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| Mortedant's Peril by RJ BarkerBeing a Mortedant -- a cleric that reads the last thoughts of the dead -- has never been the most popular job, but Irody Hasp lives a particularly thankless existence. When his apprentice is murdered and he's framed for the crime, Irody will have to take matters into his own hands to prove his innocence. For fans of: fantasy mysteries with charm and intriguing world-building such as Luke Arnold's The Last Smile in Sunder City. |
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| Kill All Wizards by Jedediah BerryGotchimus the barbarian has a score to settle with the wizards of the land who have done nothing but ruin his life. Filing a complaint got him nowhere, so he's back to basics: kill every wizard until he gets what he wants...even if he has to blend into their pompous wizard society to do it. Fans of Discworld or Dungeons & Dragons will enjoy this "new epic fantasy in an old style with a touch of humor and plenty of heart" (Library Journal). |
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| The Devil and Mrs. Gooch by Oliver DarkshireIn the city of Verdigris, house spirits known as hobs are disappearing, leaving the buildings in decay. At the heart of this chaos is Mrs. Gwendolyn Gooch, who's kidnapping the hobs to manage her extortionate rental apartments; and the Devil, who can't help but be swayed by her capitalist zeal. It's up to Professor Green and his mysterious book to put things back in their proper order. Fans of Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil will be enchanted by this next book in the Household Gramarye series. |
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| The Republic of Memory by Mahmud El SayedIn this Arabfuturist story set on a generation ship halfway through its 400 year journey, the crew of the Safina start to chafe against the Administration's expectations for them to toil for their ancestors in cryostasis who will never know them. As blackouts start to roll through the ship, unrest boils over until the breaking point arrives, changing life on the Safina forever. For fans of: richly detailed and thought-provoking space flight stories such as Elizabeth Bear's Jacob's Ladder trilogy. |
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| The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays by Andrea HairstonWhen two local women are murdered, a group of ragtag misfits -- including an amateur detective, a podcaster, and a multidimensional traveling dog -- investigate the mysterious Redemption Center looking for answers. But Oona, the dog, knows who the killer is, and he is on her tail. Andrea Hairston "mixes a serial killer investigation with elements of urban fantasy and sci-fi to create a cozy, magical, and strikingly unique concoction" (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Rainshadow Orphans by Naomi IshiguroIn the corrupt Rainshadow City, Toshiko, Jun, and Mei Kawakami are seeking revenge for their guardian Reiko, murdered by the criminal organization the Lucky Crows. Set across two days, their adventures begin when Toshiko steals a dragon pearl, setting in motion events that will change the city forever. The start of this new trilogy blends Studio Ghibli themes with character-driven multiple perspective science-fantasy sagas. For fans of: Marie Lu and Samantha Shannon. |
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| The Reimagining of Thornwood House by Jaleigh JohnsonWitch Evelyn Sharpe has agreed to take care of the mysterious Thornwood House in Iskendra; it seems like the perfect way to give her young ward Ruby some stability. But Thornwood House has a mind of its own and is reluctant to let new witches through its doors. This cozy fantasy with a touch of humor and romance will charm fans of Sarah Beth Durst's The Spellshop and TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea. |
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Throne of Nightmares
by Kerri Maniscalco
In this action-packed standalone fantasy romance from New York Times bestselling sensation Kerri Maniscalco, a book of dangerous magic draws two readers into a perilous quest to find it--and their own happy ending.
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The Night Prince
by Lauren Palphreyman
From an USA Today bestselling author comes the highly anticipated sequel to The Wolf King, a romantasy for fans of enemies to lovers, shifters, forbidden romance, villains you love to hate (or just love ), and werewolves.
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Detour
by Jeff Rake
A space shuttle flight crew discovers that the Earth they've returned to is not the home they left behind in the first book of this emotional, mind-bending thriller series from the creator of the hit Netflix show Manifest and the bestselling author of The Warehouse.
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I Am the Ghost Here: Stories
by Kim Samek
Threaded with sharp social commentary, these stories question the engineering of human connection through technology, social media, and reality television. Warm, endlessly strange, and filled with dark yet hopeful humor, I Am the Ghost Here casts familiar crises of contemporary life in a wholly unique light, offering a pathway towards our shared humanity even as reality comes crumbling down.
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The Night Ship
by Alex Woodroe
Driving a logging truck through the Romanian mountains, smuggler Rosi and her crew come across a radio signal that hints at impending doom. As the world goes completely dark, their truck becomes a vessel sailing across a sea of nothingness. But they're not alone: transmissions trickle in through the radio from similar isolated islands across the country, from amateur radio hobbyists and police cars and customs facilities. Attempting to rescue survivors and find a way out, the group save more lives, but soon discover that something hungry lurks below, and it's sending up agents - and transmissions - of its own.
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