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Fantasy and Science Fiction July 2024 |
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SFF Book Club
Monday, August 19, 6:30pm
Reading Room
Join us for Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club! Our next book is...Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson!
"The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?"
Visit www.thayerpubliclibrary.org/events for registration & more info (including how to snag a copy!)
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| Rakesfall by Vajra ChandrasekeraSpanning millennia, this "sweeping slipstream epic" (Booklist) by the author of The Saint of Bright Doors follows Annelid and Leveret as they experience -- and try to escape from -- an endless cycle of reincarnation. For fans of: David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas; Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's This Is How You Lose the Time War. |
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The Bright Sword : a novel of King Arthur
by Lev Grossman
rriving at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, a gifted young knight Collum instead finds only a handful of knights left after the Battle of Camlann, and together, joined by Merlin's apprentice Nimue, set out to rebuild Camelot in a world that has lost its balance. For fans of Monty Python, The Magicians, and T. Kingfisher.
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| Dreadful by Caitlin RozakisWaking up in a sinister castle with amnesia, the Dread Lord Gavrax must fake it until he makes it if he wants to survive. But as he pieces together his past, he starts to wonder if being a villain is what he truly wants. Read-alikes: Diana Wynne Jones' Dark Lord of Derkholm; Django Wexler's How to Become the Dark Lord or Die Trying; Sara Rees Brennan's Long Live Evil. |
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| Evocation by S.T. GibsonWith a demon coming to collect on his immortal soul (long story), Boston medium and attorney David Aristarkhov, the son of a legendary occultist, needs help from his ex-boyfriend Rhys and Rhys' wife, Moira. This "paranormal horror second-chance enemies-to-lovers queer rom-com" (Publishers Weekly) kicks off the Summoner's Circle series. |
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The Lost Story
by Meg Shaffer
Forced to return to the enchanted world they called home for six months 15 years ago to confront their shared past no matter how traumatic the memories, reclusive artist Rafe and famed missing persons' investigator Jeremy search for their friend Emilie's sister?—?and for everything they've lost. For fans of The Chronicles of Narnia and fairytale adaptations.
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| The Stars Too Fondly by Emily HamiltonTwenty years after the disastrous (non-)launch of the starship Providence I, space enthusiast Cleo McQueary and her friends break into the derelict vessel and accidentally find themselves en route to Proxima Centauri with only the hologram of Captain Wilhelmina "Billie" Lucas to guide them. For fans of: Becky Chambers' Wayfarer series; Grace Curtis' Floating Hotel; Khan Wong's The Circus Infinite. |
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| The Stardust Grail by Yume KitaseiAfter an illustrious career liberating and repatriating stolen artifacts, reformed art thief Maya Hoshimoto has settled into a quiet life as a graduate student -- or so she thinks. When her alien former partner-in-crime recruits her to find a mysterious object that could save their species, Maya embarks on one last job in this fast-paced space adventure by the author of The Deep Sky. You might also like: Alex White's Salvagers series; Taran Hunt's Kystrom Chronicles. |
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| Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca RoanhorseThis sweeping conclusion to the Between Earth & Sky trilogy returns readers to the continent of Meridian, presenting "a rich tapestry of betrayal, victory, love, and loss" (Booklist). Series fans will be eager to see what becomes of Serapio, Xiala, Naranpa, and Okoa, while newcomers should start at the beginning with Black Sun, followed by Fevered Star, due to the complexity of the plot and world-building. |
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| Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra RowlandWhen Avra Helvaçi, a field agent of the Arasti Ministry of Intelligence, uncovers sensitive information that puts his life in danger, he seeks out his ex, the notorious pirate captain Teveri az-Haffar, and the crew of The Running Sun in this lively pirate fantasy adventure by the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron. For fans of: Our Flag Means Death; the Monkey Island video game franchise. |
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| Fiasco by Constance FayIn this 2nd book in the Uncharted Hearts series, bounty hunter Cyn Khaw must rescue a child from a ruthless serial kidnapper. Although she'd prefer to work alone, her client insists that she travel aboard the Calamity for the duration of the mission. Unfortunately, Cyn and the ship's crew have a complicated history. For fans of: Rachel Bach's Paradox trilogy; Jessie Mihalik's Starlight's Shadow series; Nina Croft's Dark Desires series. |
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| Moonbound: The Last Book of the Anth by Robin SloanIn the year 13777, a boy named Ariel and his embedded AI chronicler embark on a quest with echoes of Arthurian legend in this thought-provoking coming-of-age tale by the author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. You might also like: Paul J. McAuley's Confluence series; Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race; or Linda Nagata's Memory. |
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| Service Model by Adrian TchaikovskyAfter murdering his master for unknown reasons, former robot valet UnCharles ventures outside his employer's House for the first time. Although his goal is to find a new position, he instead discovers a strange post-apocalyptic world, which he explores with his new traveling companion, The Wonk. For fans of: Ariel S. Winter's Barren Cove; Suzanne Palmer's Bots of the Lost Ark. |
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The Book of Elsewhere
by Keanu Reeves
A warrior who cannot be killed, known simply as“B,” wants to die and a U.S. black-ops group has promised they can help with that if he helps them in return, but when an all-too-mortal soldier comes back to life, the impossible event points to a force even more mysterious than B himself.
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Blood jade
by Julia Vee
Emiko Soong, the newly minted Sentinel of San Francisco, investigates a murder that leads her back to Tokyo and threatens to reveal dark family secrets, in the second novel of the series following Ebony Gate.
Ebony Gate was a SFF Book Club pick.
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Contact your librarian, Christina, for more great sff books! |
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