Epic Church

A dying monk. An iron key. A conspiracy older than Christendom. 1347. Scribe Thomas of Eltville thought his greatest challenge would be copying manuscripts in peace. Then his mentor is murdered in front of him — and thrusts an iron key into his hands with his dying breath. The key unlocks a cipher hidden in manuscript margins across Europe. The cipher reveals a conspiracy that has been engineering human bloodlines — and human catastrophes — for over two thousand years. Now Thomas is running for his life with two unlikely allies: Margarethe, a cloth merchant whose father was tortured ...

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…” One man helped condemn the Messiah to death. Now he must decide if he’s willing to die for Him. Benjamin is a rising star among the Pharisees, convinced he is defending God when he stands at the foot of the cross and helps condemn the Galilean preacher. He thinks the threat is over. He is wrong. As rumors of an empty tomb spread like wildfire through Jerusalem, Benjamin’s carefully ordered world begins to collapse. The woman he loves has chosen the risen Christ. His closest friend is now hunting ...

At the approach of the first millennium, the Christians of Europe did not seem likely candidates for future greatness. They saw no future beyond the widely anticipated Second Coming of Christ. But when the world did not end, the peoples of Western Europe suddenly found themselves with no choice but to begin the heroic task of building a Jerusalem on Earth. In The Forge of Christendom, Tom Holland masterfully describes this remarkable new age, a time of caliphs and Viking sea kings, the spread of castles, and the invention of knighthood.

A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption. "...narrator Rory Bennet voices Sarmodel like a French Peter Lorre, and it’s *chef’s kiss*" — Book Riot “...[Narrators Rory Barnett and Imogen Church] elevate the...

In the second book of Django Wexler's epic fantasy trilogy about two siblings divided by magic and revolution, Gyre must travel across the Splinter Kingdoms to rally the rebels to his side, while his sister Maya uncovers the secrets of a powerful artifact that could change everything. Gyre...

Persephone, goddess of spring, was meant to remain untouched by shadow. Hidden by her mother in an attempt to outwit the Fates, she has been raised far from Olympus and the world of men. But when a chance encounter with Hades, the formidable ruler of the Underworld, binds their paths, she is thrust into a realm of power, peril, and desire. In his kingdom of shadowed beauty, she must decide if she is captive... or queen.

One wouldn't think that getting magically whisked away to a new world would make someone suddenly feel at home, but that's exactly what being transported to Makera has done for Phoenix Fraser. Gone are the ailments that kept her bedridden, the body that didn't fit her soul, and the endless loneliness. Reborn are her strength, passion, and hopes of building the community she never knew she needed. But while the burdens of Phoenix's old life have been lifted, that doesn't mean her new existence is without its struggles.

Sarah Kozloff's breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms, which began with A Queen in Hiding, comes to a thrilling conclusion in The Cerulean Queen. The true queen of Weirandale has returned. Cerulia has done the impossible and regained the throne. However, she's inherited...

Named a Best Book of the Year by Vox and Autostraddle Making a much-anticipated return to the world of Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change. Hild is no longer the bright child who made...

Magic, mystery, and revolution collide in this fantasy epic where an unlikely team of mages, scribes, and archivists must band together to unearth a conspiracy that might topple their empire. “The beginning of a truly epic tale. Deft worldbuilding and wonderful verbal fencing that is a delight...

“Fantasy at its finest.” –Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld on Ashes of the Sun Two siblings divided by magic and revolution must finally join forces and rally the people to take down the Twilight Order once and for all in the final book of this brilliantly imagined epic fantasy...

"[Narrator Imogen] Church capably meets the challenge of a diverse group of characters, embodying them and pivoting from one point of view to another from chapter to chapter. In doing so, she ensures that listeners remain fully immersed in the story" — AudioFile Magazine Debut author Sarah...

Sarah Kozloff, author of Queen of Raiders, continues her breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy series The Nine Realms with book three, A Broken Queen, and all four audiobooks will be published within a month of each other, so you can binge your favorite new fantasy series. Time can heal all...

For a century, magic has been dead. Now, a street scavenger's spark could set the world on fire. Seventeen-year-old Kai Calder survives in the undercity ruins of Dunewall by scavenging scrap — and enduring a mysterious, sarcastic System interface that mocks him daily over an impossibly large Mana Debt he can't explain. The Church rules what's left of the world with an iron fist, enforcing the Eternal Lock that sealed magic away a hundred years ago to punish humanity for the Cataclysm. When Kai accidentally triggers a dormant mana well and the System confirms his bloodline as a Veilbreaker...

33 fascinating objects. 1 amazing story. Join author and pastor Tim Challies as he embarks on a three-year journey spanning multiple continents and some of the most unusual places in the world. Tim introduces you to thirty-three carefully selected objects that help you understand the long and...

Battling against the forces of Aitierra, the neighbouring realm that has invaded the Lordlands, Kyre finds that others around are losing their will to fight on. With apathy behind him in Lordstown, he faces across the Float Bridge to the massed troops, weapons and ships of the enemy. But, fresh-injured from the fighting already, can he summon up his strength and speed reliably enough to dare to take on the Aitierrans alone? Will help come in time? Or will this be one battle too many for the Foundling whose destiny seems to intertwine with the fate of The Five Realms? Should he leave all ...

Last seen in the bar at Bowfield Spring, warily surrendering to Kellimar Sord’s challenging invitation to go through the doors to the bedroom areas, Kyre felt akin to a sinking ship, recalling the Blood Eagle, the EagleWing that had been hovering over the buildings when he entered. ‘It wasn’t out there for no purpose,’ he was thinking. And now, he awakens, not knowing where he is, trying to piece together the happenings that almost killed him. If he recovers from his injuries, what might await him should he return to Lordstown? the voluptuous, but perfidious arms of the Rua ...

In the practical playbook for pastors looking to bring spiritual formation to life, the director of church formation at Practicing the Way draws on his work with nearly 20,000 congregations to bridge the gap from theory to transformation. The modern church is experiencing a crisis of...

Recovering from the destruction of the citadel at Annaid Baile, in the rival realm of Broganta, Kyre needs to ensure that the Lordship of the realm goes to the person that he has chosen – a fat winemaker called Drerrielda. He also has to safeguard his choice of High Officer, Brenelda Sord. Through it all, he struggles to manage Katena, daughter of the lord of the Lordlands, and vehement objector to everything he does. Can he return to his forest refuge family at The Rinjee, in the border mountains? Or is there a greater need to get to the fighting fronts where the Lordlands is facing a ...

A Devotional That Dudes Will Actually Read! Is there a connection between hairiness and holiness? Some would say a hearty “Yes!” In fact, the world is in the middle of a beard mania. Events like Movember and Decembeard are becoming global movements and manly sites are appearing all over the...