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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. Read-alikes: Mary Robinette Kowal's Ghost Talkers; Luanne G. Smith's The Witch's Lens. |
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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. You might also like: Katherine Addison's Cemeteries of Amalo series; Alexis Hall's The Affair of the Mysterious Letter. |
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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. For fans of: Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea; Emma Törz's Ink Blood Sister Scribe; Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January. |
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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. For fans of: Dan Davies' Lying for Money; Kimberly Unger's The Extractionist. |
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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. For fans of: Gabriela Romero Lacruz's The Sun and the Void; Ehigbor Okosun's Forged by Blood; or the television series Queen of Swords. |
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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. For fans of: Mary Robinette Kowal's The Spare Man or Dorothy L. Sayers' Gaudy Night. |
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| River Mumma by Zalika Reid-BentaUnexpectedly tasked with finding Jamaican water guardian River Mumma's missing comb, 26-year-old Toronto resident Alicia embarks on a fantastical quest with apocalyptic stakes. You might also like: Wole Talabi's Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon; Karen Lord's Unraveling; or Nalo Hopkinson's Sister Mine. |
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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. For fans of: community-focused apocalyptic fiction, such as adrienne maree brown's Black Dawn series. |
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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. This "spellbinding romantic fantasy debut" (Publishers Weekly), the 1st in a planned series, boasts a courageous heroine, a love triangle, and an atmospheric setting. However, readers should be aware that it ends on a cliffhanger. Read-alikes: Lexi Ryan's These Hollow Vows series. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Atlantic County Library System | 40 Farragut Avenue, Mays Landing, NJ 08330
Phone: (609) 625-2776 | www.atlanticlibrary.org
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Atlantic County Board of Commissioners, Maureen Kern, Chairwoman |
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