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Fantasy and Science Fiction March 2020
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Heart of black ice
by Terry Goodkind
A conclusion to the best-selling series that began with Death’s Mistress finds the Norukai preparing for an ultimate war while a captive King Grieve, Lila and Bannon discover the terrifying force that threatens the Old World with destruction.
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The blacksmith queen
by G. A Aiken
When the prophesy about a blacksmith ascending to the throne of the Black Hills proves true, Keeley must protect her younger sister from the enraged sons of the Old King with the help of the Amichai, kilt-wearing mountain warriors.
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Highfire
by Eoin Colfer
Introducing: Wyvern, Lord Highfire -- "Vern" for short. This 3,000-year-old dragon, the last of his kind, spends his days drinking vodka and watching TV in the Louisiana bayou.
What happens: a corrupt local cop has designs on Vern, prompting the dragon to enlist the aid of his teenage employee Squib. What follows is a noir-ish series of events that The Guardian describes as "True Detective meets Swamp Thing."
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Agency
by William Gibson
A sequel to the best-selling The Peripheral finds app-whisperer Verity Jane beta-testing a disturbing AI technology, while a century into the future, an apocalypse survivor discovers his employer meddling in Verity’s influential timeline.
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Crownbreaker
by Sebastien De Castell
When he is asked to commit an unimaginable act to protect his queen, spellslinger Kellen Argos must infiltrate enemy territory where he, to discover their secrets, must challenge the greatest spellcaster who’s ever lived.
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| Vanguard by Jack CampbellIn a world...where Earth can no longer protect its far-flung colonies, veterans Robert Geary and Mele Darcy lend their military expertise to the inhabitants of fledgling settlement Glenlyon as they fend off an invasion.
Why you might like it: Author Jack Campbell draws on his former career in the U.S. Navy to write authentic-feeling military SF.
Series alert: Vanguard kicks off the Genesis Fleet series, which serves as a prequel to the author's popular Lost Fleet trilogy and explores the creation of the Alliance. |
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A little hatred
by Joe Abercrombie
A battlefield hero, a ruthless socialite and a woman with the ability to glimpse into the future find their world and prospects transformed by escalating tensions among the disparate supporters of magic and machine development.
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| The Red: First Light by Linda NagataIntroducing: Lt. James Shelley, the anti-war protester who enlisted to avoid a prison sentence and now leads a five-member linked combat squad (LCS) as they fight a ground war engineered by defense contractors to enrich themselves and their shareholders.
Want a taste? "If robots were cheaper, we wouldn't have to be here."
For fans of: the cynical narrators and gritty combat action in Joe Haldeman's The Forever War or T.C. McCarthy's Subterrene War trilogy. |
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Abandoned
by W. Michael Gear
What it's about: Despite the best efforts of a mining company and the military, the planet Donovan (so named for its first fatality) refuses to be colonized.
Why you might like it: This sequel to Outpost offers nuanced depictions of cultural conflict and a richly detailed setting.
About the author: With his wife Kathleen O'Neal Gear, author W. Michael Gear also writes well-researched historical fiction about North America's native peoples.
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Uncompromising honor
by David Weber
After the League, committing atrocities such as the galaxy has not known in 1,000 years, kills many of the people she loves, Honor Harrington, a.k.a. the Salamander, is about to show them something they could have never imagined.
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