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Fantasy and Science Fiction July 2020
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The companions : a novel
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Katie M. Flynn
In a future where the dead can be uploaded to machines and sold into servitude, a deceased teenage girl realizes that she’s able to defy her owners and sets out to find the woman who killed her. 75,000 first printing.
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Cursed
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Marie O'regan
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The queen's bargain
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Anne Bishop
Needing to marry quickly to restore his tarnished reputation, Lord Dillon pursues a relationship with young Eyrien witch Jillian, whose true connections pit him against a volatile Warlord Prince of Ebon Rih. By the award-winning author of the Ephemera series.
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The initiate
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James L Cambias
Losing his family to a demon, Sam Arquero, under a new identity, learns the secrets of magic and infiltrates the Apkallu, taking out their leaders one by one and becoming one of the monsters he is so desperately bent on destroying.
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The last human : a novel
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Zack Jordan
Hiding her feared human identity while living among hundreds of alien species roaming the corridors of Watertower Station, a lone survivor struggles to understand why humans were destroyed, before a bounty hunter reveals harrowing truths.
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A Pale Light in the Black: A Neog Novel
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K.B. Wagers
Introducing: the Near-Earth Orbiting Guard, outer space's version of the U.S. Coast Guard.
What happens: While preparing for the Boarding Games, a competition between the different branches of the armed services, the crew of the Zuma's Ghost must solve a mystery that threatens one of their own.
For fans of: the upbeat tone and found families of Becky Chambers' Wayfarers series; the conspiracy-laden intrigue of James S.A. Corey's Expanse novels.
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Providence
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Max Barry
A four-person crew aboard Earth’s first warship prepares to defend the planet from hostile aliens only to find their communications disrupted by a sudden and devastatingly real space battle. By the author of Jennifer Government.
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Re-coil
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J. T. Nicholas
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The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith The library is open...and Claire, Head Librarian of the Unwritten Wing, the place in Hell where all the unfinished stories reside, must track down an escaped Hero in search of its author.
Don't miss: former muse Brevity and demon Leto, who assist Claire in her quest as the group races to prevent a war between angels and demons.
For fans of: the adventure plot and world-building of Genevieve Cogman's Invisible Library series; the cosmology of Good Omens. | | The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Introducing: January Scaller, who rebels against her wealthy and eccentric guardian by secretly exploring doorways to other realms with her companion Bad, a very good dog.
Want a taste? "There's only one way to run away from your own story, and that's to sneak into someone else's."
Does the dog die? No! It's all good! | | Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire Welcome to: Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children, an unorthodox boarding school for young people who’ve returned, often unwillingly, from journeys to fantasy realms.
What happens: New student Nancy longs to return to the Underworld, but when a killer starts stalking the school, she has to put aside her dreams of death to keep her friends alive.
What sets it apart: Asexual Nancy is just one of several LGBTQIA characters in this intriguing dark fantasy, the 1st in a series. | | The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern What happens: A mysterious book leads graduate student Zachary Ezra Rawlins on a magical quest to another world, hidden in plain sight.
Why you might like it: A puzzle box narrative and dreamlike prose distinguish this atmospheric novel by the author of The Night Circus.
Want a taste? "Zachary Ezra Rawlins stares at the miniature versions of the same symbols he once contemplated in an alleyway behind his mother's store and wonders how, exactly, he is supposed to continue a story he didn't know he was in." | | A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab A tale of four cities: Red London is rife with magic. Grey London has none at all. White London may soon destroy itself in its attempts to steal the powers of its rivals. And Black London? Well, that city no longer exists except as a cautionary tale to magic abusers.
Starring: Kell, an inter-dimensional royal ambassador with a sideline in smuggling; and Delilah, a cutpurse with piratical ambitions.
Series alert: This trilogy opener continues with A Gathering of Shadows and A Conjuring of Light. | |
Contact your librarian for more great books!
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