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Bloomsbury presents Shadows Linger by Glen Cook, read by Toby Longworth. From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the second book in the chronicles of the Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. The Black Company stands against the rebels of the White Rose...

From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the eleventh book in the chronicles of the Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. The Black Company has been paid to keep the peace in the backwater city of Aloe — but peace has never been good for business. Ordered...

The Elves have established a glorious Imperium to stand guard against those who serve the Under Realm. Now, rumors spread to the capital city of Lorthal about an army of Rusca amassing in the Far North. The Imperium must stand strong in these trying times and elect a new High Warden to lead their armies against those who threaten their safety. Fordi, an Elf captured by the Rusca, is being escorted by his captors to a secret stronghold deep within Imperium territory. Along their way, the Rusca are ambushed by the Elven hero known as the Shadow.

The Following is closing in. Jael’s desperation to save Eadmund from Evaine’s spell leads her back to the place of her nightmares, where she quickly discovers that she is trapped. In Hest, Jaeger is hungry for power and vengeance, making an enemy of Berard, who is forced to confront the truth of what his brother has become as he tries to save Meena from Jaeger’s clutches. Determined to exact his long-dreamed-of revenge, Ivaar plots his return to Oss to destroy Eadmund and capture the throne at last. 

Death was supposed to be my end. Instead, it was just the beginning. I woke up in someone else’s body, inside the Shadow Academy, a school for elite warriors. Now they think I’m someone I'm not, and until I escape, I’ll have to play along. But things get complicated when strange powers...

Janny Wurts’s epic tale of two half-brothers cursed to life-long enmity reaches new heights in the third volume, now re-released with a striking new cover. Tricked once more by his wily half-brother, Lysaer, Lord of Light, arrives at the tiny harbour town of Merior to find that Arithon’s...

A powerful, layered weaving of myth, prose and pure imagination – The Ships of Merior is book two in the epic fantasy series, The Wars of Light and Shadow. The second volume of Janny Wurts's incomparable series following Arithon and Lysaer, two brothers forced to take opposite sides in a...

Kingdoms burn. Heroes soar. At the decimated outpost of Nevergrace, Cyran Orendain and his companions stand watch. They search for the Dragon Queen's remains while awaiting the full onslaught of Murgare's retaliation. But some of their own turn against them, and a village is ravaged by whatever...

Port of Shadows is the newest dark fantasy audiobook in Glen Cook's esteemed Chronicles of the Black Company series. The father of Grimdark returns… The soldiers of the Black Company don’t ask questions, they get paid. But being “The Lady’s favored” is attracting the wrong kind of...

Was the Hereditas Expedition doomed from the start? Led by Pontifex Bilrach, the Mahjarrat must find the artifacts of the dead god Tumeken and complete the Ritual of Rejuvenation, otherwise they face extinction. Forced to work together by Zaros, the Mahjarrat form an uneasy alliance, though they all have their own ambitions.

Gravely wounded after his duel with the deadly ranger Kyber, Eli awakens in a hidden refuge deep within the winter-bound forest. He has survived—but survival has come at a terrible price. Shadows haunt his every waking moment, and in his dreams, ancient eyes watch and wait. The bond with his cursed sword, Memory, grows stronger, hungrier… and Eli fears the weapon may demand more than he can give. As he struggles to heal, Eli finds solace in the unwavering devotion of his wife, Mae. Yet even their stolen moments of peace cannot last.

In a land riven by civil war, the undead rise to battle once again! Talembur now knows what he must do — find Raven's Keep and claim the sword hidden there. But to do that, he must first locate the hidden stronghold and survive the many perils that threaten the realm of Owyllain. And chief among them are the Bronze Dead, the ancient undead army of the dark elves. For the Bronze Dead have been sleeping for centuries, but now they stir once more. Unless Talembur figures out who is waking up the Bronze Dead, the undead will cover Owyllain in their darkness...

Times are hard, and the citizens of Sanctuary are not their greedy, immoral, grifting selves. But desperate times call for desperate measures, which means the bad guys are about to up their game. No one is safe from Sanctuary's evil charms—not the fish in the waters, not the prince's own Hell Hound guards, not even Satan himself.

Oskar Dorn never expected to find a home in a world that keeps trying to kill him. The Wayspring magic, part of every living thing in this world, is fading. And now, the goddess who summoned him here has tasked him with saving it. To make matters worse, his brother is still dying, his magic warped by the dark shaman Valla. She tortured Erik for months and is now sending teams of Hyenamen and twisted shadow creatures after Oskar’s new family.

Valerie "Val" Stonehold faces her toughest challenge yet when her best friend Sinatria asks for a life-changing favor. Val must become the faerie Tetra's liege—a magically binding contract that grants her complete control over the assassin. Playing jailer to a resentful faerie is the least of Val's worries. As she juggles to protect her dwarf clients from a ruthless gang, and unravel the secrets of her mysterious amulet, Val finds herself in a web of danger and deceit that threatens everything she holds dear.

Special Edition This edition features exclusive bridge chapters—never before released—that expand the world of Moons and Shadows and illuminate the unseen threads between Book 1 and the upcoming sequel, Shadows and Mist. These new scenes offer pivotal glimpses into the aftermath, the healing, and the rising truths that refuse to stay buried. Perfect for returning listeners, this edition deepens the journey through memory, magic, and love that defies fate. His faith. His sacrifice. Bound by Shadow Her freedom. Her life. She was never destined to awaken… like this.

From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the fifth book in the chronicles of The Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. The war against the Dominator is over and the empire stands on the brink of an uneasy peace. But victory has come at a staggering price...

Sophie Song is a Stem Shifter—a person who can alter Space, Time, Energy, and Matter with their minds. When she discovered her country’s enemies seized their land, she thought things couldn’t get worse. She was wrong. When she discovered Stem Shifters she knew and loved had joined the enemy, she thought things couldn’t get worse. Wrong again. Can Sophie and her dwindling group of allies lead her people to victory before their homes turn to ice?

"The Light Between The Shadows" is ultimately a novel about hope—not the cheap, easy hope of happy endings, but the hard-won, daily-renewed hope of choosing to keep living when everything in you wants to give up. It's about finding light not by denying the shadows but by learning to carry both. Jim's journey from suicidal isolation to purposeful Guardian is neither simple nor complete. By the novel's end, he's still struggling, still uncertain, still carrying wounds that may never fully heal. But he's also connected, purposeful, and alive.

Auriella Blackcreek only wanted to prove she wasn’t just her father’s shadow. Instead, she joined Sandorg War College, a brutal academy with seven branches, where cadets hate her because of her name. Auri is fighting to survive on challenge mats and outside, all with the goal of bonding with a Dragon. Then there’s Zane, a Drusearon Fae Winged warrior, bound by legacy and carrying his own scars, he is the last person Auri should trust—and the only one who makes her heart burn. Their connection runs deeper than either expected, a bond as dangerous as it is undeniable.