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Fantasy and Science Fiction July 2025* |
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A curse carved in bone
by Danielle L. Jensen
Caught between divine heritage and a dark prophecy, Freya must navigate forbidden alliances and the clash of gods and mortals to save her people in the second novel of the series following A Fate Inked in Blood.
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Anima rising : a novel by Christopher MooreVienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman's nude body in the Danube canal. He knows he should summon a policeman, but he can't resist stopping to make a sketch first. And as he draws, the woman coughs. She's alive! Back at his studio, Klimt and his model-turned-muse Wally tend to the formerly-drowned girl. She's nearly feral and doesn't remember who she is, or how she came to be floating in the canal. Klimt names her Judith, after one of his most famous paintings, and resolves to help her find her memory. With a little help from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, Judith recalls being stranded in the arctic one hundred years ago, locked in a crate by a man named Victor Frankenstein, and visiting the Underworld. So how did she get here? And why are so many people chasing her, including Geoff, the giant croissant-eating devil dog of the North?
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| Metallic Realms by Lincoln MichelThough he's struggling with debt, Michael Lincoln commits to publishing The Star Rot Chronicles, a collection of science fiction stories written by his best friend and their writing group. However, the lines between fiction and reality blur as the group's interpersonal dramas collide within the pages. This riveting and complex novel will appeal to fans of similarly offbeat metafiction such as Philip K. Dick's Radio Free Albemuth and Kurt Vonnegut's Timequake. |
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Esperance by Adam Oyebanji Detective Ethan Krol is on the twentieth floor of a Chicago apartment building. A father and son have been found dead, their lungs full of sea water—hundreds of miles away from the ocean. Abidemi Eniola has arrived in Bristol, England. She claims to be Nigerian, but her accent is wrong and she can do remarkable things with technology, things that her new friend, Hollie Rogers, has never seen before. Abi is in possession of a number of heirlooms that need to be returned to their rightful owners, and Hollie is more than happy to go along for the ride. But neither Abidemi Eniola nor her heirlooms are quite what they seem. Abi is a target of Ethan Krol’s investigations, and Hollie’s life is about to become far stranger than she bargained for. In a clash of cultures, histories, and different ideas about justice, the consequences will be deadly…
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| Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabThis genre-defying novel follows three lesbian vampires, their lives connected across centuries as they come to terms with their affliction and face love, hunger, immortality, and grief. For fans of: LGBTQIA fantasy with intricately plotted narratives and complex supernatural characters such as Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu and Someone You Can Build A Nest In by John Wiswell. |
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| Murder by Memory by Olivia WaiteOn a generation spaceship, human minds can be stored in the Library, allowing bodies to be replaced. After a murder, the ship awakens detective Dorothy Gentleman, placing her in an emergency body that has a connection to the victim. With help from her nephew and others, witty Dorothy narrates and investigates. For fans of: short novels; the Mossa and Pleiti mysteries by Malka Older. |
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Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros
From bad... Violet Sorrengail's dreams of becoming a scribe are dashed by her military general mother's insistence that she enter Basgiath War College as a dragon rider cadet -- despite joint hypermobility that makes her especially vulnerable to injury.
...to worse: Violet's assignment to the Fourth Wing, led by fellow cadet Xaden Riorson, who wants Violet dead, is perhaps the least of her problems as she attempts to survive her education.
Reviewers say: this 1st book in the Empyrean series is "suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling" (Booklist) and may appeal to fans of Naomi Novik's Scholomance series.
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| The Tainted Khan by Taran MatharuContinuing from Dragon Rider, The Tainted Khan follows Jai's harrowing journey to return to his people. Along the way he has to struggle with building his powers, navigating the political intricacies of the mysterious tribe of outcasts on the Great Steppe, and bonding with his dragon companion. For fans of: intricately plotted and action-packed fantasy with likeable characters such as Anne Bishop's The Queen's Bargain or Callie Bates' The Waking Land. |
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| Six Wild Crowns by Holly RaceIn this alternate Tudor fantasy, Henry VIII's six wives are strategically placed across the land to hold a magical barrier. As tension rises, his newest wife Boleyn and her lady-in waiting with a secret, Seymour, uncover a dangerous secret that could change the entire kingdom. Told from multiple perspectives, this epic fantasy with sapphic romance will appeal to fans of The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon and The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri. |
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I'm afraid you've got dragons by Peter S. BeagleUnhappily inheriting his late father's job as a dragon catcher/exterminator Robert dreams of quitting and becoming a prince's valet because he just really likes dragons, in the new novel by the best-selling author of The Last Unicorn.
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