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Fantasy and Science Fiction July 2019
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| The Soul of Power by Callie BatesOne young woman learns the true nature of power--both her own and others'--in the riveting conclusion to The Waking Land Trilogy. Sophy Dunbarron--the illegitimate daughter of a king who never was--has always felt like an impostor.
Sophy is truly a feminist hero: she embraces equality and justice for all--a theme running throughout the novel--while challenging societal norms.--Booklist |
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| The Red-Stained Wings by Elizabeth BearWar has come to the Lotus Kingdoms, sending four individuals on separate quests.
Automatons, radioactive dragons, chain-smoking volcano goddesses, tiger-sorcerers who feed on war, and more.
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| Gather the Fortunes by Bryan CampRenaissance "Renai" Raines, psychopomp guides the souls of the dead through the Gates of the Underworld, a job she's held since her own demise five years ago.
This 2nd Crescent City urban fantasy novel (after The City of Lost Fortunes) boasts a diverse cast of supernatural beings, an atmospheric New Orleans setting, and a multilayered plot. |
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| Fall; Or, Dodge in Hell by Neal StephensonFollowing tech billionaire Richard "Dodge" Fortrast's death, his heirs digitally preserve his brain and upload it to a virtual world.
Now effectively immortal, Dodge (now "Egdod") becomes the god of a digital afterlife, which he shapes according to his whims. |
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| Lent by Jo WaltonDominican friar Girolamo Savanarola, whose ability to see and cast out demons raises him to a position of power and influence in 15th-century Florence. Again and again and again.
Think Wolf Hall meets Russian Doll meets The Good Place, set in Renaissance Italy.
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Focus on: Indigenous Apocalyptic Fiction
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| Killer of Enemies by Joseph BruchacChiricahua Apache warrior Lozen's skills are put to the test by the genetically engineered monsters that now roam the former American Southwest.
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| The Marrow Thieves by Cherie DimalineIn a world...ravaged by climate change, Métis teen Frenchie and his fellow survivors flee the Recruiters, who harvest the bone marrow of Indigenous people and sell it to white people to restore their ability to dream.
The Marrow Thieves has won several awards, including the 2018 American Indian Youth Literature Award. |
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| Future Home of the Living God by Louise ErdrichWhen Cedar Hawk Songmaker discovers she's pregnant, she seeks out her Ojibwe birth mother to learn more about her (and her unborn child's) family history.
For fans of: the reproductive dystopias of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale or Meg Elison's Road to Nowhere series. |
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| Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig RiceWith winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the band council and a pocket of community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow.
You might also like: David Williams' When the English Fall, another atmospheric apocalyptic novel about a close-knit yet isolated group of people (Amish farmers) surviving societal collapse. |
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| Trail of Lightning by Rebecca RoanhorseIntroducing Maggie "the Monster Hunter" Hoskie, a Diné (Navajo) woman trained to kill the supernatural creatures unleashed by the catastrophic "Big Water" that drowned most of Earth.
This opening installment of the Sixth World series (which continues with Storm of Locusts) was nominated for both Hugo and Nebula Awards.
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