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The Night Birds
by Christopher Golden
Charlie Book and Ruby Cahill have history. After their love ended in heartbreak years ago, they never expected to see each other again. Now, as part of his work for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Book lives aboard the Christabel, a 19th century freighter half-sunken off the shore of Galveston. Over many years, a massive forest of mangrove trees has grown up through the deck of the ship, creating a startlingly beautiful enigma Book calls the Floating Forest. As a powerful storm churns through the Gulf, he intends to sleep on board as usual. But when he arrives at the dock, he’s stunned to find Ruby there waiting for him. And she’s not alone. With her are a mysterious woman and her infant child, asking Book to hide them safely aboard the Christabel while they're on the run. Only it isn’t the police who are after them, it’s a coven of witches the woman, Mae, has fled, stealing away the helpless infant for whom the coven had hideous plans…or so Mae claims. It’s lunacy and Book wants nothing to do with it. But after the way he and Ruby ended things, and the unspoken pain between them, he can’t refuse. Yet even as he brings them out to the ruined ship and its floating forest, there are shadowed figures looming back in Galveston, waiting out the storm. And despite the worsening wind and rain, the night birds are flying, scouring the coastline for their prey. set in a deteriorated, half-sunken freighter ship off the coast of Galveston, Texas.
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| Bochica by Carolina Flórez-CerchiaroIn 1920s Bogotá, Colombia, Antonia is forced to reckon with her past when her father is charged with the murder of a man killed at a newly opened luxury hotel, the site of her former childhood home where her mother mysteriously drowned. Try this next: The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas. |
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| The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-GarciaA graduate student researching a mysterious horror author uncovers dark family secrets and a haunting past linked to witchcraft and disappearances spanning decades in this multi-timeline gothic novel rich with folklore, suspense, and supernatural terror. For fans of: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. |
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Immaculate Conception : A Novel
by Ling Ling Huang
Desperate to stay close to her brilliant but distant best friend Mathilde, struggling artist Enka uses cutting-edge technology to absorb her bestie's trauma, blurring their identities and setting off a chilling series of events with catastrophic consequences.
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Focus on: Science Fiction Horror
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| Ghost Station by S.A. BarnesTagging along for an exploration mission to a creepy abandoned planet, psychologist Ophelia Bray tries to make in-roads with the tight-knit crew who seem to be hiding something from her. For fans of: The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling. |
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Overgrowth
by Mira Grant
Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her.
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| William by Mason CoileAgoraphobic robotics engineer Henry's smart home becomes the stuff of nightmares when William, the half-formed robot AI he's been working on, discovers a penchant for intentionally inflicting pain. For fans of: The Mansion by Ezekiel Boone. |
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| The Luminous Dead by Caitlin StarlingHaving lied about her credentials to secure a coveted spot on a cavern-mapping expedition, Gyre Price discovers that her employers haven't been entirely honest with her, either. Gyre's survival depends on her "topside" handler, Em, who reveals little about herself beyond her ability to control every aspect of Gyre's life-sustaining high-tech caving suit. Try this next: Paradise-1 by David Wellington. |
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