Teen & Young Adult Fiction

"Just plain awesome" — Brandon SandersonA staggering defeat on the border of Adro and Kez leaves Tamas and his powder mages in grave danger and cut off from all aid. Meanwhile, deadly political games threaten his allies at home.When invasion looms. . ...

The hotly anticipated sequel to the gripping Indian-inspired YA fantasy THE IVORY KEY.Four siblings. Two enemy territories. One long buried secret.Without magic to protect Ashoka's borders, time is running out. The whole country is at risk from enemy...

Putting a romantasy twist on The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ciccarelli's heart-pounding story sees a witch vigilante disguise herself as a vapid young socialite. Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and a witch hunter falling in love in...

"A steamy game of cat and mouse between witch and witch-hunter, played out against a backdrop of opulence, secrets, and bloody history. I couldn't look away." - Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Champion of FateEnemies-to-lovers...

A teenage prostitute ascends through the many layers of Victorian London society in this highly acclaimed “big, sexy, bravura novel” (New York Times).London, 1870s. At the heart of this panoramic narrative is a young woman’s struggle to...

A captivating dark gothic fantasy set in the same universe as the award-winning author's All The Murmuring Bones, The Path of Thorns and The Briar Book of the Dead. A tale of vampires, assassins, ancient witches and broken promises, perfect for readers...

The climax to the epic Malazan Book of the Fallen series that will determine how the world is ruled.   Savaged by the K'Chain Nah'Ruk, the Bonehunters march for Kolanse, where waits an unknown fate. Tormented by questions, the army totters on the edge...

'Compelling... almost Dickensian' -- The Times'The best thriller writer in the world' -- Daily TelegraphJonas Merrick. At MI5 they call him 'the eternal flame', because he never goes out. Never goes undercover, or on surveillance, or kicking down doors...

In this enchantingly dark sequel to The Twisted Tree, the suspicious demise of a trapeze artist draws Martha deep into the world of a strange circus of Myth & Mayhem, who perform old Norse tales with their Big Top full of the dead. Part ghost...

(Available after 3-20 days)Newbery Medal winner The Cross of Lead is "a page-turner from beginning to end... full of adventure, mystery, and action" (School Library Journal).Sometimes I ran, sometimes all I could do was walk. All I knew was that if the...

The Crossing forms second part of Cormac McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, that began with All the Pretty Horses and concludes with The Cities of the Plain.Set on the south-western ranches in the years before the Second World War, Cormac...

Joe Pickett survives a dangerous brush with death, leaving three families under suspicion. But with Joe unconscious, uncovering the truth becomes twice as hard. “Raining here, but I’ve got a cup of hot tea and a Joe Pickett novel, so who...

The thrilling conclusion to the epic Storm Crow duology that follows a fallen princess as she fights to bring back the magical elemental crows taken from her people, perfect for readers of YA fantasy and fiction that includes young adult mental health...

“Carson joins the ranks of writers like Kristin Cashore, Megan Whalen Turner, and Tamora Pierce as one of YA’s best writers of high fantasy.”—Locus Magazine   The second book in Rae Carson’s award-winning and New York Times–bestselling trilogy! Betrayal,...

Bow Before Your Queen Or Bleed Before Her... From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book three in her Blood and Ash series. She's been the victim and the survivor... Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she's found...

THE FIRST CHILLING NOVEL IN THE ACCLAIMED ROBERT HUNTER SERIES When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in Los Angeles, Robert Hunter is thrown into a nightmare case. The victim suffered a terrible death, and on...

First in the bestselling Folk of the Air trilogy. The sequels - The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing - are the winners of/won the Goodreads YA Best Fantasy in 2019 and 2020.Nominated for the CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. Winner of the silver INKY for...

(Available after 3-20 days)In this sequel to The Kinder Poison—which People magazine proclaimed a "delicious high-stakes adventure"—the magical kingdom of Orkena is on the brink of war, and the only person who can save it is Zahru, the girl they once...

'Asbridge can't help but tell a ripping yarn, often breezily dramatic, whipping the narrative along' -- The TimesA superb and definitive one-volume account of the Crusades, the impact of which still resonates to this day.In the eleventh century, a vast...

Empire's Picks on Fiction 2021When her father dies nobly in battle, fourteen-year-old Thirrin becomes Queen of the Icemark, a tiny kingdom for ever caught between dangerous neighbours. Thirrin must raise an army to protect her people from seemingly...