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Fantasy and Science Fiction July 2020
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The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison Starring: consulting detective Crow, an angel, and his (sort-of) human assistant Dr. J.H. Doyle, who solve mysteries together in an alternate Victorian London inhabited by supernatural beings.
For fans of: wingfic, Sherlockiana, and Ripperology. | | The Down Days by Ilze Hugo Welcome to: Sick City (formerly Cape Town), South Africa, where quarantined residents struggle to survive in the "Down Days" following a global pandemic.
You might also like: Lauren Beukes' Moxyland or Nicky Drayden's The Prey of Gods, both of which follow ensemble casts through a vividly rendered near-future South Africa. | | Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik What happens: Princess and spy Catarina von Hasenberg joins forces with bodyguard Alex Sterling on an undercover mission, which requires them to pose as a couple while attending an exclusive house party.
For fans of: Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire series or K.B. Wagers' Indranan Wars series. | | The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell What happens: Michael Kingman, the son of a traitor, seeks the truth behind his father's disgrace...and ends up following in his footsteps.
For fans of: the vengeance-obsessed protagonist of Mark Lawrence's Broken Empire series, the magic system of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn novels, or the narrative structure of Jenn Lyons' The Ruin of Kings. | | Rule by Rowenna Miller What it is: The conclusion of the Unraveled Kingdom series, after Torn and Fray.
Read it for: a compelling heroine, an atmospheric setting reminiscent of Revolutionary France, weaponized magic, and copious political intrigue. | | Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution by P.W. Singer and August Cole What it's about: Tasked with field-training her new AI partner, Tactical Autonomous Mobility System (TAMS), FBI special agent and counter-terrorism expert Lara Keegan uncovers a global conspiracy. .
Think: Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel by way of Tom Clancy. | |
Dune
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Frank Herbert
The new hardcover release of a sci-fi classic follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny. Reissue.
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Parable of the sower
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Octavia E Butler
"In 2025 California, an eighteen-year-old African American woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and its desperate savages."
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Leviathan Wakes
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James S.A. Corey
Two hundred years after migrating into space, mankind is in turmoil. When a reluctant ship's captain and washed-up detective find themselves involved in the case of a missing girl, what they discover brings our solar system to the brink of civil war, and exposes the greatest conspiracy in human history.
For fans of political intrigue and interconnected stories like Game of Thrones. Now a hit TV series.
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The Fifth Season
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N.K. Jemisin
When her husband murders their son and abducts their daughter, grief-stricken and vengeful Essun pursues him across The Stillness, a vast and dynamic super-continent on the brink of catastrophe that will usher in a "fifth season," a time of uncertainty and hardship.
All three books in the Broken Earth series, including sequels The Obelisk Gate and The Stone Sky, have won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
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Ninefox Gambit
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Yoon Ha Lee
To restore her tarnished reputation, Captain Kel Cheris embarks on a mission to retake the Fortress of Scattered Needles. Step one: graft her consciousness to that of a brilliant and long-dead general with an unsavory reputation.
Set in a vast interstellar empire based on higher mathematics and featuring an intriguing post-human cast, this 1st book in the Machineries of Empire series may appeal to fans of Ann Leckie's Imperial Radch trilogy.
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