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Fantasy and Science Fiction August 2025 |
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| Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie BurgisQueen Saskia, though a feared sorceress, is only concerned with keeping her people safe from the nearby empires. When she hires a new librarian, an archduke in disguise, their growing forbidden love will unravel both their secrets and threaten the uneasy peace between their lands. For fans of: atmospheric enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance such as The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig and The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley. |
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Of monsters and mainframes
by Barbara Truelove
Demeter, an interstellar ship that shuttles humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri, keeps having her passengers murdered. It all started when an ancient and nasty vampire decided to come along for the ride. To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must stop this vampire and she joins forces with her own team of monsters: a werewolf, an engineer built from the dead, a pharaoh with otherworldly powers, and more. But will they be enough to defeat Dracula?
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| The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan E. O'KeefeWhen star navigator Faven Sythe's beloved mentor goes missing, she has no one to turn to but famed space pirate Bitter Amandine. The starpath of Faven's mentor leads to a space graveyard known as the Clutch, a place of which only Amandine knows the true secrets. "Nuanced characterization and a clever mystery keep the pages flying" (Publishers Weekly) in this space opera that fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky and James S.A. Corey will enjoy. |
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| Greenteeth by Molly O'NeillWhen Temperance, falsely accused of witchcraft, is thrown into a lake, she is unexpectedly rescued by a sharp-toothed monster lurking within its depths. This monster, Jenny Greenteeth, forms an unlikely alliance with Temperance to save the town and Britain from an encroaching evil. For fans of: richly detailed fantasy laden with monsters who are more than their fangs, such as Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher. |
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Friends indeed
by David Weber
Stephanie Harrington, the first human to bond with planet Sphinx's enigmatic treecats, becomes their fiercest advocate and uncovers a generations-old conspiracy that threatens them all, in the fifth novel of the series following A New Clan.
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| Shroud by Adrian TchaikovskyWithin the vast reaches of the galaxy lies the Shroud, a pitch black moon that is hostile to human life but ripe for exploitation. A catastrophic accident leaves Juna and Mai stranded there, forced to make a grueling trek across the planet and contend with the true dominant species of the Shroud. This engrossing science fiction teems with tension and danger, and will be a hit with fans of Semiosis by Sue Burke or The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz. |
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Rose/House
by Arkady Martine
When a call from the AI-imbued Rose House reports a dead body within its sealed walls, Detective Maritza Smith must navigate the labyrinthine, sentient mansion to uncover its secrets, risking her life to unravel a mystery tied to its late architect and his enigmatic protégé.
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| The Incandescent by Emily TeshDoctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School, and one of the most powerful magicians in all of England. Demonic forces converge on the school, and Doctor Walden must balance her considerable power, uphold her responsibility to keep the students safe, and even confront a potential evil from within. Fans of sapphic fantasy and dark academia "won’t want to miss this thoughtful exploration of privilege, power, and private school education" (Publishers Weekly). |
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The dream hotel : a novel
by Laila Lalami
After a dream-analysis algorithm predicts that she will harm her husband, Sara is detained in a facility with similarly accused women, where she navigates shifting rules until a new arrival leads her to confront the forces controlling her fate.
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