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Fantasy and Science Fiction January 2018
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The Salt Line
by Holly Goddard Jones
In a future world where the United States' borders have receded behind a ring of scorched earth to protect citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks, a group of extreme adventurers find themselves at the center of a murderous plot. At the salt line, the group leaves behind the comforts of life and acclimates to the dangers normally kept at bay, allegiances are tested and new friendships are forged.
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| The Girl in the Tower by Katherine ArdenThe second book in this series begins with Vasya Petrovna knowing she can’t stay with her family, so despite the dangers of traveling alone as a young woman, she loads up her pack and rides her beloved steed, Solovey, into the winter wilderness, south toward Moscow. Along the way she is aided by frost demon Morozko. A story of Russian folklore, history, and magic with a spellbinding heroine determined to choose her own path in life.
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An Unkindness of Magicians
by Kat Howard
In the Unseen World, power can be made and unmade during the Turning, when each House’s champion duels for prominence. New Houses may be established, powerful ones may fall, and one House will become ruler. In a New York where everything is controlled by magic energies that are fading away for mysterious reasons, a rare magician with unmatched powers and a unique awareness of what is happening resolves to destroy the system she unwillingly supports.
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Persepolis Rising
by James S. A Corey
The inner planets and belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance but a hidden enemy has a new vision for all of humanity and the power to enforce it. Human nature is not the only enemy, and the forces being unleashed have a price that will change the shape of humanity unexpectedly and forever.
The latest entry in the best-selling series that starts with Leviathan Wakes and has inspired a major television series - The Expanse.
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The Fifth Season
by N. K Jemisin
The first entry in a new trilogy by the award-winning author finds the sole continent of the earth threatened by murder, betrayal, a super-volcano and overlords who use the planet's power as a weapon. Essun is as formidable as the land she traverses and proves how dangerous a woman on a mission can be.
Series: The Obelisk Gate and recently released The Stone Sky continue this post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed trilogy.
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Binti
by Nnedi Okorafor
Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.
Series: This is the first in the series followed by Binti: Home and the soon to be released Binti: The Night Masquerade.
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| The Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanAs a Librarian, Irene spends her time traveling between worlds and acquiring books of power. When her supervisor pairs her with new recruit Kai and gives them orders to retrieve a Grimm manuscript from an alternate 19th-century London located in a "chaos-infested" world -- well, basically, anything can happen (and does).
Series alert: If you enjoy this opening installment of the Invisible Library series, check out its three sequels, including the forthcoming The Lost Plot. |
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The fire sermon : a novel
by Francesca Haig
In a world turned primitive following a nuclear fire, every person is born with a twin and of each pair, one is an Alpha, perfect in every way, and the other is an Omega, burdened with a deformity that makes them ostracized. Psychic Cass, a rare Omega, dares to envision a world of equality which puts her at risk from both the Council and the Resistance. Though proclaiming their superiority, for all their effort Alphas cannot escape one harsh fact: Whenever one twin dies, so does the other.
Series: Fans of dystopia will appreciate these adventure-filled yet character-focused books - Fire Sermon, Map of Bones, and Forever Ship.
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