For generations, brave warriors known as Adanists have fought to hold back a rising tide of mysterious invaders and shadowy monsters. Despite their heroic efforts, they are losing.

But the night is always darkest before the dawn, and a new generation rises to fight the endless battle.

Elian and Samora are siblings, adanists born and raised in a village that has rarely known the bitter taste of war. When they encounter an unfathomable weapon not far from their village, they’re forced to leave the comforting embrace of home to seek answers from the wandering clans of warriors that protect their land.

Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler weaves a mesmerizing spell of wonder and peril in this eagerly awaited epic fantasy series…

Deep in the mountains lies a valley with a secret to immortality—Clairvaux—where the Queen Mother reigns supreme. Hidden within the cliffs and rocky paths and shrouded by waterfalls, the Gallows Tree grows immortal fruit, but only the loyal angel sworn can partake and live forever, weaving magic with grafting wands and bonding to animals in order to borrow their powers while balancing the good in all living things.

Righteous anger…or mindless rage?

Marla Shrike is not happy. In fact, you might say she’s overwhelmed with anger. Or just plain pissed off.

The Best of Deep Magic: Volume Three— fantastical worlds, gripping magic, immortal prisoners, and missing husbands are here for you to devour — stories with depth, strong protagonists, high tension, all told while pulling at your heart strings, or making you smile with understanding. In this anthology, you’ll find fifteen stories, including many novelettes. Go on adventures with heroes old and young, a couple of war pigs, and visit many new fantasy worlds. Watch out for the dragons!

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler...

A wise king keeps his friends close and his enemies closer, even if one is his younger brother. When a valuable heiress disappears from Kingfountain in the middle of the night, King Eredur summons the poisoner Ankarette to bring her back alive at all costs. Both of his younger brothers want her—one to control her fortune and the other for love.

To go back, he must go forward…

Sam Sharp has never been what people would call sociable. Affected profoundly by his father’s death when Sam was very young, he developed into a solitary and self-sufficient person. When he finds himself transported to Gythe, a world that is completely different from his home, yet strangely familiar, he is forced to seek help. Sam’s nature wars with his need to rely on the strangers he meets—a warrior, a scholar, a monk, and a telepathic creature—to help him find a way back to his own world.

In the aftermath of the Manzakar Rebellion, the kingdom of Anzor teeters on the edge of social and political chaos. Tikran, Coxani and their fellow Manzakars must navigate a fractured society that still sees them as outsiders—even in freedom.

Across the continent, the rival kingdom of Dilovar violates its fragile truce, creeping into eastern Gohar in pursuit of nomads with the Essence.

Tikran is drawn into the web of court politics, struggling with betrayal. Meanwhile, Coxani ventures into Gohar to unite its scattered tribes in anticipation of war.

As old empires clash and the future of Gohar hangs in the balance, Tikran makes a vow: the Gohari will be free. No matter the cost.

Aila Ven has always been strong. Monsters from another world threaten life itself, but she knows her power will see her through. With her magical weapons, finely honed skills, and friends by her side—she has nothing to fear.

Or so she thought.

After their recent predicaments in Arania, Aila, Tere, and Lily are finally heading to the Great Enclave. To speak with the king.

Aila hasn’t set foot in the Clavian capital city for years, afraid of her secret being revealed. What will happen when her friends find out what she’s been hiding?

A fledgling government in threat of extinction. Three artifacts of power hold the key to safety, or to doom. A powerful energy user who will stop at nothing to rule over all.

Once again, Jeff Wheeler unleashes tension and fate in this eagerly awaited sequel to the Angel Sworn series…

All roads lead to Ecbatana as the trading masters say. This ancient fortress with its multi-colored interlocking walls, the vibrant bazars, and its powerful sorcerers who use a mysterious magic called metamorphistry lies in the path of the rag-tag group refugees from fallen Clairvaux.

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler...

Before she befriended a frightened young boy in the palace of Kingfountain, Ankarette Tryneowy grew up during the shattering civil war that raged between members of the Argentine family. This is the story of how the only daughter of a lawyer and a midwife became the famed Queen’s Poisoner.

The master revealed…the end in sight.

Ayim Rasaad is dead, the threat apparently ended. After all the battles, all the death, all the heartache, Sam and the other heroes of Gythe thought they had finally won.

They were wrong.