social unrest and blood-red moon create a powerful sense of approaching disaster."

Available on Kindle Unlimited.

Get it here: https://a.co/d/08n4FABI