L.L. McKinney

The Nightmare-Verse

1 - A Blade So Black (Sep-2018)
2 - A Dream So Dark (Sep-2019)
3 - A Crown So Cursed (Sep-2023)

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  A Blade So Black
  

  • Sep-2018
  • / Action Adventure
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  The Nightmare-Verse - 1
  

  A BLADE SO BLACK delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of ALICE IN WONDERLAND ... but it's not the Wonderland you remember. The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatu...

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  A Dream So Dark
  

  • Sep-2019
  • / Action Adventure
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  The Nightmare-Verse - 2
  

  "The fantasy series I've been waiting for my whole life." -- Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U GiveIn L.L. McKinney's A Dream So Dark, the thrilling sequel to A Blade So Black, Alice goes deeper into a dark version of W...

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  Nubia: Real One
  

  • Feb-2021
  • / Manga
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  Nubia has always been a little bit...different. As a baby she showcased Amazon-like strength by pushing over a tree to rescue her neighbor’s cat. But despite her having similar abilities, the world has no problem telling her that she’s no Wonder ...

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  Nubia
  

  • Mar-2021
  • / General Fiction
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  Can you be a hero...if society doesn''t see you as a person?
  
  Nubia has always been a little bit...different. As a baby she showcased Amazonian-like strength by pushing over a tree to rescue her neighbor''s cat. But, despite having similar abil...

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  Power Rangers Unlimited: Heir to Darkness #1
  

  • Apr-2021
  • / Graphic Novel
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  Astronema is one of the most popular Power Rangers villains ever and her true origin is revealed for the first time in a one-shot directly connected to the events of Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers! Before she became a Power Ranger, a young girl nam...

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  Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness
  

  • Dec-2021
  • / Graphic Novel
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  SECRET ORIGINS REVEALED! For the first time ever, discover true stories of two of the most popular Power Rangers characters -- the deadly assassin known as Astronema, and the mysterious hero bearing the name Phantom Ranger. The shocking revelations...

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  Splintered Magic
  

  • Jul-2023
  • / Fantasy
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  Can dreams come true when you're living with a family curse? 2000 -- New York, New York Twins Trey and Tai are not like other high schoolers. Besides his crushing lack of popularity, Trey struggles to suppress his surging magical abilities that conti...

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  A Crown So Cursed
  

  • Sep-2023
  • / Fantasy
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  The Nightmare-Verse - 3
  

  "The fantasy series I've been waiting for my whole life." -- Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U GiveAlice must save Wonderland from itself in A Crown So Cursed, the long-awaited third book in L.L. McKinney's Nightmare-Ve...

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  Escaping Mr. Rochester
  

  • Jan-2024
  • / Contemporary Romance
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  In this fresh reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel by acclaimed author L. L. McKinney, Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason must save each other from the horrifying machinations of Mr. Rochester in this intrigue-filled, empowering young adult rom...

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  Nubia: Too Real
  

  • Sep-2025
  • / General Fiction
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  From critically acclaimed author L.L McKinney and brought to life with delightful, vivid art by Robyn Smith and Manou Azumi, highly anticipated sequel, NUBIA: TOO REAL follows Nubia as she explores her Amazonian identity, learns the importan...

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