Doing a little fantasy gift shopping for yourself or your favorite reader? Books are always a good gift. Here are a few suggestions, or you can browse the SF/Fantasy Book Reviews at BellaOnline. Also see Recommended Fantasy Books - High Fantasy, Fairytales & Legends and Recommended Fantasy Books - Kids & Young Adult

Urban
The Books of the Cataclysm series by Sean Williams

The Crooked Letter
Seth and Hadrian Castillo are mirror twins, one is the reflection of the other, a fact that makes them important to the supernatural forces of the world. When Seth is killed, the link he has to Hadrian serves as a bridge between the first and second realms. This connection sparks a cataclysm.

The Blood Debt
The world is a drastically different place, one full of elemental magic, supernatural creatures and the threat of "the void beneath."


The Sky Wardens journey to the Hanging Mountains in search of the source of the flood and find age-old enemies under attack from an ancient evil.


The Word and the Void series by Terry Brooks
Running With the Demon
Fourteen-year-old Nest Freemark finds herself in the middle of war between the Void and the Word in the first of the Terry Brooks series
A Knight of the Word
Nest Freemark is sent to convince John Ross to stop ignoring his service as a Knight of the Word.

Angel Fire East
A dream shows John Ross where to find a gypsy morph-- a shape shifting creature formed of wild magic with the potential to become a strong weapon for whomever controls it.


Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
Fool Moon
When a series of gruesome murders plague the city of Chicago, lieutenant Karrin Murphy knows just who to call-- Harry Dresden, Chicago´s only professional wizard for hire.

Storm Front
Someone has used powerful magic to murder a member of the mob and his female companion. Few wizards are powerful enough to pull off such a spell. Unfortunately, Harry is one of them-- a fact that makes him a prime suspect.



Dark Fantasy

Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
Cassandra Palmer is hiding from her past. She grew up in a world of supernatural beings and violence. Orphaned at a young age, she was raised in the vampire mafia, who used her clairvoyant talents for their own gain. She escaped, but finds they will not let her go so easily.


From The Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury’s short story "Homecoming," first appeared in the October 1946 issue of Mademoiselle magazine and told the tale of the Elliots, an outlandish clan of good natured creatures and their adopted son Timothy. Bradbury has published just five other stories about the Elliots and in From the Dust Returned he weaves these original tales with newer chapters and an overall storyline.


Stagestruck Vampires by Suzy McKee Charnas
Stagestruck Vampires & Other Phantasms is a wonderful collection of unusual stories, full of strong characters and vivid descriptions, along with essays by award-winning author Suzy McKee Charnas.


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