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The Library at HelleboreNovel
Cassandra Khawstandalone novel2025
About magic schools and psychic powers, set in secondary world.
“The faculty attacks the students, who seek shelter in the school's library in a bid for survival.”
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Stephen King multiverseUniverse
universe46 books1967
Dark in tone.
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Gunslinger →
includes The Dark Tower
The DarkNovel
James Herbertstandalone novel1980
About madness, set in our world and contemporary.
“WorldCat: It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power.”
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DemonataSeries
series10 books2005
About demons, set in contemporary.
“Lord Loss is an extreme horror fiction which transcribes the encounters of a boy, Grubbs Grady, after the shock of his family's brutal murder at the hands of demons, and his later experiences with uncle Dervish.”
from the catalogue
Start with Lord Loss →
NecroSeam ChroniclesSeries
series1 book2016
Fantasy, about demons, set in secondary world.
“When he saves the Death king's daughter from a yellow-eyed assassin, apprentice Reaper Xavier Devouh is thrown from a cliff and vanishes into the depths of the Ocean realm.”
from the catalogue
Start with Willow of Ashes →
MalazanUniverse
universe36 books1999
Epic fantasy, about war, set in secondary world.
“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
from the catalogue
Start with Gardens of the Moon →
includes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Kharkanas Trilogy, Night of Knives, Path to Ascendancy, Witness Trilogy