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Fantasy and Science Fiction December 2018
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Children of the fleet
by Orson Scott Card
A highly anticipated latest solo Ender novel finds Fleet School hopeful Dabeet Ochoa discovering his mysterious connection to the Fleet when he is approached for recruitment by Colonel Graff. By the best-selling author of Ender's Game.
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The fall of Gondolin
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Two of the greatest powers in the world—Morgoth, of the utmost evil, and Ulmo, the Lord of Waters, battle over the city of Gondolin—a beautiful but undiscovered realm peopled by Noldorian Elves. 250,000 first printing.
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Hazards of time travel : a novel
by Joyce Carol Oates
The National Book Award-winning author of We Were the Mulvaneys presents the story of a recklessly idealistic girl who tests the limits of her oppressively controlled, dystopian world only to fall fatefully in love. Simultaneous
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| Empire of Sand by Tasha SuriIntroducing: Mehr, the daughter of an imperial governor of the Ambhan Empire and an Amrithi woman. From her mother, whose people are said to be descended from supernatural beings, Mehr has inherited abilities that make her a threat to the powers that be.
Series alert: Drawing on the history of Mughal India, Empire of Sand is the 1st installment of the Books of Ambha series.
You might also like: S.A. Chakraborty's The City of Brass; Rati Mehrotra's Asiana series.
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Books You May Have Missed
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Amberlough
by Lara Elena Donnelly
A mission gone wrong that has triggered political fires throughout Amberlough City finds gay double agent Cyril DePaul scheming to protect his smuggler lover, Aristide Makricosta, throughout the rise of a fascist government coup. A first novel.
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Dragon Road
by Joseph Brassey
When portal-mage Harkon Bright and his apprentice are asked to help select a new captain for the immense skyship Iseult, they quickly find themselves embroiled in its Machiavellian officer's court. Meanwhile, their new recruit, Elias, struggles to adapt to his unexpected gift of life while suffering dark dreams of an ancient terror. As the skies darken and storm-clouds gather on the Dragon Road, the crew of the Elysium come face to face with deadly intrigues, plots from beyond death, and a terrible darkness that lurks in the heart of a thousand-year storm.
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Mem : a novel
by Bethany C. Morrow
Set in a glittering art-deco alternate 1920s where the wealthy elite are able to remove their memories to exist as zombie-like clones, a debut novel traces the experiences of a first clone capable of creating her own memories whose ability to live an independent life is heartbreakingly shattered when she is summoned back to the cavernous lab where she was created. A first novel.
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The bearer's burden
by Chad Queen
Cade Elegy's mind is tearing itself apart, crowded with the phantoms of the dead, and he must carry the burdens they could not. This bond lends him their experience and allows him to bend the laws of the physical world -- a power he desperately needs if he is to discover the truth of what happened to his missing family. The trail has gone cold, but he is given one last chance when he is recruited by a princess to solve a murder. They soon uncover proof that their war with the Wraiths, a hostile alien race dominating their planet, never really ended. Together with the princess, an overzealous archaeologist, and an ancient computer intelligence, Cade must stop the Wraiths before they annihilate the last remaining cities of Chalice and before the phantoms he bears destroy what's left of his mind.
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Thrawn : alliances
by Timothy Zahn
The Hugo Award-winning author of Heir to the Empire presents a sequel to Thrawn that traces the rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn to the heights of Imperial power while exploring his past encounters with a fledgling Darth Vader. Media tie-in
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