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Fantasy and Science Fiction July 2024
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The Mars House
by Natasha Pulley
Set in the far-future Martian colony of Tharsis, this "exquisitely layered and entertaining" (Publishers Weekly) novel by Natasha Pulley (The Half Life of Valery K) explores the often fraught marriage of convenience between anti-immigrant politician Aubrey Gale and dancer January Stirling, a refugee from Earth. Read-alikes: R.W.W. Greene's The Light Years; Derek Kunsken's Venus Ascendant series.
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Annie Bot: A Novel by Sierra GreerLooks at the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy and control. Also available through Sound Recording.
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Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah JohnsonWhen mutilated bodies turn up, both in her town and in the wealthier, walled-off Wiley City, Scales, an enforcer, is tasked with finding and destroying the cause—a mission that reveals something more corrupt than she could've ever foreseen—and it could spell doom for the enter world.
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Court of Wanderers
by Rin Chupeco
To help his aristocratic vampire companions, Lord Zidan Malekh and Lady Xiaodan Song, vampire hunter Remy Pendergast must navigate the palace intrigue of Fata Morgana, known as "the Court of Wanderers." Castlevania fans will revel in this steamy sequel to Silver Under Nightfall.
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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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The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence"The Library of Alexandria died in fire. Others fade away with less drama, ignored, forgotten, left to dust. To the athenaeum though, the great library of which all others are echoes, fires are merely a temporary inconvenience. The only true threat to the library's existence is a book--the one Livira wrote. Livira's book also brought her together with Evar, a young man who was raised in the library itself, and they discovered secrets that no one else had uncovered. But now they are separated--and something hunts them both."
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Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction
by Ann Leckie
This "stunning showcase" (Publishers Weekly) of award-winning speculative fiction author Ann Leckie's short fiction collects 18 stories; some are stand-alone, while others are set in the worlds of her Imperial Radch and Raven Tower 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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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Michigan City Public Library 100 E. 4th Street Michigan City, Indiana 46360 219-873-3044mclib.org/ |
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