| Jade City by Fonda LeeEpic Fantasy. In this action-packed series opener, Green Bone warriors use the magic-enhancing powers of jade to protect their island nation of Kekon and its capital, Janloon. But times are changing, as rival syndicates headed by the feuding Ayt and Kaul families go to extreme lengths to consolidate their power and gain control of the city. Detailed world-building and exciting martial-arts battles enhance this gritty crime drama, which takes place in an East Asia-inspired fantasy world. |
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Canto Bight
by Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, Mira Grant, and John Jackson Miller
Space Opera. Welcome to the casino city of Canto Bight. A place where exotic aliens, captivating creatures, and other would-be high rollers are willing to risk everything to make their fortunes. Set across one fateful evening, these four interconnected stories explore the deception and danger of the lavish casino city.
In Canto Bight, one is free to revel in excess, untouched from the problems of a galaxy once again descending into chaos and war. Dreams can become reality, but the stakes have never been higher—for there is a darkness obscured by all the glamour and luxury.
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| Creatures of Will and Temper by Molly TanzerHistorical Fantasy. In this lush homage to Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, sisters Dorina and Evadne Gray travel to London to stay with their Uncle Basil, a painter mourning the death of his lover. Aesthete Dorina soon falls under the spell of Lady Henrietta Wotton, while fencing enthusiast Evadne finds a new salle and, with it, insight into London's occult circles. Readers who enjoy Creatures of Will and Temper's Victorian world of supernatural mysteries and secret societies may also enjoy Adam McOmber's The White Forest. |
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Persepolis Rising
by James S. A. Corey
Space Opera. In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship Rocinante have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace.
In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets and belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance still haunted by a history of wars and prejudices. On the lost colony world of Laconia, a hidden enemy has a new vision for all of humanity and the power to enforce it.
New technologies clash with old as the history of human conflict returns to its ancient patterns of war and subjugation. But human nature is not the only enemy, and the forces being unleashed have their own price. A price that will change the shape of humanity -- and of the Rocinante -- unexpectedly and forever...
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| The Wanderers by Meg HowreySF. Private aerospace company Prime Space Systems Laboratory has selected three astronauts for its planned mission to Mars. As part of their training, Helen Kane, Sergei Kuznetsov, and Yoshihiro Tanaka take part in Eidolon, a 17-month mission simulation in the Utah desert that will test their physical and psychological fitness -- not to mention their relationships with the loved ones they've left behind. For another introspective literary SF novel about astronauts and their complicated personal lives, try Jaroslav Kalfar's Spaceman of Bohemia. |
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| The Stars are Legion by Kameron HurleySpace Opera. Amnesiac Zan is a prisoner, although her family insists that it's for her own good. They also claim that she represents their best hope for saving the Legion, their dying civilization of "world-ships." Yet Zan can't shake the feeling she's been here before, and that her family isn't really her family. Flawed characters and inventive world-building make this novel a good bet for fans of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. |
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| The End of the Day by Claire NorthContemporary Fantasy. As the Harbinger of Death, Charlie visits people before they die. Charlie, an ordinary bloke hired to do a very unusual job, enjoys his work but also wonders why he's been chosen. Unfolding in lyrical vignettes that build to a thought-provoking conclusion, this offbeat novel combines the premise of Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series and the gentle melancholy of Steven Sherril's Minotaur novels. |
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| The Collapsing Empire by John ScalziSpace Opera. The discovery of an extradimensional field known as the Flow made faster-than-light travel possible. Now, disruptions in the Flow threaten the stability of the Interdependency, a collection of human-colonized worlds that joined together to form a vast interstellar trade network. But while some are determined to prevent this catastrophe, others see opportunities for personal gain. This sprawling, intricately plotted novel by bestselling SF author John Scalzi is the opening installment of a planned series. |
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