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Fantasy and Science Fiction September 2017
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Arabella of Mars
by David D. Levine
A century after Captain Kidd's first expedition to Mars, Arabella Ashby is set to leave her Martian plantation home for London to learn to be a lady, until her home is threatened and she joins the crew of a Mars Trading Company ship disguised as a boy
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The book of Phoenix
by Nnedi Okorafor
Phoenix, an "accelerated woman" whose abilities far exceed those of a normal human, becomes desperate to escape her "home" in New York's Tower 7 after the boy she loves, another biologically altered human, takes his own life
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| The Witches of New York: A Novel by Ami McKayHistorical Fantasy. "Respectable Lady Seeks Dependable Shop Girl. Those averse to magic need not apply." After Beatrice Dunn answers this peculiar advertisement, she is hired by the witch-proprietresses of Tea and Sympathy, an establishment that discreetly caters to the needs of its female clientele in 1880 New York City. Beatrice's discovery of her own magic unfolds alongside a growing threat to the city's witches in this atmospheric novel, which should enchant readers who enjoyed Paula Brackston's Shadow Chronicles or Louisa Morgan's A Secret History of Witches. |
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The High Ground
by Melinda M. Snodgrass
Mercedes, the first woman ever admitted to the Solar League's Star Command elite training academy, must graduate in order to take her emperor father's throne in the face of a looming civil war
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Dragonsworn
by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Cursed dragon Falcyn, awaiting the time when evolution will end the Greek race he blames for destroying everything he ever cared for, clashes with Medea, Apollo's granddaughter, who would use a secret weapon to halt a plague that would end the lives of her people. By the best-selling author of the Chronicles of Nick series.
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Dead set
by Richard Kadrey
After the death of her father, Zoe, escaping from life, loses herself in a dreamscape until a chance encounter at a used record store opens up a portal to the world of the restless dead, forcing her to decide just how far she is willing to go to see her father again. 75,000 first printing.
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The infernals : a novel
by John Connolly
Targeted by a demon for his role in foiling an invasion of Earth by the forces of evil, Samuel Johnson and his faithful dachshund are transported into a dark realm, where he struggles for survival with the aid of the loyal demon Nurd and a marooned band of little men
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| The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen BaxterParallel Worlds SF. In the not-too-distant future, a process called "Stepping" allows humans to travel to parallel Earths. Only a few, like Joshua Valienté, can do so without technical assistance. Hired by the transEarth Institute to explore the limits of the Long Earth, Joshua soon makes an alarming discovery. Simultaneously amusing and thought-provoking, this collaboration by the late Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter kicks off the five-volume Long Earth series, which continues with The Long War. |
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Skyfarer
by Joseph Brassey
When trainee sorceress Aimee de Laurent’s first ever portal-casting goes awry, she and her mentor are thrown into a race to find the Axiom Diamond, a mythical relic with the power to show its bearer any truth they desire, against the infamous magic-wielding knights of the Eternal Order who will destroy anything in their path. Original.
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The vampire stalker
by Allison Van Diepen
When the dashing hero from her favorite vampire novel series appears in real life and begs for her help to escape the wicked vampire Vigo, an enamored Amy investigates the vampire's activities while trying to understand how the characters escaped from their books.
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