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Fantasy and Science Fiction October 2025 |
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Stone & sky
by Ben Aaronovitch
The tenth novel of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes -- this time, while on a holiday in Scotland.
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The society of unknowable objects : a novel
by Gareth Brown
A trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects—ordinary items with extraordinary properties.
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Human rites : a novel
by Juno Dawson
As Lucifer pushes a dark prophecy toward its end, five fractured witches must face an impossible choice in a final battle spanning time, in the third novel of the series following The Shadow Cabinet.
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| The End of the World as We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, eds.Set during and after the events of Stephen King's highly acclaimed 1978 novel The Stand, this anthology collects new stories of human resilience after the apocalypse from authors like Poppy Z. Brite, Tananarive Due, Josh Malerman, and many more. Both a tribute to and an expansion of the original novel, fans of King's work will be delighted by the dedication on display from the contributors. |
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The last wizards' ball
by Charlaine Harris
As war brews in Europe, a skilled gunslinger must protect her powerful wizard sister from ruthless suitors at a deadly magical ball, where political intrigue, dark magic, and dangerous alliances threaten to pull them into a conflict that could reshape their world.
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| The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra KhawAlessa Li has been forcibly enrolled at Hellebore Technical Institute, an elite academy for the dangerously powerful world-enders within its hallowed walls. On graduation day, Alessa is trapped in the library along with other students being forced to take part in the institute's grisly ritual: being devoured by the monstrous faculty. A harrowing and lore-rich tread into the darkest depth of dark academia fantasy, Khaw's latest is "a visceral symphony of body horror" (Booklist). |
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Never the roses
by Jennifer K. Lambert
Sorceress Oneira seeks solace in a remote forest accompanied by uninvited companions -- a near-mythical wolf, a goddess in the form of a kestrel and a feline embodying magic itself -- but on a whim she steals a book from the extensive library of powerful rival sorcerer Stearanos, which starts a forbidden correspondence and bond between them.
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Automatic Noodle
by Annalee Newitz
In this cozy near-future novella, a group of decommissioned robots suddenly come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen in San Francisco and decide to make it their own, serving delicious hand-pulled noodles to the humans recovering from the aftermath of war. For fans of: science fiction with hope and heart such as Becky Chambers' Monk & Robot series.
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Wild reverence : a novel
by Rebecca Ross
In a land where gods often kill each other to steal power and alliances break as quickly as they are forged, Matilda, the youngest goddess of her clan, must come of age sooner than most.
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