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New Science Fiction and Fantasy December 2018
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Exit Strategy
by Martha Wells
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah―its former owner (protector? friend?)―submit evidence that could prevent GrayCris from destroying more colonists in its never-ending quest for profit. But who’s going to believe a SecUnit gone rogue? And what will become of it when it’s caught?
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The Game of Luck
by Catherine Cerveny
A Brazilian tarot card reader and a Russian crime lord try to restore peace to the galaxy in the third and final book to the steamy science fiction adventure series that began with The Rule of Luck.
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Gate Crashers
by Patrick S. Tomlinson
Humankind ventures further into the galaxy than ever before… and immediately causes an intergalactic incident. In their infinite wisdom, the crew of the exploration vessel Magellan, or as she prefers “Maggie,” decides to bring the alienstructure they just found back to Earth. The only problem? The aliens are awfully fond of that structure.
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No Sleep Till Doomsday
by Laurence MacNaughton
An inexperienced sorceress must retrieve a priceless artifact from the enchantress who stole it, break the curse on her half-demon boyfriend, and stop her friends from turning on each other before the enchantress calls down doomsday.
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A Pocketful of Crows
by Joanne M. Harris
A perfect autumn and Christmas read, this combines the harshness of nature with the spookiness of a ghost story and the comfort of a great folk tale, in one beautifully told novella which is stunningly illustrated by Bonnie Hawkins.
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The Phoenix Empress
by K. Arsenault Rivera
Once they were the heirs to a prophecy that predicted two women would save an empire. Now Shefali is dying — and her wife is unaware of the coming tragedy. Shizuka is too busy trying to reunite a fractured empire and right the wrongs of her ancestors. As the Imperial Army gathers against a demonic invasion, Shizuka must do all she can with an empire on the brink of civil war.
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Red Moon
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Three travelers to the Moon, now fully colonized, in 2048 find that it is a very deadly place.
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Resistant
by Rachael Sparks
Rory and her father have survived the antibiotic crisis that has killed millions, including Rory’s mother—but ingenuity and perseverance aren’t their only advantages. When a stoic and scarred young military veteran enters their quiet life, Rory is drawn to him against her better judgment . . . until he exposes the secrets her mother and father kept from her, including the fact that her own blood may hold the cure the world needs, and she is the target of groups fighting to reach it first.
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Rock Manning Goes for Broke
by Charlie Jane Anders
Disaffected young-adult filmmakers who specialize in escapist stunt comedy are caught in a propaganda war in Anders' sharp, absurdist novella.
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