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Gather the Fortunes
by Bryan Camp
Introducing: Renaissance "Renai" Raines, psychopomp.
Say what? She guides the souls of the dead through the Gates of the Underworld, a job she's held since her own demise five years ago.
Why you might like it: This 2nd Crescent City urban fantasy novel (after The City of Lost Fortunes) boasts a diverse cast of supernatural beings, an atmospheric New Orleans setting, and a multilayered plot.
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Emily Eternal
by Mark Wheaton
Designed in a lab to help humans process trauma when the Earth's sun begins to die prematurely, an artificial consciousness discovers a possible way to save humanity, only to be attacked by individuals who would control her technology.
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The Last Tsar's Dragons
by Jane Yolen
The reckless Tsar uses his dragons against his enemies while the royal court fills with conspiracies and bureaucrats fight for power in this fanciful retelling of the Russian October Revolution by a popular mother and son writing team.
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Last Tango in Cyberspace
by Steven Kotler
Exploited by a pharmaceutical company for his trend-predicting talents, a psychic empathy tracker stumbles across a murder that catapults him into an underworld of eco-assassins, soul hackers and consciousness terrorists. By the award-winning author of Stealing Fire.
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Vessel: A Novel
by Lisa A. Nichols
After Catherine Wells' ship experiences a deadly incident in deep space and loses contact with NASA, the entire world believes her dead. Miraculously--and mysteriously--she survived, but with little memory of what happened. There are periods of time she can't account for, too, and she begins waking up in increasingly strange and worrisome locations, like restricted areas of NASA. Suddenly she's questioning everything that happened up in space: how her crew mates died, how she survived, and now, what's happening to her back on Earth.
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| The Rage of Dragons by Evan WinterStarring: Tau Tafari, a reluctant warrior-in-training who fights his way to the top of a socially stratified society to exact revenge on his enemies.
Why you might like it: This debut, 1st in a series, boasts a sympathetic protagonist and a vividly depicted, African-inspired setting.
For fans of: the inventive system of magic in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn novels and the world-building of Pierce Brown's Red Rising trilogy. |
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| Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin HearneWhat it is: a quirky comedic fantasy adventure that riffs on classic genre tropes.
Featuring: a farm boy (briefly), a talking goat, a seven-foot-tall warrior in a chainmail bikini, an enchanted rabbit bard, an alektorophobic assassin, a sand witch, and a dark lord.
For fans of: William Goldman's The Princess Bride. |
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| The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee MartinezIntroducing: 28-year-old Constance Verity, who has spent most of her life saving the world.
The goal: To achieve the normal existence she craves, Constance must track down the fairy godmother who blessed (or is that cursed?) her with an adventurous life.
Want a taste? "Trouble wasn't content to follow Constance Verity. Trouble was more proactive when it came to Connie." |
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| A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry PratchettWhat it is: a short story collection by the late (and much-missed) Terry Pratchett.
Contains: several Discworld stories, as well as an assortment of other pieces, all with commentary from the author.
Don't miss: "The Hades Business," written when Pratchett was just 13 (it got published); "The Ankh-Morpork National Anthem." |
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| Space Opera by Catherynne M. ValenteWhat it's about: “Glamrock messiah” Danesh Jalo is fighting for mankind’s continued existence -- by taking center stage in an intergalactic talent show bursting with glitter, lipstick, and rock and roll.
Reviewers say: An “endearing, razzle-dazzle love song about destiny, finding one’s true voice, and rockin’ the house down” (Publishers Weekly).
Is it for you? If you like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, David Bowie, or the Eurovision Song Contest, you'll like this humorous science fiction extravaganza. |
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