| Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth DurstIn this 3rd in the Spellshop series, lone wolf supply runner Marin finds herself caught up in a revolution, ferrying refugees from the burning city of Alyssium. When one refugee, a musician named Dax, stays behind on the ship to explore the seas with her, Marin realizes maybe she is the one being saved. "Warmhearted and thoroughly entertaining" ('Publishers Weekly'), this whimsical cozy fantasy romance expands on the world-building of the previous Spellshop books. |
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| The Traveler by Joseph EckertScott Treder is a reluctant time traveler, torn from his family. His son, Lyle, is growing up without him. But Lyle is a clever kid, graduating early to study quantum physics, and as he grows closer to surpassing his dad in his suspended age, he will stop at nothing to bring his father back. This "provocative and unsettling" (Kirkus Review) debut novel is both a moving family story and complex science fiction novel. For fans of: Matt Haig's "The Midnight Library." |
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| Sublimation by Isabel J. KimWhen you immigrate, you create a copy of yourself that stays behind. Soyoung Rose Kang hasn't spoken to her "instance" in years, but when she returns to Korea for a funeral, she realizes that the other Soyoung has a plan to steal her life. Fans of the TV show "Severance" will devour this provocative and complex speculative horror. |
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| We Burned So Bright by TJ KluneThe people of Earth have about one month before a rogue black hole swallows the entire solar system. Married couple Don and Rodney plan to spend that month getting their old RV across the country from Maine to Washington State in order to take care of some unfinished business, no matter what it takes. TJ Klune's latest gives fans more of his trademark character-driven, emotionally intense storytelling in an apocalyptic road trip. For fans of: "The Keeper of Lonely Spirits" by E.M. Anderson. |
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| Steelborn by Taylor J. LarueWhen a heist goes awry, thief Reya Connery is in desperate need of coin to pay off a debt. Enter Caelan Halcyon, a magic user with a deadly curse. As the two reluctantly work together to survive the search for a cure, an attraction grows between them. This enemies-to-lovers romantasy debut features memorable characters, unexpected twists and turns, and exciting adventure. For fans of: "The Road of Bones" by Demi Winters. |
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| Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth LimBestselling author Elizabeth Lim's adult debut is a sweeping story of a mother-daughter bond and a family curse. Ha Yut Ying discovers she can turn invisible in Hong Kong during World War II, and is encouraged by her mother to keep her gift hidden. In 1980, Yut Ying's daughter Marigold races against time to save her mother from disappearing forever. Combining "the historically grounded and complex mother-daughter narratives of Amy Tan with the rich fantasy of Yangsze Choo" ('Publishers Weekly'), this sweeping novel is sure to please readers of all kinds. |
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| Babylon, South Dakota by Tom LinA married couple moves from China to America in order to raise chrysanthemums and livestock on a farm inherited from a distant relative. When the United States Army Corps of Engineers claims a portion of their farmland, strange events occur as the years pass in the shadow of the mysterious military silo. Offbeat and stylistically complex, this engrossing science fiction story will be ideal for fans of Cixin Liu. |
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| Green City Wars by Adrian TchaikovskyRedwall meets noir in this offbeat and charming science fiction mystery featuring a genetically enhanced animal cast. Raccoon PI Skotch works underground in Green City. When a suspiciously lucrative case of a missing mouse falls into his lap, Skotch falls deep into the investigation and realizes how many sketchy people are hot on the mouse's heels behind him. Read these next: The Navigating Fox by Christopher Rowe and Mort(e) by Robert Repino. |
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Exit Party
by Emily St John Mandel
A breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering LA party, and a woman - a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State - searches for answers. LA, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the US, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And then: A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party’s host, vanishes into thin air.
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Code and Codex
by Yoon Ha Lee
Three-time Hugo Award finalist Yoon Ha Lee returns to SF with a swashbuckling space opera fighting against an evil empire trying to erase history. In the stars-spanning Censorate, languages other than the Republic’s own lingua rubra, which has reality-altering properties, are forbidden. Nevertheless, there are discrepancies. The Censorate’s star forces are called the Athenaeum Navy, and each of its ships is referred to as a codex. Instead of port and starboard, its soldiers refer to verso and recto. The unholy “stigmata” gouged into the ships’ hulls might, to a foreign scholar, bear a resemblance to verboten texts in other languages. The Censorate is ruled by its Peacock, Aurelia, feared for the power of panopticon: she can look through anyone’s eyes. Moreover, Aurelia’s mastery of lingua rubra lets her force anyone who can understand her to follow her orders.
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