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Fantasy and Science Fiction August 2025
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Ghost cell : An Ander Rate Novel by Zac ToppingA sci-fi action adventure follows a super-soldier whose very existence has been outlawed by the society that created him. Ander Rade is doing his best to stay under the radar when he's contacted by the Special Activities division for the Genetic Compliance Department. He has to infiltrate a secret organization of rogue mods known as the Ghost Cell in order to find out what they're doing and for whom they are doing it.
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House of frost and feathers : a novel by Lauren E. WiesebronMarisha's time is running out. She's already lost her family to the sleeping plague, and she fears she'll be next. Penniless and desperate for protection, Marisha is forced to accept a job as apprentice to the notorious koldunya, the sorceress Baba Zima. But Baba Zima is renowned for being both clever and cruel. And most difficult of all is her current apprentice, Olena, who wants nothing to do with Marisha.
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The lighthouse at the edge of the world by J. R. Dawson At the edge of Chicago, nestled on the shores of Lake Michigan, there is a waystation for the dead. Every night, the newly-departed travel through the city to the Station, guided by its lighthouse. There, they reckon with their lives, before stepping aboard a boat to go beyond. Nera has spent decades watching her father-the ferryman of the dead-sail across the lake, each night just like the last. But tonight, something is wrong.
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Lore of the tides : a novel by Analeigh SbranaLore Alemeyu wakes up to discover she's on a ship in the middle of the ocean. Held prisoner and with no way to escape, she's faced with a dire set of circumstances and a dangerous quest for the sun book, Lore must navigate threats on the ship and beyond, into the ocean's magical and mysterious depths, to find the sun book and help free the humans.
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The memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose UtomiIn the epic conclusion to the critically-acclaimed Forever Desert series, The City of a Thousand Stories stands resolute on the edge of the Forever Desert. Yet despite their prosperity, no one can remember how the city began .Ethike, a historian believes Osi to be the key to the city's origins. In search of the Lost Tomb of Osi. Ethike uncovers beneath the sand a power far beyond anything and it wants vengeance
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Pearl city by Julia VeeEmiko Soong unmasked the General and returned to San Francisco where her power is greatest. But the city, once her sanctuary from Jiaren intrigues, turns into her living nightmare. Clan wars erupt and Emiiko is unsure of who to trust. When an ancient power rips through the Realm to land in her city, the General will stop at nothing to take it for his own.
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Rose in chains by Julie SotoCaptured as her castle is overrun by the enemy, the world as Briony Rosewood knows it is changed forever. Evil has won and stripped of her Magic and her freedom, Briony and the other survivors are quickly sold off to the highest bidders in an auction. She's sold to Toven Hearst, scion of a family known for their cruelty. Yet despite the horrors of her new world and the role she must learn to play within it, all is not lost
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The secret market of the dead : a novel by Giovanni De FeoJust beyond Luceráia, an 18th-century town in the kingdom of Naples, lies the Night: an enigmatic fiefdom governed by seven immortals and fueled by Moira, the power to reshape one's destiny. On this porous border, Oriana spends her time fantasizing about becoming a smith in her father's forge and eavesdropping on tales of beasts and men who roam the nocturnal realm. In the Night, these stories come alive.
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Teo's Durumi by Elaine U. ChoTeo Anand, second son of the Anand Tech empire and current solar fugitive, has just crash-landed on the Moon after escaping the latest attempt on his life with the help of his friend Ocean Yoon. Accused of murdering his family, Teo is running out of both time and options. It's difficult whom to trust in Artemis, a city on the Moon rich in Korean history and haunted by ghosts from Teo's and Ocean's pasts.
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Volatile memory by Seth HaddonSeth Haddon's science fiction debut is a sapphic sci-fi action adventure novella. With nothing but a limping ship and an outdated mask to her name, Wylla needs a big pay day. When the alert goes out that a lucrative piece of tech lies hidden on a nearby planet, she calls on all the swiftness of her prey-animal instincts to beat other hunters to it.
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