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Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2021
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| Machinehood by S.B. DivyaEarth, 2095: Humans rely on pills and body modifications to compete with weak artificial intelligence (WAI) in a cutthroat gig economy.
Starring: Welga Ramirez, a Shield for a private security firm who's determined to track down the terrorist group that killed her client; and Welga's sister-in-law, researcher Nithya, who aids Welga's investigation.
About the author: S.B. Divya is the author of Runtime as well as co-editor of the Escape Pod podcast magazine. |
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| The Conductors by Nicole GloverIntroducing: Henrietta "Hetty" Rhodes and her husband, Benjy, who use magic to investigate crimes against Black people in 1870s Philadelphia.
Read it for: well-drawn protagonists, their lovingly depicted Seventh Ward community, and a magic system based on the constellations.
For fans of: the alternate history of P. Djèli Clark's The Black God's Drums; the unique magic of Alaya Dawn Johnson's Trouble the Saints. |
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Memoria
by K. S. Merbeth
Who: The Kaiser Family is back after a multi-planet war. In their wake, two planets have been left devastated by ancient alien technology.
What: Every planet in the system is vying to strip the razed home planet Titan of its remaining resources, and tensions are high. The Kaisers will need to discover the truth behind what happened on Gaia and Titan.
Series: This is book number two. Start with Fortuna.
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The Russian cage
by Charlaine Harris
Characters: Lizbeth Rose, her sister, Prince Eli
Currently: Starting off where the previous book ended, Lizbeth is reluctantly teaming up with her sister and navigating growing Grigori powers to rescue her estranged partner, Prince Eli. This will be one of her most dangerous missions yet.
Setting: An alternate-world Holy Russian Empire.
Series: #3 in the Gunnie Rose series that started with An Easy Death and continued with A Longer Fall.
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Dead space
by Kali Wallace
Main Character: Hester Marley - After a life-altering terrorist attack, she ends up working a dead-end security job for a powerful asteroid-mining company
Mystery: She is contacted by a fellow victim and friend who claims to have shocking information about their shared tragedy just before he is murdered in space. But catching a killer is only the beginning of Hester's worries, and she soon realizes that everything she learns about her friend, his fellow miners, and the outpost they call home brings her closer to revealing secrets that very powerful and very dangerous people would rather keep hidden in the depths of space.
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Wild sign : an Alpha and Omega novel
by Patricia Briggs
Story Start: In the wilds of the Northern California mountains, all the inhabitants of a small town have gone missing.
Plot: Fearing something supernatural might be going on, the FBI taps a source they've consulted in the past: the werewolves. Death sings in the forest, and when it calls, they must answer. Something has awakened in the heart of the California mountains, something old and dangerous-and it has met werewolves before.
Who: Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham are back.
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| A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady MartineWhat it is: the sequel to the Hugo Award-winning novel A Memory Called Empire.
What happens: Shortly after returning to Lsel Station, ambassador Mahit Dzmare reunites with asekreta Three Seagrass when both are dispatched by yaotlek Nine Hibiscus to negotiate with a hostile alien armada at the edges of Teixcalaanli space.
Read it for: extensive and detailed world-building, and an intricately layered plot rife with political intrigue. |
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