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Fantasy and Science Fiction June 2017
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The guns above
by Robyn Bennis
A first woman airship captain of the elite Corps patrols the front lines while struggling with a crew that doubts her skills, an untested new airship and a foppish gambler who has been assigned to catalog her missteps.
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| Within the Sanctuary of Wings: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie BrennanHistorical Fantasy. Naturalist and dragon expert Lady Isabella Trent continues her globetrotting adventures in this 5th and final volume of the Memoirs of Lady Trent series, which features a strong-willed scientist heroine and takes place in an alternate version of Victorian England. Fans will welcome the return of the redoubtable Lady Trent and her dragon-obsessed colleagues, but newcomers should start with A Natural History of Dragons. |
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| Assassin's Fate by Robin HobbEpic Fantasy. Believing his beloved daughter, Bee, to be dead, assassin FitzChivalry "Fitz" Farseer converts his rescue mission into a revenge quest -- accompanied (as always) by his enigmatic companion, the Fool. Assassin's Fate concludes the Fitz and the Fool trilogy, which begins with Fool's Assassin. Although this atmospheric series stands on its own, these flawed yet sympathetic characters and their richly detailed world, the Realm of the Elderlings, made their first appearance in The Farseer trilogy (starting with Assassin's Apprentice). |
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The last iota
by Robert Kroese
Hired by a movie mogul to find rare coins lost somewhere in the Disincorporated Zone of LA, eccentric private investigator Erasmus Keane struggles to unravel the mystery while his partner, Blake, is framed for murder, which plunges them both into a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government. By the author of The Big Sheep.
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| The Book of Joan by Lidia YuknavitchScience Fiction. When Earth becomes uninhabitable, wealthy survivors head to space and take up residence on suborbital complex CIEL, ruled by celebrity dictator Jean de Men. CIEL inhabitants, physically transformed by radiation, pass their allotted 50-year lifespans by tattooing stories on their skin. The one forbidden tale -- that of eco-warrior Joan of Dirt, who dared defy Jean de Men -- is central to this imaginative SF adaptation of the story of Joan of Arc. |
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| The Dragon's Path by Daniel AbrahamEpic Fantasy. Following the downfall of the Dragon Empire, the world's 13 races -- which range from humanoid to dragon-esque -- divide themselves into new kingdoms, most at odds with one another. When the nation of Antea attacks the city of Vanai, the invasion ignites a widespread war that links the destinies of three people: banker Cithrin; former war hero Marcus; and scholar-turned-soldier Geder. The Dragon's Path is the 1st book in The Dagger & The Coin series. |
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| The Swarm by Orson Scott Card and Aaron JohnstonMilitary SF. Although Earth emerged victorious from its first engagement with the Formic fleet, the second wave of the invasion will be harder to repel. A group of humanity's best and brightest are working hard to develop the technology that will enable them to defend the planet against the aliens, but their efforts may be too little, too late. While this opening installment of the Second Formic War series stands on its own, it will especially appeal to fans of Ender's Game interested in the "Buggers." |
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Rides a dread legion
by Raymond E. Feist
When representatives from the besieged world of Laromendis arrive, claiming that Midkemia is the lost home world of the elves, the magician Pug and the Conclave of Shadows receive the elves as potential allies in the hopes of conquering a demonic common enemy.
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The last days of new Paris
by China Miéville
A Surrealist bomb transfigures an alternate-reality World War II Paris into a phantasmagoric dreamscape, unleashing a race of nightmarish creatures. By the New York Times best-selling author of Three Moments of an Explosion.
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| Victory of Eagles by Naomi NovikHistorical Fantasy. When Napoleon mounts a full-scale invasion of Britain, the nation's only hope is Captain Will Laurence and his dragon comrade-in-arms Temeraire. Alas, Laurence, convicted on charges of treason, now languishes on a prison ship, while Temeraire has been exiled to Welsh breeding grounds. Can they reunite before it's too late? Find out in this 5th installment of the Temeraire series, which begins with His Majesty's Dragon. |
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