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SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY February 2019
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Arabella the Traitor of Mars
by David D. Levine
Arabella and Captain Singh seem to have earned the attention of great men, ones who have new uses in mind for the Mars Company captain and his young wife. Both Company and Crown have decided that it is time to bring Mars into the folds of Empire, and they think Singh is the perfect man to do it.
Now, Arabella must decide between staying loyal to the man she loves and the country of her father or betraying all that she has known to fight alongside the Martians in a hopeless resistance against the Galaxy’s last remaining superpower.
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The Black Khan
by Ausma Zehanat Khan
The members of a resistance group known as the Companions of Hira must reunite to break through Talisman lines and infiltrate Ashfall, the seat of Rukh, the Black Khan, who is determined to manipulate them all for his own ends. .
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Blood Requiem
by Christopher B. Husberg
Once believed dead and gone, Daemons have found a way back into the world. But the only people who can withstand their assault are spread across the face of the Sfaera. Free at last from the influence of assassins and emperors alike, the psimancer Winter sails back to her hometown--only to find a new trouble stirring. Meanwhile, the heretic sisters Jane and Cinzia Oden are beset by supernatural attacks. And soon their allies, the vampire-girl Astrid and the former assassin Knot, must face the terrifying Black Matron.As new battles are fought, the Daemons creep ever closer to freedom, and the legend of the Chaos Queen may soon be made anew.
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Creatures of Want and Ruin
by Molly Tanzer
This sequel to Creatures of Will and Temper picks up in 1927 Long Island, where Ellie West fishes by day and sells moonshine by night to the citizens of her home town. But after Ellie's father joins a church whose parishioners possess supernatural powers and a violent hatred for immigrants, Ellie finds she doesn't know her beloved island, or her father, as well as she thought.
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The Fall of Dragons
by Miles Cameron
In the climax of the Traitor Son Cycle, the allied armies of the Wild and the Kingdoms of men and women must face Ash for control of the gates to the hermetical universe, and for control of their own destinies. But exhaustion, treachery and time may all prove deadlier enemies. In Alba, Queen Desiderata struggles to rebuild her kingdom wrecked by a year of civil war, even as the Autumn battles are fought in the west.
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The Kingdom of Copper
by S. A. Chakraborty
A follow-up to the USA Today best-selling The City of Brass finds a trapped Nahri reluctantly embracing her power to safeguard her tribe, while an exiled Ali accepts help from water spirits who unearth a family secret.
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Kingdom of Needle and Bone
by Mira Grant
We live in an age of wonders. Modern medicine has conquered or contained many of the diseases that used to carry children away before their time, reducing mortality and improving health. Vaccination and treatment are widely available, not held in reserve for the chosen few. There are still monsters left to fight, but the old ones, the simple ones, trouble us no more. Or so we thought.
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The Last Unicorn : the Lost Journey
by Peter S Beagle
A special commemorative edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Last Unicorn shares the fantastical origin story of his best-selling novel with new illustrations, the author's musings on his early career and tributes from modern fantasy authors
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The Magnificent Wilf
by Gordon R. Dickson
Representing the Earth for galactic civilization during an interstellar tour, diplomat Tom Parent and his linguist wife, Lucy, realize that their acceptance is crucial and are alarmed when Lucy is diagnosed as a Wilf -- whatever that is.
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Mystic Dragon
by Jason Denzel
When the Mystical realm begins overtaking the mortal world, Mystic apprentice, Pomella, joins forces with Shevia, a brilliant student with a unrivaled mastery of Myst, to protect others in the second novel of the trilogy following Mystic
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A Pillar of Fire by Night
by Tom Kratman
Carrera's held off his enemies and dealt the Zhong Empire a stinging defeat which has only made them angrier. Now, though, his adopted country of Balboa is under assault from the east, south, west, the air and from space. Now the Taurans have assaulted Balboa trapping Carrera's Fourth Corps, and overrunning and capturing a large portion of his artillery train. In space, the United Earth Peace Fleet has been spying and feeding intelligence to both the Zhong and the Taurans. It's beginning to look like the game is up for Carrera. But Carrera has been planning this war for 15 years. He certainly hopes his enemies think they're winning.
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Space Pioneers
by Hank Davis
Featuring contributions from David Drake, Sarah A. Hoyt, Theodore Sturgeon, and Edmond Hamilton, this boundary-pushing collection of science fiction stories explores a universe strange beyond the outermost limits of human imagination.
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