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Fantasy and Science Fiction July 2017
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| City of Miracles: A Novel by Robert Jackson BennettFantasy. This concluding volume of the Divine Cities trilogy focuses on supporting character Sigrud je Harkvaldsson, who sets out on a quest and discovers a conspiracy. To say more would give away too much, but series fans will enjoy discovering the aging (but still lethal) warrior's hidden depths. To experience the full effect of this series' well-drawn characters, complex plot, and meticulous world-building, start with City of Stairs, followed by City of Blades. |
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| The Guns Above by Robyn BennisMilitary Fantasy. Having distinguished herself in combat, Josette Dupre of Garnia's Royal Aerial Signal Corps takes command of an experimental prototype ship and embarks on a dangerous mission, accompanied by a skeptical crew and an ensign sent to spy on her. Like a Steampunk Honor Harrington, the heroine of this 1st book in the Signal Airship series perseveres and succeeds despite long odds and powerful enemies. This action-packed military fantasy debut may also appeal to fans of Jim Butcher's The Aeronaut's Windlass or Naomi Novik's Temeraire series. |
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| The Empire's Ghost: A Novel by Isabelle SteigerEpic Fantasy. To restore the Elesthene Empire to its former glory, Imperator Elgar embarks on an ambitious military campaign to bring all of the continent's independent kingdoms under his rule -- whether they like it or not. (And they really don't.) Fans of Daniel Abraham's Long Price Quartet or Deborah Wolf's Dragon Legacy books should appreciate this series opener, which features an ensemble cast representative of a broad cross-section of society and whose viewpoints depict the novel's central conflict from a variety of perspectives. |
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| All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha WellsSF. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure," confesses the AI narrator of this fast-paced SF adventure. After hacking its own governor module and overriding its programming, security droid "Murderbot" ends up saving lives instead of ending them -- but only because letting all the humans die would interfere with its favorite activity: binge-watching some 35,000 hours' worth of entertainment media. All Systems Red's snarky protagonist and suspenseful, action-packed plot should have readers eagerly anticipating future installments of the Murderbot Diaries. |
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Alien vs. Predator: armageddon : Armageddon
by Tim Lebbon
The New York Times best-selling author of the movie novelizations of 30 Days of Night and The Cabin in the Woods presents the third installment in the Rage War series, in which the Aliens continue their battle against the Predators. Original. Movie tie-in.
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| Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleSteampunk Fantasy. In the sprawling Dickensian city of New Crobuzon, eccentric scientist Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin and his insectoid lover Lin are hard at work trying to restore the flight of Yagharek, a bird-like "garuda" whose wings have been amputated. But a promising scientific breakthrough backfires when Isaac's experiments awake the deadly slake-moth and unleash it upon the unsuspecting city. Blending fantasy, horror, and science fiction, Perdido Street Station will captivate fans of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast books and the stories of H.P. Lovecraft. |
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Take back the sky
by Greg Bear
Marooned on Titan, Skyrine Michael Venn and his comrades face adversaries who would eliminate them for their growing awareness of what the alien Gurus are really planning for the solar system. By the author of Hull Zero Three. 75,000 first printing.
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| Mort(e): A Novel by Robert RepinoDystopian SF. Transformed by the Change, a pheromone-based biological attack by ant queen Hymenoptera, former house cat Sebastian becomes the bipedal, English-speaking, but still unmistakably feline warrior Mort(e), fighting to exterminate all humans. Between missions, he searches for Sheba, the dog who was his best friend before his metamorphosis. Fans of George Orwell's Animal Farm or Richard Adams' The Plague Dogs should appreciate this allegorical tale of love and war. |
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The rats, the bats & the ugly
by Eric Flint
The team of bats and rats, accompanied by their human leader, sets out to persuade the military bureaucracy that they are about to be invaded by an alien conspiracy, joining forces with Fluff to save the world
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