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Fantasy and Science Fiction March 2024 |
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| The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine ArdenUpon receiving a message during a séance that her missing soldier brother Freddie is still alive, former army nurse Laura Iven travels from Nova Scotia to Belgium to find him. Parallel narratives follow the siblings' separate quests in this richly detailed, heavily atmospheric World War I-set historical fantasy novel by the author of the Winternight trilogy. |
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Sanctuary of the Shadow
by Aurora Ascher
Hidden within an unusual circus run by a centuries-old Enchanter, Harrow, keeping her true identity and magical ability a secret, finds her destiny in an elemental with no recollection of who he is, forcing her to reveal the secrets from her own dark past to save this dangerous creature.
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| The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettTo solve a seemingly impossible crime, detective Ana Dolabra -- brilliant, housebound, and perpetually blindfolded -- must rely on her new assistant, Dinios Kol, a magically enhanced former engraver, in this opening volume of the Shadow of the Leviathan series. |
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Death Valley : a Novel
by Melissa Broder
Seeking respite from her father and husband suffering simultaneous illnesses, a young woman visits the California high desert and encounters a strange, towering cactus with a door in it, in the new novel by the author of Milk Fed.
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| The Book of Doors by Gareth BrownNot long after her favorite customer bequeaths her a mysterious notebook, New York City bookseller Cassie and her best friend Izzy discover that it can transport them to other realms. Now all they have to do is stay one step ahead of the mysterious adversaries who will kill to get their hands on the manuscript. |
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| The Bezzle by Cory DoctorowThis 2nd Martin Hench caper, after Red Team Blues, jumps back in time to 2006 as the cynical forensic accountant recounts how his investigation of a low-level pyramid scheme led to his running afoul of wealthy investors willing to go to extreme lengths to protect their profit margins. |
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In Charm's Way
by Lana Harper
After casting a forbidden blood spell to harness healing powers, witch Delilah Harlow becomes a beacon for evil, drawing supernatural creatures into Thistle Grove, until she joins forces with Catriona Quinn, a half-human monster hunter, to uncover the truth—and the risky attraction between them.
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The God of Endings
by Jakki Holland
A lonely artist heading an elite fine arts school for children in 1984, Collette LeSange, an immortal beauty who has endured centuries of turmoil and heartache, finds her life upended by the arrival of a gifted child from a troubled home and her own mysteriously growing hunger.
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The Gifts : a Novel
by Liz Hyder
An award-winning author presents a novel that follows the lives of four women—two of them with wings—intersect with one ambitious, obsessive surgeon.
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The Kingdom of Sweets
by Erika Johansen
Cursed to live in her sister Clara's shadow, Natasha gets her chance at revenge when an enchanted Nutcracker offers entry into a deceptively beautiful world where she uncovers her dark destiny and, reckoning with forces both earthly and magical, must decide to which world she truly belongs.
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| Sun of Blood and Ruin by Mariely LaresTecuani (aka Leonora), the daughter of a Nahua woman and a Spanish nobleman, becomes shapeshifting vigilante "Pantera" and uses her forbidden magic to battle colonizers in this action-packed reimagining of Zorro set in an alternate 16th-century Mexico. |
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House of Flame and Shadow
by Sarah J. Maas
Stranded in a strange new world, Bryce Quinlan must rely on all her wits to get back to her family and friends in Midgard, in the third novel of the series following House of Sky and Breath.
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| The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka OlderIn this cozy 2nd outing for Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti, following The Mimicking of Known Successes, the duo once again returns to their alma mater, Jupiter's Valdegeld University, where 17 students and faculty have mysteriously disappeared. |
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| Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig RiceTwelve years after the events of Moon of the Crusted Snow, Anishinaabe man Evan Whitesky and five others from the Shki-dnakiiwin community in Northern Ontario set out on a scouting expedition to their ancestral home near Lake Huron, not knowing what they'll find when they arrive. |
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The Narrow Road Between Desires
by Patrick Rothfuss
In this touching stand-alone story, the Kingkiller Chronicle's most charming fae, Bast, who cares nothing for the laws of man, finds himself forced to choose between betraying his master and helping a hated enemy.
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A Flame In the North
by Lilith Saintcrow
The Black Land is spent myth. Centuries have passed since the Great Enemy was slain. Yet old fears linger, and on the longest night of the year, every village still lights a ritual fire to banish the dark. That is Solveig's duty. Favored by the gods with powerful magic, Sol calls forth flame to keep her home safe. But when her brother accidentally kills a northern lord's son, she is sent away as weregild--part hostage, part guest--for a year and a day. The further north Sol travels, the clearer it becomes the Black Land is no myth. The forests teem with foul beasts. Her travel companions are not what they seem, and their plans for her and her magic are shrouded in secrecy. With only her loyal shieldmaiden and her own wits to reply upon, Sol must master power beyond her imagination to wrest control of her fate. For the Black Land's army stirs, ready to cover the world in darkness--unless Sol can find the courage to stop it.
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| Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh SbranaIn exchange for aid and supplies for her earthquake-ravaged village, human Lore Alemeyu of Duskmere agrees to work for the Fae, cataloguing the contents of an enchanted library. |
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Midnight Showing
by Megan Shepherd
Drawn to Hollywood, Haven, discovering a string of murders that point directly to members of her family, is given shelter by a mysterious benefactor and finds the trail of death ending at a studio from the Golden Age of horror films, where the lines between reality and fiction dangerously blur.
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The Hundred Loves of Juliet
by Evelyn Skye
Swearing off of love, newly divorced writer Helene moves to a small town in Alaska where she meets fisherman Sebastien Montague, who is her invented hero made flesh, and sets out to find the truth about his existence, in this modern-day reimagining of Romeo and Juliet that spans lives, years and continents.
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To Challenge Heaven
by David Weber
The Earth, now a starfaring civilization, is desperate for allies in a universe teeming with hostile aliens and predators, and a group of determined individuals make a discovery that could bring down the Hegemony that dominates the galaxy once and for all.
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Night Angel Nemesis
by Brent Weeks
Return to the New York Times best-selling world of the Night Angel, where master assassin Kylar embarks on a new adventure as the High King Logan Gyre calls on him to save his kingdom.
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Mister Magic : a Novel
by Kiersten White
Reuniting 30 years after a tragic accident ended their show Mister Magic, the five surviving cast members, who hold the secret of their close circle, the mystery of the beloved magical host and what really happened on that deadly last day, soon wonder if they've been lured into a trap.
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