After being set up to take the fall for regicide, a pair of thieves kidnap the new king to clear their name and accidently end up with the fate of the kingdom in their hands.
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Brotherly Bonds in Sci-fi and Fantasy
Check out these SF/F books and media about brothers, either by blood or by choice. #IndyPLAdults
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- Prince Jalan's priorities are Prince Jalan, Prince Jalan, and Prince Jalan (with "looking good" a distant forth). But when a curse binds him to a Viking for whom honor is everything, he must become the hero he never wanted to be.
- Monster hunting brothers Cal and Niko have always known about the monster side of the Big Apple thanks to Cal's dad being a literal monster. But now his dad's family is back for Cal, and the brothers may be the only thing keeping the monsters from…
Supernatural
Season One
"Dad went on a hunting trip, and he hasn't been home in a few days." Join the Winchester brothers in the season that started it all as they enter the family business of saving people and hunting things.- A brilliant scientist who sold his soul to learn necromancy must team up with his vampire brother (also his fault, oops) to win back his soul before it's too late.
- When loser IT tech Roan wakes up with a voice in his head, he thinks it's stress. It turns out Earth is being invaded by aliens. And Roan and his new hitchhiker, Tao, are the only ones who can stop it.
- Step through the gate and follow the epic bromance of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Doctor Daniel Jackson as they and the rest of the team explore the galaxy and save the Earth from aliens one 43-minute episode at a time.
- Thief Locke Lamora, along with his crew including best friend Jean, must beat the vicious underworld ruler at his own game, or die trying.
- Egil and Nix may be tomb robbers, but that's where the money is. Besides, they need the money more than the dead do. But when they kill a demonic crypt guardian, unleashing a dangerous beast, they'll have to put things to right. After all, they…
- Big brother Hunter (okay, they're all clones the same age but someone's gotta take charge) just wants to keep his brothers safe and out of the hands of the Empire. Too bad that takes money. So when they accept a job from a questionable source, of…
- They say opposites attract, and monster hunter Geralt of Rivia couldn't be more different than his BFF, the poet Dandelion. Check out their early adventures through these fractured fairy tale re-tellings.
- The boys are back... Clay thought his mercenary days were behind him. But when an old friend shows up with a plea to help him save his daughter living in a city under siege, it's time to get the band back together again.
- "All for one, and one for all!" The Greatcoats were an elite guard, sworn to protect their king...until they didn't. Now all its members are considered traitors, and three best friends must figure out how to survive in a suddenly hostile land.
- Tom Hardy stars in this epic bromance between man and symbiote. They may both be losers, but someone's gotta save the world.
- "You were my brother, Anakin!" Return to the happier days of Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker's friendship during the Clone Wars with this Star Wars tie-in novel.
- If you have a clone, which of you is the real one? Mercenary leader Miles Vorkosigan just wants a little R&R with his crew. But when people keep trying to assassination and he finds out there's another him (and not just his alter-ego) running…
- Will and Jacob Grimm thought the stories they told to fleece terrified villagers of their money were just that--stories. But when they travel to a village where the monsters are, in fact, real, they'll have to stop being con men and become heroes.
- The Rynax brothers have gone legit--opening a shop and taking a stab at an honest living. Until a fire destroys everything. With nothing but their old illegal skills to draw upon, the brothers put together a crew of other fire victims for an easy…
- Brothers Raistlin and Caramon train as mercenaries in this prequel to the popular Dragonlance series.
- Lawman Wax has spent years out in the Roughs keeping the peace. But as the last member of his noble house, he is recalled back to the city he'd wanted to escape. But the city can be just as lawless as the Rough, so it's up to him and his deputy,…
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