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Fantasy and Science Fiction September 2020
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Sucker punch
by Laurell K. Hamilton
"A brutal murder, a suspect in jail, and an execution planned, but what if the wrong person is about to be executed? When a fellow U.S. Marshal asks Anita Blake to fly to a tiny community in Michigan's Upper Peninsula on an emergency consult, she knows time is running short. When she gets there, there is plenty of proof that a young wereleopard killed his uncle in the most gruesome and bloodiest way possible. As the mounting evidence points to him, a warrant of execution is already under way. But something seems off about the murder, and Anita has been asked to examine the crime scene and the evidence for her expert opinion. Despite the escalating pressure from local cops and the family's cries for justice for their dead patriarch, Anita quickly realizesthat the evidence doesn't quite add up. But with a tight-knit community up in arms and fear against supernaturals growing, time is almost up, as Anita races to uncover the truth and determine whether the Marshals have caught the killer or are about to execute an innocent man, all in the name of justice"
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Ghost money
by Stephen Blackmoore
When the barrier separating the dead from the living cracks, which causes innocent people to die, necromancer Eric Carter must revisit a past that he thought he was done with when another mage turns ghosts into deadly weapons. Original.
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The Tangle Box
by Terry Brooks
OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB... Everything should have been quiet and pleasant for Ben Holiday, the former Chicago lawyer who became sovereign of the Magic Kingdom of Landover. But it wasn't. Horris Kew, conjurer, confidence-man, and trickster, had returned to Landover from Ben's own world. Alas, Horris had not returned of his own volition--he had been sent by the Gorse, a sorcerer of great evil, whom Horris had unwittingly freed from the magic Tangle Box, where it had long ago been imprisoned by the fairy folk. Now it had returned to enslave those who had once dared condemn it. But first, it would rid Landover of all who could stand in its way... Soon Ben found himself imprisoned within the gloom of the Tangle Box, lost in its mists and its labyrinthine ways. The only one who could free Ben from the Tangle Box was the lady Willow. But she had disappeared, was gone from Landover on a mysterious mission of her own....
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Live by the code : Live by the Code
by Christopher L Bennett
While keeping his eye on the Klingon border, Captain T'Pol and Endeavour must help Captain Malcolm Reed in his fight against the deadly Ware technology and rescue an Andorian crew imprisoned by an interstellar Partnership that depends on the Ware for its prosperity. Original.
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| Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirWhat it is: the much-anticipated sequel to the Locus Award-winning Gideon the Ninth, this time focusing on Lady Harrowhark Nonagesimus, now Lyctor to the Emperor.
Is it for you? Although Harrow the Ninth shares its predecessor's setting and stylistic verve, the perspective shifts of Harrow's dissociative viewpoint makes it a very different reading experience.
Want a taste? "It was in the close of the myriadic year of our Lord -- that far-off King of Necromancers, that blessed Resurrector of Saints! -- that you picked up your sword. That was your first big mistake." |
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The darkest legacy
by Alexandra Bracken
Accused of committing a horrifying act, Zu goes on the run, forming an uncomfortable alliance with two mysterious Psi who she's not sure she can trust in order to clear her name and expose the evils underlying the country's recovery
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| All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane AndersThen: magic user Patricia Delfine and science geek Laurence Armstead become friends, their bond a shield against school bullies.
Now: They reunite as adults in San Francisco, where Laurence is an engineer and Patricia is a witch. Both are trying to save a world on the brink of destruction, but will their efforts do more harm than good?
Why you might like it: Set in a pre-Apocalyptic world that pits technology and magic against each other, this fantastical coming-of-age story is also a moving meditation on friendship and belonging. |
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A Brightness Long Ago
by Guy Gavriel Kay
What happens: Elderly courtier Guidanio Cerra recounts how his life changed forever after a fateful encounter with assassin Adria Ripoli. His story, and hers, intertwine with other people's perspectives on the event.
Read it for: an evocative setting inspired by Renaissance Italy, and a richly detailed tapestry of a narrative that explores the ripple effects of individual actions and choices.
Want a taste? "It was interesting, I suppose it still is, how vicious men can take power and be accepted, supported by those they govern, if they bring with them a measure of peace."
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Nevernight
by Jay Kristoff
Training as an assassin to avenge the destruction of her family in a world of near-perpetual sunlight, Mia uses her gift for speaking with the shadows to find a place among a group of deadly killers who test her survival and determination to exact revenge. By the award-winning author of the Lotus War series.
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| The Magicians by Lev GrossmanIntroducing: High-school senior Quentin Coldwater, who has just been accepted to the exclusive Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy.
What happens: Practicing magic turns out to be far less glamorous -- and much more dangerous -- than it sounds. (Especially once Quentin learns that the fantasy series that inspired him to become a magician is not exactly fiction).
Media buzz: This series opener and its sequels, The Magician King and The Magician's Land, serve as the source material for the television series of the same name. |
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