| The Waking Land by Callie BatesRoyal hostage Lady Elanna Valtai grew up in the court of King Antoine Eyrlai, who took her to ensure her rebellious father's compliance. When the king suddenly dies, his successor accuses Elanna of murder. Now Elanna has nowhere to go to but the homeland she's spent her life trying to forget and no one to turn to except the family she's been raised to hate. Elanna's transformation from sheltered girl to courageous leader should appeal to fans of Erika Johansen's The Queen of the Tearling. This series opener's Celtic-inspired world and romantic story may also please readers who enjoyed Juliet Marillier's Bridei Chronicles. |
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The space between the stars
by Anne Corlett
Facing a life alone on the frontier worlds after a devastating pandemic wipes out a once-overpopulated Earth, a heartbroken woman receives a garbled message about potential survivors and unites with other ragtag colonists on a journey fraught with conflicts between an old and new civilization. A first novel.
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The Librarians and the Mother Goose case by Greg CoxBaird and her team of Librarians investigate a string of strange nursery rhyme-related phenomena around the world, and suspect that the magic of Mother Goose is behind it
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| The Prey of Gods by Nicky DraydenA new street drug with the ability to awaken humanity's latent supernatural powers transforms the residents of 2064 Port Elizabeth, South Africa -- especially Irish-Xhosa teen Muzi, Zulu woman Nomvula, and fallen demigoddess Sydney. Fans of Lauren Beukes' Zoo City will enjoy spending time in a gritty futuristic South Africa in which artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and high-tech hallucinogens are commonplace. |
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| The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora GossAfter her parents' deaths, Mary Jekyll makes a discovery that leads her (with the help of Sherlock Holmes) to a young woman named Diana Hyde. Soon, Mary and Diana are working with Beatrice Rappacini, Catherine Moreau, and Justine Frankenstein to infiltrate the mysterious Société des Alchimistes. Fans of the television show Penny Dreadful or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novels should enjoy this metafictional Victorian gothic adventure. |
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| Carnivalesque by Neil JordanOne boy enters, a different boy leaves. After a visit to a carnival leaves 14-year-old Dublin resident Andy Rackard trapped in a funhouse mirror, he takes the name Dany and, with the help of aerialist Mona, gradually adjusts to his new life. Meanwhile, his reflection navigates the outside world. This atmospheric modern-day changeling tale may appeal to readers who enjoyed Keith Donoghue's The Stolen Child. |
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Wicked Wonders
by Ellen Klages
A rebellious child identifies with Maleficent instead of Sleeping Beauty. Best friends Anna and Corry share one last morning on Earth. A solitary woman inherits a penny arcade haunted by a beautiful stranger. A prep-school student requires more than luck when playing dice with a faerie. Ladies who lunch dividing one last bite of dessert delve into new dimensions of quantum politeness. At summer camp, a young girl discovers the heartbreak of forbidden love. Whether on a habitat on Mars or in a boardinghouse in London, discover Ellen Klages' wicked, wondrous adventures full of cheeky wit, empathy, and courage.
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| The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland Magic is real and, until 1851, was practiced openly. Then it disappeared. To find out why, the shadowy government entity known as the Department of Diachronic Operations (D.O.D.O.), recruits Harvard-trained linguist Melisande Stokes to translate ancient documents in search of clues. This collaboration between SF writer Neal Stephenson and historical fiction writer Nicole Galland may appeal to fans of Jody Taylor's Chronicles of St. Mary's series. |
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Heaven's fall
by David S. Goyer
Humanity is facing its greatest challenge. The alien Reivers have conquered our world, and their newly erected strongholds cast shadows across a subjugated land. Twenty years earlier, extraterrestrials first came to Earth. They abducted humans; stranding them on a spacecraft named Keanu. However, these entities came seeking our help against the Reivers who had overrun their home-world. But they brought the Reivers to us, carrying their contagion from the stars. Then when Keanu finally re-establishes contact with Earth, terror awaits. Reivers now control the planet and are preparing to destroy Keanu. And Rachel Stewart will leave the ship to lead Earth's last rebels in a bid for freedom; their goal being to infiltrate a Reiver fortress. But somehow Keanu holds the key to our salvation and if it can't be found, humanity will be finished. The galaxy will be next.
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The secrets of Solace
by Jaleigh Johnson
Forced to spend long days in the strongholds of the archivists in the wake of the Iron War, apprentice Lina Winterbock discovers a half-buried airship in a secluded cavern and attempts to restore it with the help of a mysterious boy who holds a dangerous secret. By the author of The Mark of the Butterfly. Simultaneous eBook.
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| Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha LeeMilitary SF. To restore her tarnished reputation, Captain Kel Cheris embarks on a mission to retake the Fortress of Scattered Needles. Step one: graft her consciousness to that of a brilliant and long-dead general with an unsavory reputation. Set in a vast interstellar empire based on higher mathematics and featuring an intriguing post-human cast, this 1st book in the Machineries of Empire series may appeal to fans of Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy. |
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| The Fortress in Orion by Michael D. ResnickMilitary SF. In need of a victory in its intergalactic war with the Traanskei Coalition, the human-led Democracy comes up with an audacious plan to infiltrate the enemy's stronghold and replace their commander with a clone. Democracy taps maverick Colonel Nathan Pretorius, who assembles a crew that includes a cyborg, an empath, a tech wizard, and a shapeshifting alien. Everything goes according to plan, until it doesn't. This fast-paced space caper is the 1st book in the Dead Enders series. |
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Above the Snowline
by Steph Swainston
Awian exiles are building a stronghold in the Darkling mountains, where the Rhydanne hunt. Their clash of interests soon leads to bloodshed and Shira Dellin, a Rhydanne huntress, appeals to the immortal Circle for justice. The Emperor sends Jant, half-Rhydanne, half-Awian, and all-confidence, to mediate. Jant soon finds a wrong step could lead to a guerrilla war in the mountains or a civil war in Awia. As he is drawn into the spiralling violence he is shaken into coming to terms with his own heritage and his feelings for the alien, intoxicating Dellin.
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