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ArchEnemy

ArchEnemy is a 2009 science-fiction and fantasy novel by Frank Beddor and the third novel of the Looking Glass Wars trilogy.

John Myers Myers

He is best known for the fantasy novel Silverlock in which a Master of Business Administration travels through a fantasy land of letters, meeting dozens of characters from myth, legend, and romance for adventure and instruction.

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker

Kingmaker, Kingbreaker is a series of adult fantasy novels by Australian author Karen Miller about the lives of an unlikely fisherman and a prince.

Marvelous World

Marvelous World (The Marvelous World Saga) is a young adult (YA) fantasy novel series by Troy CLE and published by Simon and Schuster and Random House Listening Library Audio.

The Beggar Queen

The Beggar Queen (1984) is a fantasy novel by Lloyd Alexander, the concluding book of a series often called the Westmark trilogy.

The Burning City

The Burning City is a fantasy novel of social and political allegory by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle set in an analogue of Southern California in an imaginary past shortly after the sinking of Atlantis about 14,000 years ago in the twilight of a civilization then struggling and now vanished for lack of a crucial natural, and essentially non-renewable resource upon which almost all of its economy and technology depended.

The Dragon Queen

The Dragon Queen (ISBN 0-553-81512-1) is a 2001 fantasy novel by Alice Borchardt based around the legend of King Arthur.

The Name of this Book is Secret

The Name of this Book is Secret is a 2007 fantasy novel for young readers by Pseudonymous Bosch.

The Witch Saga

The Witch Saga is a 6-part fantasy novel series by author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

The Yellow Silk

The Yellow Silk (ISBN 0-7869-3152-3) is a fantasy novel written by Don Bassingthwaite in 2004.

Under Wildwood

Under Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book Two is a 2012 children's fantasy novel by The Decemberists' singer-songwriter Colin Meloy, illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis.

Wildwood Imperium

Wildwood Imperium: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book Three will be a 2014 children's fantasy novel by The Decemberists' singer-songwriter Colin Meloy, illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis.


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A Woman of the Sea

The film, and Chaplin himself, figure prominently in Tim Powers' fantasy novel Three Days to Never (Morrow, 2006).

Anna Kashina

She published her first fantasy novel, The Princess of Dhagabad, which is the first of “The Spirits of the Ancient Sands” trilogy, in 2002.

Basil Copper

Necropolis received a 1981 nomination for the Locus Award Best Fantasy novel category.

Bevendean

Bevendean is referenced in the chapter "The Baffling Business of the Bevendean Bat" of the fantasy novel The Brightonomicon.

Blood Knight

The Blood Knight, a fantasy novel by Greg Keyes in the "The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone" series

Changer

:Not to be confused with Changers, the Wildstorm characters, or Changer, the fantasy novel by Jane Lindskold

Children of Magic Moon

Children of Magic Moon (original title: Märchenmonds Kinder) is a young adult fantasy novel written by German authors Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein in 1990.

Coldean

Coldean is referenced in the chapter "The Concluding Chaotic Conundrum of the Coldean Cat" of the fantasy novel The Brightonomicon.

Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza

Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza is a fantasy novel written by Roland Green featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

Conan and the Gods of the Mountain

Conan and the Gods of the Mountain is a fantasy novel written by Roland Green featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

Conan the Mercenary

Conan the Mercenary is a fantasy novel written by Andrew J. Offutt and illustrated by Esteban Maroto featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, the second volume in a trilogy beginning with Conan and the Sorcerer and concluding with The Sword of Skelos.

Daenerys Targaryen

Daenerys Targaryen is a principal character in the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.

Dandelion Fire

Dandelion Fire is a 2009 children's fantasy novel by N. D. Wilson.

Dawn of Night

Dawn of Night is a fantasy novel by Paul S. Kemp, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

Deltora Quest 1

Deltora Quest 1 (also known as Deltora Quest) is a children's fantasy novel series written by Emily Rodda.

Domnei

In modern times, the term "Domnei" is especially known for its usage in the title and plot of Domnei: A Comedy of Woman-Worship (1913), a fantasy novel by James Branch Cabell, which is set in the imaginary French province of Poictesme during the second half of the thirteenth century.

Double Seventh Festival

Barry Hughart's fantasy novel, Bridge of Birds, is loosely based upon this story, though the two figures are switched.

Dragon ship

Dragonships-a fantasy novel series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.

Great Beauty

A Great and Terrible Beauty, 2003 fantasy novel by American writer of young adult literature, Libba Bray; first volume in Gemma Doyle Trilogy takes place in 1895, as young title character experiences clairvoyant visions associated with ancient order of powerful women known as "the Order"

Great Conspiracy

Fictional accounts of the Great Conspiracy were featured in Wallace Breem's historical novel Eagle in the Snow, Stephen R. Lawhead's fantasy novel Taliesin, M. J. Trow's Britannia series and Jack Whyte's historical novel, The Skystone.

Herla

The legend of King Herla figures prominently in the historical fantasy novel, Mortal Love (2004), by Elizabeth Hand.

Hopewell, Illinois

Hopewell, Illinois is the location used by author Terry Brooks in his fantasy novel Running with the Demon.

Inari, Finland

A character in The Snow Queen, a fantasy novel by the American author Mercedes Lackey, enters the Underworld and comes across a group of villagers from Inari.

Kenneth Biller

In 2008, he was linked with a series based on the Terry Goodkind fantasy novel series Wizard's First Rule.

Kiln People

It has the distinction of finishing second in four different awards for best SF/fantasy novel of 2002 – the Hugo, the Locus, the John W. Campbell Award, and the Arthur C. Clarke Award – each time finishing behind a different book.

Lardo

In the fantasy novel Faith of the Fallen, Terry Goodkind includes lardo, as well as a nearly complete description of its curing and preparation in the Colonnata style.

Linius Pallitax

Linius Pallitax is a fictional character from The Edge Chronicles fantasy novel series by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.

Magic Moon

Magic Moon (original title: Märchenmond, meaning "Fairy Tale Moon") is a young adult fantasy novel written by German authors Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein in 1982.

Magician's Hat

Like its predecessor, the album was, at least partly, influenced by fairy tale and fantasy themes, with the song "Elidor" having been directly inspired by Alan Garner's 1965 fantasy novel Elidor.

Midnight's Mask

Midnight's Mask is a fantasy novel by Paul S. Kemp, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

Nemerle

The language was named after the Archmage Nemmerle, a character in the fantasy novel A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Nika riots

The Sarantine Mosaic (1998, 2000) by Guy Gavriel Kay is a fantasy novel based on the 6th century Mediterranean world; the two-novel series closely parallels the historical events of the Nika riots.

Phil Gardner

In November 2004, Gardner took part in the National Novel Writing Month, producing the fantasy novel Mirkin Topp and the Hair of the Dog.

Queen of Demons

Queen of Demons (1998) is a fantasy novel in the series, Lord of the Isles by author David Drake.

Seeing Red

Seeing Redd, a 2007 fantasy novel about Alice in Wonderland by Frank Beddor

Shetani

In Alan Dean Foster's 1986 horror/fantasy novel, Into the Out Of, elders of the Maasai people become aware that from the south of them in the Ruaha wilderness of Tanzania a global crisis is approaching.

Tauriel

In 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien published the fantasy novel The Hobbit, whose plot centres on a group consisting of Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and thirteen dwarves, who go in search of a treasure guarded by the dragon, Smaug.

The Atlas of the Land

The Atlas of the Land by Karen Wynn Fonstad provides a cartographer's point of view to the fictional world known as "the Land" from Stephen R. Donaldson's fantasy novel series The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

The Emerald Scepter

The Emerald Scepter is a fantasy novel by Thomas M. Reid, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.

The Heavenly Tenants

The Heavenly Tenants is a children's fantasy novel by William Maxwell.

The Mask of Loki

The Mask of Loki (1990) is an epic science fiction/fantasy novel by Roger Zelazny and Thomas T. Thomas, detailing a centuries long struggle between the avatars of Loki and Ahriman.

The Subtle Knife

The Subtle Knife, the second book in the His Dark Materials series, is a young-adult fantasy novel written by Philip Pullman and published in 1997.

Wind from the Abyss

Wind from The Abyss is a fantasy novel by American writer Janet Morris, published in 1978.

Windhaven

Windhaven is a science-fiction and fantasy novel co-written by novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin, but mainly by novelist Lisa Tuttle.

Withdean

Withdean is referenced in the chapter "The Wiseman of Withdean" of the fantasy novel The Brightonomicon.

World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal

World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal is a fantasy novel written by Aaron S. Rosenberg and Christie Golden, and published by Simon & Schuster Pocket Star Books, a division of Viacom.