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Fantasy and Science Fiction July 2022
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| The Grief of Stones by Katherine AddisonStarring: Thara Celehar, the mild-mannered Witness for the Dead whose job involves gathering the testimonies of the deceased.
What happens: Celehar gains an apprentice, loses his ability to talk to the dead, and investigates mysteries both large and small.
Series alert: Set in the world of author Katherine Addison's The Goblin Emperor (where readers first encountered Celahar), this contemplative and melancholy novel is the 2nd book in Cemeteries of Amalo series, after The Witness for the Dead. |
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| The City Inside by Samit BasuIntroducing: Joey, a Reality Controller, manages online celebrities known as 'Flowstars' in a dystopian near-future Delhi that arose after the tumultuous Years Not To Be Discussed.
What happens: Joey hires reclusive gamer Rudra, and both become embroiled in conspiracy and intrigue as they discover the rot beneath their society's sleek façade.
Why you might like it: Originally published in India under the title Chosen Spirits, this intricately plotted cyberpunk novel immerses readers in a chilling world of surveillance capitalism and government censorship. |
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| A Mirror Mended by Alix E. HarrowOnce upon a time: Erstwhile "Sleeping Beauty" Zinnia Gray traveled through the multiverse, fixing fairy tales by liberating princesses.
Mirror, mirror: Now, summoned by so-called "evil queen" Eva, Zinnia enters the world of "Snow White" to rescue a woman who no longer wishes to play the role she was assigned.
Series alert: This inventive fairy tale mashup marks the 2nd installment of the Fractured Fables series, which begins with A Spindle Splintered. |
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| Ordinary Monsters by J.M. MiroThe Talents: Charlie Ovid, a Black biracial teenager from Mississippi who cannot die; and Marlowe, a white British foundling whose "blue shining" gives him the power to hurt or heal, as he chooses.
The Cairndale Institute: a residential school in Edinburgh, Scotland, for gifted orphans such as Charlie and Marlowe, who -- unbeknownst to them -- are being hunted by a malevolent being made of smoke.
For fans of: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. |
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| For the Throne by Hannah WhittenWhat happens: Neve, First Daughter of Valleyda, dies and wakes up in a glass coffin in the Shadowlands -- and discovers that her rescuer is her former adversary, Solmir, who now needs her help.
Can you start here? This conclusion to the Wilderwood duology resolves the cliffhanger at the end of For the Wolf, which focused on Neve's sister Red.
For fans of: complex sibling bonds, slow-burning enemies-to-lovers romances, and redemption arcs for villains. |
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