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Fantasy and Science Fiction January 2018
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| The Girl in the Tower: A Novel by Katherine ArdenVasilisa "Vasya" Petrovna, first introduced in The Bear and the Nightingale, disguises herself as a boy and sets out to see the world -- accompanied by faithful steed Solovey and aided by frost demon Morozko.
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| The Spark by David DrakeCountry boy Pal of Beune, is a "Maker" who can shape the ancient artifacts of a fallen civilization, travels to Dun Add, the "capital of the human universe," in the hope of becoming a warrior in the service of the Leader. An inventive take on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, set in a far-future world in which magic and advanced technology are one and the same. |
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Shroud of Eternity
by Terry Goodkind
A sequel to Death's Mistress is set in the world of The Sword of Truth and finds the warrior sorceress Nicci and her companions embarking on a quest to the shrouded city of Ildakar to restore Nathan's magic.
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Dark state
by Charles Stross
As two nuclear superpowers clash across timelines, Rita, a new spy and the estranged daughter of Commissioner Burgeson, must deal with an activated sleeper cell, in the second novel of the series following Empire Games.
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Beyond the empire
by K. B. Wagers
After her family is murdered, former gunrunner Hail Bristol returns to her home planet with a ragtag group of allies to take back the throne of the Indranan empire amidst treasonous plots and the threat of foreign invasion.
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| Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch Rookie constable Peter Grant's ability to communicate with the dead attracts the notice of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who recruits him for a special branch of London's Metropolitan Police dedicated to investigating the paranormal. |
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| The Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanAn undercover librarian who works for an occult organization that collects books from different realities must determine what happened to a particularly dangerous book that has been stolen and becomes mired in a mystery infused with peril and conflicting clues. |
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| Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyWhen Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race..
This ongoing series provides the source material for the Syfy television series The Expanse. |
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| Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José OlderNeither fully alive nor fully dead, "inbetweener" Carlos Delacruz, an agent of the New York Council of the Dead, must apprehend a malevolent sorcerer who plans to open an entrada to the Underworld, literally unleashing Hell upon an unsuspecting city.
This 1st book in the Bone Street Rumba series is loosely linked to the author's YA Shadowshaper Cypher series.
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| Hope and Red by Jon SkovronAfter her village is massacred by biomancers, mystical servants of the emperor, Bleak Hope is secretly trained as an instrument of vengeance and forms an unlikely alliance with Red, a thief and con artist, when a ganglord and the biomancers strike an unholy bargain to rule all the slums of New Laven. |
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